Sanskriti Model United Nations
The10th edition of SMUN took the future leaders to various corners of the globe, across various time periods, exploring a multitude of problems and emphasising and refining their crisis management abilities. In a world which is ever engulfed in crises like wars, climate change, refugee influxes, pandemics and economic recessions, delegates were offered an opportunity to traverse through a wide range of committees, from the Council of the Russian Empire to serving as journalists in the UNCA, acting as members of the European Union to the police at Interpol. The delegates and IP members could explore their talents and interests in whichever aspect they wished to through SMUN while at the same time discovering the deeper reservoirs of knowledge within themselves on understanding problems of the modern world through accurate simulations. A three-day-long activity set to produce responsible and aware citizens, also contributed to developing the foundation of an upcoming generation of the country and laying the pillars of a world which respects differences, appreciates innovation and most importantly, understands opinions.
Awards listed below:
1. Rhea Chadha -honourable mention - Journalism
2. Diya Nischal - honourable mention - Standing Committee on Finance
3. Kamya Malhotra - Outstanding Delegate – UNHRC
4. Krishnav Bansal - Outstanding Delegate - Standing Committee on Finance
5. Mihika Garg - Roman Senate, Best Position Paper
The Excellence Awards 2021-22
In Aristotle’s famous words, Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. At SNS, students receive accolades and acknowledgment for their efforts and the values that truly define them. The celebration of our students’ achievements was organised in the school campus, where the young stars walked the red carpet and were acclaimed for their skills, academic triumphs and core values that sets them apart as the legacy of the Shiv Nadar School philosophy and ethos.
Middle Years Excellence Awards
Senior Years Excellence Awards
Celebrating Independence Day
The Tiranga was hoisted at the school campus today, celebrating India's 76th Independence Day. A sense of pride engulfed the atmosphere as our students, parents and the faculty performed - singing and reciting patriotic songs and poems.
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 .
English Extempore Speech Competition – Middle School – SNS Faridabad
Ready-made speech is a dead lion, extempore speech is a live cat. The latter connects you with the audience, the former distracts their attention.
– Rm Shanmugam Chettiar
To uphold the value of student voice and foster in learners the courage to speak their minds, SNS Faridabad organised an English extempore speech competition for the middle school. The event was graced by the Director Principal Anju Wal and Ms Deblina, the Head of International Curriculum (SNS Noida). Held in Wild Cats Hall on 20 July 2022 from 10:00 AM onwards, the event comprised one participant from each section across grades 6 to 8, speaking on a myriad of topics given to them half an hour before the competition. Coming to the stage without any formal preparation or memorised speech did not impede the contestants who were all brimming with contrarian and novel ideas. The students had to test their opinions and awareness of topics relevant to their lived realities, to which each participant had both interesting and inspiring responses.
Ms Deblina, the panel of judges and Ms Anju Wal were invited to share their views on the event. While Ms Deblina emphasised on the importance of the courage to think outside the box to arrive at creative responses to ideas, our Director Principal, Ms Anju Wal commended the participants on their presentation skills. Thereafter, the results were announced; these were as follows:
Grade 6: Yug Banga (6 Corbett)
Grade 7: Gunnika Khurana (7 Gir)
Grade 8: Zoya Mirani (8 Kanha)
In one of his lectures, Ralph Waldo Emerson had proclaimed, “Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.” At SNS Faridabad, participants from the middle school left the audience and the judges awed with their ability to persuade, convert, compel and motivate, setting high standards for consequent extempore competitions.
SHIV NADAR SCHOOL GURGAON - GRADE X BATCH OF 2022 | AISSCE RESULTS
“Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it.” – Joel Osteen, an American author.
We congratulate the batch of 2021-22 on successfully writing their first public examination. With perseverance, grit, and sincerity the batch has achieved phenomenal success in their journey of senior school years. Kindly join us in celebrating their journey and achievements of the Grade X CBSE results.
Against all the odds, all our students have performed well resulting in the overall average of the School. Being an inclusive school and catering to the needs of students who have special needs, and attempting formal examinations, this truly is a remarkable achievement. We are grateful to our committed colleagues who have always individually mentored and invested time and effort in the students to help them achieve the best.