Annual sports day at Holy Heart School
Amritsar: An annual sports day was organised at Holy Heart School today. Sports and athletics have been an integral part of the school for years’ altogether. Keeping up the tradition, this year, too, the school organised its annual sports meet with the same spirit. The event commenced with release of tri-coloured balloons. The school chairman, Vijay Seth, director Anjna Seth and Principal Shilpa Seth declared the sports meet open. It was followed by arrival of the torch and oath ceremony. Students of Class I to VI took part in colourful and reverberant events, including march past, races and culture dances. They mesmerised the audience with their energetic performance. Once the race began, the air was filled with cheers for young athletes. Students participated in animal race, flower race, skipping race, hurdle race, relay race, back-to-back race, sack race and three-legged race. Besides, they showed their prowess in karate and gatka. Winners were awarded for their performance. It was a true celebration of positive energy sprinkled with sportsman spirit. The event concluded with singing of the National Anthem. Anjna Seth applauded efforts of students and teachers for making the event a huge success.
Special assembly on birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas
Students of DAV Public School conducted a special assembly on the birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas and World Wetland Day today. Guru Ravidas was a North Indian mystic poet saint, social reformer and a spiritual figure. He advocated removal of social divisions of caste, gender and promoted unity in the pursuit of personal spiritual freedom. He believed that God resides in every human being and everybody had equal rights on this earth. His poems were included in Guru Granth Sahib. The assembly began with the recitation of shabad. Students narrated incidents from Guru’s life and read out his teachings that everybody was equal in all respects irrespective of caste, colour or belief. They also highlighted the value of wetlands, its beneficial aspects as well as to promote its conservation and use for enhancing the overall level of the human health, growth and development. They enacted a role play to ensure positive and affirmative action for conservation of wetlands. While addressing students, Principal, Dr Neera Sharma, said, “Teachings of Guru Ravidas are based on universal brotherhood and tolerance, which should be followed. Students should strive to unite all humanity under the umbrella of common brotherhood.” — TNS
