Dear Sir / Madam

We are happy to welcome you

SALVARE - 2019 DON BOSCO INTER SCHOOL LITERARY FEST 2019

which will be held on Friday, 18th October 2019, at Don Bosco Vaduthala at 9.15. a.m.

SALVARE – Save Our Children and Our Planet, is a Bosconian initiative to join hands in

creating awareness and responsibility to protect our Children and our Planet for future

generations and a call to our children to be “Saviours”.

SALVARE an Inter School Literary Fest is a coming together to create through words,

stories and painting, a Wake Up Call to Save Our Children and Our Planet. The fest

comprises of Literary events and Painting Competition. Winners would be awarded

Trophies and Cash Awards

1st Prize : Trophies & Cash award of Rs.1,000/-

2nd Prize : Trophies & Cash award of Rs.500/-

3rd Prize : Trophies & Cash award of Rs.250/-

Champion Trophies - Ever Rolling Trophies - will be awarded to schools that Score the

highest Point in each medium (Malayalam & English).

Your School may be represented by one student each for each category in Individual

Events and maximum of 5 children each in each category in the Painting Competition.

Competitions will be held in Malayalam and English separately.

Registration fee of Rs.100/- per participant per event is to be paid on the day of the

competitions at the spot registration venue. Participants will be provided free vegetarian

Lunch & snacks at the venue.

Details of the competition and rules governing them are attached herewith.

Please send your registration details to sdbschool@gmail.com. You may call Mr. Paul

Thekken @ 9810407641 or Miss Princy Tom @9995399308 and SMS / WhatsApp your

registration to their number. Spot registration would be permitted. Payments and

collection of roll numbers can be done from 8.15 a.m. to 9.00 a.m. of 18th October 2019,

date of Competition.

We extend a hearty WELCOME to you to

SALVARE - 2019 Save Our Children and Our Planet,

DON BOSCO INTER SCHOOL LITERARY FEST 2019

and we solicit your kind co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Fr.Varghese Edathichira SDB Jacob Poothullil

Principal General Secretary

Don Bosco Sr. Secondary School Past Pupils of Don Bosco – Kochi

SALVARE 2019 – Save our Children and Our Planet, presented by Don Bosco, is a Bosconian

Initiative of Don Bosco Senior Secondary School and Don Bosco Past Pupils, Kochi.

SALVARE 2019– Save our Children and Our Planet, aims to create a bond and to join

together our neighbourhood schools to promote the message “Save our Children and

Save our Planet”. Salvare is thus a call “TO SAVE”. It’s a call to be saviors of our Children and

their childhood and to save our mother Earth.

SALVARE 2019– Save our Children and Our Planet, is an Inter School Literary Fest, aimed

to bring together Children and to proclaim their right to be protected and their

responsibility to save their planet: Mother Earth.

General Rules and Regulations Governing SALVARE-2019

1. SALVARE consists of 11 events in which schools can participate. There are 5 events in

English and 5 events in Malayalam. There is also a Painting competition which will be

held separately for English and Malayalam medium schools.

2. The Individual Events in English are:

ARISTOTLE - Semi-Extempore - High School

KEATS - Declamation - U.P. School

CHARLES DICKENS - Story Telling - L.P. School

OSCAR WILDE - Story Writing - UP & HS Students

BERNARD SHAW - Essay Writing - UP & HS Students

3. The Individual Events in MALAYALAM are:

AZHIKODE PURASKARAM - Semi-Extempore – High School

O N V PURASKARAM - Declamation - U.P. School

BASHEER PURASKARAM - Story Telling - L.P. School

MADHAVIKUTTY PURASKARAM- Story Writing - UP & HS Students

POTTEKKATT PURASKARAM - Essay Writing - UP & HS Students

4. Besides this section B has Painting Competition entitled “Michaelangelo” “Raja Ravi

Varma Puraskaram” competition. This will be conducted in 3 categories: LP, UP & HS.

While Competition has been given 2 names, competition will be combined event and

there will be one set of winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd) for each category. There will not be

separate event or separate winners for English/Malayalam medium. Five students each

from a school can participate in each of the categories.

5. A School can participate in all the 10 individual events and in the painting

competition. Maximum events a school can take part is 11. Schools are free to select

the events in which they would like to participate.

6. In the individual events only one student each can represent a school in an event.

7. All events would be based on the Theme “SALVARE” – Save our children and Save our

Planet. Therefore, theme based declamations / story narration will bring in additional

marks.

8. Participants should not wear their School uniform to the stage. They may

choose costume dress, which could fetch maximum of 5 marks, based on

suitability.

9. Date of the event is - 18th October, 2019 Friday. 8:00 am to 3:00 pm

10. Venue shall be Don Bosco Senior Secondary School Vaduthala.

11. Collection of Registration fees and handing over of Roll Numbers would begin

at the Venue Registration Counters at 8:00 a.m. Competitions will begin at

9:15 a.m.

12. The maximum time per participant for declamation & Story Telling shall be 4

minutes. Maximum time for Semi-Extempore is five (5) minutes.

13. There would be warning bell at 30 seconds before the time limit and final bell

at the end of individual event time (4th / 5th minute). Those exceeding the time

limit will get 3 minus marks per extra 10 seconds taken.

14. For Essay & Story Writing Events, time permitted is 1 hour 30 minutes. For

painting 2 Hours would be the duration.

15. Vegetarian Lunch and Tea would be provided free at the venue.

Accompanying teacher / parent also would be provided lunch.

16. Participant should bring their school ID card with them.

17. The first three winners in each event would be awarded Trophy, Certificate and

Cash Prizes (Rs.1000/- 500/- and Rs.250/- respectively for 1st 2nd and 3rd

positions). All the participants would be given certificates.

18. Registration shall be made sufficiently early by e-mails by filling in the

Registration forms available at the website

www.donboscoschoolvaduthala.com. Spot Registration also would be

permitted.

19. Registration charges per participant per event shall be Rs.100/- (Rupees one

hundred).

20. You may please contact Mr.Paul Thekken or Miss Princy for Registration or for

further details / clarifications

ARISTOTLE - Semi-Extempore (in English)

AZHIKODE PURASKARAM - Semi-Extempore (in Malayalam)

I. Event Aristotle and Azhikode Puraskaram are semi-Extempore Speech

Competition in English and Malayalam respectively. This is for High

School Students only. Separate Competitions shall be held in English &

Malayalam.

II Following are the five topics given for the speech Competition (both for

English & Malayalam). Students have to prepare for all of them. Five

minutes before the Competition, the contestant will pick up the topic

through a lucky dip. Participant has to speak on the topic chosen by lot.

Preparation time for participant is 5 minutes. This is a prepared event,

yet with topic chosen just before the event, Hence we call this - Semi-

Extempore.

1. Nature & Environment depletion is the price you pay for

Development - Is it justified.

2. Is scientific & economic development true scale of development

3. Is Childhood & Children in danger today? – your views

4. An action plan for a greener tomorrow.

5. Preparing our children to be safe – Suggested way forward.

III Semi-Extempore competition aims to bring out the Oratory talent of the

student along with language fluency, diction and pronunciation,

memory power, logical thinking and power of conviction. The

participants would be judged on

a. Exposition of the Topic

b. Logical Thinking – Clarity of ideas

c. Original ideas

d. Language: fluency & style

e. Speech Delivery

IV Participants have to be present at the side stage, for easy co-ordination.

KEATS Declamation in English - UP School Students

O N V PURASKARAM Declamation in Malayalam - UP School Students

I. Event KEATS and O.N.V. PURASKARAM are declamation Competition in

English and Malayalam respectively. This is for UP School Students only.

Separate Competitions shall be held in English & Malayalam. One student

each from each school can participate in these events. Schools can take part

in both the events. Same student or separate students can take part in these

events.

II. Declamation competition aims to bring out the recital talent of the student

along with theatrical talents, language fluency, diction and pronunciation,

memory power and delivery of the literary piece. Hence, participants are

encouraged to dress according to their piece of literature as costume may

also carry a few marks.

III. The recitation competition shall be held in English & in Malayalam

separately.

IV. Students may choose a poem or a speech of great orator, portions of drama

or prose or from scriptures etc. The recitation matter should be that of a

famous English source/ Malayalam source.

V. A Photocopy of the Recitation matter along with the source should be

submitted before entry to the stage.

VI. In case of a poem, it should be of at least 16 lines and prose should have at

least 12 sentences.

CHARLES DICKENS

- Story Telling in English - L.P. School

BASHEER PURASKARAM

- Story Telling in Malayalam - L.P. School

I. Event CHARLES DICKENS and BASHEER PURASKARAM are

Story Telling Competition in English and Malayalam

respectively. This is for L.P. School Students only.

II. Story Telling competition aims to bring out the story telling

talent of the student along with theatrical talents, language

fluency, diction and pronunciation, memory power. Participants

are free to done any costume as costume may also carry a few

marks.

III. Story telling competitions shall be held separately for English &

Malayalam categories. One student each from each school can

participate in these events. Schools can take part in both the

events. Same student or separate students can take part in

these events.

IV. Students may choose a story they have read or an original

story they have made or an anecdote from the life of important

persons. Story could be in their own words. A Photocopy of the

story should be submitted before entry to the stage.

OSCAR WILDE

- Story Writing in English - UP & HS Students

MADHAVIKUTTY PURASKARAM - Story Writing in Malayalam - UP & HS Students

I. Event OSCAR WILDE and MADHAVIKUTTY PURASKARAM are Story Writing

Competition in English and Malayalam respectively. This is for Students of UP &

High School Students only, which will be considered as a single category.

I. Separate Competitions shall be held in English & Malayalam. One student each

from each school can participate in these events. Schools can take part in both

the events. Same student cannot take part in both the events.

II. Essay Writing & Story Writing competitions aim to bring out the Writing talent of

the students along with their language fluency, analysis of situations, creativity

and imagination.

III. Students will be given the topic / subject theme at the venue on the day of the

competition only. Theme would be related to the Event theme “SALVARE – Save

our Children and Our Planet”.

IV. The maximum time for Essay Writing & Story Writing competitions shall be one

and half hours, including initial 15 minutes for subject matter explanations and

clarifications.

V. Participants should not write their names or anything pointing to their identity in

the Writing paper. Any such practice will lead to disqualification.

VI. Essays and Stories would become the properties of the Organizers and they shall

be free to use them and publish them – in media electronic/print, by giving

credits to the author.

BERNARD SHAW

- Essay Writing in English - UP & HS Students

POTTEKKATT PURASKARAM

- Essay Writing in Malayalam - UP & HS Students

I. Event BERNARD SHAW and POTTEKKATT PURASKARAM are Essay Writing

Competition in English and Malayalam respectively. This is for Students of UP &

High School Students only, which will be considered as a single category.

MICHAELANGELO &

RAJA RAVI VARMA PURASKARAM Painting Competition – LP, UP & HS Categories

I. Section B is Painting Competition entitled “Michaelangelo” &

“Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram”.

II. This will be conducted in 3 categories: LP, UP & HS. While

Competition has been given 2 names, competition will be

combined event and there will be one set of winners (1st, 2nd

and 3rd) for each category. There will not be separate event or

separate winners for English/Malayalam medium.

III. Five students each from a school can participate in each of

the categories. A school can nominate 5 students each for

each category. (5 LP, 5 Up & 5 HS students for painting.

IV. Painting competitions aim to bring out the artistic and

creative talent of the students in this field. Essay Painting &

Pencil Drawing competitions shall be held separately.

V. The topic for painting would be related to SALVARE – Save

our children and our Planet. Exact Topic would be given at the

venue on the day of the competition.

VI. Participants should bring their painting materials. Only paper

for drawing would be supplied by the Organizers and this

paper alone shall be used for the competition. Any natural

and normal painting medium including Oil paints / Fabric

paints Water Colours / crayons / colour pencils would be

permitted.

VII. The maximum time for Painting competition shall be two

hours.

SALVARE 2019 - CHAMPION SCHOOL - SCORING PATTERN

I. SALVARE 2019 Don Bosco Inter school Literary Fest 2019 (DBILF 2019) is

being held on individual participant basis, wherein each participant has the

possibility to become the Winner in that particular Competition. However, DBILF

2019 will also have a Winner School in English Category and in Malayalam

Category.

II. The School which secure the highest mark (in each medium) will be the winner –

Champion School and would receiving the Winner Trophies.

Methodology for selection of the winner shall be as follows.

1. There are 5 events in English in SALVARE 2019, in which a school can take part.

Further there are 5 events in Malayalam, in which a school can take part. Besides

this a school can take part in Painting Competitions also.

2. When a School compete in both English & Malayalam medium, they will be

competing in 10 items. They can also participate in Painting.

3. But, winner will be determined based on Medium. For this purpose, schools can

compete in both English & Malayalam Medium, if they compete in all 10 items.

4. For Painting Competition, Schools will indicate which students to be added to

be added to Michaelangelo / Raja Ravi Varma based on the medium they

choose to compete in. This will have to be made known at the time of

registration itself. If a student is added to Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram his

marks will be added to Malayalam medium championship. If they enter in

Michaelangelo, the marks will be added for English Medium Championship.

5. If a school participates only in English or in Malayalam medium, they will

naturally be competing in that medium only for overall championship. They

need not break up.

6. To be a Champion in a mediu , the school should take part in all 5 individual

items of the respective Medium they chose to compete.

7. Only the Marks of the School specified medium will be taken school wise

championship. However, a school can take part in both medium and could be

winner both the categories.

8. The marks obtained by the participants in various competitions (and not the

position based marks) will be added together and the school that secures the

Highest mark in each medium would be declared winners.

9. As there is option for 15 participant in painting, marks of all participants (of

each school) (in each of the categories) will be added to determine the

Champion.

10. In case a school participates in both medium, the marks of the participant of

Raja Ravi Varma will be added to Malayalam Medium scores and Michaelangelo

to Emnglish Medium Scores. School can choose to divide their students

between these two events or in a single event/medium. School have the right to

nominate students to each medium. Nomination cannot be changed.

11. Schools are encouraged to participate in maximum number of events.

III. Misbehaviour or indiscipline of serious nature on the part of the

participating school, would be submitted to the Discipline

Committee, who may impose a penalty on the school score in terms

of minus points to be deducted from the school score. (Maximum

score that can be deducted by penalty is 10 points). Such schools

can be even be disqualified from the event as well.

IV. Organizers shall frame and inform rules for the smooth conduct of

the events. They shall not be in conflict with these rules. However,

they shall complement these rules and may be made as required for

the smooth conduct of the event.

V. Organizers reserve the right to make any change in the programme

or to postpone or to cancel the event in the event due to any

unforeseen eventuality.

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