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A clean beach, friendly and sensitive tourists! Bliss! But then comes along Mr Uncool

and spoils the fun. Read more about him on P8-9

A good time for all!

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Clean up the coastline

Gemsbok is a herbivorous animal

TuHu becomes a detective

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n The flooding in Jammu & Kashmir. Nature’s fury!

n Humidity level rising in Goa. Feeling hot!

n First term-end examination coming up!

n Diwali break seems so long away!

n Festivities over! No more traffic snarls.

n Less rains means uninterrupted signal on satel-lite TV! Yay!

n Loved the Ganapati immersion procession!

n Had my fill of modaks this year. Mmm! Burrp!

n A big salute to the Indian Army, who helped rescue so many stranded tourists in Jammu and Kashmir floods.

Saina nehwal @nSaina Leaving for the Asian Games tomorrow. Keep supporting me friends!

piB india @piB_india 4 RO plants, 4 lakh litres, drinking water given to J&K

FirSTpoST @FirSTpoSTin Not just civilians: Kashmir floods have also hit armed forces

FirSTpoST @FirSTpoSTin Asian Games ticket sales at 18 percent with opening ceremony 4 days away

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vinikSha rao

Std VIII, Dona Leonar Memorial High SchoolSuShmiTa deB

Std VIII, Dona Leonar Memorial High School

chriSTiana de melo

Std V, Mary Immaculate Girls High School

rayrania dcunha

Std VIII, Mary Immaculate Girls High SchoolSaTvik kurkuTe

Std III, Bharati Vidyapeeth English Medium School

pragaTi kharaT

Std IV, Bharati Vidyapeeth English Medium School kriShna Salunke

Std IV, Bharati Vidyapeeth English MediumSchool

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Topper’S Talk

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Turning point Shweta took studies casually till Std V. But in the high school, she decided to focus and her grades improved. She scored 89% in the first unit test of Std X. Algebra and Geometry are her favourite subjects. She also loves studying the languages.

reading textbook Shweta reads the textbooks of each subject throughly. Her thrust is on understanding the concepts explained in them and then she writes the answers to the questions. This gives her writing, clarity. Shweta has also joined coaching class to boost her performance.

artistic measure She also loves craft and painting. And, does lot of craft items in her spare time. Remember, ‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.’ So, it’s necessary maintain a balance between studies and fun activities.

Balancing studies and fun

I hail from Kerala. My grandparents and uncles stay at our ancestral house at Pattanamthitta, which is 150 kms

away from Trivandrum. I visit Kerala at least once a year. I love spending time with my grandparents in our huge, sprawling house. Such houses, made of wood, are called ettukuttu. My ances-tral house is of two floors and surround-ed by a rubber plantation.

In the mornings, I wake up to the chirping of birds and at night I go to sleep with the insects and crickets

making lot of noise. In the vacations, my granny and I, go for long walk in our pad-dy fields. We often stop to chat with our farm hands, whom I have known since my childhood.

I also love the house boats and the boat race during Onam, the harvest fes-tival celebrated by Malyalis. I celebrated Onam once with my grandparents and the experience is something I treasure.

My granny and other ladies had pre-pared mouth-watering sweets and 20 types of vegetable curries. The house was decorated with kolams or floral patterns. And, then there was the boat race on the last day of the festival.

My favourite spot near the house is a temple structure. There’s a story related to this structure, dedicated to God-dess Annapurneshwari. It was com-monly known that there was a temple which was submerged under the earth because of some natural calamity. In the recent past, our farming hands complained of snakes in the fields. My grandfather was told that if the temple of Goddess Annapurneshwari was lo-cated or rebuilt, this problem would be solved. My grandfather decided to dig in the said premises and his men came

across the structure. His men are still dig-ging to uncover the entire temple! When I visited last, I could see the stone plat-form of the temple.

We were also told that no structure in the vicinity of the temple should be bigger than it. So we are now in the process of pulling down our old house. The ettukuttu will be

replaced by a house with contemporary architecture. I will miss the old house, but am sure that the new one will also hold memories.

anandhu nairStd X, Bharati Vidyapeeth English Medium

School, Dhankawdi

Travelogue

Tell a Tale

Tale of the old and the new Shweta Shah, studying

in Std X, in Mahaveer English Medium School, tells Ambika Shaligram that she enjoys both academics and co-curricular activities

Once upon a time, there lived a lion, who was old and a wee bit foolish. One day he spied a

deer and ran to catch him, but was left behind.

The old lion walked slowly and came to a river and drank some water. A little ahead was a cave. The lion thought to himself, ‘I must find out who stays in the cave. I might get my lunch!’

He walked into the dark, empty cave and decided to wait till the animal returned. Soon, the fox, who lived in the cave, returned. He saw the foot prints and suspected someone was lying in wait for him.

The fox decided to wait outside.

Soon, an idea struck him. The fox began talking loudly, ‘‘Oh dear cave! How are you? I am sorry, I left you alone. Were you sad?”

The lion doubled with laughter inside. But the fox continued talking. The lion realised that the fox was, indeed talking to the cave, and if the ‘cave’ didn’t reply, his meal would walk away.

The lion then growled, “Hello! I am cave! I felt lonely...” But he was cut short by the fox.

“I know it’s a lion inside the cave! Do you think caves can talk? You are fool! I am leaving,” said fox and sped away.

The lion could not catch him and thus he went hungry that day.

omkar Shelar Std VII, Bharati Vidyapeeth

English Medium School, Dhankawdi

Foolish lion and wily fox!

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vox populi poem

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Shimla is my favourite tourist destination. I visited the hill station last year with my family and friends. I loved Jakhu hills and the temple dedicated to Lord Hanuman. We also went to the local handicraft museum.

aneeha SawanT Std V, Bharati Vidyapeeth English

Medium School, Dhankawdi

I’ll clean my room,I’ll clean my school.

If you love cleanliness,

You can live in happiness.

My favourite tourist destination

This picture was shot by Mansi Deshpande, Std VIII, Dona Leonar Memorial High School, Alto-Betim

Next fortnight’s question is on ‘‘What brings out the best in you?” Mail yours answers to youngbuzz@sakaaltimes.com

I would love to visit Disneyland in United States. I love all Disney characters, especially Rapunzel. She is my fa-vourite! I’d love to meet her some day.

Samia naikStd III, Mushtifund High

School, Panjim

I visited Malvan coast in Maharashtra in my summer vacation and would love to go there again. In Malvan, we visited Sind-hudurg Fort which is a sea fort. We took a boat, which docked near the fort. The fort is huge. We could see many palm trees, wells for drinking, and a small shrine too.

diSha SurywanShiStd II, Bharati Vidyapeeth English

Medium School, Dhankawdi

My favourite tourist destina-tion is Paris in France. The city has amazing tourist at-tractions, including the Eiffel Tower.

ShriSha naik gaunker

Std VIII, Fatima Convent Girls High School, Margao

I would love to make a trip to Kashmir, described as ‘Paradise on Earth’. I dream of sailing in a shikara on Dal lake and feasting on Kashmiri wazawan (traditional cuisine)

pranav kulkarniStd VIII, Bharati Vidyapeeth English

Medium School, Dhankawdi

All neat and clean

dnyanada praBhudeSSaiStd IX, Infant Jesus High School, Cuncolim, Salcete

My mother keeps the kitchen clean,My father keeps his office clean,

My brother keeps his room clean,My family keeps our house clean.

We should take a bath everyday,We should wash our clothes daily,

We should keep our surroundings clean,

If we want to live happily.

What’s this doggy doing at Changala Pass, Leh?

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Clean COASTLINEThe International Coastal Clean Up Day is observed on September 18 every year. The clean up day is a call to people to keep the sea and oceans clean and our beaches litter-free

Join hands

Every year in the month of September, volunteers throughout the world join

hands, displaying the largest volunteer effort to keep the oceans trash free. The International Coastal Clean-Up Day urges people to keep the sea clean and our beaches litter-free. Clean-up volunteers along with non-profit organisations hit the beaches and coasts throughout the world to get rid of unfriendly material which results in ocean trash. Over 180 million tons of toxic waste is dumped into oceans, rivers and lakes each year.

In fact, garbage patches con-taining marine debris particles have been spotted in North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans too.

What we see floating on the ocean’s surface is just 30% of the trash, because the remaining 70% garbage, being denser than the sea water, sinks beneath and lies unseen on the ocean floor.

what constitutes ocean trashn Leftover food, bottles, disposable

cutlery, packaging, burnt out cigarette stubs by beach visitors and restaurant operators.

n Festival trash, litter from streets/drains running into the sea.

n Trash from fishing boats, ferry boats, water sports operations, boat/vessel operations.

n Construction and household debris, toxic wastes from indus-tries and landfill sites.

n Poor job by waste disposal work-ers and contractors.

Steps to be takenn Be conscientious and

dispose the rubbish, you generate, properly. Avoid throwing trash into the sea. Take your waste back on land for appro-priate disposal.

n Encourage recycling to reduce your waste.

n Volunteer for coastal clean-up drives in your neighbourhood or state.

n Write to your government to keep a tab on specific industries, fishing and construction. Let them know if you see suspi-cious activities such as waste disposal around the beaches.

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lead to birth defects and tumors.n Many a times rubbish gets washed

up onto beaches, which mars the beauty and affects tourism.

why do the coastal areas need clean-up?

n Discarded plastic is eaten by marine creatures such as turtles, planktons and fishes. This endan-gers their life and also that of humans and other animals higher up the food chain.

n Over a period of time, plas-tic gets broken down into pieces which create habitats for micro-organisms and oth-er species. They hitch rides on the pieces to explore new regions in the ocean. These invasive species then compete with existing natural species.

n A lot of trash sinks to the ocean floor and release carcinogenic and endocrine disrupting pol-lutants into the water which can

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georgetteGeorgette is a fabric originally made from silk, although artificial fibres likes polyester are also used. The fabric is named after the 20th century dress-maker, Georgette de la Plante, hailing from France. Georgette is less lustrous than silk and chiffon and has a dull, light-weight, creped feel to touch. This material is mostly used for dresses, evening gowns and blouses.

Give... (Proverb) Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a life-time.

Gosht

Gosht, a Persian origin term, refers to meat based gravies pre-pared in India, Pakistan and Middle Eastern countries. Hindu religion prohibits eating beef and Islam prohibits the eating of pork. Hence, gosht is prepared using goat in our country. Sometimes adult sheep, lamb, is used to cook gosht in the Western countries. Gosht can be prepared using different styles and some of the variations include kadhai gosht, nihari gosht, bhuna gosht and saag gosht.

gouda cheese

Gouda is a Dutch cheese typically made from pasteurized cow’s milk. It is named after the city of Gouda located in The Netherlands. It is one of the world’s most popular cheese. The yellow cheese has a rich taste, unique flavour and a creamy, smooth texture. The cheese is available in semi-hard, artisan, brined and processed type. In The Netherlands, there are seven different types of Gouda cheeses avail-able, depending on the number of years it has aged. A large Gouda cheese wheel, weighs between 10 to 25 pounds.

gyroscopeGyroscope (or gyro in short) is a device consisting of a rotating disc which rapidly spins about an axis that is free to alter in any direction. The advantage of a gyroscope is that the orientation of the axis is not affected by the movement of the surrounding structure. Hence, it’s used to main-tain reference directions in different navigation and autopilot systems. Gyroscope sensor is also used for gaming in smart phones.

gemsbokThe gemsbok or gemsbuck (Oryx ga-zella) is a large antelope found in South Africa. The gemsbok has large horns which protects him from predators. His large hooves enable him to move easily on sand. The animal weighs around 450 pounds. Gemsbok is a herbivorous and mainly a grazer. He can also live on bushes and forbs, bulbs and tubers. He can survive without drinking water for several days.

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Stop nuisance

Mr/Miss Uncool are a nuisance. And, their behaviour needs to change. One way is to politely remind them, “Hey!

Stop carving your name on the wall! You make it ugly.”

If they are sensitive, the act won’t be repeated. But, often that’s not the case. So, keep on reminding Mr/Miss Uncool politely, whenever you spot them doing uncool things — like littering the beach

or the streets, parking vehicles arbitrarily on the road and spitting (eew!).

Thumbs Down to Uncool BehaviourWe take you along on a journey with TuHu, who teaches Mr Uncool and his tribe, on

how to not make a nuisance of themselves when they are traveling! Join us!

mr/miss uncool

Mr/Miss Uncool are a common specimen. The gentleman or the lady, go ahead and carve their names on the walls of the heri-

tage monument. Yes, they make the walls dirty and ugly. Do they know that this act is punishable by law? Maybe! Do they care?

Definitely, no!

The minorityWalk on the streets and you

are likely to spot camera-totting tourists. Usually, most of the

tourists are friendly, who respect the traveling instructions and are polite to local people. But, this bunch is in minority. There are

many tourists who are rude and inconsiderate to the people and

the places they are visiting.

Back up with facts Very often the offenders (in

this case Mr/Miss Uncool) don’t admit to wrong-doing. They try to bluff their way, laugh sheepishly or even bully and argue loudly. So, if your polite reminders and pointers don’t have any effect,

explain to them in legal terminol-ogy. Point to them the laws under

which their behaviour can be punished. See adjoining box.

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The World Tourism Day (WTD) is celebrated every year on September 27. It is a global observance to highlight

tourism’s social, cultural, political and economic value. The theme for this year’s celebrations at Guadalajara, Mexico, is Tourism and Community Development. The theme focuses on the ability of tourism to empower people and provide them with skills to achieve change in their local communities.

Spitting is an offence n The Indian Penal Code’s Section 268, states, “A person

is guilty of public nuisance, who… causes any common injury, danger or annoyance to the public or to the people in general who dwell or occupy property in the vicinity… or cause injury, obstruction, danger or annoyance to person who may have occasion to use any public right.”

n Spitting, not specifically mentioned, does fall under this act.

n The West Bengal government in 2003 made spitting an punishable offence. Section 7 of the West Bengal Preven-tion of Spitting in Public Place Act has banned spitting in public places and provides for a fine up to ` 200.

n Spitting in a public place, unless a spittoon is provided, is banned under a 2006 Mumbai by-law.

defacing or vandalising monumentsn Article 49 of the Constitution of India states, “It shall be

the obligation of the State to protect every monument or place or object of artistic or historical interest, declared by or under law made by Parliament to be of national importance, from spoilation, disfigurement, destruction, removal, disposal or export, as the case may be.”

don’t be a consumerist traveler A lot of times we visit a town or city because somebody

points out to us its lip-smacking food, and other attractions. But once tourism flourishes, the place loses its charm. This

could be because tourists burden the available natural resources of the town or city.

Often people like Mr/Miss Uncool make extravagant de-mands. Hunting, poaching are practiced illegally due to high demands for medicines (using animal/rare plant products), exotic souvenirs, meat of endangered species (like bison, frog meat). These unsustainable tourism activities will only

stop when Mr/Miss Uncool stop being a consumerist traveler. A non-consumerist approach will empower local communities

and bring about positive change. This is how tourism and community development will go hand in hand.

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psst...avoid thisn Don’t jump queues. Wait for your

turn, patiently.n When you are traveling in buses or

trains, don’t holler into your cell-phone. Air travellers, you are NOT to use your cellphone during the duration of the flights. Too many accidents occur because the waves from cellphones interfere with the signals.

n If you wish to listen to music, or watch a movie, use the head-phones/earphones.

n Don’t leave garbage — empty chips packets, cola bottles or tetrapacks — in your hotel room. Please drop the trash in the trash bin.

n Please keep the washroom in trains, aircraft and in public utilities, clean.

Thumbs Down to Uncool BehaviourWe take you along on a journey with TuHu, who teaches Mr Uncool and his tribe, on

how to not make a nuisance of themselves when they are traveling! Join us!

Illustrations by Monica Chaudhari

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Build right environment for readingBut are our children reading at all? That’s the crucial question on which all questions to do with children’s liter-ature actually hinge. As much as the blame is on lack of locally produced, high-quality children’s books, it also rests with the parents and teachers. You can’t just heap a pile of books in front of the children and say ‘now read’. Parents and teachers need to build the right atmosphere in homes/schools and participate actively to develop the curiosity of children, encourage them to ask questions and have conversations about books and authors. Don’t stick to this age-group business when it comes to books. Children should read or at least be aware of books/authors who write for higher age groups too. That way, their journey into mainstream literature will be seamless.

about Sahitya akademi

Sahitya Akademi is the central institution for literary dialogue, publication and promotion in the country. It is the only institution that undertakes literary activities in 24 Indian languages, including English. The Akademi gives 24 awards annually to literary works in the languages it has recognized and an equal number of awards to literary transla-tions from and into the languages of India.

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NAME: Something Fishy

By: Pavitra Sankaran

ILLUSTRATED By: Vandana Singh

PUBLISHED By: Hole books, Duckbill

AGE GRoUP: 8+

PRICE: ` 150

I must say, little Mira is a spirited girl. Oops, Mira isn’t little. She is 8 and in another five months, Mira will be 9. So the soon to be 9-year-old girl is sharp and finds

out who has stolen her grandfather’s clock from her mum’s antique shop. You see, the clue is in the tic-tic-tic sound! Helped by Nambi Uncle, the watch-man of the housing society in which she stays, and the policemen who listen to her theory, the culprit is caught.

Something Fishy has three mysteries and Mira solves them all. She is not alone in her adventures. Sunil, the watchman’s son, offers his expertise and so does her mother and Sheila aunty, her mother’s friend.

The mysteries are not spine-chilling, but they aren’t easy to solve either. Mira’s observation power and quick thinking help her fill up the missing pieces in the otherwise organised facts.

So read Something Fishy and try guessing the culprits, before Mira does!

Three mysteries

Madhuri Purandare recently won Sahitya Akademi’s ‘Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2014’ for her total contribution to children’s literature (Marathi). In conversation with Renu Dhole, Purandare says that kids and writing for them needs to be taken seriously

established writers should write for children

Everyone agrees about the need to take children’s literature seriously, but there’s no clarity on what it entails. I think, established writers should start writing for children. The older genera-tion of authors like V D Karandikar and Mangesh Padgaonkar did it, but I don’t see the new generation of writers doing it. The lack of new, good quality content for children is worrying. The result is that children’s literature in Marathi is still stuck in the age of Shyamchi Aai. It doesn’t connect with today’s children.

Fresh writing for kidsTake children seriously

What also doesn’t appeal to today’s children, brought up on fancy, eye-catching technology, is the shoddy production values evident in most children’s books. People don’t pay much attention to the language, the illustrations, the design...Even if there are mistakes, they let it go because they think children don’t understand. But you can’t fool today’s children, who have access to the best of technology. This non-serious attitude towards children’s literature is reflective of the larger societal attitude towards kids. We don’t treat or talk to our children with respect. What they do, their belongings, their concerns are not considered important in our society. And this approach shows itself in the way much of our children’s literature is produced.

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Roger Jenkins became a story-teller, accidentally. He was invited to conduct a story-telling course for teachers by the Ministry of Education, Singapore

and that set him on a journey of telling stories. Based in Singapore, he has a vast repertoire of Asian

stories. He believes that stories are powerful teachers because they have a stickiness which keeps them in people’s heart long after they first heard them.

Jenkins enjoys telling tales that pose dilemma before his audience, allowing them to ‘experience’ the situation. This was in evidence, when he posed questions to the students, asking how the boy in the story should behave. The interpretations of the students also found a way into the story and thus Jenkins got his audience hooked. His second criteria in choosing tales is the age-appropriate

factor. Younger kids, he says, are more than happy to listen to fairy tales, while the older children want

something adventurous. Of course, sometimes even the adults like to loose themselves in the world of fairies and elves. But, by and large, story-tellers stick to this demarcation.

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The genial faced, bespectacled NG KK, laughs uproariously when he looks at the stunned reaction of

his audience. The story-teller from Ma-laysia has revealed that he is a teacher.

‘I am a teacher, yes,’ he repeats again to the students who have gath-ered to hear his story.

And, then he launches into a story of a Princess, who doesn’t know that she is one. The Principal of a school for pre-schoolers (we might call it nursery in India), tells stories as a hobby.

A hobby, for which he travels several miles. It allows NG KK to bring a slice of Malaysian culture to his new audi-ence. Having watched the Pune school students, recite and hum a couple of stanzas of a Malay song, one under-stands what the NG KK’s trying to do — bridge cultural gap.

NG KK says, “I tell the same stories, differently to Malay school kids and

A teacher who loves telling tales

children of other nationalities. The Princess story, which I narrated in Pune, has portion of a Malay song incorporated in it. When I am telling

the same story to Malay kids, I will ask them to sing the difficult part. For a non-Malay audience, I will ask them to sing easy parts that can be repeated.”

NG KK, who has written one story-book in Mandarin, is also composing a patriotic song for students of Malaysia to sing on their National Day.

what makes a good story

n Imagination: To think of situations, improvise on them and make them inter-esting.

n Story books: Read lots of story books and tales from far away lands. Build upon your repertoire.

‘Stories have a way of sticking around long after they are first heard’

An international story-telling festival was

conducted in two Pune schools by Sakal Media Group. The interviews of NG KK and Roger

Jenkins were conducted after conclusion of their

sessions.

Photographs by Vaibhav Thombare

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Teacher’s Day was celebrated at Judson High School. The programme was organized by the

students of Std VIII and IX. Students put up skits, mono acts and a comedy show. Some students also strummed guitar while others recited poems.

Students also organised interesting games for the teachers with the day getting even better with the Founder Principal Dr Freda Moore and the Principal, Francisca Saldanha winning prizes. Some of the teachers also exhibited their talent by singing songs.

The Management of Judson High School appreciated the hard work put in by the teachers and as a token of love and appreciation, gifts

The Ganesh idol was installed in the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Paranjape

Vidya Mandir in a traditional way. Nearly 78 girls of Std VII played lezim under

the guidance of their PT teacher, Pra-bhakar Wadwerao. A group of 10 boys also played dhol-tasha.

The school premises rang in the

synchronised beats of the music instruments. Teachers and parents too participated in the procession. The mandap was decorated by the school’s

non-teaching staff.The aarti and pooja was conducted by the Head Boy, Chin-may Kulkarni. Nachiket Haridas from Std III recited Atharvashirsha.

Swera Ana Braganca, a Std VI student of Our Lady Of The Rosary High School, Dona Paula, representing India, won the silver medal

at the 10th Asian School Chess Championship 2014. The champi-onship was held at Taiwan. Swera scored 7.5 points out of 9 rounds, missing gold by half a point.

Swera is a former silver medalist at the Asian Youth Chess Cham-pionship, Iran, and Indian representative at the World Youth Chess Championship, AL-Ain, UAE. This is her best performance at the inter-national level gaining a whopping Elo rating of 78 points and in one of the toughest age category of the tournament.

She had to wait in the last round to defeat tournament top seed Khuslen Tuya of Mongolia to clinch the medal. Swera has been trained by International Master Jayant Gokhale, Prassana Sivaswami, V Siv-aswami and her brother, Shane Braganca. With this performance, the Women Candidate Master (WCM) norm will be conferred on Swera.

SNBP School & Junior College, Yerawada observed World Literacy Day on September 8. A literacy cam-

paign rally was organized for students from Std VIII-X. They prepared charts, and visited the local market area of Nagpur Chawl.

The students interacted with the vegetable sellers, vendors and small shop-keepers and taught them how to write their name and sign. The boys and girls also taught them the names of the vegetables, and the wares that they were selling. These actions served to impress on the vendors, the importance of literacy.

Principal, V.Telore said that all sections of the society need to be literate. Only then the importance of the day will be celebrated in its true spirit.

Ganapati celebrations at Paranjape Vidya Mandir

The students of Bhavans Paranjape Vidya Mandir made Ganesh idols from natural clay. It was a wonderful learning experience. Nature is the way to go!Girls playing lezim. The idol was installed by Chinmay Kulkarni, Head Boy

World Literacy Day observed at SNBP

Teacher’s Day at Judson

Swera wins silver medal

were distributed. The day concluded with everyone having their fill of delicious snacks.

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SwaTi ShahArt & Craft Teacher, Mahaveer English Medium School

CD-Pen stand

Material required: An old/used CD, scissor, pen, three square sheets of paper — blue, pink and yellow — and one A4 size white sheet

Fold the white sheet in half as shown

Cut the yellow sheet into two circles

Stick it on the CD as shown

A cool, funny-faced pen stand, don’t you agree?

Wrap a blue sheet on the white sheet

Open the cut yellow sheet and paste two smaller pink and white oval pieces onto it. Stick them on the pen stand. Use black sketch pen to colour the lower part of the eyes

Cover one end with a round piece of blue sheet. That becomes the base of the pen stand

Cut the remaining yellow sheet into a circle and fold it into half. A long strip with a rounded edge becomes the trunk. Two small pieces of blue sheet covered with black lines become the toes of the elephant!

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Ans: 1) Fox hiding in the balloons 2) Pigeon 3) Fish in the glass 4) Candle upside down 5) Cracker in place of candle 6) Key in the cake 7) Wearing Santa’s hat 8) Watermelon in the balloon