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well as confidence. The skills of criti-cal thinking, problem solving, crea-tivity, curiosity and innovation are allwonderful aspects of learning cod-ing. At Manav Sthali, we alwaysencourage a learning environmentfor students and staff to be innova-tive and creative technologicallythrough various programmes such asFoundation in Education Technol-ogy, STEM, ATL Project, Odyssey ofthe Mind, STEAM along with otherIT projects. We are now thrilled to bea part of the HT Codeathon and lookforward to a brighter future for ourstudents through amazing process oflearning and working with coding.

Mamta V. Bhatnagar, Director and FounderPrincipal, Manav Sthali School,

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digital tool, a basic digital languagewhich will benefit studentsimmensely. While students experi-ment with technological innovation,they will also learn how to plan andorganise, how to address challenges,how to think and will develop theskill of logical reasoning.

Young learners will learn frommistakes and develop resilience as

Understanding computers and learning the basics of coding helps children develop an appreciation of how things work. It also teaches them how soft-ware engineers use mathe-matics to solve problems. It’s important that coding should be taught in schools so that chil-dren can learn these skills at a young age. HT Codeathon gives such a platform to students to improve their computational thinking and logic, understand problem solving, learn structural and algorithmic thinking and, above all, learn perseverance.

Rucche Sharrma, HOD (Computer Science), Rukmini Devi Public School, Pitampura

The world of digitisation is a worldwhich is becoming more and moreour reality with each passing day. Beit smart phones, e-commerce, videogames or money transactions, toname a few, we are all adapting our-selves in this online World Wide Webof the present and the future.

We have experienced variousfacets of online education too in thepresent times. Given the scenario,HT’s mega Codeathon project isappropriately timed and a highlycommendable initiative as it will helppropel and foster digital literacythrough the means of coding.

HT’s vision is truly the need of thetime as the scope and relevance ofcoding is immense. The NEP 2020 toospells out how significant coding isand will be in the future. Coding is a

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This St Columba’s student is passionate about playing music

“I am only myself when I have a guitarin my hands” -- this quote of Englishmusician and song writer George Har-rison befittingly describes John Alex-ander, a Class 11 student of St.Columba’s School, New Delhi.Although playing instruments wasn’tsomething that he always wanted to dobut the presence of a musician brotherinstilled in him the idea of trying hishand at it. Today, he shines as a ‘giftedvocalist-cum-guitarist’ playing otherinstruments like harmonica, keyboard,piano, saxophone and recorder.

This fifth grader in the London Trin-ity Examination has proved no gradelevels of music examinations can boxhis voracious appetite for playing theguitar and scaling his amazing talent.John has embellished his musicaljourney along with his brother by per-forming at the YMCA Christmas Con-certs, Mozart Choir of Austrian Cul-tural Forum, Delhi Doordarshan’s KidsIsland, the Inter-school Music Festival

held at The British School in NewDelhi, National Day programmes offoreign embassies in New Delhi, awardand graduation ceremonies of his ownschool and church as well as in otheroutdoor functions.

He performed with Czech violinmaestro Jaroslav Sveceny in a concertheld at the Czech embassy along withhis brother Steve Alexander. Johnvisited Germany for a culturalexchange programme wherein he wona gold medal in the western vocal anda silver medal in the western soloinstrumental in the InternationalMusic Festival of YMCA. During thisCovid-19 pandemic, he paired withSteve and composed and launched asong on the theme Fault of Coronawhich has been sent to the radio TVSlovenija in Slovenia. This youngmusic master can be reached at AlexBrothers Music on YouTube for hisperformances on contemporarymusic.

St. Columba’s Class 11 student John Alexander has accompanied violin maestro Jaroslav Sveceny during a concert held at the Czech embassy

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Place numbers intothe puzzle cells sothat each row andcolumn contains eachof the digits from 1 to 5. No number is to be repeated in any row orcolumn. Each bold-outlined cells contain a hint of a number and one of the mathematical sym-bols + x - /. The number is the result of the operation represent-ed by the symbol to the digits contained.

SUDOKU

SCRAMBLE

MATHDOKU

SUDOKU SOLUTIONS

MATHDOKU SOLUTION

SCRAMBLE Solution Words:Curie, shirt, incite, wiggly

Answer: Integrity has not need of rules. – Albert

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Solve the four anagrams andmove oneletter to eachsquare to form four ordinary words

Now arrange the letters marked with an asterisk (*) to form the answer to the riddle or to fill in the missing words as indicated.

POTS AND PANS

___ has not need of rules. – Albert Camus (9)

Answer: ‘j’ is a Pot and ‘e’ is a Pan.All pots start with curved letters such as Cap, Umbrella, Sofa, Star and Cube. All pans start with straight letters such as Hammer, House, Fan, Lock and Triangle

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a, d, f and i have something in common and are called Pots. b, c, g and h have something in common and are called Pans. What are e and j?

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MIND GAME

JOYRIDE MOMENT

A man and his two sons enjoy a cycle ride at Marine Drive in Mumbai on Monday. He brought that cycle from Japan two years ago. VIJAYANAND GUPTA/HT

To register now, log on to www.htcodeathon.com

Hillwoods Academy, Preet Vihar, orga-nised an inter-school event E-Conflu-ence 2020 on a virtual platform. Thetheme of the event was ‘Positivity inNegativity is Creativity’. Melanges ofintellectual and creative activities wereheld for the students on that occasion.The event opened the world of fiction,drama, business, calculations andtechnology to the guests and students.

It started with the lighting of theceremonial lamp. Melodious voice ofVishnu Arora touched the heart of theaudience while Suyash Benganiinvoked Lord Ganesha to seek bless-ings of the god. Guneet Kaur mesmer-ised everyone with her graceful dancemovements.

An array of 34 competitive eventswere organised in which students notonly from schools across Delhi NCRbut also from other states also partici-pated. Students enthralled the audi-ence with their scintillating perform-ances. The world of fairy tale camealive through the event titled Beauty ofFables. The students of the differentschools expressed their views confi-

dently by debating on various issues.Their (students’) performances inthese competitions reflected their jour-ney from beginners to talented andskilled speakers, writers and artists.

The audience enjoyed differentdance forms presented by the partici-pants. Vibrant costumes, gracefulmovements and beautiful propsbrought out the essence of the country.The participants showcased theirinnovativeness and creativity throughscience, maths and computers scienceactivities. They applied their reasoningand spontaneity to bag the prizes.

The guests and judges applaudedthe diverse talents exhibited by theyoung enthusiastic participants. Thatevent once again corroborated theschool’s commitment to denouncecompartmentalized learning and cre-ate opportunities for making connec-tions across disciplines.

The event ended with a vote ofthanks proposed for the judges. Theparticipants and guests enjoyed theevent as it was a unique experience forthem.

Hillwoods Academy, Preet Vihar, organises inter-school virtual event E-Confluence 2020

Learning how to program or design the game on my own was nothing less than a dream for me. I am very obliged to my school for giving this opportunity to register and be part of HT Codeathon. Through this platform, I learnt the basics of programming such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Neil Khandelwal, Class 8E, Rukmini Devi Public School, Pitampura

Coding helps foster digital literacyOne of India’s biggest coding initiatives for schoolchildren is highly commendable as it will foster digital literacy and enhance this skill set

‘MUCH-NEEDED SKILL ’The 21st century ushered in new challenges and multiple opportunities. To survive in this pandemic time, we need to adopt collaborative approach, creative thinking and imagination to solve the problems. Coding is a fun and brilliant way of learn-ing for all the students. It keeps them engaged with their love of technology. HT Codeathon provides a platform for young minds to showcase their logical skills. With this, they can build their own computer games, animation movies, do digital artwork, create websites and many more. Coding will help them acquire such skills.

Sonia Wahi, Teacher, Manav Sthali School, Rajendra Nagar

Coding has become one of the biggest trends to hit the education sector and is mentioned in the NEP 2020 too

“Soon we must all face the choicebetween what is right and what iseasy “ -- this quote comes from thefourth film of the Harry Potter series,Harry Potter and the Goblet of Firebased on a novel by the same name.Another thriller authored by Britishauthor JK Rowling, Harry Potter andGoblet of Fire is full of action, mys-tery and suspense.

Everyone is in the dark. The DarkLord, who must not be named, willrise with his servant Wormtail’s aid.The ones, who were aware, were con-sidered mad by people like RitaSkeeter (the nuisance-creatorreporter), other Hogwarts studentsand the ministry of magic.

But this time something new iswaiting for Harry. Dumbledoreannounces that the Triwizard Tour-nament would be held in Hogwarts.Harry is not meant to be the part of itbut yet once again his enemies makehim the part of a frightening tourna-ment. All this leads to conversion of

the Triwizard trophy to a Portkey,Harry’s win, Cedric’s death and therise of Voldemort again. This time,Harry escapes again and proves hiscourage and bravery.

This marks the beginning of theworries of the mystical world.

This book is full of dragons, laugh-ter, suspense and shocking moments.I strongly recommend it to each andevery person, who believes in magic,to read this book.

‘A good read, it’s replete with action, mystery & suspense’

All those who believe in magic should read this book, writes Sanchika Khandelwal, Class 10 student of DAV Public School, Sreshtha Vihar, Delhi

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HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIREAuthor: JK Rowling