The Ahmedabad Chapter of ISHRAE (Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) organised a Drawing competition in the school on Saturday 23rd Oct. 2010. The theme in general was conservation of energy and environment. About 750 students from class 1 to 12 participated in the event. Prizes will be declared shortly. All participants will be awarded certificates.

WORLD SPACE WEEK, 4th to 10th October is the annual global space celebration.  Udgam also celebrated the occasion.  The school arranged for observation of Jupiter through telescope on 4th, 5th and 6th of October 2010.  Students of class 9 had the opportunity of getting some basic information on Jupiter and viewing it.  On the 3rd day, students from ‘Visamo Kids’ also joined.  All the students, teachers and parents who were present had a wonderful experience.

Mental health is increasingly endorsed as a significant aspect in terms of the overall well-being of the individual.  October 10 is observed as ‘World Mental Health Day’.  On this occasion, Udgam School had invited Dr. Meenakshi Parikh, a psychologist to conduct a seminar on ‘Mental Health of Children’ for the teachers.  It was a very good interactive session.  Teachers shared their problems and the methods they used to solve them.  All felt that such seminars should be held every year.

“Udgam school celebrated Navratri with great joy and vigour.  Pre-primary Classes celebrated on October 12, 2010 and Primary and Secondary classes  on October 15, 2010  on the school grounds. Students and teachers came in traditional dresses.  All of them celebrated the days with joy and cheer.  For the secondary classes, there was an orchestra playing with Dhruvish of class as the lead singer.  It was a colorful show with teachers joining the students enthusiastically in their dance.”

Pre-primary children visited Traffic Park  and cycled through the mini roads where they came across different signals and zebra crossing and learned about  traffic rules. A short movie was also shown to them regarding the same. They learned about road safety and traffic rules through fun.”

“The fascinating and mysterious aurora borealis – On 19th October 2010, students of class 11 (Sci) visited PRL for  a lecture on “The fascinating and mysterious aurora borealis” by Prof. Jean – Pierre ST – MAURICE from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.  He gave an in- depth knowledge of aurora, like, how it is formed , types of aurora, its different look from different places, locations, different directions, at what height it is formed and so on.
It was really both an interactive and interesting lecture. Students and teachers were enriched by the experience. “

On 26th October 2010 students of class 11 visited the 108 Emergency Management Centre (GVK EMRI) at Naroda.  They were given a glimpse of the inception and history of the institute.  Then they were taken around and shown the facilities for training, emergency response centre and their functioning.  A video film explaining how they implemented their unique concept of Sense-Reach-Care for efficient service delivery was shown.  The various emergency care techniques were demonstrated with the help of mannequins.  The sincerity and passion of the team and the use of modern technology is commendable.  The students and teachers were thoroughly enriched by the visit.

Ms. Wilyben Dewan all Gujarat Inter-School English Elocution Competition’ an annual event hosted by C.N. Vidyavihar, was held on Thursday 29th October 2010 on its premises.  Participants were from classes 10, 11 and 12.  This year’s topic was ‘Has the present system of education failed in inculcating moral and ethical values?’  Aashini Sanjeev Sheth of class 10 participated and won the second prize in this competition.

7 students of class 9 participated in an ad-designing contest organized by St. Kabir School on its premises on Saturday 23rd October 2010.  The product had to be an imaginary one which may be a reality in future.  Our team chose AIR-O-BUBBLE which will give fresh air to those suffering from the polluted environment.  It will be available in 3 varieties – Swiss air, Himalayan air and Hawaiian air.  The ad was accompanied by dialogues and a jingle.

On Saturday 27th of Nov. 2010, the ‘Research Foundation for Governance in India’ (RFGI) organised a film show and debate at AMA. There was a special screening of the Oscar-nominated move ‘Please Vote for Me’ followed by an interactive discussion for select schools of Ahmedabad. The film is about of election of a class monitor in class 3 in a primary school in China. 10 students of class 8 participated in this event. There was a discussion and debate on issues related to governance, law and politics. It was a wonderful experience for our students.