Students spread splendid colours at musical concert held at Sacred Souls' School

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SAS Nagar, August 28 2019

Students perform colourful dance performances and enact drama during a musical concert held at Sacred Souls’ School, Mohali on Tuesday. 

Saupin's students shines in various Championships

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Chandigarh, August 28 2019

Saupin’s -32 U-17 Boys team did the school proud by clinching the Gold medal at the finals of the Inter-School Chess Tournament conducted by the UT Education Department. Saupin's defeated St. Kabir convincingly by 3-1 to emerge winners.

Manit Kapil claimed the Gold medal in the U-14 Boys while Aarush Grover U-17 Boys won a Silver medal in the Inter-School Taekwondo Championship organised by the UT Education Department. About 20 schools from the tricity competed.
Meanwhile, the Saupin’s Film club bagged the 2nd prize trophy for their film “Ab-Bass” in Cine Maestro Take 3 a film festival organised by Chitkara. Around 20 schools from the tricity participated. The cinematography, production, acting and direction was handled largely by the children.

Sri Aurobindo School celebrated Krishna Janamashtami

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Chandigarh, August 26 2019

To seek the blessings of Lord Krishna, Sri Aurobindo School of Integral Education, Chandigarh celebrated Janamashtmi with great mirth and zeal. Students of class V  presented a special assembly.

The children  dressed up as Lord Sri Krishna, Radha, Gopikas and other various characters. They beautifully depicted the life history of Lord Krishna. The celebration was truly educating and entertaining. The Chairman, Arvind Mehan and the Principal, Garima S Bhardwaj blessed the students on this auspicious occasion.

Janamashtami celebrated by Smiling Kiddies School

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Zirakpur, August 25 2019

Smiling kiddies Playway School celebrated Janmashtami with mirth and joy. Kiddies were looking graceful in Radha/Krishna's attire. 

The decorated school campus signified excitement and joyous spirit of enthrallment. Kiddies performed Krishna leela beautifully. 

The creative file activities like mukut & bansuri decoration and cotton pasting in matki filled the festivity spirit in the minds of little stars.
It was a magical day with full of blessings.

Bhavan Vidhyalay School : Special Cell Celebrates Janamasthmi

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Chandigarh, August 25 2019

The Specially Abled Students of Bhavan Vidyalaya School, Chandigarh celebrated the festival of Janamasthmi in its true spirit here today. Students dressed in colourful costumes gleefully participated in the celebrations. They enjoyed taking turns on floral bedecked swings, dancing to the music and enjoying sweet goodies, which were distributed to them. Special educators recounted anecdotes and stories from the life of Lord Krishna.

Senior Principal Vineeta Arora and Vice Principal Suparna Bansal interacted with the students and took part in the celebrations.

Janamashtami celebrated at St. Teresa Convent School Panchkula

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Panchkula, August 22 2019

To seek the blessings of Lord Krishna, Janmashtami was celebrated at The St. Teresa Convent Sr. Sec. School with mirth and joy. The fragrance of flowers, soothing aroma of camphor and the jingle of bells filled the air. While this religious importance is not lost, this day signifies a lot more to modern India, it signifies excitement, euphoria and a joyous spirit of enthrallment.

To celebrate the extraordinary bond between children and the Almighty. St. Teresa Convent School took the opportunity to both jubilate and learn with the young minds. The  tiny tots of mont section  dressed up as lord Krishna and Radha, complete with flutes, peacock feathers and matkas. The premise was decorated beautifully. It was more interesting as students watched spiritual movie. An interhouse activity was conducted for rest of the classes which included decoration of matkis, posters etc.
The purpose of the flamboyant celebration was to inculcate value of sharing and respect in the students. On whole students enjoyed the day with great zeal.

Janamashtami Celebrated at AKSIPS 45

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Chandigarh, August 22 2019

Janamashtami was celebrated in a unique Manner by the Pre-Primary wing of AKSIPS 45 Smart School wherein grandparents as well as parents of all the toddlers were invited. Director-Principal Dr. Jasmine Kalra and administrator AKSIPS Group of Smart Schools Mr. Sidhant presided over the function.

The celebration began with the remarkable display of learning during a short period of time. Zealous dances, songs and a skit on Janmashtami were presented. Talent hunt dance competition in which mothers and grand mothers participated with their children which added fun and excitement to the event. Ms.Kavita Rani,Ms Anju Ranawat , Ms.Renu & Ms.Rimpy came up as the winners of the’ Talent Hunt Dance Competition’ . Towards the end Tiny Tots dressed up as Krishna and Radha and performed the traditional Aarti and distributed the Prasad.

The British School Panchkula celebrates Janamashtami

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Chandigarh, August 22 2019

Strengthening the bond between the parents and school, Janamashtami was celebrated with great enthusiasm and fervor at The British School, Panchkula. Keeping with the spirit of the festival, the students came dressed in colourful attires of Krishna, Radha, Balram, Gopi, Nand, Yashoda. Yahvi, Aarohi  Charmi looked adorable in their attires while Daksh, Kanav Sood and Rehaan Jain flaunted their dresses and flutes. The students showcased their creativity by making Mukuts, Matkis and Mor Pankh.

Parents and teachers made Prasad and sang bhajans. The School Director, Mr. Sanjay Sethi said, “It is important to organize such traditional festivals to stay linked to our rich culture, traditions and heritage and to keep the young generation connected to their roots.”

Annual Inter School Poetry Recitation Competition held at Saupin's 32 Chandigarh

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Chandigarh, August 22 2019

Saupin’s 32 hosted its Annual Inter School Poetry Recitation Competition organised by “Wordsmiths” the English Literary Club today. This year was dedicated to the illustrious poet of the century Y.B. Yeats who was awarded a Nobel prize for literature in 1923.

30 schools from the tricity participated in the event. The eminent judges for the event were Ms. Rinnita Singh an author and journalist, Dr. Meenu Aggarwal Gupta who has several books  and literary research to her credit and Miss Mansi Jawrani, an international English trainer (Punjab University). 

The competition was stiff and the winners were

Category A  (Senior) Classes IX and X

1^st Prize  -  Prabhat S. Rajagopalan of Bhavan Vidyalya, Chandigarh

2^nd Prize   - Janvi Nodiyal of Saupin’s School, Chandigarh

3^rd Prize    -Haripriya of Sacred Heart, Chandigarh

Category B (Junior) Classes VI to VIII

1^st Prize   - Sabreen Mann if YPS, Mohali

2^nd Prize  -  Ambreen of Sacred Heart, Chandigarh

3^rd Prize  -  Shuchi of AKSIPS-41, Chandigarh
The running trophy was bagged by Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, Chandigarh.

Dental checkup camp held at Saupin's-32 school Chandigarh

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Chandigarh, August 19 2019

A team of dentists from the Dental Wellness Center, Chandigarh along with senior interns from Sri Sukhmani Dental College, Dera Bassi conducted a dental checkup for children of Classes I to V at Saupin’s 32. 

They taught them the proper technique of brushing their teeth and emphasized the importance of oral hygiene. 

Smiling Kiddies celebrated 73rd Independence Day

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Chandigarh, August 18 2019

Smiling Kiddies celebrated Independence day with festivity & patriotic fervour. The little stars came in Tri-colour attires & were looking excited. National flag was unfurled. Play Group kiddies performed colour crushing activity whereas Nursery & KG classes did colouring in national flag as a file activity. 

KG class beautifully performed grain & pulse activity in national flag as a group activity. The celebration culminated with a beautiful rhyme by nursery class, that exhibited little ones love for country.

Sri Aurobindo School : Independence day celebrated with Patriotic Fervour

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Chandigarh, August 16 2019

The students of Sri Aurobindo School, Chandigarh celebrated the 73rd Independence Day of India which also coincides with the birth anniversary of the legendary freedom fighter, Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, with great enthusiasm and respect. Children sang Sanskrit verses ‘Bhavani Bharti’ composed by Sri Aurobindo, while school rock band presented patriotic songs in tribute to martyrs who sacrificed their lives for free of the country. 

School Chairman Arvind Mehan and Principal Garima S Bhardwaj unfurled the flag and urged children to rise above caste, colour, class, religion and unite in peace for progress. 

In photos : Full dress rehearsal ahead of 73rd Independence day celebrations in Chandigarh.

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Chandigarh, August 13 2019

Full dress rehearsal ahead of 73rd Independence day celebrations witnessed march past by police personals and cultural dance performances by students of various Chandigarh schools. Following photographs highlight various activities held at parade ground in sector-17 of Chandigarh on Tuesday. Photos : SUMIT MALHOTRA

Bird's Paradise : Photography by Arzoo Bansal

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Panchkula, August 12 2019

Sharing these photographs, Arzoo bansal shares her journey to capture the beautiful scenic memory in her gadget(Camera). She says while sharing her art with School News, "This photograph was taken by me when I was doing an internship with World Disney. The area in Orlando(a city in central Florida), the best part was the view of amazing cloud formations. While going for my shift I saw these two birds and I was attracted towards these two birds and I standstill to capture their beauty. And the result can be clearly seen in these images. Significantly, these birds were not in the zoo or any bird conservatory, but were just outside my living apartment".

You can follow Arzoo on Instagram@bansalarzoo and follow her work.

Happy Hardy and Heer’s romantic track ‘Heer Tu Meri’ released

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Chandigarh, August 07 2019

Film will feature Himesh Reshammiya and Sonia Mann in lead roles

Sonia Mann will mark her debut in Bollywood

Romance has always been the backbone of Bollywood movies and this time the music king Himesh Reshammiya is coming with the biggest romantic film of the year ‘Happy Hardy and Heer’. This film will feature Punjabi beauty and talented actress 

Sonia Mann in the lead role. Recently, the makers of the film released another romantic track from the film titled ‘Heer Tu Meri’. 

Himesh Reshammiya and Anusha Mani have given their vocals to the song. The lyrics of the song are penned by Himesh Reshammiya himself. And the cherry on the cake is the soulful music of Himesh Reshammiya. 

The video of the song is shot at the beautiful locations of Scotland and chemistry between both the leads is a treat to watch. 

With this film, Sonia Mann will mark her debut in Bollywood. Prior to this, she has already featured in biggest Punjabi videos of singers like Sidhu Moosewala, Jordan Sandhu and Raftaar. She has also done a special appearance with Bollywood Greek God Hrithik Roshan’s Marathi film, Hrudayantar. 

Apart from Himesh Reshammiya and Sonia Mann, Naresh Suri, Manmeet Singh, Deep Mandeep, Ashwin Dhar, Sejal Shah, and Tripti Khamkar will play pivotal roles. ‘Happy Hardy and Heer' is directed by Raka. The whole project is produced by Deepshikha Deshmukh and Sabita Manakchand. The dialogues of the film are written by Bunty Rathore and Sonia Kapoor Reshammiya has written the screenplay. 

The trailer of the film will be released soon and the film will hit the theatres in September. 

"Xavarians Mashup-2019" witnessed fun filled activities

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Chandigarh, August 06 2019

St. Xavier's Sr. Sec. School, Chandigarh organized  an Inter School fun - filled event "XAVARIAN MASHUP"-2019 which comprises of various subjects activities. Around 150 students from 13 Schools of Tri city took part in this mega event. Activities-wise results are given below:

1.Look Alikes  A character personification event on Social Reformers of India for class 10 students
1st Prize - Shivam Vats - St. Joseph
2nd Prize- Deepinder Kaur - St. Xavier`s , Mohali
3rd Prize - Ayushi - Sacred Heart
Consolation - Vasudha Arora - Carmel Convent
2. Azaadi Ke Rang - A hand painting competition on themeProgressive India  for class 6 students
1st Prize - Arnav Ghai and Adil Jassal, St. Xavier`s Panchkula
2nd Prize- Bhavya Sharma and Arpita, Sacred Heart
3rd Prize - Kanika and Kanupriya, St. Xavier`s, Zirakpur
3. Collage : A collage making competition on Theme India got Freedom for Class 7 students.
1st Prize - Rishita Sinha , Mount Carmel
2nd Prize- Ishika, St. Xavier`s Chandigarh
3rd Prize - Tanupriya, St. Xavier`s Mohali
Consolation - Niharika, St. Joseph, Chandigarh
4. Tech Wizard: a poster making competition in MS Word  for Class 7 Students
1st Prize - Harsimran Singh Bajwa, St. Xavier`s Chandigarh
2nd Prize- Ryan, Gurukul Global, Manimajra
3rd Prize - Tamaal Krishan Chhabra, Mount Carmel
Consolation - Bhavya Deora, St. Joseph
5. Web Mania : A web designing competition using HTML TAGS  for Class 8 students
1st Prize - Tarini, St. Xavier`s Chandigarh
2nd Prize- Rudraksh, St. Joseph, Chandigarh
3rd Prize - Mayank Raj Garg, Mount Carmel
Consolation - Vaibhav of St. Xavier`s Zirakpur
6. Math 'O' Dical : A Mathematics quizzing and mental ability rounds for class 9 Students.
1st Prize - Ridhi and Parisha - Carmel Convent,
2nd Prize-Pranjanya and Vaasu of St. Joseph
3rd Prize - Shruti and Kunal - Gurukul Global, Manimajra
Consolation - Siddrath and Samariddha, St. Joseph, Chandigarh
Councillor Ravinder Kaur Gujral was the Chief Guest. She took keen interest in all the performances given by students and appreciated them.  Dr. Ivorine, the Principal St. Xavier`s Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh congratulated all winners and also the students and teachers who coordinated the show.  I William, Chairman St. Xavier`s Group of School gave away prizes to winners.

InterSchool Spell Bee Competition; Gurukul Global School & AKSIPS-45 emerged winners

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Chandigarh, August 06 2019

On the first day of the four-day Silver Jubilee Celebrations,  Sri Aurobindo School of Integral Education, Chandigarh, organized the interschool Spell Bee Competition.

Gurukul Global school, Manimajra emerged as the winner in Junior Category for Class III to V. Saupins School, Chandigarh and RIMT World School bagged the second and third positions respectively

In Senior category (Classes VI to VIII), AKSIPS- 45 emerged as the winner whereas Manav Mangal High School, Sector 21 and RIMT World School won the second and third positions respectively.

The Chairman, Arvind Mehan and the Principal, Garima S Bhardwaj gave away trophies to the winners.

Xavier's students brought laurels to school; Won second prize in EUPHORIA

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Chandigarh, August 04 2019

Students of St. Xavier`s Chandigarh brought laurels to their school by winning Second Prize in "EUPHORIA "– An Inter School event organized by Bhavan Vidyalaya Panchkula wherein 25 teams of various schools from the tricity took part in this mega annual event.

St. Xavier’s Winners`s team  comprised of Alex Pranav Chaudhary of class 9B, Rachit Madaan-11B, Sachetan Chauhan-12B, Harshit-9A, Arnav-8C, Cheksha Khanna-12B, Japnam Singh-10C and Akarsh Srivastava-9A. 

Friendship Day; A strong bond of relationship celebrated at Smiling Kiddies Playway School

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Zirakpur, August 04 2019

Friendship Day was celebrated in Smiling  Kiddies Playway School with great excitement. Kiddies came curiously & wished their friends. They exchanged beautiful friendship bands & bonded more strongly. Teachers explained the real meaning of friendship. All kiddies danced & played together & had fun. At last they shared their lunch with each other & enjoyed a lot throughout the day.

Chai is now Corporate Business, Kulhar Chai with various Flavours

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Chandigarh, August 04 2019

Chai Sutta Bar which is famous for  Serving Hygienic Herbal Products  with hygienic  since 2017 now opened at  Chandigarh. Currently operating at successfully 25 locations across the country serves freshly brewed tea, coffee and a lot more while bringing back fresh nostalgia of good old Days.The fact is that the guests  are served herbal products that can enjoy the taste along it being healthy at the same time.

Ambience is no less than bar but products are served at very nominal price with highest quality of taste. The speciality of Chai Sutta Bar is strong adrak ki chai, hot masala chai. Evergreen kulhad tea has undergone through flavourful reinvention where combinations like paan chai, rose chai, chocolate chai and  irani chai will emerged as winners for the young  residents in Chandigarh. Some new flavours are to be added in it  making this rainy season a hit in the city.

Anubhav Dubey, Founder Chai Sutta Bar, who opened the business as food start-up informed, which became a success for them informed at the moment that we not only focus on offering quality products at the Café but also ensures that every customer that walks in has the best possible experience. He further added that we wanted our brand to be eco-friendly which eventually became one of the loved elements at our venue.

Newly opened Chai Sutta Bar Outlet, Sector 36, Chandigarh

Anand and Rahul from Chai Sutta Bar Informed at the moment that they have employed more than 400 underprivileged, orphan and physically handicapped people. Besides they are purchasing Kullar from 200 families  of 10 villages who are dealing in pottery. In this way these youngsters has made this work high-tech and has given work to the these families. 

St Teresa Convent School celebrated Teej festival

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Panchkula, August 03 2019

Teej refers to the monsoon festival. This festival celebrates the bounty of nature, arrival of clouds and rain, greenery and birds, rituals and customs. The festival  includes  dancing, singing, getting together with friends and telling stories, dressing up with henna coloured hands and feet, wearing red, yellow or green clothes, sharing festive food, and playing under trees on swings on Hariyali Teej.

We at the St.Teresa Convent School celebrated Teej with great zeal. Children were all dressed in their ethnic attire and enjoyed on the decorated swings. It was a day of fun and frolic for all the students.

Teej celebrated at The British School Panchkula

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Panchkula, August 03 2019

Onset of monsoon brings the festive era in the Northern part of our country. The kindergarten students of The British School celebrated monsoon festival ‘Teej’ with great fervour.  

The children were told about this festival and the way it is celebrated.
The educators arranged dancing session for the children. They enjoyed tapping their feet on traditional beats. The celebration was fun filled with local traditional songs which gave a reflection of our culture and heritage. The little ones had fun on swings. To add  sweetness to the celebration the children had brought traditional sweets in their tiffin.

Kids enjoyed Teej with Traditional Attire at Smiling Kiddies Playway School

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Zirakpur, August 03 2019

Smiling Kiddies Playway School celebrated 'Teej' with festivity & zeal. Kiddies were dressed up in traditional Punjabi dress & looked amazingly good. The school was very well decorated according to theme. Little girls had fun while getting henna applied on their hands whereas  boys performed bhangra with lots of energy. They enjoyed traditional sweet ghevar also. Play Group kids decorated swing as their file activity. Nursery class kiddies pasted leaves in kalash beautifully & KG class kids performed thread pasting activity in one string instrument Ektara. The excitement of the little ones was the best part of the day.