Fancy dress competition

Tiny tots of DAV Public School, Chandrashekharpur dressed in vibrant colours for a fancy dress competition organised by the school.

The little ones put their best foot forward and impressed their teachers. Themes such as fairies, fruits, vegetables, soldiers, birds and animals came alive and they also enacted the roles of famous personalities. Principal Sanjita Sahu said the main aim of the competition was to bring out the hidden talent of the youngsters from kindergarten and help them build self-confidence to explore their inner strength. 

Excellence in Mindspark

Krishnatanu Trishna and Dibyajyoti Sendha of Class V and Preetish Mohapatra and Rhozalin Nath of Class VII from SAI International School, Bhubaneswar excelled in Mindspark. They scored the highest number of Sparkies by solving questions. Mindspark is an adaptive-learning program built by Educational Initiatives. It is envisaged as a self-learning tool, which would not require constant supervision of a teacher, and has an annual coverage of 80,000 students across India. While using Mindspark, students learn Maths and language by employing a constructivist theory of learning by answering questions that are appropriate to their current understanding.

Talent Search 

Nearly 45 students from Odisha qualified the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) 2014-15. These included 16 students of DAV Unit VIII. Anubhav Satpathy secured second position in the state.  The school authorities congratulated Sathpathy and other achievers. Five students from SAI International School, Bhubaneswar also qualified the NTSE. They will receive Rs 1,250 per month scholarship each in classes XI and XII (irrespective of the class/course) and Rs 2,000 every month for undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

TCS IT Wiz

Over 1,000 students from various schools participated in the Bhubaneswar edition of TCS IT Wiz, India’s biggest inter-school quiz, organised by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). The competition was open to all high school students between classes VIII and XII. After five rounds of quizzing at the regional finals Sampriti Kiran and Akshat Praneet from SAI International School won the title. The regional champions walked away with an IPad Air each while runners-up DAV Unit VIII, represented by Spandan Dash and Sibaprasad Reddy, won an IPad Mini each along with a specially designed trophy and medals. The six finalists, selected after the written preliminary round, also received an array of prizes from TCS ranging from laptop bags, headphones, selfie sticks with bluetooth, sipper and USB drives. 

Kuni Chitrakars awarded

Popular scuba diver Sabir Bux conferred the Kuni Chitrakar-2015 Awards to nine child artists at the Odisha Modern Art Gallery, Bhubaneswar. Earlier on Sunday, a children’s painting exhibition was organised where artworks by more than 100 child artists were displayed. The award function was initiated and organised by Bhubaneswar-based non-profit organisation Soumya Memorial Trust in collaboration with Enigmatic India (an organisation that works for wildlife conservation).  The awards comprise a citation, tiger face-printed handmade notebook and an animal calendar. The trust also announced plans to provide free art coaching to three awardees at the gallery for a year.