The newly developed Adventure Court at Shemford Futuristic School, Pinjore was inaugurated on February 14. It was inaugurated by Dr. R.C. Mishra, IPS, ADGP cum Commissioner Police, Ambala who was the Chief Guest of the ceremony. The chief guest was welcomed with a melodious welcome song after which he inaugurated the well-designed Adventure Court. The excited and energetic Shemstars exhibited their skills in the Adventure Court. This was followed by an energetic and mesmerizing dance performance by the Shemstars who are very excited about this new addition in the School Sports Complex.

The Adventure Court includes the Burma Bridge, Commando Net, Rope Gliding, Spider Web, Tyre Wall, Tyre Tunnel, Zip Line, Parallel Balance Beam and much more. It is one of its kind in the vicinity and a great attraction for the students of all classes.

Dr. D. R. Arora, Chaiman Shemford Group of Schools and Dr. Mrs. Bimla Arora, Director, Shemford Futuristic School, Pinjore, said, “We believe that education is all about preparing and equipping young generation for life. With this philosophy as our source of inspiration, we aim to provide a stimulating environment wherein children enjoy learning and can also perform to the best of their abilities, in all areas of our extensive curriculum”.

Khelo Shemstars is a unique initiative at Shemford Futuristic School, Pinjore as sports and games has always been of prime importance. It is believed that the children should be exposed to various disciplines in both scholastic and co-curricular activities at the grass root level to help their parents/teachers identify their interests and encourage them for the same.

The ‘Khelo Shemstars’ initiative of the school provides support and training to the young Shemstars to learn and practice the games of their choice. Studies reveal that involving children in sports activities helps to:

• Develop their gross and fine motor skills, strengthen their muscles and bones and increase their physical stamina and fitness.
• Improve their mental faculties, expanding their concentration and attention span and reasoning skills.
• Stimulate a child’s imagination, creativity and stirs up a lot of artistic and innovative ideas.

Dr R C Mishra congratulated the Shemford Family for being the first school in the vicinity to develop the unique concept in the school premises. He also added That Shemford  Futuristic School, Pinjore is truly futuristic in approach as it is preparing the future generations to face the challenges in the journey of life.

Principal, Ms. Amita Dhaka confirmed that care is taken for the holistic development of the child and at Shemford we aim to make learning come alive to let every child shine like a star, a SHEMSTAR.

Basant Panchmi was celebrated at Shemford Futuristic School, Pinjore with great zeal and enthusiasm. The celebrations began with the worshipping of Goddess Saraswati, the deity of knowledge. Floral tributes were offered to Goddess Sarawati by the Principal, teachers and students to seek blessings on this auspicious day. In the special assembly the Shemstars presented informative speeches, poems and facts. The recitation of the Saraswati vandana by the school choir filled the ambience with serenity. A beautiful dance performance was the highlight of the celebration. Shemstar Narayan of UKG stole the show when he took the entire audience by surprise by playing ‘Hey Sharde Maa’ on the harmonium and reciting it alongside. The school hall echoed with applause for this tiny tot who confirmed that even with a global outlook, the roots of the Shemstars are deeply embedded in the culture and heritage of the nation.

Principal, Ms. Amita Dhaka, in her address to the assembly enlightened all present of the relevance of Saraswati puja on Basant Panchmi and motivated the Shemstars to study hard to come out with flying colours in the forthcoming final examination.

Child centered learning is the key note at Shemford Futuristic School, Pinjore. The motive has always been to induce interest in learning so that learning comes alive. As the annual examination is approaching, it is a great pleasure to see the young Shemstars so confident with mathematical calculations. This has been possible with the Abacus classes functioning along with the regular mathematics periods. With Abacus, children have learnt easy, quick and accurate methods of calculations. The parents remark, “It gives immense satisfaction to see our children comfortable in a subject like mathematics.”  Our young Shemstar Angelica Piplani also exhibited her expertise on the National television, India’s Best Dramebaaz, and mesmerized the entire nation with her mathemagic expertise. The school aims to continue to adopt any possible approach both in scholastic and co scholastic areas to groom the children into confident SHEMSTARS.

Continuing with the Kelo Shemstar initiative, Shemford Futuristic School, Pinjore organized Inter School Basketball and Cricket tournaments for girls and boys in the School Sports Complex.  This was a three day tournament from January 28^th to 30^th. Many teams from the tricity participated with zeal and enthusiasm to exhibit their mettle. It was indeed a treat to behold the young children represent their individual schools with true team spirit.

In the basketball match for boys, students of Shemford Futuristic School, Pinjore took the lead against Vivek International School, Baddi, while in the girls’ match students of VIPS were the winners. The best player among the girls was Preeti and Palaksha Santoshi was declared as the upcoming player. Among the boys, Ramanjit Singh was the best scorer and Prince Puri the upcoming player in the game.

In the Cricket tournament, the final match was played between the students of Shemford Futuristic School, Pinjore and the students of Baddi Cricket Academy. Batting second, BCA won by four wickets in 18.5 overs. Sunny of BCA was declared Man of the Match, while Krish Sharma was the Best batsman of the tournament. Best bowler was Harshit Sareen and Ayush Verma the Best Wicketkeeper of the match. Manish Joshi of BCA was declared Man of the Series scoring 85 runs and taking 6 wickets.

There is no such thing as sportsmanship. Winning and losing is a part of any game. The motive of any tournament should be to shape sportsmen for the nation.

At Shemford Futuristic School, Pinjore, it is firmly believed that kids prosper best with a broad curriculum that celebrates their various talents, and then nurtures and grooms them to bring out the best in an individual. At school immense opportunity is given to the children to participate in various Sports and co-curricular activities throughout the session. Various inter house competitions are also conducted every Saturday for which the students are assessed.  The teachers and students of all the four houses, i.e. Shempride, Shemcourage, Shemvalour and Shemglory, put in a lot of effort in each and every competition so that they come out with flying colours. It is a fair play with a purpose to instil team spirit and sportsmanship among the children

The culmination of the activities/session is done by giving away the Principal’s trophy, the most coveted and prestigious award to the best house of the academic session. This year, it was Shempride that took away the trophy with a clean sweep. The school hall echoed with roars of joy when the winning team received the award from Principal, Ms. Amita Dhaka.

Amita ma’am in her address to the gathering congratulated all the students who had participated all the year round in various activities. She said that ‘the best part of competition is that through it we discover what we are capable of and how much more we can actually do than we ever knew’. She also encouraged the students to stay focused, go after their dreams and achieve their desired goals.