The playground of Sarala Birla Public School was filled with the atmosphere of zest, euphoria and frolic on Thursday as the school celebrated its “Annual Sports Meet –2016 UDAAN-Soaring High”. The Sports day commenced by the felicitation of the Chief Guest, Amar Bauri, Revenue & land Reforms, Art, Culture, Sports & Youth Affairs Minister.
The function began with the March past. The flag was hoisted and the sports meet was declared open. It was followed by a melodious welcome song. On this auspicious day, the NEWSlETTER was also released.
The Chief Guest, in his speech, emphasized on the importance of sports in children’s life and the dos and the don’ts in the area of sports. A wide range of sports events such as 100 metre race, yoga, taekwondo, relay race, 200 metre race took place during the day.
The girls of grade VI to IX presented a dance in which they made a use of hula-hoop. The winners of different events i.e. badminton, basketball, 400 mt race, long jump, discuss, shot put, chess, wushu, cricket, football, shooting were given medals and certificates.
Two students, Akshay Kumar Rai and Shashank Pandey were felicitated with trophies as they brought laurels to the school by winning medals at National level. Seven students -- Mangalam Dwivedi, Ankit Raj, Kunal Choudhary, Kumari Sapna, Sakhi Bangar, Eklavya Oroan and Vijay lakshmi were honoured with trophies as they qualified for the Nationals in various events.
The Head Personnel and Admin. Pradip Varma applauded the efforts of the students and the teachers for making the event a huge success.
The Principal, Paramjit Kaur said, "Sporting events at the school level help a student to be physically and mentally agile. It also helps develop professional sportspersons. She added, “The school management is very eager to nurture good sportsmen in all the games and hence coaching in a variety of sports is provided to the students.”