و is a multi-purpose letter. As a consonant it is /v/ (sometimes /w/). As a vowel marker it carries /uː/ (long oo) or /oː/ (long o). The same shape, different jobs depending on word position. اردو (Urdu) has waw as a vowel after ر, sounding /uː/. وقت (waqt) has waw as initial consonant /v/. Children learn this through reading, not rules. The non-connector property surprises kids who expect every letter to join both sides. Stroke timings approximate.

When she reads اردو and makes the /uː/ sound after ر, she is doing real reading: shape into sound by context, not by rule. Name the work.