Mongolia, June 2018: Khulan, 5, plays with a hoop outside the mobile ‘ger’ (nomadic tent) kindergarten in Bayankhongor Province. To meet the SDG 4 and provide universal access to pre-primary education for all by 2030 requires a bold, practical approach. Through its funding for the tent classrooms, UNICEF is meeting the needs of more than 20 children in Khulan’s nomadic herder community. In low-income countries today, only 1 in 5 young children is enrolled in pre-primary education.

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To learn more: www.unicef.org

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

In a lot of areas the women's self help groups have made it a priority to set up Balwadi's - a place where their children can learn, play and grow.

This is one trying to get into class slightly late.

More on this in Maharashtra

Diaries,

I had writeen the following for Ravages story telling thread - flashback. It is more or less the story of the boy who went to school. Here it is

There was a little boy in a little hamlet in the back of beyond. And, all that the little boy in the little hamlet wanted to do was to go to school. But, when he went to nearby village school the other kids wouldn't hang out with him because he was a Dalit. The teachers would made him sit outside the class. And the little boy from the little hamlet would feel very sad. And soon he stopped going to school.

The one day the mothers at the Hamlet got together to start a Self Help Group. Each of them saved the equivalent of one day's wages every month. Soon they bought a female pregnant goat. Within a year they had many little goats and their herd grew. The mothers suddenly were business women. With the profits they started a school.

So the little boy from the little hamlet now gets to go to school.

On - 06-02-2016

A first grade student points to letters at the board as he sounds them out. When he gets stuck, he looks to the teacher for help. Somsanouk Primary School, Pak Ou District, Lao PDR.

Reading Readiness: Poor learning outcomes rooted in low levels of basic literacy affect children throughout Laos. Kindergarten and pre-primary programs provide children with the opportunity to enter primary school ready learn. This not only boosts learning outcomes over a student’s entire school career, it also has tangible, measurable benefits in the short term, as Pak Ou District education officials explain:

In school year 2015-2016 the drop out rate in grade one was very high in this district—about 15 percent. Today (2018) it is about 5%. The reason for the steep drop: the Ministry of Education’s strategy to expand the school readiness program. Back in 2015 there were only a few kindergartens and early childhood education classrooms in the district. Today there are 35 primary schools in this district and 15 kindergartens. Asked why he thought that made all the difference the official said: “If the children have experience in the classroom before they enter Grade 1, they are better able to manage themselves.”

But the benefits of early childhood education are not enjoyed by all of the children in the community, as principal of neighboring Somsanouk Kindergarten, Ms. Somchanh Hatsady, explains: “The ethnic minorities do not seem to enroll their kindergarten age children in school as much. Maybe they are reluctant? But they usually keep their kids at home and then at the age of six put them into primary school.”

They are missing out on a lot according to Hatsady: social and emotional skills, the foundation for reading and writing, the development of fine motor skills. But they are missing out on even more when the language spoken at home is not the Lao language, which is the language of instruction throughout the country.

The results may follow them throughout their time in school and ultimately cut that time short. A recent study found that Non-Lao-Tai students were significantly more likely to lack basic skills in literacy and numeracy than those whose mother tongue is Lao-Tai and these difficulties further compound learning in other subjects. (Source: Delivery of Education Services in Lao PDR: Results of the SABER Service Delivery Survey, 2017, published in 2018 by Angela Demas, Myra Murad Khan, Gustavo Arcia, and Emiko Naka. It was prepared under the auspices of the World Bank and Lao PDR’s Ministry of Education and Sports.)

The study also found that teachers lack training in strategies tailored to non-native language learners. To this end, GPE and its partners are working together to develop a pilot reading readiness program in the Lao-Tai language with the objective of improving the (Lao-Tai) reading readiness of 500 children enrolled in kindergartens or preprimary classes in 127 communities in 14 Districts in Northern Laos, 70 percent of whom belong to non-Lao Tai language groups.

While mother tongue instruction may be appropriate in certain contexts, the existence of 47 ethnicities in Lao PDR, further branching into 160 ethnic groups that speak 82 distinct living languages without written forms (except for the Hmong ethnic group) precludes the identification of effective approaches for developing mother tongue reading readiness programs. (Source: Lao PDR GPE II Restructuring paper P149130 April 2018).

Lao PDR, December 2018

Credit: GPE/Kelley Lynch

Learn more: www.globalpartnership.org/where-we-work/lao-pdr

The little children are taught to identify colours by celebrating days that are dedicated to the primary colours.

Recently Yellow Day was celebrated at Preprimary by the children of Playgroup.

They made lemonade and played games with yellow toys. The children relished the lemonade. They were also given yellow flowers to take back home.

Lord Krishna is very special to children and they can relate their naughtiness to the incidents of Bal Krishna. So Janmashtami is a very special festival too and they love to hear tales of the Makhan Chor.

The children of Preprimary had a special program to mark the event. Classes 2 and 3 celebrated Janmashtami through special programs during their assemblies. They sang songs in praise of Lord Krishna and presented a skit portraying Lord Krishna and Narad Muni with ‘Polluted Earth’ as the theme. They merged Janmashtami with the message ‘How can we save Mother Earth?’. The program was a very well presented one which all the children enjoyed.

Thuds of the ball to record the maximum number of bounces, bells to keep the participants of Musical Chair on their toes and joyous screams as the rope of Tug of War finally declared the winning side, heralded the morning at Udgam School. These were just some of the activities which were going on in Senior School along with Dumb Charades, Guessing Games and plenty more. If the Seniors were having fun, the children of Middle School were not far behind in games with Hop Skotch, Dog and Bone, Tug of War and other indigenised traditional games. The children of senior classes demonstrated to their younger friends through presentations and posters about the relevance of Children’s Day, about Pandit Nehru, his childhood and achievements.

Primary School had activities throughout the day in all classes. These included classic and cartoon movies fully loaded with cupcakes and popcorn, speeches about the importance of the day, craft work, wish tree making, card making and sandwich making. One singular idea was writing about their partner (only positive qualities) and presenting it to him/her.

The juniormost section, Preprimary had an amazing time too. They had a Puppet show which the children thoroughly enjoyed. Then they had a’ visit’ from Chacha Nehru which was a good way to acquaint them with the great statesman on whose birth anniversary Children’s Day is celebrated. The child had a funfilled day which was over too soon.

Like every year Udgam School celebrated Independence Day with full reverence in all sections right from the tiny tots to the senior school students. As per the protocol, national flag was hoisted by Shriraj Gandhi, Std.12th Board topper of the school.

The activities that marked the day are –

Students of preprimary came attired in the three colours of the flag and performed on patriotic songs. KG students made small flags to pin to their shirts and also made collages of Indian flag and related pictures.

The Primary Section activities included fancy dress, patriotic group songs, speeches on, musical quiz on freedom fighters and poems on patriotism.

In Middle School the theme was ‘The Unsung Heroes’. It highlighted the work done by people at large in the society. It focused on endeavours of Jyotsna Sitling, Rajani Paranjape, Shirish Apte, Partho Bhowmick and many more. Students spoke about the perennial values like Truth, Courage, Patriotism and Perseverance.

Senior students enacted a skit based on patriotism.

Pictures of the grand event reflect the efforts put in by the children, teachers and parents of the Udgam Preschool. Students of preprimary came attired in the three colours of the flag and performed on patriotic songs. KG students made small flags to pin to their shirts and also make collages of Indian flag and related pictures. They also had hand prints in tricolor. They even enacted roles of national leaders.The softboards were decorated with national symbols.

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

PG The rainy season brought a splurge of greenery and our little ones of Playgroup celebrated 'Green Day'. The classroom looked like sets from a jungle with animals around. Even the children came dressed in green. The other classes of Preprimary also visited the Playgroup classrooms and enjoyed the jungle scene.

The children of Preprimary celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi last week. They came dressed in colourful strains of yellow and joined in singing prayers to the lord. It was a fun day and they enjoyed listening to stories of their god-friend, Ganesha. They enjoyed the prasad afterwards and went home happily.

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

The tiny tots of our Preprimary section had a Blue and Pink Day in school. The scenario in the Jodhpur Campus was mesmerising. It was as though one has walked into a dream.

The children came dressed in these two colours. Usually blue is for boys and pink for girls and the children adhered to this. They played with items that had shades of blue and pink. There were pink umbrellas and blue fishes, pink dolls and blue guitars, blue and pink decorations and large balls to play with. The difficult part was eating food items that are found naturally in these two colours. Apart from learning about these two colours, they appreciated the presence of these colours in adding vibrancy to the surroundings. The goal of learning through fun was achieved well.

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

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The festival that binds together brothers and sisters was celebrated in our Preprimary Section by children of all classes.

This helped to nurture friendship among the children while fostering the significance of this day on the young minds.

The kids enjoyed the festivities and happily tied the strings of love.

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

The children or Preprimary Section were taken on a picnic to Suramya Seven, a place dominant with green. It was a very happy day for the kids and the place proved to be a perfect place to play and enjoy. The merry laughter and enjoyment was resplendent in the air as the little ones spent an entire day playing, eating and simply being kids.

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

Like every year Udgam School celebrated Independence Day with full reverence in all sections right from the tiny tots to the senior school students. As per the protocol, national flag was hoisted by Shriraj Gandhi, Std.12th Board topper of the school.

The activities that marked the day are –

Students of preprimary came attired in the three colours of the flag and performed on patriotic songs. KG students made small flags to pin to their shirts and also made collages of Indian flag and related pictures.

The Primary Section activities included fancy dress, patriotic group songs, speeches on, musical quiz on freedom fighters and poems on patriotism.

In Middle School the theme was ‘The Unsung Heroes’. It highlighted the work done by people at large in the society. It focused on endeavours of Jyotsna Sitling, Rajani Paranjape, Shirish Apte, Partho Bhowmick and many more. Students spoke about the perennial values like Truth, Courage, Patriotism and Perseverance.

Senior students enacted a skit based on patriotism.

Children in nursery school cartoon vector. Baby boys playing toys, female teacher making pigtails to little girl in nursery age group of kindergarten illustration. Early childhood education concept

Children in nursery school cartoon vector. Baby boys playing toys, female teacher making pigtails to little girl in nursery age group of kindergarten illustration. Early childhood education concept

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

Students at the reading corner during morning break. Somsanouk Primary School, Pak Ou District, Lao PDR. Poor learning outcomes rooted in low levels of basic literacy affect children throughout Laos, but they pose a particular challenge for children from ethnic groups whose mother tongue is not the official (Lao-Tai) language of instruction. GPE and its partners are working together to develop a pilot reading readiness program in the Lao-Tai language with the objective of improving the (Lao-Tai) reading readiness of 500 children enrolled in kindergartens or preprimary classes in 127 communities in 14 Districts in Northern Laos, 70 percent of whom belong to non-Lao Tai language groups. Providing these children with the opportunity to enter primary school ready to read will give them an important head start. Studies show that when students arrive at primary school ready to learn they do better, not only in primary but also in secondary school. They are also far less likely to repeat a grade or drop out.

Lao PDR, December 2018

Credit: GPE/Kelley Lynch

Learn more: www.globalpartnership.org/where-we-work/lao-pdr

All the students of Suryadatta National School from Pre-Primary to Secondary Showcased their talent in one of its Annual Gathering in which each and every student o f the school participated.

Week Long Celebrations culminated in the Annual Gathering. Students of SNS celebrated Special Days like Comic Character Day, Mismatch Day, Angel & Devil Day, Twin Day, Environment Day etc. Environment Day has been celebrated by conducting a Seminar on Waste Management.

A Fun-fair was organized on 29th Jan 2015 in which stalls of Pani-puri, bhel and games were put. Beautiful and Colourful Rangolis were made by the Suryadatta students on 31st Jan.2015. Sports Competitions like Relay Race, Sac race & three Legged Race were organized on 4th feb 2015.

On 6th of February cultural program was organized on the occasion’ Suryotsav’ Annual Day.

· The program started with Maharashtra Lokdhara which started with Vari- A procession by the students of preprimary to worship Shri Vithal & Rukmani. The program was followed by glimpses of Maharashtra through Koli Geet, Jogwa , Lavni , Sketkari Geet and Lezim.

· A group Dance on Song Bam - Bam Bole……. attracted the attention of the audience.

· A solo Performance was given by Avishkar Dagade of Std. III on song Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram………..

· Using Ribbons as props the girls performed a group Dance on a song Itti see Hasi Itti see Khushi………….

· Our confident Tavsimar Kaur of Std. Sr. Kg. performed very well on a solo song Chotti see asha………..

· The audiences were zapped by the mesmerizing fashion show by our girls on theme ‘Honey Bees’ .Their costumes were designed by students of Suryadatta Institute of Fashion Design and Technology.

All of us need to go to shops, whether to buy essentials or for some retail therapy.

And nothing can beat going shopping with friends!

The children of Sr. KG were taken to D-Mart by their teachers.

They were very excited as it was a group visit.

Teachers acted as shopping guides while taking the small team of ‘mini shopaholics’ around.

This field trip gave the children an insight into the entire shopping experience.

We just hope that they will not pull their parents along to shops now...

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

All the students of Suryadatta National School from Pre-Primary to Secondary Showcased their talent in one of its Annual Gathering in which each and every student o f the school participated.

Week Long Celebrations culminated in the Annual Gathering. Students of SNS celebrated Special Days like Comic Character Day, Mismatch Day, Angel & Devil Day, Twin Day, Environment Day etc. Environment Day has been celebrated by conducting a Seminar on Waste Management.

A Fun-fair was organized on 29th Jan 2015 in which stalls of Pani-puri, bhel and games were put. Beautiful and Colourful Rangolis were made by the Suryadatta students on 31st Jan.2015. Sports Competitions like Relay Race, Sac race & three Legged Race were organized on 4th feb 2015.

On 6th of February cultural program was organized on the occasion’ Suryotsav’ Annual Day.

· The program started with Maharashtra Lokdhara which started with Vari- A procession by the students of preprimary to worship Shri Vithal & Rukmani. The program was followed by glimpses of Maharashtra through Koli Geet, Jogwa , Lavni , Sketkari Geet and Lezim.

· A group Dance on Song Bam - Bam Bole……. attracted the attention of the audience.

· A solo Performance was given by Avishkar Dagade of Std. III on song Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram………..

· Using Ribbons as props the girls performed a group Dance on a song Itti see Hasi Itti see Khushi………….

· Our confident Tavsimar Kaur of Std. Sr. Kg. performed very well on a solo song Chotti see asha………..

· The audiences were zapped by the mesmerizing fashion show by our girls on theme ‘Honey Bees’ .Their costumes were designed by students of Suryadatta Institute of Fashion Design and Technology.

Thuds of the ball to record the maximum number of bounces, bells to keep the participants of Musical Chair on their toes and joyous screams as the rope of Tug of War finally declared the winning side, heralded the morning at Udgam School. These were just some of the activities which were going on in Senior School along with Dumb Charades, Guessing Games and plenty more. If the Seniors were having fun, the children of Middle School were not far behind in games with Hop Skotch, Dog and Bone, Tug of War and other indigenised traditional games. The children of senior classes demonstrated to their younger friends through presentations and posters about the relevance of Children’s Day, about Pandit Nehru, his childhood and achievements.

Primary School had activities throughout the day in all classes. These included classic and cartoon movies fully loaded with cupcakes and popcorn, speeches about the importance of the day, craft work, wish tree making, card making and sandwich making. One singular idea was writing about their partner (only positive qualities) and presenting it to him/her.

The juniormost section, Preprimary had an amazing time too. They had a Puppet show which the children thoroughly enjoyed. Then they had a’ visit’ from Chacha Nehru which was a good way to acquaint them with the great statesman on whose birth anniversary Children’s Day is celebrated. The child had a funfilled day which was over too soon.

All the students of Suryadatta National School from Pre-Primary to Secondary Showcased their talent in one of its Annual Gathering in which each and every student o f the school participated.

Week Long Celebrations culminated in the Annual Gathering. Students of SNS celebrated Special Days like Comic Character Day, Mismatch Day, Angel & Devil Day, Twin Day, Environment Day etc. Environment Day has been celebrated by conducting a Seminar on Waste Management.

A Fun-fair was organized on 29th Jan 2015 in which stalls of Pani-puri, bhel and games were put. Beautiful and Colourful Rangolis were made by the Suryadatta students on 31st Jan.2015. Sports Competitions like Relay Race, Sac race & three Legged Race were organized on 4th feb 2015.

On 6th of February cultural program was organized on the occasion’ Suryotsav’ Annual Day.

· The program started with Maharashtra Lokdhara which started with Vari- A procession by the students of preprimary to worship Shri Vithal & Rukmani. The program was followed by glimpses of Maharashtra through Koli Geet, Jogwa , Lavni , Sketkari Geet and Lezim.

· A group Dance on Song Bam - Bam Bole……. attracted the attention of the audience.

· A solo Performance was given by Avishkar Dagade of Std. III on song Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram………..

· Using Ribbons as props the girls performed a group Dance on a song Itti see Hasi Itti see Khushi………….

· Our confident Tavsimar Kaur of Std. Sr. Kg. performed very well on a solo song Chotti see asha………..

· The audiences were zapped by the mesmerizing fashion show by our girls on theme ‘Honey Bees’ .Their costumes were designed by students of Suryadatta Institute of Fashion Design and Technology.

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

All of us need to go to shops, whether to buy essentials or for some retail therapy.

And nothing can beat going shopping with friends!

The children of Sr. KG were taken to D-Mart by their teachers.

They were very excited as it was a group visit.

Teachers acted as shopping guides while taking the small team of ‘mini shopaholics’ around.

This field trip gave the children an insight into the entire shopping experience.

We just hope that they will not pull their parents along to shops now...

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

Thuds of the ball to record the maximum number of bounces, bells to keep the participants of Musical Chair on their toes and joyous screams as the rope of Tug of War finally declared the winning side, heralded the morning at Udgam School. These were just some of the activities which were going on in Senior School along with Dumb Charades, Guessing Games and plenty more. If the Seniors were having fun, the children of Middle School were not far behind in games with Hop Skotch, Dog and Bone, Tug of War and other indigenised traditional games. The children of senior classes demonstrated to their younger friends through presentations and posters about the relevance of Children’s Day, about Pandit Nehru, his childhood and achievements.

Primary School had activities throughout the day in all classes. These included classic and cartoon movies fully loaded with cupcakes and popcorn, speeches about the importance of the day, craft work, wish tree making, card making and sandwich making. One singular idea was writing about their partner (only positive qualities) and presenting it to him/her.

The juniormost section, Preprimary had an amazing time too. They had a Puppet show which the children thoroughly enjoyed. Then they had a’ visit’ from Chacha Nehru which was a good way to acquaint them with the great statesman on whose birth anniversary Children’s Day is celebrated. The child had a funfilled day which was over too soon.

Thuds of the ball to record the maximum number of bounces, bells to keep the participants of Musical Chair on their toes and joyous screams as the rope of Tug of War finally declared the winning side, heralded the morning at Udgam School. These were just some of the activities which were going on in Senior School along with Dumb Charades, Guessing Games and plenty more. If the Seniors were having fun, the children of Middle School were not far behind in games with Hop Skotch, Dog and Bone, Tug of War and other indigenised traditional games. The children of senior classes demonstrated to their younger friends through presentations and posters about the relevance of Children’s Day, about Pandit Nehru, his childhood and achievements.

Primary School had activities throughout the day in all classes. These included classic and cartoon movies fully loaded with cupcakes and popcorn, speeches about the importance of the day, craft work, wish tree making, card making and sandwich making. One singular idea was writing about their partner (only positive qualities) and presenting it to him/her.

The juniormost section, Preprimary had an amazing time too. They had a Puppet show which the children thoroughly enjoyed. Then they had a’ visit’ from Chacha Nehru which was a good way to acquaint them with the great statesman on whose birth anniversary Children’s Day is celebrated. The child had a funfilled day which was over too soon.

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

The tiny tots of our Preprimary section had a Blue and Pink Day in school. The scenario in the Jodhpur Campus was mesmerising. It was as though one has walked into a dream.

The children came dressed in these two colours. Usually blue is for boys and pink for girls and the children adhered to this. They played with items that had shades of blue and pink. There were pink umbrellas and blue fishes, pink dolls and blue guitars, blue and pink decorations and large balls to play with. The difficult part was eating food items that are found naturally in these two colours. Apart from learning about these two colours, they appreciated the presence of these colours in adding vibrancy to the surroundings. The goal of learning through fun was achieved well.

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.

The Annual Teachers Conference was held today, the 6th of June 2014, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel. It was attended by Udgam School trustees Mr. Gautambhai Choksi, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. V. C. Shah, Mr. Rohitbhai Choksi, Mr. Shaunak Majumdar, Mr. Vartik Choksi and Mr.Sandip Parikh, Executive Director Mr. Manan Choksi, Principal Ms. Radhika Iyer, Director of Primary School Ms. Pratima Patell, Head of Preprimary Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Vice Principals and teaching and non-teaching staff of the school.

There were motivational talks by Fitness Expert Sapna Vyas Patel, Author Raksha Bharadia, Mr. Rajabhai Pathak, Mr. Rohit Choksi and presentations by Mr. Manan Choksi and Mrs. Sagarika Sahana. The event was hosted by senior teacher Mrs. Malobika Dutta and managed by Mrs. Jaksha Dixit. There was also a Panel Discussion involving the various section heads and teachers. The event winded up with an Awards Ceremony in which various teaching and non-teaching staff were given recognition for their work at Udgam. A sumptuous lunch spread followed the event.