"There are two types of education; one should educate us how to earn a living, the other how to live."
Education without co-curricular activities is equivalent to teaching the mind without educating the soul; therefore, Doon School Srinagar holds that co-curricular activities are equally vital. These activities not only give an equal footage to every child, but they also increase their self-esteem and spirit of inquiry, experimentation, and creativity. The students were geared up and eagerly anticipated for the Friday Activity this week.
The activities conducted on Friday, July 29th, 2022, were centered on a wide range of enjoyable and enriching activities.
Undoubtedly, students learn a lot holistically and critically through their participation in such activities. For Nursery, the activity was ‘sizing up the things’, LKG students had to make cats from craft paper and UKG students joined their tiny little hands along with their teachers to make pen holders. Grade I & II had a startling and theatrical puppetry activity.
Grade 3, 4 & 5 had an Inter-house Spell bee Competition. The result of the competition is as follows:
Grade 3
Zarrar Manzoor– Mallards, secured 1st position (15 spellings in 30 seconds)
Mohammad Hammad secured 2nd position - Mallards (13 spellings in 30 seconds)
Mohammad Areeb secured 3rd position - Teals (10 spellings in 30 seconds)
Grade 4
Tawheed Ahmed Mir secured 1st position – Mallards (19 words in 30 seconds)
Taib Shah - Mallards & Shereen – Teals, secured 2nd Position (18 words in 30 seconds)
Azaan Bhat secured 3rd Position – Mallards (17 words in 30 seconds)
Grade 5
Mohammad Moomin secured 1st position – Teals (21 words in 30 seconds)
Madeeha secured 2nd position – Hoopoes (13 words in 30 seconds)
Mohammad Zaid secured 3rd position – Falcon (10 words in 30 seconds)
For Grade 6th and 7th, an Inter-house Extempore was held. The students were bracing one another as each house was given a different topic, ranging from education, technology and societal issues.
Hoopoes stood first securing 76 points out of 80.
Mallards stood second and secured 73 points.
Falcons stood third securing 66 points
Grade 8th, 9th and 10th showcased their creative and marketing strategies whilst Product making.
Hoopoes again stood first (10/10 points)
Mallards stood second (5/10 points)
Teals stood third (2/10 points)
