Chronicle

2012-20132013SCIENCE FAIRCreativity, Ingenuity, Learning, are just words, but they also take form and can be inspiring, andan occasion where this takes place is none other than the PASCAL Schools’ Science Fair. Lower Schoolstudents work extremely hard throughout the year to prepare their Science Fair projects. Havoc and chaosinitially exist in the laboratory corridors with excited lively students asking questions and researching theirtopics. What started as an idea in the creative imagination of a pupil, eventually takes form and becomes avisible reality and what other ideal way for young minds to experiment, learn and enquire than competingwith knowledge and skills through Science?The Science Fair took place at Solomonides cultural centre in Limassol under the organization ofPES and ESP Limassol. Pupils competing, were from lower school Years 1, 2 and 3. Pupils from Year 1 and2 presented their project as a functional model, while Year 3 pupils presented a scientific phenomenon,topic or project as a three minute long presentation in front of a selected jury of accomplished scientists.Observing the students talk about their model and trying to impress the judges with their knowledgeand humour under the competing environment is a positive motivating experience. It is a celebrationof learning, studying, creating, performing Science and Life. The pupils, parents and teachers alike are involvedand are carried away in the world of the Fair expecting to see the reactions, the outcomes but mostimportantly how working together in an academic environment can be fruitful and productive and let us notforget, fun.The Science Fair took place on the 20 th of April. Parents and teachers showed up to support thepupils, to show them that it is all about them. They were the stars of the show and hopefully, they willcontinue to be so throughout life.Loukas IeridesBiology teacherWINNERSPASCAL English SchoolYear 1: Marios Vouryias (1A) – 1 st prize (centre)Year 2: Paris Solomou (2A) – 1 stprize (right)Year 3: Andrea Papacharalambous (3C) – 3 rd prize27