Session with Dr. Kiran Bedi - Breaking Stereotypes
"It’s not easy to challenge stereotypes, but society doesn’t change if you don’t start changing yourself first.”
The student community of Primary School got the opportunity to interact with Dr. Kiran Bedi through a virtual session. Dr. Kiran Bedi has inspired many with her grit, innovative initiatives and leadership qualities. Her impact and influence is evident in her work for the society.
Dr.Bedi shared with the Grade 5 learners about her childhood and her journey through various challenges. She gave them an insight on the importance of building a society, free from stereotypes. She encouraged students to be disciplined and hard working to achieve what they aspire for.
A captivating orator, she held our learner’s attention by her motivating words. It was an enriching experience for the students.
Meet the Author - An afternoon with Ruskin Bond
‘’We lose ourselves in books, we find ourselves there too’’
The Shiv Nadar School Senior Library, KoolSkool and Penguin organised ‘’Meet the Author’’ a virtual session with Ruskin Bond.
Ruskin Bond, a prolific writer, is best known as a children’s author. In his own words his writing style is ‘deceptively simple’. His easy and conversational writings touch the heart of his readers, who make instant connection with his stories.
The session with the author gave students an opportunity to interact and learn about various aspects of writing like – finding their voice and style, writing process, inspiration, writer’s block. Mr. Bond answered the questions sharing interesting narratives of his journey as a writer. The virtual session was attended by students and parents alike.
Junior Student Council Investiture Ceremony, 2020
Leadership for All - with this vision the Shiv Nadar School, Noida organised its first Virtual Investiture Ceremony of the Junior Student Council for the year 2020-21.
‘If your actions can inspire others to do more, to dream more and become more, you are a true leader’. These words resonate with the School’s philosophy and the trust it reposed in its budding young leaders.
The Junior Student Council, is a designated body of representatives for the student community. It aims to uphold student voice and choice at habitat, form and school level. The Council structure and selection process was designed keeping in mind the current virtual learning scenario and to ensure equal representation of all Forms in the Primary School.
The selection of the Council Members went through the process of – filling the application, online group discussions, campaigning by the candidates and finally voting! The students enthusiastically participated in the voting process and the Council Members were elected. The ceremony ended with the Oath by the elected members who are highly motivated and ready to share their ideas and time for student development initiatives.
As the students forge ahead on their leadership journey, the School wishes them a year full of wonderful experiences and learnings!
FUNKAAR 2020
'Funkaar' an underlying concept of experiential learning celebrates the coming together of art forms to aid learning in a holistic and creative manner, with this spirit Funkaar Week for Early Years and Primary School culminated with much fervour.
This year the event went live where the students delved into diverse world through - video exchanges, interactive sessions, virtual tours, folktale sessions and many more engaging activities. Funkaar gave them the experience of different perspectives, values and beliefs to build the bridges of multiculturalism. A different world of possibilities unveiled through collaboration, exploration and reflections. The collaboration with schools across the globe gave students the opportunity to travel the world virtually and share their respective cultures, making friends from different parts of the world. Our young Funkaars’ voice and choice echoed throughout, as their journey unfolded with this new medium of communication.
Highlights of the Event
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Newsletter from The Principal's Desk, June - October 2020
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The VUCA Chronicles, October 2020
In this edition the students have shared their thoughts on a host of subjects, right from inspirational article on Kalpana Chawla to technology driven articles on Nuclear Energy, Internet and Autonomous Driving. They have shared their thoughts on racism, dictators and many more. The October edition also celebrates Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri's birth anniversary with an apt quiz on them along with a crossword puzzle on Indian Air Force Day established in this month.
The VUCA Chronicles, October 2020
Energy Boot Camp
Shiv Nadar School, in association with Indian Youth Nuclear Society, organised the Energy Boot Camp from November 6 - 8, 2020. The three-day Boot Camp featured interactive sessions related to Nuclear Energy, Climate change and Sustainability for students to make them more aware about energy and the environment.
The preliminary phase of Energy Boot Camp commenced from October 6, 2020. During this phase, the students from the participating schools competed in the Creative activities, Interactive Experiment sessions and the Inter-School Competitions. Swinzal Taneja of our school was among the winners in multiple Individual competitions such as painting, rap song and poem and slogans and taglines. Maira Sikka was among the winners in the painting competition, and Aayana Aggarwal was one of the winners in the Memes and cartoons category.
There was an Inter-School Competition with multiple rounds consisting of Energy quiz, Public interaction through video making and technical group project. Our school team consisting of Arnav Balyan, Dhruva Vijayvargia and Saachi Gupta (mentored by the Physics teacher Ms. Megha Bohra and the nuclear scientist Ms. Mudra Chavda), qualified among 15 teams to compete in the Finale. In the finale, they presented their group project to eminent Nuclear Scientists and also participated in the ‘Youth Parliament’ along with the eminent experts and panelists from various fields. They stood 3rd runners up in the competition.
SOF Olympiads - Level 2 Results
Level 2 results of the SOF Olympiads conducted last year have been announced. Details mentioned below:
1. Three of our students have received Zonal Excellence Certificates in the English Olympiad.
2. 16 students have received certificates of merit for the English Olympiad.
3. 3 have received certificates of merit for the Math Olympiad and
4. 9 students have received the certificates of merit for the Science Olympiad.
Please find the further details below:
| IEO- International English Olympiad | |||||||
| Sr. No. | Student Name | Class | Awards Category | International Rank | Zonal Rank | Gift Voucher | Certificate |
| 1 | Sana Bose | 5 | Zonal | 281 | 20 | - | Certificate of Zonal Excellence |
| 2 | Rayirth Kundu | 7 | Zonal | 273 | 20 | - | Certificate of Zonal Excellence |
| 3 | Arnav Sachdeva | 9 | Zonal | 259 | 6 | Gift certificate worth Rs. 1000/- | Certificate of Zonal Excellence |
| Certificate of Merit | ||
| IMO - Mathematics Olympiad | ||
| Sr. No. | Name of the Student | Class |
| 1 | Avi Saraf | 6 |
| 2 | Neihal Gupta | 8 |
| 3 | Arnav Sachdeva | 9 |
| IEO_ English Olympiad | ||
| 1 | Nitika Arora | 4 |
| 2 | Kimyra Motwani | 4 |
| 3 | Ahaana Gajra | 4 |
| 4 | Avni Kemka | 5 |
| 5 | Nishka K | 5 |
| 6 | Khushav Sharma | 5 |
| 7 | Zoya Mirani | 5 |
| 8 | Rayhan Taneja | 5 |
| 9 | Keiyona Jolly | 6 |
| 10 | Nayonikaa Rawal | 6 |
| 11 | Agastya Anantharaman Iyer | 7 |
| 12 | Rashmita Gandhi | 8 |
| 13 | Gayatri Anantharaman Iyer | 8 |
| 14 | Akshay Bhatia Neriyanuri | 8 |
| 15 | Yagna Gupta | 9 |
| 16 | Arvik Anand | 9 |
| NSO_Science Olympiad | ||
| 1 | Pranet Pahawa | 4 |
| 2 | Nitika Arora | 4 |
| 3 | Vansh Marwah | 5 |
| 4 | Anika Rawal | 5 |
| 5 | Sana Bose | 5 |
| 6 | Avi Saraf | 6 |
| 7 | Rayirth Kundu | 7 |
| 8 | Rehat Bazral | 8 |
| 9 | Sahaj Garg | 9 |
| Total Certificates for Zonal Excellence=3 | ||
| Total Certificates of Merit= 28 | ||
Awards Ceremony 2019 - 20 / Middle and Senior School
The Awards Ceremony of our Middle and Senior School Students. This event celebrated the Achievements of our students in the academic year 2019 -20. This is the first of its kind at Shiv Nadar School Faridabad! The Award ceremony is held to appreciate and reward perseverance and commitment to excellence of the students who have made us all proud. It is an event not only to recognize young talents, but also to give due value to our School’s core values which these awardees exemplify.
It is said that “To be a champion, compete; to be a great champion, compete with the best; but to be the greatest champion, compete with yourself.” This is the spirit that guides the students of Shiv Nadar School while on their journey from good to great.
The awards that are going to be given away are in alignment with our holistic approach towards education. they not only recognize students who have performed well in academics, but also honor those students who have excelled in sports, Art, Dance, Music and theatre.
Junior Math Workshop
Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad organized their second virtual Junior Math Workshop for the Kindergarten parents on 7th November 2020. The Early Years Head Ms. Bhagirathi Saikia addressed the parents and took them through the trajectory.
The teachers of Kindergarten demonstrated various activities like ‘Sajaana’, ‘Diwali Book Fair’, ‘Madku 2’ and ‘बिल्ली के बच्चे’ to give the parents an insight on how Junior Math activities will be conducted in Term 2. The purpose of this workshop was to allow parents to experience and understand what skills will be consolidated in term 2.
The session ended by explaining the parents various skills that we develop in Kindergarten and the reasons for developing the same. This was followed by a Question/Answer round where parents asked a few questions and the same were answered by Ms. Bhagirathi Saikia and Ms. Komal, Facilitator at Jodo Gyan, post which they thanked the parents for being a part of the workshop.