Sunbeam School- Impacting Lives with Real Experiences

3-day Adventure Camp ends on National Defence Day

They Came. They Saw. They Conquered.

Like the previous year, this year too Sunbeam Group of Educational Institutions organised a three- day Leadership Adventure Camp at Sunbeam School, Varuna from 01 March. Around 350 students from Sunbeam Schools Annapurna, Lahartara and Varuna participated in the camp with an idea to instill confidence, build stamina, fight out the fear within and develop the idea of sharing and team work amongst the peer group. To add to the importance of the camp, some of the students of Sunbeam Autism Centre also took active part in the event and completed few of the laid out obstacles with great excitement.

Organised under the direct supervision of professional experts of Altitudes Expeditions and the teachers of the participating schools, the camp instructors acclamatised the participants with the obstacles, which would otherwise look to be a difficult task for them. The experts helped the participants overcome their fear of heights and balance and made them smile at the end of each obstacle that they completed. In order to have a level playing field, the participants were segmented into three broad divisions. From Nursery to Class I, classes II to V and classes VI and upwards.

Day one of the camp saw around 108 beaming kids with excitement running all over as they touched and felt the obstacles that were made in the Basketball arena- Spardah and in the school sports field. The  kids were amazed to see obstacles  like  Burma Bridge, Bamboo Ladder, Parallel Ropes, Net Crossing, Descending and Flying Fox. For them names did not matter. What mattered most was the opportunity to get into action as the instructors wanted them to, one by one. For kids like Dharya, Manas, and Sharnya it was a lifetime achievement- of completing all obstacles. This adventure camp created a strong confidence, energized and raised their bar of physical endurance and made then realize the benefits of team workWhile the difficulty levels of the existing obstacles were increased for students of classes II to V and for classes VI and upwards, some new obstacles like Tyrolean Traverse, swinging ladder, net climbing were also added to the existing ones.

Day 2 and 3 also witnessed similar overtones of excitement and expectations. Some steady and some jittery legs formed the groups as the students tried onto these obstacle one after another. It was to be seen to be believed. While the juniors weaved magic on ropes with the help of professional experts, the senior participants could be seen negotiating the obstacles like ‘River Crossing’   crawling over strong ropes cutting across the serene and blue waters of the school swimming pool at Sportonix,

These obstacles not only helped the students realise their degree physical stamina and courage, but also made them learn the best practices of sharing while negotiating difficult situations.

The Deputy Director of the Sunbeam Group of Educational Institutions,Mrs. Amrita Burman,  said that  Sunbeam schools do not just restrict its students to academic education, it  also emphasises on the need of planned physical activities, that heals the mind and body and makes  a better individual. Mr. Harsh Madhok, Hony. Director of Sunbeam Group  said that these adventure camps always add to the confidence of a child, keeps them fit and healthy to cope with the ever-changing work scenario. He added, that there was no better way  to develop these qualities than these exciting camps.

Dr. Anupama Mishra, Principal, Sunbeam School, Varuna expressed her satisfaction and happiness over the number of participation this year at the camp. She said, that unlike the previous year this year the participation was on the rise and hoped that the coming year more students would volunteer to participate. The Principals of Sunbeam School Lahartara  and Annapurna, Ms. Parveen Quasier and Ms.Mamta Jaiswal respectively expressed a high degree of satisfaction in organizing the Leadership Adventure Camp and hoped that similar activities would take the sunbeams to newer heights.