Smt. Ramkuwar Devi Fomra

Vivekananda Vidyalaya Chromepet, Chennai – 44

A Report on

“Celebration of Ganit Week”

Smt. Ramkuwar Devi Fomra Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Chromepet, Chennai – 44

A Report on Celebration of GANIT (Growing Aptitude

in Numerical Innovations & Training) Week.

This is Smt. Ramkuwar Devi Fomra Vivekananda Vidyalaya,

Chromepet, Chennai giving a detailed report on the celebration of

Ganit Week in our school from 16th to 22nd December, 2014 to

commemorate the birth anniversary of Shri Srinivasa Ramanujam

and to promote interest in mathematics among students.

It was indeed a pleasurable week with a vibration of mathematics

being felt all around. As the students were given the details of the

activities, the students were well prepared to take up the

competitions.

We followed the schedule given by the CBSE to the best of our

abilities.

17.12.2014 Essay Writing Competitions

III - V

Topic : Great

Mathematician

Shri

Ramanujam

Shri Bharathi

Krishna

Teertha

Swamigal

VI – VIII

Topics – Maths a joyous

experience Maths all

around Imagine the world

without Maths

About 100 students participated in the same. The

best 5 were selected from both the groups.

IX – X

The Topics

Advantage of

Vedic maths

over

traditional

maths

Maths and environment Why maths is

the queen of all subjects?

Around 100 students participated in the essay

writing competition and 4 best essays were selected

18.12.2014 Quiz Competition

VI - VIII

Quiz was

conducted on the

topic algebra,

mensuration,

comparing

quantities and

patterns. About

150 students

participated in the preliminary and 18 students

were selected for finals.

They were grouped into 6 teams with three

members in each team. There were 5 rounds with 6

questions in each round. Students answered

vibrantly. 3 best teams were selected.

IX – X

Quiz was

conducted on

the topic

algebra,

mensuration,

logical

reasoning,

patterns in

figures and

numbers. Around 60 students participated and 14

of them were selected for finals and were made into

7 groups, (2 in each group). Final written test was

conducted. 4 best teams were selected as winners.

19.12.2014 The teachers shared their innovative method with

each other in the Maths Faculty meeting with

demonstration. Vedic maths which has been

brought as a syllabus for III std by the school was

also discussed by the teachers. The newly recruited

teachers learned vedic maths from the seniors.

20.12.2014 Maths Exposition

This exposition was

planned in the month

of august itself which

was displayed on this

day. Exhibits were

displayed under the

following concepts

Shapes

and

angles

Multiples

and

factors

Patterns

and

symmetry

Integers

Area and

perimeter

Maths was also displayed by the other

subject as

well like

music,

yoga,

dance,

drawing

etc. Usage

of maths

in day to

day life

was also

highlight

ed

through

various

simple

activities

22.12.2014 III – V

a. on the eve of Ramanujam’s Birthday an

assembly

programme

about the life

of Shri

Ramanujam

was projected

on the stage

by the

students.

b. Students enacted

like

Shri Ramanujam

and Mr. Hardy

and discussed

about the special

number 1729.

VI - VIII

Origami was

conducted as

scheduled

and around

100 students

participated

in the same,

the best 5

were selected.

IX – X

Poster

making

competition

was

conducted.

50 students

participated

in the

competition.

The topics were

Maths in Nature

Maths and Architecture

Jewellery Design

The best 5 were selected.

An opportunity was given

to all the students who

came forward and

showed interest. Overall

around 500 students

participated in the

programme and it was

indeed a very satisfying

week.

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