Also, can we have the students take an oath or a pledge, that in future, they should also try and give back to the society in whatever way they can. Basically plant a seed in their minds that what we are trying to do is not just give them back their childhoods, but also to carry this message forward. cheers
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still i can do something. I will not refuse to do something I can do .( Helen Keller ) --- On Mon, 7/26/10, santhosh & lavanya <[email protected]> wrote: From: santhosh & lavanya <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [tomakeadifference] Mehdipatnam School Activity To: [email protected] Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 11:11 AM Good thought friends. Conducting competitions and prize distributions always encourage students to learn about competition, team work and physical fitness. When we were in school, we used to get small glasses, plates as prizes :-) I liked the idea of Anil on gifts, providing them certificates including participation ceritification. In addition, we can give at least first two prizes (winner and runner-up) either books, posters etc which are useful for them. One suggestion, if you don't mind: (Although I could be wrong in my perception) Essay writing for 4th and 5th classes may be bit difficult for them. Instead, this should be conducted at 8th, 9th and 10th level as they start participating in science exhibitions etc at this level and will be useful for them for future too. Anyways, great going team. All the best to you and to students :-) On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Shilpa Pagadala <pagadala.shilpa@ gmail.com> wrote: Hi Friends, Please give your suggestions on 15th August celebrations at our Mehdipatnam School. We are planning to conduct some competitions and games to the children on coming two weekends. We have sorted out the following games. 1. Essay writing (for 4th and 5th classes) 2. 2 Memory Games (for 3rd and 4th classes, which tests their memory power). 3. Musical chairs (For all classes) 4. Running (for all classes) 5. Lemon n spoon (for 2nd and 3rd classes) 6. Writing numbers (1-100) and letters (A-Z) (for 1st class). And we thought of giving some gifts (like GK books, geometry boxes, writing pads, crayons, small boxes filling with pencils, erasers and sharpeners etc...) to winners. Myself, Satya Krishna and Naveen discussed regarding this. Naveen expressed his views as “giving gifts are like raising expectations, we should always avoid such type of things”. And he suggested to give some mementos. Please share your views and suggestions. And lets come to a decision on this and proceed further. Thanks & Regards, Shilpa Pagadala TMAD-Hyderabad. -- Regards, Santhosh http://www.santhlav vi.in
