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Volume 2: Issue 5

By Kritajnya Raghunathan, Student Reporter

Traditional activities using natural resourses andlearning to create art with them was a new experiencefor many kids at this camp held in the green campus of Kalakshetra.

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Lazing around your computer? Try these -they are fun, informative and cool hangoutsindoors during the hot summer!

http://www.realtimequiz.com

General knowledge and subject basedquizzes in various levels are scheduledperiodically. There are also model quizzes forthe purpose of practice. You can win prizes inspecific quizzes.

http://fun2compete.com

About 60 sets of quizzes in a yeardesigned for the students of classes 8 to 12.You need to subscribe for a fee and thequizzes will be activated after payment. Thereare reward points and you could emerge as awinner at the end of the subscription period

eBalak - multimedia magazine forchildren

A monthly magazine on CD. The featuresinclude, animated science experiments,stories, news for children, a lot of games invocabulary, puzzles. These can be tried againand again.

Web site of Tamil Nadu SchoolEducation Department

www.pallikalvi.in, a joint venture by the Tamil Nadu StateParent Teacher Association with Mark and Meclin SolutionsPvt. Ltd. is the web site for all the information relating toschool education in Tamil Nadu. The web site has separatesections for students, teachers and schools. The studentssection has links to learning resources, syllabus and online textbooks. The web site will add online question bank soon forstudents to practice.

Now, wear outfits made of bananafibre

After the jute fabrics, it is banana fibre that would be usedin garments. Weavers in Anakaputhur, near Chennai havecome out with the outfits made of banana fibre with thesupport from the National Research Centre for Banana,(NRCB), Trichy. The garments made of banana fibres do notshrink and the colour does not fade after a wash. They keepyou cool too.

Green Oscar award for the founderof TREE Foundation, Chennai

Dr. Supraja Dharini, founder of TREE (Trust forEnvironment Education) Foundation, has received an associateaward of the Whitley Award (Green Oscar) carrying 10000GBP for conservation of Olive Ridley turtles and dolphins, off Chennai coast.

New Members of Parliament fromChennai

In the recently held Lok Sabha elections, the threeparliamentary constituencies in Chennai elected their newMembers of Parliament. T. K. S. Elangovan of DMK fromNorth Chennai, Dayanidhi Maran of DMK from CentralChennai and S. Rajendran of AIADMK from South Chennaihave been elected.

School for the children of armypersonnel opened in Chennai

Golden Palm Army School in Nandambakkam, is the newschool opened on May 26 for the children of defencepersonnel. Affiliated to CBSE, this school now has upto class 7and will be extended upto class 10. The school is situated in asprawling eight-acre campus will start functioning from July 6.The school has place for civilians too - 20% of the total seats.

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Fun recipes for kids

By Pallavi B and Nandini P. S, Student Reporters

Whenchildren hear theword ‘cooking’,they normallypicture theirmothers cooking inthe kitchen. But afterthey attended a book launch in Hippocampus inC.P.Ramasamy Road onSaturday, April 25, 2009, they could picture themselvesmaking up quick snacks.A group of kids and their parents or grandparentsrecently attended this launch of a cookbook for kids. Thebook Kids' Kitchen is authored by Sabita Radhakrishnawho is a freelance writer and broadcaster. She hosted aprogram called ‘Wonder balloons’ for kids onDoordarshan. She has already written two other wellknown cook books for adults.Her first book, Aharam, on the traditional cuisineof Tamil Nadu, won her the Gourmand World Awardfor the Best Indian Cook Book for 2002. Shepublished ‘The Quick Cook: 60 minutes menus’ in2006.Why a cook book for kids? Sabita says “Myfour grandchildren wanted me to write a cook book for them before I started writing novels andstories”. The four of them experimented with thedishes, made some changes and helped hergreatly.One of Mrs. Radhakrishna's granddaughters Aditi hasdrawn the illustrations in the book. Aditi is a student of class 10, Abacus school. They were done when Aditi wasten years old. Aditi says, "I feel that kids would be able toidentify with the recipes better if a kid did theillustrations." She adds, she enjoys drawing very much.Aditi worked for over a year and drew over 350 picturesillustrating the various steps in each recipe. However onlyaround 15 were used in the book.The book has recipes of salads, snacks lunch anddinner, juices and milkshakes, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes for some of which you need elders’help. Each chapter begins with a small story pertaining tothe subject. For example she showed a milk story in themilkshakes section which tells the importance andgoodness of milk.Published by Westland, the book Kids' Kitchen ispriced at Rs.195.Read the full story onwww.yocee.in/cityroundup.php

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