Events and Projects
EFIB organizes different activities and participates in many events throughout the school year.
March 2011 - The Holi festival in the EFIB garden
The school could not miss out on Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, marking the transition to spring. On this occasion, the ritual is that Indians get together with friends and play Holi with powdered colours and water. Part of the garden was demarkated and protected by tarpaulins to enable children and parents to play with colours (biodegradable) and water. After two hours of battle, everyone was washed and changed. The photos below speak for themselves ...
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March 2011 - Carnival
Princesses, pirates, animals of the jungle, were invited to school on March 4 for Carnival !
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December 2010 - It's Christmas at EFIB
We had a full Christmas atmosphere during the party organised in the school garden despite
the lack of snow and mittens.
School families got together around the Christmas market and games; face painting was offered to children and Pierre Péan's Association was present, which is one of the charities supported by the school.
The high point of the party were the performances by the students. Songs, theatre, and dance in French, English and Hindi highlighting the international nature. All classes performed and 18 nationalities are represented!
Finally, all pupils received their Christmas gift by Father Christmas himself, before enjoying the festive buffet prepared for this occasion!"
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November 2010 - Diwali exploration
From PS to CM2, each teacher planned to teach about Diwali (the new year for Hindus) in their class.
After an introduction about this tradition, classes from CP to CM2 built terra cotta lights, drawn with powder some rangolis with symmetrical forms on the stairs (CP, CP1) and they drawn rangolis with flowers in the playground (CE2-CM1-CM2).
PS, MS et GS tasted sweets (kaju ki barfi) and dries fruits (almonds, cashew nuts, sultanas). They painted Rama and Sita so happy to be together again. In fact, Diwali celebrates the coming back of the king Rama to his wife, Sita, in his birthplace city called Ayodhya. She would have been kidnaped and driven to Lanka island. Ayodhya residents, happy to see their king and queen back together again, would have lighten many candles in all the streets where Rama and Sita went through.
Dancing, children songs and offering of flowers were also planned for PS !
After an introduction about this tradition, classes from CP to CM2 built terra cotta lights, drawn with powder some rangolis with symmetrical forms on the stairs (CP, CP1) and they drawn rangolis with flowers in the playground (CE2-CM1-CM2).
PS, MS et GS tasted sweets (kaju ki barfi) and dries fruits (almonds, cashew nuts, sultanas). They painted Rama and Sita so happy to be together again. In fact, Diwali celebrates the coming back of the king Rama to his wife, Sita, in his birthplace city called Ayodhya. She would have been kidnaped and driven to Lanka island. Ayodhya residents, happy to see their king and queen back together again, would have lighten many candles in all the streets where Rama and Sita went through.
Dancing, children songs and offering of flowers were also planned for PS !
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November 2010 - Let's Tango !
To celebrate the bi-centennial of Argentina, the Argentine
consulate and the EFIB presented a unique show of Tango in EFIB’s garden. The show was followed by a tasting of Argentine wines. A raffle was
organized and the winner get a plane ticket for Buenos Aires and a tour of
Argentina for ten days starting form the capital to the Iguassu
waterfalls via the Calafate glaciers...
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November 2010 - Holidays starting with tasty sweets made by Pooja : Le 15 Pâtisserie at EFIB
A colored buffet of French cube cakes was waiting for the pupils
and their parents in the school playground while the final school hour
had come. A true exhibition of colours and tastes, realised by Pooja,
Chief of Le 15 Patisserie (JN Palkar Road, Worli).
From lemon pies to macaroons, including operas, French pastry
flavours were savoured with nostalgia and enjoyment as all range of
sweet pasties were made with recipes that were straight from Paris. In
fact, Pooja was trained to the famous Cordon Bleu in Paris!
Efib is happy to contribute to this French skilled pastry development, whiche success permitted the opening of a second shop at Good Earth (Raghuvanshi Mills Compound, Lower Parel) where training is offered. Do not hesitate to contact Pooja, should you need more information. To know more, click here
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October 2010 - Music Classes with Mehli Mehta !
The Mehli Mehta School of Music is now part of the extra curricular
program at EFIB ! A professional musician will teach each class for 45
minutes every week.
The foundation, created in 1995, is named after Mehli Mehta, famous
violinist and founder of the Bombay Symphonic Orchestra. Its goal is
the promotion of classical music for everyone, specially the young.
This partnership between EFIB and one of the best music schools of
Bombay contributes to the enhancement of our educational program. We are
very happy and proud of this achievement! To know more, click here
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June 2010 - End of year celebration
The end of year celebration will be presented by thePre-Primary and Primary students and followed up by a buffet, which will reunite parents, children and all the EFIB team.
A Book sale will be organized after the show. The benefits will be granted to the "Ecoles Franco Indiennes", an ONG chaired by Mr. Pierre Péan that provides schooling in the northern suburbs of the city to unprivileged children. Should you want to contribute to the sale, you may bring your old books, CDs and DVDs at the reception of the school.
Please make sure you arrive at 16h30, so that the show may start on time.
It is a customary school practice to have the parents of the school contribute to the buffet by bringing a dish or drinks of their choice. We kindly remind you to register yourself at the school administration office. This will help us close any eventual gaps.
June 2010 - Play at the Alliance Française
The Little Prince, by the CE2, CM1 and CM2 Students
A lot of hard work took place in order to make "The Little Prince" a great production. The students practiced hard and eventually the big day arrived. The play was a beautiful poetic composition and the audience was stunned. A big clap to the students and the leading teacher, Anne-Lise Richard, for this original creation, which inspired and motivated an entire classroom!
A series of Plays by the CNED Students
The CNED students chose a play based on "absurd" drama. A comedy based on "l'Augmentation" by Georges Perec, followed by a series of small sketches that showed the fruit of the student's imagination. All perfectly organized and directed by their lead Alexandra de Montalembert.
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June 2010 - Contest of drawings organized by the Club France of Bombay
Everyone took part in it! From the Pre-Primary to the CE1, a collective work was produced by each class. A beautiful mural poster with the colors of Holi from the youngest ones, a map of India in a giant puzzle for the MS and GS and a clever model on the water cycle (English version!) by the CP/CE1… The worthy representatives of the Club France had much difficulty in deciding who should be the winner considering the amount of talent presented to them so they chose to reward them all!
Everyone took part in it! From the Pre-Primary to the CE1, a collective work was produced by each class. A beautiful mural poster with the colors of Holi from the youngest ones, a map of India in a giant puzzle for the MS and GS and a clever model on the water cycle (English version!) by the CP/CE1… The worthy representatives of the Club France had much difficulty in deciding who should be the winner considering the amount of talent presented to them so they chose to reward them all!
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Music
Since the end of April, students from Pre-Primary to CM2 benefit from the Music lessons by Indu Raghuraman, a musician having practized and taught in New york for many years. Children discover different music styles, rhythm and instruments.
Indu and her friend, Shuba, demonstrated to the children one of the traditional dances of the South of India, the "Bharata Natyam".
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15th January - Solar Eclipse
On the 15th of January there was a solar eclipse visible from India!
The entire school went to the Mumbai Planetarium at the Nehru Sciences Centre to observe the event: a solar eclipse where the solar circle was perfectly visible and that lasted for 11 full minutes!
If you missed this event, the next solar eclipse of similar duration will only take place in ... 3043! |
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December 2009 - Soiree Anglais
Impatiently awaited like a date ... British humor, sophisticated or completely nuts, the students of the Primary and Secondary, act in front of the public, presenting a series of small scenes... a sporty evening of the zygomatics till next year Michael!
December 2009 - Christmas Party
The pictures say it all! A wonderful way of bringing and sharing some of our culture to India!
"Petit papa Noel" was sung both in French and Hindi, the children's shows were fantastic and the decoration superb. A very emotional event with many Christmas related songs... Angels and... Father Christmas visit to the school.
A big thanks to the Club France for donating a wonderful Christmas Tree!
