VUCA CHRONICLES, NOVEMBER 2020
The November edition has diverse contribution by students, showcasing their brilliant writing skills. Their minds wandered into the world of words and gave the readers good reads, driving inspiration from the lives Madam Curie and APJ Abdul Kalam to voicing their opinions on Human Rights and Gender Inequality. The young minds have penned it all to show how they view the world.
Computer Science week
We marked Computer Science week from 5th Dec to 13th Dec,2020. Students of Grades 3 to 5 and 8 to 10 participated in the same by getting involved in different coding/programming modules done in the class.
Grades 3 to 5 students experienced online coding modules in a fun and creative environment to understand concepts of computer programming. It instils computational thinking in students thus helps students logically organise and analyse the steps.
Grades 8 to 10 students explored RoboMind which is a simple educational programming environment with its own scripting language that allows students to program a simulated robot. It also aims at offering insights in robotics and artificial intelligence. Students could design and animate simultaneously and pick up the methodology in one go on applications like Construct 3, Tinkercad and Autodesk expression editor.
Computer Science week was an enriching experience for students.
Shiv Nadar School Culminates Ability Week with Open Forum on “Inclusion in the New Normal”
Shiv Nadar School Noida celebrated a week of solidarity, the Ability Week from 1st to 4th December 2020. Celebrated every year, this week gives a platform to all engaged stakeholders to work together in finding and implementing solutions to calibrate the recognition and inclusion in mainstream homerooms. This year’s theme, where the students and teachers participated vociferously, had an overarching focus on “Inclusion – In the New Normal” that significantly impacts the lives of our children with special abilities.
The Ability Week culminated through an open forum addressing the queries of parents, educators and guests. The panel consisted of esteemed professionals working in the field of Special Education Needs and Counselling from prestigious schools across the NCR and abroad.
The rationales discussed on the Open Forum ranged from providing opportunities to stakeholders in discussing perspectives on the prevention and control of reparations during this pandemic phase; understand expectations, roles and contributions of the different stakeholders in support of children with special abilities; update knowledge and share experience on progress of technology and other resources in this new inclusion; promote ways of accelerating the implementation of actions for better learning.
The session was attended by parents, staff members of Shiv Nadar School Noida, Faridabad & Gurgaon along with staff members of several other schools.
Watch the Open Forum: Inclusion in the New Normal
FUNKAAR 2020 @ Middle School
Anchored in the belief of continuous learning, this year’s Funkaar for middle school was celebrated on the new learning platform. Funkaar is designed to develop the students as 21st century learners, through the inter-disciplinary experiential learning practice followed by our school since its inception.
Funkaar week was celebrated with an approach of integrated learning making connections during the synchronous and asynchronous engagements. Interesting and novel activities were woven in each domain – language, math, social science and natural science with the underlying theme of creativity and aesthetics. The learning design helps students to explore a theme by way of art, survey, research and reflective methods.
The week culminated with student led workshops and lecture demonstrations by art faculty. The inter-school competitions designed for ‘Academic Festival’ gave the Funkaar week an exciting closure.
Watch Here: FUNKAAR WEEK PREVIEW
Funkaar 2020 -21
At Shiv Nadar School, we firmly believe in ‘Learning by Doing’. Experiences play an important role in a child's life by enhancing their social skills, intellectual skills, personality progress, and character appeal. We bring to you the digital version of Funkaar with the hope that you will experience the sense of joy and exuberance that the children have felt in stitching this together for you, while being in their homes removed by distance but aligned by the same ethos, artistic bent, appreciation for beauty and love for each other.
Both Grade 1 and 2 students explored the culture and art of the state of Telangana over the last few weeks. They chose one theme from each domain and explored the various concepts through many engaging activities. The creative demonstrations of their learning are stitched together in the form of puppet shows, songs, music, play, dance, presentations, reflections etc.
Grades 3 to 5 - This year, our students explored the culture and art of the state of Telangana. A theme/ topic was chosen from two or more scholastic domains and was explored through different art forms- Visual arts, Dance, Music and Theatre. The creative demonstrations of their learnings have been stitched together in the form of group presentations, songs, art work, dance, role plays and reflections.
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THE BUTTERFLY TIMES, OCTOBER 2020
The article on Mahatma Gandhi celebrating his birth anniversary aptly starts the October edition of the Butterfly Times. Our young environmentalists have penned down persuasive articles on the plight of Mother Earth and its inhabitants for this issue. One also gets to enter the world of fantasy and dinosaurs through the minds of our dreamers. A poem salutes the corona worries another remembers the time before the pandemic. The issue concludes with a Michael Morpurgo book review.
E Pluribus Unum - E Magazine - Nov Edition
E Pluribus Unum-which means "One out of many" or "One from many" is an E magazine with articles by the students of grades 9 to 12 of Shiv Nadar Schools of all the three campuses. The magazine not only showcases the creativity, research skills and writing skills of our students but also gives them a platform to air their views on a plethora of topics.
Celebration of International Day of People With Disabilities
Celebration of International Day of People With Disabilities/ Across the school
The International Day of Persons with Disability is observed annually all across the world on the 3rd of December. Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad, dedicated the 1st to the 5th of December to celebrate International Day of People With Disabilities. We focus on learning more about how not all disabilities are visible, and how we can hear everyone's abilities speak louder than their disabilities. The date for this observance was decided by the United Nations in 1992. Each year, the United Nation. With students and teachers from across the school various activities and talents were conducted based on the plan shared below. Sharing a glipmse. https://youtu.be/aH4J0nwPjH4
GLOBAL CLIMATE ACTION PROJECT 2020
The theme of the Shiv Nadar School MUN Conference, 2020 was CLIMATE ACTION. Taking the theme forward the students of the Middle and Senior School of the Shiv Nadar Noida participated in the Climate Action Project, a global event which was attended by participants across 130 countries. The major objective of the Initiative was to influence young minds, catalyse global awareness and enhance critical thinking. The project was in collaboration with WWF, United Nations and NASA supported by the government of 15 countries.
During the six-week journey the students were exposed to various aspects of climate change and have a global perspective through interaction with teachers and experts from across countries. Our proud global change-makers came up with solutions to climate change after building foundational knowledge, considering bias and scientific evidence, establishing trusted sources and creating personal connections with the work of environmental justice. The opportunity to be a part of this global event offered students to learn to collaborate, understand empathy, think critically and most importantly take action.
The students took the pledge to make this world a better place!
THE DIALOGUE PANEL DISCUSSION- Flagship series of Shiv Nadar Schools
The Dialogue Panel Discussion is a flagship series of Shiv Nadar Schools, bringing relevant contemporary issues and expert speak, within our learning spaces. In November 2020, we hosted our first virtual Dialogue.
The topic of the Dialogue was ‘Globalisation - The Post Covid Story’. On the panel were experts from various fields, spanning Economics, International Relations, Journalism, and Food and Culture. The discussion was moderated by Mannat Ahmed Khan and Shounak Nath of Grade 12 CBSE and IB respectively. The issues discussed included economic cooperation and self-sufficiency in the current global context, isolation or interdependence as an international strategy, impact of the pandemic on the flow of capital, ideas, cultures and people, to name a few. The panel was an insightful and engaging exploration of the many facets and dimensions to the effect of the pandemic on globalisation.
Click here to watch the panel discussion: The Dialogue
