Students of Vikash Residential School, Bhubaneswar, are felicitated on its 4th Annual Day and (below) students of DAV Public School, Pokhariput, display their projects during the exhibition. Telegraph pictures

Annual Day

Vikash Residential School in Bhubaneswar hosted its 4th annual day on November 16 with much fanfare. Higher education Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy was the chief guest on the occasion. The programme began with a lamp lighting ceremony. Director of academics V. Srinivas delivered the welcome address, while principal of the Khandagiri campus Vijayalakshmi Das and principal of High Global Pitambar Das presented the annual reports for their respective schools.

The reports highlighted the achievements made in the fields of academics and extracurricular activities. Later, students presented a wide range of colourful music and dance performances enthralling the audience. Students who have excelled in academics and extracurricular activities were felicitated.

Film award

Fairytale Wall, a short film on compassion won the best film award (school students section) at the 3rd Delhi Shorts International Film Festival 2014. The seven minute film captured the journey of students of the SAI International School and how they helped visually impaired kids to read a story without using Braille printed pages.

The students introduced them to a new idea of storytelling with the help of a sensory wall. It stimulated their senses. The students teamed up with their counterparts of Winterbourne International Academy from Bristol, United Kindom, and created a sensory wall that contained the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. This story was translated in small recording boxes in Odia. The story was split into 3 parts and each piece placed on the wall was prepared by hand. A team of 20 students from UK and India worked for four days creating and implementing the project at the Orissa Association for the Blind, which is the home to over 700 visually impaired teachers, employees, and students from all over Odisha.

Docu show

Students of the ODM Public School, Bhubaneswar, made a small documentary film, Prayas, for the Nehru Bal Sangh, a national level organisation based in Delhi. The film was adjudged second in the National Youth Film Festival that was held in Delhi from November 14 to 16. There were about 400 entries for the competition.

The school felicitated the young actors and encouraged them. Celebrities, including Sabyasachi Mohapatra, producer-cum-director of the Odia film industry and noted Odia actor Harihar Mohapatra, were present during the occasion.

Students of SAI International School who bagged the best film award at the Delhi Shorts International Film Festival. Telegraph picture

DAV exhibition

To provide a proper platform to young school students so that they can transform their ideas into action, DAV Public School, Pokhariput, organised a multilevel exhibition on November 14 with 580 projects. Students displayed their projects on subjects such as mathematics, science, social studies, health science, yoga, computers, Sanskrit, Odia, Hindi, SUPW, art and music. Sakti Prasanna Mohanty and Rajashree Tarangini (both Hindi teachers) directed a project called Khan paan ke badalti tasveer that grabbed many eyeballs. It included use of traditional culinary knowledge across the country and how to make dishes interesting and rich in nutrition. Smaranika Patnaik, who teaches English, showcased her creation The Fear Factor. It also drew a good crowd. She made a theatrical collage of the subjects based on popular stories on paranormal activities, ghosts and spirits.

Children’s Day

A grand cultural function was organised at St Xavier's High School, Cuttack, on the eve of Children’s Day. A magic show provided great excitement to the students as well as parents. The students performed various other cultural events such as songs, dances and skits, said principal Subhashee Mohanty.