Media Release
Mangaluru, Sep 30: ‘Colour can help to facilitate and fulfil some very basic human needs. It can: identify and specify necessary objects (animal, vegetable or mineral) for survival and/or enjoyment. Most important, the use and arrangement of colour enable us to create beauty and harmony and express our personal taste, which provides us with a sense of accomplishment’.
First Steps Pre-School, Kudroli celebrated Blue Colour Day on Monday, September 30 with elegance. To mark the celebration, all the tiny tots wore blue clothing and brought different varieties of blue colour toys, bags, water bottles etc.
The class room was decorated with blue streamers, balloons and table settings. The bulletin board was designed with blues charts and theme of sky.
The teachers collected the objects from the children and displayed them on a table and taught the names of the objects to the children and also introduced many other facts about them. Students were given a thorough understanding of the colour Blue through different activities.
The kids actively participated and were very happy and excited. Parents were equally thrilled and overwhelmed due to their child’s participation.
Student counsellor, Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) Shameer Ahmed was the guest of the event. He addressed the students on importance of colours and explained the purpose of conducting such an event to boost the confidence and creative culture in kids.
Head teacher Himna S Ahmed enlightened the importance of colour in our life. She further added that blue is the best colour to create enthusiasm for life and can awaken greater confidence & optimism. In the meaning of colours, blue inspires original thought and inquisitiveness.
Blue is the colour of energy, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love. Blue is a very emotionally intense colour. Children learnt the significance, importance and identification of the colours.
The head teachers Himna, assistant Rameeza decorated the class rooms with blue objects that children can easily identify with. They created a beautiful blue tables, blue drapes, blue balloons, blue toys, blue boxes, blue balls, blue chocolate, blue juices and blue cutouts etc. Everywhere the kids looked, they found something or the other in blue. Learning was fun on blue day and the children are looking forward to learn about yet another colour.
Event coordinator Shehzan S Ahmed arranged the event in a skilled manner, which added feather to the event.
At the end, each child was sent home with a blue coloured pencil as a prop. The children coloured the theme sky blue as an indoor activity to commemorate the blue day.
The event magnificently concluded with refreshments for the kids of pre-school.