On the third day of the 15th Anjali International Children's Festival in Bhubaneswar on Thursday, Yonten Jamtsho, the escort from team Bhutan, spoke to children followed by a deliberation from Prabir Das, resource person of the ventriloquism workshop. Krishnagati Prabhu, head of Iskon, Bhubaneswar, spoke on the aspects of Holi. The morning programme included the cultural performances. Students from mainstream schools visited the camp along with their teachers. They visited Nandita Cinema, where various disability-awareness movies were screened. They were also exposed to simulation activities to help them understand the difficulties faced by the differently-abled.
An interactive workshop and Swayam Festival were held. Biscope, Children's Film Festival, was inaugurated by actor Sabayasachi Mishra at Bhanja Kala Mandap, where the film Gattu was screened along with short film The Present. It was followed by a quiz competition on the movie and the felicitation of the guests. Children were also taken for a city tour to State Museum, BDA Park and Dhauli Peace Pagoda. The children took part in live roller skating and followed by cultural programmes in the evening.
Little IndiaChildren in Nilagiri of Balasore took part in a series of competitions to mark the birth anniversary of the country's first education minister Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad. The kids took part in drawing, painting, and singing competitions. The event organised by Being and Becoming aimed to encourage creativity among rural children. Called "Budding India", the initiative aimed to address the issues of child rights and education by introducing themes such as "Hygienic Sanitation and Habits", "I Want To Be", and "My House and My Family". The competitions were held under three categories - two to six years (sishu) , seven to 10 years (taruna),11 to 16 (yuvaa). More than 90 children, along with their parents, took part in the programme, said Anup Kumar Behera, who organised the event.
Books on values"Thinking About Values", a series of books on values and life skills for children of classes I to V, was launched at the Principal Leadership Programme in Bhubaneshwar on Thursday. The series, based on NCERT's values framework, is a unique contemporary take on values and life skills for children.
The books were launched during Tata Class Edge's programme on leadership for school principals. "In today's rapidly changing world, increased exposure coupled with nuclear families and lack of guidance at home have made values and life skills a very important topic for discussion with children. However, these discussions are often seen as 'preachy' by children. Instead of a list of rights and wrongs, children need to be taught about confronting situations or ethical dilemmas when they have to decide on what action to take," Sanjay Radhakrishnan, chief commercial officer of Tata ClassEdge, said.
The books include visually rich stories and poems, exercises that encourage children to make decisions, easily accessible videos of the story and a journal section that involves discussion with family. Moreover, it covers contemporary topics such as needs versus wants, sportsmanship, use of gadgets, dealing with strangers, helping at home, civic sense and more, all told in child-friendly ways.
Score a basketThe Sahodaya Schools Complex organised an Inter-school Basketball Tournament at Unit-1 Mother's Public School. Schools such as Mother's Public School, DAV Public School, Unit-VIII, DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur, DPS Kalinga, and many others took part in it. The opening ceremony of the tournament was presided over by Poly Patnaik, principal of Mother's Public School, and Suryanarayan Parija.
The tournament was held to promote the spirit of team work, competition and zeal to win among young students. In a nail-biting final match, Mother's Public School emerged winners and lifted the Champion's Trophy while DAV Chandrashekhar finished runner's up in the boys' category. In the girls' category, Mother's Public School clinched the Champion's Trophy while DAV Chandrashekhar got the runner's up. Poly Patnaik awarded the winners.
Sports meetThe annual sports meet of the BMPS Takshila School was held on its premises. Home secretary Lalit Das inaugurated the event as chief guest of the occasion. Student participated in various sports events such as ring drill, yoga, pyramid, daradevil and many more. On the concluding day, Das distributed the prizes to the winners and appreciated the efforts of the students and of those in the field of education and sports culture.