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Jalandhar school hosts mega-event for Earth Day, Book Day
Students engaged in an array of educational activities
It is no surprise that Earth Day and Book Day are commemorated one after the other each year. The former is celebrated on 22nd April and the latter is observed on 23rd. Rightly so, environmental preservation and education must go hand-in-hand, only then we will be able to forge the change we wish to see in the world.
To mark the importance of these two special occasions, students of Apeejay School, Rama Mandi in Jalandhar participated in a range of educational and action-oriented activities. The celebrations began with a special assembly in which students showcased a beautiful Earth song followed by a thought, poem, an informative talk and some mind-boggling facts. In addition to this, an insightful video was also shared with them to remind them about their duties towards Mother Nature. The Principal of the school, Mr A K Sharma graced the event to motivate young learners in their thoughtful endeavours.
Further, Mrs Aarti Shorey Bhat, the Vice-Principal of the school addressed the gathering. She discussed the importance and value of reducing, reusing and recycling for ecological conservation. In addition to this, she urged students to plant more and more trees. She said, “We all share this planet. Each creature holds a special place of importance in it. Therefore, it is our responsibility to take care of our Earth.” With this, the motto: ‘I exist, you exist; I thrive, you thrive; I falter and you falter’ was made popular among young learners to address the concern of environmental degradation.
Besides this, the school also hosted a session on the importance of books in our lives. Ms Bhat urged students to read more and try to moderate the use of social media. She said, “A book is like a voyage where you travel to unknown destinations and return to your paradise a more knowledgeable soul.” To further inculcate the spirit of reading and environmental protection among students, a myriad of exciting activities were conducted in the classes.
The joy of the day was doubled up as tiny tots from classes 1 and 2 engaged in creating healthy and nutritious recipes. The school recognised the contribution of all students with prizes on the big day. Therefore, as part of the tiffin-making competition, class 1 students Aaradhya Bhat and Ranveer Singh pocketed the first position, Karanvir Singh stood second and Angel Singh and Harmeet Singh were declared third. In the class 2 category, Mannat Kaur stood first, Bavanjit Singh came second and Manroop Kaur bagged the third prize.
For bookmark-making of class 3, Aakriti Bhat stood first, Jacqueline and Saanjh stood second, Ansh and Vikrant stood third while Guneet got a consolation prize. From class 6, Saanchi and Naitik Sharma stood first, Sukhraj Singh and Anchita Sehgal stood second, Gurtaj Singh and Manvir Singh stood third. Roopkiran bagged the consolation prize in the competition.
Students of 5 and 6 enthusiastically wrote slogans dedicated to Mother Earth and beautiful eco-friendly paper bags were created by students of 7 and 8. So, in the slogan writing challenge, Amardeep Kaur, Jasmine and Ishika Arora from class 5 bagged the first, second and third positions respectively whereas Anshita, Yadunandan Vatts and Jaskirat Kaur were declared the winners from class 6. Besides, from class 7, Nanki, Navpreet Kaur, Lavanya, Sahibjot Singh and Ravneet Kaur, Namta, Belwin Kaur, Niyantpreet Singh and Jasnoor Kaur from class 8 won the paper bag making competition.
Moreover, young minds from classes 9 and 10 designed colourful and meaningful posters to mark the day. Lovish Uppal, Ankit Joshi and Aryaveer Banga from class 9 and Amisha, Natasha, Yashjeet Kaur, Simranjeet and Ravneet Singh of class 10 were declared the winners of the said competition.
