Fit India Week

(14^th December 2020 to 19^th December 2020)

For those who don’t make time for exercise, they will have to make time for illness

-Edward Stanley

Fitness is very important in a person’s life. Fit people are much more productive and successful in their life.

Keeping in view the importance of fitness, our Prime Minister launched nation-wide “Fit India Movement” on 29^th August 2019 aimed to encourage people to inculcate physical activity and sports in their everyday lives and daily routine.

To take this mission forward and develop Sports Quotient among all the students, Sant Nirankari Public School, Sector-16 A, Faridabad celebrated ‘Fit India Week’ virtually from 14th December 2020 to 19 December 2020. Many virtual activities were conducted to make the children understand the importance of Fitness.

Day-1 “Introduction of FIT Movement” (14^th DECEMBER 2020) :-

The students were informed about FIT Movement through a discussion session by their respective class teachers. Various free hand exercises, Aerobics, Rope skipping, Hopscotch, Shuffle running etc. were conducted for the physical development of the students. Apart from this students performed some Yoga Asana like:-

HEADSTAND (ŚĪRṢĀSANA)
SHOULDERSTAND (SARVĀṄGĀSANA)
PLOUGH (HALĀSANA)
FISH (MATSYĀSANA)
SITTING FORWARD BEND (PASCHIMOTHANĀSANA)
COBRA (BHUJAṄGĀSANA)

Students were also informed about the benefits of performing the above Yoga Asana.

Day-2 “A Healthy mind resides in A Healthy Body”

(15^TH DECEMBER 2020):-

Grade 3 to 5 Teachers gave lectures to their students on the topic “Re-strengthening of the mind post pandemic” – Mental Fitness activities for students”. Videos and slides were shared with the students to help them rebuild their mind and various options were suggested to the students to help them retain their mental fitness.

Grade 6 to 8 Students wrote letters to the Youth of the nation on the topic “Power of Fitness”. A healthy person can keep himself away from diseases and can perform physical activities without getting tired.

Grade 9 to 12 were given the opportunity to speak up and share their views and ideas on the topic “Exercise is the celebration of what your body can do, not a punishment for what you ate” or “Re-strengthening of the mind post pandemic”.

Day-3 “Hum Fit to India fit” (16^th December 2020):-

Grade 5 to 10 actively participated in the events conducted on this day.

Poster making competition was held “Hum Fit to India fit” or New India Fit India” for grade 5 and 6. The following students secured positions:

Name	Class	Position
Naitik	V-B	1^st
Deepanshi	VI-B	2^nd
Nandini	VI-A	3^rd

7th and 8th grade students prepared Brain games to improve concentration and problem solving capacity. The following students secured positions:

Name	Class	Position
Deepanshi	VII-C	1^st
Varun	VIII-C	2^nd
Nandini	VII-C	3^rd

Students of grade 9th and 10th prepared advertisements on “Hum Fit to India fit” or ‘’Emotional and physical well-being are interconnected”. The following students secured positions:

Name	Class	Position
Himanshi	IX-B	1^st
Divyansh	IX-B	2^nd
Kanishka	IX-B	2^nd
Mansi	X-B	3^rd

Day-4 “Get Fit, Don’t quit” (17^TH DECEMBER 2020):-

Students of grade 1 and 2 creatively used home based equipment for sports and fitness i.e. Hacky sack at home (juggling with feet & hand – warm up activity)

Aluminum foil inside a sock – ball and any wooden piece – bat to play cricket
Mosquito bat and TT ball to play badminton/tennis
Fitness circuit – Draw a ladder on the floor with a chalk piece or crayon

The following students secured positions:

Name	Class	Position
Devansh	I-A	1^st
Aradhya	II-A	2^nd
Naitik	I-B	3^rd

Grade 3 to 8 prepared a podcast/movie on the topic “Get Fit, Don’t quit”, “Mental health is not a destination but a journey”. Students performed various fitness moves both indoor and outdoor, which were converted in the form of video and then demonstrated the same in the class. Sakshi of class VI-C made best podcast.

Video lectures were prepared by the students of grade 9th to 12th on the topic “Diet and nutrition during Pandemic”. The best entries were:

Name	Class	Position
Aseemta	IX-A	1^st
Aanchal	X-A	2^nd
Varsha	IX-A	3^rd

Day-5 Online Quiz Competition (18^TH DECEMBER 2020):-

An online quiz competition was organized through Google Form in which questions related to sports and fitness were asked. The class-wise result was:

Class-1

Name	Class	Position
Vanshika	I-B	1^st
Lavesh	I-A	2^nd

Class-2

Name	Class	Position
Kanishka	II-B	1^st
Aadhya	II-A	2^nd

Class-3 to 5

Name	Class	Position
Naitik	V-B	1^st
Rohit	IV-C	2^nd
Aarna	III-B	3^rd

Class-6 to 8

Name	Class	Position
Muskan	VII-A	1^st
Deepanshu	VII-B	2^nd
Anshuman	VIII-C	3^rd

Class-9 to 12

Name	Class	Position
Preeti	XII-A	1^st
Pranjal	IX-A	2^nd
Muskaan	X-B	3^rd

Day-6 Virtual Competitions (19^TH DECEMBER 2020):-

Events done by students were being displayed in the form of a video i.e. Podcast/ movie making, various free hand exercises, letter on “Power of fitness” etc. Motivational video was also shown in which students understood the fact that Eating fruits and vegetables boosts one’s health. Regular exercises can help us to build a healthy and fit body that would be resistant to diseases.

Various Virtual Competitions were organized and results were also declared on the same day:

Spot Jogging: Class : 1 & 2

Name	Class	Position
Akshit	II-B	1^st
Keshav	II-B	2^nd

Rope Skipping : Class: 3 to 5

Name	Class	Position
Pawni	IV-A	1^st
Priyanka	V-B	2^nd

Squats Challenge: Class: 6 to 8

Name	Class	Position
Varun Saini	VIII-C	1^st
Prachi Swain	VI-C	2^nd

Step-up Challenge: Class: 9 to 12

Name	Class	Position
Naval Kishor	IX-C	1^st
Varsha Kumari	IX-A	2^nd

The programme was concluded with the words of wisdom of Honorable Principal Ms. Sunita Kharbanda. She applauded all the participants for their active contribution to make this virtual movement a great success. She encouraged the students to continue these activities even after the accomplishment of the event to keep themselves fit and healthy. She also appreciated the efforts made by teachers.

The whole week was celebrated enthusiastically both by teachers and students. Everyone gave their best to make this Fitness Campaign a success.

Fit India Week