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The spell-binding success of World Spelling Day

April 3, 2011/0 Comments/in AVM Updates /by Seema Joshi

They spelled it right!!! “W-E- A-R-E W-I-N-N-E-R-S” Worldwide marathon of spellers on the screen, top global competition for spelling spelled success for AVM students. Battled neck to neck for several rounds until student contestants of Atmiya Vidya Mandir finally pulled out the win in the online world wide competition of spellings held on 2nd and […]

His presence bestowed crowning glory of World Maths Day

March 29, 2011/0 Comments/in AVM Updates /by Seema Joshi

With H.D.H. P.P. Swamishree’s Divine presence in Atmiya Vidya Mandir during first week of March. The fear for math was subtracted, enthusiasm added, blessings divided and success multiplied!!!!! Basking in the glory of His ever flowing blessings and grace, students of Atmiya Vidya Mandir are being benefited by the activity based learning; hence bringing laurels […]

The spell-binding success of World Spelling Day

April 3, 2011/0 Comments/in AVM Updates /by Seema Joshi

His presence bestowed crowning glory of World Maths Day

March 29, 2011/0 Comments/in AVM Updates /by Seema Joshi

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The spell-binding success of World Spelling Day

April 3, 2011/0 Comments/in AVM Updates /by Seema Joshi

They spelled it right!!! “W-E- A-R-E W-I-N-N-E-R-S”

Worldwide marathon of spellers on the screen, top global competition for spelling spelled success for AVM students. Battled neck to neck for several rounds until student contestants of Atmiya Vidya Mandir finally pulled out the win in the online world wide competition of spellings held on 2nd and 3rd March 2011. This competition offered one of the Internet’s largest collections of quizzes for the students to create the spelling mania and charm to master the word list. The success and participation of World Spelling Day can be gauged from the fact that AVM students have participated in Spell Bee competitions at school and state level previously.

But it’s not all about the competition, as the English department of Atmiya Vidya Mandir believes in inculcating a competitive spirit amongst the students to employ their learning efficiency at their level best. Students not only made sincere efforts to secure the first position but also enjoyed the game finding it an amazing experience to practice a fine combination of listening, identifying the word and typing the correct spelling rather fast.

The tiny tots participated too, the junior kids tugged at the mouse, shifted anxiously in their chairs, looked carefully on the computer screen, when searching for the right letters, and some even took a moment to use their fingers to feign (that was a contest word too) tracing the letters on their key board. All the while, English teachers on duty, attentively and proudly observed them.

Talking about the crowning glory of Dickinson team consisting of the participants from Std X and XI , “they have spear-headed the bee” said Paras Sir for Sahishnu, Ghanshyam Dabhi and Samyak Varia who were major players in heading the race of being at the top. “Spellers tackled tough words on way to final win and it’s all Swamiji’s blessings” added Chirag Sir, who toiled hard and supported the students invariably to lead the contest. Getting the right spelling wouldn’t be important enough to warrant competition which was fought tooth and nail among thousands of participants across the world. “Spelling Bee contests not only contribute to hone our student’s listening skills and vocabulary but also train them to unscramble the scribbled web of letters” said an overwhelmed English teacher Renuka Mam.

It was an anxious wait from the moment when they finished their last game on Thursday (3rd March 2011) afternoon until the competition closed on Friday morning, with teachers and students waiting with baited breath as the timer counted down the final seconds. When it was finally certain that we had secured amazing and incredible positions over the participants of various age group, the sound that came from the computer labs can only be described euphoric.

The competition lasted for 48 hours, and included competitors from all age group who are in grades 1 through 12. It took ten rounds to arrive at a champion. The first round took almost two hours to whittle down over 100 contestants to 35 for the second round. Almost more than 2000 words were spelled – or misspelled – during the competition. But finally, much assured by Swamiji’s presence in the campus and His blessings the AVM spellers created histoy.

Here is the hall of fame:

Group Ranks

Individual Ranks

His presence bestowed crowning glory of World Maths Day

March 29, 2011/0 Comments/in AVM Updates /by Seema Joshi

With H.D.H. P.P. Swamishree’s Divine presence in Atmiya Vidya Mandir during first week of March. The fear for math was subtracted, enthusiasm added, blessings divided and success multiplied!!!!!

Basking in the glory of His ever flowing blessings and grace, students of Atmiya Vidya Mandir are being benefited by the activity based learning; hence bringing laurels in various competition has become a customary feature but this time it is exceptional glory added to AVM’s hall of fame. Our students participated in the World Maths day contest among 1.3 million students from 212 countries correctly answering about 430 million questions participants worldwide and students of Atmiya Vidya Mandir have bagged myriad achievements in solving the Maths puzzles on line.

World Maths Day is an international mathematics competition. It is celebrated during the first week of March every year as a means of celebrating education and helping young children develop their numeracy skills. This year, more than a million students had registered online to be part of the celebrations at mathletics. This was a truly unique world event and through this, Maths Department at Atmiya Vidya Mandir explored a fantastic way to promote numeracy amongst the children. Past results of the same competition show that students have made commendable leap in their calculation speed and accuracy in their mental arithmetic skills and had lots of fun in the process.

The top 10 students in each age group (4-7, 8-10, 11-13 and 14-18) answering the highest number of questions correctly will receive Gold Medals. Every student who completes 60 games or more will receive a digital Platinum Award Certificate. The top 50 students in each Age group (4-7, 8-10, 11-13, and 14-18) will receive a printed Gold Award certificate.

The endearing fame of the game is as follows:

Age group 4 to 7
Team Aryabhatta secured 2nd rank in the world.

Age group 8 to 10
Team Ramanujan secured 6th position in the world.

Age group 11 to 13
Team Newton secured 3rd rank in the world.

Age group 11 To 13
Team Pythagoras secured 10th position in the world.

Other groups: Archimedes, Fibonacci, Euclid, Bhaskaracharya and Fermat also made good scores and they are all in the Top 50 worldwide in their respective age groups.

The Math Department has left no stone unturned for ensuring such vertical growth of students in Mathematics. The official coordinator of this event, Prabhumagna Sir along with other math teachers slogged indefatigably for the students to win this contest.

“Calculation is an art but it’s also a matter of accuracy and every participant showed amazing concentration and invincible aptness to perform at their peak. Math plays such a fundamental role in the game that elite the calculation speed combined with accuracy to give them a competitive edge”, said Prabhumagna sir and other math teachers collectively, while sharing their experiences of this event. The winners and participant students’ joy knew no bounds when they achieved this worldwide fame by winning this contest.