Gandhi Jayanti Celebrated

As a part of Gandhi Jayanti Celebrations, Vidya Vikas Academy, Margao organised cleanliness drive on 1st October 2011in the Vidya Vikas Mandal's Educational Complex to commemorate Gandhiji on his Birth Aniversary celebrated on 02nd October every year.
Students of Classes 6 to 10 were involved in this drive along with teachers and support staff. The objective of the drive was to make the students aware and conscious of keeping their surroundings clean and hence helping mother nature, keeping in mind that the children will build the future world in the years to come. This will help them live in harmony with nature. Tr. Sofia was incharge of the Cleanliness Drive.
The Pre-Primary section of Vidya Vikas Academy also conducted a special assembly to mark the Gandhi Jayanti Celebrations. The Pre-Primary teachers narrated to the pupils the importance of the day and also some of the life instances of Gandhiji, the Father of Our Nation.

VVA Staff, Students attend TERI-DEMPO Workshop

TERI in association with Dempo organized a Training Workshop on “Project Management” about bringing in change in Climate in your community on 30th September 2011 at Dempo House, Panjim. Teacher, Mr. Sarvadnya Sambari of Vidya Vikas Academy, along with two students of class 8, Miss Atashia Gonsalves and Miss Vidhi Jain attended this workshop.
The workshop was basically about how to plan activities to bring in a change in our environment. It helped the students to understand, how to present their ideas and information in order to convince team members to carry out an activity or a project. The resource person of the workshop, Ms. Shabana Kazi also stated that one needs to be well organized and allot different jobs to different people in a systematic manner. She also stated that we, the future generation can make our environment an eco-friendly place by adopting environment friendly methods. The students were very much excited and enthusiastic to practice some of the methods that were explained to them, to bring in change in themselves and in the environment.

Story Telling Competition Held

Story Telling Competition was held for Classes 1 to 5 of Vidya Vikas Academy in the month of September. All the students were given an opportunity to narrate a story in their own classroom. The best were selected and the final round of story telling competition was held on 28th September 2011 in the School Hall.
This competition helped the children to express themselves through narration, also to improve their vocabulary, diction and voice modulation. This was also a big confidence booster, to be able to speak infront of audience and judges. Tr. Andrea was the co-ordinator for this activity.

International Peace Day Held

A special Assembly was conducted on 21st September 2011 by the students of class 3 and class 4 of Vidya Vikas Academy to commemorate International Peace Day. The main theme of the assembly was to promote peace and harmony in the community and the world.
The students began the assembly with a Sanskrit prayer song. Later the students showcased a variety programme through skits, poetry and slogans on Peace. Posters on Peace made by the primary students were also displayed. Tr. Usha co-ordinated the assembly.

The Big Fight . . .

Inter class debates were held on 19th September 2011 for class 8 and on the 26th of September 2011 for class 7 in the School Hall. Pupils were given their topics a week in advance to prepare and plan out their arguments. The topic for class 8 was “There should be reservations for the minority classes” and for class 7, “Pupils should be allowed to bring electronic gadgets to school.” Both the opposing teams put up a good fight but the winners had their points well organized. The judges were Tr. Joemila, Tr. Carol and Tr. Shefali.

Class 8B and Class 7B were declared the winners respectively. Tr. Carla Quadros was the co-ordinator for the event.

VVA Excels at Mathematics Quiz

All Goa Mathematics Teachers’ Association (AGMTA) in collaboration with State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) conducted All Goa Mathematics Quiz for school students of Classes 8, 9 and 10 in all talukas of Goa. Students of Vidya Vikas Academy, Julian D’Costa (Class 8), Karthika Pai Vernekar (Class 9) and Shorya Chaturvedi (Class 10) participated at the Taluka Level Quiz held at M & N English High School on 20th September 2011, secured 2nd place and qualified for the State Level Quiz. There were around 20 schools which participated at the Taluka Level.
The State Level Quiz was held at GVM’s Almeida High School, Ponda on 27th September 2011. There were 27 teams from different schools all over Goa who had qualified for the Taluka Level. Vidya Vikas Academy students cleared the preliminary written round and qualified for the on stage rounds along with four other teams. Julian, Karthika and Shorya gave a tough fight to all the other teams and secured first place. Tr. Anju Anand was the co-ordinator for this quiz.

VVA Students Win G.K Quiz

Students of Vidya Vikas Academy, Master Julian D'Costa and Master Tarun Mascarenhas of Class 8 participated at the Annual G.K Quiz organised by Bhatikar Model English High School, Margao on 17th September 2011. Around 20 schools participated in the Quiz. Julian and Tarun gave a tough fight and secured first place.

The students were awarded with a rolling trophy and a cash prize of Rs. 1000. Tr. Sheetal was the teacher in-charge while Tr. Mitzie accompanied the students.

Pre-Primary Kids Celebrate Rainbow Day

The Pre-Primary kids of Vidya Vikas Academy had a special assembly on 16th September to celebrate Rainbow Day. Tr. Michelle conducted this assembly. The students came dressed in rainbow coloured clothes.

The teacher explained to students the formation of the rainbow colours and the kids sang the rainbow song. The activity for the day was sandwich making where the students learn to make yummy delightful sandwiches and enjoyed eating them.

Mathematicians of the Day - Maths Quiz Held

A mathematics quiz was conducted for the pupils of classes 9th and 10th of VVA on 17th September 2011 in the School Hall. All pupils were given a chance to participate in the written preliminary round. Three students from each division of classes 9th and 10th made it to the finals.

In the final round, there were 3 teams, each team consisting of two pupils each from class 9 and class 10. The final round was an oral round. It was a brain storming session making it difficult for the audience till the last minute to judge the winner. Master Aaron Alphonsus(10 B), Master Eric Mesquita (10 A), Miss. Karen Pereira (9 A), Master Chirag Narvekar(9 A) won the quiz.
Miss. Savia Gonsalves and Master Judes Sales maintained the scores.Tr. Shaefali was the quizmaster while Tr. Anju was the co-ordinator for the quiz.

'HINDI DIWAS' Celebrated

The pupils of Vidya Vikas Academy conducted a special assembly to celebrate 'HINDI DIWAS' on September 14th 2011. On this day, Hindi was declared official language unanimously by the Constitutional Assembly in the year 1949 and since then, 14th September is celebrated as 'Hindi Day'.
Master Adnan of class 8 spoke on the occasion and highlighted on the importance of Hindi language, also the National Language of India. Students of Class 1 sang Hindi poems and songs. Hindi Teachers co-ordinated the assembly.
Tr. Archana Verma also attended a one day seminar on 'Hindi Diwas' held at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao.