The Need for Event and Celebration Plans in Schools

Celebrating a variety of festivals from all around the world, blissfully is an integral part of learning and building a strong societal belief in students studying in schools across the globe. It provides children with an enriching experience of cultural and geographical diversity.

Each festival encourages them to embrace a new cultural identity and enjoy distinct backgrounds, values, and heritage.

The schools focus on celebrating not only the festivals but also national days like Republic Day and Independence Day as well as special days of the year such as International Yoga Day, World Water Day, etc. This practice assists schools to instill ethical, virtuous, and conscientious perspective in students.

Structured celebration plans come to the school’s aid when thinking about the concept of integrated progress of the students.

Factors to be considered while deciding on celebration ideas

‘Celebration ideas For school’ serve as a practical approach for facilitating the involvement of students in an extensive education setting. But before moving on to the ideas, it is important to reflect upon the different factors which affect the framing of these ideas.

·         It aims to focus on a definite topic.

·         The duration varies accordingly. Usually, it takes place for 1-2 hours.

·         The plans or ideas are keeping the venue in mind.

·         The school management takes the responsibility of assigning roles in different cultural activities to the students.

Celebration plans can be executed for selected grades or the entire school, depending on the school's decision.

The Major component of the plan

After carefully considering all the factors for the event, it is important to contemplate the major component of the plan or idea. The plan consists of a principle document explaining the course of the event and highlighting the details of various performances, skits, or activities.

The plan also enlists the essential pre-requisites for the event.

Conceptualizing Ideas for the Event

Every year, a wide variety of ‘school celebration days’ are organized, so it is essential to come up with innovative ideas according to the theme.

Few examples for the same are: -

·         Independence Day- 15^th August

Independence Day is celebrated to honor the life struggles and sacrifices of various freedom fighters, who laid down their lives on the line. It is important for the students to realize the significance of this day as well as change their perspective of viewing this day as an additional day off from the school.

To evoke a sense of pride and patriotism among the students, the theme of the event is generally based on the lives of the freedom fighters, soldiers, or martyrs.

It is important for students to understand the value that this day holds, and which paved the way for a new chapter in the history of freedom, nationalism, and patriotism.

This can be achieved by including different activities in the event schedule. The event duration in the celebration plan is usually around 90 mins.

The main document illustrating the flow of the event generally includes: -

·         Flag hoisting, an essential part of Independence Day celebrations.

·         Plays and skits are organized about the freedom fighters and their struggles as well as soldiers and wars.

·         Compere’s speech which reflects upon the significance of the day.

·         Dance performances depicting dance forms of various Indian states.

·         Music choir sings patriotic songs to honor the soldiers and martyrs.

The duration of the program can be adjusted by addition and removal of the songs, although more songs and dance performances are considered impactful for an ideal Independence Day event.

·         Christmas- 25^th December

Christmas celebrations are organized in schools every year on 25^th December. This festival marks the belief that God came into this world in the form of a man to pay for the sins of humanity.

It is in honor of the birth of Lord Jesus Christ that people from different cultures all over the world celebrate this festival.

Schools aim to inculcate the moral values of love and condescension of God in their students by celebrating this event. The Christmas spirit is universal in nature as various schools across 160 countries celebrate Christmas with the utmost cheerfulness.

The initial step for event plan or idea is coming up with a theme like-’Christmas-It's all about giving.’

The event is usually for 90 mins, and ideally, all students should participate in the event. The main highlights of the event plan are: -

·         The students sing melodious carols and dance beautifully, wishing their teachers and fellow classmates.

·         The entire venue is decorated with red and white colors, according to the theme.

·         People exchange gifts with each other.

The boundless joy of celebrating this merry festival is visible on the faces of all the students.