School Picnic – A Marathon Accomplished
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”
The rigorous journey across 2014-15 came to an invigorating end with a visit to the ‘Vasad Ravines’.
Classes VI – IX along with their class teachers and subject teachers were hosts to this exhilirating experience on 21st March 2015.
Although most of us are on the school bus for at least 30 minutes every day, the energy level on the bus that day was at its peak. The school picnic flavor had permeated as soon as the bus departed for the venue. A photo session, songs, antakshari, games, gimmicks and gossip were the ingredients of this bus drive recipe.
Away from the hustle and bustle ritual, ‘Vasad ravines’ was a serene, peaceful and quiet place. We were the lucky ones to have been invited by nature to embrace its grace the moment we disembarked the bus. It reciprocated with such ecstasy. Its trees, birds, sunshine, cool breeze, trekking track and the majestic Mahisagar River were beaming with cheer.
After the breakfast, there was an orientation program and some leisure time. Children embarked on the adventure camp soon after that. Along the trek they heard melodies of birds, witnessed devoured animal carcasses and skeletons, sensed the positive aura of the trees, gathered information about flowers and the antelope that dwells there and moved on till they reached the shore. Everybody swelled with emotions. Cameras clicked to envelope the magnificent backdrop of the river.
Lunch, rest and frolicking games followed! Children and teachers participated enthusiastically. There were adventure rides to further rejuvenate the vigour.The trip ended with tea, lemon water and refreshments. The team boarded buses at the prescribed time, 4:30 p.m. Empowered with fond memories the team arrived to be cordially received by awaiting parents.
We must acknowledge the school’s well planned program and effort to implant these memorable teaching learning experiences.
