Team Fluid Force in the News
Team Fluid Force, winners of Colloquium 2019, are back in focus! Having engineered a solution to conserve RO waste water, the team of 5 students from Shiv Nadar School Gurgaon has now implemented this solution across various private and public establishments and has launched further iterations of their initial design. Their initiative has recently been covered in detail in the following articles.
Shelly Upadhyay - A star is born!
From learning the game in a village to playing in international camps, Shelly Upadhyay shows the exciting potential of India’s grassroots basketball.
The story of Shelly Upadhyay, the Grade 11 student of Shiv Nadar School Noida and a UP state basketball player has appeared on the official website of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Read the full story from the link mentioned below.
Shubha Mudgal enthralls audiences at Shiv Nadar School Faridabad
Building learning spaces that help enhance the cognitive, aesthetic and the cultural skills amongst the students is key to an integrated education. To commemorate the inauguration of the new building North Block in Shiv Nadar School Faridabad, acclaimed artiste Shubha Mudgal put on a spectacular concert that featured more than 700 parents and teachers of the school. This was mentioned in The Tribune, amongst other news outlets.
Source: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/education-notes/850533.html
Reviving cultures! Kaafila- Annual Art Fest at Shiv Nadar School Noida
Art caters to the basic values of education: the freedom to think, freedom to voice opinions, and freedom to feel and to create. Based on the theme of “Speaking from the Margins”, the students of Shiv Nadar School Noida organized Kaafila, a festival which gives students the voice and platform to comment on society through their art. More than 500 children from schools all across Delhi-NCR participated. The 2-day annual arts festival featured a plethora of mesmerizing performances, workshops, and competitions which has been covered extensively on The Asian Age.
Source: https://www.asianage.com/life/art/211019/reviving-cultures.html
Why can’t I go out to play, 6-yr-old asks CM
As India faces unprecedented levels of pollution, students of Shiv Nadar School recognize that the air we breathe must be a fundamental human right, available to all. They wrote to Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change Prakash Javadekar seeking justice and action for a long-term solution. Their impassioned letter has been highlighted in The Statesman.
Doodle your worries away!
Every creative pursuit allows students to discover their passion and build expertise & talent. Shiv Nadar School is committed towards curating experiences that foster creativity. The Doodle Festival at Shiv Nadar School Noida is one such initiative, that projects drawing and doodling as a tool for thought, creativity, and visual communication. The festival reinforces the belief that ‘we draw to learn, not learn to draw’, thereby facilitating a collaborative platform for artists and experts to interact with young learners. Spread over 2 days, around 500 students from more than 15 schools participated in the festival.
The Times of India, among other media outlets, covered the Doodle Festival in detail which can be read here.
Watching 12-Year-Old Riddhima Pandey Convince an Entire School to Fight Climate Change
On 14th November 2019, 12-year-old climate change activist, Riddhima Pandey was scheduled to speak at Shiv Nadar School in Faridabad, on the occasion of Children's Day.
It was quite the irony that her address was cancelled owing to all schools in Haryana being shut due to the state of hazardous air quality.
Four days later, while Delhi's air quality measure may have moved up a few notches to 'Very Unhealthy,' Riddhima's message remains unchanged: We need climate action, now.
To know more, click on the below link.
Manchester United legend Quinton Fortune trains Shiv Nadar School soccer team
Shiv Nadar School Gurgaon hosted the Manchester United Soccer Schools(MUSS) on 27th of April. The world-renowned coaches from MUSS, along with the former Manchester United player and Legend Quinton Fortune, conducted a clinic for Shiv Nadar School soccer teams from our three campuses.
The day was about learning from the best and bonding over the game of football. Besides the tricks and trades of the beautiful game, our students also took home a major lesson in humility, by observing the legend in interaction and action!
Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop visited Shiv Nadar School Gurgaon
Over two hundred and fifty students from Delhi NCR on Wednesday interacted with Australia’s foreign minister Julie Bishop, who was in Gurgaon as part of an initiative aimed at developing student and teacher exchange programmes between the two countries. The programmes have been commissioned under the Australia-India BRIDGE School Partnerships Project.
Click on the mentioned belwo links to find out more about the event:
Animal Farm at Shiv Nadar School Faridabad
In what has become an annual tradition, Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad, yet again, opened its gates to farm and pet animals! Horses, cows, sheep, dogs and many other animals were brought to the school where our students closely observed their physical features, while discussing their roles in our environment and lives. See the pictures to catch a glimpse of the excitement of our students and teachers alike!
Click on the mentioned below links to find out more about the event:
- Hindustan Times: Children got thrilled after seeing a horse and camel in their school
- News Studio 18: Animal farm at Shiv Nadar School
- News NCR: Shiv Nadar School organised its second annual animal farm event