SARANSH 2012-13
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!
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:
- The children were asked to choose a product for example Nike, Colgate, Cadbury, KitKat etc.
- Then children were asked to describe the products characteristics, features, appearances and benefits for end user.
- 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.
- Next task was to write the lyrics with the help of single words and rhyming words obtained from step 3 and step 4.
- 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
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
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:
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Class
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Name
of Competition-Activity |
Satyam
|
Shivam
|
Sundaram
|
Suhradam
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Out of
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1
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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
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Points Earned |
397.5
|
364
|
369.5
|
369.5
|
528
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|
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Positions
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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
|
|
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9
|
Satyam
|
Suhradam
|
Sundaram
|
Shivam
|
|
10
|
Suhradam
|
Satyam,Sundaram
|
Shivam
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Over all
|
Satyam
|
Sundaram,
Suhradam |
Shivam
|
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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.
AVM Debating Club: an indefatigable impulse to say something new about the all-too-familiar.
“Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.”
Ever since the inception of AVM Debating Club, students started experiencing thrill and excitement to involve in all proceedings of AVM Debating Club. With the kind grace and blessings of His Divine Holiness Param Pujya Swamiji, who is the ultimate inspiration for the foundation of this Debating Club, the students enthusiastically participated in Semi-Finals and Grand Finale of Inter House Debate Competitions.
Using Debate as a Mechanism for education, AVM Debating Club selected such topics to make it more of an academic debate. Research and discussion on these topics created an opportunity to train and develop students in the core academic skills of the language arts: reading comprehension, critical thinking, and communications skills. For Semi-finals and Finals three Speakers from each House made a team. Each House team of each group(classes) got one topic to speak ‘FOR’ or ‘AGAINST’. Competition for each group was between two House Teams, Unfolding two opposite sides of the same topic. Topics were given in prior, on which the teams were supposed to gather as much information as possible.
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Semi Finals
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Group
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Topic
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For
(Points -earned)
|
Against
(Points -earned)
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Winners
|
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6th and 7th Standard
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Glamorising Cricket: Is affecting other sports?
|
Satyam
196 Points
|
Shivam
191 Points
|
Satyam
|
|
Restrict playing and selling of Violent Video
Games |
Sundaram
208 Points
|
Suhradam
206 Points
|
Sundaram
|
|
|
8th & 9th Standard
|
Voting Should be made Compulsory
|
Satyam
188 Points
|
Suhradam
226 Points
|
Suhradam
|
|
Indian Villages – Our Strength or Weakness?
|
Sundaram
209 Points
|
Shivam
198 Points
|
Sundaram
|
|
|
10th 11th & 12th Standard
|
Right-brain person enjoys life/successful more
than the left-brain person. |
Sundaram
223 Points
|
Satyam
233 Points
|
Satyam
|
|
Science boon or bane?
|
Suhradam
177 Points
|
Shivam
216 Points
|
Shivam
|
|
|
Grand Finale
|
|
|||
|
6-7 Winner
|
Newspapers are things of past
|
Satyam
215 Points
|
Sundaram
198 Points
|
Satyam
|
|
8-9 Winner
|
Internet brings more harm than good
|
Suhradam
228 Points
|
Sundaram
196 Points
|
Suhradam
|
|
10-11-12 Winner
|
Believes they should get a Masters Degree
|
Satyam
231 Points
|
Shivam
193 Points
|
Satyam
|
While preparing for Debate Competition, the students (members of AVM Debating Club) set up well for critical evaluation of ideas, arguments, and points of view. It is only through this critical evaluation that students learn to distinguish among competing claims for truth and thus determine themselves as autonomous thinkers.
The teachers trained the participants of the debate competition to learn how to analyze and critically think on the given topic to research relatively. The best outcome of the semifinals of Inter house debate competition was the team spirit, coordination and togetherness. It was quite satisfying for the trainers Prajval Sir, Prabhudarshan Sir, Chirag Sir, Saumya Madam and Seema Madam to acknowledge that teams in the AVM Debating Club are made up of Debaters who understand the roles and responsibilities as well as the complexities associated with each speaker’s position. With this understanding, the speakers can appreciate how the roles complement each other and thus put the team in the best position to win.
Finally, the much awaited event of Grand Finale of Inter House Debate Competition arrived. The knack of relevant references, contextual evidences, and reasonable arguments and the verbal fights among house contestants interspersed with lots of claps and nodding from judges. Following the set rules of Debating and quite sophisticated arguing techniques made students be in a position where they could argue with understanding and assertion.
It is a great pleasure to mention a deep sense of appreciation for [Harsh Sarda and Sachin Verlekar of Satyam House], for their explanation of Master Degree or Specialization in a subject is not good. Again refer to its opposite, were the arguments put forth by Shivam House’s Vishesh Mistry and Vishlesh Gondaliya.
Further, it was so amazing to listen to [Keyur of Suhradam House], for demonstrating his speech on Internet poses more harm than good. Referring and responding to this , were solid arguments by Rushi and Sahjik of Sundaram House.]
It is unavoidable to mention Yathansh Joshi and Ravi Patel of Satyam House in Junior group for giving an excellent coverage to the topic “News papers are things of past”. Referring and responding to them was the opposite team of Rahul and Aakash of Sundaram House.
The gracious presence of honourable Vijay Sir and other teachers was quite motivating. AVM debating club feels proud to create such an event which was brimmed with podiums where students’ talent can not only reach the pedestal but acknowledge them with the very fact of debating: “Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.”
कक्षा 8, 9 एवं 10 में हिन्दी भाषान्तर्गत जनवरी मास में कविता-निर्माण का आयोजन
आत्मीय विद्यामंदिर में होने
वाली विविध गतिविधियों के साथ-साथ जनवरी मास में कक्षा 8, 9 तथा कक्षा 10 में
हिन्दी भाषा के अंतर्गत हिन्दी भाषा-शिक्षक श्री मुकेश जोशी के मार्गदर्शन में
हिन्दी कविता-निर्माण का आयोजन किया गया। जिसके अंतर्गत कक्षा 8 में कविता निर्माण
का विषय था—“उड़ी पतंग”, कक्षा 9 में विषय था— ‘बचपन’ एवं कक्षा 10 में
कविता-निर्माण के 3 विषय दिए गए, जिसमें से छात्र अपना पसंद का विषय चुन कर अपने
विचारों को मुक्त रूप से अभिव्यक कर सकें। जो निम्नलिखित हैं—
वाली विविध गतिविधियों के साथ-साथ जनवरी मास में कक्षा 8, 9 तथा कक्षा 10 में
हिन्दी भाषा के अंतर्गत हिन्दी भाषा-शिक्षक श्री मुकेश जोशी के मार्गदर्शन में
हिन्दी कविता-निर्माण का आयोजन किया गया। जिसके अंतर्गत कक्षा 8 में कविता निर्माण
का विषय था—“उड़ी पतंग”, कक्षा 9 में विषय था— ‘बचपन’ एवं कक्षा 10 में
कविता-निर्माण के 3 विषय दिए गए, जिसमें से छात्र अपना पसंद का विषय चुन कर अपने
विचारों को मुक्त रूप से अभिव्यक कर सकें। जो निम्नलिखित हैं—
- मेरा स्वार्थ।
- मेरे सपनो का भारत
(दुनियाँ)। - नया तरीका भक्ति का।
छात्रों ने कविता निर्माण कर
अपनी प्रतिभा का परिचय दे दिया।
अपनी प्रतिभा का परिचय दे दिया।
પ્રજ્ઞા પ્રવૃત્તિ
ઊંચે ઊંચે જાય મારો કેવો
રે પતંગ !
રે પતંગ !
આખાયે
આકાશનો એ બદલે જાણે રંગ.
આકાશનો એ બદલે જાણે રંગ.
દોરી મૂકું છુટ્ટી તો જાતો એ આકાશ;
એના મનમાં જાણે પહોંચું પ્રભુજીની પાસ.
એના મનમાં જાણે પહોંચું પ્રભુજીની પાસ.
પતંગ પણ આપણને કંઈક સંદેશ આપીને
જાય છે. આકાશમાં ઉડતો પતંગ એ આનંદનુ પ્રતિક છે. પતંગો પાછળ સમજવા જેવુ જ્ઞાન છુપાયેલું છે. ઘણા પતંગો દિશા વગર ગમે ત્યાં ઉડીને ફાટી જાય છે. તેમ કોઈ દિશા
વગરનું જીવન પણ વેર-વિખેર થઈ જાય છે. અઢ્ઢો જો અક્કડ હોય તો તે સારી રીતે ઉડી શકતો નથી, તેવી જ રીતે આપણે જો જીવનમાં ઉંચાઈઓ પર પહોંચવું હોય
તો નમ્ર બનવુ પડશે. જેમ પતંગને આકાશમાં ઉડાવીએ ત્યારે ઉડાવનારા હવા પ્રમાણે દોરાને ઢીલ આપીને પોતાનો પતંગ સાચવવો પડે છે, તેવી જ રીતે આ આકાશરૂપી દુનિયામાં આપણું મન પણ વિવિધ પરિસ્થિતિમાં ડોલમડોલ થતું રહે છે, જે એ પરિસ્થિતિમાં પોતાના મન પર કાબૂ મેળવીને આગળ વધી જાય છે એ જ મનુષ્યનું જીવન
યથાર્થ સાબિત થાય છે.
જાય છે. આકાશમાં ઉડતો પતંગ એ આનંદનુ પ્રતિક છે. પતંગો પાછળ સમજવા જેવુ જ્ઞાન છુપાયેલું છે. ઘણા પતંગો દિશા વગર ગમે ત્યાં ઉડીને ફાટી જાય છે. તેમ કોઈ દિશા
વગરનું જીવન પણ વેર-વિખેર થઈ જાય છે. અઢ્ઢો જો અક્કડ હોય તો તે સારી રીતે ઉડી શકતો નથી, તેવી જ રીતે આપણે જો જીવનમાં ઉંચાઈઓ પર પહોંચવું હોય
તો નમ્ર બનવુ પડશે. જેમ પતંગને આકાશમાં ઉડાવીએ ત્યારે ઉડાવનારા હવા પ્રમાણે દોરાને ઢીલ આપીને પોતાનો પતંગ સાચવવો પડે છે, તેવી જ રીતે આ આકાશરૂપી દુનિયામાં આપણું મન પણ વિવિધ પરિસ્થિતિમાં ડોલમડોલ થતું રહે છે, જે એ પરિસ્થિતિમાં પોતાના મન પર કાબૂ મેળવીને આગળ વધી જાય છે એ જ મનુષ્યનું જીવન
યથાર્થ સાબિત થાય છે.
આ વર્ષે ઉત્તરાયણ પર્વ નિમિત્તે ધોરણ 5
ના નાના નાના ભૂલકાંઓએ વિવિધ આકારની પતંગોનું હર્ષોત્સાહ સાથે સર્જન કર્યું હતું.
તેમજ ઉત્તરાયણના પર્વનું માહાત્મ્ય સમજી સાચા અર્થમાં ઉત્તરાયણ પર્વની ઉજવણી કરી
હતી.
તો પછી તૈયાર રહો ઉત્તરાયણમાં પેચ
લડાવવા… પેચ કાપવા… હેપ્પી ઉત્તરાયણ.
લડાવવા… પેચ કાપવા… હેપ્પી ઉત્તરાયણ.
ગૌતમ સર
(ગુજરાતી શિક્ષક)