Monday Morning

We start each day by waking the kids at 6am, and then having them dressed and ready for morning Diwan that started at 7am. Diwan generally consists of Japji Sahib, kirtan, Simran, Ardas and Hukamnama. We encourage the kids to take control of Diwan by actively doing whatever needs to be done, which also includes Chaur Sahib di Sewa and Degh di Sewa.

After Diwan the kids go out and sing the National Anthem (Deh Shiva..) and then take part in some light exercises. The exercises are aimed at waking them up abit (all the kids sleep over and as the week goes by they tend to be tired and so the fresh air helps).

Exercises

- sitting position


Exercises

- Jogging on the spot

After exercises everyone has breakfast, which tends to either be cereal or pronthe.

Morning activities on this day were creative arts workshop where the kids had an opportunity to draw a picture of any event related to Sikh history. This was followed by a workshop on the history of Mukatsar.

Creative Arts Workshop


Mukatsar Workshop

Following this there was Langar.

Langar

- Lunchtime