We asked, you answered. The future feels a little brighter thanks to your ideas. Walk with us as we work towards creating a more sustainable world.
#SDGs #Sustainability
We asked, you answered. The future feels a little brighter thanks to your ideas. Walk with us as we work towards creating a more sustainable world.
#SDGs #Sustainability
We asked, you answered. The future feels a little brighter thanks to your ideas. Walk with us as we work towards creating a more sustainable world.
#SDGs #Sustainability
End Date:
May 12, 2026 11:59 PM India
Details:
This World English Language Day, Burlington English is delighted to launch BE Magic Hat 2026: My Neighbourhood Cast, a creative contest that invites students to discover, observe, and celebrate the unforgettable people in their neighbourhood.
World English Language Day, celebrated on 23rd April — the birthday of William Shakespeare — honours the richness of language and its power to bring people to life. Shakespeare understood this better than anyone. His plays are populated with characters from every walk of life — kings and fools, merchants and servants, lovers, and loners. He showed us that every person, no matter how ordinary they may seem, carries a story worth telling.
In My Neighbourhood Cast, we invite students to follow in this tradition. Every neighbourhood has its own cast of characters — the chai wala who knows everyone by name, the aunty who watches over the street like a guardian, the shopkeeper who has a story for every customer, and many more. These are the people who give a place its personality, its warmth, and its soul. Students will observe them and create a short character-sketch video that introduces the world to the people who make their neighbourhood come alive.
This contest is designed to nurture observation, empathy, storytelling, and a genuine curiosity about the people around us.
Parameters for Judgement:
Grades 1 to 2:
• Clarity of speech and pronunciation
• Enthusiasm in introducing the person they have chosen
• Effort and creativity
Grades 3 to 5:
• Storytelling and descriptive language
• Ability to capture what makes the person unique
• Confidence and expression
Grades 6 to 8:
• Depth of observation and originality
• Empathy and sensitivity in portraying real people
• Quality of video presentation and narrative structure
• Effective use of English to convey character and emotion
How Students Can Participate:
Step 1: Look around your neighbourhood. Who are the people that make it unique? A vendor, a guard, a neighbour, or a teacher?
Step 2: Pick one person and spend time observing what makes them special — their habits, their words, and their presence.
Step 3: Create a short character-sketch video — represent them, share their story, and show us why they matter to your world.
Step 4: Submit your entry via the grade-specific link provided.
Step 5: Follow the Burlington English page on Facebook or Instagram, and comment #Participated on the announcement post.
Note: Videos of the real-life character representing themselves on camera will not be considered.
Contest Guidelines:
• Grades: For 1 to 8 only
• File size: Video under 100MB
• Duration: Maximum 120 seconds
• Number of Entries: One per participant
Together we rise!
We're blown away by the incredible response to our #BeTheVoicesOfTomorrow competition! The number of submissions promoting awareness about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was truly inspiring.
The participants’ passion and creative ideas give us immense confidence in envisioning a better future for humanity.
This Mother's Day, our hearts were filled with love and creativity! All the amazing students from Grades 1-8 who participated in our #StanzaForSupermom contest submitted lyrical poems describing their mothers.
We were impressed by the beautiful poems celebrating the incredible bond between mothers and children.
What an incredible week of fierce debate and intellectual exchange! A huge round of applause to all the participants who battled it out in the arena of Indian Debating League 3.0, a collaboration between Burlington English and IIT Delhi. The passion, critical thinking ability, and eloquence of the participants were inspiring.
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