Montessori students of Notre Dame Academy pour their creativity on paper during Play with Colours, an event organised by the institution’s Parents’ and Teachers’ Association on Monday in Patna. Students from Montessori I, II and III, many of whom even dipped their hands in colour, were given the theme — Me and My Best Friend — to come up with their creations. While some chose fish in imaginative colours, some painted the picture of their best friend. A student from Montessori II took her best friend to a castle in her picture. Apart from Notre Dame Academy teachers, Parents’ and Teachers’ Association members, artists Dianne Hagen and Sanjeev Sinha also attended the event. Hagen from Holland and Sinha from Bihar have been invited by the government to take part in the state’s centenary celebrations this year. Text by Smita Kumar, picture by Nagendra Kumar Singh