......to celebrate Children's Day.

Children's Day

Universally, Children's Day is celebrated on November 20th, every year. In India this day is celebrated on November 14th, the date that marks the birthday of India's first Prime Minister - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Children's Day is marked with a lot of activities for children. Mississauga Kerala Association is celebrating Children's Day with a Painting Festival which is basically a painting competition for Children. We expect about 150 children participating in this event. The event is free of charge for the participants.

Painting Festival:

Competition:

Painting competition is divided in to three groups:

group 1 is for pre-schoolers to Grade 1 school children;
group 2 is for school children from Grade 2 to Grade 5 and
group 3 is for school children Grade 6 and up.

Prizes:

Three first, second and third prizes will be awarded for the winners in each group. First prize is a Gift Certificate for $50.00, second prize is a Gift Certificate for $30.00 and the third prize is a Gift Certificate for $20.00. Prizes will be given out during Mississauga Kerala Association's Christmas Celebration on Saturday Nov. 28, 2009; from 6 pm to 10 pm. It will be at the Older Adult Centre in the Square Shopping Mall in Mississauga.

Judging:

Three independent judges will be marking the paintings of the participants. Each judge will mark the paintings from all the groups one group at a time. Volunteers will tally and add up the marks to determine the winners.

Medium:

Participants are required to bring their own medium for the painting competition. It could be water colour, oil paint, crayons, markers or any thing else that can be used on paper. Paper for painting will be supplied by the association just before the start of the competition.

Theme:

Each group will be given a theme for painting a few minutes before the start of the competition. They will also be given a few minutes to think about the theme before painting starts.

Program flow:

1.30 pm - School Gymnasium opens
1.30 pm to 2.00 pm - Preparation of hall by volunteers.
2.00 pm to 2.40 pm - Children arrive and registration starts
2.40 pm to 3.00 pm - Inauguration by Ms. Bonnie Crombie , M.P. Mississauga - Streetsville

3.00 pm to 3.15 pm - registration continues
3.15 pm to 3.30 pm - Break
3.30 pm to 4.30 pm - Painting
4.30 pm to 5.00 pm - Children leave
5.00 pm to 5.30 pm - Clean up by volunteers

Other details:

Since there is no cafeteria in the school, parents or others who accompany the children may have to stay inside the gymnasium itself. We will try to get enough benches or chairs for it. Again, for the same reason we will not be providing any snacks or food during the competition. However, we are planning to give out light snacks to children after the competition when they leave the gymnasium.

There is a strict requirement from the school that we keep the gymnasium floor clean. We have already bought tarpaulins to put on the floor to keep it clean. But still please make sure the floor is clean after the program.

Please wear non-marking soft shoes inside the gymnasium.

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