From anxiety to paranoia to even being excited, the first day for  toddlers and their parents is a bit of an emotional roller coaster.

Defying those standard first-day-to-school jitters, the Primary section of Udgam welcomed the kids of Grade 1 with utter patience and support. Director of the Primary Section, Pratima Ma’am, with Vice-Principal of the Primary section, Meetika Ma’am along with other primary teachers warmly welcomed the kids and ensured their parents of a happy and fun-filled first day at school.

The corridors and classes of the school are spiffed up with caterpillar theme along with doremon, spider-man, batman, and many of  kids' beloved characters dazzling with colourful balloons. They were so intrigued by the welcome decoration that they had no signs of nervousness, in fact, many kids were seen posing besides their favourite cartoon and entered the class with a big, bright smile on their faces. The parents too left the school with a satisfied smile.

SOF-1^st Level NSO Winners

Students with Medal of Distinction and Medal of School Rank.

The students of grade 1 had a Drama activity in oral expression. The drama selected was GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS.

The whole drama was divided into 8 scenes and each scene was performed by different groups to incorporate all the children. . Each group had 5 students , playing  5 different characters ,that is, Narrator, Goldilocks, Papa Bear, Mother Bear and Baby Bear. Chairs, bowls, spoons, hairband, bench and placards were used as props .It was indeed a pleasure to see  students immerse in their characters and enact to the best of their ability.

The aim of this activity was to set the stage for playful learning. Through this, the students enriched their vocabulary and enhanced their story comprehension abilities.

“Best out of waste” is one of the most enjoyable activity that children can be engaged in. This activity was organized for grade II, to explore and encourage creativity in children and to offer them a platform to showcase their skill. The motive behind such an activity is to make children learn and progressively understand that resources should be used carefully. They can reuse waste materials and they should not always depend on new things. A variety of waste materials like pistachio shells, coconut shells, ice-cream sticks, plastic bottles etc were used to make useful things like Pen stand, Toys, Lanterns, Pencil boxes, Bird feeders, Bird house, Aquarium, Dice, Flower etc. Articles prepared by the children were a treat to the eyes. This fun filled activity witnessed an enthusiastic participation by all the students.

Environmental Science is an interesting subject with variety of topics concerning our day to day life. We do our best to make the concepts clear by doing hands on activities. One such topic is making of cloth (WEAVING). Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or a cloth. To clear this concept, grade II children did the paper weaving activity. The whole weaving process was taught by the teachers using two papers which were cut into strips. The strips of paper were woven together to form a mat. The students finally coloured their hand made mats, decorated and laminated them. All the students thoroughly enjoyed this activity and worked with great enthusiasm.

Combination of brain storming and vocabulary-building turns into an amazing activity. Students of Class 3  had a  spectacular Riddle Competition in Gujarati. In this, the students were divided into four groups i.e. Kairi (mango), Gulab(rose), Mor(peacock) and Sinh(lion). There were total five rounds i.e. Common round, Buzzer round, Call a friend round, Visual round and Rapid fire round. There was a very interesting round for teachers also. Riddles were put up to teachers and they had to rack their brains to answer them . From the starting till the end, students learned a lot and increased their vocabulary bank.

WINNING TEAM- Kairi ( Saumya M Shah(III B), Naitik B Desai(III C), Dhyani J Trivedi(III E))

RUNNERS-UP TEAM -Sinh ( Kahaan T Shah(III A), Paridhi R Dave(III C), Yug P Patel(III B))

Winners and participants were applauded and awarded with certificates.

Cricket is a game played  throughout the world. It is a thrill both to play the game and to watch it. Students of Class 5 (both boys and girls )were taught the basic rules and given training in playing cricket by their PE teacher.  The Inter Class tournament started with the selection round. Then, there were the quarter final matches between the sections followed by the semi – finals. Finals were amongst the 2 best teams and the winners were declared. The winning teams were awarded with gold medals and silver medals were given to the runners-up teams. The series of matches between the sections  gave students a chance to cheer their fellow mates. We could see lot of zeal and competitiveness among the players as well as the spectators. Children left no stone unturned in cheering their favourite teams!!

The game of cricket encouraged team spirit, fostered discipline, helped build up character & brought out the quality of leadership in the students!!!

Udgam School launched the global event – Hour of Code 2017 this year with a plan to engage the entire school. As a part of Kick Off assembly, a special theme event on 21^st Century needs i.e. Sustainable Development Goals & Technology was held in the Auditorium connecting Class X students to Ms. Meenakshi Uberoi –British Council Guest Speaker, Microsoft Innovative Educator Fellow , Skype Master Teacher and founder of De Pedagogics from Gurgaon.

The event was launched by Mugdha Chaturvedi’s Speech, followed by Aayushi Sharma as Planet Earth & Adrija Banerjee as Robot talking about the impact of Sustainable Development Goals by United Nations & Technology. The event became more interesting by a SDG Tech Talk Show conducted by Students of Class X – Mohal Rajyaguru, Aaditya Kolte, Adrija Banerjee, Aayushi Sharma and Mugdha, discussing about which one is to be prioritized – SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) or Technology!

The conclusion that technology itself is the best tool to achieve Sustainable Development goals was proved effectively by Ananya Kumar, Sanya Mendiratta , Hetali Mithani & Anushka Dhannawat, by showcasing their Computer Project HTML website based on research,  actual action plan & implementation to achieve SDG- LIFE ON LAND. They visited KANKARIA ZOO and stepped ahead to make a small difference in animal life. The presentation by Hetali & Anushka about their initiative & interaction with slum people also made the listeners emotional.

Skype Guest speaker, Ms. Meenakshi at the end of the assembly, appreciated our students’ team work, collaboration and SDG project and suggested to showcase the same on a national level. This itself was an honor for Udgam as a Microsoft Showcase School.

The assembly ended with the SDG Talents being honored with badges by our Director Ms. Radhika Ma’am ,Principal ma’am Mrs. Sujata Tandon, Vice Principal Mrs. Manju Malaviya & Supervisor Mrs. Jasvanti Dadhaniya.

Once more we have hit the buzzer of success. We had organised a small event called “QUIZ BUSTERS” for kids of grade 1. It was really a proud moment for all of us when we saw our kids playing “QUIZ”.

The topics selected for the quiz were discussed for two months. The kids were shown videos, pictures, map and short episodes of quiz as different modes of learning and gaining knowledge. All the kids actively participated in all the sessions . Amazingly, it was a two-way learning process with fun.

For the kids it was an impromptu activity. The kids enthusiastically gave answers in each of the rounds. There were total five rounds. We had Innings round, rapid fire round, spot the place round, audio and video round and finally buzzer round. We were pleased to see the kids spotting the places of India. The kids in audience too gave answers with roar of excitement.  All of us present thoroughly enjoyed the event “Quiz Busters”. At the end, the winners and all the participants were felicitated with certificates by our respected Vice Principal Meetika Mam. We had also called upon our counsellor Ms Vidhi Bose and Librarian Ms Rinki Jaswani as our guests. We have also awarded all the kids with certificates of different levels. Our motto being, to encourage and motivate all the kids. Such activity not only boosts their confidence but also expands their knowledge of things, either general or in specific area. Quizzing also aids in language development and team building process.

The activity doesn’t end here. One should keep in mind that current affairs broaden our sense of perceiving the outer world and change our outlook of understanding things. Due to technological advancements, the information is available in many forms like newspapers, internet, radio and television. Accessibility to information is easy and quick. We should all try to keep ourselves constantly updated and thereby support our kids in gathering more information. Let us keep encouraging our kids to look beyond their textual knowledge. As said earlier, we always appreciate the support given by you as parents. Thank you for being wonderful parents. Would be looking forward for your co-operation in the activity coming up next!!

Once more we have hit the buzzer of success. We had organised a small event called “QUIZ BUSTERS” for kids of grade 2. It was really a proud moment for all of us when we saw our kids playing “QUIZ”.

 Topics selected for the quiz were discussed with the students for two months. They were exclusively given the topic-INDIA. They were able to explore many facts about their own country. The kids were shown videos, pictures, map and short episodes of quiz as different modes of learning and gaining knowledge. All the kids actively participated in all the sessions we had together. Amazingly it was a two-way learning process with fun.

For the kids it was an impromptu activity. The kids enthusiastically gave answers in each of the rounds. There were total five rounds. We had Innings round, rapid fire round, spot the place round, audio and video round and finally buzzer round. We were pleased to see the kids spotting the places of India. The kids in audience too gave answers with roar of excitement.  All of us present thoroughly enjoyed the event “Quiz Busters”. At the end, the winners and all the participants were felicitated with certificates. We had also called upon our counsellor Ms Rashmi Lalwani and our supervisor Ms Arathi Kellog as our guests. We have also awarded all the kids with certificates of different levels. Our motto being, to encourage and motivate all the kids. Such activity not only boosts their confidence but also expands their knowledge of things, either general or in specific area. Quizzing also aids in language development and team building process.

The activity doesn’t end here. One should keep in mind that current affairs broaden our sense of perceiving the outer world and change our outlook of understanding things. Due to technological advancements, the information is available in many forms like newspapers, internet, radio and television. Accessibility to information is easy and quick. We should all try to keep ourselves constantly updated and thereby support our kids in gathering more information. Let us keep encouraging our kids to look beyond their textual knowledge. As said earlier, we always appreciate the support given by you as parents. Thank you for being wonderful parents. Would be looking forward for your co-operation in the activity coming up next!!