Ashima Sharma, 10th May, 2014, Shimla
School fete was organized in Chalet Day School, Shimla today, with the help of an active participation of teachers and students. The Fete was formally inaugurated by School Principal Bimla Rathore. The students set up colourful stalls with different kinds of games to attract the children. When children started arriving in groups, the joy and gratitude was clearly seen on their faces. Principal Rathore said, “We organize this fete every year for our students. It is the most awaited event of the year. Parents also get an opportunity to meet the teachers and build a good rapport with them”.
The kids had a blast at various stalls, be it feed the clown stall or bowling all the stumps with one ball. They tremendously enjoyed the music, food and games stalls. The food stalls which catered to their needs added to the charm of the event. Local delicacy called ‘sidhoo’ was also prepared by one of the school teachers and received special appreciation from all the parents. All the food items were prepared by the teachers, which included momos, chat and chanaa bhature. The maximum strength of students being seen at their favourite eating spots: chat and chinese stall. The food stalls drew large crowd and brought sizeable income.
One could see the smiles and the joy on the faces of the teachers, highlighting the fact that grown-ups love to mingle with children and feel the pleasure of doing such things as children do. There were various games of chance and skill and healthy spirit prevailed among contenders, wheel of fortune, lucky number, stick the bindi, ringing the duck and throwing the tins were among the popular games played by students. There was lots of noise and activity in every stall. The prizes offered were very attractive.
The teachers informed that the preparation for the fair started just two days before its opening date, places for various stalls were earmarked in a very short span of time. Group of students and teachers to take charge of these stalls were formed, and their duties and responsibilities were explained to them.
Principal Rathore’s take on jam session was, “Earlier there used to be no jam sessions but now times have changed and it is important for us to change with time. We have also organised a jam session for the students and it has never led to any kind of disciplinary problems. Absence of jam sessions doesn’t guarantee discipline to any school. It gives us immense pleasure to see a sense of joy and satisfaction among children who go home with faces shining like a thousand suns”.