Christmas Activities in Class 1 and 2 Celebrating the wonder and the joy of Christmas, students of Class II enjoyed the story of the birth of Jesus and were super excited to meet and greet Santa Claus in school. The little students also went around ,singing Christmas carols merrily with their friends and teachers. Such joyful activities were followed by the main highlight of Christmas- writing a letter to Santa and letting him know about their wishes. On the other hand, grade I students welcomed the festivities with creative joy. They brought colours, glitters, stickers and decorated the Christmas pictures given to them, with their group of friends. With such fun-filled activities our students are ending 2019 on a cheerful note!

Udgamites joining the Eat Right India Movement An interactive session was organized for students class 1 and 2 in collaboration with representatives from FSSAI, promoting the Eat Right India movement. With the rise in the consumption of Junk food, which comes with their set of negative impacts, it’s the need of the hour to sensitize young children about the importance of eating healthy and home cooked food. This session emphasized of washing hands and maintaining hygiene while eating food. They enjoyed the different activities like glitter activity, placard activity etc. The young ones also got excited seeing Master Sehat and Miss Sehat on stage, who were the ambassadors of healthy eating. Later, they got the chance to take pictures with the too. This was a fun session with a serious objective at hand- inculcating students as young as 6 and 7 years to be emissaries of healthy eating.

Students of class VI dissected hibiscus to locate and observe four main parts of it. They opened, stuck and labelled the different minute parts of hibiscus on a A4 sized sheet of a paper with the help of transparent cello tape. It was such an enjoyable activity that gave our students the opportunity to get a hands on experience of the lessons done in class. Photographs of remaining sections will be uploaded shortly.

The most awaited Computer Science Education Week 2019 (Dec 9 to Dec 15) was hosted by Udgam School for Children. The 2019 Hour of Code theme #CSFORGOOD , which was all about empowering students to change the world with the power of computer science! The Hour of Code is endorsed by figures like Malala Yusufzai, Barack Obama, Shakira, NBA star Chris Bosh, musician William, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and many others. This event is a chance for all of us to see what computer science is about. With a hope it’ll spark interest in students to keep learning, Udgam school has actively participated in this global event this year too.
Students from Primary till Secondary (CLASS 1-10) were engaged in activities like Grinch, Minecraft, Dance Party in their Computer labs under the able guidance of their computer science teachers, which helped them to enhance their creative, logical thinking skills and also focused on Problem Solving skills.

Students of Grade IX and X started off the session with ICT Projects on the theme “TECHNOLOGY FOR GOOD” theme which is also taken up as a global theme for the Hour of Code event.
The Grinch: Students of middle section ( classes 6 to 8) attempted at saving Christmas with Coding. This activity had 20 levels of programming blocks. Students had to program drones and a high-tech sleigh with coding magic to capture presents and navigate down the mountain to return Christmas to Whoville.
Students of classes 3, 4 and 5 enjoyed Star Wars activities that involved blocks, drag and drop, logical thinking and coding.
Students of class 1 and 2 enjoyed a session of ‘Puppy Adventure’ and completed 24 levels of coding.

The subject enrichment project work done in school recently were displayed in the corridor for parents to take a look at, on the last parents teachers meeting for class 7 and 8. Here’s a glimpse of the efforts put in by our students that go beyond textbook learning.

As the children of grade 3 are introduced to the concept of symmetry, an interesting activity was conducted in class to strengthen their perception. An activity with sunglasses. Students were given paper cut outs of sunglasses and were asked to colour them and decorate them following the principles of symmetry. With keen interest, every student took part in the activity and applied their newly learnt knowledge of symmetry.

Once again, the lawn of Udgam School was filled zeal and excitement on Saturday morning ( 7th December), celebrating Sports Day for classes 1 and 3. The event commenced after the oath taking ceremony and balloon releasing. The little students displayed their skills in aerobics, dumbbells and commando drills with utmost confidence. Parents and teachers were highly impressed with the energetic performances and continued to cheer all through. Students took part in different races like ice-cream cone race, hurdle race, hop jump and run, sack race, dragon relay race and more such interesting ones. Sports day for class 1 and 3 concluded with awarding medals to the winners, followed by the national anthem .

Overnight Camping at A.A.R.T.I Our students of class 5 were taken to A.A.R.T.I camp, Gandhinagar for an overnight camp. The entire experience was filled with a range of activities. While the activities like zip line, Burma bridge , tyre swing were really exciting, students also enjoyed team building activities like tug of war, musical chair etc. Camel ride with friends was one of the highlights of their outing. Further, students enjoyed dancing around the camp fire and relishing a post dinner maggi party with their buddies. Before calling it a night, a star gazing session was arranged too. Our excited bunch of students woke up fresh the next morning, experienced a mind soothing session of yoga and exercise follow by a nature walk. After breakfast, it was time to go home with so many fond memories.

Children are naturally besotted by famous tales of Ramayana. For an enjoyable experience, a quiz on Ramayana was conducted for students of Grade 2 in the computer lab. Before our students took the quiz, they saw the animated Ramayana movie at school , with their friends. With keen interested, students completed the quiz and the special appreciation stickers earned by them made them extra happy. The objective of the activity was to retain the interest of our students in Indian epics and instill in them cultural and moral values in a fun way.

It’s always a good idea to start planning the career path sooner than later. With the myriad options available these days, students may often get baffled about what would be the right course for them. To help our students streamline their ideas and let them weigh their possibilities, a career counselling session was arranged for students of class 10 and 11 on 30th November at Karnavati University. The session was conducted by professor Vikrant Jain, who is a corporate trainer and a faculty at Karnavati University. Professor Jain , not only discussed about the various career opportunities but also motivated students to consider the options available to them for higher studies and take the different entrance exams. He also emphasized on the importance of considering ones interest and talents while choosing a career path. Students also enjoyed a tour of the university campus and they loved the classrooms. The labs for printing and dyeing, animation, weaving, business studies hall and moot court caught their attention too. It was a fruitful trip as they enjoyed the whole experience, including food and commute and returned home contemplating the career choices discussed in the day’s session.