Responsibility & Accountability

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“One cannot be casual today thinking that tomorrow will be bright!”

Responsibility is one of the most important aspects of human existence and personality. It is taking accountability for all our thoughts, feelings and actions. It is a characteristic that can make an individual successful in life.

Shivam House celebrated the basic, yet a very important value of life ‘Responsibility and Accountability’ in the first week of February. Throughout the week Shivam House made a humble effort to share with the students the real meaning of responsibility and accountability and how they are a valuable tool in achieving goals in student life and beyond.

Some of the aspects of Responsibility and Accountability shared with the students are as follows: When one becomes aware of his duty and knows what is expected of him, he becomes responsible for that duty.

1. When we were small we were taught by our parents to brush our teeth after waking up, then have bath and perform other daily chores in an appropriate sequence. Our parents made sure that over the years we did it sincerely and we understood the importance of performing our daily morning chores. Once we know that we have to do all this and in a particular sequence as taught, then it becomes our responsibility to follow our parent’s instructions.

2. At hostel, didis and house masters make students aware of folding their blankets, hanging the towel properly in the balcony, folding clothes, arranging cupboard, etc. then it becomes the responsibility of the student to follow his guardian’s instructions.

3. At school when students are taught various topics in class and given homework or asked to do the revision of the topic then it becomes their responsibility to follow their teacher’s instruction.

4. Different places around the world have their own customs, rules and regulations that they follow. When one goes to these places one must follow the rules and regulations that they follow. It becomes their responsibility to follow the native customs, traditions, rules and regulations.

Students were explained that as responsible members of Atmiya family it is their foremost responsibility to follow the basic principle of Atmiya Vidya Mandir i.e. ‘Atmiyata’ and be aware of the School Discipline policy.

Thus responsibility means doing what we are supposed to do and following rules and regulations.

Further, when one becomes responsible for any task, he starts keeping an account of it, meaning: he keeps an account of how many times he was successful in performing his duties and following rules, and how many times he failed and why? What can he do to overcome his failures? When one is able to account for all these questions based on the task assigned to him in a just manner without saying a lie and being honest is called accountability.

Responsibility and Accountability go hand in hand. The more one becomes responsible towards a task, the more one becomes accountable for it and the more one becomes accountable for the task the more one becomes responsible for it.

Moreover, it is believed that, the habits which are developed at the early age lasts longer. The most common problem which can make students irresponsible, is making excuses. Irresponsible people tend to shift the blame onto influential factors, and vocalize them as excuses. Students acknowledged that another way to accept responsibility is to stop putting the blame on everyone around. Blaming other people instead of one’s own self will not only make one spiteful, but it will make one powerless to change his life for the better.

Students were also informed about the different types of responsibility like personal, social, moral and family responsibilities. The points covered in the assembly were as follows:

1. Responsibility and Accountability means:

  • a. Following rules and taking care of your duties
  • b. Answering for their own actions, not giving excuses and not blaming others
  • c. Being trustworthy

2. Why become responsible and accountable?

  • a. They are core values for living honourably
  • b. They increase self-esteem and confidence
  • c. They increase trust between people
  • d. Makes us adorable

3. Responsible children should

  • a. Understand and accept consequences of their actions and try to correct their mistakes
  • b. Complete assignments and tasks
  • c. Clean up surroundings
  • d. Do the right things and apologize if wrong
  • e. Follow through without giving up
  • f. Understand the effect of their actions on others

Students got information about what is responsibility, why is being responsible important, what is expected from a responsible student, how to put responsibility into action in their day to day life through different quotes, presentations, stories, advertisements, real life incidents of great personalities, videos, etc.

The truth is that being responsible and accountable adds meaning to one’s life. It makes one independent, trustworthy, adorable, and successful and allows one to develop a positive influential character. No matter what you do, whether at home, school or work, being responsible and accountable are key traits.

Written by: Dipika Ma’am

Inter House Volleyball Competition 2013-14

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The last Inter House sports competition brought tremendous joy and excitement to the students as the sports calendar of the year 2013-14 ended with the Inter House Volleyball Competition. It was held in the week ending on the 10th of February, 2014, on the school volley ball courts and went on for 4 days. During these 4 days, many extra-ordinary performances were seen from the students. The artistic decoration made the atmosphere even more joyous.

Students were divided into three groups:

  • Sub-Junior group including the students of grades 5 and 6
  • Junior group including the students of grades 7 and 8 and
  • Senior group including the students of grades 9 and 10.
On the very first day, the competition began with poojan of Thakorji and then with the first two matches in the Sub-Junior group. The first match was played between Satyam House and Suhradam House in which Suhradam House won the game by 25-11 and the second match was played between Shivam house and Sundaram House in which Sundaram house won by 25-16. On the same day, one match was played in the Junior group, between Shivam House and Sundaram House in which Sundaram House won by a set score 2-1. Besides that, in the Senior group the first match was played between Satyam House and Suhradam House in which Satyam House won by set score 2-1. This match ended the day.

On the second day of the competition, students came back with recharged energy and enthusiasm. The first match was the 3rd place match in the Sub-Junior group between Shivam House and Satyam House, in which Shivam House secured the 3rd place by winning the game with a set score 2-0 in a best of three set match. In the Junior group, the match was played between Satyam House and Suhradam House, in which Suhradam House won by set score 2-0. Next match was played between Sundaram House and Shivam House in which Sundaram House won by set score 2-0.

The third day of the competition was pretty exciting as the final match was held in the Sub-Junior group between Sundaram House and Suhradam House, in which both the teams played equally good but it was the Suhradam House that managed to secure the 1st place in the Sub-Junior group by set score 2-1. The next match thereafter was for the 3rd place in the Junior group. This was played between Satyam House and Shivam House in which Satyam House won with a set score 2-0. After this match, the third place match in Senior group was played between Shivam House and Suhradam House in which Shivam House took away the 3rd place by winning the match with set score 2-1.

The last day of the competition saw excitement at its zenith as the two finals were played – one from Junior group and second from Senior group. The occasion was made even more special as the school principal, respected Vijay Sir and vice principal, respected Ashish Sir graced the volleyball court. Fitting to the occasion, the students gave an incredible performance as the excitement level increased by many multi folds. The day began with the first final match from Junior group between Suhradam House and Sundaram House. Both the teams performed brilliantly, as from the Sundaram House side, Mantavyabhai and Jaybhai played exceptionally well and from the Suhradam House side, Rajveerbhai and Rahulbhai kept the spirits high. But it was the efficient smashing from the Suhradam players which led to secure the first place in their group by set score 2-0. But it was not the end of the day because still the second final was left – between Satyam House and Sundaram House from the Senior category.

Both the teams looked very confident and equally matched. This was because both the teams had one marvellous smasher each, Parthbhai from Satyam House and Nirmalbhai from Sundaram House. Both these players had recently represented the school in the CBSE Inter School Competition and this time around they were to face each other in the last match of this competition. The match began with both teams countering their opponents very well. This tightly contested match reached the deciding set as both the teams won 1 set a piece. Initially, Satyam House fell behind but their rejuvenated and inspiring serving took them to equal points. They kept their nerves in the final few points of the game and narrowly beat Sundaram House.

The overall house winner position was a bit tricky as no particular house team dominated all the three categories. Following is the overall points table for the competition:

  • Satyam House: 16 points
  • Shivam House: 12 points
  • Sundaram house: 24 points
  • Suhradam house: 20 points

As can be seen above, the Sundaram House team captains led their teams to secure the first position in the competition. In the end, Tarun Sir concluded the competition by thanking the sports department for managing and organising such a memorable competition and the students for their louder than words enthusiasm and sportsmanship.

By: Rahul and Nimit (Grade 8)

The Habit of Winning

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“We first make our habits, then our habits make us.” ― John Dryden


Our habits can make or break us but we do not give enough attention to them. Habits are really more important than we think. Our habits are formed by the choices we make over the years. We seldom think upon whether these choices are good or bad ones. It is very important to cultivate good and positive habits from the childhood because we are not born with them. Habits are the result of the choices we make time after time. These choices finally harden into habits.

So as a school, it is very important for us to imbibe such good and positive habits in our pupils. Sundaram House was privileged to be part of such an endeavour by celebrating the value “Habit of Winning” through the medium of daily morning assemblies. During the week, Sundaram House team members shared different habits of winners through short motivational stories. These stories can change the way one thinks, works, lives and ultimately leads him towards the path of success. Furthermore, most of the discussions in the assemblies during the week, including the key points and many inspiring stories were taken from the book “Habit of Winning” – by Prakash Iyer (Author, Coach, Speaker and Managing Director of Kimberly-Clark Lever).

The first habit highlighted was “Setting the goal”. We have to first set a goal to have clarity of what we want to achieve. We may have the best tools to climb a mountain, we may also have a group of other climbers with us but what if we don’t have a mountain to climb! All those sophisticated tools are useless if there is no mountain to climb. Similarly, if we don’t have any goal to achieve in our life, we’ll be purposeless like an animal and will not achieve anything. It is also very important to stick to the goal once it is decided. If we identify the rabbit we want to catch, we should focus only on that one. If we try to catch many rabbits, we may end up with none. If the rabbit proves elusive, we need to change our tactics, but we shouldn’t change the rabbit. At AVM, incidentally, the summative exams are on their way so this was a very timely opportunity to set or review the goals set by the students.

The second habit discussed was “Self-Belief”. Once we fix our goal we should believe in what we are doing and have faith in God. If you think you can, you can. If you think you can’t, you can’t. Believing in ourselves is a big step forward after setting the goal. Often, in our quest for more, we believe we need to abandon what we are doing and go out and look for new ways of success. We fail to recognize the diamonds lying right under our feet.

The third habit that followed was “Perseverance: Consistent hard work”. “Main Khelega!!!” these were the two magical words with which the cricketing legend, Sachin Tendulkar, achieved many milestones in his life. In his debut test match against Pakistan in December 1989, he got injured by Waqar’s nasty bouncer and he started bleeding but he did not quit and said “Main Khelega!” and kept playing. In our life there can be situations when the pressure mounts and we feel that we cannot do this and we give up. But at that time we have to stick to our set goals. We need to keep that “Main Khelega Spirit alive” and continue fighting with our mann. That is perseverance: continuous hardwork.

The fourth essential habit is “Appreciating the role of other contributing factors to our success”. It was brought to light that apart from our own selves, our teachers, didis, housemasters, parents and friends play a critical role in our lives. In the game of football, there are a total of 22 players on the field at the same time but only one plays at any given point of time. And yet, what the remaining 21 players do on the field at that moment has a significant weightage in deciding the fate of the game, not just what the one who is sprinting ahead with the ball does. Life is not just about what we do when we are in control – it’s also about what we do when someone else has the say. Students were encouraged to be pillars of success for each other by being considerate of each other rather than being the cause of others’ failure or even under-performance.

The fifth habit discussed upon was “Developing a winner’s mind-set”. How do winners think? If we expect more, we get more. In much the same way, if we expect failure we get that too. The secret is remain persistent and not giving up. Being such a fundamental thing, the students were yet again reminded about the significance of the company of good friends. Furthermore, they were encouraged to exploit the potential of mind that God has gifted to all rather than being tricked by it. In order to achieve beyond what was already achieved, one needs to do things differently and that surely requires a different mind-set – a winner’s mind-set.

The sixth habit taken up was “Finding Balance”. The bottom line was that one needs to take a good judgement in balancing between success and the core values of life. The necessity of being righteous and acting accordingly was emphasised through some remarkable stories. The story of the Canadian sailor and an Olympic hero Lawrence Lemieux who never won a gold/silver/bronze medal but instead was presented the Pierre de Coubertin medal (True Medal of Sportsmanship) for his selfless conduct in the Seoul Olympics touched everyone’s hearts. Together with other anecdotes, the students were inspired to aim for a rightful life full of values.

The seventh habit discussed was “Winning with TEAMS”. Whatever our goal may be, we cannot achieve it alone, we need a team for that. Teamwork always wins. To make a kite fly higher, one needs to pull it towards self, not let it lose. The same also works with people. Atmiyata, the core value of the school was elaborated upon and students gained a fresh perspective of it’s importance.

The eighth and the last habit for winning taken up was “TAKE ACTION”. Dreams always come true, although, for that one has to wake up from sleeping and take action. Again, using some real life incidences both at AVM and from outside, the all-important need to take action in the direction of achieving our goal was conveyed. It was highlighted that the key to success was to get started and to learn to finish what we started.

Finally, the students from grades 1 to 4, presented posters, one each for each of the habits talked about during the week. One student held the poster, another summarised it for the school and the third in the team appealed to all to take the first step, today and build upon that as days pass.

Throughout this week Sundaram House students and teachers shared the above mentioned habits through small talks, short stories, presentations and videos.

-Priyavadan Sir

Intrapersonal Intelligence Competition 2013-14

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Each and every child is a unique creation of God. To identify and nurture that hidden uniqueness, teachers of Atmiya Vidya Mandir conducted many inter house competitions based on Multiple Intelligence throughout this academic year. One such competition, based on Intrapersonal Intelligence was held on 8th February 2014.

Students with intrapersonal intelligence have a deep awareness of their feelings, ideas, and goals. They have self-reflective capacities i.e. what one’s strength or weakness is. Often they have capacity to introspect and predict their own reactions at certain situations. They generally enjoy analyzing theories and ideas. So, keeping the skills in mind various competitions for different grades were organised for the four houses.

 

 
Good health is the exterior expression of inner harmony. To test the awareness of personal health and hygiene the theme ‘Health and Hygiene’ was selected for grade I to VI. The details for the same are as follows.

Group A: (Std. I to III) – Puzzle, Picture Pasting & Observe and Write

  • For grades I and II, two students from each house were selected, thus total 8 students participated in Puzzle Solving and Picture Pasting competition under the guidance of Vaishali Ma’am and Sunita Ma’am.
  • For picture pasting, participants were given few pictures of “Do’s” and “Don’ts” for good habits. Students segregated and pasted the pictures in two paper baskets entitled: “Do’s” and “Don’ts”.
  • All the students of grade 3 participated in “Observe and Write” competition. They watched the videos related to dental hygiene and then solved the thought provoking worksheet designed by Sharmil Ma’am.

Group B (Std. IV to VI) – Poster Making on General Hygiene

  • Six participants from each house, thus total 24 students participated in the Poster Making competition under the guidance of Anand Sir and Prerak Sir.
  • This competition helped the participants to illustrate not only their artistic talent and creativity but also demonstrate their deep awareness about general hygiene. They made poster on the topics: Respiratory Hygiene, Food and Water Hygiene, Hygiene in Toilet and Washroom, Hand Hygiene, and Laundry Hygiene.
  • One of the posters was so marvellous that the viewers found it difficult to believe whether it was painted or was it a printed picture.

Group C (Std. VII – VIII) – Thoughts and Responses

  • Two participants from each house, thus total 8 students participated in this group.
  • This competition was aimed to stimulate imaginative thinking and reflective writing. Students were given an opportunity to know and express themselves.
  • They were given three different situations for writing their own reflections. Students enjoyed it and got an opportunity to ponder upon the situations deeply. Their writing illustrated their ability to introspect and analyze the situations rationally which was praiseworthy. This reminds that “Wisdom is the ability to interpret a situation through God’s eyes”.

Group D (Std. IX – X) – Mind Mapping

  • Four participants from each house, thus total 16 students participated in this group.
  • The competition was aimed to instil creativity in students by encouraging and rewarding innovative thinking, where they had to analyze the theories given in their textbook. At individual level, they had to think upon the given topic and concisely represent the information on mind map. They were given the topic in advance. Under the guidance of Priyavadan Sir and Samidh Ma’am, all the participants showed mind-blowing performance.
  • Out of all 16 participants, it’s worth mentioning the determination of Harshbhai Gondaliya from Std. 10. As soon as the topic was assigned, he started working on it and approached teachers many times until he was satisfied with his efforts. 

Overall Results: 

Field Trip: A Class outside the Classroom

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The students of class 10 got a very educative opportunity on 4th Jan. 2014, to visit plants of some of Gujarat’s leading industries like sugar, weaving and dyeing, thanks to the efforts of the school and our teachers. Swayam Ma’am, our Vice Principal and our Social Science teachers, Rashmi Ma’am and Samidh Ma’am also accompanied us.

The Journey Begins…. 

We started at 9.00 AM from the school premises and arrived at the Bardoli Sugar Factory at about 10:00 AM.

Introduction
We were given a hearty welcome by Dasrathbhai, Director of the sugar factory and were briefed about the factory. We learnt some fascinating details about this 50+ years old plant and its glorious journey towards becoming a leading sugar producer in Asia.

Real life insight into the production of sugar
Thereafter, the students were distributed in different groups and each group was taken separately and explained the functioning of the plant. We had learnt in class about how the manufacturing units focus on Total Productivity, Total Quality, Zero Defect, etc… and this was our first-hand experience on how a manufacturing plant works. We were taken through a complete channel of stations and were explained by the supervisors the complete process of producing sugar. There was a highly interactive conversation between the students and the workers about the different steps in the process. The exposure to highly efficient automated systems which performed these complex tasks in few seconds helped us understand the present level of automation and testing in industrial scenario. To students’ pleasure, at the end of this plant visit everyone was served with a glass of fresh sugarcane juice which they all enjoyed.

Dyeing Industry
We proceeded further to visit a cloth dyeing unit. The well-coordinated processes of the plant snatched away our afternoon sleep as we remained stunned seeing the innovative technology that was used. We watched a great combination of science and colours, learned how the cloth was coloured and how designs were printed on plain cloth with the latest technology.

Textile Industry
Moving further, we were delighted seeing the process of how threads were combined to form the cloths. Manufacturing of cloth is a complex process and it involves many skilled workers, each performing a particular critical step in the overall process. We got to know that the many complex steps can be divided into three general categories – Preparation, Spinning, and Weaving.

The Journey ends…
We started our return journey from the textile factory and reached the school at 6.00 PM, a bit tired, but well informed. On the whole, this industrial visit turned out to be highly fruitful. It helped to gain a better understanding of the industrial processes and also an appreciation of the effort and dedication involved in the successful working of the entire team.

Written by: Class 10 Students

Vande Mataram! My India, My Pride…

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Republic Day is celebrated every year to honour the day and moment when the Constitution of India came into effect. This day also resembles unity, acquiring independence in the real sense, where everyone is equal and important. The 65th Republic Day was celebrated with great pomp at Atmiya Vidya Mandir.

This morning event was graced by Respected Fuvaji, Pujya Suhrad Swamiji, Respected Narendra Bhai, Haresh Sir and Honourable Dr. Vijay Patel. They all were escorted by our sports teacher and Students Council members. After our guests performed Thakorji’s Poojan, the programme continued. The chief guests unfolded our tri-coloured flag and there by infused the spirit of nationalism and patriotism at Atmiya Vidya Mandir’s campus. The school choir sung the “Zanda Geet”, “Vande Mataram” and “National Anthem”.

 


A wide range of activities centred on the theme of nationalism were conducted to instil the spirit of national pride and love for the country. A grand march-past by students of Grade 7, 8 and 9 was witnessed with zeal by everyone. A broad smile could be seen on everyone’s face when the excited young kids of classes 1st, 2nd and 3rd presented Mass PT on the beat of beautiful music. The primary students of classes 4th, 5th and 6th added colours to the programme with Hoop Drills. This celebration also included an eye catching dance performed by the students of class 10 on the song of “Satyagraha”. The entire school courtyard was echoed with the rhythmic beats of “Satyagrah”.

Our honourable chief guest Pujya Fuvaji expressed his gratitude in witnessing the program presented by the students. Though in simple tone, he addressed the essential aspects of students’ day to day life. Mukesh sir explained the history and significance of the Republic Day. The guests also acknowledged the student winners from different fields who were awarded on this momentous occasion.

The day’s celebration came to an end by proposing the vote of thanks, where the staff and students of Atmiya Vidya Mandir were thanked for making the day a wonderful success. The event came to an end with the distribution of sweets to all the members of Atmiya Parivar.

Written by: Rashmi Ma’am

Making the miracles within reach: Sundaram House

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At Atmiya Vidya Mandir, every day is a
tiny step towards the ultimate goal of life. The daily morning
assemblies are the onset of this gradual march which brings daily dose
of values strengthening and preparing the students for this journey of
life. To fulfil this very purpose of making the students better human
beings, in daily morning assemblies, we share inspiring material which
forms weekly reflection. In this manner, in the second week of January,
Sundaram House members presented the incidents and details of inspiring
lives of the Nobel Laureates from India.

This
inspiring week started with the detailed introduction of the Nobel
Prize and its making. On the first day, the students were explained the
humanitarian purpose of Alfred Nobel in establishing this peace prize
which bears his name. Students were also given a short insight on the
lives of legendary Nobel Laureates of Indian origin, like Mother Teresa
and Rabindranath Tagore. The following day, the success journey of
another Indian Nobel Laureate C.V. Raman was talked about by Priyavadan
Sir. C V Raman’s contribution to the human society was explained through
videos. It was followed by another inspiring day, as the students were
explained how Nobel Laureates like Amartya Sen and Har Gobind Khorana
made their way to this most prestigious award of the world. A power
point presentation elucidated the motivational lives of these renowned
personalities and details of their research work. The yet another
morning of this week again unwrapped history of unprecedented
achievements of Dr. Subramanyan Chandrasekhar.

Thus, though the
list of the inspiring Nobel Laureates is long and the inspiration is
unlimited, but a secret spark in these young minds was ignited. This
way, these assemblies about Nobel Laureates induced a dream in students’
hearts that they should stride towards their glorious future in such a
way that they also contribute to make the world a better place.

Written by: Seema Ma’am

Anger – Just one letter short of Danger

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“ANGER doesn’t solve ANYTHING; it builds NOTHING, but can destroy EVERYTHING…”

Suhradam House members elucidated the value “Anger – Just one letter short of Danger” during 23rd Dec to 28th Dec’13 with a divine intention to enter in the New Year 2014 taking a heart full of joy and love for others, leaving the Dangerous Anger behind. During the week, tremendous efforts were made to understand one of the most unpleasant aspect of human emotions – Anger. Efforts were made not only to help the students know what anger is, but also to know the various ways to deal effectively with it and control the behaviour in certain situations.

On Monday, students were introduced to Anger as one of the common human emotions such as happiness, sadness, etc. Different situations which make them angry were discussed with some illustrations like – children get angry when they get hurt, teased by fellow friends, left alone some times, get bullied or embarrassed by the peers or more often when they listen ‘No’ from anybody denying something they want.

Tuesday was a very enlightening day for all as Archana Ma’am discussed the biological effects of keeping anger inside us through a very informative PPT. She explained that keeping anger inside one’s body can be very harmful and repeating it for longer period of time causes serious problems such as high blood pressure, high sugar level, withdrawing from life, taking risks, over eating, using alcohol or drugs and also developing negative attitude towards everything.

On Wednesday, the effects of anger when let out and its external physical effects were brought into light. It consisted of different behaviours like insulting or harming others, teasing someone, throwing tantrums, destroying property and even taking revenge over somebody through humiliating pranks. Some people also express their anger on innocent people and helpless pets or animals as they can’t fight back.

The assemblies on Thursday and Friday were simply inspiring as the young talents of Suhradam House immaculately explained students the ways to find source of their anger and how to manage it. They discussed constructive ways to find, express or release anger by thinking positively about the situation, talking to others, writing it out in a diary, letting anger get off, diverting mind and body to any creative activities, relaxing and then getting active again, etc. It was very well explained that getting to the source of anger and coping with it positively yields fruitful results.

Saturday assembly also proved to be a splendid one as senior students explained a variety of ways to deal with people in different situations when they are angry. First of all, one should wait till the person calms down. And after sometime to approach him and suggest going for some activity like singing, relaxing, performing creative activities, listening to the music, etc.

Thus, the week turned out to be remarkably fabulous and immensely helpful to students due to praiseworthy hard work of students as well as teachers. It is utterly divine not to get angry. But Suhradam House has surely tried very well to enlighten the ways to cope up with anger positively without allowing it to harm one’s life as it’s rightly said by Vijay Eswaran that – “You can keep a sword or a gun but never have to use it; so it is with ANGER.”

Submitted by: Harsh Gondaliya (10-A) & Keyur Patel (10-B)

Interpersonal Intelligence Competition 2013-14

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With the evolution of science and society the methods and tools for teaching and learning have also evolved in past many years. Education and knowledge has increased many folds and the competition in various fields is fierce. But the main goal of education is still the same and all educators want to help their students to succeed in school, college, career and social life. In today’s fast pacing world it is very important to know what our children are good at and to find out which innate talent they possess. As we all look different and have unique personalities and temperaments, we also have different profiles of intelligences. Each one of us is born with a unique talent and intelligence and one cannot compare and say that one’s talent or intelligence is better than the other. To nurture this intelligence and transform it into a skill which will benefit the child to face life’s ordeals is very important.

To cater to the individual needs of student and to nurture the unique intelligence they possess, teachers at Atmiya Vidya Mandir have made a humble effort to design and organize many inter-house competitions throughout the year based on the theory of Multiple Intelligence given by Howard Gardner of Harvard University (USA).

 

 
On 23rd November, 2013 AVM had organized one such inter-house competition based on ‘Interpersonal Intelligence’. Few key aspects of interpersonal intelligence are: those who have strong interpersonal intelligence are good in understanding and interacting with other people verbally as well as non-verbally. They are good in working as a team and can positively resolve the conflict in the group.

Considering above mentioned realities this competition was organized grade wise and house wise. All the participants had been given different themes/tasks as per their grades. They had to work as a team and unleash their creativity to finish the given task in limited time.

The grade wise themes/competitions were as follows:

For Grade 1 to 3: Making Animals with Clay

In this competition all the participants were given the task to prepare their favorite animal from clay. 24 students from grades 1 to 3 had participated (2 students per Grade from each house). All the participants made the clay model of different animals like Elephant, Giraffe, Mickey Mouse, Tortoise, Dinosaur, Donald duck etc.

For Grade 4: Model making from Lego blocks
In this competition there were total 8 participants (2 students from each house). All the participants were given the task to make a model from the given Lego blocks in the given time. For this task they had to work as a team and come up with the idea to design the model and ultimately create that model. All the participants gave wings to their imagination and made varieties of models like Model of a Town, Model of Castle, and Model of Garden etc. It was exciting to note that the children were able to put in small little details in their models.

For Grade 5 and 6: Card Castle Making
In this competition there were total 16 participants (2 students per Grade from each house). For this competition participants had to make a castle from a given deck of cards and the castle with longest height will win. All the participants enjoyed making castle from the playing cards as a team. Their team work, patience and accuracy were tested here.

For Grade 7 and 8: Poster Making
In this competition there were total 16 participants (2 students per Grade from each house). The theme for this poster making competition was “Recipe of Success: Hard work + Earnest Prayer + Company of Good Friends”. Participant had to brainstorm and come up with the flow about how they can project this theme on a given chart paper. They were given time limit of one and half hour. All the teams came up with very creative ways to represent their ideas.

Throughout this competition participants from each grade levels worked as a team and learned to respect other’s ideas. It was a good experience for them to learn how to resolve their conflicts in a constructive way. For teachers it was a delightful treat to see their budding stars in action. Overall the competition was successful in providing the platform to students to unleash their creativity and practice their interpersonal skills. Both the students and teachers had thoroughly enjoyed it.

Grade wise winners of the Interpersonal Intelligence Competition are as follows:


For Grade 1 to 3: Making Animals with Clay: Shivam House

  • Rishil Savaliya (Std.1)
  • Veer Modi (Std.1)
  • Harinaman Gandhi (Std.2)
  • Harsh Patel (Std.2)
  • Jagrat Patel (Std. 3A)
  • Devan Patel (Std.3B)

For Grade 4: Model making from  blocks: Satyam House

  • Parth K. Patel (4A)
  • Parth N. Patel (4B)

For Grade 5 and 6: Card Castle Making: Shivam House

  • Shiv Patel (5A)
  • Manthan Patel (5B)
  • Vasav Shukla (6A)
  • Tarak Jadvani (6B)

For Grade 7 and 8: Poster Making: 

Satyam House

  • Smit Lad (7A)
  • Dharmin Patel (7B)
  • Jagrat Gada (8A)
  • Joy Patel (8B)

Sundaram House

  • Rutvik Fudhanawala (7A)
  • Parth Jasoliya (7B)
  • Dev K. Patel (8A)
  • Mantavya Ambaliya (8B)

Overall Result
1st Position    Shivam House
2nd Position    Satyam House
3rd Position    Sundaram House
4th Position    Suhradam House

Compiled by: Priyavadan Sir

Kinaesthetic Intelligence Competition 2013-14

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To provide an opportunity to all those students who possess a dominant, innate kinaesthetic ability, a team of teachers at AVM planned for an Interhouse Kinaesthetic Intelligence Competition to be conducted in October ’13. Different activities were designed for different age groups of students.

 

Group A: Std 1, 2, 3

  • Activity: Dance Competition (planned and executed by Suhradam Sir)
  • Number of students per House:- 09
  • Significance:- A kinaesthetically intelligent child would thrive in an opportunity to learn by acting things out and through movements (using their motor skills). A dance competition turns out to be one such opportunity for the little kids. Dancers exhibit highly developed bodily/kinaesthetic intelligence. So a dance competition gives the students an opportunity to use their body in a variety of skilled ways for expressive purposes.
  • Skills tested: – Motor movement of hands, fingers and legs; Sense of rhythm, Facial expression, Team work.
  • Result:- 1st Satyam & Suhradam (78 Points); 2nd Shivam (74 Points); 3rd Sundaram (73 Points)

Group B: Std 4, 5, 6

  • Activities: (planned and executed by Sarvajit Sir, Mrugesh Sir and Pujeetbhai)
    • “Hula hoops” for Std 4
      • 2 students per house
      • Skills tested:- Speed, Flexibility, Team work
    • “Satodiyu” for Std 5
      • 4 students per house
      • Skills tested:- Focus, Hand-eye coordination
    • “Juggling” for Std 6
      • 2 students per house
      • Skills tested:- Accuracy, Concentration, Team work
  • Result:- 1st Satyam (118 Points); 2nd Suhradam (110 Points); 3rd Sundaram (105 Points)

Group C: Std 7, 8

  • Activity: “30 seconds Field Goal” and “Bounce and Shoot” (planned and executed by the school basketball coach Bankim Sir)
  • Number of students per House:- 4
  • Skills tested:- Agility, Perfection, Hand-eye coordination, Judgement, Balancing body
  • Result:- 1st Sundaram (48 Points); 2nd Shivam (46 Points); 3rd Satyam & Suhradam (26 Points)

Group D: Std 9, 10

  • Activity: Improvisation (planned and executed by Suhradam Sir)
  • Number of students per House:- 6
  • Significance:-
    • Drama is one such art form which can convey human emotions at their best.
    • Improvisation gives an opportunity to the students to express their views on different topics like current social issues very effectively through their acting skills.
  • Skills tested: – Gestures & postures, Facial expressions, Dialogue delivery and Justification of given topic.
  • Topics for Improvisation:-
    • Education In India (Satyam House)
    • Corruption & Politics (Suhradam House)
    • Every Drop Counts (Water crisis) (Shivam House)
    • Idea of India or Ideal India (What can we do???) (Sundaram House)
  • Result:- 1st Sundaram (88 Points); 2nd Suhradam (84 Points); 3rd Shivam (83 Points) 

Overall Result:
First:      Sundaram House 84 points
Second:  Shivam House     80 points
Third:     Satyam House     78 points
Fourth:   Suhradam House 77 points