Schools hold online activities to keep pupils engaged during summer break

Shivani Bhakoo

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 3

To keep students busy during the summer break, the government as well as private schools and private tutors have started activity classes for students to explore their hidden talents and learn new things. These activities will be taught to them through online classes .

Various activities, including collage-making, yoga classes, fancy dress competitions, poem recitation, dance competitions, best out of waste, clay-modelling, paper craft, note-book decoration, non-fire cooking, salad decorations etc., will be taught to the students.

There is no compulsion on kids and they are learning on their own will. Sukhjinder Kaur, a teacher at Government Middle school, said these activities play an important role in boosting confidence among the students and they show lot of enthusiasm in learning new things.

Jyoti, an art teacher at Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, said students’ show a lot of enthusiasm and these classes are helpful for them to know where exactly they stand and what do they aspire for.

Besides, many bakers are taking online bakery classes for students this time as it is not possible to go physically to attend the classes so virtual classes are the best option. Geetika, who is in Class XII, has started attending bakery classes (online) and she has learnt to bake dry cakes and muffins. “These vacations, we really can’t go out and enjoy so I decided to attend baking course of 6-7 days, which is not only easy but interesting too,” said Geetika.

Apart from these regular classes, self-grooming classes, communication skills, table setting classes, resin art classes and many more such activities are being taught to the students through virtual sessions, which not only keep them busy but teach them to experiment with different things.