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CNG Condor Activities SY 24-25: CNG Condor Activities SY 24-25

Condor Activities is a fun-filled, learning, co-curricular program that allows students to explore and develop their talents, interests, social skills and character. The program offers a wide variety of activities in art, corporal expression, culinary, music, sports, and science and technology that contribute to accomplishing CNG’s vision. 

Art

Art Workshop

This activity allows students to explore different artistic techniques and materials as they develop creativity and manual dexterity. 

This activity is available for K4 students

Yoga

Yoga 

 

Classes aim to teach children to pay attention, increase focus, and balance their emotions while building physical strength and flexibility.

Martial Arts

Martial Arts

Students develop motor skills, coordination, self-control, and discipline through self-defense and body awareness practices. Both motor and mental dexterity are strengthened.

Primary students may take 1 or 2 classes per week. For Elementary, Middle and High School levels, 2 classes per week are required due to the technical difficulty and discipline required.

Students will be evaluated each semester for belt advancement. An additional fee applies to students advancing to the next belt.

Belt colors are divided as follows:

  • Beginners: White, Yellow Stripe, Yellow, Orange Stripe, Orange.
  • Intermediate: Blue, Green Stripe, Green, Purple.
  • Advanced: Brown III, Brown II, Brown I, Black.

This activity is available for K4 students

Robotics

Robotics

Students learn about electricity and circuits as they enjoy experiments and projects related to robotics and electronics. Finally, they learn to construct their robot.

Young Engineers

Young Engineers Jr-  Big Builders

Big Builders enrichment program introduces pre-school aged children to scientific concepts through hands-on experiential learning. Students will be loaned kits with building tools to construct 3D models introducing laws of physics on a basic level through demonstrations of centrifugal force, gravity, mechanical energy, and balance.

This activity is available for K4 students  

Cooking

PS-ES Cooking
Students explore the origins of ingredients, recipes, and nutrition while learning proper kitchen utensil use. They follow recipes to prepare savory and sweet dishes, developing creativity, intuition, and patience.

MS Cooking Class
Middle school students expand their culinary knowledge by exploring new cooking techniques, diverse cuisines, and innovative flavor combinations. This hands-on class builds culinary skills, enhances creativity, and prepares students for future careers or personal passions in the kitchen.

Seniors Cooking Class
This class equips high school seniors with essential cooking skills for life abroad. Students learn to prepare nutritious meals, manage a food budget, and navigate different food cultures, fostering independence and boosting confidence for their time
away from home.

Skating

Skating

Students learn different skating techniques as they develop their gross motor skills, coordination and balance. Students must bring their skates and required protective gear.

Parkour

Parkour 

Parkour, also known as Art du Deplacement or Free Running, is the most holistic, spontaneous, and natural training method of the human body. Students will train to move with grace and fluidity over any terrain while making full use of their body's abilities to overcome any physical and mental obstacle allowing a successful adaptation to their environment.

ES Sewing Creations

ES Sewing and Embroidery

Students develop particular abilities to design on fabric through embroidery techniques. They will also develop creativity, increase their brain function, and acquire mindfulness skills through this activity.

PS Sewing Creations

PS Sewing, Stuffed Animals and Handbags

Students improve their motor skills using different textile techniques using needles, fabrics, and thread. Students will explore their creativity and strengthen their patience by working on abilities as necessary as coordination and concentration.

Science Experiments

Science Experiments

Students have the opportunity to obtain profound knowledge of science through experiments that delve into the fundamentals of chemistry, physics, and mathematics.

Skateboarding

Skateboarding

Students will learn skateboarding techniques like balance, control, and basic tricks, improving coordination, strength, and confidence in a safe and supervised environment. This activity promotes teamwork and perseverance as students overcome challenges and gradually improve their skills. 

Students must bring a skateboard, helmet, and protective gear for hands, elbows, and knees.

Music

Musical Instruments

The Condor music program offers top-quality music instruction based on the Suzuki teaching method for Violin, Piano, and Guitar. 

  • Guitar and violin students must have their own musical instruments and bring them to school.
  • Piano students must have a piano or keyboard at home.
  • Students enrolled in the music program during the first semester of the 2024-2025 SY will have priority registration for the second semester.

Ballet

Ballet

Students develop concentration, flexibility, coordination, and musical rhythm training. Students are encouraged to internalize movement and technical steps until they become automatic and develop muscular strength

Pre-Ballet

Students develop their motor skills through rhythm and coordination games. Comprehension of the body, its muscles and its posture are achieved in a harmonious, playful group environment.

This activity is available for K4 students

PS Jewelry & Accessories

PS Jewelry & Accessories 

Students cultivate a personal sense of aesthetics. The use of different materials will allow students to explore the marvelous world of beadwork, within which they will strengthen their fine motor skills and reinforce concepts such as patterns, direction, and sequence.

ES Jewelry & Accessories

ES Jewelry & Accessories 

Students make accessories using different techniques like loom and Miyuki beads. Students will design accessories and develop fine motor skills and a sense of coordination. The Ancestral technique will be used to recreate their designs in the loom, which will lead to a push for creativity, constancy, and patience.

Dance

Dance

Students develop their skills in areas like movement, coordination, body management, musical coordination, and musical rhythm.

Young Engineers

YOUNG ENGINEERS MOTORIZED LEGO

Students are introduced to the basic principles of mathematics, science, and engineering using motorized LEGO bricks that produce motion. Each child will be loaned the LEGO kit.

First Bike & Bike

First Bike

Students acquire abilities in balance and coordination in balance bikes and regular bikes (bikes with pedals), depending on the student’s level and skills. CNG will provide bikes. Students must bring the required protective equipment.

This activity is available for K4 students  

Bike

Students work on mastering basic bicycle skills and working on the technical aspects to dominate the bike in different terrains and situations. This activity is for students who have taken First Bike or have the required skills. CNG will provide bikes and students must bring the required protective equipment.

 

Mountain Bike & Biking

Mountain Bike & BIking 

Students master the bike's fundamental and technical skills and dominate the bicycle on irregular terrains such as grass, mountains, and rocks. Students will learn about urban circuits and natural and artificial trails and must bring the appropriate elements for practice and adequate protective gear.

Students must bring their bikes and the required protective equipment.

Pottery

Pottery
 
Students will have a practical and sensitive approach to clay and sculpture through basic ceramic techniques, developing motor and artistic skills to provide them with aesthetic, artistic, and sensitive knowledge. 

Climbing

Climbing

Students will focus on developing flexibility, strength, agility, social skills by working with others, and mental skills by overcoming complex tasks within the scope of climbing. As students become involved in this activity, they learn to trust themselves and to have confidence in their endeavors beyond climbing.

Model Airplane

Model Airplane

Students will be able to learn about the fascinating world of airplanes and model aircraft. Students will develop skills in designing, building, and flying their models through fun and practical activities.

This course will foster creativity and curiosity and teach basic concepts of physics and aerodynamics.

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