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The last seven days were all about improvising, pulling things through and putting the best foot forward for the class 3 team, as they presented the class assemblies for a much loved audience, comprising of their parents, grandparents and other members of the family.

The students showcased a part of their curriculum and staged an adaptation of the classic, ‘Sheep Pig’, which they will be covering through the course of this year. They personated various characters of the novel; sang, dance, enacted and brought the stage to life to reiterate the importance the age-old virtue of being polite!

The children went on to push themselves, bond and create meaningful moments of learning and ended with a special note, ‘Politeness costs nothing, but buys everything.’

The Diploma students of Math HL and SL and Math Studies, had individual guidance and support sessions for their internal assessments by the expert consultant from Course leap Education, Mumbai together with the Math department, on Monday,18 November 2019.

As a follow up the training sessions for both teachers and students held in September and October this year, students prepared their Exploration and Project proposals and drafts and Extended Essays drafts. A personal sessions that included one-on one feedback together with an overview of their progress was provided to further enhance the quality of the content and ideas used by the students.The teachers have been closely involved with the students and will continue to mentor and guide them in line with the sessions held in the past months.

Overall these sessions have proved to benefit, both teachers and students immensely.

The last day of the Strawberry Fields High School Parliamentary Debate Championship was an action packed one indeed. The day started off with enthusiastic participants,who were eager to compete in the quarter finals. The top four teams were chosen to compete in the semi finals. After careful discussion and deliberation, the finalists were chosen. The most awaited debate took place with the entire organising committee and participants allowed to spectate. The day ended with the prize distribution for the participants with the following - The best speaker was awarded to Ridhima Bajaj, The Runners Up position was awarded to the team from Bhavan Vidyalya Chandigarh- 1. The First position was bagged by an independent team. This was followed by the organising committee award distribution. All in all, the event was a resounding success.

By: Aanya Malik

Students of Strawberry Fields High School had a wonderful opportunity to interact with senior executives from Infosys on issues related to work life, technical skills, behavioral skills and soft skills required in the Industry.

Students were given an introduction to the concept of Agile Software Development using hands on activities.They were also engaged in an informative/interactive question answer session highlighting the application of technical skills in real life situations and the various challenges they are likely to face.

The students of the Junior Wing celebrated 14^th November 2019, Children’s Day with a fun packed performance put up by their educators.

The hour-long event was aimed at celebrating the children in school, around us and the child within us. The teachers took to the stage, sang, danced and posed as high-spirited students in an especially curated act for their young audience. The ensemble created thought provoking moments of self realisation and learning with this exciting and seemingly lighthearted show.

The rest of the day was all about merriment with in the classes; wherein the children played games and bonded with their peers and friends. To say the least, it was indeed a day well spent!

Students of the IBDP Y1 were treated to a unique experience of witnessing the proceedings of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, from the viewers’ gallery in the Assembly Hall of the MCC, in Sector 17. The Mayor, Shri Rajesh Kumar Kalia, accompanied by the Municipal Commissioner, Mr. Kamal Kishore Yadav and Councilors, invited the children to join in the celebration of Children’s Day with a heartwarming cake cutting ceremony.

Later, during an informal interaction with the Mayor, the students posed pertinent questions regarding pressing issues facing the city. Answering questions posed by Dhairya Dua about the proposed metro project and Tribune flyover, the Mayor said that both projects are on track and progressing well. Tapreet Brar quizzed him on the steps being taken by the administration to check pollution due to fireworks and he responded that the High Court orders have helped the administration to cut down on sale and use of firecrackers to a great extent in the city.