| Book Week |
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| William Blake rightly said that a child solely has the sensitivity and ability to fathom the universe in its entirety. |
| Interesting activities were held at St. Mark’s Girls Sr. Sec School, Meera Bagh during Book Week (17 Oct to 21 October) fostering intellectual growth, ethical awareness and academic excellence of each child and also ensuring hundred percentage participation from classes Seedling to X. A vibrant and conductive environment was created with the involvement of children in Kangaroo Words, Proverb Writing, Turn Coat, Album Making, Clerihew Writing, Compose a Song, Powerpoint Presentation, Famous Speeches, Mini Quiz, My Family Almanac, Mock Fairy Tale Competition and Book Fair. Proverb Writing Competition was held for class VI. Arpanpreet Kaur of VI B did extremely well and grabbed the first position. The second position was bagged by Shruti Kharbanda of VI B and Gurubaani Monga of VI A stood third. The students of class VII performed very enthusiastically in the Mock Fairy Tale Competition. The students were asked to distort the fairy tale and give it a modern ending. It was lively to see them dressed for Rapunzel, The Frog Prince, Rumplestilskin, The Princess and the Pea, Tom Thumb, Twelve Dancing Princesses, Beauty and the Beast to name a few of the tales. The scintillating performance of the students were praised by giving different titles. The best narrator prize was given to Aparna Gupta of VII C and Deeksha Madan of VII A. Supriya Shingari of VII B and Muskaan Gupta of VII A won for Best Costume. The title of Best Dialogue Delivery was won by Hemangi Malik of VII B and Anshika Malhotra of VII C. Pavitra Naidu of VII A and Harvinder Kaur of VII B were best supporting actors. Ashita Arora of VII C got laurels for Best Stage Presence. The students of class VII took part in Powerpoint Presentation. The students prepared their presentation on well known authors like Samuel Beckett, Danielle Steel, Thomas Hardy, Salman Rushdie, G B Shaw, Roald Dahl, P G Wodehouse and many more. The outstanding performances was given by Bhavneet Kaur Bhalla of VIII C who stood first. Shweta Lakra of VIII C bagged the second position. Saranga of VIII C stood third and Somya Saluja of VIII C grabbed the fourth position. The students of Class VIII also took part in famous speeches. Ruchika Lakra of VIII B delivered the speech as Mother Teresa and won the first prize. Muskan Ahuja of VIII C bagged the second position as Queen Elizabeth II and Neha Chugh of VIII A as Barack Obama stood third. The students of class IX took part in the Album Making Competition. They had to make album on themselves wherein they could pen down their personal thoughts and write about their life and past memories. Lakshita Lamba bagged the first position from IX A. Aakansha Gupta and Matreyi Kaushik of IX B shared the first position and Abani Malik of IX B stood second. From IX C, Japneet Kaur bagged the first position and Niketa Sharma stood second. From IX D, Shriya Vij bagged the first prize and Disha Batta stood second. The students of Class X took part in Turn Coat. The four winners who could speak sensibly and wisely on mind boggling topics like ‘Do boys and girls benefit more from being taught together or separately?’The World should turn vegetarian’, ‘Should mothers stay at home to raise their children?’ were Anusha Goswami of X A, Saloni Singh of X B, Simran of X C and Rashi Sharma of X D. The literary week equipped the students with intellectual and practical skills for a life of significance. On 22 October, the winners were invited with their parents for the prize distribution ceremony. They were bestowed with the prizes and the certificates for their talent. |