Dazzling inaugural ceremony of Sports Unit Academy By Munwarunissa Nazneen Saudi Gazette Games generate a feeling of sportsmanship and broaden one's outlook. Sports bring rich dividends to sportsmen. A player develops team spirit; he learns to adjust with other person's shortcomings. It keep our body alert, active, youthful and energetic. Sporting Unit Academy was formed with an aim to develop physical skills and provide coaching in various fields of sports to expatriate kids. It was officially inaugurated on March 22 by S. D Moorty, Consul, Human Welfare of Indian Consulate at Turf Ground, Children Park, Sharfiya. In a colorful inaugural ceremony Younus Ahmed of Naseem Jeddah Clinic launched club Jersey and handed it over to Coach Rashid Alikkal. Families and children thoroughly enjoyed the the dazzling event, which also included a thrilling football match between senior and junior kids. Green Team and Yellow Team, senior and junior, won the in-house tournaments respectively. The event was proceeded by a colorful march-past, scout band performance, in-house tournaments and lucky draw for spectators, etc. Prizes were distributed to winners by President Mohammed Sadiq, Secretary Nazir Mohammed Feroke, Treasurer Mustafa Chalil, Ismail Kolakkadan, Rasheed Maliyekkal, Abdurahman, Eng. Abdul Lathief, Kareem Mavoor, Ashraf P.T. Ahmed handed over mementos to S. D. Moorthy and Salah Karadan . Hifzurahman (President of Saudi Indian Football Federation), Salah Karadan, T.P. Ahmed, Dr. Jashir, Basheer Ahmed wished everyone success, health and happiness. A project fair at Manarat A project presentation was held on April 4 at Manarat International School (K.G. Section). It was an amazing experience for teachers, mothers and their children. Manarat believes in adopting different teaching methodology to stimulate the minds of the little ones. Project-based learning is one of the many ways through which we feel we can reach our students. Headmistress Wafaa Ashmawi is committed to a policy that says learning should take place in a relaxed and fun way especially for the young ones. Projects were classified into two parts, namely, class project (teacher and student) and home project (mother and child). The main idea behind assigning these projects was to get more parental involvement. In this way stronger communication ties are maintained between parents and the school. We advised parents to use inexpensive and recyclable materials. Mothers were invited and numerous fascinating projects were displayed at the presentation. At the end all participants were given a certificate and the winning projects were rewarded, mothers were acknowledged for their contribution in making the presentation a great success. __
