Republic Week Celebrations
Among the six core values of Shiv Nadar School are a Sense of Purpose and Responsibility. These are also crucial for citizens of a robust Democracy. As citizens of the world’s largest democracy we must endeavour to protect, preserve and promote democratic values.
On 26th January, 2023 India will be celebrating its 74 years of being a Socialist, Secular, Democratic, Republic and Sovereign Nation.
To celebrate this momentous occasion, the Social Science team has curated a range of activities for our students to discover, explore and imbibe the values imparted by the Constitution of India.
The Republic week celebrations started with the Inter House Quiz for grades 6-8. Students were quizzed on questions about the Indian government and politics. The Parliamentary debate on Uniform Civil Code was conducted for Grade 9 and 11. The students learnt the technique of debating in the British Parliamentary style.
Day Two of the Republic Week Celebrations were kick started with the event Bharat ki khoj, a treasure hunt for grade 6 -8. The students corelated clues about famous personalities, books and concepts from Social Science. This was followed by an I movie competition for grade 6-9 whereby the students exhibited their creativity through short movies on freedom, justice, rights and the Indian constitution.
Day Three of the Republic Week Celebrations engaged our students in Model United Nations (MUN) and #BeAnAwareCitizen. The students of Grade 9 and 11 faced questions of economic development with special focus on policies around self sufficiency in India through the All India Political parties Meet (AIPPM) model. Also, students across middle and senior grades were involved in activities and discussions around elections and role of the Election Commission of India and rights.
The Republic week was culminated with great pomp and show. There were colourful tableaus and parade by the grades of 6-9. The states of Assam, West Bengal, Haryana, Tamil Nadu ,Rajasthan, Kerala were proudly showcased by the students. Another tableau showing the achievements of ISRO was also presented. This was followed by gallery walk showcasing various skits, models and presentations. A discussion on 'Long Arm of History' - Relevance of our Colonial History in Modern Times with Mr. Sohail Hashmi. Sohail Hashmi is one of the founding trustees of SAHMAT (The Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust). He has worked with PTI TV, National Literacy Mission, Home TV, BiTV and Kingfisher.com. He has been the Director of ''Leap Years'', a creative activity centre for children.
THE 1st CITATION CEREMONY AT SNS, FARIDABAD
January 31, 2023 was a gold letter day in the young history of Shiv Nadar School Faridabad as it celebrated the first citation ceremony in honour of the first batch of Grade 12 who are poised complete their final school year to commemorate this occasion, the Senior Leadership included the Chairman of Shiv Nadar School, Mr. Shikhar Malhotra, the CEO Col. Gopal, the Director of Education Shashi Banerjee, Mr Avneesh Singh, the President of Shiv Nadar Schools, the COO Ms. Aarti Dawer, Ms Vandana Madra, Director of Marketing, Admissions and Branding, guest Principal Mrs. Anju Soni from the Noida Campus, Mr Matthew Ivulich, Head of Connected Learning Program and Aamir Masood, Head of the Career Guidance cell. The entire parent body of Grade 12 gathered in the Wild Cats Hall and what followed was a beautiful ceremony comprising music by the school choir, blessings from the leadership and presenting tokens of love and warmth to every student of Grade 12. Parent representatives spoke of how their faith in the school was proved right as they spoke of how their children have benefitted from the unique pedagogy that SNS is famous for. In turn, the student captains spoke of their emotional and intellectual growth in these hallowed precincts and expressed gratitude towards their alma mater. The two-hour event epitomised grace and elegance and has set the bar for many such moments that the school will witness in the coming years.
Robocup Regional Championship - Rescue Line and Soccer
6 teams comprising 19 students participated in the RoboCup Regional Championship on 9th and 10th December in two different categories: Rescue Line and Soccer.
ROBOCUP IS PROJECT-ORIENTED EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS FOR STUDENTS UP THROUGH AGE 19, WITH A FOCUS ON PROVIDING A HANDS-ON, SCAFFOLDED ENVIRONMENT WHERE LEARNERS CAN GROW BY EXPANDING THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF, SPARKING THEIR CURIOSITY ABOUT AND INCREASING THEIR COMFORT WITH TECHNOLOGY.
Out of 6 teams, 5 qualified for Nationals Championship.
Line Rescue Category: All 3 teams qualified
Soccer: 2 teams qualified and one team secured 3rd position.
Students also received the following awards:
- Best Hardware solution and
- Best Rescue engineering strategy
Names of the students are as follows:
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Eklavya Sangwan |
7 Kanha |
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Aaditya Arora |
7 Kanha |
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AkshaN Gupta |
7 Kanha |
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Shiven Kandoi |
7 Gir |
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Lakshya Madra |
7 Sariska |
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Shivansh Grover |
7 Corbett |
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Jashith |
7 Sariska |
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Aadit Dua |
8 Gir |
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Vilakshan Goel |
9 Sariska |
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Manthan Varshney |
9 corbett |
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Avi Saraf |
9 Corbett |
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Saver Madra |
9 corbett |
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Yash Bhole |
9 Kanha |
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Paarth Sharma |
9 Kanha |
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Mukul Yadav |
11 Corbett |
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Mehul Kothari |
11 Corbett |
Congratulations to the students and Mentor Ms Urvashi Virmani.
'Celebrating Strengths, Powered by Inclusion'
Every year, the 3rd of December is marked as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPWD). It is an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992.
On this day, educators, students and passionate volunteers across the globe spread awareness aiming to help their community become more compassionate and understanding of the strengths and challenges faced by the differently abled people. The spirit of the day is to ensure that all people in the world have equal opportunities for work, play, health, and success. Differently abled people can be and very often are contributing and valued members of society, and 3rd December is all about appreciating them
The SEN-Counselling Team of Shiv Nadar School Faridabad in collaboration with the CPD Thinktank and the co-scholastic team had dedicated the week from 28th November to the 2nd of December to mark the occasion with the school theme being 'Celebrating Strengths, Powered by Inclusion'. It was a week full of exciting engagements like storytelling, special assemblies, experiential activities, audio-visuals, special talks by our eminent speakers and so on!
Post-Admission Orientation Session
New Parents of Foundation Year and Nursery for Academic Session 2023 - 24 were invited for a Post-Admission Orientation Session on December 7, 2022. It was aimed at building a shared understanding of our vision, values and establishing a lasting connect with the child's alma mater.
The orientation began by welcoming the new parents, presenting them a platform to interact with the Senior Leadership CEO - Col Gopal Karunakaran and Director Principal - Mrs Anju Wal.
An overview of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, its philosophy, and ethos were shared with them along with the journey from the inception to the newest upcoming campus of Shiv Nadar School at Chennai. During the Orientation we also shared with the parents what we do and how we do things at Shiv Nadar School.
Ms Bhagya Sinha - Head Parent Partnership shared the 'Parent Partnership program' with the parents, emphasizing on the strong connect and association between the school and the parents. At Shiv Nadar School, the parents are valued as ambassadors and spokespersons through a shared vision. 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.
From the Principal's Desk - July to October
Children learn and grow everyday. Different influences and experiences touch their lives and make them richer as people, in knowledge and skill set. The impressions of school life are indelible and most significant in their growing years.
As a School, we want to continue to build and fortify in our children universal values and skills that are the bedrock of our Educational design:
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Collaboration
Communication
Compassion
Citizenship
Gilmpse of July to October at Shiv Nadar School Faridabad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIGbgbZfH50
Parents’ Trident - 6th Edition
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.
This is the Sixth Edition of the Parents' Tident.
Editorial Members Mrs. Neelam Narula and Mr. Madhur Prabhakar
Scinapse - Science Week
'The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment'
The Middle and Senior school students celebrated Scinapse – a week-long immersion in Science, which culminated in the Science Fair on 29 November 2022.
EDUCATION FOR LIFE THEME: Sustainable development.
We at Shiv Nadar School believe that apart from academic excellence our children need knowledge, skills, and attitude to face a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) world. Keeping up with the same idea we relaunched our education for life programme after two years. This programme aims at providing exposure and engagement to navigate and succeed in life beyond school for Grade IX and IX students.
A workshop based on our EFL theme of sustainability was conducted by Ms.Jayati Talapatra focusing on sustainable development goal 12 i.e: responsible consumption and production in order to understand how individual thinking processes impact an individual’s as well as the community’s chances of surviving in the face of resource limitations. Ms. Talapatra’s been working on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change. Her focus is on generating awareness within corporates on the impact of business actions on the Planet and consequently, Humans. She teaches Business Sustainability in TERI School of Advance Studies and her course on Businesses and Biodiversity is a first of its kind in Indian Business-schools. She started Dilli Meri Jaan Walks, an initiative to restore Delhi’s ecology. These are designed for creating awareness of ecosystem services and taking action to regenerate biodiversity. The walks ensure that each participant takes back a concrete action item, to reduce their carbon and resource footprint and another to improve the quality of air, water, and soil of their city.
The session started by collecting a wider understanding of how fast fashion has over-consumed and how as responsible consumers we can promote both economic development and social and environmental improvement side by side. She reflected upon the basic idea of bringing small lifestyle changes to move towards a larger goal and help the earth regenerate.
She explained how the greatest global challenge is to integrate environmental sustainability with economic growth and welfare by decoupling environmental degradation from economic growth and doing more with less. Resource decoupling and impact decoupling are needed to promote sustainable consumption and production patterns and to make the transition toward a greener and more socially inclusive global economy.
To ensure sustainable consumption and production practices necessarily entails respecting the biophysical boundaries of the planet and reducing current global consumption rates in order to fit with the biophysical capacity to produce ecosystem services and benefits. Bringing minor changes in our lifestyle right from sending acknowledgment emails to sustaining gadgets and electronics and switching to brands that promote sustainable consumption will eventually limit the depletion of resources and trigger the process of regeneration at a much faster pace. The session was enthralling and gave a lot of insight into the best practices for making sustainable development more impactful.
Namaste Deutschland
Our students participated in an event called Namaste Deutschland which took place in DPS Gurgaon in collaboration with Goethe Institue, New Delhi. Around 75 schools participated in various events and competitions. Our school put up an exhibition stall on the theme of "All about German breads", Knock-out Basketball competition and other learning by doing workshops.
Aanya Bhatia, Grade-8, won the 1st prize in Knock-out Basketball competition. Veer Mehndiratta, Grade-8, participated too and did really well.
Advik Bhanwala, Rishabh Burman, Avik Agarwal, Abeer Bhandari, Samar Raj Sharma put up an exhibition stall in DPS Gurgaon on the theme "All about German Breads". The exhibition stall was a huge success. Our students put efforts in preparation of the content. Abeer baked 3 kinds of German breads (not to forget that this idea was his own to bake the breads) Bauernbrot, Seed bread and Stollen. Abeer, Samar, Samrat and Mehak participated in other workshops on Drama and Informative sessions.
Many colleagues from the German fraternity came and personally shared with me that our students are well mannered and have high values, their content is well researched and they are very welcoming too. They prepared a rhyme impromptu to welcome people to their stall. I feel honoured to share that our stall had a massive footfall. Students and teachers from the Shiv Nadar Gurgaon visited our stall too. Students from other schools enjoyed the games prepared by our students and of course, the bread. Ms. Puneet Kaur, Head of Educational Services came twice to see our students present and appreciated their work and Ms. Veronika Taranzinskaja, Project Head South Asia Goethe Institute told the students that she tasted a slice of German culture at our stall and told Abeer that he should have his own bakery in Germany one day.
