Keekli Reporter, 2nd August, 2014, Shimla
You nurture creativity, you get amazing results — as was witnessed during the Art and Craft Exhibition of the Lower Primary Department of Auckland House School, which was held in the school premises here today. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Principal of the Orchid Prep School, New Shimla, Neelam Vij who was warmly greeted by the tiny tots and staff as she unfolded the ribbon and stepped into a world of creativity. Ideas, concepts and models galored as she took a walk around the hall. Accompanying her was the Director Principal of Auckland House School, Sunita John, Principal, Auckland House Boys School Michael John and the teachers of the junior wing. Each class had something special and new to offer, which left both the chief guest and parents surprised as well as awe-struck.
Students of Nursery A and B, namely, Bhargain Singh, Onesha Singh, Avakshi Dhaulta, Saina Taneja, Aavesha Thakur, Hiranya Sharma, Sanighdha Parihar, Saiyam Chawla, Divyani Chauhan gave sweet introductions about their projects. Some were nervous, some were very soft, barely audible, but still impressed the chief guest and the parents alike with their cuteness. One could view the potted flowers with photographs of kids, beautifully painted butterflies and frog cut outs and much more. While students from Lower Kindergarten A and B sections, namely, Lavanya Sood, Arunditi Rathaur, Gauri Machhan, Tejesvi Sharma, Pariza Sood, Sanvi Thakur, Savisha, Aavisha Syal, Gurbani Kaur, Ananya thakur, Aanya Gupta explained their drawing and craft items.
Amazing creativity was shown by children through their projects on Village Life, Uses of Plants, Natural Calamities, Pollution, Good Living and the Journey of Milk. Introducing the concept of reuse and recycle, craft work presented by the children was also made from waste material. They made wind elephants, rocking toys, sofa sets, puppets, pencil holders, boats, thumb paintings, cards, photo frames, dolls, drums and scrap books. Beautiful collages were also made as all the students helped in preparing different craft items for the exhibition.
Students from class Upper Kindergarten A and B, namely Avni Gautam, Pritha Doegar, Mehwish Chauhan, Jiya Rampal, Aahar Singh, Anaya Chauhan, Aarzoo Kumra, Avni Chandel, Angel Rajan, Surbhi Thappa, Diksha Garg gave lively introduction on their craft work which included ‘Good living’ and ‘The Journey of Milk’.
There was all round appreciation from those visiting the exhibition. Chief Guest Principal Neelam was quite e
ngaging in enquiring about the beautiful art and craft work done by the students and was very impressed by the exhibition. She added that a lot of hard work had been put up by the children with the help of their teachers and parents. Students from Form I and II very confidently described their projects, whether it was on ‘Village Life’, ‘Pollution’, or ‘Scarp Books’. The students who gave these cute narrations were Maiwish Mantan, Ayushi Rana, Ayushi Kaundal, Saniya Singla, Priyanshi Thakur, Mahideep Kaur, Sharanya Sood, Anshika Kaushal, Aradhiya Sethi and Baruni Singh from Form I, while Taniksha Thapa, Divyani Chauhan, Shreya Pathania, Bhavya Sharma, Anushka Thakur, Kanika, Kanishka Bahl, Lavanya Serohi, Sukhleen Kaur and Oshan Dogra representated Form II.
The exhibition was appreciated and liked by all who visited. Students from Shimla Public School accompanied with their teachers Rupinta Sharma, Binduja Kaushal and Meenakshi Sharma shared their views about the exhibition and were amazed by the really beautiful craft work and called it as ‘very creative work’. A word of apperception is also warranted for the Principal, Sunita John and the staff members, namely, Coordinator Vanita Wilson, and teachers Indira Goel, Tapasya Thakur, L. Suresh, Suman Kishnani, Kusum Thakur, Madhu Sharma, Monika Tanta, Netu Thakur and Sheetal Mehta, who altogether put up a great show.
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