ISKCON organised a Gita Champions League (GCL) for students from Class 5 – 12, parents and teachers.

The motive was to create and test awareness about the Bhagavad Gita.

From Udgam School, 145 participants registered for the exam.

Our students were awarded prizes for their knowledge of the revered book.

Also 6 teachers got consolation prizes for scoring more than 80/100.

It gives us immense pleasure to declare that out of the students of the 10 schools which participated, Udgam had the maximum winners.

Similarly in General Category there were 10 consolation prizes and 6 were won by our teachers.

Please refer to the table for details of the winners.

Udgam School for Children believes in inculcating moral values and sensitizing students towards society and moulding them in to future responsible citizens.

Keeping this in mind, a cleanliness drive was organized.   Students of class 9 participated enthusiastically in this ‘Community Service.’

The boys and girls of school pulled up their sleeves and went out armed with brooms provided by AMC. They cleaned two lanes adjacent to the  school.  In the process, they were also sensitized about clean surrounding.

With this activity school and students were able to pass the message of ‘Clean Ahmedabad’ to one and all.  

A drawing competition was held in the month of August for class KG- 10. All the students took part enthusiastically. There were 5 groups. Group A consisted of Jr. K.G and Sr. KG. Group B had class 1 & 2. Class 3 & 4 were in group C. Group D had students from class 5, 6 & 7. And finally class 8, 9 & 10 was in group E. Best 3 entries from each group were given prizes, certificates and badges.

An Art Activity and Slogan contest was held in the month of August.

The results of the contest are given here. Prizes were distributed to the winners yesterday.

Students of Pre-primary Section decorated outline images of Sri Ganesh with colours and seeds of all shapes and sizes.

The pictures of Siddhi Vinayaka look beautiful! 

Hindi Diwas was celebrated with great enthusiasm by all sections in our school.

Various activities were arranged to commemorate the day to celebrate our National Language.

Primary Section:

Primary students decorated their boards and had programs with inspirational speeches in Hindi.

Middle Section:

In Middle School students of Class 6 were given projects on Hindi poets and writers, riddles, importance of Hindi language.

Class 7 students performed a play ‘Subhagi’ by Munshi Premchand which emphasises on the rights and importance of a girl child. The script  and dialogues as small relevant poems were written by children themselves. They dressed up as per the characters and performed it front  of their classmates and junior classes.

Students of Class 8 had Advertisement  Making activity. Children were given topics beforehand like ‘Jago Grahak jago’, Literacy Campaign, Road Safety. They made posters for the same too.

Secondary Section:

Secondary Section had Poem Recitation and Debate Competition for the students. It was a very enjoyable event where each and every word was spoken in Hindi and the participants were very eloquent. What added more emotion to the event was the poems were self-composed by the participants. Titles like ‘Bharat ki shaan Hindi’, ‘Karam karo badlo zamaana’, ‘Beti Bachao’ and ‘Ma’ were heart wrenching.

The audience had a thrilling time too as there were plenty of questions for them, including tongue twisters in Hindi. They also decorated their soft boards with charts on noted Hindi writers and poets. 

Today was a special day for teachers and staff at Udgam School. It was a day of fun and relaxation for all.

Teachers of all classes participated in a variety program that consisted of Nukkad Nataks based on social issues.

This was followed by games which brought out the child in everyone.

Over lunch the teachers exchanged views and spent time in socialising.

Today is the birth anniversary of Mr. G K Choksi, a leading chartered accountant and managing trustee of Udgam School for Children.

To commemorate this day Udgam School has adopted Thaltej Municipal School in a bid to improve the quality of the school in every possible way.

This will be another page added to Udgam’s charity drives. We believe that all strata of society has a right to good education. 

We hope to make improvements in the infrastructure, IT systems, educational process, health, hygiene and other related issues and hope to make a major turnaround in one year. Ms. Pratima Patell, Director of Udgam School for Children, will be heading the project.  

Click on the link for more pics of the Thaltej Municipal School.

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Students of Class 7 were given paper and a set of 4 sketch pens(4 colours) and asked to draw a tree made of any object of their choice(a pen, a car or similar objects).

The objective was if we don’t save trees and grow more trees now in future children will see tree only on paper made of cars, pens, etc.

Results of the competition will be declared within a week.

Each child was given a sapling to grow in their garden and were asked to take care of it.

Children had to write 3 slogans and approximately 80 students took part in the slogan writing competition.