11th Hour ki Tarkeeb
'11th Hour ki Tarkeeb' an Inter Campus Theatre Event. The event was a three days long engagement starting 25th May; where teams of learners from the Noida campus also participated.
Day 1 was spent in a workshop with Ms Vedi Sinha, who guided the students on how to use sound in their plays. Students were then assigned different genres on which they made short ten minute long plays.
Day 2 was used by the participating teams in preparing the play with the help of mentor-teachers.
On Day 3 students performed their plays in front of Grades 6 to grades 10 and received comprehensive feedback from teacher and student discussants. The plays were evaluated on their effictive use of sound, their optimum exploration of the genre and the impact of their storytelling skills.
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'Where the Mind is Without Fear'
Debate Competition: Middle School – SNS Faridabad It is better to debate a question without settling it than settle a question without debating it. – Joseph Joubert The month of May 2022 witnessed hallways of the Middle and Senior schools buzzing with incendiary thoughts and radical viewpoints, as Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad, opened the stage for the year’s first inter-house debate competition.
On 13 May 2022, students from the middle school brandished their metaphorical swords and entered head-on into a debate on the topic, Digital learning has made schools redundant. The WCH, became an awed spectator to multiple fresh perspectives, claims and renewed faith in physical schools. Returning to the stage after a hiatus of two years, the students were given insights into what a debate means and stands for by Director-Principal, Anju Wal, who expounded on the ideals and importance of a debate.
The jury was invited to share its judgement and views on the topic and student performance. The house swayed against the motion that day, reinstating what one of the debaters quite beautifully worded – Schools are not a brick-and-mortar building anymore; they are a metaphor, and they are omnipresent.
The winners on the day were as follows: First prize: Saanvi from Panther house Second prize: Divijaa from Panther house Third Prize: Shiven from Lion house Discussions and arguments reached another level of nuance on 20 May 2022, as students from the Senior school entered the stage with revolution in their heart and governance in their minds. The enthusiasm observed in the hall was the culmination of week-long preparations that entailed cut-throat competition and interesting alliances, all in search of the perfect code of good governance.
The motion before the house that day was, Religion and national politics should be kept apart for good governance. What followed was a fascinating exchange, as speakers both for and against the motion butted heads with each other while the rebutters had a field day, making it challenging for the judges to arrive at any kind of decision-making to declare the winners.
Finally, after the microphones were silenced, and the debaters seated again, the judgement was given. In order of precedence, the winners for the day were as follows: First prize: Neeyati from Panther House Second Prize: Kaashvi from Tiger House Third prize: Tie between Anavi Jindal from Lion House and Anvesha from Leopard House Hubert H. Humphrey had it right when he penned these iconic words: Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent and debate. And the students of Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad, have undoubtedly set the tone and standard for such future engagements.
Learn, Explore, Innovate and Evolve
Middle and Senior Clubs-SNS,Faridabad Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad, with the motto to ’Learn,Explore, Innovate and Evolve’ has launched several school clubs for middle and senior school students in 2022. The clubs are teacher as well as student lead and aim to provide a holistic as well as enjoyable learning experience to its students. The teachers and students worked hard to pitch the clubs during the first few weeks of the new session. Everyone was awed at the innovation and inspiring ideas presented during these meetings. Some of the senior clubs, namely; All About Paisa, Art and Calligraphy,Western Music Admiration club,Shikshan, MUN, brought forward the various interests amongst our student community as well as highlighted their social consciousness.
Senior students presented their clubs with passion and zest and the WildCats Hall was alight with buzz. Middle school students also got a chance to showcase their leadership skills by pitching the clubs. Some of the student led middle school clubs are Photography, Hit the food(Dance), Graphics and Animation,Paleontology,etc. Looking at the confidence exuded by these budding scientists,dancers alike, it could very well be said that they are moving towards a well rounded future. After all clubs were pitched, students and teachers were asked to choose and join a club of their interest and finally the first club meeting of the session at Shiv Nadar School Faridabad was held on 19th May, 2022.
Voices filled with excitement could be heard in the corridors with students and teachers rushing with enthusiasm towards their club venues. For sure, these clubs will lead to formation of small communities filled with valuable insights, unity and teamwork.
International Dance Day
The International Dance Day was celebrated with a lot of zeal and enthusiasm across Grades.
The school marked the day with special dance performances staged during a special assembly.
Shiv Nadar School Faridabad - International Dance Day: https://youtu.be/TB8ljCj1PCs
Panel Discussion: Safe Return to School
The school has been buzzing with laughter and excitement as our children are back in the school premises, starting afresh with the beginning of the new academic year 2022 - 23.
In a continuum of our series of efforts to ensure a safe & healthy school environment for our children, the Leadership, teachers and administrative staff, worked behind the scenes to outline the SOPs and guidelines, keeping in mind the ‘new normal’.
An Online Session was conducted for all our Parents on the topic Safe Return to School on Friday, 29th April 2022.
The Panellists for the session were:
1. Ms Anju Wal - Director Principal, Shiv Nadar School Faridabad
2. Ms Arti Dawar - Chief Operating Officer & Director - People & Culture @ Shiv Nadar School
3. Dr. Manisha Mendiratta - She is a Pulmonologist and has an experience of 15 years in this field. Dr. Manisha Mendiratta practices as Senior Consultant at Sarvodaya Hospital in Sector-8, Faridabad. Mother of Devkaran Sidhu in Grade 9 and Udayvir Sidhu in Grade 7.
Online Session on Safe Return to School : https://youtu.be/6HtkO-FM9tI
SPIC MACAY: Abhay Rustum Sopori
Shiv Nadar School Faridabad in collaboration with SPIC MACAY experienced a unique lecture demonstration of Santoor Maestro and Music Composer Abhay Rustum Sopori. The eminent artist enthralled the audience of grade 4 and above along with few parents who grabbed the opportunity of witnessing this program in March 2022. The program began with lighting of lamp followed by invocation rendered by the students of Hindustani Classical Vocal basket.
And the program began with introduction of the artist who was accompanied the veteren artist Sh. Rishi Shankar Upadhyay - Pakhawaj, Sh. Zuheb Ahmed Khan - Tabla and Sh. Varun Rajashekharan - Ghatam.
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SHIV NADAR SCHOOL FARIDABAD - FIRST TERM SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION RESULT AY 21-22
47 students sat for the First Term Examination of November 2021, conducted by CBSE.
All 47 have passed the examination. The School Average is 85.9%
18 Students are in the range of 90-98.8%
18 Students are in the range of 80-89.9%
6 Students are in the range of 70-79.9%
5 Students are in the range of 60-69.9%
Our Top Score is 98.8%
Three students have achieved it.
1. Akshay Bhatia
2. Manaasvi Vij
3. Ashutosh Sundresh
The next three students with a score of 94.8% are
1. Dhruva Vijavargia
2. Aryan Veer Goenka
3. Krissh Modi
We are proud of each child and celebrate all of them for their effort and courage to write the First ever MCQ based examination, in the midst of a pandemic in an external centre, grappling with a changed examination pattern.
Sci-Verse-2022-Mini Science Week
“Ask the right questions and nature will open its doors to her secrets”.
Taking forward the essence of this famous quote by C.V. Raman, Shiv Nadar School,Faridabad organized ‘Sci-Verse-2022’ from 14th-16th March,2022. The event took off with the activity ‘I spy Science’ on 14th March for Grades 6-8 in which students were given a glimpse into the Scientific Method so as to familiarize them with the approach to experimentation, data collection and analysis, etc. They immersed themselves into designing experiments, conducting surveys and presenting their findings with a fervor that tells us what a brilliant future they have ahead of them.
The next day i.e.15th March began with a Science Assembly conducted by Grade 8 students that marked the ‘National Science Day’ in honor of Sir C.V. Raman’s discovery of the Raman Effect on 28th February,1928. The theme for this year - Integrated approach in Science and technology for a sustainable future - was well represented when students talked about Ancient India and Science, Contribution of Indian Scientists to the world of STEM and futuristic sci-ideas such as ‘Digital Twins tracking Health, Nanorobots, Sweat-powered Smart Watches’ etc.
The assembly was followed by ‘The Green Design Challenge’ where Grade 6-8 students engaged in ideating about a sustainable alternative for a daily life unsustainable product and created innovative,thoughtful ads for their sustainable products. It was exhilarating to see our upcoming world leaders working together towards a greener,safer environment.
Sci-Verse culminated on a high with ‘Sciencathon-2022’ i.e. the Interhouse Science Quiz Competition on 16th March enjoyed by the middle and senior school alike. Students from Grades 6-10 from each house participated in the Lap Round,Visual Round and Rapid Fire Round where the Tigers and the Lions moved on to the Finals while the Panthers and the Leopards remained runner-ups. The audience was enraptured in the final Buzzer Round also witnessed by our esteemed Principal Ms. Anju Wal as each house showcased their scientific prowess. Finally, the Tigers emerged victorious with the Lions evading triumph only by 5 points.
All three days of the Sci-Verse kept the students and teachers immersed in the world of Science,Technology,Sustainability and, most importantly, Hope for a Better Tomorrow.
Sci-Verse truly achieved what Bill Nye rightly said, There's nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind.
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New Parents Orientation - AY 2022 - 23
Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad conducted a Parent Orientation for the new parents of the 2022-23 session on Wednesday, 16th Feb 2022
The Orientation aimed at welcoming our new parents and sharing with them what we do and how we do things at Shiv Nadar School. It was also a platform for the parents to interact with Senior Leadership of the SNS.
Our CEO Col. Gopal Karunakaran, shared the journey of our school in terms of its foundation, infrastructure and ethos. He also briefed the parents about all the educational initiatives that come under the Shiv Nadar Foundation umbrella. He shared that moving from strength to strength, we are now 4 schools (the Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad began in 2015) a 4000+ students, 500+ staff and 8000+ parent strong community. Shiv Nadar School Chennai will begin in 2023.
Our Principal, Mrs Anju Wal walked the parents through the vision and mission, value system and pillars of the school. She shared how Our philosophy is supported by value-led action. She spoke about Architecture of Robust, Connected and Uninterrupted learning at FBD campus. Hybrid, Asynchronous and Synchronous Teaching Learning Design.
Our Parent Partnership Officer - Bhagya Laxmi Sinha, shared the importance of a strong parent-partnership program at SNS. She stressed on the fact that The School Management, Teachers and Parents are partners in achieving excellence, as well as mentors throughout the child’s unending yet joyful road of knowledge delivery and construction.
Literary Week- Middle and Senior School, SNS Faridabad
Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad organized a Literary week from the 24th to the 31st of January, 2022. Middle school (Grades 6-8) marked the event with an array of activities that catered to nurture love and appreciation for literature, boost creativity, and inculcate a reading habit in the students.
The week kicked off with ‘Musings under the Sun’, a lively session curated to bring out the creator in you. Students found a cozy spot and enjoyed free style writing, composing poems, painting, sketching and doodling on various themes. Grade 8 also had the opportunity to attend the interactive session ‘In conversation with Anju Ma’am’, wherein she spoke about her love for reading and discussed her favourite books. The insightful and engaging session inspired many to take up reading.
The activity of the following day was ‘Book Cover Design’ where students designed book covers of their own choice. Students across Middle school immersed in the process of designing covers, some of which were a re-thinking and some completely original in essence.
Story Dice, the final activity of the week, was a novel experience for the students. In groups, they rolled the dice and brainstormed the prompts to weave beautiful and interesting stories.
One of the activities taken up in the senior school was Twitter tales. In Twitter Tales, one needs to compose a story within 280 characters, including spaces ,with a beginning and an ending. It surely unleashed the creativity and a new generation of twiterratti was born.
Grade 11 learnt how to write Haiku poetry when Ishaani ma’am and Mitu ma’am took a session with them. Haiku poetry is an entire poem in three lines with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. Many eleventh graders were inspired to write Haiku poetry and also did haiku jam on an app for Haiku. They shared their haiku poems and enjoyed thoroughly.
Slam poetry was organised in grades 9-11 on Day 3 of literary week. It is a genre of performance poetry that is currently trending, and it lets the poet bring out the angst within. The students wrote laudable poems and read them out aloud in front of their peers.
The culmination of the literary fest – Sahitya Kaafila was organised on 31st January.
None other than Shakespeare said “Literature is the comprehensive essence of the intellectual life of a nation.” This holds so true for a country with so much diversity, especially when it comes to languages. Each language has a rich literature, which we showcased in Sahitya Kaafila. The Kaafila was the journey traversed with the evolution of languages through a variety of literature pieces not only pan India but also from other corners of the world. The students picked up pieces from literature of different languages and gave a rendition in that language. The languages ranged from Bengali, Assamese to Urdu and foreign languages such as French, German and Russian also mesmerized the audience.
It was indeed a worthy culmination to a week-long indulgence in literature and the love for literature.
The literary week was a great opportunity to provide a window to the students’ minds and open the doors of their hearts!
A festival for promoting the love for literature, the Literary week, with its plethora of activities was truly an enriching experience for the students.
