Literary (English) Week Celebration

LITERARY (ENGLISH) WEEK CELEBRATION

‘The English Language is the accretion

And growth of every dialect,

Race and range of time,

And is both the free and

Compacted composition of all.’

A great week and many learning-with-fun moments were there for all the students.

The school celebrated ‘English Week’ where linguistic skills polishing sessions with fun-filled activities were organized from August 17-21, 2015 at our school. An array of events was conducted with the motive to enhance the vocabulary, language skills and make learning more enjoyable.

 ‘Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye.’

The Literary Week was declared open by the school Principal, and wished good luck

for all the activities scheduled for the week. 

‘Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought.’

The first activity organized was ‘Sing a Song’ on August 17, 2015, Monday. It revealed

the hidden musical talents of the students of classes-VI & VII, where the students had to

convert the given Hindi songs into English and then sing in a group. A group of eight

students each from both the classes participated. This competition was won by class-VII

students.

‘Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.’

A ‘Stamp Designing Competition’ an effort by Indian Postal Department of India was

organized on August 18, 2015, Tuesday for the students of classes-IV to VII where the

students spread their creative ideas by designing stamps.

‘To read without reflecting is like
Eating without digesting.’

A very renowned author Ms. Vaijayanti Sawant Tonpe was the Guest of Honour for the ‘Author’s Meet’ held on August 19, 2015, Wednesday. It was an Interactive Session for classes- IV & V. Ms. Vaijayanti Sawant Tonpe has been a writer and editor of children’s books for nearly thirty years. She has won awards for her writing from the Indian Council of Child Education, New Delhi, the Bal Kalyan Samiti, Kanpur and the Indo- Russian Literary Club and Library. She illustrated many of her writing talents. 

She emphasized the importance of reading saying, “A little reading is all the therapy a person needs and reading is dreaming with open eyes.” 

‘When our spelling is perfect,
It’s invisible.
But when it’s flawed,
It prompts strong negative associations.’

An ‘Inter Class Spell Bee Competition’ was conducted on  August 20, 2015, Thursday for the students of classes- VI & VII aimed at creating awareness of the possibilities of using varied words in oral and written expressions and add words to the active vocabulary and familiarize the students with Functional Grammar. The preliminary    round was designed in a pyramid structure enabling every student of Classes- IV-VII to participate in the event. The best four students from each House were selected for the final round. In this competition the students’ spellings, one word substitution, antonyms & synonyms, words often confused, jumbled words, words followed by prepositions and rapid fire questions were tested. The students of class-VI won the competition.

‘Books give a soul to the universe,
Wings to the mind,
Flight to the imagination,
And life to everything.’

An ‘Inter House Book Quiz’ marked the finale of the English Week Celebration on Friday, August 21, 2015, which judged the reading skills of the students of Classes-IV-VII with a varying degree of difficulty. The rounds for the Quiz were- Identify the book, name the author, identify the characters, biography/autography and rapid fire rounds.

Radhakrishnan House participants won the 1st position and the 2nd position was secured by Teresa House participants.

Summing up, the panorama of interesting and knowledge- filled activities to facilitate the effective learning and participation of maximum number of students was organized. The school Principal, praised the efforts of the English Department and congratulated the students and announced the English Week to come to a close.