REPORT ON RAM NAVMI AND SWAMINARAYAN JAYANTI School is a temple of learning. Learning not just to be successful in life but learning how to be successful with the presence of the Almighty in our day to day life. In order to imbibe the value of faith in our students, we at VIS celebrate festivals, bringing to mind the importance of the day. April 13th, we celebrated Ram Navmi and Swami Narayan Jayanti at the assembly. Mrs. Renoo Pandey our Hindi Facilitator prepared the students with an informative speech on the festival and a melodious song by a group of class 2 girls.

HOD, PRIMARY

Celebrate ending and preceed new beginnings. Gone the Sr. Kg. Graduation Day and stepped in the 2nd of April 2016, the Primary Section called for an “Orientation Programme”, for the parents of class 1 students. Home is the first school and parents are the first teachers, so it is very important for the parent body at large to know about the second school and second parent. It is often said “Look before you leap”. Thus, when one is taking a crucial step into something new, one should obtain the details of it. Hence, we at Vatsalya follow a transparent pattern of working, wherein, our parents get to know and understand our functioning for the betterment of the children we harbour. The topics taken by us were: a) Welcoming and Introduction – By Mrs. Ursula Serpes b) Functioning of The Primary – By Mrs. Rupa Verma c) Assessment Pattern – By Mrs. Suchira Bhaumik d) Parental Support – By Mrs. Nishat Ahmed e) Importance of Reading – By Mrs. Marshilla Parmar We had 60 delighted parents attending this orientation programme, looking forward to a better education for their little ones. Our heartfelt gratitude to each one of these lovely parents. We now look forward to a thriving and educative year, 2016 – 17 ahead.

HOD Primary Section

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.................., The whole Vatsalya family has been enjoying the aroma, lip smacking dishes, amusing games, fun generating trips ... etc with all the relatives and friends. While you do so, do not forget the fact that the environment is demanding for good amount of fluid consumption. Remember, the trees and animals around you too need the same. Shhhhuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!........................., Dear children, do not forget to complete the interesting homework given by your teachers. Yahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!................ Your educators told you to fight against learning loss by reading any sorts of books of your interest, watching news channels, drawing, painting etc. Learn some skills from parents too. Once again, HAPPY HOLIDAYS. The School is waiting for you.

B J SEKAR

Vatsalya International School celebrated its 10th Annual Day "Saptarang Mahotsav" on 31 January 2015. We could enjoy the fruit of success when the surrounding circumstances favored us in all respects. The preparation before the cultural programme was very good. The committee members of Annual Day, program in-charge Mr. Chirag Prajapati, all in-charge teachers and students took initiative to prepare for the big show well in advance under the support and guidance of Chairman Swami Balswarupdasji, Managing trustee Swami Nirlepswarupdasji, Principal Mr. B. J. Sekar and Vice Principal Mr. Vijay Aher. This year we were fortunate to have as the Chief Guest, Shree Rakesh Shankar (IAS), Collector, Anand District and Guest of Honour, Shree Lalsinh Vadodiya, Shree Sadanand Yadav, and other eminent dignitaries that included Shree Sureshbhai Kotadiya, Shree Bimal Bhatt, parents and special invitees. We began our programme with the welcoming the guests, lighting the lamp and prayer followed by speeches of chief guest and our managing trustee Swami Nirlepswarupdasji followed by School Annual Report. Awards and mementos were presented to the best of the best students. "Saptarang Mahotsav" started with welcoming everyone by Swagatam song. Pre-primary students performed very well on the stage and all the dances were outstanding. The saptarang theme song "Rang lo" added seven colours to the program. Primary students added sparkles and charm to the programme by their performance. All the skits were outstanding with proper recording. The swaminarayan dances added special colour to the event. Rajasthani dance, Mahisasur Mardini, Hanuman chalisa, Punjabi dance were the main attractions of the programme. Students of class XII rocked the stage by their disco diwane performance. We had a specious stage with wonderful lighting arrangement and LED background and proper sound system. The costumes selected for each items were attractive and colorful. The participants worked hard and performed well beyond our expectations. In any program anchors play an important role in representing each item. Here also anchoring was outstanding. This year we introduced the pass system for everyone. It was successful and well appreciated. We got the success because of best performance by our students. The Vatsalya family is proud on them.

Mr. Chirag Prajapati