World Music Day
Music gives soul to the Universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.
The Musical project is a compilation of videos shared by students, parents and teachers.
It is time that we all rejoice in the rhythm, music and positivity.
We hope that you will experience the same sense of joy and exuberance that the Co-Scholastic Teachers have felt in stitching this together for you.
Dance Challenge
We have come across a wonderful way to channelise our minds towards optimism available at such dynamic times. To help students break free of the pressures created by the pandemic and engage in a fun, collaborative and creative activity in these challenging times, Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad decided to respond to the Dance Challenge which has been trending these past few weeks.
Here is a glimpse of the Dance Challenge - https://youtu.be/EGurRm-rBuw
An Update from the Principal's Desk
Dear Parent
I hope for wellness and good health in your family.
I write to inform you that there is an exponential rise in Covid infections in my team, in their families and immediate community. We are struggling to keep our online classes regular and uninterrupted for the Foundational grades. Many parents who are sailing through the same storm, have also written that it is challenging for them to support and enable their child during the online classes.
We are constrained to inform you that we will be suspending online classes for Nursery to Grades 2 from April 28th to 30th May and consider this as their summer break. On 15th May we will review the situation and let you know how we will proceed in the given circumstances. Communication will be regular and seamless from our end.
That said, offline work, asynchronous engagement, Aha engagement and Holiday enrichment will be sent to you as frequently as possible. You may take some time out whenever you have the window and relive the sense of joy of doing engaging, interesting learning activities with your child.
I assure you that the year will not result in a gap year for your child. When 2020 hit us, we invested in training, technology, reskilling and more to make sure our online learning model led to rich, meaningful learning for each child. We will do the same, again. There will be no loss whatsoever of academic milestones and children will continue their journey to learn with joy and learn for life. The Holiday enrichment and offline work will also be designed with these objectives in mind.
At present the priority is health. To stay afloat and get out of the eye of this storm keeping our resilience, equanimity and combativeness intact. We wish the same for you. Just hold on and let us journey together and see better times soon.
We will stay connected. Be assured that you can reach out to the teachers, me for any assistance, support whatsoever.
My prayers for your family and all loved ones. May our community be safe again and our fellow citizens experience wellness and good health.
Best Regards
Director Principal - Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad
Secretary Sahodaya (South Delhi Schools)
+911294615000/01
Education for life.
From Good to Great
Newsletter from the Principal's Desk...Closing the Year
Dear Parent
The year has been phenomenal, unpredictable and extraordinary in every sense. I remember writing to you at the beginning of the session in April 2020, where I quoted Lenin, 'There are decades where nothing happens and there are weeks where decades happen', describing the revolution of a 100 years ago. His words deftly encapsulated the situation in the world at the dawn of 2020 and continue to pulsate in our lives.
The structural and strategic changes we have witnessed in Education in this last one year have been remarkable. What stands out most is that we have much to be thankful for.
Our children are blessed to be in homes that have a stockpile of supplies, secure, loving environs, digital devices, uninterrupted internet, a clear pathway and possibility to continue their learning that has saved them from a ruinous gap year, which is the unfortunate destiny of many children in our country; children who lost out on learning, reading, schooling, and above all lost their childhood.
I feel compelled to write this in my year end letter to you, it is imperative that our children count their blessings and focus on the gains of the year than the gaps. It is important they remain grateful and humble. It is crucial. you'll agree, that they remember how privileged and fortunate they are.
The year has built immense reservoirs of patience and resilience in us all. Children have become more self reliant. empathetic and displayed a maturity that defies their young years.
Every child has been heroic in his/her endeavours and adapted to a novel way of living, learning, evolving.
Whilst all children have scaled many mountains in this year, I am happy to share with you certain defining accomplishments of the year gone by.
Click on the links and savour the Faridabad SNS journey from Disruption to Consolidation.
https://youtu.be/HXc2tB4DWqg - Student Accomplishments
I will write to you again, soon, to welcome you to the new session which promises to have it's own share of ambiguities and uncertainties.
With my Prayers for you and your families & Best Regards
Anju Wal
Principal
Anandam - 2021
Culmination of the joyous journey of year-long Aha Arts Programme marked as 'Anandam'. Click on the vidoes to witness the culmination.
Grades 1 & 2
Group 1: Grades 3 to 5
Group 2: Grades 3 to 5
Part 1 Grades 6 to 10
Part 2 Grades 6 to 10
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Student Council Clubs
Where the online mode may have taken away our socialisation, it has in fact given us the gift of time to increase that socialisation, albeit virtually. Making good use of this “gift Horse” the Student Council in an endeavour to pass on their legacy initiated various interactive Clubs.
- The love of reading, an ingrained attitude in the fabric of SNS was introduced as the Middle School Book lovers club, aptly named “The Page Turners”. The students reciprocated enthusiastically, pitching in to create & design the club website. The weekly meetings aimed to make its attendees more confident and provide space for discussion about the books they love.
- When words fall short to express the language of the mind, soul and heart, Art helps translate. It is a medium of self-expression, a reflection of one’s beliefs and needs. Students were provided with an opportunity, an outlet for their creative imaginations, by the formation of the “Izhaar Art Zine Cub”. Bearing in mind the vision of the school to foster creativity, this club is a continuation of the same. The budding artists are offered the freedom to experiment with the medium, genre, stylings and an Izhaar of what makes each one unique.
- In continuum to the encouragement of expression, the “Izhaqat, theatre club” was formed. The name is an amalgamation of the Urdu words Izhaar and Nazaaqat, meaning graceful expression. It is a platform providing non-judgmental freedom to discover, explore, hone skills, foster passion and confidence without any inhibitions. Mr. Ankur Saxena (alumnus of NSD), an actor, director and poet, was the first guest speaker invited to address the importance of expressions and voice. The club will try to collaborate for some more workshops with him. The club also has an altruistic expression, and the "Cubs" are exploring options to organize fundraisers and reaching out to old-age homes, orphanages and government schools to help them in these difficult pandemic times.
- After Art and Theatre, the next expressionist club is the 8Beats-A Western dance society. The aim was to support and motivate each other into improving on technique and stylings, thus creating a group of passionate performers with the ability to represent the school in various inter-school competitions. The group’s efforts bore fruit in the “Wired 2020”, held by The Heritage School, wherein the team bagged the 2nd prize. The team also anchored a very enjoyable Teacher’s Day workshop.
- The Shiv Nadar School is a safe and free space to express and allow the germination of new ideas. The Gender Sexuality Alliance is a club that hopes to start conversations about gender neutrality and open acceptance of sexuality. Earlier the IBDP students had initiated the Gay-Straight Alliance club, taking it forward this year, not only was it renamed but also opened to all the students. The aim of this club is to facilitate activism in form of open discussions without any prejudices to provide a welcoming environment for all the students.
Besides aiding their Teachers in making the InSync competitions a resounding success, the members also extended help to the School Admissions team by conducting the Online School Tours, prior to the commencement of the nursery admissions.
Our Student Council is proving to be valuable partners in our journey in these VUCA times.
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In Conversation with Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa
In Conversation with Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa
Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa, who is a professor at the Harvard University Extension School in a course called the "Neuroscience of Learning: An Introduction to Mind, Brain, Health and Education"
Sharing a glimpse: https://youtu.be/Qyg4k0ulEW8
71 Years of The Republic
On 26th January we celebrated celebrate 71 years of our Sovereign, Socialist, Democratic, Secular, Republic enshrined in our Constitution 'ad infinitum'.
We beamed it live for our students, teachers and parents, so that they could join us their your homes to celebrate the Republic Day.
A glimpse of the same: https://youtu.be/SrPZAn9VhdA
Pre-Board of X at the Campus
A remarkable and joyous occasion unfurled when we at the school welcomed the X grades back on the 8th of January ,after a 10 month hitiaus from the campus.The school was prepared with all safety protocols to receive the students.A lot of planning and meticulous preparation went in to organize the successful preboard examination from the 8th to the 18th of January.
The journey continues with the advent of class 9th beginning 01 February.
Team Fluid Force in the News
Team Fluid Force, winners of Colloquium 2019, are back in focus! Having engineered a solution to conserve RO waste water, the team of 5 students from Shiv Nadar School Gurgaon has now implemented this solution across various private and public establishments and has launched further iterations of their initial design. Their initiative has recently been covered in detail in the following articles.