Sixteenth Shikshantar Birthday
Science Exposition (27th of September 2018)

Shikshantar celebrated its sixteenth birthday this year. Each year children take this opportunity to strengthen their connections with various aspects of Shikshantar and the world around them. This year ‘Science’ has been the focus of exploration and study.

Science is all around them; including their spaces, Maths, Sports, Art and even Music. How do birds sing? Where does the rainbow get its colours from? How do different kinds of materials used affect our art? What is the impact on light when it passes through tightly packed molecules? Where all in my home can I find Science? – these were some of the questions/ideas/thoughts/areas our children of Classes I -IV explored and studied at their own levels and would like to share with you.

Diya lighting under the Champa tree marked beginning of the celebration, echoes of the birthday song and multi faith prayer filled the space to bring us together as a community. Art displays spread from the school entrance, across the corridors and leading up to each and every school corner spoke of children’s participation and engagement at every step. Models, projects, charts and write ups with children standing close to them, eager to take parents and other visitors through the process. While at one level this was a culmination of their curricular experiences, at another level this was an outcome of their collaborative efforts.

The celebration of a collective journey and an individual journey of each and every person associated with Shikshantar. Every moment we are born; every moment we are free…

Happy birthday Shikshantar!