Like every year the famous International Kite Festival was held at Sabarmati River Front. 
Our enthusiastic children participated in gamut of activities and proved their excellence in competitions. 
First event was the “Treasure Hunt”. It seemed as if an actual treasure hunt was going on with children literally scavenging for the clues which were scattered in an evidently random but actually quite organized manner. The level of difficulty added to the thrill leaving the children exhausted but happy. Securing First position was an added bonus!
The second event was “Quiz”. The questions asked were answered smartly by our team and they secured Second position. After the event the children were taken kite flying where they interacted with the kite flyers of different countries. They also tried out their hands at flying some world class kites.
Third event was Painting Competition on theme of “Kite Festival” where children unveiled their Painting talent. 
In Origami workshop children learned new tricks of paper folding and enjoyed it too. 
During the last event children learned the art of making Kites on their own. 
As children were taken to Sabarmati Riverfront for each event, they could see the Kites made by International flyers.

This month young Yuva Brigade of Udgam School for Children put in a lot of effort and collected Kites for the under privileged children. 
The joy of collecting with that feeling of satisfaction of doing something for the society and also distributing to the joyful children just before the much celebrated festival of Uttarayan was a real treat for them. We are thankful to students and parents from donating kites. 
See the happy and satisfied faces of our students while distributing the kites.

Std. IX had ‘Group Discussion’ on the theme of ‘Childhood’ as an FA activity and also as a part of English speaking skill. The class was divided into 5 groups with 8 members in a group. A moderator for each group was selected by the members themselves. In the process of preparing and practicing for the GD, students learnt a lot – they learnt to work in a group, get along with other, to give every member a chance to speak and so on. The topics of the groups were:

1) Children do not have any Responsibility or Burden
2) Childhood is a Time of Joy and Pleasure
3) Most Parents have a Prejudice again the Girl Child
4) Nobody understand the Problems of Children
5) Children do not have any Independence

Udgam School organized their Annual Sports Meet for Class 6, 7, and 8 on 9^th Jan,2015. It was a fun filled day, with children bursting with energy along with all the support from Teachers, Vice Principal, and Principal. The series of events started with the ceremonial torch lighting followed by activities like March past, Running race, Lezim, Baton relay, Aerobics, Three legged race, Hurdle race, Dumb bell exercises, Pyramid, Volley ball and Hand ball. The teacher also showed their zeal and participated in Lemon and spoon race. And at the end the most stimulating moment of the day – Recognition to the winners with medals and certificates.

A workshop was organized by the school on Rheumatism & Arthritis for Preprimary Teachers.
Dr.Sharma presided over the lecture and answered certain queries of the staff. It was a very informative session.
Preventive measures were discussed, with tips on how to overcome the disease.

Students of Class 2 had their Sports Day Celebrations on Saturday, 12th December. They had a variety of events after lighting of the torch, such as Surya Namaskar, Pyramid, Exercises and a variety of races.
Here are a few glimpses of the day. 

Students of Junior and Senior KG were taken to visit DMart. They were shown around the aisles by their teachers who helped them to identify products that are used in their homes. This activity helped them to understand groups of articles and also gave them an idea of where we buy our things from. 
The children enjoyed the outing and were eager to share their observations with their parents.

Students holding up their Hour of Code certificates which they got after an hour of successful coding.

Like every winter students have been collecting sweaters and other woollens for the last couple of months. Today morning a few of our students visited nearby slum areas along with their teachers and distributed the woollens among the people living there. Since temperatures have dropped suddenly, the gift of warmth was welcomed heartily by the slum-dwellers. The happy smiles of the children warmed our hearts. Our students learnt the joy of giving too. We would like to thank all parents and students for sparing woollens to distibute among the economically weaker section of our society.

Children of Class IV had a veggie day in school today. They brought all kinds of vegetables from their home in their lunch boxes; either in the form of salads, sandwiches or a curry. They got together and shared their yummy lunches. The pictures give us a glimpse of the fun they had while eating a healthy lunch.