bhubaneswar summer vacations provide a welcome break to students from the drudgery of studies and every pupil looks forward to it for spending some quality time with their friends or family it is a time when getting ready for school every morning is not a compulsion and there is also no fear of being reprimanded for not finishing homework on time but for most parents in the city who want their children to learn something new and fruitful its a challenge to keep their wards busy during this period this time the guardians are spoilt for choice as they can chose from modern dance swimming painting or horse riding to make the most of this summer every year i send my two daughters to summer camps i find these camps extremely helpful in improving their personality summer camps provide an opportunity to kids to learn many new things in these camps children learn things on their own which increases their selfconfidence said anusaya rath a parent summer camps are no longer restricted to drawing and dancing classes now special activity sessions are organized to hone the skills of students and improve their overall personality these days birdwatching cookery filmmaking theatre and adventure sports make life in summer camps funfilled and interesting these days a large number of students are taking part in various television shows and anchoring events in school and residential societies we have planned a 15day training in tv anchoring and filmmaking apart from regular activities like music dance art and craft many parents are interested to send their kids to acting classes said shakti mohanty a teacher of dav public school pokhariput delhi public school kalinga has also planned several interesting activities like birdwatching yoga taekwondo and adventure sports we thought of doing activities which are not held in other schools birdwatching will make children sensitive towards animals and the environment said a teacher of the school thumbelina an activity centre has started computer classes for children where they can learn doodling typing troubleshooting and so on there is more about computers than just copying and saving we will make computer learning interesting for children said meena arora of thumbelina vivekananda sikshya kendra in salia sahi has recently conducted a threeday summer camp for kids where children learnt various skills like banati a martial art waste management acting drawing mehendi and rangoli art our aim was to engage kids in something constructive which they can pursue as a hobby said ratnakar mohanty chairman of the school even regular music and dance classes have become innovative and interesting more and more children are keen to learn salsa hip hop ballet and contemporary dance forms besides western classical music said rajan panigrahi a modern dance teacher students are also expressing interest in animation web page and graphic designing my son who is in class viii spends a lot of time before the computer so i decided to send him to an animation and graphic designing studio he is