Pre Primary Sports Day 2024-25
Children from Nursery and Kindergarten groups enthusiastically participated in their Sports Day which was held over 2 days, 17th/ 18th December ‘24. It was a day for them to share with their family members the strides they had made in their physical capabilities through the course of the year so far. Guided and hand-held through a well-planned ‘Oorja’ curriculum that is not only age appropriate but also focuses on developing a temperament for sport, the children were at ease even as they went ahead participating in activities like ‘Hurdle relay’, ‘Basketball exercises’, ‘Gymnastic postures’, ‘Fun games’ etc. "आप छोड़ दो " | " मैं खदु कर लूँगा", "मैंने कोशिश किया तो हो गया भैया देखो ",heartwarming expressions like these were a part of the process of them discovering their capabilities.
On ‘Sports day’, the children were cheered and applauded by the assembled adults, encouraging them at each jump, jog, stretch, dribble, hop. There was joy when they took turns to go through the ‘Obstacle relay’, effortlessly jumping in and out of hooplas, crawling under a net or climbing up and down the tall ladder etc. While engaging in basketball related activities, their confidence in their abilities shone through when they effortlessly dribbled the ball or attempted to net it.
Parents were also initiated into the Shikshantar way of participating in ‘Sports’ when they harmoniously engaged in some basketball exercises or a game of ‘Passing the ball’. Some of them went back feeling motivated to make time for any physical activity in their daily routine. When sport activities are introduced to children in a fun, non-competitive way, it is their own capability that they tend to improve upon. And then a ‘Sports Day’ is pure joy for one and all.