Colourful show marked Annual Day celebrations of Smiling Kiddies Playway School

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Zirakpur, February 25 2019

Annual day was celebrated by Smiling Kiddies Playway School Zirakpur at Punjab Kala Bhawan in sector-16 of Chandigarh. Deepender Singh Dhillon, the general secretary of Punjab congress committee and Halka incharge, Derabassi was the chief guest for the day. The programme was started with lightening of lamp and Ganesh Vandana. 

Kids perform during annual day function held at Punjab Kala Bhawan in Chandigarh.

The function was attended by managing committee members, parents and other dignitaries. The colourful show of little kiddies enthralled the audience and for parents it was the moment of pride to watch their angles on the stage. Parents enjoyed the various games & couple ramp walk. The vote of thanks was proposed and the programme ended with National anthem.

Art and Craft exhibition held at Saupin's School Chandigarh

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Chandigarh, February 19 2019

A visual treat was witnessed in the exhibition room at Saupin’s School , Sector-32,Chandigarh. The students of classes 1 to 12 put up a grand display of their handiwork. Their yearlong effort was definitely worth the visit.

On display were a number of items, each standing out as a mark of art and beauty. There were a wide variety of things at display. Fabric painting was very impressive and items like handkerchiefs and T-shirts were beautifully painted. Best Out of Waste, Quilling work, Paper
Craft are worth a mention. The Pot making work done by the students was appreciated by one and all. Masquerades
were painstakingly made and looked gorgeous. Students had a grand display of origami covering flowers, fans and sparrows, heralding the arrival of spring. There were bookmarks of all shapes and sizes too. Wall and ceiling decorative
along with pen holders, put up by the Junior and Senior Art Club, looked good too. The paintings by the children looked very colourful and many had a delightful array of lentils and other small glass pieces to enhance the appearance.

Principal Surita Sharma appreciated the efforts put in by the students and teachers.

Annual Day function of Deepalaya School Gusbethi celebrated

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Mewat, February 12 2019

Our Greatest Strength Lies in Our Mothers: Students of Deepalaya School, Highlight a Social Message during Annual Day Celebrations

The Annual Day function of Deepalaya School Gusbethi was celebrated at the school premises with great zeal and enthusiasm. The ceremony began with the lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries. A group of students performed a welcome dance. Hereafter, Manoj Kumar, Principal, Deepalaya School Gusbethi presented the annual report of the school highlighting its achievements for the last year. Prof. Mohammed Aslam, Former Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), who was present as the chief guest, lauded Deepalaya’s efforts in spreading education in one of the most backward regions of Haryana. Quoting the legend Nelson Mandela’s words, Prof. Aslam reiterated that education is indeed the most powerful weapon to change the nation and the world at large. Ilma Afroz, IPS graced the occasion as the Guest of Honour; she shared her inspiring personal journey from a small village in Uttar Pradesh to the prestigious Oxford University, and then coming back to India to serve her motherland. She also told the children about the importance of IPS and other civil service personnel towards the development of country, thereby inspiring them to rise and shine in their careers. She further urged everyone, especially the mothers, to come forward in every way possible to support the noble cause of promoting education. 

The programme was themed as “tribute to our mothers”. Befitting the theme, students performed a music-cum-dance drama. The skit showed the sacrifices mothers make to educate and raise their children, how they build a loving and protective bond with their children right from the cradle, yet how children often tend to forget and ignore the contributions of their mothers as they grow up, and act in ways that are unexpected and discourteous. The play ended with an interesting message that life ultimately gives back your share of bitterness if you act in a disrespectful manner towards your loved ones.
A.J. Philip, Secretary and Chief Executive, Deepalaya and Chairman of the school expressed his gratitude to the guests who were present on the occasion. In his speech, Mr. Philip mentioned about Deepalaya’s dream to turn this school into the finest school in the district.
Towards the end, a few parents/grandparents spoke about the important role Deepalaya has played in educating their children, and how the organization’s community workers have made deep inroads into the community to facilitate positive social change in the area.
The function ended with a vote of thanks by one of the students of the school, followed by the national anthem.

School News Digital Edition

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Chandigarh, February 11 2019

Highlights :
* St. Xavier's Chandigarh celebrated its Annual Day function for Junior kids
* Saupin's-32 school bids farewell to Class -X batch
* Smiling Kiddies school celebrated Basant Panchami with great enthusiasm
* Rattan Cherub Foster School celebrated Basant Panchami

"Saraabor", a theatre festival to promote brotherhood rather than competition

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Chandigarh, February 09 2019

With an opportunity to promote brotherhood and mutual admiration amongst theatre artists, 'Saraabor', a three-day street art festival is being organised collaboratively by Alankar Theatre and Dramebaaz. A platform where one can celebrate rather than competition. The fiesta aims at reviving the essence of street play instead of inculcating a sense of competition. 

Theatre groups from across the nation get together at a single platform wherein they bring diverse art forms to drench everyone with the colours of street. The first edition of Saraabor not only saw professional theatre artists enchant the audience but also amateur college groups and dramatics societies stealing the show. The event is studded by interactive sessions (talks), fondly referred to as’ Nukkad Charcha’ by renowned artists with the audience. This annual celebration is fuelled by the combined energies, passion and enthusiasm of performers and audiences alike, because “why complete when we can celebrate”. While ignoring the spirit of competition, this festival comes with the essence of  positive environment created by different energies, to enjoy our true arts happily together without any boundations.  "SARAABOR" a festival of street Art, where every individual from any field can share and celebrate their work, experiences and art.
In order to promote the festival, a press conference was also held where the eminent theatre artists spoke about the festival and plays to be held during all three days. 

During press meet in Chandigarh. 

See In Photos: How commuters face difficulty riding through Dense Fog

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Chandigarh, February 05 2019

In Photos : Dense Fog reduces Visibility

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Zirakpur,  February 03 2019

Annual Winter Carnival held at The British School Panchkula

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Panchkula, February 03 2019

The British School, Sector-8, Panchkula organized a Healthy Baby Show at the Annual Winter Carnival and Art Exhibition of the primary wing. Over 200 enthusiastic parents and prettily dressed participated  in the show.

Chitraksh  ,Ayaan Chawla,Aradhak were adjudged TBS Prince while Vanika Ghavri, Praanya Sharma ,Prisha Garg was crowned TBS Princess. The most active baby title was bagged by Nipun Goel,Amyra Gulati and Aanya Goel while Avanya Sharma, Amayra Joshi, Bhavya Chhabra  swept away the title of Photogenic face . Cute little tiny tots came on the stage, sand, danced and captivated everyone. The school Director Sanjay Sethi shared that such events not only give children and parents a platform to exhibit their talent and come together as a community.

An exhibition displaying the art work of the students right from Play way to Class 5 had been put up for viewing . Parents appreciated the sincere hard work of the students. Carnival games had been organized alluring children with gifts galore, lucky dip for all and food stalls.

School News Digital Edition: Fog engulfed City

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Zirakpur, February 02 2019

Pink Drive held to spread Breast Cancer Awareness

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Chandigarh, January 31 2019

SAUPIN’S-32 STUDENTS DAZZLE THE AUDIENCE

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Chandigarh, January 31 2019

The much awaited Annual Field Show was held with great zeal, excitement and passion. The programme  began with the March Past by all the four houses Clover, Maple , Sycamore, Aspen and the Oath taking ceremony. Principal Surita Sharma  took the salute of the impressive March Past of the students which was followed by the Flag Hoisting Ceremony.
The highlight of the day was the stirring music by the band. The Saupin Band with its magical music captivated the audience. A total of 88 students comprising of 6 Bagpipers, 48 Drummers, 30 flautists and 2 guitarists, a keyboard player and a percussionist captivated the audience. They not only made music on their instruments, but also the way they  played  together as a musical group, proper band etiquette and discipline, and most of all how they had practiced  and persevered was impressive .
The school also felicitated the National Level Achievers in the field of Sports and awarded them cash prizes worth Rs.48,000 .
It was a moment of pride and glory for the school to see the students excel  .
The stadium soon reverberated to the sound of Classical  music with students presenting the soulful Classical Dance ‘Pushpanjali’.

The students displayed a Gymnastic display mesmerising the audience with their energetic performances.
Once the races began, the air was filled with cheering and tons of encouragement for the young athletes. Various races ,according to the  division were conducted. 400 m, 50 m Wheel Barrow, Relay race, 100m Obstacle , 200 m ,100 m .
The Grand Finale of Day -1 was the Western Dance-First Level Crew.The light footed dancers truly stole the show .The stadium resounded with  cheers and claps  coming from the  audience .
The events filled  the hearts of everyone with the spirit of sportsmanship and unity. The students displayed a wide array of colourful and reverberant events. They mesmerised the audience with their energetic performances.
The results of the track events are as under :
DIVISION A+
RACE 1(400 m) 1st Position (Boys)- Gurinder Pal Singh, 1st Position (Girls) – Ridhi Dani

RACE 3 (4*100 M RELAY) 1st Position (Boys) Manas, Kamal, Aniket, Zorawar
1st Position (Girls) Divyanshi, Tanya, Hasrat, Sirat

RACE 4 (100 m Obstacle) 1st Position (Boys) Navsirat  Singh Narula, 1st Position (Girls) Ridhi Dani

RACE 5 (200 m) 1st Position (Boys) Navneet Singh, 1st Position (Girls) Ridhi Dani

DIVISION A
RACE 1(400 m) 1st Position (Boys) Saksham Vashisth, 1st Position (Girls) Tanya Sharma

RACE 4 (75 m Hurdle run) 1st Position (Boys) Manas Anand, 1st Position (Girls) Divyanshi Bishnoi

RACE 5 (200 m) 1st Position (Boys) Manas Anand, 1st Position (Girls) Tanya Sharma

RACE 6 (400 m ) 1st Position (Boys) Saksham Vashisht, 1st Position (Girls) Tanya Sharma

DIVISION C
RACE 1(100 m) 1st Position (Boys) Jeevan Bahadur, 1st Position (Girls) Samridhi Vaishnav

RACE 2 (30m) LEMON SPOON 1st Position (Boys) Nitish, 1st Position (Girls) Sia Dalal

RACE 3 (50 m Hurdle run) 1st Position (Boys) Jeevan Bahadur, 1st Position (Girls) Pinky Verma

RACE 5 (50 m) 1st Position (Boys) Rakshit Kaushik, 1st Position (Girls) Keshavi Mehra

RACE 6 (75m ) 1st Position (Boys) Pranav Sarna, 1st Position (Girls) Aalya Mehta
Race 15m Wheel Barrow – 1st Position (Boys) Aryan Goyal, Vidant Shandilya
1st Position (Girls) Aishwarya Sharma, Divyanshi

School News Digital Edition : Republic Day Celebrations in Tri-City Schools

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Chandigarh, January 26 2019

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Alankar Theatre starts its Punjab Tour with play - "The First Teacher"

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Chandigarh, January 26 2019

Theatre group, Alankar Theatre started its Punjab tour with Play “The First Teacher” in order to educate youth of Punjab. As the youth stress upon moving aboard in order to take better education due to lack of facilities here which leaves a bad impact on society. 

As every artist is responsible to highlight these important issues, Alankar theatre takes this responsibility to reach each and every corner of Punjab villages to spread awareness on the issue. In the urban areas, viewers are limited to only auditoriums to see the theatre, but with this effort the artists with their theatre art will reach numerous people to educate and aware them for the same.

The tour begins on 25^th February and will ends on 31st of January 2019.

In pictures: Full dress rehearsal ahead of Republic Day celebrations

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Chandigarh, January 25 2019

National Day of Girl Child Celebrated

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Chandigarh, January 25 2019

PINK TURBAN CAMPAIGN at GGMSSS-18 and St. Stephen’s 45

Pink Balloons released wearing and Pink Turbans at Govt. Home Science College, Chandigarh

While giving a strong message of ‘RISING GIRLS POWER’, Yuvsatta-an NGO organized morning assemblies with a unique ‘PINK TURBAN CAMPAIGN’, in association with Peace Clubs of two prominent Schools of the city, namely Government Girls Model Sr. Sec. School, Sector 18C and St. Stephen’s School, Sector 45B, Chandigarh. Where over 3000 young students, with girls adorning Pink Turbans and boys pink stoles joined and took a solemn pledge to uphold the rights and dignity of girls and women at all levels for a better India.

The programme ended with a pledge of uphold and promote rights and dignity of girls and women by Principal

Raj Bala and Principal, Louis Lopez administering this oath to young students.

Meanwhile, girl students wearing Pink Turbans released pink balloons to celebrate National Day of Girl Child was at Home Science College, Chandigarh. This enthusiastic group was led by Prof. Sudha Katyal, Madhu P. Singh, Sr. Advocate, S. HS Talwar and Pramod Sharma, Coordinator of Yuvsatta.

Welcoming the dignitaries Prof. Sudha Katyal shared that it’s time for girls and women to raise their voices for their fundamental rights of education, healthcare, equality & human rights bestowed upon them by constitution of India.

Pramod Sharma sharing examples from history and present times inspired and motivated participating girls to live fearless and life of courage with conviction. He also added that National Day of Girl Child is celebrated to increase the awareness among people about all the inequalities faced by the girls and women in the society. This includes inequality in education, nutrition, legal rights, medical care, protection, honour, child marriage and so many. And they have tried successfully this Pink Turban Campaign inspiring girls to wear turbans, so that they feel empowered and rightfully take a stand to claim dignity and respect in all spheres of life.

Joshi Foundation organised Painting Competition to mark 70th Republic Day

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Chandigarh, January 23 2019

जोशी फाऊंडेशन द्वारा 70वें गणतंत्र दिवस पर एक पेटिंग कंपीटिशन आयोजित की गई, जिसका शीर्षक था ‘पेट्रियोटिक पैटिंग कंपीटिशन’ देशभकितपूर्ण चित्र प्रतियोगिता। पंजाब यूनिवर्सिटी के जिमनेजियम हॉल में आयोजित इस इंटर स्कूल ड्राइंग कंपीटिशन में माननीय राज्यपाल वी.पी. सिंह बदनौर ने बतौर मुखयातिथि शिरकत करते हुए बच्चों को पेंटिग करते हुए सराहा। इस अवसर पर उनके साथ विशेष तौर पर पंजाब यूनिवर्सिटी के वाइस चांसलर प्रो. राज कुमार, जोशी फाऊंडेशन के चेयरमैन विनीत जोशी, प्रसिद्ध काॢडयोलॉजिस्ट डा. एचके.बाली, पंजाब यूनिवर्सिटी के सिंडीकेट मैंबर प्रो. नवदीप गोयल, रजिस्टरार प्रो. कर्मजीत सिंह, एस.वी.सी. प्रो. दविन्द्र सिंह, स्पोर्टस डिपार्टमैंट के डायरेकटर प्रो. परमिंदर सिंह, कालेज डिवैल्पमैंट कौंसिल के डीन प्रो. संजय कौशिक, प्रो. सुकेश मानव, दीपक कौशिक, पी.जी.आई. न्यूरोलॉजी विभाग के प्रो. अक्षय आनंद, बेटी बचाओ-बेटी पढ़ाओ सोसायटी के प्रो. एस.सी. गुप्ता, पंजाब आरएसएस से अमृतसागर, एबीवीपी के अध्यक्ष राजन भंडारी, अमित सूद, चंडीगढ़ ललित कला एकैडमी के वाइस चेयरमैन रविन्द्र शर्मा व पूर्व पार्षद सौरभ जोशी विशेष तौर पर मौजूद थे। 

विनीत जोशी ने बताया कि इस प्रतियोगिता में चंडीगढ़ के विभिन्न-विभिन्न स्कूलों के करीबन 1200 विद्यार्थियों ने हिस्सा लिया। प्रतियोगिता को सीनियर व जूनियर वर्ग में बांटा गया था, जिसमें सीनियर वर्ग में 7वीं से 9वीं कक्षा तक के विद्याॢथयों ने हिस्सा लिया, जबकि जूनियर वर्ग में चौथी से छठी कक्षा तक के विद्याॢथयों ने हिस्सा लिया। बच्चों की पेटिंग का आंकलन करने के लिए विशेष तौर पर कला माहिर मौजूद थे।

प्रतियोगिता में जूनियर वर्ग से सेंट सोल्जर स्कूल सेकटर 28 की नम्रता ने पहला, अंकूर स्कूल की इशानी भारगया ने फस्र्ट रनरअप, जीजीएसवीएम रतवाड़ा साहिब की जोवनप्रीत कौर ने सैकेंड रनरअप तथा शिशु निकेतन सेकटर-43 के हरमन ने प्रशस्ति पुरस्कार हासिल किया। इसी तरह सीनियर वर्ग से वाईपीएस मोहाली की तनूश्री जिठा ने पहला, शिशु निकेतन सेकटर-22 की आदिती शर्मा ने फस्र्ट रनरअप, संत वरयाम स्कूल रतवाड़ा साहिब की अमनप्रीत कौर ने सैकेंड रनरअप तथा सेंट सोल्जर स्कूल सेकटर-28 के इशान चौहान ने प्रशस्ति पुरस्कार हासिल किया।

इस अवसर पर राज्यपाल वीपी सिंह बदनौर ने पेटिंग कर रहे विद्यार्थियों के साथ बातचीत करते हुए उनके द्वारा बनाई जा रही पेटिंग को सराहा। विद्यार्थियों के साथ आए अध्यापकों द्वारा भी राज्यपाल का अभिनंदन किया गया। 

अंत में सभी विजेताओं को जोशी फाऊंडेशन के चेयरमेन विनीत जोशी द्वारा विशेष तौर पर सममानित किया गया। इस अवसर पर विनीत जोशी ने मंच से ऐलान किया कि जोशी फाऊंडेशन 70वें गणतंत्र दिवस के उपलक्ष्य में इस वर्ष 70 ऐसे समाजिक प्रोग्राम आयोजित करेगा। 

School News Digital Edition: First Winter❄⛄ Rainfall ☔

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Zirakpur, January 22 2019

3 Base Repair Depot Organised Mini Marathon

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Chandigarh, January 21 2019

A Mini Marathon was organized at 3 Base Repair Depot, Air Force on 20 Jan 19 as part of Republic Day Celebration 2019. A large number of Air Force personnel including their families and school and college students of different age groups participated in the marathon wholeheartedly.

Air Commodore Sanjiv Ghuratia, Air Officer Commanding, 3 BRD flagged off the Mini Marathon. On this occasion, Static Display of various Air Force equipment was also organised to familiarize and motivate the  students about Air Force.

Workshop for Teachers organised at The British School Panchkula

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Panchkula, January 20 2019

A workshop was organised in The British School, Panchkula to keep the teachers updated about the latest news in terms of exams and assessments. It was an in house training where the teachers were sensitized that more interaction is required with the children these days. They were also told to always be positive with the children and motivate them to give their best.

Teachers were asked to encourage the students in their own area of specialisation and not expect them to be the best in every subject. Teachers should also be well prepared in advance for their class. They were also informed about gender sensitivity and how we should not be biased towards any gender. We should always address the students as students or children and not as boys and girls. The staff was also apprised of how we all should bring about this change in the mindsets of the people and educate them about gender sensitivity.

Fire Safety Workshop held at Saupin's School Chandigarh

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Chandigarh, January 19 2019

Saupin’s 32 students and staff attended a fire safety workshop at school conducted by Fire Officer Raj Kumar and Fireman Anuj Kumar from the Sector 32 Fire station. Children were briefed on different types of fires and the appropriate extinguishers to be use for - solid, liquid, gas, metallic and electric.

Useful tips on fire evacuations and emergency measures were also discussed. A hands on practice was then given to children and members of the school-staff on how to operate these extinguishers.