“Venice of the East”: There and back again

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An electrifying tour to Udaipur was organised to rejuvenate the students and to ease off from the recently concluded exams. It was held from October 5th to October 8th for the students of grades 9 and 10. The first day started with refreshment in the awesome hotel: “Valley View” in Udaipur after which we strolled out in this beautiful city of lakes.

We went for boating in the Pichola Lake, a beautiful, picturesque lake that is enveloped by some of the key structures of Udaipur. After the highly informative and full-of-fun ride, we visited the Maharana Pratap Memorial where we learnt more about the very inspiring life of Maharana Pratap. The stories of Chetak, his loyal horse, who lived and died for the Rana gave us goosebumps. As the evening proceeded and it got dark, we went forth to explore the city centre and trekked for about 2 km going through narrow streets and subways, eventually arriving at an eye-catching sight of the city of Udaipur with buildings and structures decorated with candles and lights. It seemed like a city of GOLD! Finally, upon returning back to our hotel, we had a delicious dinner and our day ended with already lots of memories of the city.

The next day, our curiosity was exploited in Chittaurgarh – the land of Bhakti and Shakti (the land of devotion and strength), about 100 km from Udaipur. After a “heavy” breakfast, we travelled and reached there by noon. We then explored through the ruins of places where some of the most inspiring events took place. In this historically significant Mewar part of Rajasthan, we saw for ourselves the place where Queen Padmini and the Rajput women performed “jauhar” symbolising the extent of their dedication towards their faith. We relived the sacrifice made by Panna Dai in order to save the infant Prince Udaisinh and we were touched by the life and devotion of Meerabai. We got to see the ruins of the Royal Palace, the Vijay Stambh (Tower of Victory), Meerabai Temple, Rana Pratap fort and the breathtaking views of the modern city which lay at the foothills. After lunch in the city, whilst our buses took us back to Udaipur, we continued marvelling in the glory of the city we had just witnessed. Upon returning to the hotel, we freshened up and got replenished with some tasty snacks and games. Swimming was great fun. And then again, came another very delicious dinner serving some awesome food. Everyone was charged up and looking forward to the Navratri celebration arranged in the hall within the hotel itself. After some time after dinner, we enjoyed garba in which all students and teachers danced with a lot of passion.

The final day of our trip began with our visit to the mesmerising, grand City Palace. It was built by 22 kings, one after the other and is an excellent masterpiece of architecture infused with strategy. We saw the well preserved rooms, gardens, clothes, jewellery and weapons used by the generations of the royal family. We witnessed first-hand the life style of the royal family. Everyone left the palace in awe and reached the hotel for lunch.

It was time then to bid farewell to this beautiful city of palaces and lakes and we started our return journey to school. One of the most remarkable things about this tour was the extent of meticulous planning and execution of our tour manager Mr Himanshu Goyal from Booking Station. Himanshu Sir was personally involved in every event and situation taking such care so as to provide us with the best possible experience.

This trip was indeed very adventurous and enthralling and surely one of the best trips we’ve ever been to. The experiences of this tour have left indelible footprints on the sands of time for us.

Re-Lived by: Yaksh Badhiwala and Utkarsh Patel (Std 10)

Natural Intelligence Competition 2013-14

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Nature is beautiful for those rare who admire her beauty. Their observation of nature is keen and perception is entirely different from a layman, because they possess natural intelligence, one of the aspects of multiple intelligence.

For those faces in the crowd, the team of teachers at AVM organized the Inter House Natural Intelligence Competition 2013-14 for grades 1 to 10 on September 7.

The competitions were organised grade wise and house wise. For different competitions, there were different themes picked up from the environment.

Grades 1 to 3

  • For this junior most group, four students from each class were selected for each of the four houses. Thus there were 12 participants in all.
  • The competition was “Role Play” and their theme was “Animals”. Each participant wore a costume to resemble an animal, imitated that animal (the way it walks, makes noise) and introduced himself as that animal.
  • The anchoring was an additional excitement as the anchors recited poems related to the animal on the stage. That great job was done by Nirmaanbhai of class 3A and Nirlepbhai of class 2.
  • The competition was conducted in the auditorium and the organizer was Sharmil Ma’am.

 

Grades 4 to 6

  • In this junior group, the theme for grade 4 was “Flowers” and their competition was “Collage making”.
    Four participants were selected to represent the four houses and they prepared their collage on a chart paper using different materials provided to them. The time allotted was 1.5 hours.
  • The theme for grade 5 was “Birds” and the competition was “Rangoli”.
    Eight participants were there to represent the four houses, i.e. two from each house. They used grains, pulses, flowers and leaves for floor decoration. They had to write a value relevant to their rangoli and had to complete the activity within 1.5 hours.
  • The theme for grade 6 was “Plants” and the competition was “Plant Arrangement”.
    There were eight participants as representatives of the four houses. They were asked to arrange plants in a tub full of sand. Plant arrangement was done with a concept. They also wrote a slogan related to their concept. The participants came up with wonderful ideas and arranged plants with concepts like forest, park, garden, etc. The time duration was 1.5 hours.

All these competitions were organised in the Junior School Cluster.

Grades 7 & 8

  • “Environmental Quiz” was organized for these two classes. It was a group activity and each house team consisted two participants from each class, thus making a team of four members.
  • A questionnaire containing 30 questions related to Science, Social Science and General Knowledge was designed and the team members had to discuss and choose the correct option online from the given multiple choices. The time allotted was 1.5 hours and it was held in the computer lab 2. The organizers were Binu Ma’am and Rashmi Ma’am.

 

Grades 9 & 10

  • A “Poster-making Competition” with the theme “Conservation of Nature” was organized for these two grades. Two participants from each grade represented their respective houses, thus a total of 16 students participated in the competition. They sought the liberty of selecting the concepts by themselves. The time allotted to them was 1.5 hours and the competition as organised by Anand Sir in the Maths Lab. 
A summary of the final outcome of this inter house competition is given below:
 
Written by: Sunita Ma’am

हिन्दी में नाट्य द्वारा अभिव्यक्ति क्षमता का विकास

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विषय- ‘गिल्लू’
पाठ के आधार पर नाट्य द्वारा पशु-प्रेम की अभिव्यक्ति करनी।
आज समाज
में मनुष्य-मनुष्य के बीच आत्मीयता का अभाव आ रहा है तो पशु-प्रेम की
गुँजाईस कहाँ है ! ऐसे अवसर पर बच्चों का न सिर्फ मनुष्यता का विकास
हो बल्कि प्राणी-जगत के प्रति भी सहानुभूति का संचार हो यह आवश्यक हैं।
इस विषय पर
वज़न देते हुए दिनांक 27 से 29, जून 2013 को हिन्दी विषय के अंतर्गत हिन्दी शिक्षक मुकेशभाई जोशी के मार्गदर्शन में कक्षा 9 में नाट्या का आयोजन किया गया था। जिसमें विद्यार्थियों ने सहर्ष हिस्सा
लेकर इस कार्यक्रम का आनंद लिया।

वर्ग के
सभी बच्चों को चार जुथ में विभाजित किया गया। हर जुथ ने अपना पशु-प्रेम एवं नाटकीय गुणों को एवं अपने हाव-भाव को स्वयं
को मिले पात्र द्वारा निरूपणकर स्वतंत्र
भावाभिव्यक्ति की।
हिन्दी शिक्षक मुकेशभाई जोशी

हिन्दी पठन-कौशल का विकास

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(कक्षा 9
में पठन कार्यक्रम का आयोजन )
आज के प्रतियोगिताओं से भरे संसार में अनवरत प्रगति करनी हो तो ज्ञान परमावश्यक हैं। और ज्ञान के विकास के लिए पठन-शैली में उत्कृष्टता हो अनिवार्य है। बच्चों का पठन शुद्ध उच्चारणयुक्त होगा तो पठनीय
सामग्री बुद्धि ग्राह्य बनेगी।

इसी
उद्देश्य की पूर्ति हेतु दिनांक 26, जून 2013 को हिन्दी विषय के अंतर्गत कक्षा 9 में पठन कार्यक्रम का आयोजन किया गया था। हिन्दी शिक्षक मुकेशभाई जोशी के मार्गदर्शन में ये आयोजन किया गया, जिसमें विद्यार्थियों ने पठन शैली का विकास, शुद्ध
उच्चारण, ‘र’ के विभिन्न उपयोगादि का अभ्यास किया।
हिन्दी शिक्षक मुकेशभाई जोशी

हिन्दी-गुजराती भाषांतरण प्रतियोगिता

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आज का युग विद्यार्थियों का तेज़ दिमाग,प्रतिभावान के साथ-साथ बहुभाषी होना अति आवश्यक है। और जबकी हम भारत के एक बहुधार्मिक एवं बहुभाषी राज्य मे रहते है जहां हिन्दी हमारी राष्ट्र भाषा एवं गुजराती हमारी मातृभाषा है तो यह आवश्यक हैं कि हिन्दी तथापि गुजराती दोनों ही भाषाओं पर प्रभुत्व हों।
इसी उद्देश्य को ध्यान में रखते हुए दिनांक 03 अगस्त, 2013 को कक्षा 9 एवं कक्षा 10 में हिन्दी- गुजराती भाषांतरण प्रतिहयोगिता का आयोजन हिन्दी शिक्षक श्री मुकेशभाई जोशी एवं गुजराती शिक्षिका रेखाबहन के मार्गदर्शन में किया गया था।
जिसमें—
* कक्षा 9 एवं 10 के गुजराती विषय पसंद करने वालें छात्रों को हिन्दी के दस सुवाक्य-सूत्र दिए गए, उन्हों ने उन हिन्दी के सुविचार युक्त सुत्रों का गजराती में भाषांतरण किया।
* कक्षा 9 एवं 10 के हिन्दी विषय पसंद करने वालें छात्रों को गुजराती के दस सुवाक्य सूत्र दिए गए, उन्हों ने उन गुरजराती के सुविचार युक्त सुत्रों का हिन्दी में भाषांतरण किया।
वर्ग के सभी छात्रों को चार भागों (सत्यम् हाउस, शिवम् हाउस, सुदरम् हाउस, एवं सुह्रदम् हाउस ) में विभाजित किया गया। चारों जूथ को दस-दस सुविचार युक्त सुत्र दिए गए तथापि 20 मिनट की समयावधि दी गई। छात्रों ने दी गई समय मर्यादा में उन सुविचार युक्त सुत्रों का भाषांतरण किया। तत्पश्चात् हर जूथ में से एक छात्र ने मंच पर आकर उन भाषांतरण किए हुए वाक्यों का उचित उच्चारण में पठन किया।
प्रतियोगिता बहुत रसप्रद रही। छात्रों में उत्साह देखते ही बनता था।
वर्ग के सभी छात्रों ने सोत्साह भाग लिया।
प्रतियोगिता के अंत में छात्रों ने प्रतिपुष्टि (feedback) मे बताया की यह प्रतियोगिता बहुत मज़ेदार रही। ऐसी प्रतियोगिताएं हमारा उत्साह बंढ़ाती है तथा हमारा आत्मविश्वास दृढ़ करती है
इस हिन्दी-गुजराती भाषांतरण का परिणाम इस प्रकार है—-
— हिन्दी भाषांतरण प्रतियोगिता में 200 अंक में से 169.5 प्रांप्तांक हासिल कर सत्यम् हाउस ने प्रथम क्रमांक प्राप्त किया हैं
— गुजराती भाषांतरण प्रतियोगिता में 200 में से 182 प्राप्तांक हासिल कर शिवम् हाउस ने प्रथम क्रमांक प्राप्त किया है।

सभी को हार्दिक अभिनंदन।
हिन्दी शिक्षक मुकेश जोशी
एवं
गुजराती शिक्षिका रेखा बहन

Language, the stimulus – Verbal & Linguistic Competition 2013-14

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The power of language is immense and intense. And, the only way to acquire it, is by its daily use. As an attempt to empower the different skills of language, Atmiya Vidya Mandir arranged an activity based on one of the aspects of Multiple Intelligence – “Verbal and Linguistic Competition”.

The competition was organised grade wise and house wise. The competitions were managed by the language teachers and judges were called to assess the competition. The English Language Team arranged three competitions to empower the language skills.

Story Telling Competition

Students of the class 1st, 2nd and 3rd narrated stories assigned to them. The competition was held for 3 classes and every class had 4 students representing the 4 respective houses. Every participant got 5 minutes to narrate the story. All the representatives of the houses tried their best to fetch victory for the house. It was held in Junior Prayer Hall.

Newspaper Reading

Newspaper Reading competition was arranged for the grades 4th, 5th and 6th. The competition was held for 3 classes and every class had 4 students representing the 4 respective houses. Every participant got 3 minutes to read the news within the word limit of 200 words. Considering the quietness required, event was held in the school auditorium and the two anchors, Smitbhai and Devangbhai added the excitement to the event.

Crossword Puzzle Creation

Providing a daily life language experience, students of class 7th and 8th were assigned with the task of Crossword Puzzle Creation Boggle. The competition was held for 2 classes and every class had 8 students, 2 each representing the 4 respective houses. Every team had to create a crossword puzzle which is not only interesting but also reasonably difficult to solve. The event was held in School cluster.

The students participated with full zeal and vigour to win, yet focused to perform the best.

The assessment was based on the predefined criteria and its score. The weightage and importance was given on the bases of creativity and team work. Students not only participated in the competition but also experienced the influence of language in daily life.

On the other hand, the observant judges left no stone unturned to ensure the complete assessment of every individual child. The competition was adjudged under the supervised invigilation of in-charge teachers.

Below is the list of winners from different houses.

Written by: Chirag Sir

Wet-on-wet Technique Paintings by students

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Smith Patel (Std 8A): Title-Deforestation

Rudra Patel (Std 8A): Title-Natural View

Jesal Bandhiya (Std 8B): Title-Morning Blazer

Jesal Bandhiya (Std 8B): Title-Moon Time

Dhruv Bhagat (Std 8A): Title-Autumn Trees

Rajveer Fudhnawala (Std 8A): Title-Scenery
Aditya Bhalani (Std 8B): Title-Autumn

Dev A. Patel (Std 8A): Title-Autumn

Dhruv Bhagat (Std 8A): Title-Desertic Dubai

Rajveer Fudhnawala (Std 8A): Title-Air Pollution

Visual and Spatial Competition 2013-14

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“Individually, we are a drop. But together we are an ocean“.

It is often said that the best work that can be produced by people, is through teamwork. You sit in a group and share your talent and imagination with others. And what emerges, is a combination of multi-artistic perfection.

To bring out the best that the child has, Atmiya Vidya Mandir has designed different competitions based on the theory of eight Multiple Intelligences.

The Visual and Spatial Inter-House Competition was conducted on 20th July 2013, at different places in school between 11.40 PM to 1.00 PM. Such a competition where everyone needs to have the ability to visualize with the sight of mind.

The themes were as below.

  1. Mask making– It was a fun activity of making a mask of any creature with paper to show various moods of different creatures.
  2. Greeting card on computer– It displayed the imagination of students by designing birthday cards, poster and PPT’s on the given topics.
  3. Best out of waste– It helped students to come out with their innovations in finding out the usefulness of the waste materials.
  4. Collage making– It assisted students with the art of creating the complete image from the separated and deserted parts.

Everyone was enthusiastic to excel in the competition and due to the limited time frame, participants were engrossed in performing the best. As it was also a team building activity, everyone experienced the power of coordination and team spirit. This competition, not only arouse a keen interest among all the students in imagining/visualising, but also provided a good platform to express their views and ideas.

The themes selected for this competition were vibrant and creative in nature. Everyone on campus observed and appreciated the creations of the students. Honourable Principal Dr. Vijay Patel, Vice-principal Ashish Patel, and one of the key event organisers, Manish Sir, along with the other observant judges assessed the competition.

Such a competition was tackled with much zeal and excitement. The students enthusiastically participated in the competition and presented beautiful creations.

The winners list is as follows:-

Mask making competition (Std 1, 2, 3)

  • Std 1: Jal Dhamelia (Suhradam House)

  • Std 2: Het Dungrani (Suhradam House)
  • Std 3: Nirman Patel (Sundaram House)

Card making competition

  • Std 4: Nishant Patel (Shivam House)

Poster making competition

  • Std 5: Pransu Patel (Satyam House)

Presentation making competition

  • Std 6: Het Patel (Suhradam House)

Compiled by: Rashmi Ma’am

Investiture Ceremony 2013-14

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“The price of greatness is responsibility.” Sir Winston Churchill

On the pleasant morning of 6 July 2013, admirable young talents of Atmiya Vidya Mandir were bestowed responsibility of serving school with their capability, efficiency and more over with devotion.

The Investiture Ceremony, thus marked the initiation of the student council for the academic session 2013-14. Designations were assigned with an official title to the Head Boy, the Vice Head Boy and the Sports Captain. the House Captains and the Vice-Captains of all the four houses were provided with the respective ranks and deserved rights.

The young and enlightened minds, Harsh Sarda and Tanmay Patel of class XI carried the program to an utmost excitement. And displayed the best of the qualities of Host.

“PRATHAM PRABHU, PACCHI PAGLU” as per this ritual of Atmiya Vidya Mandir, Investiture Ceremony commenced its first step of lightening the sacred lamp by Honourable Vice Principal – Ashish Sir, Respectable Administrator – Haresh Sir. Thakorji was offered with the devotional poojan by Pujya Arjun Mama. Following the Hindu tradition, Lord Ganesha was worshipped by presenting the Sloka – “Vakratunda Mahakaya Suryakoti Samaprabha” by our school choir group who added grandeur to the ambience.

On the tune of the school band, members of Student Council performed a grand March Past.

The formal assignment of title, is indeed a matter of pride for every members of Student Council. Vice Principal, House conveners and House Teachers assigned the Council members with their respective badges.

Turning the program with zest, Vice-Principal, Honourable Swayam Ma’am carried out the swearing-in-ceremony. Wherein entire Student Council took an oath and promised to discharge their duties sincerely to the best of their ability.

To add more splendour to this function, the centre of most attraction for our school youngistan was the dance, it was a traditional Gujarati dance which was performed by the students of class IX and X in a kathiyawadi attire.

The Head Boy, Sachin Verlekar, cognitively brilliant, socially smart and emotionally stable yet deeply humane delivered a short speech. Wherein he promised to behold the values of school and stand up to the expectations of elders.

Enlightening further, Vice Principal – Swayam Ma’am addressed the school on “Responsibility of a leader is to play multiple roles in his life”.

As a symbol of energy, the lamp was lighten by the Students Council. The ceremony was concluded with the school song.

Wishing the entire Student Council, success and victory in all their endeavours and leaving behind a legacy for all to cherish.

Written by: Rashmi Ma’am

Student Council 2013-14

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Real leadership is not about prestige, power and status. It is about responsibility.

School is a basic platform to initiate the ability to become a responsible citizen of the nation. The concept of integrity and unity are taught by grouping students together on an equal ground of election.

In Atmiya Vidya Mandir, the students are given a platform to experience the realities and joy of outer world by giving hands-on experience. They are nurtured with many social, cultural and spiritual values. To experiencethis very important process first-hand, the Student Council has been set up wherein students can show their active participation by recognizing their duty towards school, friends, teachers and further, in future, to the nation. As a result, every child got an opportunity to use his wisdom to elect his leader.

Students are the hope for the bright future of any nation. Moulding students of today as a better citizen for tomorrow was the sole motto of the event.

As educated by P.P.Swamiji, three main qualities that a leader should possess are to be polite, stable and Atmiya. Leaders are not born, sometimes they need to be moulded. Such a place is AVM where students strive to fly like a leader still try to remain grounded.

Atmiya Vidya Mandir witnessed its fourth student council election in the second week of the academic year 2013-14.

Nomination Criteria

  1. House Vice Captain from Class VIII
  2. House Captain from Class IX and X
  3. Vice Head Boy – Class IX
  4. Head Boy – Class XI

Election Procedure

  1. Vote access: Students from class 6th to 12th, and all the elderly people in the campus.
  2. Pre elections: Before the elections the dates of nomination, campaign, polling and declaration of results were announced.
  3. Campaigning Week: When elections were called, nominees endeavoured to influence the school by campaigning. The students nominated with the zeal to win. And a tough competition proved the students highly proactive to serve the respective houses and the school.
  4. Voting day: The elections were held on 29th June 2013 from 11.20 AM to 1.00 PM. Prayer hall was chosen as a polling station. The sports team was in charge of handling polling in a smooth way. Students experienced casting their vote through laptops. An indelible ink like of marker pen was applied on the left index finger of the voter as an indicator that the voter has cast his vote.
  5. Post elections: After the different phases of the elections were complete, a day was set to count the votes. The votes were tallied. The candidate who mustered the most votes was declared the winner for their respective post.
Selection:
In a very unusual turn of events, the school witnessed for the first time, a selection for a very important post in the Council, that of the Sports Captain. This was done due to the overwhelmingly outstanding qualities of the candidate involved, Nirmal Patel, who was selected for the aforementioned post by the School Principal and the Student Council Convenor.

Election Results:

The list of newly elected student council members is as follows:

Head Boy: Sachin S. Verlekar

Vice Head Boy: Dhwanit R. Tamboli

Sports Captain: Nirmal A. Patel

Satyam House:

  • Captain Sumit D. Choudhary
  • Vice Captain Jagrat K. Gada

Shivam House:

  • Captain Dhaval A. Jariwala
  • Vice Captain Sarvanaman B. Patel

Sundaram House:

  • Captain Arpit K. Trapasiya
  • Vice Captain Nimit J. Patel

Suhradam House:

  • Captain Harsh V. Gondalia
  • Vice Captain Rahul B. Patel

Finally, the school has a fresh beginning of a new academic year with the support of newly elected student leaders waiting for their upcoming oath ceremony.

Written by: Rashmi Ma’am