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Ashraya Creches - New Year Celebrations 2015
New Year
January is a very special month for all of us at Ashraya as we celebrate the New Year with all our crèche children and the staff from the 5 crèches. This year the New Year party was held on the 17th of January 2015 at Ashraya.
We had 135 children and 16 staff attending the program; vehicles were arranged to ensure that all of them were picked up from and dropped back to their respective crèches.
Intercall sponsored the New Year gifts for all our children and Ms. Prathiba Pillai (HR Manger from Intercall) was the Chief Guest.
We had organized different programs such as Magic Show and Jumporee for the children. Lunch was also arranged for the crèche children and the staff.
The children from each crèche put up wonderful performances. Individual crèche teachers put in a lot of effort to make the children practice for the program and were thrilled to see the tiny tots perform. Overall it was a great program.
In January parents were informed about school admissions and information regarding the process of applying etc was shared with them. Crèche teachers also helped the parents fill the forms. Quite a few children have got admission in regular schools for academic year starting in June 2015. Parents were very grateful to the teachers for their timely guidance and help.
The teachers explained the significance of an important festival celebrated in March –Ugadi. This is celebrated as New Year in Karnataka and A.P. Special sweets were also made by one or two teachers and distributed among the children.
Health
All the crèches have regular doctor’s visits. The children were advised to take Vitamin A drops, their polio immunizations were updated; the teachers instructed the children on the importance of cleanliness and personal hygiene. The teachers made sure the children and parents understood the importance of washing their hands before eating etc.
The regular health checks of weight and height show that the children are healthy and developmental milestones are normal. If the children are found to be undernourished then the crèche teacher advises the parent to include more nutrition in the food.
Play and study activities.
The teachers at the crèches use innovative play and teaching methods to explain various concepts like different colors, shapes, sizes, numbers, names and nutrition values of vegetables and fruits are all taught to the children; various methods like coloring with particular colors, drawing objects and bringing vegetables and fruit of a specific color are used. Games and pictures are also used to help the children understand better ex: make a circle.
Concepts of opposites- ex: - fat thin, tall short etc and different forms of transport- bus, auto etc were explained through pictures and the children were encouraged to draw as well.
Parent Teacher meetings are held at regular intervals- this quarter Ms. Shoba a volunteer used this occasion to explain to parents about “good touch and bad touch and encouraged them to help their children understand the same as this is an important part of growing years for the children.
Sports activities
On 20th of March we celebrated Sports Day at one of the crèches followed by a photo session- group pictures of the children and staff. All the children were beautifully dressed.
All the children participated in the Sports Day. The teacher had organized 4 different sports program- running race, sack race (rug race), musical chairs and object relay race. All the children were energetic and did a great job. It was a pleasure watching them play with such enthusiasm. At the end of the program each child was given individual gifts. The gifts were distributed by the President of Ashraya, Ms. Shanthi Chacko. The teacher had arranged for some snacks for the parents and the children.
Feedback
On the same day we had Parents Teacher meeting. The parents gave good feedback about the teacher and the staff of Ashraya who monitor the crèche program. The parents were very happy and appreciated the great work. Since most of the children will also be going to a regular school this year, the parents thanked us for helping their children grow in a safe and clean environment, with good values and stimulating education.
Beneficiaries:
The children attend crèche regularly and the overall attendance is 95 %
- Indiranagar Community Creche – the average attendance for the quarter is 36 / out of 38
- Shivajinagar Community Creche – the average attendance for the quarter is 45 / out of 46
- Avalahalli Community Creche – the average attendance for the quarter is 40 / out of 40
- Siddapura Community Creche – the average attendance for the quarter is 31 / out of 32
- Banaswadi Community Creche – the average attendance for the quarter is 35 / out of 35
- Nelamangala Community Creche – the average attendance for the quarter is 25 / out of 25
If you are Interested in volunteering at our project - Ashraya community and site crèches , please send us your consent and Bio-data via email to ashchildedu@gmail.com . To learn more about us please visit: www.ashraya.net and https://www.facebook.com/Ashchildedu?ref=hl
Thanks again for your continued support that keeps us moving forward.
Thanks and Regards,
Project Head – Ashraya