Father’s Day was celebrated on 20th June, 2016, with an array of kaleidoscopic sporting activities at Podar World School, Sherkhi,Vadodara.
A warm welcome was extended to the parents of all the wards for taking a keen interest in their wards by actually being present on a working day. Principal Ms. Preeta Pillai, in her brief talk said that “The new generations of men who wear the badge of fatherhood with Pride and flaunt their dad status are no less than a HERO to their child. The new age dad is now involved in their children’s Parent Teacher Meetings, drop their kids off to school or hobby classes and are not afraid to come back home and attend to them after a long day’s work. The DAD picture is changing. Podar World School Sherkhi, had organized this day to acknowledge the important role of the father in a child’s life.”
Students of classes 1 & 2 along with their father were engaged in a game called ‘Tailing the cat’. Huge cut out of cats without tails were made form cardboards and colored to be hung on the wall and the father’s of the ward one by one (each having at least three chances) have to draw tails for the cat with their eyes blindfolded with the help of their ward who would be continuously helping the father to draw the tail at the correct spot by only orally guiding him. The person who draws exactly or nearby the spot wins the game. It was indeed fun watching tails drawn all around the cat but nothing at the exact point except one parent who was declared as the winner.
A game of Dodge ball was organized for the parents of class III to V. The students stood in a circle and the parents within the circle. The students had to throw the ball one after the other and hit one of the parents who try to dodge their way to avoid being hit until all of them were out and had to come out of the circle.
A football game for the classes VI to XI was another highlight of the day. It was fun watching both the fathers and the children passing the ball from one to another while the defenders and attackers were trying to block them. There was running commentary on the mike by Ms. Dugeshwari Gussein & Ms. Kalpana Unnikrishnan (in English) and by Ms. Rupa (in Hindi) throughout the game. The winners were honored with certificates on the Victory stand and all the participants too were issued certificates for their active participation in making the Father’s Day celebration, a great success.
The children also clicked selfies with their dad in various poses and submitted to the school which is displayed on the Bulletin Board.
