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“Our school organized a wonderful Winter              “Last year, Pacific World School had organized a
             Carnival. Our class managed a stall in which          marvellous  CARNIVAL  and  named  the                            LEVERAGING THEORY FOR
             we had organised two games. My task was               amazing event – ACE ADVENTURA.
             to make the stall look attractive and bring in        Many  stalls  were  put  up  including  games,                   PRACTICAL LEARNING- ‘SCI-    ’
             more people. We learnt life skills like teamwork,     food,  adventure  activities,  shops  selling
             collaboration and public speaking. It was a lot       handicraft  items  etc.  One  particular  stall
             of fun and it was a grand success.”                   which stood out, was the stall by the student
             Aarush Gupta                                          council, and fortunately, I was a part of it.                    “Everything is theoretically impossible until it’s done.”
             IV A                                                  It was a very lively stall and we sold various                   - Robert A. Heinlein
                                                                   things  like  different  kinds  of  plants  and
                                                                   manure  fresh  from  our  school,  candles,                      ‘Sci-  ’, the annual Science and Mathematics          Assimilating knowledge, implementing it in
                                                                   pickles,  chutneys  and  many  more  items                       exhibition  held  on  Jan  18,  2020  was  a          real-life situations and igniting a passion for
                                                                   which we ourselves prepared.                                     collaborative effort to unravel the existence          scientific sensibility among the young Pacificans
                                                                   Even the preparation for the event was quite                     of Science and Mathematics that pervade in            were the intentions behind this endeavour.
                                                                   absorbing  and  fun.  Students  stayed  back                     the most miniature aspect of day-to-day life          The  excitement  of  the  students  knew  no
                                                                   after the school hours to prepare the items                      to the vast extent of the universe.                   bound  as  they  planned,  prepared  and
                                                                   and we were taught how to put together the                       The students demonstrated the experiments             demonstrated  their  projects  and  models

                             The Spooky Grove                      spicy  chutney,  mayonnaise  dip,  schezwan                      and  working  models  such  as  water  cycle,         before the inquisitive and enthusiastic visitors
                                                                   chutney etc. Going through this experience                       ways to conserve water, pulley crane, lever           on the day of the exhibition.
                                                                   enriched my culinary skills to a great extent.
             “The event was amazing. It was organised in                                                                            model,  rainwater  harvesting,  geodesic              “It was a sleepless night, full of excitement
             the  school  ground  which  was  beautifully          It was a memorable day and I am eagerly                          greenhouse dome, carbon footprint survey,             and tension. I was nervous- what if I falter
             decorated. Parents were greeted on the red            waiting for more such events…”                                   coal and petroleum timeline model, Newton’s           while  speaking  about  my  project!    Next
             carpet by the students. God was happy and             Aiman Jain                                                       cradle,  neutralisation  of  acid  in  stomach,       morning, I took my position assigned by my
             provided a cold and sunny afternoon. I was            VIII A                                                           light  and  its  properties  model,  Fibonacci        teacher. Initially, I was nervous but since my
             a  part  of  the  flash  mob  and  gave  a                                                                              series (decoding secret patterns of nature)           preparation  was  good,  I  regained  my
             power-packed Bhangra presentation. Parents                                                                             to name a few, with passion and confidence.            confidence. I did my duty very sincerely. The
             and students couldn’t resist dancing to the                                                                                                                                  exhibition  was  a  grand  success.  The  hard
             beats  of  popular  Punjabi  tracks.  It  was                                                                                                                                work of the teachers and students paid off. I
             indeed  a  wonderful  afternoon which was                                                                                                                                    spoke well and got compliments from the
             well spent with family and friends.”                                                                                                                                         parents     and    visitors.     It   was    an
             Gaurisha Paul                                                                                                                                                                overwhelming experience.”
             V A                                                                                                                                                                          Ansh Yadav

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                                                                              Pacific Surety Organic Purity

                                                                   “Every day is a chance to get stronger, to eat
                                                                   better,  to  live  healthier  and  to  be  the  best
                                                                   version of ourselves.  In  Ace  Adventura, we
                             The Gaming Clan                       got an opportunity to plunge into action for
                                                                   the  feel-good  sensation.  We  explored  and
             “Ace  Adventura  was  a  very  refreshing             enjoyed the adrenaline rush. We learnt new                                 Creating a Scientific Ambience                           Science Skills are Life Skills
             experience and the grand fiesta gave us a              things  like  cooking  and  we  also  got  an
             lot of exposure to plan and execute. We put           opportunity to enhance our confidence and
             up stalls and also learnt how to advertise            social  skills  by  meeting  the  guests  and
             and  attract  the  crowd  to  come  and  play         interacting with them.”
             exciting games.”                                      Shashwat Singh
             Arnav Mishra                                          VIII A
             VI A

             “This  event  was  a  great  opportunity  to
             enhance  our  entrepreneurial  skills.  The
             Pacific  Surety  Organic  Purity  team,  along
             with  the  teacher  in  charges  prepared
             pickles.  soaps,  candles,  dips  etc.  It  was  a
             wonderful  hands-on  experience  working
             together.”
             Sudeshna Dutta
             VII A
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