INDEPENDENCE DAY QUIZ

In this world of cut throat competition, getting a bronze is not enoughGold must be the aim from the beginning.Being satisfied does not serve the purpose.The standards should be sethigh andqachieving them with our hearts and souls should be our aim. This is what we, the PP department at our School are trying to instill in our 5 year olds. To commemorate the 65thIndependence Day of India,the PP department organizedit's seventh Annual independence day quiz on 17thAugust 2012 in the School Foundation Hallkeeping in view the theme for the year, namely, Latin America.Thehonouredguests for the day wereMr.Enrique AugustoNoriaFreyerof the Embassy ofPeruandDr. (Ms.)CapayaRodriguez,Minister counselor of Venezuela. The show began with the theme song,We are the little Indians,sung by the PP choir.Theymesmerized everybody by introducing themselves in Spanish.The quiz was an eye-opener for all and included 4 rounds in which 2 children representing each of the 7 PP sections answered the open-ended questions put to them. The quiz included teasers likeGuess the tunes , 3D visuals and finally the costumes' round.The judges for the day wereViceprincipal, Mrs.Tania Joshi and Ms.Charu Bhatnagar, both senior teachers of Social Science. OurQuiz masterwas Headmistress,Mrs.VijaylaxmiVasudevwho conceptualized the show.The participants amazed everybody present when theyintroduced their teams inSpanish as alsoanswered theLatinand Indian questions put forth and guessed the tunes both Indian and Latin! The responses came comfortably after some confabulation, and it was joyous to see that the teams conducted themselves with caution, understanding and responsibility unusual for their years.The 3D visual round which included a slide show of monuments and famous sites of India and Latin America helped children extend their horizons of the world.The final round helped them know about famous personalities of the various Latin Americancountries. [gallery link="file"] Little Abnerneeds special mention here for the extraordinary retention displayed and for answering the questions very promptly to help his team, Peru bagthird positionin the quiz. Another value that got imbibed here was the way one should handle success and failure.Avirepresenting teamArgentina, gota little disheartenedon not winning the quiz. However Principalmaamswordsorientedhim and the othersthat winning and losing are both a part andparcelof the learning process.The quiz ended with spontaneous applauseand appreciationfor the winners and for the participants who were awarded with specially designed certificates.MrEnriqueswordsofpraiseboosted our zest hugely. The quiz proved extremely apt for the age-group,and not only helped the children but also their teachers to have a greater familiarisation ofthe variations and similarities in culture etc between us and Latin America. We were happy that our Schools motto, ' knowledge is power' seemed abundantly provenat the Quiz.

-Compiled by Ms.ShikhaSharma and Ms.PriyankaMalhotra, teachers.