City
Epaper

CPS students sweep awards at Oxford Big Read contest

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: September 2, 2021 22:25 IST

The ‘Big Read’ encouraged primary and secondary students to explore their creative writing skills and enhance their literary talents ...

Open in App

The ‘Big Read’ encouraged primary and secondary students to explore their creative writing skills and enhance their literary talents as they designed book covers and wrote reviews.

The international level competition had three categories viz. Level - 1, Level - 2 and Level - 3 for classes 1-3, 4-6 and 7-9 respectively. The participants were evaluated based on their creativity, imagination, originality of tone and style which was then judged by the literary experts Prakriti Srivastava, Anurima Sen and Utsab Sen. Winners of 2020-2021 and their entries were selected nationally from participating schools of India, the Middle East and Sri Lanka.

The Centre Point Group of Schools has featured as the winner at the National Level. That Centre Point School, Amravati Road Bypass has the highest number of prize winners has added to the celebratory mood! Six of our talented and skillful students have won accolades for their amazing presentations. In Level – 1, Shrish Deb of class IV won the second prize. In Level – 2, Vaishnavi Kumar of Class VII secured the first place. Both Chinmay Gandhalinkar of VI and Dhruv Mor of class V have claimed the second prize. Tanisha Gupta of class VIII bagged the 1st prize and Harshika Bajaj of class IX emerged as the second runner-up in the 3rd category i.e. Level - 3. They now advance as semi-finalists in the global competition in which schools from Turkey, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Pakistan are participating, along with India.

The winners were presented with books and certificates by the Oxford University Press. They were commended for their achievement by the Management of the school, Founder principal and advisor Radhika Mehra, principal, Perveen Cassad, vice-principal Bhakti Bobde and the staff.

Tags: Centre point group of schoolsCentre Point SchoolAnurima senVaishnavi kumarAmravatiHong KongindiaSri LankaTurkeychinaMalaysiapakistanOxford University Press
Open in App

Related Stories

InternationalUS President Donald Trump to Meet Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir in Washington DC Over Lunch

NationalCOVID-19 Update: Mumbai Cases Drop Sharply; India’s Active Tally Drops By 428

NationalAir India Flight to Delhi Returns to Hong Kong After Pilots Detect Possible Technical Problem

InternationalPakistan Gives Nuclear Bomb Threat to Israel If It Nukes Iran, Says Top Iranian Official Mohsen Rezaei

MaharashtraMaharashtra Rains: Lightning and Heavy Showers Kill Eight Across State; Red Alert for Coastal Districts

Nagpur Realted Stories

Nagpur'Bangle Raga' fest beings at Batukbhai

NagpurPorwal drub Sankalp 5-0

NagpurLIC WZ Volleyall, Athletics events from today

NagpurU-19 State badminton tourney from June 25

NagpurNagpur: Thief Enters Wine Shop Through Tiny Cash Counter Hole, Steals Rs 25,000; Shocking Video Goes Viral