• Critical thinking skills are essential for navigating the complexities of the modern world. By teaching students to analyse information, evaluate evidence, and think logically, schools empower them to become independent thinkers and lifelong learners.
• Through inquiry-based learning, problem-solving activities, and Socratic questioning, schools can cultivate critical thinking skills in students across all grade levels and subjects.

Twelve years ago, YouTube videos about apocalypses were streamed online worldwide. David Morrison, planetary astronomer at NASA estimated that two million websites discussing Earth’s impending doom had been set up.

“At least a once a week I get a message from a young person ― as young as 11 ― who says they are ill and/or are contemplating suicide because of the coming doomsday,” Morrison told Life’s Little Mysteries.

In 2012, the fear of a cataclysmic clash of Earth with a large planetary object (Planet Nibiru) gripped the world.

A school trip to Chennai and Sriharikota was organized from July 13 to July 17, 2023, by Sushila Birla Girls’ School. A group of forty-nine students from classes 8 to 12 and four teachers from our school participated in the program. 

We were able to witness the much-anticipated launch of the Chandrayaan-3 satellite

We arrived in Chennai early in the morning and proceeded to our hotel, the Chennai Gateway. There, we were given a warm welcome by the hotel staff and soon left for the renowned amusement park of VGP.

They say the past can often blur,

In collective memory, it may occur,

False recollections may take hold,

Yet let’s explore the stories told.

Berenstain or Berenstein, we debate,

In spelling, we fi nd a curious weight.

But textbooks and pictures, they remain,

A testament to the latter’s name.

Mirror, mirror, on the wall,

Is it the phrase we all recall?

No, it’s “Magic mirror,” with precision,

The original line’s true rendition.

Fruit Loops” or “Froot Loops,” the choice is heard,

May 2023 was a busy yet resourceful month for Aastha Ruia of class 5. Her summer activity for this year was a mixture of fun and knowledge. Aastha says that she felt as if she was actually contributing something constructive for the betterment of the Earth. During the summer holidays Aastha along with her mother and maternal grandmother took mango seeds from the mangoes her family had eaten, washed them, dried them and sent them to an NGO in Mumbai in ziplock packets.

Is Beyonce really in Illuminati? Is Hillary Clinton or Rihanna? Is Drake? Am I?

Allegedly, operating in secret the Illuminati is quietly pulling the strings, awaiting their emergence in the public eye, at which point of course it will be too late. Comprising of shadowy elites manipulating world affairs, they are erasing borders and controlling the financial institutions to introduce a universal currency, a universal New World Order.

Even if you have not heard of the Illuminati chances are you have seen its symbol: The all-seeing eye found on the US Banknote.

Barbie’s flashing pink outfits, high heels and assertive smile could not have been more at odds with
the Real World’s dull mundanity. Neither could the striking difference between the social hierarchy in
the two worlds.

The keenly anticipated film hit the theatres on July 21 st . Once the initial publicity (and the huge
crowds flocking to the cinema halls in pink) subsided, several took to social media platforms to
criticise the movie for being ‘anti-men’.

However, these words do not quite ring true.

NAME:  Bhavya Mimani

Topic: Debunking the theory that caffeine gives you energy.

Name: Pari Bhansali

Class: XI C1

Oppenheimer, like every Christopher Nolan film, was intriguing. While it made me clutch on to my seat every second of it, it does have some factual inaccuracies which should be noted.