Trivandrum city is buzzing with children’s activities this week. There are tons to do if you’re staying in the city this weekend and what’s more, some of them are free.

Goethe-Zentrum, the German cultural center has a special guest this weekend – Bas Böttcher, one of the founders of German-speaking poetry slam. He’s conducting a poetry slam workshop for children. Alliance Francaise, the French Cultural Center is organizaing a magic show hosted by Aristobulle, titled ‘Illusion on Black Top’ that fuses magic and comedy.

Just 3 more days to go for the 18th DC International book fair and Cultural Fest at Kanakakkunnu, don’t miss it. For chess lovers, the Chess Federation Trivandrum is organising this month’s open chess tournament on Saturday, 12th October at Russian Cultural Center.

Ambrosia Bakehouse is organizing a Kids’ Carnival – painting and story telling competition for kids between the age of 4 and 8 on October 12 and 13 from 2 to 4 PM.

The World Space Week celebrations at VSSC which were kicked off on October 4th saw various events and competitions based on the theme “Exploring Mars, Discovering Earth”. Curtains came down on the week long celebrations in the city today.

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As part of the World Space Week celebrations, an All Kerala interschool Space Quiz Competition – WSW 2013 was conducted by VSSC on 5th October 2013 at all three places, viz., Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur and Kozhikkode, simultaneously. Every participating school had one team consisting of two members. At all the three places, a preliminary test was conducted and six teams emerged top from the test were selected for the final round.

These students emerged as the final winners at Trivandrum. Hearty Congratulations!!

1st place:
Mubarak T. N. & Arif Muhammed K.,
SNVHSS, Anad, Thiruvananthapuram.

2nd place:
R S Prasobh Sankar & Abhijith R. V.,
Saraswathi Vidyalaya, Vattiyoorkavu, Thiruvananthapuram.

3rd place:
Mahesh B. & Renjith V.,
St. Mary’s HSS, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram.

hey parents, looking for kid friendly activities and events in town for kids?

This week, we have lots of fun events – there is a kid’s carnival at Ambrosia, a magic show at Alliance Francaise, a book fair at Kanakakkunnu, a chess tournament at Russian Cultural Center and also World Space Week celebrations at VSSC.

Check out the below link for all these cool events happening at Trivandrum, listed for you only at schoolkutti.com
http://schoolkutti.com/inthespotlight/schoolkutti-inthespaotlite.php

Hello, all. As many of you already know, Schoolkutti.com is a great place with resources for school students including interesting quiz contests. Now learning is more fun and productive with the all-new re-launched version of Schoolkutti Quiz Buzz. Schoolkutti Quiz Buzz is theme based now. Starting from this week, Quiz Buzz will focus on a selected topic. This week, students can test their knowledge of Mammals with this fun multiple choice quiz. As always, three lucky winners are going to win exciting gift vouchers sponsored by Premier Office Equipment Co.

Take the latest quiz at http://schoolkutti.com/competitions/schoolkutti-quiz.php

Good Luck!

Dear Parents, Schoolkutti Quiz Buzz is going to be theme based. Every week, our questions will be based on a different subjects ranging from animals, sports, movies, places, people and books. So do encourage your kids to take these contests week after week, let them learn and also have fun!

Now look out for themed quizzes in various exciting flavors 🙂

Schools in the city celebrated Gandhi Jayanti. The Government Upper Primary School, Vithura, conducted a cleaning programme and also harvested the tapioca grown on the school premises. Saraswathi Vidyalaya celebrated Gandhi Jayanthi as ‘Service Day’ on 2nd October under the apt guidance of their teachers. The students engaged themselves in a cleaning spree. The personnel of the Museum police joined hands with the students and teachers of Sandeepani School, near Kanakakunnu, to clean the Museum premises and the Kanaka Nagar road.

Dear parents, why should your child go for Schoolkutti Quiz Buzz? – Schoolkutti Quiz Buzz is the first if its kind quiz contest for school children. Every week, this interesting online picture quiz is specially prepared for students in Trivandrum, with cool prizes sponsored by Premier Office Equipment Co. At the end of the contest, all entries with the correct answers will be entered in a random drawing to select the winner.

Participants benefit from exposure to a broad range of topics ranging from general knowledge and current affairs to history and science. More then the motivation from awards, the educational aspect triggers their curiosity and enables them to research more on areas related to the topics covered in the quiz. So parents, encourage your child to see this contest as a personal challenge for self-development. Get your children to compete week after week, and watch them learn and grow.

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Positive parenting is the key to make sure your kids will grow up to be good adults. Parenting is both a skill and an art, and expert professional advice will help parents to better their skill. Tomorrow (September 3 at 1:30 PM), Dr. Anish N R K (Psychiatrist and Mental Health Expert with interest in Child Psychiatry) will discuss positive parenting in Meditalk Live, on Jaihind TV Channel. He will also respond to parenting queries posed by the callers. Watch and participate to understand the skills every parent must have to effectively shape the behavior of their children.

The overall champions – Saraswathi Vidyalaya – with the shield

Cultural festivals help in bringing hidden talents to the fore and it is important for school children to participate in such events on a regular basis. Like in the past years, the annual inter-school cultural festival, CRE8-2013, hosted by L’ecole Chempaka School on August 24th, featured superb performances by the participants. Around 260 students from seven different schools in Thiruvananthapuram took part in this talent fest for school children.

The event was planned and conduted by the senior students of L’ecole Chempaka under the guidance of their teachers. There were both on-stage and off-stage competitions. Smt. A Khyrunnisa, retired All Saints’ College Professor and author, was the Chief Guest at the awards ceremony and the well known artist Ms Sajitha Shankar lighted the lamp. Saraswathi Vidyalaya bagged the overall championsip and St Thomas Central School was the runner-up.

‘EduZone Talent Face’ is a talent competition conducted by Face Media Research Centre in association with the Civil Service Academy ‘Eduzone’. First Phase of Trivandrum District Exam was conducted at Six Schools on 24th August 2013. The preliminary test consisted of questions from regular academics, General Knowledge, Current Affairs, Kerala Culture, Language skills, Social Commitment, Problem Solving Ability, Mental Intelligence etc. Results will be announced on November 5th.

The second phase of the Talent Face Examination in Trivandrum District and other districts will be held on October 26.
For registration, visit http://www.talentfaceonline.com