Celebrating International Day for Families from 15 – 30 May

This year for our celebrations of International Day for Families we have brought together
the theme of Summer Holidays: Bonding with the family and how travel and holidays
help us to understand cultural diversity better. In May the UN also celebrates the World
Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development on the 21 st. The day provides us
with an opportunity to deepen our understanding of the values of cultural diversity and
to learn to live together in harmony.

We are organising the following programmes for children to raise awareness among
them about the importance of intercultural dialogue, diversity and inclusion. We also
have a parent-child workshop. Please find details about the workshops below and
register your child for the sessions.

Workshop: Invent a new holiday: a writing workshop

Date: Saturday, 14 May 2016

Participants will compose on what would this holiday celebrate? How would you
celebrate it? Would there be any special food for your holiday? Participants invent
holiday and will do descriptive story writing about it.

Timing
5 to 7 years: 10:00 a.m. to 12 p.m.
8 to 10 years: 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
11 to 15 years: 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Outcome: They will get acquainted to different places across the world, different
festivals celebrated, their cultures etc. They will individually create a new holiday and
write about it which will help them to think creatively and develop their writing skills.

Outline:

 Participants will talk about a holiday they celebrate – New Year, Pongal, Diwali,
Eid, Holi, Christmas and so on.
 In groups, children come up with a new holiday that they would celebrate – they
give it a name.
 Individually, they write about this holiday. Scaffolding for descriptive writing will
be given.

Trainer Profile: Premila Lowe has completed her Cambridge CELTA course from British
Council and and is a teacher with the British Council English Language Centre. S he
teaches both adults (academic and business English) and young learners at the British
Council. Apart from these, she has delivered corporate classes at Scope International
and academic classes at the Government College of Nursing, Chennai. She has also
conducted storytelling session and Reading Challenge workshops for children and
creative writing workshops for children and adults both.

The United Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as charity.
Dance and cultural diversity: exploring dance forms from the world
Saturday, 21 May 2016:

Dance and Cultural Diversity examines the art of dance within the context of different
cultures.

Timing
5 to 7 years: 10:00 a.m. to 11 p.m.
8 to 11 years: 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
12 to 15 years: 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Outcome: This workshop will help participants to learn diverse dance forms and
creative expression, dramatic storytelling, experimenting with what their body is capable
of doing, creating shapes and elements of creating movement. They will enjoy and enjoy
and better understand the various dance form.

Outline:

5-8 years
"The Move Project” leading to beginner steps on street jazz

9-12 years
Beginner Street Jazz (Very urban stylised dance style, with popular billboard hits used
for choreography)
Contemporary Beginners steps moving to Global Dance Fusion

13-15 years
Bollywood Contemporary

Contemporary Partnering - Basic contemporary techniques, lifts & weight bearing

techniques, contact improvisation.

Trainer Profile: Aparna Nagesh is a versatile dance professional with over 17 years of
training, teaching and performance experience. She has trained extensively in various
dance styles such as Jazz, Ballet, Contemporary, Latin & Street and now creates
contemporary dance theatre work under her own unique movement vocabula ry titled
“Global Dance Fusion”. She is a graduate of the ISVP dance course at Broadway Dance
Center, New York with a certificate of excellence.
Currently she runs her own all girl dance ensemble, High Kicks, who recently performed
at the prestigious Commonwealth Youth Dance Fest, prior to the start of the
Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Scotland in July. High Kicks is also a dance arts
venture that conceptualizes and executes various dance festivals, productions and
dance arts projects.

The United Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as charity.
Masks: Reflections of culture and Religion
Thursday, 26 May 2016:

The unique “mask concept” gives participants an experiential understanding of different

culture and religion across the globe. Most nations all over the world have a cultural
past, which is inseparably linked to masks making them a universal phenomenon. Masks
from all over the world converge on the universality of the human mind and the power
of the human imagination.

Timing
5 to 7 years: 10:00 a.m. to 12 p.m.
8 to 11 years: 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
12 to 15 years: 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Outcome: Participants will enjoy and learn interesting aspects of mask concept and its
cultural past. They will critically think and design the mask and discuss and exchange
ideas and perception about it. This will help them be more imaginative and open to
creative ideas free thinking and bring awareness about the cultural past lined to mask
makings.

Outline: They will view images and examples of masks from different cultures. This fun
mask requires participants to create a mask just for themselves using different art tools.
They will describe how different types of masks are made and how they reflect the
culture of their ethnic groups.

Trainer Profile: Richa Sharma has completed her Cambridge English Qualification and is a
teacher with the British Council English Language Centre. Her classes not only clarify on
grammar and vocabulary but also help children develop their receptive and productive skills.
Apart from teaching adults, she teaches young learners and conducts story-telling sessions
for them. She has also delivered a Reading Challenge workshop, Book cover designing
workshop for children.

The United Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as charity.
Poster Designing
Saturday, 28 May 2016

Tell us about the places you have travelled in your holidays through this exciting poster
making activity. Parents join your child to complete the story on the poster!!!

Timing
5 to 7 years: 10:00 a.m. to 12 p.m.
8 to 11 years: 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
12 to 15 years: 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Outcome: A very exciting activity which will bring you and your child together to
cherish and bring back the holiday memories. Participants will visualise to capture the
cultural essence of a place and create a poster and narrate experiences.

Outline: This is a fun parent-child activity. Participants will discuss about the places that
they have travelled and make a poster. They will share their experience and display the
cultures, foods etc. on the poster.

Trainer Profile: Mahananda Bohidar has completed her Cambridge CELTA course from
British Council and is a teacher with the British Council English Language Centre. She
teaches both adults (academic and business English) and young learners at the British
Council.

Apart from this, she has delivered academic classes at the Government College of
Nursing, Chennai. She has also conducted storytelling sessions, poetry writing sessions
and Reading Challenge workshops for children at the British Council, Chennai. She
worked as a journalist before switching over to teaching.

The United Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as charity.