“CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES”

A two-day event entitled ‘Talent Hunt’ was held on Thursday 18^th and Friday 19^th of October 2012 at the school premises.  Preparation and selection went on right from the beginning of the month.  The activities were divided into two sections competitive and non-competitive.  Parents were called as judges for the competitions.  The names of the activities and winners are given below.

Apart from competitions, a few activities like awareness rally, wall painting, business skill and remarkable nukkad nataks were also conducted. Debate, Posters, painting on the wall, nukkad nataks and rally were based on the themes of Save the Girl Child, Right to Education and Right to Information.  In ‘business skill’ students made things like bookmarks, pouches, mobile covers, decorative envelopes, painted ‘diyas’ and sold them at reasonable prices.  All proceeding will go to charity.

Debate

Category 1 (Class 7 & 8)

S.R.No.	Name of the Student	Class	Position
1	Shreeja Desai	8	First
2	Dhruvi Khamar	7	Second
3	Aayushi Shali	7	Third

 

Category 2 (Class 11)

S.R.no.	Name of the Student	Class	Position
1	Shimoni Thakkar	11	First
2	Stuti Sharma	11	Second

 

Rangoli Making

Category 1(Class 11)

First Position

S.R.No.	Name of the Student	Class
1	Mitali Modi	11
2	Rishwa Shah	11
3	Harshita Modi	11
4	Hetanshi Shah	11
5	Shraddha Rathi	11
6	Mansi Shah	11

 

Category 2(Class 8)

First Position

S.R.No	Name of the Student	Class
1	Tithi Patel	8
2	Chinmayee Parikh	8
3	Jesal Varsani	8
4	Ritu Shah	8
5	Dhriti Patel	8

Second Position

S.R.No.	Name of the Student	Class
1	Mahima Soni	8
2	Anshu Patel	8
3	Punya Chhajer	8
4	Bhavnishkaur Chhabda	8
5	Nandini Khemani	8
6	Shikha Menon	8

 

Jingle Making

First Position

S.r.No.	Name of the Student	Class
1	Kashish Patel	10 B
2	Dhruv Mehta	10 C
3	Kirti Agarwal	10 B
4	Shivani Dad	10 B
5	Tanay Shah	10 B

 

Second Position

S.r.No.	Name of the Student	Class
1	Heer Brahmbhatt	11 E
2	Monali Gupta	11 D
3	Aishwarya Chari	11 D
4	Saanya Sinha	11 E
5	Anushka Gupta	11 E

 

Poster Making

Category 1 (Class 7)

S.r.No.	Name of the Student	Class	Position
1	Aanshi Patel	7	First
2	Aleesha Chathanattu	7	Second
3	Shubhangi Hiranandani	7	Third

 

Category 2 (Class 8)

S.r.No.	Name of the Student	Class	Position
1	Nandini Khemani	8	First
2	Radhika Kotak	8	Second
3	Hiteshi Raval	8	Third

 

Solo Singing

Category 1(Class 7 & 8)

S.r.No.	Name of the Student	Class	Position
1	Aarnav Buch	8	First
2	Devanshi Patel	8	Second
3	Chinmayee Parikh	8	Third

 

Category 2(Class 9 & 11)

S.r.No.	Name of the Student	Class	Position
1	Pranati Vangipuram	11	First
2	Heer Brahmbhatt	11	Second

 

Solo Instrumental

Category 1(Class 7 & 8)

S.r.No.	Name of the Student	Class	Position
1	Yash Modi	8	First
2	Dhruvin Thakore	8	Second

Category 2(Class 9 & 11)

S.r.No.	Name of the Student	Class	Position
1	Dhruv Mehta	10	First
2	Rahil Shah	9	Second
3	Raj Shah	9	Third

 

All the above students were conferred with certificates as a gesture of appreciation. 

Visit to Old Age Home 

‘Respecting and caring for our Elders’ is one of the moral values which is inculcated in the students at  USFC.  In the light of  the same, a few students of class 9 and10 accompanied by teachers, visited Old Age Home under the umbrella banner of ‘Joy of Giving Week’.

The inmates, though old and feeble, gave our children a warm welcome.  To break the monotony of their lives the students presented different programmes, an instrumental piece and bhajans, for them.  These were whole -heartedly enjoyed and appreciated by them. It was a feast to the eyes and hearts to watch their response – some were clapping, some were dancing while  some were simply sitting and watching with misty eyes, perhaps remembering their bygone days or maybe  remembering their own children or grandchildren. Our students gave the elderly people a few moments of joy but came back with a life-time experience.

 

 

World SPACE Week

From 8^th October to 13^th October is declared as ‘World Space Week’.   To mark the event, USAC organized an exhibition on the same on 9^th and 10^th October. The members of the club enthusiastically made models of Space Crafts, Newsletters and Power Point Presentations to platform and demonstrate the activities of the club.  All the students and parents who happened to come to school, visited the exhibition and the whole process was appreciated by one and all. 

World Mental Health Day

On the occasion of  ‘World Mental Health Day’ (10^th October), in order to sensitize and spread  awareness about mental health among the students, a team of around 20 students and teachers of Department of Psychology of city College was invited to USFC. They had an interactive session with students of class 9 and 10. The awareness among the children about the mental health was created by means of a lecture accompanied by charts.  Students also asked questions regarding stress before exam, depression and so on.  The team tried to answer their questions as far as possible.

Young Radio Jockeys 

As part of oral expression activity, a Radio Talk Show was organized for class 7. Students were divided in groups which were innovatively named as different radio stations like Cool crisis, Red Fm and so on. Students presented their views on various topics like Bus Rapid Transit System, Terrorism and Insurgency, Udgam Rocks!, Taj Mahal , Social Networking Sites, Indian Youth , Overspending of money amongst the Youth, Tele Shopping  and many more. The entire class was involved in the activity. A group of students sang humorous jingles during the programme.  Another group was assigned the task of preparing posters highlighting the names of radio stations. The programme reflected the sincere efforts put in by the students and the teachers. After the initial screening, thirteen groups were finally selected for the competition.  Below are the names of the team members who managed to reach the 1^st and 2^nd position. There was a tie at the second position

Position	Topic	Students	Std
First	Tajmahal	Jagrat Shah	7-A
		Murti Shah
		Akanksha Nair
Second	Wildlife	Dhrumi Thaker	7-C
		Vimoli Mehta
		Heet Shah
		Rushin Shah
Second	Hiroshima & Nagasaki	Yahsil shah	7-C
		Poojan Patel
		Niyati Shah
		Dev Acharya
Third	Udgam Rocks !!!	Isha Phatak	7-D
		Trisha Trivedi
		Malhar Sheth
		Sharvi Shah

Children enjoyed the entirely new approach towards learning as this activity carried weightage in Continuous Assessment. 

Tennis Stars

3 girls from Udgam School took part in CBSE Cluster 9 Table Tennis Tournament and brought laurels to school. The meet was held at Rajkot organised by CBSE Inter School Sports and Games Competition 2012-13. Yashvi Shah of class 6 C, Heli Shah of class 7 D and Avishi Jariwala of class 9 D bagged 1^st position and received a Gold medal each and certificates in Team event under 16. Avishi Jariwala also bagged a silver medal and certificate for being on the Second position in Individual event in under 16.

Students of Udgam School For Children took part in Athletics Tournaments  organized by Daskroi District Vyayam Prcharak Mandal on 8^th September, 2012 and came back with flying colours. Here is the achievement chart of our students:

 UNDER 14 (BOYS) TALUKA LEVEL

NO	Name	Class	Event & Position
1	Khush Bhupendra Vaid	8 C	Discus  Throw – 2nd High Jump – 3rd 100 m race – 3rd 4 x100 m relay race (team)- 3rd
2	Megh Biren Shah	8 B	200 m Race – 1st 4 x100 m relay race (team) – 3rd
3	Abhijeet Meetal Shah	8 A	80 m hurdle race – 1st 4 x100 m relay race (team) -3rd
4	Shivam Nirav Majmudar	8 C	Shotput – 2nd
5	Priyam Abhay Patel	8 B	4 x100 m relay race (team) – 3rd

UNDER 14 (GIRLS) TALUKA LEVEL

NO	Name	Class	Event & Position
1	Ritu Jigar Shah	8 D	4 x 100 m Relay Race (Team) – 1st 200 m Race – 2nd 80 m Hurdle Race – 2nd 100 m race – 3rd
2	Anokhi Hemantkumar Patel	8 B	Shotput – 1st Discus Throw – 2nd
3	Kreya Jigneshbhai Mahadevia	8 C	4 x 100 m Relay Race (Team) – 1st
4	Nandini Ketu Parekh	8 B	4 x 100 m Relay Race (Team) – 1st
5	Chinmayee Kevalbhai Parikh	8 D	4 x 100 m Relay Race (Team) – 1st

UNDER 17 (BOYS) TALUKA LEVEL

NO	Name	CLass	Event & Position
1	Neev Pankaj Chapani	10 C	100 m Race – 3rd
2	Shlok Dilip Agrawal	10 D	4 x 100 m Relay Race (Team) – 1st Shotput – 1st Hammer Throw – 1st Discus Throw – 2nd
3	Darshin Nitinbhai Shah	10 C	4 x 100 m Relay Race (Team) – 1st High Jump – 1st 100 m Hurdles Race – 2nd 200 m Race – 3rd
4	Tanay Niraj Shah	10 B	4 x 100 m Relay Race (Team) –  1st   Triple Jump –  1st 400 m Race – 2nd
5	Lohit Ratan Marodia	10 A	4 x 100 m Relay Race (Team) – 1st

UNDER 17 (GIRLS) TALUKA LEVEL

No	Name	Class	Event & rank
1	Saloni Sapan Jhaveri	10 A	100 m Race – 1st Long jump – 1st
2	Kanisha Rajesh Agrawal	10 C	Shotput – 1st Discus Throw – 1st
3	Jhanvi Kamleshbhai Patel	10 A	200 m Race – 3rd

UNDER 19 (BOYS) TALUKA LEVEL

NO	Name	Class	Event & Position
1	Manann Sanjeev Agarwal	11 B	Discus Throw – 1st

The athletes who have bagged 1^st position are all set  for Next level to take place in the end of September month.

 

 

Students gift to Teachers

Teachers Day was celebrated in a unique way at USFC. Instead of usual concept of senior students becoming teachers and going to junior classes, this year we gave chance to students of same class to become teachers. Apart from this, the students were involved in many activities like balloon decoration, pot making, flower making, recitation, speech, solving puzzles. Children enthusiastically prepared and sang songs on “Guru”, danced, played guitar for their beloved teachers to make them feel special and show their deep respect.  

 

TEACHERS DAY 2012

 

This year TEACHERS DAY was celebrated in a different way at Udgam.  Teachers put up, what may be called, a colourful and joyful ‘Annual Function’.  A cultural programme was organized to showcase the talents of teachers.  There was a variety of items ranging from instrumental music, singing, dance, skit and group discussion. 

The programme started with the melodious strains of sitar produced by the music teacher, Gopi Shah, followed by a variety of dances.

The Pre-Primary teachers performed the traditional dances of Gujarat.  The Primary teachers brought the dance of Kerala alive on stage, reminding one of the recently concluded festival of Onam and another of Rajasthan.

The secondary teachers displayed the different colours of India.  Dances of Punjab, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bengal, Kerala and Gujarat were performed by them.  All merged into the finale of Gujarati Garba.

Secondary teachers of English, Hindi and Sanskrit discussed the role of teachers in shaping the future generation, giving the audience much to think about.

A skit performed by the Middle School teachers highlighted the difficult but rewarding job of teachers.

The whole programme was wonderfully organized.  Looking at the teachers perform with so much zest and joy one forgot for a moment that they are teachers not students.  Neither age nor the sultry weather hampered their spirits.  They enjoyed themselves thoroughly. 

One could say of every teacher what Shakespeare wrote of Cleopatra:

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety. 

Zestful Soccer Team

Boys from our school took part enthusiastically in The Times of India-Claris Twenty20 School Soccer on 2^nd of September,2012. The names of the players  are:

Sr.No	NAME	CLASS
1	Venkatesh Iyer	XII-B
2	Dhruv Shah	XI-A
3	Shashwat Jha	XII-B
4	Pruthvirajsinh Vala	XI-A
5	Sahil Shah	XI-A
6	Udit Parikh	X-A
7	Jay Shah	XI-C
8	Stavan Amin	XI-C
9	Ishan Shah	XI-A
10	Tejas Bhatotia	XII-A
11	Kartik Madani	X-A
12	Dhvanil Shah	XII-B
13	Maulik Shah	XII-A
14	Paritosh Modha	XII-B
15	Kush Nayak	XII-A
16	Tirth Mehta	XII-A

The fantabulous performance showcased by the team proved the hard work and practice put in. They gave a tough time to the opponent team. All the students were given  certificates and a trophy for participating in the match.