Holiday Homework 2017

St. Soldier’s annual feature ‘Technothon 2017’ , the two day Mega Event with the theme ‘International Year of  Sustainable Tourism’ provided a wonderful platform to the young minds. The Techfest not only aimed at enhancing the skills of information technology of the participants but also apprised them of  Sustainable Tourism. There were about more than 150 students from sixteen schools of the Tricity.

On day one , students competed in Colour Splash (Theme:  Any Tourist Destination in India). The budding web designers brilliantly presented their websites(Theme  : Website of a Travel Agency) .

On day two, the bloggers exhibited their technical powers and writing skills on the theme of ‘Terrorism- a major threat to Tourism’. Artistic adeptness was showcased by the contestants of  Poster Making Competition based on the theme ‘Eco Tourism’. In Movie Making (Theme: Digi Promo-Advertisement for a tourist destination  budding artists from various school showcased their movie making skills with utmost perfection.

Chairman Karnail Singh Brar  applauded the efforts of the Principal and teachers for selecting this internationally relevant theme  which made the event a great success.

The judges Mr. T.P.S. Jassal, M.Tech, IIT, Delhi, Mr.Survir , Senior Manager –KIPS Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Panchkula. and Ms. Madhu Arya  , Content Editor- KIPS Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Panchkula had a tough time judging the  equally competent participants.

The proud winners  are :

Event                             Position   Name of the Student                  SchoolName

Colour Splash                    1st       Royalneet Singh  IV                                 St. Soldier Int. Con. School, Mohali

                                           2nd       Mayank Gupta  IV                                    Manav Mangal Smart School, Mohali

                                           3rd       Shray Sharma   IVB                                  St. Soldier Int. Con. School, Mohali

Web Designing              1st    Gurmehar Joneja   X & Rohit X                     AKSIPS-65, Mohali

                                       2nd       Abhiraj  X   &  Dilsher  X                              Saint Soldier Int. School, Sec-28 CHD

                                      3rd      Jyotsna Sharma  X & AbhijeetSingh X        Doon Int. School, Mohali

Movie Making         1^st      Manav Juneja  VIII &  Ishita VII                          AKSIPS-65, Mohali

                                2^nd       Komaldeep Singh  & Rajsimar Singh                   Doon Int. School, Mohali

                                3rd     Siddhant Kapoor VIII & Camilla VIII                    Dikshant  Int.  School

Poster Making         1^st      Eknoor Singh  VI                                                   Saupin’s School, Mohali

                              2^nd         Gurnoor Sohal  VI                                                    Saupin’s School, CHD

                              3^rd         Arshpreet Kaur VI                                                   Saupin’s School, Mohali

Blog Writing         1^st      Harnoordeep Vats XII                                         St.Soldier Int. Con.School,Mohali

                            2^nd        Harnoor Ghuman   XII                                        St.Soldier Int. Con.School,Mohali

                            3rd         Mankaran XII                                                         Chitkara Int. School

Overall Trophy was bagged by the host school St. Soldier Int. Convent School , Mohali.

World Laughter Day was celebrated by the Pre-Primary Wing of St. Soldier School Mohali. Students of Class II-D, under the guidance of Ms. Anuradha Beotra conducted the morning assembly on “ WORLD LAUGHTER DAY ”

They apprised that this day is celebrated on the first Sunday of May every year.

They said laughing and hugging make us feel good and improve our everyday chores. A day without laughter is a day wasted.

So we must laugh whenever we can. They also added that laughing is a powerful emotion to change the world into a peaceful and positive place.

They sang two songs-

“It isn’t any trouble just to SMILE …….”

“Hanste hanste kat jaaye raste”

Principal V. Tiwana appreciated the effort of the little ones and conducted a quiz.

Words like smile, laughter, grin and guffaw were introduced and students explained each of them by demonstrating the difference between smile and laughter, laughter and guffaw.

Labour Day was celebrated in St. Soldier School , Mohali. The tiny tots of Class II-C under the guidance of Ms Monika Singh honoured and thanked the Class IV employees of St. Soldier School Mohali including the maids, sweepers, gardeners, gatekeeper and caretaker. A special assembly was put up by them to enlighten the audience about the significance of the day and the importance of helpers in our lives . In the skit they stressed on the importance of being educated to  avoid exploitation by employers. They recited  a poem and sang a song ” Hum mehnatkash is duniya se jab apna hissa maangegein “. Senior students under the guidance of Ms. Inderjit Kaur of Class VIII-A apprised the audience when and how Labour Day is celebrated all over the world. They also stressed the importance of doing the work themselves.They ended the assembly by singing the old number “Saathi Haath Badana “.

At the end of the function toddlers made the employees feel special by
presenting them with handmade greeting cards, flowers and gifts. The helpers were later treated to refreshments and snacks.  Principal Vinender Tiwana along with Headmistress Amrit Kalsi and Vice Principal Anjli Sharma also expressed their gratitude in their speeches.

To create awareness about colours – Red Day was celebrated atSt. Soldiers Mohali. Toddlers dressed in red were welcomed at the gate by their teachers also attired in red. Class I I-B under the guidance of Ms. Kiratleen put up the morning assembly and apprised the students that red is the symbol of  love, joy, passion and happiness. It is also the colour of danger. Dressed up as strawberries, apples, water melons, carrots, post boxes and roses, they further cleared the concept of the colour Red. They stressed the importance of various fruits and vegetables which are red in colour . Various activities related to the colour were conducted by the  Activity Incharge Ms. Deepa Sood.The little ones sang songs like ‘Red Red Apple’, ‘My Red Balloon’ and ‘Aha Tamatar Bada Majedar’. In their song they sang in praise of the colour which said that all their favourite things including their dress was red.   They relished red Rooh Afza and red food items during break time and went home happily with red tattoos on their faces made by their respective teachers.