Summer Times - The (very local) newsletter

One of the best things I did during the recent school vacations - guess - give up? I helped our colony kids put together their first ever NEWSLETTER!!! Yes, Yes, Yes!!!

I seriously wanted to get kids to do some "together" kind of activity that was stimulating to their brains (watching a movie ruled out) yet could provide some fun to parents (parties and get-together's ruled out - ask someone who cleans the mess afterwards). Outdoor sports event was an option, so was an evening of dance-drama-fashion show etc. But with my little baby still not stable enough for me to leave her for extended hours, I chose to put together something in print.

We decided to create our very own newsletter. Kids got their contributions together - poems, puzzle, drawings, jokes were collected. We also did one interview with one of our colony members who is a cricket coach for players like Ashish Nehra.

We did not want to go overboard with spending too much money, since we would have to ask parents to shell out. So we collected 5/- rupees each for about 10 families. Got one print out and several photocopies of the newsletter. Distributed to every home in our colony. Were parents pleased? You bet!!!

Here are the final results: (Click on the images to see details or click here to download.)

How did you like it? Do you think we should continue this effort now that schools have re-opened?
Look forward to hearing from you…