School Shines

USFC hosted the prestigious International dance festival organized by Spandan on 10^th January and 11^th January at Gujarat University Convention Hall as a part of exchange of culture. Apart from India there were dancers from 4 countries who showcased their talent on stage. A group of 17 girls of USFC put schools name forward by performing a traditional ‘kathak’ dance. With their graceful steps and confident gestures, they left everybody present in the hall mesmerized. No body could stop clapping throughout the whole performance. 11^th January, being the last day of the festival, was attended by our trustee Shri Gautambhai Choksi and Executive Director Shri Manan Choksi. The evening ended with national anthems of all the participating countries being sung with pride and honour. 

Christmas Bells

Pre Primary Children of USFC celebrated Christmas with great fun and frolic. The school was delightfully decorated to accord due prominence to the occasion. Christmas tree was put up to make children understand its importance. Few students came dressed as Santa Claus and red and white was the theme colour all around the campus. The school echoed with the Christmas songs and children moved their feet on the same tunes. Santa Claus with gifts and Jingle Bells were also visible on the soft Boards all over the school.

Kankaria Carnival

Based on the performance given by the girls of USFC at Kankaria Carnival 2011, this year also school received invitation to showcase its  talent at the Carnival. So a “Kathak” dance was planned and 18 enthusiastic girls took part in it. Although they are from different classes, they managed to take time out for practice daily and the result was seen on Saturday 29^th December,2012 when they got the chance to perform. Their elegant costume, graceful steps and synchronized movements enchanted the audience and drew loud applause.They mesmerized everyone present there and also the passersby. The performance was applauded and appreciated by one and all. Following are the names of the students, who participated in the event, school is proud of them.

Udgamites Shine

Udgam School firmly believes in Recycle, Reduce and Reuse and this is what is inculcated in the students as well. This was made clear by Jaanvi Desai of class 8 when she made a motorbike made out of waste nuts and bolts and won 1^st prize at city level competition organized by United World Institute of Design, wherein more than 1500 students from 25 schools participated with their products.  

She was conferred with a trophy at the grand function on 23^rd of December.

All the participating students will get certificates and the winners at school level got gold, silver and bronze medals.

USFC congratulates and is proud of all the students.  

Hands on Experience

As winter has already set in, we see variety of vegetables around us. In order to make children of Pre primary section aware of importance of green vegetables and our body requirement of these, “Sandwich” day was observed in Junior K.G. wherein children had loads of fun preparing sandwich of their own style and also relishing them was great fun.

 “Vegetable Shop Day ” was also  celebrated for Nursery and Jr. K.G. section. Children brought vegetables from home which was arranged in a shop. Tiny tots got the chance to buy and sell the vegetables. End of the day teachers and students together made vegetable salad and enjoyed it along with recognizing the importance of green vegetables.

SCHOOL LEVEL NCO CHAMPS

It is a matter of pride to announce the class toppers of the 12^th SOF National Cyber Olympiad. Following is the list of students who managed to bag medals for their outstanding performance in NCO at school level:

Awareness Campaign

USFC has always shouldered moral responsibility, may it be any field. Although not 18 years of age, students of class 10 already know the importance of casting the vote during elections. So with the elections coming up in the next week, enlightened students prepared and presented a nukkad natak on the theme of ‘Cast your Precious Vote”.

The awareness nukkad natak stretched from the school premises to a shopping mall with an objective of touching the people and convincing them to cast their precious vote and importance of taking part in elections.

The students were successful in reaching out the public and were applauded and encouraged by one and all. 

Best Out Of Waste

In order to make children aware of uses of waste material, and to give them a lesson on reducing waste to save our future, a ‘Best out of Waste’ competition was organised for students of class 6-12.

Mind-blowing, beyond expectation, fantabulous ideas were demonstrated by students. Right from waste ropes to broken bangles, plastic bangles, waste nails to broken door handles every waste material was used and the result was a hall full of projects made out of waste. 

The jury was from United World Institute of Design. They were amazed to see the models working and non working made by children. It took a couple of hours for them to judge the best 3 out of more than 100 exhibits.

Following are the winners

The exhibition was kept open for all the students to see during school hours. The exhibits left the children astonished.

Visit to Aviation Institute

An orientation program was organized by Ahmedabad Aviation and Aeronautics Ltd.(AAA) to create an awareness about the qualifications required and the courses available to join the  aviation industry. For this the students of Std XI (Science) were taken to the Institute of Aviation Technology and Engineering in batches on three different days.

The students were first shown a presentation which gave the details of the various courses offered in aviation, the facilities provided by the institute and the eligibility criteria for admission. They were then shown the small aircrafts owned by the institute and also given a chance to sit in the cockpit.  They were impressed to see the various labs where the future pilots are taught the various nuances of flying. Two lucky students also got a chance to fly along with their families from their Mehsana airfield. Overall it was an exhilarating experience for the students as they got a new option to consider for their career.

Workshop on Parenting

Udgam School for Children attaches high value to parenting and considers children’s education an effort of cooperation & synergy between parents and the school. We have been creating videos on the subject (you can view them in www.youtube.com/udgamschool1).  To further the process we presented our first maiden workshop for our parents last Saturday i.e on 8^th of December 2012.The workshop was on “Parent and Child Relationship” specifically designed for the parents of 3^rd and 4^th standard students. It was conducted by the Director of the Primary Section, Ms. Pratima Patel. The hall was packed to its capacity and the presentation was well received by the entire audience .

Competent and caring parenting is essential for the well being of any child. The presentation brought to light Do’s and Don’ts of parent’s communication to children.