Saturday, the fourth day of February was a very happening time at Millennium. Can you guess why? It was Funfair time – The annual gala which gave us the perfect equation for a jolly good time!
Really, the funfair was the place to be at the Millennium National School on Saturday, 4th February 2012. Out students had a set up buzzing with commerce and activity. There were many many stalls selling their wares which ranged from pani puri to skill based games to magic tricks! All for a price, of course. But we can honestly say that anyone who attended, definitely got their moneys worth here.
The mouth-watering stuff sold at the food stalls included chat items, sandwiches, pasta, spring rolls, Idali, Wada, Corn Chat, varieties of popcorns, Appe, Kachchi Dabeli and cutlets to name a few. Amongst the desserts there were things like cakes, chocolate mousse, brownies, handmade chocolates and much more. There was also a selection of beverages like Masala Dudh, cold coffee, soft drinks and sherbets.
On the other hand; at the game stalls there were many exciting games. Games such as knocking down the tower of glasses with the ball, shooting the balloons, dart game, palace of doom, lucky draw games, guess the number, brain teasers and so on. There were many one minute games like removing lemons from the bucket of water with the help of two sticks, solving magic bricks puzzle, pinning maximum thermocol balls, collecting maximum marbles from a bucket filled of coloured water. We could see people aged 4 to 64 all having a gala time at these stalls as well.
And the best part was the whole thing was managed by students! Yes our very own students from classes 5 to 9 had arranged the whole affair. They worked in groups and marketed their stalls, sold their wares, worked on the demand supply equation and customer satisfaction. They also put in a solid three hours of salesmanship that day and went home with a good booty for their piggy banks.
We were quite impressed at the efficiency by which the stalls were functioning. At the food stalls, children were taking good care of cleanliness and hygiene. The stalls had very nice, creative names. The dishes were also garnished and displayed in a very tempting way, so that it was irresistible to try those out!
There was a great response from both the students and parents for this fun-filled event. Managing these stalls at the fair helped students understand and get hands on experience of planning, organizing, team work, marketing, delivering, food preparation and serving, selling, keeping records of sales done and distributing the revenue earned amongst the team members. I can safely say, we are grooming a large group of entrepreneurs!
Interestingly, the stall managing students behaved in a very matured way (not that we expected anything less from our brood). They were urging people not to litter and to enjoy themselves responsibly. But the shocker was how much many of the parents littered. Though there were dustbins everywhere, which were regularly being emptied a lot of trash was just carelessly strewn across. It was too disturbing a sight. Also makes us wonder, if this is the attitude of the people raising the next generation where do we really hope to reach?
Anyway, hopefully the young ones will turn the older ones around. Lets see And more events coming up soon. Maybe well see better behaved parents there 🙂
Three cheers for our Millennium family, and a drum roll for a great performance!
