​Second edition of 'Puzzle Mania' (a puzzle based quiz competition for students of standard 1 - 4) was conducted on 08 Feb 29 at Shantiniketan School. This is part of our indigeneously designed program 'Brain Development Center' being delivered at Shantiniketan School, Kolhapur for last two years.

Students were on top of their competitive spirit as was evident when winners from all standards had to fight till the last round and till the last couple of marks to get the coveted trophy.

'Puzzle Mania - 2019' consisted 6 innovative rounds covering multiple skills from logical thinking, interpersonal skills, audio & video memory skills, linguistic skills to hand-eye coordination. 96 finalists across 4 standards represented their divisions in the finale.

Congratulations to WInners!!!

We take this opportunity to appreciate efforts of Mrs. Swati Patil and Mrs. Priya Kulkarni; our teachers delivering BDC at Shantiniketan School.

Qurious Mind led Robotics team that included students from Shantiniketan School, VIBGYOR High, Kolhapur and SGI had a successful outing at 6th National Jr. Robocon 2019 held at Pandharpur on 11th and 12th January 2019.
In Category D ('Technology in Sports') Team comprising of Paddam Doshi, Vedant Pawar, Soham Kadam, Animesh Sankpal and Aditya Patil bagged Silver medal for their 'Smart Shoe' project, while Team comprising Jjateen Gundesha, Shrunal Gargate, Hriday Samani and Yashodutt Patankar (Shantiniketan School) received a special prize for their impressive efforts buidling the 'Free-Kick Enahancer' project.
Shubh Mehta (Shantiniketan School) and Arjun Khamkar (SGI) secured third position in Category C (bowling robot) finals. Shreyas Gaikwad, Sarvadnya Potdar and Arnav Bendaikar (Shantiniketan School) lost in semifinals.
Three students (Avadhi Gundesha and Harshvardhan Rote of Shantiniketan School and Hitarth Shah of VIBGYOR High, Kolhapur) from Category B reached Second round. Hitarth went on to round 3 where he lost out a nail biting match.

To check you happiness index, you must ask a question to yourself, "When was the last time you did something for the first time?" casue joy of doing anything for the first time is incomparable. That's exactly what parents of our students in Qurious Mind's Robotics Lab at Shantiniketan School experienced this Friday, when they made their first Robot and wrote their first program to operate the robot.

They did everything their children do during Robotics sessions. That included making a Robot, programming a robot, making mistakes and learning from them instead of getting spoon fed, collaborating in a team and ofcourse doing the 'Yessss' action when they were successful.

The idea of the a parent workshop was liked by all and parents who missed the opportunity due to festival season asked for more such workshops. Here are some glimpses of the workshop.

Creators' Club was our first attempt at providing a unique summer program that is entertaining yet full of knowledge. Through Creators' Club children made 11 scientific toys based on 9 concepts that ranged from electricity, gravity, magnetism to simple machines.
The program was popular from day 1 among children and made the participants popular in their neighborhood as they possessed a new captivating toy each day they went home.
The parents poured in with their praise as we reached them via WhatsApp with daily updates on the activities.
The most satisfying of the comments came from the children when they eagerly inquired about which program we will come up with for the next summer camp.