Classes 5-6

Doodle is a fun way of expressing one's thoughts. It's a fun way of expressing oneself as it gives a unique insight into the artist's style, conveying parts of his personality not shown through other mediums of art.

Children of the present have welcomed this art with open arms, as just with a pencil they can express their thoughts, views, emotions and talent.

• It is a solo doodling competition.

• Entries have been restricted to 2 participants from each school. (Grade 5- one participant and grade 6- one participant)

• Theme: Theme will be given on the spot. It will be based on the theme of the event, environment.

• For the event, participants will get 60 minutes (1 hour) to complete their doodle.

• Participants should present their work with a slogan.

• Experimental and mixed techniques are welcome.

• Participants are expected to keep camera and microphone ON throughout the event.

• Participants should use only A3 size drawing sheets for doodling.

• Materials required: A3 size drawing paper, poster colors, oil pastels, mix media on paper and black gel pen.

• Judging Criteria: Originality, Creativity and Presentation

Folk Dances are an integral part of India’s tradition and culture, and it goes without saying that their significance was, is and shall always be immense.

In Dance Maestro, participants are expected to deliver the message of Forest Conservation through their enthralling folk dances.

• It is a solo dance competition.

• Entries have been restricted to 1 participant from each grade.

(Grade 5 - One participant, and Grade 6 - One participant).

• Topic - Conservation of Forest.

• Participants should use proper music, costume and props according to their performance.

• The time limit is minimum 3 minutes and maximum 5 minutes. If any dance performance is exceeding above 5 minutes then that participant will be disqualified.

• This event is a live competition. Participants have to play music from their end to avoid internet lag.

• Judging Criteria : - Expressions, Choreography, Costume, Rhythm, Overall Presentation.

• It is a solo singing competition.

• Entries have been restricted to 1 participant from each grade.

(Grade 5 - One participant, and Grade 6 - One participant).

• Songs should be based on the theme - ‘Elements Of Nature’

• Screen reader support enabled.

• The song should not exceed 3 minutes.

• Costumes should be as per the performance.

• Participants can use karaoke as background music for vocal music.

• Participants should submit the final lyrics 1 week prior to the event on the given email id tsuspalava@tsuspalava.com

Judging Criteria: Choice of song, Tune and Rhythm, Expressions and Stage Presence

Drama promotes communication skills, teamwork, dialogue, negotiation, socialization. It stimulates the imagination and creativity; it develops a better understanding of human behaviour and empathy with situations that might seem distant.

The event One Man Army aims to provide children a stage where they can dramatise a strong message on any one of the topics shared below.

• It is a solo drama competition.

• Entries have been restricted to 1 participant from each grade.

(Grade 5 - One participant, and Grade 6 - One participant).

• Topic: Effect of Climate Change - (1) Loss of Biodiversity ,(2) Decrease in quality of food production, (3) Impact of greenhouse gas

• The participant needs to enact on any one of the given topics, not exceeding 3 minutes.

• Participants can use dialogues, taglines, quotes to make their content impressive.

• They are also free to use costumes, props, backgrounds to enhance their performance.

• Participants must ensure that they don’t deviate from the topic.

• Participants are also requested to send a brief description of their performance 1 week prior to the event on the given email id tsuspalava@tsuspalava.com.

Judging Criteria: Content , Delivery, Creativity, Presentation

One of the hardships of the current age is the ability to understand one another. Miscommunication and misunderstandings lead to mass amounts of frustration.

Reading and writing poetry actually gives people the improved ability to understand others. From a writer’s perspective, you have to be able to convey the true nature of your writing to an unknown reader.

Today’s event will focus on the ability of the young poets to convey their thoughts and emotions based on a pic shared with them, as they know their poem the best they are also expected to recite their poems.

• It is a solo poem creation and recitation competition.

• Entries have been restricted to 1 participant from each grade.

(Grade 5 - One participant, and Grade 6 - One participant).

• The participants will use the picture prompt to write a poem and recite it.

• Participants are free to use Hindi or English as the language of their poem.

• No props to be used.

• The picture will be given an hour before the event, participants will write an original poem in these 60 minutes and then recite it within the time limit of 2 min.

• Any kind of plagiarism if found, will not be accepted.

Judging Criteria: Creativity, Diction, Expression and Fluency

Declamation is about redelivering an important or famous speech. This art was used in ancient Greece, where public speaking was considered a necessary prerequisite for anybody embarking on a career in public.

The purpose of declamation is to have the students directly experience the power of an eloquently crafted language with equally eloquent manner of delivery.

As our focus today is on environment so, for this event participants had to choose a speech on any one Green Hero such as:

• Vanadana Shiva

• Sunita Narain

• Wangari Maathai

• David Attenborough

• Dr. Jane Goodall

• Julia Hill

• Romulus Whittaker

• Parineeta Dandekar

• Rohan Arthur,

• Vidya Athreya,

• Aparajita Dutta

• Jay Mazoomdar

• Minal Pathak

• Rohan Chakravarty

• Kavitha Kuruganti

• Laxmi Kamble

( The above given list is just suggestive, the participants are free to choose any ‘Green Hero’ as well.)

Speech must have been previously delivered in public (by a government official for example). An introduction is required (name of author, title, and a brief description of the occasion / setting where the speech was delivered.)

• It is a solo declamation competition.

• Entries have been restricted to 1 participant from each grade.

(Grade 5 - One participant, and Grade 6 - One participant).

• Theme: Green Heroes

• Speeches should be memorized and should not exceed the time limit of 3 minutes. Speech delivery should be honest and as if the words were the speaker’s own.

• Eye contact is important, body language and vocalizations need to work with the piece to help better convey the message.

• Participants should submit the speech 1 week prior to the event on the given email id tsuspalava@tsuspalava.com

Judging Criteria: Diction and Intonation, Expression and Fluency.