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assertive
awarecheerful
bitter
kind
lively
amiable
eager
careless energetic
confusing
caring
daring
fervent
friendly
loving
harsh
pensive
frightened passionate whimsical
secretive sparklingverbose
unforgettable
vocalwild
hot-headed
frightening
romanticforgetful
fantastical
daydreamer
exasperating
malleable
expressive
defensive
elpless
differentfaithful
emotionalinterdependent
linguistic
insubordinate
dreamy
bubbly
bold tactless
proud sceptical vivacious
reckless
resentful
anticipative
arrogant
nonconformist
sentimental speculative
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annoying
affectionateboisterous
creative
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hopeful
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opinionated
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And I am still a Child!And I am still a Child!
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Oct-Nov 2014 VOLUME 2 ISSUE 6
THE POWER
OF PLAY
In general, play is a developmental task, a process
of exploring and experiencing the world. Children
confront situations that stimulate real life when they
play and by enacting them they acquire the abilities
necessary to master these situations. Play helps to
prepare children for a world that belongs to adults, as
well as to learn, many fundamental life skills.
The values of play:
Recent research has shown that play is childhood
stimulates the brain and the body and that it is the
best resource to make learning easier.
Imagination and creativity are the skills
that benefit the most from play. Apart
fromtheintellectualaspect,achild’s
social, emotional and physical
potential can be developed also.
It is thus an indispensable
activity for a child’s integral
development.
The reality is that a quantity
of toys will never trump quality.
Focus on a few toys that will challenge
development.
For sustaining interest in toys it is important to
rotate their availability, so as to avoid your child from
getting bored with one particular toy. Toys are one of
themostimportanttoolsinplay.Thechild’sagecanbe
a guide in choosing a toy. The purpose of educational
toys is to give children greater learning opportunities.
The value of toys is that children learn better through
interesting and challenging activities, which are not
too complicated and difficult. When a child performs
a new activity successfully, they feel motivated to do
it again or a more complicated version, hence learning
new skills. Children need a variety of toys to stimulate
all their senses. Some of the toys should offer specific
features that can be touched, observed and analysed,
in order to understand concepts like fast & slow,
light & heavy, thin & fat. In this way, children will
base their learning on experience and adult
explanation.
Opportunity to play in different
environment is also very enriching.
One should hence provide your
child with certain toys for outdoor
activities.Playingoutdoorsallows
a child to stretch themselves
physically which they cannot do
indoors. Outdoors they can run
around unhindered and develop
strength and fitness in kicking or
hitting a ball or climbing. It is important
for children to play outside whenever possible.
“ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK
A DULL BOY.”
Mrs. Villoo Parikh,
Head of Preschool
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Hard times, today have become
a part of our lives, be it adults
or children. Parenting today
has become a totally new and
difficult job for reasons no
one can explain.
As parents, we have begun to
expect our children to perform
miracles at every stage of life,
be it studies or extracurricular
activities.
In this fast moving
world, where most of the
parents are working, they
give less and less time to their
children, but expect that
their child performs in
academics and other
fields.
Generally it so
happens, due to
shortage of time, parents
bribe their children with
goodies, if they get a good grade
	 in school, little thinking that they
are imbibing wrong values in the
child’s minds. We complain about
corruption in the society, but see
corruption has begun at home.
This is a wrong practice, which is
rampant in today’s world.
Parents for a certain reason want
their child to be a jack of all because
there is so much competition
everywhere. They continuously
compare their child’s likes, dislikes,
strength, weaknesses with
either their friends, classmates
etc.
Aren’t we putting a lot of stress
on them? They are doing so
many things in such a short
time.
Television and mobiles
have taken the place of open
gardens and outdoor play. Who is
responsible for this? I think we
all know the answer but
somehow ignore and avoid it.
A humble request to one and
all please let the child remain
a child and enjoy his/her
childhood.
Some tips:
(1)	 Give quality time
	 to your child.
(2)	 Have a healthy
	conversation.
(3)	 Motivate them at every
	 stage of life.
(4)	 Encourage them to play
	 outdoor games.
These are just small things, which
can help the child to become
independentandastrongindividual.
AlovelysayingbyShriRajeshReddy…
Mere dil ke ek kone main masoom
sa ek bachchha
Dekhkar bado ki duniya, Bada hone
se darta hai.
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Parenting –
The Way It Should Be!
Mrs. Hina Desai,
Teacher – Preschool
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,‘
,
 
       
,   ,    

?
 

     
 ’
 ,   ,   

,


   
,   , 

    
 
?
 
,
           ‘  
 ’,
 ,   ,          

,‘?’
,
 ,  
          
,   ,            

       ,      
, 
,
                ,
,,
?,,
? 
Mrs. Jashavanti Dadhania,
Teacher-Secondary School
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
       ,      
, 
,
                ,
,,
?,,
? 
                 ?  
   ,     ,   
,           
?
             
,
  

                   
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Mrs. G.Vijayalakshmi,
Teacher – Secondary School
MUSE OVER THESE
AMUSING WORDS…..
SNIGLETS are words that exist but do not appear in a dictionary.
Here are some amusing sniglets that are universally accepted as words:
	ZIZZEBOTS- The mark on the bridge of one’s
	 nose visible when glasses are removed.
	ABRACADABBLER-An amateur magician.
	BALOOZA-Something that’s not true.
	CARBAGE-The trash found in your car
	QUIZZLE- A common phrase represented by a picture
	BOVILEXIA- the uncontrollable urge to lean out the window and yell “Moo”
	 when driving past a herd of cows
	TREEWARE-Documents made out of paper
	 as opposed to electronic documents
	GLEEMAIL- Inspirational mails forwarded to you by a friend
	GLEEMULE-One unit of toothpaste measured from bristle to bristle
	FLOPCORN-The unpopped corn kernels at the bottom of the cooker
Career Guides
Seminars on higher studies were held for students
of Class 12. The students were guided about various
branches of higher education post school. They were
told about unconventional choices too.
SCHOOL EVENTS
HUSTLE-BUSTLE Mrs. Deepa Hemnani
Academic Coordinator
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GANDHI JAYANTI CELEBRATION
In order to pay respect to the ‘Father of our Nation’,
a gamut of activities were conducted in the school, in
accordance with CBSE directive. Starting from 25th
September the school observed Swach Vidyalaya
Campaign. The junior classes took a pledge on
cleanliness. The children ensured that the classrooms
remained clean. Competitions were held to make
the drive exciting and the rally slogans outside the
school were sure to reverberate long after the period.
Recognitions were given to Cleanest Class. The students were also involved in songs and
bhajans to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi. Also students presented skit to bring out
essence of being clean.
One more important principle given by Gandhiji was touched in the form of Debate: NON-
VIOLENCE. The students confidently on the topic ‘Global Violence: Are we civilised or not?’
As this generation has come across global violence in a major way and they realise the need
for non-violence now more than ever before, they spoke about World Peace.
UNITY DAY
Udgam School has always shouldered
the responsibility for social causes, so
not missing a chance, in spite of the
ongoing Diwali break, 25 enthusiastic
students participated actively in Unity
Day celebration on 31st October and
also held activities in school on 7th November for the school students to create the essence of
being United.The activities included Poster Making, Run for Unity, Pledge etc.
NAVRATRI CELEBRATION
India is a country of Festivals, and Gujarat is a state of
celebration of Festivals, so students of Primary and
Preprimary section had a chance to come to school
dressed in Traditional outfit and dance to the tunes of
Garba with their friends and beloved teachers.
CHILDREN’S DAY
If September is for Teachers, November
is for Children. To make Children’s Day
a special one, teachers planned several
surprise activities which left the children
overwhelmed and happy.
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TRAFFIC AWARENESS
Traffic awareness was held in the school right from
Preschool section to higher secondary. All the age groups
were involved in the campaign in unique way. On one
hand preprimary children were taken to Traffic Park
simultaneously secondary section students make PPTs
and presented before Junior classes. One age group went
on roads to create awareness among general public. All
learned many unknown facts about the Traffic rules and
also spread the same to the public.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
COMPETITION BY CBSE
A team consisting Shriraj Gandhi of Class 12 and Arnav
Buch of Class X won the City level round organised by
CBSE to enter the National Level to be held in Delhi
in December.
FESTIVALS GALORE
To imbibe the diversity of India among the children of Class 2,
Festivals Galore was organized, wherein children were divided
into groups and were taught about different festivals and their
customs thereon. After gaining knowledge about the same children
presented and staged it with dances and unique food of that region
and festival.
PLASTIC WASTE RECYCLING AWARENESS
Gujarat State Plastic Manufactures Association (GSPMA)
conducted a Plastic Waste Management Workshop in
Udgam School as a part of the Recycling Week campaign.
The resource person created awareness through short
films and presentations in a highly interactive session.
There is a need to motivate students to value plastic
waste as a resource material and not as something
unwanted, ugly & useless. This will promote separation
of dry waste at source, careful disposal and litter free
campuses ultimately leading to a cleaner
& healthier environment.
CLASS EVENTS
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SANDWICH MAKING
Classes 3, 4 & 5 enjoyed making Sandwich
with their group of friends, they brought
interesting ingredients from home and
assembled all the things to make delicious,
healthy, hygienic and presentable sandwiches
which they relished with their friends and
teachers during the break.
SALAD MAKING FOR CLASS 3
A healthy salad making activity was conducted in
Class 3. Children brought a variety of fruits and vegetables
from their homes. Teachers helped them to prepare
yummy tasting salads.
Children discovered that boring looking green vegetables
can be consumed as salads by mixing it with other
vegetables and promised to make and
eat salads regularly.
SWEET DAY
Sweet Day was celebrated in Class 4 as a part of
Diwali celebrations. Children brought a variety of
homemade sweets and savouries which they happily
munched and shared with their classmates.
CLASS 8
‘ Boring’ is the word used usually for
‘History’. But this is not true for Class 8, as
the topic of Coming of Europeans to India
was taught through a unique ‘Comic Strip
Mode’. Students chose an event from the
above topic, gathered information from the
Internet , worked in pairs and the result was
unimaginable. Students became the comic
strip creators and depicted the event chosen
in the comic form and gained knowledge
about the event and the topic was easily
understood by the students.
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PRESCHOOL
Nursery Class went on a Farm Visit to
witness the rare collection of birds like
Ostrich, Turkey, Emu, etc. Fishes greeted
the kids and students enjoyed the visit to
the fullest.
Green Day was celebrated in Playgroup
of Preschool. Children wore green and
played with green. Through a variety of
fun and learning activities they were introduced to the concept of green colour. They were
encouraged to water plants, wash and play with green veggies and thread beads that were
green in colour to enjoy the vibrancy of the colour of nature.
Children of Preschool were actively involved in the Traffic Awareness drive too. They also
had a gala Children’s Day celebration.
PRESCHOOL IN ACTION
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MEDIA BUZZ
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MY TRIP TO IMAGICA
The Family of Rabbits
Neerja Bhatt
Class 2 C
Priya Shah
Class 5 G
I had an exciting trip to Imagica in October. I went with my family
and friends. There were 17 of us. There were so many thrill rides
like Nitro, Scream machine, Gold Rush, D2 etc. I went for Gold
Rush –the big roller coaster ride twice, which I think was the best!
Another ride which I liked was Mr. India, in which the famous
characters of Anil Kapoor, Sri Devi, and Calendar, take us through
the simulated car ride of Imagica, and saving the children from the villain, Mogambo!
Rajasauras was another thrilling ride in which we ride a boat, get attached by dinosaurs and
eventually have a roller coaster ride in the water!
Last, but not the least, the Princess Castle, The
Cinderella Shoe, and the Imagica parade in the evening
made the place very lively.
We spent almost 11 hours having fun at Imagica and
stayed there till 9 p.m, until the wonderland closed.
In the evening lightings Imagica seemed like a dream
world, the world from which I never want to come out.
While coming out of the gates, we could only remind
ourselves of the Imagica song which goes as follows:
Imagica Imagica
Yeh to hai apna imagination,
Yehi pe crazy ho jayega,
Yeh to hai family fun ka destination,
Yehi pe masti me time ud jayega,
Imagica ….Yae yae ya ImagicaYae yae ya ,
Imagica its truly magical!
I would definitely recommend a trip to Imagica, and would love to visit again!
Once upon a time in a beautiful jungle there lived a family of
rabbits. The mother’s name was Snowbell, the brother was Jack
and the sister was called Snowy. One sunny morning the three
went in search of a juicy green patch of grass. In no time they
found the perfect patch of green wholesome grass. They tucked
into the succulent food.
While they were eating a tiger came near the patch. As we all know
rabbits are afraid of tigers and the three bolted as soon as the
tiger. They saw Pinky, the elephant across the river, and shouted to
her for help. She stretched her long trunk across the narrow river.
The rabbits hopped on to her trunk and then climbed on to her back. Pinky splashed some
muddy water on the tiger and the tiger ran away.
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Sweet Sister
The Anonymous
Rushil Chadha
Class 7 F
A sister is the one, who fills your life with thrills.
But sometimes due to her, you eat bitter pills.
If she’s is elder then all’s well and good,
Shell give new toys and make tasty food.
But go to her only when she’s in a good mood
Otherwise in anger, she’ll always be rude.
However, things are different if she’s small
She’ll beat you by kicking and slapping you, in spite of you being tall.
So, if you have a naughty little sister, I can imagine the stress given to you.
Don’t worry friend, I have one in my house too.
“We areAnonymous.We are Legion.
We do not forgive.We do not forget.
Expect us.”
I’m sure the above lines look a bit
strange to you. But these are not
just any lines. These are the lines of
revolution,accordingtoAnonymous,
a hacktivist group which has gained
quite some attention in the past few
years. Anonymous does not work
under a leader or anything of that
sort, it is a group of hackers who are
against censorship of the internet
and the breach of privacy done by
the national intelligence agencies.
Anonymous is believed to have
started on the image sharing
website 4chan, starting initially as
a group of “trollers”, or people who
make jokes out of other people for
entertainment. Slowly they started
to grow in number and started to
shift towards social issues. In 2008,
they launched their first hacktivism
operation, “Operation Chanology”
against The Church of Scientology
after the church issued an
infringement letter against a 4chan
member for leaking Tom Cruise’s
video about the religion. The group
responded by launching multiple
attacks on the church’s server.
The video they uploaded gained
thousands of views.
Anonymous members, called
“Anons” usually wear Guy Fawkes
masks and are known to keep their
identities secret. They have been
labelled as “freedom fighters” and
“digital Robin Hoods” by many
people. In 2012, they were voted by
Time magazine as one of the “100
most influential” people on the
earth.
Anonymous, until now have carries
out hundreds of movements
against various governments and
organizationslikePayPal,Sony,Visa,
MasterCard and also the FBI. The
group has also attacked theTunisian
government and the Uganda
government too, making a political
statement about government
surveillance and censorship.
They have carried out not only
hacks but also protests in public.
Thousands of people wear the Guy
Fawkes masks and have carried out
movementsopposingcertainpolicies
and rules of the organisations.
Governments have taken various
steps to shut down this radical group
but have not been able to fully shut
down the organization. Thousands
of hackers have been detained but
the organization is still functional.
Theiractivitieshavereducedtoquite
an extent, but it won’t bea surpriseif
they strike again anytime soon.
Suchorganizationshaveshowntime
and again what common people can
do to voice their opinions.
Dheer Patel
Class 10 C
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Paucity of time
ELEMENTS OF ELOQUENCE
On27thAugust2014,goingthrough
the daily newspaper, reading about
issues like the new party-in-power’s
plans and committees, the exciting
US Open results, Business and
Economy, the soaring Forex and
Sensex values, I stopped.....with
mywholeheartandsoulatacorner
and realised that something of
muchcolossalsignificancehasbeen
belittled by our country. The news
read,“StalkedandharassedRohtak
teens and lives, and American
dream”. My heart pounced but I
managed to keep it to my wits..!!
Both the girls, Madhu and Nikita
shared a dream: a life in America,
a world free from Rohtak. The two
teens were being harassed and
followed by young men. The lewd
remarks, their atrocities knew no
bounds when these tormentors
troubled and stalked them
incessantly. The two girls were
workinghardtofulfilltheirandtheir
families’ dream of making to the
UnitedStates ofAmerica.
People often question that such
incidents take place in the country
time and out and the conditions
will certainly not improve so what’s
the point of such news?But its
important to bring light to such
cases as these form the substantial
component of our “wrecking”
society! Is it really worth making
biginternationaldeals,orattending
huge conferences, or the striking
down of the collegium system, or
the formation of the new party’s
parliamentary board, or other
such political operations, when the
country is not able to protect two
innocent girls from three “stray
dogs”!!.With due respect to the
prestigious Constitution of our
country, when our constitution
provides every citizen to reside
in any part of the country with
assuranceandrefuge,thenwhythe
two girls were deprived from this
right?? Our homeland has failed to
provide its daughters a shelter, a
shelter where they can live with
safety, security and care, where
the society doesn’t question their
character for being harassed.
None of us is familiar with their day
to day brutalities and so we are no
one to judge their “call of action”.
Even after so many heinous crimes
taking place in the country and the
never ending court procedures and
hearings, we are always back to
square one! It’s time for all the girls
to proclaim that the fate of their
existence is in their hands and no
one can seize hold of their dignity
and self esteem! These probes
have proved to be exemplary for all
the females that they themselves
will have to safeguard and armour
their lives........Because India will
wait. It will wait to see another
Nirbhaya grow, dream, relish the
fake promises and commitments
of the society and then subside into
a helpless end as India has much
“macro”problemstodealwiththen
such “iota” issues.
Shakespearewasnotagenius.He
was, without the distant shadow
of a doubt, the most wonderful
writer who ever breathed. But
not a genius. No angels handed
him his lines, no fairies proofread
for him. Instead, he learnt
techniques, he learnt tricks, and
he learnt them well. Genius, as
we tend to talk about it today,
is some sort of mysterious and
combustible substance that
burns brightly and burns out. It’s
the strange gift of poets and pop
starsthatallowsthemtoproduce
one wonderful work in their early
Dishen Majithia
Class 10 A
Megha Gupta
Class 12 D
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twenties and then nothing. It is
mysterious. It is there. It is gone.
Shakespeare didn’t started out
with complete success as we
can see in his earlier novels like
‘Titus Adronicus’ and ‘ love’s
labour lost’. The novels to be
quite frank were not up to the
mark and lacked inspiration. But
then Shakespeare learnt new
tricks and developed his writing
and improved. Shakespeare did
not consider himself sacred. He
would often just steal content
from other people. However,
whatever he stole he improved,
and he improved it using the
formulas, flowers and figures
of rhetoric. A moderate Henry
I becomes a great Henry IV.
All of his novels were glutted
with beautiful descriptions
and the way of presenting
these descriptions, the way
of describing the particular
tragedy is what makes his plays
great. The tricks that he learnt
developed his thinking and that
showed in his writing. But one
of the most important trick
that he learnt was that people,
knowingly or unknowingly are
attracted to works of alliteration.
Such a simple figure of speech
transformed his works.
To prove my point I would refer
to a verse from a translation
of Plutarch’s novel by Thomas
North. The verse was a quite
simple yet beautiful one and
Shakespeare has adopted
it in Hamlet. The verse was
quite similar in meaning and
composition but when we ask
a person whether they have
heard about North’s translation
or Shakespeare’s hamlet, the
obvious answer would be Hamlet
because it is a much more
popular work and because it
contains one of the few elements
of eloquence. Alliteration.
Shakespeare transforms each
and every word and puts it down
in Elizabethan in his well-known
style and simply replaces words
with similar meanings.
Asaresult,weknowShakespeare
more widely and more fondly
than North or Plutarch. I’m not
saying Shakespeare was a cheat.
He was a wonderful writer and
was much better than anyone
else. But he simply understood
the need for rhetoric in literature
and generously provided it. Not
only Shakespeare but also many
great writers like John Keats
have adopted alliteration. Keats
once wrote fourteen lines of
F’s and S’s and it was beautiful.
All the great writers or the so-
called ‘geniuses’ have created a
world for the readers.A beautiful
world irrespective of the genre.
And the writer creates this world
with the help of the ‘elements of
eloquence’.
Let there be light!
Pitch black save for the glowing embers of coal
The young things toiled away
Damp and unbearably hot
Furrowed brows dripping with sweat
Nimble fingers caked with soot
The children mourned the
unfortunate passing
Of Rama in last week’s blast
The board outside proclaimed “Saraswati Fireworks”
And underneath
(though they couldn’t read it)
“Let there be light”
Shriraj Gandhi
Class 12 B
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Kathan Parekh
Class 10 B
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Vanshika Thakur
Class 8 C
“You are going to meet the
CM”,thesewordsfromRadhika
Ma’am, our Principal, left me
super excited, suspicious and
confused at the same time.
Next day as per plan, I reached
the Ahmedabad Mirror office
in the morning. The program
had been arranged by the
Mirror team. They were to
take hundred children from
different schools and sections
of the society to seven
different places that is the
CM’s office, fire station, radio
station, railway museum, GIFT
city, DGP’s and IP’s office and
Ahmedabad International
Airport.
The children were divided into
ten groups. As time constraint
was there each group would
visit only two places. Our
group visited the CM’s office
in Gandhinagar and the GIFT
city. Meeting the CM was a
wonderful experience. Mrs.
Anandiben Patel had initially
decided to spend only 30
minutes with us but when we
all started talking to her and
putting our queries to her, she
spent about an hour and a half.
She spoke to us like a teacher
and not as a CM. We asked
her many questions about
her life, her interests, her role
as a CM and her childhood.
She answered them all with a
lot of patience. She is a very
down-to-earth lady despite
her position. She is also very
disciplined and it is an integral
part of her life. After the
meeting room interaction we
went to the garden where we
were served chocolates and
sweets.
Next we headed towards GIFT
city. This tech city aspires
to cater to India’s large
financial services by offering
global firms world class
infrastructure and facilities.
It aims to attract top talent
in the country by providing
them the finest quality of life
within integrated townships.
Its unique architecture and
planning is that attracted me
most. Completion of the city
will take another decade or so.
Afterwards we went to Patang,
a revolving restaurant in the
heart of Ahmedabad city. Of
course this was the best part
of the day! We had a lot of fun
there with RJ Megha hosting
the party. We played games
and ate to our fill. I met a lot
of other children, many from
municipal schools during this
visit. I loved interacting with
them. But I realised that they
do not get the facilities that we
take so much for granted.
This was undoubtedly the
happiest Children’s Day of my
life!
My Happiest
Children’s Day
BOOKSFORABUBBLYCHILDHOOD:A
CHILDREN’SDAYSPECIAL
AnotherChildren’sDayhascomeandgone,butif
youaskme,everysingledayistheirday.Moreso,
whenIseethelittlecherubicfacesmaketheirway
intothelibraryandclamorfortheirfavoritebooks!
Come,let’sdelveintosomeofthemostloved
children’sliteraturefromallaroundtheworld.
Writingforchildrenisamonumentaltask,giventheirfragile,impressionablemindsandinfinitecapacitytoabsorbany
andeverythingwhichcomestheirway.WriterslikeR.K.Narayan(MalgudiDays,SwamiandFriends),Dr.Seuss(Green
EggsandHam,TheCatintheHat,OneFishTwoFish),RoaldDahl(CharlieandtheChocolateFactory,Matilda,The
BFG,TheWitches)andEricCarle(TheVeryHungryCaterpillar)havemanagedthisfeatadmirably.
Slightlyolderchildren,intheagegroupofninetothirteen
delightinreadingEnidBlyton(MaloryTowers,St.Clare’s,The
EnchantedWoodseries,TheNaughtiestGirl),SukumarRay(
GoopiGyneBaghaByneseries),CarolynKeene(NancyDrew,
HardyBoysseries),GeronimoStilton,TheDiaryofaWimpyKid
series,Aesop’sFables,comicbookcollectionslikeTintin,Asterix,
Archie,Benton,ArtemisFowlseries,thePercyJacksonseries,
shortstoriesbySudhaMurty,RuskinBond,theChroniclesof
Narniaseriesetcetera.Olderchildrenhavevariedtastes,ranging
fromHarryPotter,LordoftheRings,Twilight,SherlockHolmesto
P.G.Wodehouse,Shakespeare,TheFaultinOurStars,TheHungerGames,horrorstorycollectionsbyR.L.Stine,Ray
Bradbury,SatyajitRay,RoaldDahlandmanymore.
Thereadingandattentionspanofchildrenisveryless,therefore,ittakesa
geniusofahighordertocreateastoryandvisualscompellingenoughfor
themtoreadtheentirebook.Theauthorsandbooksmentionedhereare
onlyastartingpoint,manychildrenreadbeyondtheiryears,displaying
immensematurityandalevelofunderstandingatparwithadults.Togeta
childtoreadsomethingwhichispurelyforfun,andwhichwon’tbetested
intheclassroomnorwillfetchhimmarksisataskofherculeanproportions.
Idoffmyhattoallthechildren’swriterswhohavemanagedtocarvea
splendidnicheforthemselvesintheirtargetmarket,theimpressionable
youngmind.
Ms. Pallavi Sridhar
Librarian
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1.Sudoku is fun.
2. Can you guess the
missing number?
64
40
5 81
63
7 16
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4
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3. Solve the number
puzzle below.
4. Unscramble the words.
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Beautiful Colours
Ahaan Thakore 5C Uday Malhotra 5 E
Falak Doshi 1 E Srushti Shah 3 C
23
Krishna Oza 8 A
Punya Chhajer10C
Vedanshee Panchal 1 E
Mansi Shah 10 C
Through
my lens
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Children’s Day...a day that is celebrated in very few countries and fortunately India
is one of them! When Chacha Nehru suggested his birthday to be celebrated as a
day for children, the idea was welcomed with great enthusiasm. Being a child is not
easy, as you have learned over the past years, so on this day you can simply forget
everything else and enjoy life.
An idea! Why don’t you simply enjoy each day of life and make every day Children’s
Day?! Of course, I don’t mean giving up your studies and playing games all the time,
but enjoying whatever you do with full enthusiasm. Whether you are at home, in
school or outside, live your life to the full. Be happy with what you have and let others be happy too. Make it a mission
to put a smile on every face. Start with your home and spread the joy to your school and outside world. The happy faces
all around you will add to your joy and soon every day will be a Children’s Day!
Come on give it a try...what can go wrong?!
Meanwhile I have written a few lines for all young and young at heart people-
Colours of the sun merge into one,
When I see you my child after a long weary day
I forget my worry and the burdens that I carry
When you smile in welcome, it works like a balm
The day does not seem long, with a song in my heart I say
Come Ladli! Come let’s go out and play...
A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Editor:SagarikaSahana,ContentManager
Designedby:CreativeGrapes
Udgam School For Children
Opp. Sardar Patel Institute,Thaltej, Ahmedabad- 380 054 Gujarat.
Phone No: 26850339 99251 53153 | Email Id : info@udgamschool.com
Pre-Primary Section
Near IOC Petrol Pomp, Jodhpur Cross Roads, Satellite, Ahmedabad - 380 015 Gujarat.
Phone No: 26769595, 90999 02221 | Email Id: jodhpur@udgamschool.com
Mrs. Sagarika Sahana
Content Manager
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Udgam Matters Oct-Nov 2014

  • 1. Adventurous assertive awarecheerful bitter kind lively amiable eager careless energetic confusing caring daring fervent friendly loving harsh pensive frightened passionate whimsical secretive sparklingverbose unforgettable vocalwild hot-headed frightening romanticforgetful fantastical daydreamer exasperating malleable expressive defensive elpless differentfaithful emotionalinterdependent linguistic insubordinate dreamy bubbly bold tactless proud sceptical vivacious reckless resentful anticipative arrogant nonconformist sentimental speculative preoccupied annoying affectionateboisterous creative haughty hopeful complicated considerate enthusiastic confounding imaginative opinionated thoughtful thoughtless dramatic frustrating angrycorny moody musing personal pompous perky fanaticjealous introspective deepfoolish stubbornsympathetic angry hyper outspoken spirited unique insecure audacious scared talkative tentative Adventurous assertive awarecheerful bitter kind lively amiable eager careless energetic confusing caring daring fervent friendly loving harsh pensive frightened passionate whimsical secretive sparklingverbose unforgettable vocalwild hot-headed frightening romanticforgetful fantastical daydreamer exasperating malleable expressive defensive elpless differentfaithful emotionalinterdependent linguistic insubordinate dreamy bubbly bold tactless proud sceptical vivacious reckless resentful anticipative arrogant nonconformist sentimental speculative preoccupied annoying affectionateboisterous creative haughty hopeful complicated considerate enthusiastic confounding imaginative opinionated thoughtful thoughtless dramatic frustrating angrycorny moody musing personal pompous perky fanaticjealous introspective deepfoolish stubbornsympathetic angry hyper outspoken spirited unique insecure audacious scared talkative tentative 99 Adjectives that describe ME...99 Adjectives that describe ME... And I am still a Child!And I am still a Child! UDGAM MATTERS EVERY NOOK AND CORNER FOR CHILDRENEVERY NOOK AND CORNER FOR CHILDREN UDGAM MATTERS Please send your writings and drawings to newsletter@udgamschool.com 1 WhatsApp Communication We have started sending important notices through WhatsApp. Please add the following numbers to your WhatsApp list. Thaltej Campus: 9925153153 • Jodhpur Campus: 9099902221 Oct-Nov 2014 VOLUME 2 ISSUE 6
  • 2. THE POWER OF PLAY In general, play is a developmental task, a process of exploring and experiencing the world. Children confront situations that stimulate real life when they play and by enacting them they acquire the abilities necessary to master these situations. Play helps to prepare children for a world that belongs to adults, as well as to learn, many fundamental life skills. The values of play: Recent research has shown that play is childhood stimulates the brain and the body and that it is the best resource to make learning easier. Imagination and creativity are the skills that benefit the most from play. Apart fromtheintellectualaspect,achild’s social, emotional and physical potential can be developed also. It is thus an indispensable activity for a child’s integral development. The reality is that a quantity of toys will never trump quality. Focus on a few toys that will challenge development. For sustaining interest in toys it is important to rotate their availability, so as to avoid your child from getting bored with one particular toy. Toys are one of themostimportanttoolsinplay.Thechild’sagecanbe a guide in choosing a toy. The purpose of educational toys is to give children greater learning opportunities. The value of toys is that children learn better through interesting and challenging activities, which are not too complicated and difficult. When a child performs a new activity successfully, they feel motivated to do it again or a more complicated version, hence learning new skills. Children need a variety of toys to stimulate all their senses. Some of the toys should offer specific features that can be touched, observed and analysed, in order to understand concepts like fast & slow, light & heavy, thin & fat. In this way, children will base their learning on experience and adult explanation. Opportunity to play in different environment is also very enriching. One should hence provide your child with certain toys for outdoor activities.Playingoutdoorsallows a child to stretch themselves physically which they cannot do indoors. Outdoors they can run around unhindered and develop strength and fitness in kicking or hitting a ball or climbing. It is important for children to play outside whenever possible. “ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY.” Mrs. Villoo Parikh, Head of Preschool 2
  • 3. Hard times, today have become a part of our lives, be it adults or children. Parenting today has become a totally new and difficult job for reasons no one can explain. As parents, we have begun to expect our children to perform miracles at every stage of life, be it studies or extracurricular activities. In this fast moving world, where most of the parents are working, they give less and less time to their children, but expect that their child performs in academics and other fields. Generally it so happens, due to shortage of time, parents bribe their children with goodies, if they get a good grade in school, little thinking that they are imbibing wrong values in the child’s minds. We complain about corruption in the society, but see corruption has begun at home. This is a wrong practice, which is rampant in today’s world. Parents for a certain reason want their child to be a jack of all because there is so much competition everywhere. They continuously compare their child’s likes, dislikes, strength, weaknesses with either their friends, classmates etc. Aren’t we putting a lot of stress on them? They are doing so many things in such a short time. Television and mobiles have taken the place of open gardens and outdoor play. Who is responsible for this? I think we all know the answer but somehow ignore and avoid it. A humble request to one and all please let the child remain a child and enjoy his/her childhood. Some tips: (1) Give quality time to your child. (2) Have a healthy conversation. (3) Motivate them at every stage of life. (4) Encourage them to play outdoor games. These are just small things, which can help the child to become independentandastrongindividual. AlovelysayingbyShriRajeshReddy… Mere dil ke ek kone main masoom sa ek bachchha Dekhkar bado ki duniya, Bada hone se darta hai. 3 Parenting – The Way It Should Be! Mrs. Hina Desai, Teacher – Preschool
  • 4. 4   ?   ,          ’,  ,   ,         ,‘ ,           ,   ,      ?           ’  ,   ,     ,       ,   ,          ?   ,            ‘    ’,  ,   ,            ,‘?’ ,  ,              ,   ,                     ,       ,  ,                 , ,, ?,, ?  Mrs. Jashavanti Dadhania, Teacher-Secondary School
  • 5. 5         ,       ,  ,                 , ,, ?,, ?                   ?      ,     ,    ,            ?               ,    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  • 6. 6 Mrs. G.Vijayalakshmi, Teacher – Secondary School MUSE OVER THESE AMUSING WORDS….. SNIGLETS are words that exist but do not appear in a dictionary. Here are some amusing sniglets that are universally accepted as words:  ZIZZEBOTS- The mark on the bridge of one’s nose visible when glasses are removed.  ABRACADABBLER-An amateur magician.  BALOOZA-Something that’s not true.  CARBAGE-The trash found in your car  QUIZZLE- A common phrase represented by a picture  BOVILEXIA- the uncontrollable urge to lean out the window and yell “Moo” when driving past a herd of cows  TREEWARE-Documents made out of paper as opposed to electronic documents  GLEEMAIL- Inspirational mails forwarded to you by a friend  GLEEMULE-One unit of toothpaste measured from bristle to bristle  FLOPCORN-The unpopped corn kernels at the bottom of the cooker Career Guides Seminars on higher studies were held for students of Class 12. The students were guided about various branches of higher education post school. They were told about unconventional choices too. SCHOOL EVENTS HUSTLE-BUSTLE Mrs. Deepa Hemnani Academic Coordinator
  • 7. 7 GANDHI JAYANTI CELEBRATION In order to pay respect to the ‘Father of our Nation’, a gamut of activities were conducted in the school, in accordance with CBSE directive. Starting from 25th September the school observed Swach Vidyalaya Campaign. The junior classes took a pledge on cleanliness. The children ensured that the classrooms remained clean. Competitions were held to make the drive exciting and the rally slogans outside the school were sure to reverberate long after the period. Recognitions were given to Cleanest Class. The students were also involved in songs and bhajans to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi. Also students presented skit to bring out essence of being clean. One more important principle given by Gandhiji was touched in the form of Debate: NON- VIOLENCE. The students confidently on the topic ‘Global Violence: Are we civilised or not?’ As this generation has come across global violence in a major way and they realise the need for non-violence now more than ever before, they spoke about World Peace. UNITY DAY Udgam School has always shouldered the responsibility for social causes, so not missing a chance, in spite of the ongoing Diwali break, 25 enthusiastic students participated actively in Unity Day celebration on 31st October and also held activities in school on 7th November for the school students to create the essence of being United.The activities included Poster Making, Run for Unity, Pledge etc. NAVRATRI CELEBRATION India is a country of Festivals, and Gujarat is a state of celebration of Festivals, so students of Primary and Preprimary section had a chance to come to school dressed in Traditional outfit and dance to the tunes of Garba with their friends and beloved teachers. CHILDREN’S DAY If September is for Teachers, November is for Children. To make Children’s Day a special one, teachers planned several surprise activities which left the children overwhelmed and happy.
  • 8. 8 TRAFFIC AWARENESS Traffic awareness was held in the school right from Preschool section to higher secondary. All the age groups were involved in the campaign in unique way. On one hand preprimary children were taken to Traffic Park simultaneously secondary section students make PPTs and presented before Junior classes. One age group went on roads to create awareness among general public. All learned many unknown facts about the Traffic rules and also spread the same to the public. CRYPTIC CROSSWORD COMPETITION BY CBSE A team consisting Shriraj Gandhi of Class 12 and Arnav Buch of Class X won the City level round organised by CBSE to enter the National Level to be held in Delhi in December. FESTIVALS GALORE To imbibe the diversity of India among the children of Class 2, Festivals Galore was organized, wherein children were divided into groups and were taught about different festivals and their customs thereon. After gaining knowledge about the same children presented and staged it with dances and unique food of that region and festival. PLASTIC WASTE RECYCLING AWARENESS Gujarat State Plastic Manufactures Association (GSPMA) conducted a Plastic Waste Management Workshop in Udgam School as a part of the Recycling Week campaign. The resource person created awareness through short films and presentations in a highly interactive session. There is a need to motivate students to value plastic waste as a resource material and not as something unwanted, ugly & useless. This will promote separation of dry waste at source, careful disposal and litter free campuses ultimately leading to a cleaner & healthier environment. CLASS EVENTS
  • 9. 9 SANDWICH MAKING Classes 3, 4 & 5 enjoyed making Sandwich with their group of friends, they brought interesting ingredients from home and assembled all the things to make delicious, healthy, hygienic and presentable sandwiches which they relished with their friends and teachers during the break. SALAD MAKING FOR CLASS 3 A healthy salad making activity was conducted in Class 3. Children brought a variety of fruits and vegetables from their homes. Teachers helped them to prepare yummy tasting salads. Children discovered that boring looking green vegetables can be consumed as salads by mixing it with other vegetables and promised to make and eat salads regularly. SWEET DAY Sweet Day was celebrated in Class 4 as a part of Diwali celebrations. Children brought a variety of homemade sweets and savouries which they happily munched and shared with their classmates. CLASS 8 ‘ Boring’ is the word used usually for ‘History’. But this is not true for Class 8, as the topic of Coming of Europeans to India was taught through a unique ‘Comic Strip Mode’. Students chose an event from the above topic, gathered information from the Internet , worked in pairs and the result was unimaginable. Students became the comic strip creators and depicted the event chosen in the comic form and gained knowledge about the event and the topic was easily understood by the students.
  • 10. 10 PRESCHOOL Nursery Class went on a Farm Visit to witness the rare collection of birds like Ostrich, Turkey, Emu, etc. Fishes greeted the kids and students enjoyed the visit to the fullest. Green Day was celebrated in Playgroup of Preschool. Children wore green and played with green. Through a variety of fun and learning activities they were introduced to the concept of green colour. They were encouraged to water plants, wash and play with green veggies and thread beads that were green in colour to enjoy the vibrancy of the colour of nature. Children of Preschool were actively involved in the Traffic Awareness drive too. They also had a gala Children’s Day celebration. PRESCHOOL IN ACTION
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  • 13. 13 MY TRIP TO IMAGICA The Family of Rabbits Neerja Bhatt Class 2 C Priya Shah Class 5 G I had an exciting trip to Imagica in October. I went with my family and friends. There were 17 of us. There were so many thrill rides like Nitro, Scream machine, Gold Rush, D2 etc. I went for Gold Rush –the big roller coaster ride twice, which I think was the best! Another ride which I liked was Mr. India, in which the famous characters of Anil Kapoor, Sri Devi, and Calendar, take us through the simulated car ride of Imagica, and saving the children from the villain, Mogambo! Rajasauras was another thrilling ride in which we ride a boat, get attached by dinosaurs and eventually have a roller coaster ride in the water! Last, but not the least, the Princess Castle, The Cinderella Shoe, and the Imagica parade in the evening made the place very lively. We spent almost 11 hours having fun at Imagica and stayed there till 9 p.m, until the wonderland closed. In the evening lightings Imagica seemed like a dream world, the world from which I never want to come out. While coming out of the gates, we could only remind ourselves of the Imagica song which goes as follows: Imagica Imagica Yeh to hai apna imagination, Yehi pe crazy ho jayega, Yeh to hai family fun ka destination, Yehi pe masti me time ud jayega, Imagica ….Yae yae ya ImagicaYae yae ya , Imagica its truly magical! I would definitely recommend a trip to Imagica, and would love to visit again! Once upon a time in a beautiful jungle there lived a family of rabbits. The mother’s name was Snowbell, the brother was Jack and the sister was called Snowy. One sunny morning the three went in search of a juicy green patch of grass. In no time they found the perfect patch of green wholesome grass. They tucked into the succulent food. While they were eating a tiger came near the patch. As we all know rabbits are afraid of tigers and the three bolted as soon as the tiger. They saw Pinky, the elephant across the river, and shouted to her for help. She stretched her long trunk across the narrow river. The rabbits hopped on to her trunk and then climbed on to her back. Pinky splashed some muddy water on the tiger and the tiger ran away.
  • 14. 14 Sweet Sister The Anonymous Rushil Chadha Class 7 F A sister is the one, who fills your life with thrills. But sometimes due to her, you eat bitter pills. If she’s is elder then all’s well and good, Shell give new toys and make tasty food. But go to her only when she’s in a good mood Otherwise in anger, she’ll always be rude. However, things are different if she’s small She’ll beat you by kicking and slapping you, in spite of you being tall. So, if you have a naughty little sister, I can imagine the stress given to you. Don’t worry friend, I have one in my house too. “We areAnonymous.We are Legion. We do not forgive.We do not forget. Expect us.” I’m sure the above lines look a bit strange to you. But these are not just any lines. These are the lines of revolution,accordingtoAnonymous, a hacktivist group which has gained quite some attention in the past few years. Anonymous does not work under a leader or anything of that sort, it is a group of hackers who are against censorship of the internet and the breach of privacy done by the national intelligence agencies. Anonymous is believed to have started on the image sharing website 4chan, starting initially as a group of “trollers”, or people who make jokes out of other people for entertainment. Slowly they started to grow in number and started to shift towards social issues. In 2008, they launched their first hacktivism operation, “Operation Chanology” against The Church of Scientology after the church issued an infringement letter against a 4chan member for leaking Tom Cruise’s video about the religion. The group responded by launching multiple attacks on the church’s server. The video they uploaded gained thousands of views. Anonymous members, called “Anons” usually wear Guy Fawkes masks and are known to keep their identities secret. They have been labelled as “freedom fighters” and “digital Robin Hoods” by many people. In 2012, they were voted by Time magazine as one of the “100 most influential” people on the earth. Anonymous, until now have carries out hundreds of movements against various governments and organizationslikePayPal,Sony,Visa, MasterCard and also the FBI. The group has also attacked theTunisian government and the Uganda government too, making a political statement about government surveillance and censorship. They have carried out not only hacks but also protests in public. Thousands of people wear the Guy Fawkes masks and have carried out movementsopposingcertainpolicies and rules of the organisations. Governments have taken various steps to shut down this radical group but have not been able to fully shut down the organization. Thousands of hackers have been detained but the organization is still functional. Theiractivitieshavereducedtoquite an extent, but it won’t bea surpriseif they strike again anytime soon. Suchorganizationshaveshowntime and again what common people can do to voice their opinions. Dheer Patel Class 10 C
  • 15. 15 Paucity of time ELEMENTS OF ELOQUENCE On27thAugust2014,goingthrough the daily newspaper, reading about issues like the new party-in-power’s plans and committees, the exciting US Open results, Business and Economy, the soaring Forex and Sensex values, I stopped.....with mywholeheartandsoulatacorner and realised that something of muchcolossalsignificancehasbeen belittled by our country. The news read,“StalkedandharassedRohtak teens and lives, and American dream”. My heart pounced but I managed to keep it to my wits..!! Both the girls, Madhu and Nikita shared a dream: a life in America, a world free from Rohtak. The two teens were being harassed and followed by young men. The lewd remarks, their atrocities knew no bounds when these tormentors troubled and stalked them incessantly. The two girls were workinghardtofulfilltheirandtheir families’ dream of making to the UnitedStates ofAmerica. People often question that such incidents take place in the country time and out and the conditions will certainly not improve so what’s the point of such news?But its important to bring light to such cases as these form the substantial component of our “wrecking” society! Is it really worth making biginternationaldeals,orattending huge conferences, or the striking down of the collegium system, or the formation of the new party’s parliamentary board, or other such political operations, when the country is not able to protect two innocent girls from three “stray dogs”!!.With due respect to the prestigious Constitution of our country, when our constitution provides every citizen to reside in any part of the country with assuranceandrefuge,thenwhythe two girls were deprived from this right?? Our homeland has failed to provide its daughters a shelter, a shelter where they can live with safety, security and care, where the society doesn’t question their character for being harassed. None of us is familiar with their day to day brutalities and so we are no one to judge their “call of action”. Even after so many heinous crimes taking place in the country and the never ending court procedures and hearings, we are always back to square one! It’s time for all the girls to proclaim that the fate of their existence is in their hands and no one can seize hold of their dignity and self esteem! These probes have proved to be exemplary for all the females that they themselves will have to safeguard and armour their lives........Because India will wait. It will wait to see another Nirbhaya grow, dream, relish the fake promises and commitments of the society and then subside into a helpless end as India has much “macro”problemstodealwiththen such “iota” issues. Shakespearewasnotagenius.He was, without the distant shadow of a doubt, the most wonderful writer who ever breathed. But not a genius. No angels handed him his lines, no fairies proofread for him. Instead, he learnt techniques, he learnt tricks, and he learnt them well. Genius, as we tend to talk about it today, is some sort of mysterious and combustible substance that burns brightly and burns out. It’s the strange gift of poets and pop starsthatallowsthemtoproduce one wonderful work in their early Dishen Majithia Class 10 A Megha Gupta Class 12 D
  • 16. 16 twenties and then nothing. It is mysterious. It is there. It is gone. Shakespeare didn’t started out with complete success as we can see in his earlier novels like ‘Titus Adronicus’ and ‘ love’s labour lost’. The novels to be quite frank were not up to the mark and lacked inspiration. But then Shakespeare learnt new tricks and developed his writing and improved. Shakespeare did not consider himself sacred. He would often just steal content from other people. However, whatever he stole he improved, and he improved it using the formulas, flowers and figures of rhetoric. A moderate Henry I becomes a great Henry IV. All of his novels were glutted with beautiful descriptions and the way of presenting these descriptions, the way of describing the particular tragedy is what makes his plays great. The tricks that he learnt developed his thinking and that showed in his writing. But one of the most important trick that he learnt was that people, knowingly or unknowingly are attracted to works of alliteration. Such a simple figure of speech transformed his works. To prove my point I would refer to a verse from a translation of Plutarch’s novel by Thomas North. The verse was a quite simple yet beautiful one and Shakespeare has adopted it in Hamlet. The verse was quite similar in meaning and composition but when we ask a person whether they have heard about North’s translation or Shakespeare’s hamlet, the obvious answer would be Hamlet because it is a much more popular work and because it contains one of the few elements of eloquence. Alliteration. Shakespeare transforms each and every word and puts it down in Elizabethan in his well-known style and simply replaces words with similar meanings. Asaresult,weknowShakespeare more widely and more fondly than North or Plutarch. I’m not saying Shakespeare was a cheat. He was a wonderful writer and was much better than anyone else. But he simply understood the need for rhetoric in literature and generously provided it. Not only Shakespeare but also many great writers like John Keats have adopted alliteration. Keats once wrote fourteen lines of F’s and S’s and it was beautiful. All the great writers or the so- called ‘geniuses’ have created a world for the readers.A beautiful world irrespective of the genre. And the writer creates this world with the help of the ‘elements of eloquence’. Let there be light! Pitch black save for the glowing embers of coal The young things toiled away Damp and unbearably hot Furrowed brows dripping with sweat Nimble fingers caked with soot The children mourned the unfortunate passing Of Rama in last week’s blast The board outside proclaimed “Saraswati Fireworks” And underneath (though they couldn’t read it) “Let there be light” Shriraj Gandhi Class 12 B
  • 17. 17 Kathan Parekh Class 10 B                                                                              
  • 18. 18 Vanshika Thakur Class 8 C “You are going to meet the CM”,thesewordsfromRadhika Ma’am, our Principal, left me super excited, suspicious and confused at the same time. Next day as per plan, I reached the Ahmedabad Mirror office in the morning. The program had been arranged by the Mirror team. They were to take hundred children from different schools and sections of the society to seven different places that is the CM’s office, fire station, radio station, railway museum, GIFT city, DGP’s and IP’s office and Ahmedabad International Airport. The children were divided into ten groups. As time constraint was there each group would visit only two places. Our group visited the CM’s office in Gandhinagar and the GIFT city. Meeting the CM was a wonderful experience. Mrs. Anandiben Patel had initially decided to spend only 30 minutes with us but when we all started talking to her and putting our queries to her, she spent about an hour and a half. She spoke to us like a teacher and not as a CM. We asked her many questions about her life, her interests, her role as a CM and her childhood. She answered them all with a lot of patience. She is a very down-to-earth lady despite her position. She is also very disciplined and it is an integral part of her life. After the meeting room interaction we went to the garden where we were served chocolates and sweets. Next we headed towards GIFT city. This tech city aspires to cater to India’s large financial services by offering global firms world class infrastructure and facilities. It aims to attract top talent in the country by providing them the finest quality of life within integrated townships. Its unique architecture and planning is that attracted me most. Completion of the city will take another decade or so. Afterwards we went to Patang, a revolving restaurant in the heart of Ahmedabad city. Of course this was the best part of the day! We had a lot of fun there with RJ Megha hosting the party. We played games and ate to our fill. I met a lot of other children, many from municipal schools during this visit. I loved interacting with them. But I realised that they do not get the facilities that we take so much for granted. This was undoubtedly the happiest Children’s Day of my life! My Happiest Children’s Day
  • 19. BOOKSFORABUBBLYCHILDHOOD:A CHILDREN’SDAYSPECIAL AnotherChildren’sDayhascomeandgone,butif youaskme,everysingledayistheirday.Moreso, whenIseethelittlecherubicfacesmaketheirway intothelibraryandclamorfortheirfavoritebooks! Come,let’sdelveintosomeofthemostloved children’sliteraturefromallaroundtheworld. Writingforchildrenisamonumentaltask,giventheirfragile,impressionablemindsandinfinitecapacitytoabsorbany andeverythingwhichcomestheirway.WriterslikeR.K.Narayan(MalgudiDays,SwamiandFriends),Dr.Seuss(Green EggsandHam,TheCatintheHat,OneFishTwoFish),RoaldDahl(CharlieandtheChocolateFactory,Matilda,The BFG,TheWitches)andEricCarle(TheVeryHungryCaterpillar)havemanagedthisfeatadmirably. Slightlyolderchildren,intheagegroupofninetothirteen delightinreadingEnidBlyton(MaloryTowers,St.Clare’s,The EnchantedWoodseries,TheNaughtiestGirl),SukumarRay( GoopiGyneBaghaByneseries),CarolynKeene(NancyDrew, HardyBoysseries),GeronimoStilton,TheDiaryofaWimpyKid series,Aesop’sFables,comicbookcollectionslikeTintin,Asterix, Archie,Benton,ArtemisFowlseries,thePercyJacksonseries, shortstoriesbySudhaMurty,RuskinBond,theChroniclesof Narniaseriesetcetera.Olderchildrenhavevariedtastes,ranging fromHarryPotter,LordoftheRings,Twilight,SherlockHolmesto P.G.Wodehouse,Shakespeare,TheFaultinOurStars,TheHungerGames,horrorstorycollectionsbyR.L.Stine,Ray Bradbury,SatyajitRay,RoaldDahlandmanymore. Thereadingandattentionspanofchildrenisveryless,therefore,ittakesa geniusofahighordertocreateastoryandvisualscompellingenoughfor themtoreadtheentirebook.Theauthorsandbooksmentionedhereare onlyastartingpoint,manychildrenreadbeyondtheiryears,displaying immensematurityandalevelofunderstandingatparwithadults.Togeta childtoreadsomethingwhichispurelyforfun,andwhichwon’tbetested intheclassroomnorwillfetchhimmarksisataskofherculeanproportions. Idoffmyhattoallthechildren’swriterswhohavemanagedtocarvea splendidnicheforthemselvesintheirtargetmarket,theimpressionable youngmind. Ms. Pallavi Sridhar Librarian BOOKMARK THIS 19
  • 20. 20 FUN ZONE 1.Sudoku is fun. 2. Can you guess the missing number? 64 40 5 81 63 7 16 ? 4
  • 21. 21 3. Solve the number puzzle below. 4. Unscramble the words.
  • 22. 22 Beautiful Colours Ahaan Thakore 5C Uday Malhotra 5 E Falak Doshi 1 E Srushti Shah 3 C
  • 23. 23 Krishna Oza 8 A Punya Chhajer10C Vedanshee Panchal 1 E Mansi Shah 10 C Through my lens
  • 24. 24 Children’s Day...a day that is celebrated in very few countries and fortunately India is one of them! When Chacha Nehru suggested his birthday to be celebrated as a day for children, the idea was welcomed with great enthusiasm. Being a child is not easy, as you have learned over the past years, so on this day you can simply forget everything else and enjoy life. An idea! Why don’t you simply enjoy each day of life and make every day Children’s Day?! Of course, I don’t mean giving up your studies and playing games all the time, but enjoying whatever you do with full enthusiasm. Whether you are at home, in school or outside, live your life to the full. Be happy with what you have and let others be happy too. Make it a mission to put a smile on every face. Start with your home and spread the joy to your school and outside world. The happy faces all around you will add to your joy and soon every day will be a Children’s Day! Come on give it a try...what can go wrong?! Meanwhile I have written a few lines for all young and young at heart people- Colours of the sun merge into one, When I see you my child after a long weary day I forget my worry and the burdens that I carry When you smile in welcome, it works like a balm The day does not seem long, with a song in my heart I say Come Ladli! Come let’s go out and play... A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR Editor:SagarikaSahana,ContentManager Designedby:CreativeGrapes Udgam School For Children Opp. Sardar Patel Institute,Thaltej, Ahmedabad- 380 054 Gujarat. Phone No: 26850339 99251 53153 | Email Id : info@udgamschool.com Pre-Primary Section Near IOC Petrol Pomp, Jodhpur Cross Roads, Satellite, Ahmedabad - 380 015 Gujarat. Phone No: 26769595, 90999 02221 | Email Id: jodhpur@udgamschool.com Mrs. Sagarika Sahana Content Manager Keep writing!