Children celebrated the birth day of their beloved Chacha Nehru as Children’s Day with enthusiasm and gaiety in different schools of the city on Friday. All the schools of the city wore a look of festivity on the day as students and their teachers joined in the celebrations. The Primary education Director RK Kunwar said that the day was celebrated in all the government schools of the state. The schools heads elaborately explained the life and achievements of the first Prime Minister of the country Jawahar lal Nehru during the morning meetings.
The private schools of the city were equally enthusiastic in celebrating the day. It was festivity through out the day in the Brightland’s School located in the Dalanwala locality of the city. The Principal of the school P. Thapliyal told The Pioneer that the students enacted various performances and were totally ecstatic on the day. The appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ was clearly visible on the day as students undertook cleanliness drives in the schools. The tiny tots of the Charmwood kindergarten enjoyed various games like musical chairs, sac race, marble run, dart, dog and bone and toffee race on Children’s Day. The Director of the school Gaurav Sethi said that the kids were shown a small movie depicting life and works of Pandit Nehru.
In Kendriya Vidyalaya, ONGC the celebrations began with the Principal DS Negi paying obeisance to Pt Jawaharlal Nehru’s portrait. Students of primary classes of four KVs of the city participated in many creative activities. More than 150 students took part in the activities including making the ‘Best out of waste’, Rangoli Making, Poetry and collage making. The Principal also inaugurated a Book Fair that was organized in the school. A cleanliness campaign was also launched on the occasion in the school and the most immaculate and tidy class was felicitated by the Principal.
At Summer Valley school the celebrations started with the teachers singing inspirational songs for the students who in turn applauded their efforts. The teachers also performed spectacular dance numbers and their performance was loudly cheered by the students.
The members of staff of Unison World School organized a cultural show for the students which started with Ganesh Vandana. The teachers danced on many foot-tapping numbers amid wild cheers of the students. The teachers showcased their abilities as they performed western dances, Bhangra and Indian classical dance with equal élan. The sports department of the school organized many games for the students and they enthusiastically participated in the musical chair, three-legged race, shuttle race, sack race and lemon and spoon race. The most interesting event however was the ‘tug of war’ which was played between teachers and students; this event was won by the students.
The students of St. Nursery school performed a range of innovative and fun-filled activities to mark the day. The Students of classes Pre-Nursery, Nursery and lKG took part in a Fancy Dress Competition in which the students came dressed up as characters ranging from cartoons, politicians, freedom fighters to very innovative ones like newspaper, traffic light, honey bee and the map of India.
The Asian School organised a cultural programe on the occasion of Children’s Day. A Children’s Day Fete was also part of the celebrations and it was boisterous, lively and enthusiastically set up. The students tried their luck at Hoopla, breaking the pyramid and Tailing the Donkey. The stall of school teachers Anju Chaudhary and Ritu Tomar was adjudged the best decorated stall.
The students of the Pine Hall School enjoyed a fete which was organised on the occasion. The day was also celebrated with enthusiasm in the Convent of Jesus and Marry, Doon International School, Aryan school and Hillgrange Prep school.