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Sakal Times Bookaroo Festival. The Festival of Children’s Literature comes to Pune on January 31 and February 1. For more details, turn to >>P8-9

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A Big Boo

n Preparing for exams. n Fractured finger! Very, very painful.n Cold wave. Where is sun?

contents

Stay safe from swine flu

Neon evolves from Greek ‘neos’, which means ‘new’

Hear voices from the hills

Tweeple SpeAk

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THiS iS cool!

n Rehearsing for Republic Day parade in school.n Barack Obama is India’s State Guest on January

26th. n Cricket World Cup starting soon! Yippee! n Attending kite flying festival.

@yabookprize great news - 2014 was a record year in children’s book sales! print books made £336.5 mn! check http://www.thebookseller.com/news

@Bloomsburyindia Harry potter Box Set: The complete collection is now available in paperback!

@whitney_sherman The 100 best children’s books of all time. check http://ti.me/1lZp5Vh #somanyotherstoo

@guardian children’s reading shows simultaneous rise and decline. How can that add up? check http://trib.al/kBk2iDo

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RoHiT DeSARDAStd VIII, Mahaveer English Medium School & Junior College

RAcHel FeRnAnDeSStd VIII, Mary Immaculate Girls High School, Goa

SAiF FARooquiStd VIII, Dona Leonar Memorial High School, Goa

VAnSHikA kHAnDelwAlStd V, Mahaveer English Medium School & Junior College

kunAl TAnpuReStd VII, New English School, Ramanbaug

AARTi pAncHARiyAStd VIII, Mahaveer English Medium School & Junior College

mAyAnAk kStd VI, Mahaveer English Me-dium School & Junior College

neTRA kASHyApStd VII, Mahaveer English Medium School

SwAgATA nAikStd VIII, Dona Leonar Memorial High School, Goa

TAnVi mulAy Std V, Bharati Vidyapeeth English Medium School, Dhankawadi

4 chit chatfriday, January 23, 2015

Remember a few months ago, we had done an article on how tourists should behave when they are visiting different cities? This week we ask you

to take a closer look at home — in your school and neighbourhood. Have you ever seen these areas litter or garbage-free? If not, then it’s time we exercised our fundamental duty to keep our surroundings clean.

cleanliness, a mission

Says Gautami Kamat, a Std IX student of Dr K B Hedgewar High School, Mala, Goa, “My school organ-ises cleanliness drives or Shramdaan throughout the year. If such drives are initiated throughout the country, then I’m sure that India would soon be a cleaner place to live in.”

Gautami and her classmates had recently participated in such a drive when they went camping at the Vetal Devasthan in Advalpal, Goa. Talking of her experience, Gautami says, “During the Shramdaan, my group was told to clean the area around the kitchen. We gathered the waste and garbage using brooms and sticks. We had a lot of fun while clean-ing the area. The drive also made me more sensitive towards the problem of garbage disposal.”

Shuaib Khan, who studies in Std IX of New Grace School, Pune, helps his mother in sweeping their house. “If we want to be healthy, then we have to live in clean surroundings,” he says.

His schoolmate, Sabir Shaikh observes, “We should stop littering streets. I think education alone can’t solve the problem. It’s more to do with sensitivity. I have seen educated and literate people throwing wrappers on road or spitting tobacco. This is really bad.”

Spread the word

Shuaib and Sabir’s school recently conducted a cleaning activity where children swept the school ground. This act, the students believe, plays an important role in spreading aware-ness about cleanliness. Muzakkir Shaikh says, “When, we children were informed about the cleanliness drive, we in turn informed our parents, friends and they repeated it to their neighbours. The chain and circle of information should grow.”

Ugam Sawant, who studies in Dr K B Hedgewar School, Mala, actively participated in the “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, says, “In

my school, during the Abhiyan, the students were divided into different groups, headed by teachers to clean the school premises. We did our best to keep the school campus clean and picked up the plastic bags, paper cups and tetra packs. After volunteer-ing for over an hour, we realised our school looked spotless which was very motivating.”

This initiative, was not limited to Gandhi Jayanti (October 2). The stu-dents clean their classrooms once in two weeks regularly after that.

Join the movement

Muktangan English School in Pune too has left no stone unturned as far as cleanliness of the school is concerned. The school conducts the ‘Cleanest Classroom’ competition every month where one class is se-lected and felicitated. Madhuri Shinde, Supervisor, said “Students take clean-liness competition seriously and enjoy the fun factor too. The students also write a daily tip on cleanli-ness on their classroom’s blackboard.”

In my area, the garbage truck comes only twice a week. I think the truck should come at least once a day. Also, there should be dustbins placed at short distances, on the road to throw the garbage.”

Danish KhanStd IX, New Grace School, Pune

Every year, on Gandhi Jayanti, our school premises are cleaned by the students. The Students Council is given the responsibility to clean the office and labs. This year, along with my companions, Gautami, Akshata, Mandar and Sriniwas, we fulfilled our duties by cleaning each and every corner of the office. When we were cleaning big trophies and mementos, we faced some difficulties. But eventually, every corner looked spic and span.

shreeja ThaliStd IX, Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar

High School, Goa

Spic and

Span

Muktangan English school also conducts e-waste activity, in which children bring all the e-waste from their house that is then given to the Rotary Club for disposal.

Dr K B Hedgewar School has also participated in ‘Waste Wise’ initia-tive, organised by the Corporation of the City of Panjim.

“We are asked to collect and seg-regate waste like tetra packs, milk packets, plastic bags, cans and get them to our school’s collection centre. We are then given stamps in proportion to the waste we collect-ed/segregated,“ says Prateek Naik,

who studies in Std IX. He adds, “If we are able to earn a particular

number of stamps, we can redeem them for gifts like bicycles, caps.”

Surely a good incentive to keep all things clear and bright?

pRADnyA nAik & meeTA

RAmnAni

5chit chat

The photographs and the story were earlier published in Sakal Times

Send your photographs to youngbuzz@sakaaltimes.com

The dew drops on the leaf are soothing to the eyes, aren’t they? The photo was clicked by Shreyas Shingare in Sukhanagari Hsg Society’s garden. He studies in Std iX, podar international School, chinchwad

friday, January 23, 2015

There was once a little grey planet that was very sad. The people living there hadn’t

looked after it, despite all their discoveries and space ships. They had contaminated the whole countryside with rub-bish, so much so that there was no sign of plants or animals.

One day, a little boy was walking on the planet. He passed a cave and noticed a small plant with a red flower inside. The plant was very sick, it was almost dying. So the boy carefully removed the plant, its roots and soil. Then, he started looking for a place where he could plant it and look after it.

He searched all over the planet, but there was so much contami-nation that he couldn’t find a place where the plant could possibly grow.

Then he looked up at the sky and noticed the moon. The boy felt that maybe the plant would survive

there. So he put on his astronaut suit, and climbed into a space ship.

He put the plant in the back, and off they went to the moon. Far away from the pollution, and with the boy

visiting it every day to tend it, the plant started to grow.

It was so well cared for that it had soon germinated, giving birth to others, and these other

plants also multi-plied.

Before long, the whole moon was completely cov-

ered with flowering plants. Even today,

whenever the little boy’s flowering plant opens up, for a few minutes, the moon takes on a soft red sheen, like a warning light.

Maybe it’s telling us, living on the grey planet, that if you don’t look after your planet, a day will come when plants will only be able to grow on the moon.

meenAl nAleStd VI, Vidya Pratishthan’s English

Medium School, Baramati

The monthly winners of Sakal Times Young Buzz were felicitated at Sakal Times office, Shivajinagar on Thurs-

day, January 8. Prizes were given for contributions in

three categories namely, Poem writing, Story/article writing and Drawing. The award ceremony was presided over by Sakal Times Resident Editor, Rahul Chandawarkar.

Anubha Sagar, who won the first prize in story/ article writing, was ecstatic. “I want to become a writer and I am so glad that I won this prize because it will certainly encourage me to look at writing seriously,” she said when we caught up with her after the prize distribution.

Agreeing with her, Aditi Patel, who won the second prize in the same category added, “I never expected to win a prize for

my story. This is the first time I have re-ceived an award for writing and I am very happy. It will help me develop my writing skills as I want to become a journalist when I grow up.”

We wish the children all the best and hope more like them send their contribu-tions to Sakal Times Young Buzz and win prizes.

PoEMS 1st -Adithya R2nd -Ankit Bhade

SToRIES/ARTIClES1st- Anubha Sagar 2nd -Aditi Patel 3rd -Sanika Kini

DRAWINGS/PAINTBRuSH Khushi Bhat

Congratulations winners!

The november-December prize winners are:

Photograph by Anand Chaini

Ayush paliwal, a Std V student of Army public School sent us this photograph of a pigeon, he clicked from the window of his house

Another home for the plantsTell A TAle

Aditi Patel (second from left) and Anubha Sagar (centre) pose with their repective families after receiving prizes for their articles appeared in Sakal Times Young Buzz

Illustration by Monica Chaudhari

Best Three

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6 time please!friday, January 23, 2015

Swine influenza or Swine flu (also known as Pig flu or Hog flu) is an infection caused by any one of the several types of influenza

virus that are endemic to pigs. Different organisms get infected with different types of influenza virus, which can then be transmitted to humans through con-tact with the animal or its secretions. This particular virus is transmitted from pigs. Some of the swine influenza sub-types are H1N1, H1N2, H3N1, H3N2 and H2N3.

medium of transfer

In the initial years, swine flu originated in pigs and was later transferred to hu-mans when they came in direct contact with the infected animals. The virus entered the body through eyes, nose or mouth and then it was transferred to other humans through the same medium.

Since the mode of virus transmis-sion is also through air by “droplet infection” (nasal secretions and cough droplets released into the air while sneezing and coughing), this disease has become highly contagious and can easily spread through person-to-person contact.

Symptoms of swine flu

The symptoms of swine flu are very similar to those of viral flu or seasonal

human influenza. They are as follows:n Body ache and painn Chills and fevern Coughn Fatiguen Headachen Loss of appetiten Sore throat

preventive measures

Swine flu can spread rapidly, if not con-trolled. Hence, prevention is the best option to curb the outbreak. Every flu may or may not be swine flu (since the symptoms are similar). But there is no harm in taking precautions by following these little dos and don’ts to stay safe and healthy.

Dos

n Students must avoid social gather-ings and avoid congregating outside the school.

n Avoid contact with contaminated surfaces especially at public places. Wash your hands regularly. You can also carry a good alcohol-based hand sanitizer with you.

n Avoid crowded places where the chances of spreading the infection is more.

n Maintain sufficient distance while standing/sitting near someone who is suffering from flu-like symptoms.

n Drink plenty of water and eat nutri-tious food.

n Get a good night’s sleep.

n Cover your mouth with a handker-chief or tissues while coughing, sneezing. When you are suffer-ing from cold, wearing a mask is advisable to reduce the risk of an outside infection, which can weaken your immunity and make you more susceptible to infection.

n If you have cold, seek medical care immediately. In case of confirmed or suspected case, get in touch with the hospital authorities, by calling or mailing, before arriving in person.

n Ask your school to get in touch with your local and state health care departments and arrange for aware-ness programmes and any preven-tive measures.

n In case of suspected or confirmed case in the school, it is best for the school to remain closed. The school may reopen if there are no new cases in a period of one-two weeks since the longest incubation period is said to be 7 days.

The symptoms of swine flu are similar to common flu, so many cases remain undetected till the patients fall seriously ill. Pradnya Naik tells you how to protect yourself — even if you aren’t sure if you are ill because of common flu or the swine flu

Stay safe

Dontsn Do not shake hands or

hug while greeting.

n Do not take medications without consulting a physician.

7a to zfriday, January 23, 2015

nene Nene, an endangered goose, is the official State

Bird of Hawaii. It’s named so, because its bird call is very soft. At one point, there were fewer than 30 nene birds. But now their number has gone up to 2,500! Incredible, isn’t it?

Nene don’t fly much because their wings are weak as compared to other geese. But, they have long toes and strong feet to climb the rocky Hawai-ian surfaces.

Capturing nene is not allowed, and only Honolu-lu Zoo in Hawaii can keep it as an inmate. So you know where to head, if you want to spot one, right?

meeTA RAmnAni

nocTuRnAl Nocturnals are animals and

birds that are active during the night. These creatures gener-ally have a highly developed sense of hearing, smell, and specially adapted eyesight. The most common nocturnal creatures are cats, rodents and owls. Most animals adopt nocturnal behaviour because in hotter places such as the tropics, it’s cooler at night and also it’s easier to hide from predators in the darkness.

nonAgonA nonagon is a nine-sided polygon and is also known as

enneagon. Nonagon is widely used because it is simpler to spell and pronounce. It has 27 diagonals and 7 triangles. All the inner angles are of 140 degrees. The band, ‘They Might Be Giants’ have a song titled Nonagon and their children’s album has, Here Come the 123s. The band Slipknot has its logo which is a star made of a nonagon. Popular, hmmm?

neonThe origin of the word ‘Neon’, is from the Greek word, ‘Neos’, which means ‘new.’ The element Neon was discovered by Sir William Ramsay and Morris Travers. The chemical symbol for Neon is ‘Ne’.

The largest use for neon gas is in advertising signs. Ne generates only bright reddish orange colour. Although all bright lights are called Neon lights, it is not necessary that they contain Neon gas.

How does one find out, you ask? Well, it’s easy. Neon light cannot be obscured by fog, whereas other lights are affected. Neon is available in large quantities in the universe, but very less on earth. Hence, it is very expensive and helium is used as its substitute.

nepTuneDid you know that Neptune, the

eighth planet of our solar system, has 13 moons and six rings? The gas planet, looks blue in colour and is reflective of its identity in Roman mythology as that of God of the Sea. One day on Neptune is of only 16 earth hours and one year is as long as 165 earth years!

Neptune’s winds are the fastest in the solar system, reaching to 2000 km/hour. So far, only one spacecraft, Voyager 2 has visited the planet which is said to have no signs of life.

N for..

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Plan your date withBOOkAROO

It’s the big outing of the year for children of Pune, when the Sakal Times Bookaroo Festival comes to the city, end of this

month. The two day festival (January 31 and February 1) aims at bringing books and children together and has planned 62 sessions with 22 speakers.

There will be fun activities like Doodle Wall,

Craft Corner and Storytelling session.

Preceding the week-end festival, will be the Booka-roo in the City, the outreach programme, which will be held from January 28-30 in 12 Pune-based schools. If

you are interested in attending the sessions, please do register. Keep watching this space for registration details.

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Sr No SPEAKERS ORIGIN CAtEGORy1 Alice Charbin Pondicherry/France Illustrator2 Arundhati Venkatesh Bengaluru Author3 Frane Lessac Sydney Author-Illustrator4 Mark Greenwood Sydney Author5 Devashish Makhija Mumbai Author6 yannets Levi Israel Author7 Ketaki Karnik Delhi Author8 P. Nagalakshmi Bengaluru Storyteller9 Lavanya Karthik Mumbai Author-Illustrator10 Leela Gour Broome Pune Author11 Nandini Nayar Hyderabad Author

Who’ll be there...Sr No SPEAKERS ORIGIN CAtEGORy12 Paarvathi Om Bengaluru Storyteller13 Parnab Mukherjee Kolkata theatre Person14 Payal Kapadia Mumbai Author15 Prashant Pinge Mumbai Author16 Raj Sekhar Mumbai Author17 Sandhya taksale Pune Editor-translator18 Surabhi Singh Bengaluru Illustrator19 Suvidha Mistry Delhi Illustrator20 Swati Shome Pune Author21 Usha Venkatraman Mumbai Storyteller22 Vinitha Ramchandani Mumbai Author

Venue Pandit Farms, near

Mhatre Bridge, Pune Date

January 31 and February 1, 2015

Timing 11 am to 5 pm

Illustration by Monica Chaudhari

10 meet themfriday, January 23, 2015

A walk in the hills can be very enjoyable. The winds carry voices —

some from the past, some from the present — into the valleys and hilly tracts. A writer listens intently to these voices and pens down their stories. Mostly sweet, some a little scary.

Do you know who the writer is? The ‘granddad’ of authors writing for children — Ruskin Bond. Bond, who grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla and Dehradun, has made Mussoorie his home. His protagonist, Rusty, captures life in a hilly town with sim-plicity and warmth.

I couldn’t disbelieve that a thief, who robbed his boss and friend of money, would

return the sum. And, the man

knowing what happened, doesn’t hand over the servant to police! Such is life in the hills! Unpolluted, simple and where people put up with each other quite happily.

My favourite story in this collection is ‘The Coral Tree’. I loved the picture of the tree, its branches bearing the weight of young boy (Rusty) and the little girl waiting to pick up the blossoms. It’s a sweet tale of a brief friendship between the young man and the girl, who both want to travel the world and learn something about themselves.

Bond also has fascination for trains and long journeys. He wrote one story where Suraj, a village boy, makes

friends with the railway guard and then stands on a vigil for the train to emerge out of the forest tunnel.

Many of us might not

connect with the forests and hills, meeting bears or even ghosts. But, we can definitely relate to the sheer joy that these tales are full of.

Voices from the hills

In Alok Bhalla’s, Wild Verses of Wit and Whimsy, alphabet symphony, imagination is unfettered and there’s no need to play

by the rules, except to get away from the ‘sullen, surly, sombre’ use of language! The 26 letters freely frolic in the wild and wacky vistas of his nonsense verse. Set to whimsical rhythms, they reveal themselves in unexpected ways through the zaniest of characters from A to Z!

Manjula Padmanabhan’s witty illustrations evoke the enigma of the letters. Funny and perceptive at once, this book is an invitation to a joyous, liberating and intelligent exploration of the verbal-visual-musical power of the alphabet.

Diary of a Wimpy kid for girls! From Bond, again!

TuHu ReViewS

NAME: Stores Short And Sweet By: Ruskin Bond PuBliShED By: Red Turtle, Rupa PRiCE: `150

new TiTleS

Two dork-alicous tales from the hi-larious Nikki Maxwell in one brilliant book!

Written by Rachel Renee Russell, Nikki is enlisted to write the school agony aunt column in Dear Dork. But when her own life is a disaster zone, how can Nikki be expected to dish out good advice to the rest of the school?

In Holiday Heartbreak, everyone is ex-cited about the biggest dance of the year and Nikki’s hoping that Brandon would like to go out with her. But what if he doesn’t want to go with her? Or worse — what if he ends up going with Mackenzie?

Ranji’s Wonderful Bat & Other Stories is a collection of wonderful, heartwarming

stories, by India’s favourite storyteller, Ruskin Bond. Published by Puffin Books India and written in Bond’s inimitable style, these stories on cricket, football, trekking and swimming are laced with generous doses of wit and humour. These stories of triumph and sportsmanship, of mischief and friendship, are sure to completely bowl you over.

Zany letters

Illustration by Monica Chaudhari

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By Alok Nirantar

12 craFt carniValfriday, January 23, 2015

Center table

use a pen and draw a circle by placing a glass on an A4-sized paper. cut it out

Roll the edge of the circle as shown

cut an A4-sized paper into a square. Double fold the paper into half

open the paper at the center and fold into half (inward) as shown

Fold both the outermost sides as shown

cut the paper from the closed side of the square. Fold the single sheet into half. The craft will look like a book

Fold a layer on both sides and bring it to the center line. Then double fold the sheet upward as shown

Hold the paper vertically. Slowly push the center fold down. your single sofa chair is ready!

mATeRiAl RequiReD

A4-size paper, glass, pen, glue and scissor

Single sofa chair

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open the paper halfway and push the paper from one corner to form a triangle as shown. Repeat the same step on the next page

At this stage your origami craft will look like this!

Photographs by Pradnya Naik3

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cRAFT BySHRAmi BHonSule

cut a piece of paper into four rectangles. place a refill and roll/fold the paper as shown

Apply glue at the end to seal. The legs of your table are ready

open one half and fold. Do the same on the second side

Fold the sides as shown

open one fold at a time and flatten it into a triangle on both the sides

Hold the paper vertically. Slowly push the center fold down. your three seater sofa is ready!

cut an A4-sized paper into a square. Double fold the paper into half

lift the fold below the triangle and fold it again in the upward direction

Stick the legs on all four sides. let them dry for a few minutes

Three seater sofa

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your origami furniture is

ready!

14 niefriday, January 23, 2015

The Mahaveer English Medium School and Junior College recently celebrated its 14th annual social gathering. The theme for the

event was ‘Happiness, a Journey’. Different phases of life were showcased through dance, song and drama performances put up by the children.

Shivaji Kokate and M G Joshi were the chief

guests at the gathering. In their speech, they urged the parents to encourage their children to utilize their hidden talents.

Alaknanda Sengupta, Principal, Mahaveer School, congratulated the students for their amazing performances. The programme con-cluded on the note that we need to find happi-ness in all the phases of life.

‘happiness’ at Mahaveer School

It is because of the SMS lingo that the knowledge of grammar among students

is decreasing. We can see spelling mistakes in note-books and exam papers. Also, because they are so used to short forms, they are unable to construct proper sentences. Students should not use mobile phones at all.

But we do need to think about the disadvantages of mobile phones beyond grammar. Children are not very aware about the priva-cy settings on Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter. They are not aware of cyber crimes.

We have officers from Swar-gate Police Station who conduct sessions on cyber crime for Std IX and X at our school.

What also surprises me is the fact that Std III and IV students also use mobile phones. I want to ask par-ents: Do children of this age need phones at all and why are they buying expensive phones for them? Children also bring their phones to school, which leads to peer pressure and other children too ask their par-ents for phones. The only solution we have is to call the parents if their children are found using phones in school.

To curb this menace, both schools and parents have to work together. It’s not just the school’s responsibility. Children should not be al-lowed to use mobile phones or access social networking sites till Std X.

AlAknAnDA SengupTA

Principal, Mahaveer English Medium School and Junior College

Children should not use mobile phones

ScHool newS

pRincipAl’S SpeAk

Students of Pimpri Chinchwad Edu-cation Trust’s S B

Patil Public School, Ravet visited aqua-life exhibition at Inorbit mall.

Sakal Media Group’s yRI Club and Sakal times young Buzz had organised the fun-filled field visit. Almost 350 to 400 students from Std II to VIII got an opportunity to observe 200 different species of fish like Oscar Fish, Angel Fish, Black ghost, Orando Goldfish, Tiger shark, Sting Ray, Hockey stick, Red Cap and Yellow Parrot.

The detailed information about various species was

explained to the students. Stu-dents observed all the species and noted down their character-istics.

Anushka Lembhe and Aditi Jadhav from Std VIII expressed their gratitude by saying that

this exhibition gave them a great opportunity to know about the aqua life. The event was exe-cuted successfully with the help of co-ordinator of the school, Padmavati Banda and Principal Madhubala Gairola.

On the occasion of the birthday of Dr Patangrao Kadam, Founder, Bharati

Vidyapeeth (BV) and Dr Vishwajeet Kadam, Secretary, BV, Bharati Vidyapeeth English Medium High School & Sr Sec School, Dhankawadi, organised “One Day with Grandparents.”

The programme was held at the auditorium of BV’s Medical College, Dhankawadi.

Residents of the old age

homes were invited for this pro-gramme. The Children’s Orches-tra presented their best perfor-mance by dedicating songs to the grandparents. The message given through this programme was that children should forge healthy and caring relations with their elders, especially grandpar-ents.

Mr & Mrs Vijay Kale (social worker), Dr & Mrs Prashant Vaman (Founder, Mauli

Vridhashram & Nursing Home, Dhankawadi), Sushma Cha-van (Supervisor, Janseva Foundation, Katraj), Mahadev Savkhedkar (Manager, Matoshri Vridhashram), D G Shinde (Director, B V English Medium School Education) graced the function.

The programme was suc-cessfully conducted under the guidance of Principal, Sandhya Sawant.

Grandparent’s Day at Bharati Vidyapeeth

s B Patil’s students visit aqua-life exhibition

A team of MVM’s Pandi-trao Agashe School won the National

Championship Trophy in the 7th ‘A World in Motion’ (AWIM) National Olympics, 2014. The team won in the overall winner category and also the individual category prize for Accuracy round.

Eight schools across India had participated in Skimmer Making competition for Std V pupils. The competition

was organised by Society of Automotive Engineers and ARAI in association with Ma-hindra & Mahindra plant in Chakan. The winning team, comprising Abhir Bodhani, Soumitra Patankar, Parth Khare and Arpita Sahani, received a trophy, certificate, medal and a cash prize for ` 12,000. This was the third consecutive year, when the school qualified for national level. Kudos!

Panditrao agashe students win national Championship Trophy

15time please!friday, January 23, 2015

are you a good cook? Do you frequent your mother’s kitchen? Following are some items in the kitchen described for you. let’s find out how many items you can identify.

Below each picture, identify the first letter of its name and you will get a complete sentence.

Travel decode

1) keeps food cold2) used to grip and lift objects3) Release fumes from pots and pans4) used to separate liquid from solid5) long-handle spoon used for soup

and stew6) Heavy bowl and object used for

crushing andgrinding7) used to remove vegetables’ skin8) used to flatten dough

JuNiOR COOk

Ans: 1) Refridgerator 2) Tongs 3) Chimney 4) Strainer 5) Ladle 6) Mortar and pestle 7) Peeler 8) Rolling pin

Ans: Mona on her trip met her fan

pRADnyA nAik

16 what’s wrong

Ans: 1) Eyes on curtain 2) Icecream cup 3) Rubik’s cube 4) Spelling of Jan 5) Fish’s tail missing 6) Dog has tiger’s tail 7) Reindeer’s antlers 8) X-ray in magazine holder

friday, January 23, 2015

Illustration by Monica Chaudhari