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AVM crowned District Kabaddi Champions! Bigger challenge lays ahead…

July 22, 2011/0 Comments/in AVM Updates, Sports /by AVM Teachers

World Maths Day & World Spelling Day Award Ceremony – 2011

July 20, 2011/0 Comments/in AVM Updates, Online Resources and Technology, Talent /by AVM Teachers

On 9th July, Atmiya Vidya Mandir celebrated, the much awaited, World Maths Day & World Spelling Day Award Ceremony. The award ceremony was organized by Australian e-Learning company 3P Learning. In 2011, World Maths Day (WMD) was joined by World Spelling Day (WSD). World Spelling Day, the latest event as part of the World Education […]

AVM crowned District Kabaddi Champions! Bigger challenge lays ahead…

July 22, 2011/0 Comments/in AVM Updates, Sports /by AVM Teachers

World Maths Day & World Spelling Day Award Ceremony – 2011

July 20, 2011/0 Comments/in AVM Updates, Online Resources and Technology, Talent /by AVM Teachers

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AVM crowned District Kabaddi Champions! Bigger challenge lays ahead…

July 22, 2011/0 Comments/in AVM Updates, Sports /by AVM Teachers

Most of the team sports are aimed to increase the coordination and teamwork amongst the team members. Having said that most of these sports like football, cricket etc. have individual superstars who influence the game more than the others. However one of India’s most ancient games Kabaddi is different. The players have to put the interest of the team above everything else to succeed in a game of Kabaddi. It develops coordination, teamwork but most importantly trust amongst the players which is very crucial in real life too. It is no wonder that P.P Swamishree likes this sport from his youth days.

Atmiya Vidya Mandir’s Kabaddi Team has made the school proud by winning a district level Kabaddi tournament. On route to win this competition, boys from AVM showed great composure and performance to seal the spot in final with great ease. But they saved their best for the final. In the final they were up against the host and a very strong team in Valmiki School who were determined to win the competition in front of their own students. The final was very close and tensed. But the boys from AVM kept their temperament cool to grab a 1 point win over the hosts.

Such was the domination of our team that in the final 12 players selected for the district team, 7 of them are from Atmiya Vidya Mandir. These selected students will take part in the state level competition next month on the same venue.

Congratulations to Pradeep Sir who is the coach for Kabaddi and all the students for bringing glory to the school.

Here is the list of the students from champion team:

1	ABHISHEK D PATEL
2	VIKAS K PATEL
3	HARSH A AMBALIA
4	JIGAR T PATEL
5	FENIL M PATEL
6	VIJAY K BISHNOI
7	PAVITRA D BAKRIWALA
8	AKSHAY D PATEL
9	SAGAR K PATEL
10	HARSHAL V GADHIYA
11	ABHISHEK N ARIWALA
12	PRANSHU M SAVANI

Coach: Pradeep Sir
Manager: Kalpesh Sir
Sports Incharge: Ramakar Sir

Written by: AVM Sports Team

World Maths Day & World Spelling Day Award Ceremony – 2011

July 20, 2011/0 Comments/in AVM Updates, Online Resources and Technology, Talent /by AVM Teachers

On 9th July, Atmiya Vidya Mandir celebrated, the much awaited, World Maths Day & World Spelling Day Award Ceremony. The award ceremony was organized by Australian e-Learning company 3P Learning.

In 2011, World Maths Day (WMD) was joined by World Spelling Day (WSD). World Spelling Day, the latest event as part of the World Education Games, was organized by the creative team behind Mathletics, Spellodrome and World Maths Day. In his review, Genevieve Darnley, Director of the World Education Games, said, “Anyone can play; this event is for all spellers, not just the experts. This is an exciting way to get involved in literacy, and unite the world in learning.”

Students of Atmiya Vidya Mandir participated in both the events and made their mark in the International Arena, where 1,298,234 students and 22,785 schools from 212 countries had participated in WMD; and 509,500 students and 19,215 schools from 212 countries had participated in WSD.

In WMD, four out of nine teams held 2nd, 3rd, 7th & 10th rank in the world; whereas the other five teams held 14th, 22nd, 27th, 32nd & 33rd ranks in the world. Therefore, we had four teams in the first 10 ranks and nine teams in the first 50 ranks in the world.

Similarly, in the WSD, four out of eight teams held 1st, 2nd, 6th & 8th rank in the world; whereas the other four teams held 13th, 22nd, 36th & 43rd ranks in the world. Therefore, we had four teams in the first 10 ranks and 8 teams in the first 50 ranks in the world.

To honour the champions and motivate the students, Mr. D N Dhanuka, the CEO and Director of Mathletics, India, Mr. Vikrant Agarwal, the Marketing Manager of Mathletics, India and Mr. Pradeep Nair, the Business Manager of Mathletics, India had come as the representatives of the Australian e-Learning company 3P Learning. We also had Pujya Sinha Sir, who is the Principal of Delhi Public School, Harni, Baroda and very renowned educationist, to honour and motivate the students. Pujya Fuvaji was also present with us to honour, bless and motivate the students.

The award ceremony began with the poojan of Thakorji and a devotional bhajan (Rabindra Sangeet) sung by the students of grade 5 to 10. Then, the chief guests were welcomed by offering garlands and bouquets.

In his address to the students, Dhanuka Sir said that the philosophy behind the World Education Games was to get students around the world as excited about math and spelling as they were about sport. Moreover, the World Spelling Day aspired to encourage students of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to have a go at spelling in a fun, interactive and accessible way.

Mr. Agarwal exclaimed that World Spelling Day and UNICEF have joined forces to harness the potential of the event and help give children around the world access to quality learning. He expressed his happiness for the students of Atmiya Vidya Mandir for scoring the first rank in the world in the age group 14 to 18.

The Champions and the participants received their awards and certificates, amidst huge rounds of applauds and music, from the chief guests, Mr. Dhanuka, Mr. Agarwal, Mr. Nair, Pujya Sinha Sir, Pujya Fuvaji and Pujya Haresh Sir. The students also had the opportunity to get a group picture with the chief guests.

Thereafter, Pujya Sinha Sir addressed the students saying that success goes to those who believe that they can succeed. He motivated the students by sharing the real life incidences of successful people.

The award ceremony ended with the vote of thanks presented by the Principal, Dr. Vijay Patel. He gave very special thanks to the 3P learning team for all their endeavours in organizing WMD & WSD, as both these events roused the interest of the students in Math and English. He said that the students learnt the cubes and cube roots from 2 to 25 in order to win; which was a very difficult task to accomplish in the classroom. Besides, WSD generated the awareness in students about the significance of spellings. He exclaimed that because of the WSD, the English vocabulary of the students also increased by many folds. Eventually, he thanked the Math and English teachers and the students for their hard work.

Everybody was excited and motivated to bring more laurels the next year.

Written by: Paras Sir