E Pluribus Unum, April 2022
Presenting the 1st edition of the E Pluribus Unum for the academic year 2022-23.
VUCA Chronicles, April 2022
Presenting the 1st edition of the VUCA Chronicles for the academic year 2022-23.
Rhea Chadha - Our Literary Virtuoso
Rhea Chadha Grade 9 of Shiv Nadar School Noida co-authored a book titled “Life as a Teacher” This book reminds children that not all learning happens in school. Getting good grades is important, but we should learn from all of our experiences. Rhea has opted for all proceeds from the sale of the book to go to the NGO Save the Children.
Rhea also participated in a program organized by the Compassionate Leaders Circle last year in collaboration with Learn With Leaders which had 39 high-school students from 9 countries. The program details and the process was published in a Forbes article (A Borderless And Boredom-Less Education Platform Inspires Teens When They Need It The Most). The students were paired and each student pair collaborated to write and illustrate a book (Project I). The students also individually worked on their soul projects (Project II). The article also features a link to a podcast where Rhea and the other 5 selected presenters talk about their soul projects. In her section of the podcast, Rhea sang her original composition “Deciding My Destiny”.
Congratulations Shouryaa !
Shouryaa Sharma of Shiv Nadar School Noida won the BEST INNOVATION PRIZE IN HACKATHON which was held at Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida.
He built a Smart ECG Machine that could record a patient's Cardiac Rhythm and plot the values on a graph. The machine can store the values for future use and can also let the patient know if his/her heart is working fine.
Click to view: Hackathon Presentation Video
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Partnership Series #3: Safe Return to School
The school has been buzzing with our children’s cacophony as they are back at school, starting afresh with the beginning of the new academic year. To ensure safe return to school for our children, teachers and support staff, the Leadership worked in the background to outline the SOPs and guidelines keeping in mind the ‘new normal’.
A Panel Discussion was organized across Shiv Nadar School campuses to share with our parents the COVID-19 prevention practices and introduce them to the Covid Response and Prevention Force. This central team was formed involving the school Leadership, our parents from the healthcare industry and parent partnership members across the three campuses. This robust team works closely together and is instrumental in guiding the school and parent community in making informed decisions.
Session snippets: Safe Return to School
Read here: FAQs Safe Return to School
Zara Anand plays her first International Championship
Zara Anand, in 2021 officially became a world ranked amateur golfer certified by golf's governing body R&A, Scotland. In the age-specific ranking globally, Zara is amongst Top 16 players in the world and is the only one from India.
Zara played in the Girls U16 Amateur tournament hosted by the golf's governing body R&A at Enville Golf Club in Stourbridge, UK. She finished in Top 4 amongst her Under 14 category in a total field of 90 competitors. She was the only Indian participant to qualify based on her handicap to play this prestigious tournament.
Zara and her alma-mater feature in Indian Golf:
COLLOQUIUM 2022
Colloquium is a platform for students to display their yearlong Capstone projects as part of their integrated IT curriculum. The Colloquium conference serves as a culmination to these projects in the form of a product, project presentation.
The students of Grade 10 participated in this annual competition, presenting their projects to a jury on the virtual platform. The competition follows a two-tier selection process, where student projects are first examined by a sub-jury, followed by a presentation and interaction with an external jury who judge the efficacy and viability of the projects. While 18 projects from Shiv Nadar School Noida, were presented to the sub-jury, three projects made it to the final jury round.
Three teams from Noida Campus were:
a) Team Herbicore - To design a Biodegradable mask and save the environment from the toll of disposable masks.
b) Team DextraHelp- To design an affordable solution that helps stabilise hand tremors.
c) Team Voice for the Voiceless - To design an intelligent dog feeder so as to prevent stray dogs from starvation.
The external jury comprised of:
1. Mr. Gaurav Mehta, CMO, Zupee (Ex-CMO CarDekho and OLX)
2. Mr. Akshay Munjal, Founder and CEO, HERO Vired
3. Mr. Aashray Thatai, Managing Partner FAhome, Co-Founder, PostFold
4. Prof. B. Venkatesh Kumar, Professor and Chairperson, Centre for Public Policy and Governance at TISS
The program helped students to connect with community issues and integrate outside of school learning experiences. It allows them to think critically and solve challenging problems, develop skills such as research, teamwork, planning, goal setting and project management during the process.
Team Hermes from Gurugram campus secured the first position and Team DextraHelp from Noida campus secured Second Position.
To view the Colloquium Conference click here
Partnership Series #2 Reflect, Rethink, Rejuvenate: A Launchpad into Excellence
The second edition of the Partnership Series is based on how as an educational institution that aims to support the overall development of students, we have a responsibility to create a space that accepts all students and nurtures them.
We at Shiv Nadar School Noida designed the Launchpad programme for April and May with the aim of understanding and supporting the educational and socio-emotional needs of every learner. The intent is to enable every learner to take off on their pathway to excellence with confidence and a deep understanding of themselves, their needs and their desires. The panellists joined in a conversation where they shared their understanding of the situation and the design of the Launchpad programme and discussed how as a critical stakeholder each of them can participate and contribute.
Partnership Series #1 Taking the Pandemic by the Horns
Partnership Series is a platform where our educators along with representatives from the parent and student communities come together for a panel discussion. The topic of the discussion is from an array of subjects pertinent to the current global scenario. The stakeholders on the panel have a conversation and share their viewpoints. The parents and students are invited, they as the audience engage by putting their questions forth and learn from their discourse and interaction.
The topic of the first panel discussion in the series was ‘Taking the Pandemic by the Horns – Shiv Nadar School in its decennial year’. The pandemic brought profound changes in the way we had learnt to live our lives. The way education was imparted was also relooked at, within the confines of our homes. For us, the decennial year of Shiv Nadar School is an opportunity to reflect on the past to examine the possibilities that lie ahead. The discussion was on the reflective question of how and what we as a school did as a school. The panellists shared experiences and learnings from the pandemic and examined the possibilities that lie ahead and move on in a direction that keeps the learner's needs front and centre of our journey.
Watch the glimpses here:
Parent Representative Group Induction and Orientation AY 22-23
Parent Partnership Programme, where we closely work with the parent community as partners. Parent Representative Group (PRG) is one such initiative. This association is an endeavour to build a strong bond and support system which has been a testament to the founding principles of Shiv Nadar School. As a parent representative, the PRG actively partners with the school towards collective and creative inputs in regards to school practices, learning programs and larger interest of each child and their learning environment.
The new PRG members were oriented for the new academic session. The session also gives them an opportunity to build a connect with the members and the school community and take forward this partnership.
