"Fit India Week" Celebrations held at school
Event Start Date : 11/12/2021 Event End Date 11/12/2021
Being fit and healthy is taking good care of mind and body. A healthy mind resides only in a healthy body and in order to gain wholesome health, fit India movement- an initiative of Government of India has been introduced in all the schools, affiliated to CBSE. In DAV BRS Nagar plethora of activities were organized to celebrate fitness week from 6th to 10th December, 2021 as per the guidelines of CBSE, both for the students and faculty of the school.
Poem and Essay Writing Competition on the theme- ‘My Fitness Mantra on AKAM’ was organised for class IX to generate awareness amongst the students about the importance of sports and fitness. Physical activities like Dance and Aerobics were organised to give a much-needed impetus to physical fitness and health for the students of classes V and VI. They also expressed their ideas in the most creative and innovative way in poster making on the theme of ‘ill effects of sedentary lifestyle'. Discerning the importance of yoga as a path for self realisation and positivity, the school conducted a yoga session for the students of classes III, IV and VII to ensure that they apprehend the significance of yoga in their lives. Children always enjoy playing traditional and conventional games which enable them to enhance their social skills, creativity and camaraderie. A host of conventional games were played by children of class VII like pithu, blind fold, gilli danda and kho-kho. Besides these a quiz and a meditation session was arranged for the students of class VIII.
On concluding day of Fitness week, Principal Mrs. J. K. Sidhu administered the Fitness pledge to the students and the teachers. She emphasized the need of being physically and mentally fit. She exhorted all the physical education teachers to engage them in physical activity (in any form, dance, sports, yoga, SUPW etc) every day for minimum one period a day to foster fitness amongst them.