Students Visit Caculo Mall

As a part of Commercial Applications Project, our pupils of Class 9 visited Caculo Mall and had an interactive session with Mr.Shashank Mahatme, Vice-President, Head, Caculo Mall & New Ventures to understand the operation of a Mall on July 19th, 2011.
Mr. Shashank Mahatme in a simple way explained the working of a Mall. The children had a very enjoyable experience as they visited different shops in the Mall finding different details required for thei project. Tr. Reshma, Commercial Applications teacher was the co-ordinator and accompanied the students.

Inter School Table-Tennis Tournament Held

Students of Vidya Vikas Academy participated in the Taluka Level Table-Tennis U 14 and U 17 Tournament organized by Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs, Govt. of Goa, on 21st July 2011 held at Multipurpose Hall, PNJ Stadium, Fatorda. The participants U 14 were Jason Furtado, Vianney Furtado, Sahil Omanakuttan, Tarun Mascarenhas and Archit Hegde.
U 14 category VVA won the matches played against Our Lady of Rosary High School, Fatorda and Loyola HS, Margao. However finished at the Runners Up position against Manovikas High School.
The participants for the U 17 team were Kenneth D’Silva, Julian D’Costa, Juniad Shaik, Sairaj Phaldessai and Saiesh Karwarker. They played against Mahila Nutan High School, however couldnot make it to the second round.
PE.Teacher Siddu Phaldessai was the co-ordinator and accompanied the students.

Inter Class Football Match - Report

Class 8 A v/s 8 B and 7 A v/s 7 B of Vidya Vikas Academy had an Inter Class Boys Football match at the School Ground on 16th July 2011.
8 A v/s 8 B
In the 1st half the score was 4 all. At the finish of the second half the score was 6 all. In the penalty shootout, class 8 A managed to score 1 goal while class 8 B scored 2 goals and won the match. The scorers from Class 8 B were: Gaurav FalDesai, Kenny Gonsalves and Parth Dhulapkar while the scorers of Class 8 A were: Lionel Dias, Vianney Furtado, Bashid Chauhan, Aaron D’Souza.

7 A v/s 7 B
In the 1st half the score was 5 all while at the finish of the second half the score remained the same. In the extra time both the teams scored two goals each while in the penalty shootout also class 7A and 7 B managed to score 3 goals making a tough fight to win. Team 7 A got the opportunity to make a golden goal and thus won the match 11-10.
The scorers from Class 7 A were: Bosco Fernandes, Blaine Alvares, Ravnil Gad, Raunak Bhembre, and Yeshwant Tuenkar while the scorers from Class 7 B were : Jossel Antao, Sahil Kuttan, Sarthak Desai, Rajmohan Desai, and Aisher Fernandes.
Since there were no enough numbers to make up the girls team, the girls match was cancelled. Boys from Classes 7 and 8 were excited to play the match though there were incessant rains. P.E Teachers conducted the match successfully.

Monsson Hike - Witnessing Nature at its Best

Vidya Vikas Academy organised a monsoon hike on Friday, 15th July 2011. The buses were loaded with excited kids from classes 6 to 10, who were singing all the way to Padi, Canacona. There were around 20 teachers who accompanied the students.

The students and teachers together, walked over hillocks, on muddy roads, gushing water and pouring rain. Midway students took a breather to gulp down some snacks and then continued on the journey that concluded at the top of a hill with clear water flowing from a stream.

All we could see around was lush green mountains covered with mist and happy faces of excited children playing in the sparkling water. We boarded our buses wet and tired but having thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The heavy rains were a fitting end to this most enjoyable hike.

Guru Poornima - Special assembly held

Students of Class 5, conducted a special assembly at the VVA Hall to mark the Guru Poornima celebrations on 15th July 2011. This festival is traditionally celebrated on the full moon day of the Ashadh Month (June-July) of the Hindu Calendar. The festival is dedicated to teachers to express gratitude by his/her desciple.
On this occasion, Miss Siya Ghodge of Class 5, read a prayer and narrated a story dedicated to teachers. Mast. Hritik Raikar and his friends gave flowers to the Principal, Vice-Principal, and other Senior Teachers who were present on the occasion. Later, the Principal addressed the gathering and gave blessings to the students and advised the students to respect their teachers and elders and be good citizens of the society.
Tr. Satya Sharma, co-ordinator for this programme proposed the vote of thanks.

Wealth Out of Waste - Activity Held

The wealth out of waste activity encouraged the children to explore their creativity –wall hangings, musical instruments, photo frames, show piece were some of the wealth produced from waste. The activity was conducted for classes 1 to 5 as an activity for the month of June.
The children worked diligently and learnt to find some usefulness for the things that would have been wasted. The co-coordinator for the activity was Ms. Shilpa Sukumaran.

Art Exhibition Held

Students of Class 6 and 7 were introduced to stylized form of art where in they create form by distorting forms, perspertive images and use unusual colour schemes. In this style they are allowed to be break free from following rigid rules of design and explore.
The result – Beautiful images and colour schemes on display in the form of a small exhibition in the school campus on 9th July 2011.

In another activity students of Class 3, 4, & 5 used various vegetables such as onions, potatoes and Lady’s fingers and used them as stamps to create various floral patterns on paper. The class rooms were turned into art studios. The students thoroughly enjoyed this activity.
Mrs. Hema Cacodcar, Art teacher was the co-ordinator for these activities.

Phonetics Workshop Conducted for Parents

At the specific request from parents and keen interest shown by them in developing their children's reading skills, a program on phonic reading was held, in the school hall on 09th July 2011. The session was conducted by Ms. Enny D'Souza, Pre-Primary Consultant and Teachers, Ms. Leena Rebello, Ms. Sunita D'Souza, Ms. Catrin Cruz, Ms. Michelle Mascarenhas and Ms. Marissa Fernandes. The parents found this workshop very interesting and useful for their children.

Inter Class Football Match

Students of class 9 A and 9 B of Vidya Vikas Academy had an inter class football match at the School Ground on 09th July 2011.
Boys: In the 1st half the score was 2-2 as Rochwyn Rodrigues of Class 9 B scored two goals while Royce Fernandes and Deloy Alvares of Class 9A scored one goal each. At the finish of the second half the score was 3 all. In the penalty shootout, class 9 A managed to score 3 goals while class 9 B scored 4 goals and won the match.

Girls:In the 1st half the score was 0-3 as Marissa Heredia of Class 9 B scored 3 goals. At the finish of the second half the score was 2-6. Sasha Gomes of Class 9 A scored 2 goals while Delilah Furtado scored one goal and Marissa Heredia scored two goals for 9 B and won the match.
Both Boys and Girls were excited to play the match while teachers were seen cheering them up. P.E Teachers, Ms. Balika Phaldesai, Mr. Siddharth Faldesai, and Mr OmanaKuttan G were incharge of the match, while Mr. Neil D'Cruz was the match refree.

My Environment, My Responsibility . . . . . A TERI DEMPO PROJECT

Students of Vidya Vikas Academy actively participated in an Inter School Competition Cum Exhibition held at Dempo House Panjim on 8 th July 2011.The programme was initiated by Mr.Kulkarni who gave the welcome speech.Mrs Pallavi Dempo,Trustee, Dempo Charities Trust was the guest of honour. Ms Shabana Kazi spoke about Teri (The Energy and Resources Institute) and briefed the students about the days programme.Siya Ghodge, Ajay Naik and Arya Lotlikar of class 5 participated in the Poster competition based on the theme Goa for me! guided by Art teacher Mrs. Hema Cacodcar. Carrieann Furtado and Hazel Fernandes of class 6 participated in the Model making competition based on the theme Alternate technologies for a sustainable future guided by Mrs. Calorina Rodrigues. Nicole Baracho,Tania Durado and Isabel De Souza of class 7 participated in the story writing competition based on the theme My Goa …..My Environment! guided by English Teacher Mrs. Carla Quadros. Kenneth Da’Silva, Sagorika Mazumdar, Royce Fernandes and Shorya Chaturvedhi from class (8-10) participated in the Power Point Presentation competition based on the theme My Environment….My Responsibility! guided by Computer Teacher Mr. Sarvadnya Sambari.
The pupils were thrilled to interact with Ms. Pallavi Dempo who was gracious to spend time about their project.
The students had a fruitful day at Panjim and gained an insight on Goa’s environment viewing through Power point presentation, posters and models and listening to stories written by various students.
Ms. Shaefali Lendhay and Mr. Sarvadnya Sambari of Vidya Vikas Academy are the project co-ordinators for this TERI - DEMPO Initiative who also accompanied the students for this competition.