Pre-Primary 'Fun’ Fair
The ‘Fun’ Fair, as the name suggests was a fair meant to have fun and celebrate learning!
As a befitting end to the year's learnings, the Nursery and the Kindergarten children set up stalls with various games and activities to engage their parents.
It was interesting to see four year olds manage stalls with elan. Being true to our vision of creating leaders this was a first step into giving them responsibilities, while the facilitators stepped back. The children took it upon themselves to invite parents to the stalls as well as give instructions pertaining to the activities.
The children put up stalls of wrapping paper, cards, bookmarks, sprout salad and beverages. The collection from these stalls would be used for charity during the Joy of Sharing week in the session 2019-20
The Story Weavers of Kindergarten! Our very own authors and illustrators
At Kindergarten, with the surge of language and expression, the children graduate to the next level of reading and engagement with books. The children were asked, “You read so many books by different authors, would you like to be an author too?” It was met with great enthusiasm by the children. Hence, was born a project where each child at Kindergarten was involved in making of a storybook.
From the costumes of the characters to the colour scheme of caricatures to each word in the storybook was a result of many deliberations, word blasts and brainstorming.
A completely child led project, it allowed each child’s creativity to soar and at the same time helping the spirit of teamwork to foster.
Anandam- Grade 3 & 4
Anandam is the culmination of AHA Arts programme. It engages with traditional art forms actively, working individually and in groups with each other in consonance until they find their equilibrium.
The Visual Arts students of grade 3 and 4 showcased paintings, craft items, sculpture and mixed media artwork using different mediums and materials. They further shared their experiences with the parents during the walkthrough.
In Hindustani Classical Vocals, students presented ‘Raag Yaman’. They began the presentation with Swasti Mantra followed by the Sargam Geet and Bandish in Teentaal (16 beats) and concluded by singing a Tarana.Students of the western vocals basket presented ‘Thunder’ by Imagine Dragons, ‘Count on me’ by Bruno Mars and ‘Roar’ by Katy Perry. The songs were enjoyed and appreciated by the audience.
The AHA music students in the Instrumental basket presented a scalar exercise played in harmony followed by a medley of Cha-cha-cha, a genre of Cuban music. The students displayed coordination of various harmonies on keyboards, guitars and ukuleles, put together along with rhythmic sequences on different percussion instruments, such as Cajon box, Djembes, bongos, scrappers, drums and cymbals.
In Odissi dance presentation, students performed on Geet Govinda recital - "Muha Muhi Kishore" - in which they portrayed how Radha and the Gopis are enamoured by the divine beauty and grace of lord Krishna. The mesmerizing performance left the audience spellbound.Through the Bharatanatyam performance, students demonstrated the first two series of Adavus: Tatta Adavu and Natta Adavu. They also demonstrated the 5 types of animals through Dance.
‘How to eat like a child’ - Based on the book by Delia Ephron of the same name, students of the theatre basket presented twelve lessons on how to be a child. Some of the lessons presented were: how to beg for a dog, how to trouble your sibling, how to act after being sent to your room and how to play. The presentation was filled with light moments highlighting the ups and downs of childhood!
'FarFarLand’ - Adapted from the famous work ‘Andher Nagri Choupat Raja’ by Bhartendu Harishchandra, the play FarFarLand pin pointed the loop holes that are there in the socio-political systems. The play aimed to awaken citizens to their rights and the importance of their opinion in a political structure, such as our democracy.
‘Pa…se…Paani’ – This play was an adaptation of Sukumar Ray’s Abak Jalpan (Bangla). The play was an attempt to begin a dialogue towards unpacking our unresolved conflicts and creating multiple avenues to find probable solutions.
Newsletter Vol.3 from the Principal's Desk
Dear Parent
Three weeks of the New Year are underway, the children are back where they belong, the laughter fills our corridors and the sun shines brighter on Shiv Nadar School. Wishing you a Happy, Engaging, Meaningful and Joyful New Year. May your aspirations be fulfilled and you remain healthy and robust through the year.
We closed the year with some interesting, significant and impactful events.
The students of Grades 7 and 8 stood first in the Regional Round, Northern Region, Robotics Championship. They proceed to Bangalore in the first week of February for the National Round.
Dr. Amrita Dass, the iconic Career Counsellor, Founder Director of International Career Studies organisation, led a session on career counselling for grade 8 parents and students in December.
Middle School students marked C V Raman Day with a day dedicated to STEM presentations, experiments, explorations and gaming stalls.
On their journey of steady independence, grades 3 and 4 spent a night in the school late November and did the many splendoured things they wouldn’t otherwise on a Friday evening at home. I am sure they shared their experiences with you.
Our first time participation in the Carol Singing Competition at the Holy Child Auxilium School, Delhi made us immensely proud. Grades 3, 4, 5 students of AHA Western Music picked up the first prize and left their imprint on the event with aplomb.
We also picked up the second prize at the Inter School Folk Dance Competition. Our dance theme belonged to Sambalpuri folk dance of Odisha.
Basketball girls’ team has trained and played matches, gaining strength and moving notches ahead in stamina, skill and spirit.
In the 3rd week of December, we organised an Art Festival, inviting stalwarts from the Art World. Artists, Manu Parekh, Jayshree Burman, Gogi Saroj Pal, Pradeep Maitra and more took sessions, art workshops with grade 4 to 12 students. Students from Noida and Gurgaon School too participated in the day-long Art immersion program.
We closed the year with a Music and Food carnival as you know. Thank you for joining in the revelry with evocative food, electrifying music and ‘let your hair down moment’. We clocked a footfall of over 3000 or more people from our community.
The New Year brings tidings of gathering momentum in the last tri-semester of this session. The phase 2 of our building is coming up with state of art facilities of squash and badminton courts, swimming and a vast running track. The multi-purpose hall is quite incredible and will be with us by July 2019.
We will soon invite you for its inaugural.
The New Year has begun with our Middle School students Graphics and Robotic teams blazing through 10 teams of Gurgaon Schools at the Techno Fest, at Presidium Gurgaon, winning the trophy for both Robotics and Graphics in Junior and Senior Category.
And now round the bend are few significant events you would like to note:
Republic Day - Flag Hoisting on 26th January at 9 am
Anandam in February for grades 1 to 8
Nursery and Kindergarten Learning Walk Days
Kindergarten Long Fridays in February – Transition to grade 1
Final Examination for Middle School, 15th February commencement.
Start of Coffee Evenings across 1 to 8.
Post Admission Orientation Days in March
Close of Term on 16th March.
These are some of the highlights I share with you. Every day is rewarding to see the growth, movement, and learning curve of each child, perceive the pangs of the young adolescents in our midst, revel in their Eureka moments and be the anchor in their journey to adulthood. We stand fortified each morning with an undeterred eye on our vision, our core values in our mind, and unconditional love for our children in our hearts.
With Best Regards
Anju Wal
Principal
Shiv Nadar School
Faridabad
Inter-House Elocution Competition
An interhouse elocution competition was recently organised in Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad. Students from grade 3 to 6 participated in this event aimed at encouraging fine public speaking skills. While grade 3 and 4 spoke on ‘spring’ as their theme, the senior grades inspired the audience by giving speeches on ‘courage’.
Anandam
The Aha journey of creative exploration found a vibrant culmination in Anandam this time. Dance, theatre, music and visual art - all learnt so diligently during Aha classes - came alive on stage and in art installations, for all to witness. Presenting some glimpses of the same!
Grade – 5 assembly – 25th April’18
5 Kanha did the assembly on 25th April 2018. The topic for the Assembly was ‘Earth day’. Students started the assembly with prayer and shared the news- national, international, sports and school. The thought of the day was also an interesting one-‘ The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.’
Students then presented a mime play showing how we humans were polluting our environment every day. This kept the audience engaged and gave them food for thought too. Then a student from 5 Corbett had made a presentation on ‘Say No to Plastics’, which he presented and urged the students to have a green birthday party by not using disposable plastic crockery or any plastic decorations.
The Sanskriti MUN 2018-19
The Sanskriti MUN 2018-19 commenced on the 26th of April, 2018 with much fanfare at the Sanskriti School, Chanakyapuri. 5 of our Grade 8 students participated in the MUN.
1) Aryan Misra – Disarmament and International Security Committee, Chile
2) Samarth Agarwal - League of the Arab states, Yemen
3) Smayan Singh – United Nations Special Committee, Palestine
4) Akshansh Bagga - Social, Cultural and humanitarian rights committee, Chile
5) Yukrant Yadav - AIPPM
Workshop- Service as Action Day- Grade -9- April 27th’18
Our four students from grade 9 visited DPSI Gurgaon on Friday, April 27, 2018 to observe their 'Service as Action Day‘.
Service as Action is an integral part of the IB MYP curriculum. their students at DPSI have dedicated their thoughts, time and effort to successfully complete their self-initiated projects and make useful contributions to the community, while meeting their own individual learning objectives.
Our students witnessed this journey shared by their students through a display of their project work. This was a great opportunity for students to interact informally and exchange ideas and learning.
Tashna Agrawal wins Gold and Silver at the CBSE Zonal Skating championship
Tashna Agrawal from grade 2 has won Gold medal in 300 Mt. time trial skating and Silver in 1000 Mt. at the CBSE Zonal Skating championship. This was held at Shephire International School Noida from 24th October to 26th October 18. She has also qualified for the CBSE National championship which will be held at Krishna Public School, Chastisgarh from 28th November to 30th November 18.