Inter school Literary Bonanza Elixir 2.0
The Inter school Literary Bonanza Elixir 2.0 was held in Shiv Nadar School Faridabad on 4th November 2022.
The registrations started at 8 am, followed by breakfast and the opening ceremony. There were a plethora of events held across different venues. The theme for Middle school was “Planet Change and Sustainability” while for senior school it was “From War to Hope”. The events were not only in English but some of them were in Hindi, Sanskrit and foreign languages (French, German and Spanish) also. The event was opened for grade 6 to grade 12 students.
The various events were as follows-
The Turncoat event was for senior school students. It was judged by Ms Payal Kapoor, Mr Umang Malik and Ms Garima Grover. Mr. Malik is the Director of the Faridabad Model School Managing Committee. Ms Payal Kapoor is an institution in herself with more than thirty years of experience in the field of education. Ms Garima is a passionate educator who teaches English. The topic of Turncoat was WAR IS NOT A SOLUTION. The participating students did a commendable job of looking at both sides of the coin.
Dramatic interpretation of Poetry was based on a poem by Bertolt Brecht General your tank. It was a glimpse into the world of drama, plays and interpreting poetry pieces in new lights. It was an event filled with zest, vigour and, most importantly, theatrics!!
The Ad Mad show was Vigyapan Prastuti based on the theme of sustainability. It was in Hindi and turned out to be lively presentations by the teams.
Black out poetry is a very challenging form of creativity in which the participants showed their ingenuity by creating poems on the theme War to Hope. In the event Poem in My Pocket, the participants filled not our pockets but our hearts with their creativity by writing on topics like Rendezvous with Nature. Slam poetry is one of the most popular forms of artistic expressions, and the students showed remarkable zeal in their rendition of slam poetry which they had self composed. Soliloquies are used as a device in drama to let a character make their thoughts known to the audience. The contestants in this event presented the perfect blend of voice modulation, expression and dramatic gestures.
The debate topic in disputandum for grades 6-8 was “Ecotourism is a Fad”. It was in alignment with our overarching theme of sustainability and planet change. All the students spoke so emphatically that the judges had a tough time deciding the most impactful speaker in favour of and against the motion. The activity 'Just a minute or JAM' is an impromptu speech where the speaker is supposed to express the ideas on the given topic, within the duration of a minute.
Visual Interpretation of a poem works as a team with a poet and an artist. The topic for visual interpretation was Hope and it was presented beautifully both poetically and artistically.
Creation is the highest form of application of knowledge, and the event category Swarachit Kavita delivered an array of beautiful emotions. In the Shloka Competition, students gave wonderful renditions of shlokas that were in sync with the theme of planet change and sustainability.
Melody is one of the three main parameters that makes music out of a collection of sounds and beats, alongside harmony and rhythm. Music knows no language and this was proven by the students who created music in languages beyond most of our comprehension in the event Melody in Music.
Watching participants from different schools, debate, dissent, perform and use their armoury of words to create powerful statements on the themes of From war to hope and Planet Change and Sustainability, was indeed a treat to watch. Elixir 2.0 was a melting pot of ideas, creativity and a wonderful day of meeting and competing for the young minds at Shiv Nadar School Faridabad. The event built strong partnerships in the student community in the cities of Faridabad, Gurgaon and Noida.
The names of the 11 participating schools were-
1. Ryan International School, Faridabad
2. DPS Greater Faridabad
3.Shiv Nadar School Noida
4. Shiv Nadar School Faridabad
5. Shiv Nadar School Gurgaon
6. MRIS Charmwood
7. MRIS Gurgaon
8. MVN Sector 17
9. MVN Sector 88
10. Aravalli International School Sec-85
11. MVN Aravalli Hills
The Running trophy was won by Modern Vidya Niketan Aravalli Hills.
Experience Shiv Nadar School’s “Education for Life” Philosophy at Chennai!
The intrinsic value schooling adds to a young learner’s life goes beyond classroom interactions. As our Director of Education, Dr. Shashi Banerjee, surmises, “Our approach (must be) rooted in doing the smallest things with true intent”. Every child’s learning journey follows a unique fingerprint; therefore, a pedagogical approach that nurtures their capabilities and skills is best suited to realize their true potential.
At Shiv Nadar School, we pride ourselves in creating unparalleled learning experiences for young minds. We encourage individual expression, challenging the status quo, and imparting value-based lessons rooted not only in winning but also in learning from our failures. As World Champion in Public Speaking, Mr. Dananjaya Hettiarachchi stated, “Shiv Nadar School permits students to fail safely”.
Two weeks ago, our one-of-a-kind Experience Centre in Chennai welcomed its first set of parents and students. Parents were guided through the school’s decade-long journey in education, which has resulted in our time-tested process to create lifelong learners.
Interacting with various members of the SNS Community, including the students, educators, and senior leadership, parents further learned about our holistic curriculum and other avenues through which Shiv Nadar School encourages knowledge co-creation alongside our young learners to nurture them into responsible changemakers of tomorrow.
In her welcome address Mrs. Padmini Sambasivam, Principal of Shiv Nadar School Chennai, assured parents that her team would leave no stone unturned; until every child entrusted in (their) care grew into a confident, responsible, committed, empathetic, and contributing citizen of the globe.
The key highlight for parents and students was an assisted tour into the Shiv Nadar School Metaverse. The Metaverse tour allowed parents and students to experience and visualize the Chennai campus as planned in the near future.
Our Experience Centre is an interactive and self-exploratory space that allows parents to experience and familiarise themselves with the school and our ecosystem. It showcases the evolution of Shiv Nadar School’s approach to creating meaningful and individualized learning journeys for young minds.
Parents gained exclusive insights into the SNS pedagogy and practices. One of the parents mentioned, “I am not looking for the conventional streamlined education; hence I have opted for Shiv Nadar School. I am enjoying the outlook and the approach that this education will give. It is going to be a very transformative educational experience. I am looking forward towards a journey where my son will be nurtured into who he really is.” - Dr. Sandhya.
From engaging storytelling sessions to learning how to draw and sketch, the young ones were engrossed under the expansive shade of the Banyan trees on campus.
Parents who wish to know more about the school can plan a visit to the Experience Centre by contacting the Parent Partnership Office.
You catch a glimpse of the highlights here:
Readers make Leaders
The library at Shiv Nadar School is much more than a quiet place to read. They are our knowledge hubs, where children learn to explore, investigate, empathise with the characters, question, and express themselves. To help our children continue to enjoy themselves on their reading journeys, the junior library puts out new contests each week and provides assistance in navigating the literary world. Each month, the contests aid in the exploration of various forms of literature through poetry, prose, and films. Please find attached a document outlining all of the Junior Library's initiatives and activities during the month of September.
Seed Ball Making Activity
“Sustainability is not just about doing less harm but doing more good.”- Jochen Zeits
As part of ongoing EVS theme for grade two ‘Climate Change’ there have been elaborate discussions about how the world is changing. Learners have been introduced to various case studies to understand the concepts better. In depth discussions on global warming, the impact of climate change while situating it within the concept of interdependence of the world.
As we approach the final week for the theme, the focus shifted to how an individual can create a positive impact. It began with the inspiring stories of Jadav Molai and HCL Harit Upvan Sorkha Project to help our learners realize that change begins from them. The theme followed a ‘Case study’ pedagogy with an intent to create awareness and inspire our little learners to become the climate change advocates. With this vision in mind, the theme concluded with the learners learning to make the seed balls. They understood how the seed balls can help bring in a positive change. But what better way to learn than to get oneself involved into actually creating seed balls!
The learners of grade two made seed balls in the Amphitheatre . A session was led by Ms. Shalini Chhablani to help the learners understand the what and why of seed of balls.
One could see them excited for learning and confidently own their responsibility of doing their bit in bringing the much needed change.
Harvard Model United Nations India 2022
Harvard Model United Nations builds upon seven decades of experience - with the first Model League of Nations in 1927, followed by the first Model UN conference in 1953. HMUN is an initiative of Harvard University's IRC, engaging more than 6000 students annually across its conferences in the USA, China, Dubai, and India.
This year in its 13th edition of HMUN India, the conference hosted 1370 delegates from over 130 schools across the globe at Hyderabad International Convention Centre between August 12- 15, 2022
Each year HMUN ensures to bring forward some of the most pressing global issues for the young diplomats creating a platform for a discourse that makes the young minds develop Global Perspective and 6 C’s of the 21st century learning skills.
This year the delegation from Shiv Nadar School NOIDA consisted of 25 students and bagged 9 most prestigious awards at the Conference. With each committee consisting of over 100 delegates participating, the students emerged triumphantly in the largest and most competitive MUN Conference in India.
Best delegate
Anamitraa Jaiswal in UN Development Program
Diya Nischal in World Health Organisation
Honourable Mention
Krishnav, UN Security Council
Deepanshu, UN Security Council
Kamya Malhotra Human Rights Council
Diplomatic Commendation
Madhav Badhwar in UNICEF
Ranveer Kapoor CSW
Yashviir Modi SOCHUM
Future Leader Award
Tanish Arora in Commission on Development
Literary Week - Primary
Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad observed Literary Week with an array of activites through the week from 29th August to 2nd September. Literary Week is observed each year to ignite and fuel interest in reading, creative writing, etc.
Grades 1 and 2
During the week, the students of Grade 1 explored an array of activities through the story 'Rooster Raaga' and were introduced to the concept of Onomatopoeia. Taking it forward, teachers from the Grade 1 English team presented the play, ‘Rooster Raaga’ in morning assembly for the students. Reflecting on their favourite characters, all students of grade 1 participated in Cosplay of the character that inspired them.
The students of Grade 2 explored the literary genre ‘Fables’ this literary week. Each day learners were engaged with a fable and understood its various elements. Students collaborated in groups to create their own fable storyboard. They illustrated and wrote the characters, setting, conflict and resolution and the message their fable conveyed. On the day of culmination, students presented the fable storyboard they had created through a gallery walk.
Grades 3 to 5
The young learners of grade 3 commenced the 'Literary Week' celebrations with an exciting activity, 'Adjective Bonanza'. The students immersed themselves in experiential learning as they wrote numerous adjectives on their peers' T-shirts. The students were introduced to 'Comics' as a genre. They explored the various elements of comics, such as panels, gutters, speech bubbles and also, created their own comics.
Grade 4 explored ‘fables’ as their theme. Students learnt the elements of a fable along with presentation skills in integration with theatre. They indulged rigorously in the writing process which started with story planning through graphic organiser, discussing their plot with an appropriate moral and then writing down their self-composed fables in groups. It was a sheer delight to see them working collaboratively. They also presented their stories once the writing process was completed.
Grade 5 started the week with ‘Read my T-shirt activity’, they dived into the pool of vocabulary as they wrote phrases, idioms and adjectives on their peer’s T-shirts. Students explored the sense of ‘I’ through the theme of ‘autobiography’. They learnt the elements of an autobiography and read some extracts of non-fiction autobiographies as well. They used graphic organisers and wrote multiple drafts to write their autobiography.
The week culminated with 'Costume Play' for all students of 3 to 5. Students dressed up as a buffet of characters, ranging from legendary historical figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, Rani Laxmi Bai to famous fictional characters like Harry Potter, Robin Hood, Matilda and more.
To mark the culmination of the literary week, students also attended an author session. Archana Garodia Gupta of 'Chandragupta Maurya and the Greek Onslaught', the first book in the series of 'History Hunters', visited the school to meet and introduce the book to the students of Grades 3 to 5. It was an enlightening and interactive session for the students.
Five days of engaging with diverse facets of literature enabled them to bring out their creative side as well as survey the language deeply.
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Principals' Roundtable On Post-Pandemic Anxiety Among Students by Careers360
Principals' Roundtable On Post-Pandemic Anxiety Among Students by Careers360
The Covid-19 pandemic got with itself a plethora of challenges, one of the major ones being the back-and-forth between online and offline schooling for students.
The Principals' Roundtable On Post-Pandemic Anxiety Among Students addresses questions like How did children across age groups respond to this transition? What challenges did teachers face? How well are schools prepared for a similar situation arising in the future? ; in addition to many more.
On the Panel:
- Ms. Anju Wal – Director Principal, Shiv Nadar School Faridabad
- Ms. Veena Goel – Principal, Apeejay, Pitampura, Delhi
- Mr. Prakash Sahoo – Principal (Secondary School), Sai International School, Bhubaneshwar
- Ms. Alka Kapur – Principal, Modern Public School, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi
Links to its coverage.
Ø YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7LK7JPjqwQ
Ø NDTV Education- https://www.ndtv.com/education/losses-and-gains-school-principals-discuss-impact-of-covid-on-children-at-careers360-roundtable
Ø Careers360 website- https://school.careers360.com/articles/principals-roundtable-on-post-pandemic-anxiety-among-students
Entrepreneurial Challenge ‘SHARK TANK’
“Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won't
so you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t.”
- Anonymous
With a perspective to develop an entrepreneurial mind-set in the young minds of Secondary School Students, an Entrepreneurial Challenge ‘SHARK TANK’ was initiated by the Commerce Department of Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad. The pitch of five teams was selected for the preliminary and final round of the competition to be conducted on 23rd and 26th August 2022 respectively.
Team 1 : ‘Masketisers’ with participants as Samya Arora and Anaya Pal had a business plan of a machine which can sterilise the used masks. With their punch line as ‘Medical plastic is not fantastic’, this product clearly aimed at sustainable development.
Team 2 : ‘Toothy’ with participants as Manaasvi Vij, Jeneya Vaidya, Ada Khemka and Neihal Gupta had a business plan for a machine which can disinfect tooth brushes.
Team 3 : ‘Safe Chalo’ with participants as Kaashvi Dewan, Arnav Balyan, Agastya Iyer, Sameesha Gaur and Aarav Peter aimed to reduce road accidents caused by drunk driving with a breath analyser machine fitted in the steering wheel.
Team 4 : ‘Carti-B’ with participants as Hrit Gupta, Raghav Garg, Neeyati and Rayrith Kundu aimed to remove the hassle of waiting in long queues for billing after shopping with their unique trolleys which have an inbuilt and safe payment mechanism.
Team 5 : ‘Roba’ with participants as Vanshika Garg, Lakshi and Sanskriti Nagar provided the much needed service of storing the off seasons clothes, blankets, etc. for the entire period when the customers do not need them.
All five teams were well prepared to convince the sharks about the profitability of their products. The participants, armed with statistics and in-depth research, validated and made their arguments more emphatic with right facial expressions, body movements and gestures. All the teams exhibited great oratorical skills along with exemplary entrepreneurial abilities. They put in tremendous hard work to showcase their hidden talent. The young entrepreneurs displayed confidence in presenting their arguments before the sharks.
The sharks comprised of our three judges- Ms. Shilpa Khadse, Vice Principal, International Curriculum, Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad, Mr. Umang Malik, Director, Faridabad Model School Managing Committee and Kushagra Khandelwal, a Grade XII student of Entrepreneurship. The eminent jury members grilled the young entrepreneurs with the most challenging queries. The competition was very stiff as all teams exhibited immense confidence and responded wonderfully to the questions asked by the visionary judges.
While announcing the much awaited results, Ms. Shilpa Khadse appreciated all the teams for their unique ideas and impactful presentations.
There was a tie for the First Position – Teams ‘Safe Chalo’ and ‘Carti-B’ both managed to secure this coveted position for their innovative ideas.
Second Position was secured by Team ‘Masketisers’ for their effective business pitch.
Third place was acquired by Team ‘Toothy’ for their overwhelming presentation.
The efforts of all the teams were applauded by one and all. The enthusiastic anchors of the event Lakshita Sharma and Aryanveer Goenka of Grade XI kept the audience engaged and entertained throughout the event. The recital of self-composed poems by Ria Singh and Mannat Kaur of Grade XII further ignited the spirit of innovation and creativity in one and all.
The words of wisdom of our Director Principal Ms. Anju Wal inspired all the students to think out of the box and explore the entrepreneur hidden in them. The day concluded on an enthusiastic note as the presentations of the participants infused entrepreneurial fervour in the entire audience comprising of secondary school students. The breadth and depth of knowledge that they gained through this event was simply unparalled!
Music Collective - Faridabad Parents
Juggling between parenthood and their careers, if there is one thing that makes parent body smile is their sheer energy, grit, and determination in presenting to us their creativity in the form of Parent’s Collective.
Faridabad Parents Music Collective released a musical presentation on India's 75th Independence Day!
Author's Visit - Kevin Missal
It is said that “A child who reads is an adult who thinks”. Reading stimulates our imagination and expands our understanding of the world. For this reason, We at Shiv Nadar School believe in giving our children an opportunity to meet, greet and intearact with authors who have made a mark for themselves by following their passion. Keeping the tradition of author’s visit alive, We inivited Mr. Kevin Missal , author of national best selling Kalki Trilogy , for Grades 5, 6 and 7 on 29th July , 2022.
It was an interactive session full of questions soaring the curiosity of our students . The students exhibited great enthusiasm , spirit and spark to learn from the journey of this fantastic, young author. The senior school library , where the meet took place , brimmed with the voices of the students eager to share their keen interest in the process of writing . Two of his most famous books , were on display for children to purchase. The students were enthusiastic to get their copies signed by the author as a mark of memory . Our library incharge , SK Riajuddin , felicitated the author with a token of respect .
