Congratulations on Provisional Asteroid discoveries by students
Congratulates to our students on their Provisional discoveries of asteroids during the April 2021 STEM & Space Asteroid Search Campaign!
The meritorious student discoverers from your school are the following who were in 4 teams:
- Ishaan Chauhan
- Krishay Chadha and Raghav Garg
- Paarth Agnihotri, Manav Harsana, Swinzal Taneja
- Veer Mendiratta, Aarav Kathuria
This is a remarkable achievement for our students, which they have achieved with their diligence and hard work.
STEM & Space conducted a highly specialized monthlong project in May-June 2020, in collaboration with the international group International Astronomy Search Collaboration (IASC), affiliated with NASA.
Under this project, students were trained and guided by STEM & Space to look through real images from the Pan Starrs telescope in Hawaii, and search for asteroids. Many of the students found asteroids which were listed as preliminary discoveries, and we are proud to share that 30 such discoveries by various schools under our campaign of these have now been confirmed as provisional asteroid discoveries by the Minor Planet Catalog (MPC), and will be formally recorded.
Asteroid discoveries with provisional status are maintained in the MPC database for many years, until there have been a sufficient number of observations to fully determine the orbit. That process typically takes 6-10 years, at which point the asteroid is numbered and cataloged by the International Astronomical Union. Numbered asteroids can be named by their citizen scientist discoverers.
Anti-Bullying Program
In continuation to the week where we marked 'International day of Persons with Disabilities, the Counselling Team has planned a program for Grades 4-11 titled 'The Safe School Space Project' to address themes of bullying and teasing so we can encourage children to create more conducive spaces for one another. It will be implemented throughout this week through various modes- CIrcle time, SEE Learning classes and co-scholastic collaboration. Cross-curricular collaboration was also aimed at, since classes have been the breeding ground for reflective discussions. The counselling team created a holistic plan for the program for the Week 6th -10th December. The lessons come under Provisions of Child Protection and Safe School Policy.
Celebrating Uniqueness
Celebration of International Day of People With Disabilities/different abilities happened across the school. The International Day of Persons with Disability is observed annually all across the world on the 3rd of December. Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad, dedicated the 29th to 3rd of December to mark the event. We focused on learning more about how not all disabilities are visible, and how we can hear everyone's abilities speak louder than their disabilities. There were activities like- poster making, logo designing, flash mobs, silent National Anthem, presentations, storytelling and discussions around the topic. On 3rd of December, we had an enriching panel discussion with Ms.Manjushree Patil (speaker and expert with 3 decades of experience in the area of special needs, Mr. and Mrs. Singh and their son Kabeer Singh which shared about their journey with their older son and Kabeer sibling, Sehej who is very bright and on the spectrum. There were a lot of take aways from the session. The date for this observance was decided by the United Nations in 1992. Each year, the United Nation. With students and teachers from across the school conducted various activities and talents were showcased.
Few Activities planned during the Week:
- SELFIE BOOTH WITH THE THEME OF INCLUSION
- LOGO DESIGNING
- FLASH MOB ACTIVITY- SEN AND C WITH PERFORMING ARTS TEAM
- SILENT NATIONAL ANTHEM
- READING CORNER IN LIBRARY
- WEBINAR/EXPERT TALKS
'Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye.' William Gibson
If one were to ask what is it that unites people of all ages or contexts, the answer would undoubtedly be literature. To develop a sense of appreciation for the literature available in different languages and create some learning experiences centred around stories we celebrated literary week for grades one and two from 15.11.21-18.11.21.
The literary week includes celebration of the literature available in English and Hindi. With the theme of the literary week being fables and folktales around the world we organized various workshops and sessions for the learners to engage with so that they could learn as they experienced the various forms of storytelling.
Events of the Literary Week
Discussions during the Circle Time
Each day of the literary week started with discussions around aspects of literature and storytelling during the Circle Time. The first session on day one of the literary week began with a discussion around the concept of fables, fairy tales and folk tales. The learners were presented with various examples of stories that helped them get familiar with the three genres. In grade two, the learners were introduced to the concept of the ‘theme’ in the stories. The learners were acquainted with the fact that all the stories revolve around some central idea that the author wants to convey. The significance of culture in the folktales was discussed. The learners also understood the importance of masks in storytelling as they engaged in mask making activity during the Circle Time. Through the story ‘The Monkey and the Cap Seller’, a discussion was carried out to help the learners realise the synchrony between the text and illustrations in the stories.
Storytelling sessions
Our Primary educator, Ms. Sananda Nandi conducted storytelling sessions in Hindi for the learners where she used hand - made puppets to narrate the famous stories ‘Budhiya ki roti’ and ‘Rishi Munni aur Chuha’. One could see the learners completely hooked to the storytelling session as they sang, enacted, predicted the story, answered the questions and reflected during the session.
‘The Tail of Kake De Munni’, another storytelling session was conducted by our educators Ms. Neha Gandhi, Ms. Elizabeth, Ms. Priyanka Chhabra. Famous folktale from Punjab was brought to life through the enactment by our educators during the session. The learners not just experienced the story but also answered some of the questions about the characters put forth by the facilitators.
Storyboard- Integrating art with literature
Emphasising the importance of illustrations, story board session was conducted by our arts educator Ms. Maryam Ansari and music educator Ms. Aishwarya Thapliyal. The learners sang the story ‘Paudhe ki Kahani’ with Ms. Aishwarya as they watched the illustrations made by Ms. Maryam. The learners also made their own story boards and showcased them as the story proceeded.
Panch-a-Tantra
This session was an amalgamation of music, theatre and literature where the learners created soundscape for the famous fables. The session was conducted by our theatre facilitator Ms. Himani Pant and music facilitator Mr. Dennis Babu.
Writer’s Workshop
‘Aao Kahani Bunein’ and ‘A Pet and A Superhero’ were the writing sessions conducted in Hindi and English respectively by our primary grades educators. These sessions aimed to give our learners competencies and skills to write their own stories. The session provided the learners with some essential elements of story writing. Using these elements, they tried to create their own story out of the pictures provided to them during the session. A padlet link was shared with the learners for them to share their reflections and stories post the session.
Kissa Goi
Dating back to the era of Munshi Premchand, Kissa Goi is a unique art of storytelling which came alive during the literary week. Our learners from grade five (Vandita Arora, Rishabh Burman, Atharv, Jeenal Tanwar and Risha Mangla) conducted a Kissa Goi session where they narrated a story of Bheeku making it a delightful session for all.
Author’s session
The beautiful week of literature was culminated by an author’s session. Ms. Adithi Rao author of the book ‘Boy, Bear’ led an enriching session for our young learners where they explored the story from various perspectives. The story was read out to the learners by the author herself post which they participated in a discussion.
School Comes Alive!
Blooming with flowers and lush green, the campus welcomes children from across grades to fill it with their laughter and unbridled joy.
Our design to bring children back to school has been well structured and planned. With Sports being at the forefront of orientation, the school grounds have come alive with the agility and energy of our children. The classrooms have been live wire with learning in the physical space in synch with parallel online teaching. The Role of the Teacher cannot ever be underestimated. Children's safety is our top-most priority and proper arrangements have been made in the classrooms keeping all safety norms and protocols intact. Air Purifiers are well installed in each classrooms to maintain the AQI Levels. Our Grade X Children sit for their Term 1 Baord Examination as well.
Life has thrown curved balls at us and we have learnt to deal with them, working through the pandemic, adapting to the paradigm shifts in teaching learning design.
We are committed to building meaningful, rich and life long experiences for our children and being the one stop educational solution in your city.
Hybrid Learning
The reopening of the school campus has been planned and curated in a deeply considered and measured way. For all grades, we have first begun with the Sports Program. To experience the campus, enjoy the vastness and openness especially when the children have been in a 'locked in' mode, has helped them a great deal to reorient, recalibrate, return to campus, with the new safety protocols in place.
Sharing a glimpse.
In Conversation with Ms. Bulbul Sharma
On 27th October, 2021, an interactive online author's session was organized with Ms. Bulbul Sharma , a versatile author and painter. She has written five collections of short stories, a novel, non-fiction and some of the most-loved books for children, including Tales of Fabled Beasts, Gods and Demons and The Ramayana.
The students witnessed a narration of short stories from her book, Fantastic Creatures in Indian Mythology and had a wonderful opportunity to interact with her. Discussions about the mythological creatures sparked students' imagination and curiosity. The students also greatly benefitted when the author shared some insights on essential writing techniques which left an impressionable impact on young minds.
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Science Engagement day
8 of our Grade 11 Science students visited the Shiv Nadar University on Friday, 23rd October for the "Science Engagement day". The students got to interact with scientists, professors and undergraduate students who ignited their curiosity by unravelling the wonders of Science. Dr Sanjeev Galande’s introductory session showcased the interdisciplinary nature of scientific research. Students who visited the Biology lab could witness and perform the DNA gel electrophoresis, which they had read only in textbooks. At the Physics lab, students were excited to witness the "Wave nature of electrons", Newton's ring and other experiments which were beyond the reach of the school labs. At the Chemistry lab, students got to observe and understand the setup of NMR spectroscopy, X-Ray Diffraction Crystallography, Gas chromatography, HPLC, IR spectroscopy, Mass spectroscopy, UV spectroscopy etc. The event helped bridge the gap between senior school teachers, students and researchers/professors for a deeper understanding of Natural Sciences, and was a step towards encouraging the students to pursue a career in scientific research.
Walk the Talk - Mr. Mr. Praneet Singh
Walk the Talk is one such initiative wherein experts from different fields come to talk to students. Such sessions serve to dispel existing queries regarding certain career choices, as well as to inform students on new and emerging professional and academic domains. These sessions are primarily for grade IX and X for them to explore various careers that exist. One such conversation was with Mr. Mr. Praneet Singh on EMERGENT CAREERS IN THE AI DOMAINTED WORLD.
Glimpse of the Session.
Parents’ Trident - Vol. 2
Parents’ Trident is only an effort to engage parents productively and to acknowledge their creative thoughts and expression.
It is a magazine by and for the parents. We intend to publish the magazine 4 times in a year. So this is the Second Vol.
Editorial Members Mrs. Neelam Narula and Mrs. Urvashi Kaul
We hope going through this newsletter is as enjoyable for you as it is for us bringing it to you.