Podar World School, Sherkhi, Vadodara celebrated National Nutrition Week to raise consciousness instudents about the significance of Nutrition under the able guidance of the Principal, MsPreeta Pillai. The week was celebrated class wise and house – wise subjecting the students of classes I to XII to different activities to impart first hand experience of the benefits of having nutritious food and its advantages.
For grades I and II fancy-dress competition was arranged on 7th September,19, where the theme was healthy food and students dressed as different vegetables, spoke a few lines on the nutrient content in them and the benefits of consuming them. All the little champs were dressed as fruits, vegetables and other food items; it was a commendable scene to see the little ones speaking about healthy food. For grade III a drawing competition was organised on the same day and the theme was ‘Design your own healthy Lunch Plate’, where children drew the lunch plate with food items that would suffice for a balanced diet. . The children were quite well aware about healthy meal and their drawings were truly representation of their knowledge. In grade IV,the semi-final round of advertisement making competition was organised on 6th September and the final round was on 7th September where students had to select any food item and make a 1 minute advertisement to market it, with catchy slogan and tagline. The competition provided a platform to the students to showcase their creativity. Students came up with unique ideas.
For grade V and VI a house wise quiz competition was held on 4th September, the theme was ‘Health, Food and Nutrition’. Students participated in the competition with great enthusiasm. For grade VII a poster making competition on ‘Harmful effects of Junk Food’ was organised on 4th September, where students presented effective messages through their posters. For grade VIII, a power point presentation competition was held on 4th September. The topics were (1) Importance of Minerals in Human Health &(2) Importance of Phytonutrients in Human Health. The students’ presentation skills and the in depth research done for the same was commendable.
For grade IX to XII a debate competition was organised on 6th (Semi-final round) and on 7th (Final round) September wherein two houses versus the other two houses. The topics for the competition were (1) Sugar free is good for health (2)Benefits of Aerobic v/s Anaerobic exercises. The time limit for each team to present was 10 minutes. The students had done a remarkable job and their debating skills were indeed commendable. On the whole it was an eventful week filled not only with fun and frolicsome but also sharing of knowledge and learning. Thanks to the Management and the Principal, Ms Preeta Pillai for initiating all the activities and providing a platform for our learners to bring forth their latent abilities.
