Ship Ahoy

On the bright sunny morning of April the first major co-curricular activity for this session 2013 – 14 “Ship Ahoy” was ready to take the children on a voyage full of fun and thrill. The buses entered the campus with the children who were delighted to see the assembly plaza which was transformed into a life like harbor with a big ship cutout and a light house beside it with the check in counters, baggage scanner, metal detector, anchor etc which would not have been possible without the all time competent art department. The day started with interesting facts by the teachers using vibrant props and puppets to brief the children about the different parts of a ship like ship’s wheel, deck, bow, anchor etc. Light house was something which they were interested in. The importance of light house in a sea was discussed with the children. Children were given the boarding passes and a baggage tag was attached to their bag as soon as they got their baggage scanned. The children were overwhelmed by the series of activity planned for them. Nursery prepared a boat using different shapes like semi circle, triangle and ice cream sticks. Class 1 prepared a ship with the help of an empty milk cartons and straws. The children from nursery to class 1 were busy making their craft in their class rooms. All the children from nursery to class 1 prepared a paper plate pirate. At the end the children made a ship with the help of origami sheet and section wise floated the same in the swimming pool. Post lunch session witnessed an exhilarating game “pin the eye patch on pirate”. It was conducted inside the class room keeping in mind the temperature outside. In this game the children were blindfolded and were asked to pin the eye patch on the pirate mask. This was the most awaited activity for the students as they enjoyed it the most. Finally satiated with their whole days fun filled activities the children left the school for the day along with all their mask, tickets, and boarding passes and much more in their little minds to share with their family and friends. The activity ‘Ship Ahoy’ ended with excitement in the lives of the children and giving them rich experiences that lead to unconscious learning of a number of things.