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Chandigarh school events: Display of athletic skills at Saint Soldier school
Important and interesting events that took place at Chandigarh schools recently.
Saint Soldier International School, Sector 28-B, organised its annual sports day on Monday.
Students of classes 6 to 8 took part in the event. It began with a march past, followed by the oath-taking ceremony. Events such as aerobics display, yoga demonstration, taekwondo demonstration and tug-of-war were organised.
Students also took part in races such as hurdle race, relay with ball, 100m, 200m and 4X100m relay. The winners of tug-of-war, relay with ball and hurdle race were classes 8B, 6C and 7A, respectively.
Cultural Fest
A cultural fiesta ‘Kalautsav’ was organised at Delhi Public School, Sector 92.
The aim of the event was to promote performing arts and provide the students a platform to showcase their talent.
More than 500 students from the tricity participated in the event.
Students of classes 4 and 5 emphasised on the impact of social media on people through a nukkad natak.
Various events such as speak up, drip-dribble-splash, creative spark, poetic magic, relive and reflect and jhankaar were organised.
Storytelling event
On the occasion of Children’s Day, Scholastic India conducted a campaign all over the nation to promote reading among underprivileged children.
Scholastic visited Bal Niketan, Sector 2, and organised a storytelling session. The goal was to empower the children for quality learning, higher academic performance, professional development and reduce school drop-outs due to lack of resources.
“We want to make a difference,’’ said Neeraj Jain, managing director of Scholastic India.
