Dear Friends, Ms Lopamudra Mohanty - a renowned storyteller of India, was a resource person today  for Std SRKG kids for their 2nd Workshop on STORYTELLING - under Shishuvan Reading Challenge - 2019-20. The session was amazing and dramatic. Children enjoyed every bit of the event / moment. It was interactive and participatory. Our Librarian - Ms Jamila Merchant organized the session

All about a March Book Fair

All about a March Book Fair…. ! The best advice I ever got was that, knowledge is power and to keep reading.     -David Bailey What else could be more gratifying than working out a Book Fair from concept to commissioning? Working a month in advance with a lean library staff structure, with a philosophy of do every thing by yourself was nothing less than a miracle when it went off smoothly. Great to work with a small team backed up by the Library Advisory Team and Student volunteers. Thanking kids and teachers  before they do any thing. Great indeed, it leaves me with thoughts to dream bigger dreams about Books and Fairs and Events far larger in magnitude and scope. Occasion was Open/Report Day of Shishuvan School. What emerged was a small but busy, short but sweet book fair event where in students were all out in rating it as excellent. Kids love books, specially when they are too many and parents love it when kids are into books. Their gratification / smiles …. Comparison. Surprisingly cool March Breeze, brought smiles on the faces of Booksellers and Distributors as books etc got sold on and on. The participating vendors / service providers included Katie Bagli a nature author, navneeth an NGO, young explorer (magazine), a couple of Voluntary organizations and some one stacked few educational toys. The light instrumental music which was on and off , brought occasional tender moments to the people busy in browsing the titles. The Report / Open day is itself a celebration for kids and this bonus of being with books is an additional wonderland. God is great, kids and parents still have the same love for the print version of  books. I think and wish the enthu and craze for print books will continue for many more millenniums. The best part was, 34% of those who gave feedback rated their experience in Fair as Good and 40 % as Excellent. The following were some of the suggestions offered  to be taken care in the forthcoming book fairs : ·        Book Fair to be open for 2 to 3 days, ·        Stalls must have variety of books. Repetitions to be avoided. ·        Preferred subject areas : Space, Earth, India, Harry Potter, 3D Books, Dinosaurs, Bollywood stories, Fiction, Word Search, Cars, Children’s Books, Sports and Cricket, , Computers / IT. Payment by Credit / Debit Cards to be facilitated. ·        There should be more of Activity Counters. ·        More space required. The organizers (me and my team), closed the show with a  firm determination to enhance  the scope of the Fair magnanimously. One of the resolutions was to treat Book Fair as one of the important components and mile stones of the Schools Annual Reading Programme.

Sammy - the word that broke an Empire

As a part of the The Annual Day Celebrations, Students of Std VIII of Shishuvan presented SAMMY - THE WORD THAT BROKE AN eMPIRE. It was indeed different experience for me.... as I dont remember in my recent past to have watched a play ... directed by such a talented Director Gerish Khemani. Worth watching, worth remembering, the nuances and not so common a life of none other than Gandhi.  Students indeed did a wonderful job. The end of the event was mar,ed  with  with a heart touching rendering / speech by Smruthi Koppikar a renowned journalist. Director, Principal and all teachers deserve a big pat. shishuvan

Shishuvan celebrates 15th Anniversary ......

It was indeed gratifying to be a part of the 15th Anniversary Celebrations of Shishuvan on 15th of Oct 2015. It was an unique occasion to listen to Board Members as to how humbly the School took shape 15 years back.
This was followed by a play titled "Bade Miya Diwane" staged by Rangbaaz. It was simply fabulous, electrifying.... hats of the Rangbaaz artists and their so unique talents. This is the time we need to see more of theatrical plays .... and chance upon to have a real break from hysterical / and nonsensical TV soaps and commercial movies., ..... where nothing else except money matters.