Ludhiana, June 19
Art exhibitions, cultural programmes and dance competitions marked the concluding day of summer camps organised at Spring Dale Public School, Sparkle Nursery School and Gupta Model High School.
At Spring Dale Public School, items prepared by the students including fabric, oil and glass paintings, clay models, puppets, stuffed toys and knitting work were displayed. Ms Avinash Kaur Walia, Director of the school, said classes were held for English speaking, computer education, painting, art and craft, stuffed toys, bhangra, gidha, dance and music in which school students as well as outsiders participated.
The trainee students also presented a cultural programme during the closing function which included solo bhangra by Parampreet of Class II, solo western dance by Parul, group bhangra by Class X boys and group giddha by Class IX girls.
At Sparkle Nursery School, Sarabha Nagar, dance and speech competitions were held to mark the concluding day of summer camp in which all the 35 students of the school participated. Kids presented their dance items on Punjabi and Hindi numbers like ‘Rangla Punjab’ and ‘Shava shava’. Srishti, Shivam and Tushar were declared first, second and third, respectively. Puneet won a special award in the contest.
Similarly, a speech contest was held in which the participants spoke on the topic ‘Myself’ with much confidence. Raghav, Anishwar and Archita were declared the winners. Besides, a story-telling competition was also held in which the tiny tots dressed like monkeys and cap sellers depicted the moral story. Ms Vandita Rajiv Rai, Principal, said parents of all children were invited and kids performed very well.
A nine-day summer camp that was organised at Gupta Model High School, Club Road, concluded here yesterday. Over 80 students from Classes IV to X, who had participated in the camp put up an exhibition of their creations and a cultural show. The students demonstrated the making of soft toys and glass paintings on tumblers, jugs and lamp shades.
In clay modelling, the students prepared bride, groom, snake charmer and a variety of fruits with baskets. The students also learnt the technique of tile painting and pot painting. Wall hangings and magazine holders made of jute were also displayed. Tie and dye technique applied on suits, t-shirts and frocks was also being exhibited by the students. The students, who were also trained in dance classes, performed group dance on Punjabi number ‘Naag sambh lai’ and English pop buster ‘Brazil’.
Ms Simmi Gupta, Principal, said the participating students were trained in all types of activities. She said the students were given training for over three hours daily for which they had been divided into three groups.
A jungle party was organsied at Kiddies’ Paradise, a playway school at Kochhar Market. Kids dressed up like animals such as lions, tigers, peacocks and rabbits mimicked these. A fancy dress contest was also held in which Harpreet won the first, prize, Smile and Nancy won prizes. Shubham won a special prize.
