Chairman’s Trophy – 4th November, 2013

It was time for yet another Chairman’s Trophy for the 5^th graders, a time to hone the skills of speech and body language for the kids. They were given the topic related to the Unit III – ‘Government’ in our Program of Inquiry which was ‘Democracy is the best form of Government’.

Our students had already learnt a lot about different types of common governments of the world and thus, this chairman’s trophy also acted as a brushing up of what they already know. Well, off course the idea was to see the overall communication skills of our little friends.

We were all excited for the event to start and it did at 2:10 pm on 4^th November, 2013. On the occasion we had Ms. Rohini and Ms. Radhika (parents of the Grade 6 students) who took their precious time to grace the event as the judges.

The event started and one after another nervous and excited participants came up to stage and gave amazing performances. Really, I sometimes think if these kids are in grade 5 when I see the amount of knowledge and talent and also confidence that they possess. The judges were diligently marking each group and finally it was time for the deliberation of the results. The room was filled with tension as people started biting their nails and saying prayers at the same time. Children who were there as audience, were anxious to know who had won.

Finally, there was the silence and the three winners were announced. Everybody did well but the 5J, 5D and 5G were extremely good. They knew exactly what they were doing. Children from the winning class burst into hooting and clapping. Surprisingly, the rest of the losing teams also took it very positively. I saw pleasantries and kind gestures shared between the winners and other teams. I asked some of the participants of their reflection on the event and they said things like that they learnt winning is not everything, instead giving one’s best is. I mean, are these children really growing up so fast? Another pat on us, teacher’s back, for that. Overall, a healthy competition and delightful late afternoon.