Yohann Jaiin Qualifies for Nationals in Rifle Shooting
Yohann Jaiin, a student of Grade 8, recently represented Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad at the prestigious All India Rifle Shooting Competition held in Indore.
With focus, discipline, and exceptional skill, Yohann has successfully cleared this stage and has now qualified for the Nationals, scheduled to take place later this year.
This achievement reflects not only his personal dedication but also the school’s commitment to nurturing excellence in diverse fields.
Aruj Sahai Shines at the 4th Little Champ Rapid Chess Tournament
We are proud to share that Aruj Sahai, Grade 2 Ranthambore secured the First Prize in the 4th Little Champ Rapid Chess Tournament held on 22nd February 2025.
Organized by the Western Chess Academy, Hauz Khas, the tournament featured talented young players in the Under-8 category. Aruj delivered an exceptional performance, winning all 5 rounds and finishing with a perfect score of 5/5.
He was awarded a Trophy and a cash prize of ₹2000, presented by Ms. Anubhuti, wife of renowned Indian cricketer Piyush Chawla.
Congratulations, Aruj! Your dedication, focus, and strategic thinking continue to inspire us all.
STEAMphony 2025 – A Celebration of Innovation & Leadership!
We are thrilled to share the incredible success of STEAMphony 2025, a first of its kind interschool STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) competition! With 19 schools and over 200 talented students, the event was a vibrant showcase of creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving.
A Dynamic Showcase of Talent
The competition featured six exciting events across multiple domains:
Da Canvas of Codes – Digital Art
Science Showdown – Quiz
Synchrony – Dance
Acoustic Algorithms – Music
Style Synthesis – Product Design
Clash of Minds – Debate
We were honored to have renowned experts from various fields, along with some of our own incredible parents, serving as judges. Their expertise added immense value to the experience, inspiring participants with their insights and feedback.
A huge congratulations to DAV Boys – Gopalapuram, who emerged as the Overall Champions of STEAMphony 2025!
Leadership Beyond Competition
To enrich the learning experience for our Middle Years students, we took a unique approach—having them lead the event as hosts instead of participants. This decision gave them a platform to develop essential life skills beyond competition.
Through this experience, our students:
✅ Built leadership and teamwork skills through event management.
✅ Enhanced communication and interpersonal abilities by interacting with students from different schools.
✅ Developed responsibility and organization by handling logistics.
✅ Gained valuable exposure to high-level competitions.
✅ Embraced the spirit of collaboration and inclusivity as gracious hosts.
From ensuring smooth transitions between venues to reading out rules, managing time, assisting with meals, and creating a welcoming environment, our students truly rose to the occasion!
Looking Ahead
With such an inspiring debut, we are excited to make STEAMphony an annual tradition—continuing to empower students as leaders while fostering a love for STEAM learning in the larger community.
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who contributed to making STEAMphony 2025 a resounding success!
Empowering Future-Ready Learners: Grade 5 BYOD Orientation
At Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad, we continuously innovate to enhance learning experiences. Over the past five years, our Digital Ecosystem has evolved from a 1:1 iPad Program (2019) to a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) model (2021) for Middle School and beyond, fostering deeper engagement and personalized learning.
We are proud to share that our commitment to technology-driven education has earned us the prestigious Apple Distinguished School recognition in 2024, placing us among the world’s leading institutions in digital excellence.
To help parents understand this technology-powered learning journey, we conducted the BYOD Orientation for Grade 5 parents across two days — 27th February 2025 and 1st March 2025.
Session Highlights
- Impact of Digital Learning: How technology enhances creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking.
- Digital Policy: Responsible device usage at school and at home.
- Live Demonstrations: Parents participated in Simulated Class Connect sessions, experiencing firsthand how digital tools are seamlessly integrated into core subjects like Hindi, Social Science, Math, and Science.
The orientation provided parents with valuable insight into our digital learning environment, the policies in place, and how technology empowers student learning at Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad.
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
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
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
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 28thto 30thMay and consider this as their summer break. On 15thMay 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
SecretarySahodaya(South Delhi Schools)
+911294615000/01
Education for life.
From Good to Great
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, collaborativeand creative activity in these challenging times, Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad decided to respond to the DanceChallengewhich has been trending these past few weeks.
Here is a glimpse of the Dance Challenge -https://youtu.be/EGurRm-rBuw
E Pluribus Unum - June Edition
E Pluribus Unum-which means "One out of many" or "One from many" is an Emagazinewith articles by the students of grades 9 to 12 of Shiv Nadar Schools of all the three campuses. Themagazinenot 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.
It has articles published from the following students of Faridabad Campus
- A well researched article byLakshita- Covid-19- Pandora's Box of Wuhan
- Two lovely poems byAnvi Behl
- Another well researcharticle byAkshay Bhatia- Israel-Palestine Conflict
- A nostalgic narrative byGayatri Iyer- The Earth Magician
- A philosophical article byNipun Jain- The Truth
Enjoy Reading!