champak

Tushar K. Chaurasia, 12 years Krishang S. Pawaskar, 8 years

The Modern School SSC, Charni Road The Modern School SSC, Charni Road

Surekha Kamlesh Patel, 13 years Champak congratulates the
winners and would love all our
The Modern School SSC, Charni Road readers to participate. So grab your
writing and painting material and get those
creative ideas flowing. To participate look
for the Champak Creative Child Contest

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Champak Creative Child Contest was organised at The Modern School SSC, Charni Road. 40 students participated in the
contest and enthusiastically submitted their drawings. Certificates were given to the best entries.

World Wildlife Day March 3 is World Wildlife Day. Look at the footprints
below and match them with the right animals?

A 1 2
B 3

C

D

E 4
F 5

G 6
8
H 7
9
I

J 10

* Answer on the last page.

Solve It Look at the sums below, identify
the value of the fruits and fill in the

blanks with the correct answer.

Can you find the right answer?

* Answer on the last page.

Eco-Friendly Holi

Siddhesh Bhusane
Holi was just a week away, and all
the children were in a festive grandma. The children were silent. “Come
mood. Kashyap had just moved to my house in the evening. I will tell you
to a new locality and was excited about all a story,” she said and left.

playing Holi with his new friends. Kashyap’s grandmother was the principal
of a school. She told Kashyap what had
The other kids in the building had started happened and he agreed that it was not right
throwing water balloons and plastic to play Holi a week before the festival.
packets filled with water at each other.
That evening, the kids came to Kashyap’s
One day, a water balloon hit Kashyap’s house. They were nervous, expecting
grandmother just as she was leaving to go another scolding. Instead, Kashyap’s
to work. She was furious. “Who did that?” grandmother welcomed them in.
she shouted at the kids.
“Please don’t be upset that I scolded you
“We are so sorry, grandma. The balloon all and try to understand why I scolded
hit you by mistake. We were throwing it at you. Sit down everyone and eat these
our friend,” replied Raju. yummy samosas.”

“But why are you throwing balloons Kashyap and his mother served the hot
today? Holi is still far away,” said samosas to the kids.

“Do you know there are many parts of exclaimed grandma. “In the past, Holi
the country where there is no water? used to be played using flower petals and
People don’t have enough water to drink. organic colours. Even today, at many
We should not be wasting water by places Holi is played using tuberose and
playing with it,” explained grandma. rose petals. Also, you can buy organic
The kids listened carefully. “These plastic colours in the market. Reema, you can
bags you have been throwing are harmful even make colours at home!”
for the environment. The colour, if “How can we make colours at home?”
they have chemicals, are extremely asked Raju.
harmful for humans and animals. Black “There are so many ways,” said grandma.
contains lead oxide, which harms our “By soaking beetroot in water, one gets
kidneys. Green contains copper sulfate, red, mehndi leaves, various flowers,
which hurts our eyes. Silver contains sandalwood powder, all mixed with
aluminium bromide that can cause water give many different colours. These
cancer. Blue too has persian blue that can don’t harm us or the environment. It’s
cause cancer.” important that we celebrate Holi without
“But grandma, it’s Holi—the festival of causing harm. This way, we don’t waste
colours. Can’t we play with any colours?” water nor use harmful plastics. So, are
asked Reema. you kids interested in playing an eco-
“Of course. One can play with colours!” friendly Holi?”

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amalgamation graphics “Yes, of course!” replied the
kids. “We will take care and not
58 harm the environment. And we
will play Holi on the day of the
festival, not a week before!”
“Well done, children!” said
grandma. “And remember to
come here for sweets on the
day of Holi!”
“We will!” shouted the kids
and went back excited to play a
great Holi

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Page 41: International Women’s Day
Kiran Bedi

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Mithali Raj
Lata Mangeshkar

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