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

SARANSH 2012-13

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Academic year 2012 -13 has been a remarkable year for Atmiya Vidya Mandir in so many ways. The year was full of opportunities for students to excel. Students were engaged in wide ranging activities from different subjects in classrooms to different sports on the field. Let it be the preparations of creative assemblies for Saturdays or the value based projection on soft board; the enthusiasm of the teachers and the students was unparalleled. The year also witnessed the inception of the debate club at AVM. The year will also be remembered for some record breaking performances by the students on the tracks and fields as well as some breath-taking performances on the stage. All in all it was a significant year at AVM which needed to be capped with a huge celebration. Hence the program ‘Saransh – Let us celebrate each other’.

Every year students of AVM, who are divided in four houses: ‘Satyam’, ‘Shivam’, ‘Sundaram’ and ‘Suhradam’, compete in different categories throughout the year to win a coveted trophy – ‘House of the year’. The idea behind this year long series of competitions is to provide students with the opportunities to develop and master so many of the much essential 21st century life skills which are equally important along with their studies. It is also an opportunity for students to experience the highs of victory and lows of defeats which they will experience in the real life. In a way it prepares them gradually to become a successful person of the society.

Coming back to ‘Saransh’, it has been a tradition at AVM to celebrate all the achievements from different students and relive those amazing moments. This year for the first time, students from class 8, took up the job of organising the whole function under the guidance of Chirag sir and Suhradam sir. Along with the organisation of the function, four students from class 8 also hosted the function wonderfully with amazing confidence. If the first pair of anchors Nihar bhai and Jugal bhai was humorous and witty, the second pair of Vishrut bhai and Dinal bhai was smart and effective.

The first set of awards were individual / group in acting, dancing and singing category. Here are the winners:

  • Best Singer: Nirmalbhai Patel (9B)
  • Best Actor: Shubhambhai Patel (11 Commerce)
  • Best Dance: ‘Dasavatar group’ from Suhradam House

Arguably the most important individual trophies for the evening were the ‘student of the year’ trophies. The winners of these trophies were adjudged on the basis of some stringent criteria. And here are the winners of this prestigious trophy.

  • Meghbhai Rathod (5 B) (Category class 5 and 6)
  • Vinamrabhai Patel (7 A) (Category class 7 and 8)
  • Sachinbhai Verlekar (10 B) (category class 8, 9 and 10)

The students were also elated with the presence of the senior most students from class 12 in the hall. As they are preparing for the upcoming board exams, their presence was noted and appreciated by everyone. Not only that the students from class 6,7 prepared a wonderful dance to wish them best of luck for the toughest test of their lives yet.

The atmosphere inside the prayer hall was very exciting as the anchors were slowly building up towards the announcement of ultimate winners for the evening – ‘House of the year’. But before that, it was the time to announce House of the year in sports, academics, creative assemblies and softboard display. Here are the winners:

  • Best Academic House – Suhradam House
  • Best Sports House – Satyam House
  • Best House in Creative Assembly – Suhradam House
  • Winners of Debating Club Competition – Satyam House
  • Best Soft Board Display – Shivam House
  • Best House in Athletics – Sundaram House

Rohanbhai Shingala (9B), the vice head boy of the school gave a heart-warming vote of thanks. He thanked all the staff members from different wings of the campus who made it possible for a wonderful and joyous year for the students.

The members of the student council were also appreciated by the school principal respected Vijay sir, as he handed certificates of appreciation to all the members.

Now it was the turn of the biggest announcement of the evening. For this big announcement P. Ashokbhai Patel (Personal Secretary to H.D.H. Hariprasad Swamiji) and respected Haresh Sir (Administrator) were invited on the stage. As they pronounced ‘The House of Unbeatable Spirit – Sundaram House as the winners the hall erupted with the voices of joy, enthusiasm and cheers from all the students. On behalf of Sundaram house the trophy was received by the House Captain Tanmaybhai Patel (10 B), Sports Captain Harshilbhai Soni (10B), house teachers and some key students from Sundaram house.

As the evening faded, everyone present in the hall experienced a sense of fulfilment for an amazing work they did together. In the end the function ‘Saransh – let us celebrate each other’ would be remembered for how all the students together celebrated the spirit and values at Atmiya Vidya Mandir.

Tickle Wiggle, Mingle Giggle, Whistle Jingle!

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Children need plenty of opportunities for creative play and creative thinking. Keeping in mind students’ interest, students of standard 8th were given an opportunity to express their ideas and interest through Jingle making activity.

Children were peered up in groups and were asked to compose Jingles. They were given ample of examples on how to compose an effective jingle. A step wise approach was taught to them on how to compose an appealing jingle. It was a 5 step approach:

  1. The children were asked to choose a product for example Nike, Colgate, Cadbury, KitKat etc.
  2. Then children were asked to describe the products characteristics, features, appearances and benefits for end user.
  3. The next task was challenging, intimidating but interesting. They were asked to write single words which would describe the above mentioned points and write rhyming words for the same.
  4. Next task was to write the lyrics with the help of single words and rhyming words obtained from step 3 and step 4.
  5. Last step was to come up with a small act and tune of the lyrics that they had written.

The outcome of this activity was really praiseworthy. Children came out of their comfort zone and set higher bars of writing lyrics, acting and composing the tune. The children themselves gave a big round of applause to all the performing teams after their performances. This shows that children not only praise the best, but have also learnt to give credit to efforts and creativity of others. Indeed the expression and creativity of all the children were at their best through this activity. This activity not only brought joy to the students but also helped them to grow in confidence, express themselves in gorups and accept and share ideas with each other.

Creativity is the freest form of self expression. There is nothing more satisfying and fulfilling for children than to be able to express themselves openly and without judgment.

AVM Search for Ramanujan 2012-13

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Srinivasa Ramanujan is one of India’s greatest mathematical geniuses. India celebrates the birthday of Srinivasa Ramanujan as ‘National Mathematics Day’. On this 125th Birth Anniversary of Ramanujan, AVM mathematics team was honoured Inter-house Mathematics competition, “AVM Ramanujan Search (ARS)”.
 
All students were invited to participate in the AVM Ramanujan Search (ARS) on Saturday, 22nd December, 2012. The top scorers from each grade was awarded with certificate and a prize.

The InterHouse Maths Competition for 2012-13

Results

Inter-house English Competition 2012-13

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From academic advancement with Continuous and Comprehensive evaluation to artistic reinforcement through creative assemblies and soft board display along with meticulous and rigorous training in sports and games students of Atmiya Vidya Mandir are blossoming in total equilibrium. 
Contributing to the same are the academic competitions. Adding to it, one such competition was organised across all classes was Inter-House English Competition. This competition was designed and organised to serve the very purpose of promoting Language Skills and to enhance spoken and written language abilities of students. The AVM English Department formulated many activities for participants of various classes of this competition. These activities were based on speaking, listening, pronunciation, reading and writing skills. It helped participants to develop and test their vocabulary, syntax, and rhetorical patterns used in academic subjects as well as public communication. An all-inclusive summary of this competition is as follows:
Class
Name
of Competition-Activity
Satyam
Shivam
Sundaram
Suhradam
Out of
1
Poem Recitation and Story Telling
26
22
22
22.5
40
2
Poem Recitation and Story Telling
23
22.5
25.5
19.5
40
3
Show & Tell
41
33.5
31.5
45.5
50
4
Pick & Describe
30
31
34
36.5
50
5
Cut Words & Frame Sentences
19
17
10
12
25
6
Slogan Writing & Turn Coat
85
87
99
81
110
7
Poem Writing (I wish…)
24.5
15
11
10.5
28
8
Jingles (Group Activity)
82
98
86
86
100
9
 Story
Writing
31.5
5.5
15
17
35
10
Persuasive Speech Writing
35.5
32.5
35.5
39
50

Points Earned
397.5
364
369.5
369.5
528

Positions
Class
1
2
3
4
1
Satyam
Suhradam
Shivam,
Sundaram
2
Sundaram
Satyam
Shivam
Suhradam
3
Suhradam
Satyam
Shivam
Sundaram
4
Suhradam
Sundaram
Shivam
Satyam
5
Satyam
Shivam
Suhradam
Sundaram
6
Sundaram
Shivam
Satayam
Suhradam
7
Satyam
Shivam
Suhradam
Sundaram
8
Shivam
Suhradam,
Sundaram
Satyam
9
Satyam
Suhradam
Sundaram
Shivam
10
Suhradam
Satyam,Sundaram
Shivam
Over all
Satyam
Sundaram,
Suhradam
Shivam
This competition was purposed to prepare students to combat the challenges  in context of the academic, social and professional expectations of the outside world.Through this competition, students got a comprehensive head start to understand the rigorous academic, social, and professional requirements while using English.