'Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye.' William Gibson
If one were to ask what is it that unites people of all ages or contexts, the answer would undoubtedly be literature. To develop a sense of appreciation for the literature available in different languages and create some learning experiences centred around stories we celebrated literary week for grades one and two from 15.11.21-18.11.21.
The literary week includes celebration of the literature available in English and Hindi. With the theme of the literary week being fables and folktales around the world we organized various workshops and sessions for the learners to engage with so that they could learn as they experienced the various forms of storytelling.
Events of the Literary Week
Discussions during the Circle Time
Each day of the literary week started with discussions around aspects of literature and storytelling during the Circle Time. The first session on day one of the literary week began with a discussion around the concept of fables, fairy tales and folk tales. The learners were presented with various examples of stories that helped them get familiar with the three genres. In grade two, the learners were introduced to the concept of the ‘theme’ in the stories. The learners were acquainted with the fact that all the stories revolve around some central idea that the author wants to convey. The significance of culture in the folktales was discussed. The learners also understood the importance of masks in storytelling as they engaged in mask making activity during the Circle Time. Through the story ‘The Monkey and the Cap Seller’, a discussion was carried out to help the learners realise the synchrony between the text and illustrations in the stories.
Storytelling sessions
Our Primary educator, Ms. Sananda Nandi conducted storytelling sessions in Hindi for the learners where she used hand - made puppets to narrate the famous stories ‘Budhiya ki roti’ and ‘Rishi Munni aur Chuha’. One could see the learners completely hooked to the storytelling session as they sang, enacted, predicted the story, answered the questions and reflected during the session.
‘The Tail of Kake De Munni’, another storytelling session was conducted by our educators Ms. Neha Gandhi, Ms. Elizabeth, Ms. Priyanka Chhabra. Famous folktale from Punjab was brought to life through the enactment by our educators during the session. The learners not just experienced the story but also answered some of the questions about the characters put forth by the facilitators.
Storyboard- Integrating art with literature
Emphasising the importance of illustrations, story board session was conducted by our arts educator Ms. Maryam Ansari and music educator Ms. Aishwarya Thapliyal. The learners sang the story ‘Paudhe ki Kahani’ with Ms. Aishwarya as they watched the illustrations made by Ms. Maryam. The learners also made their own story boards and showcased them as the story proceeded.
Panch-a-Tantra
This session was an amalgamation of music, theatre and literature where the learners created soundscape for the famous fables. The session was conducted by our theatre facilitator Ms. Himani Pant and music facilitator Mr. Dennis Babu.
Writer’s Workshop
‘Aao Kahani Bunein’ and ‘A Pet and A Superhero’ were the writing sessions conducted in Hindi and English respectively by our primary grades educators. These sessions aimed to give our learners competencies and skills to write their own stories. The session provided the learners with some essential elements of story writing. Using these elements, they tried to create their own story out of the pictures provided to them during the session. A padlet link was shared with the learners for them to share their reflections and stories post the session.
Kissa Goi
Dating back to the era of Munshi Premchand, Kissa Goi is a unique art of storytelling which came alive during the literary week. Our learners from grade five (Vandita Arora, Rishabh Burman, Atharv, Jeenal Tanwar and Risha Mangla) conducted a Kissa Goi session where they narrated a story of Bheeku making it a delightful session for all.
Author’s session
The beautiful week of literature was culminated by an author’s session. Ms. Adithi Rao author of the book ‘Boy, Bear’ led an enriching session for our young learners where they explored the story from various perspectives. The story was read out to the learners by the author herself post which they participated in a discussion.
Celebrating Uniqueness
Celebration of International Day of People With Disabilities/different abilities happened 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 29th to 3rd of December to mark the event. We focused on learning more about how not all disabilities are visible, and how we can hear everyone's abilities speak louder than their disabilities. There were activities like- poster making, logo designing, flash mobs, silent National Anthem, presentations, storytelling and discussions around the topic. On 3rd of December, we had an enriching panel discussion with Ms.Manjushree Patil (speaker and expert with 3 decades of experience in the area of special needs, Mr. and Mrs. Singh and their son Kabeer Singh which shared about their journey with their older son and Kabeer sibling, Sehej who is very bright and on the spectrum. There were a lot of take aways from the session. 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 conducted various activities and talents were showcased.
Few Activities planned during the Week:
- SELFIE BOOTH WITH THE THEME OF INCLUSION
- LOGO DESIGNING
- FLASH MOB ACTIVITY- SEN AND C WITH PERFORMING ARTS TEAM
- SILENT NATIONAL ANTHEM
- READING CORNER IN LIBRARY
- WEBINAR/EXPERT TALKS
Anti-Bullying Program
In continuation to the week where we marked 'International day of Persons with Disabilities, the Counselling Team has planned a program for Grades 4-11 titled 'The Safe School Space Project' to address themes of bullying and teasing so we can encourage children to create more conducive spaces for one another. It will be implemented throughout this week through various modes- CIrcle time, SEE Learning classes and co-scholastic collaboration. Cross-curricular collaboration was also aimed at, since classes have been the breeding ground for reflective discussions. The counselling team created a holistic plan for the program for the Week 6th -10th December. The lessons come under Provisions of Child Protection and Safe School Policy.
Congratulations on Provisional Asteroid discoveries by students
Congratulates to our students on theirProvisionaldiscoveries ofasteroidsduring the April 2021 STEM & SpaceAsteroidSearch Campaign!
The meritorious student discoverers from your school are the following who were in 4 teams:
- Ishaan Chauhan
- Krishay Chadha and Raghav Garg
- Paarth Agnihotri, Manav Harsana, Swinzal Taneja
- Veer Mendiratta, Aarav Kathuria
This is a remarkable achievement for our students, which they have achieved with their diligence and hard work.
STEM & Space conducted a highly specialized monthlong project in May-June 2020, in collaboration with the international group International Astronomy Search Collaboration (IASC), affiliated with NASA.
Under this project, students were trained and guided by STEM & Space to look through real images from the Pan Starrs telescope in Hawaii, and search forasteroids. Many of the students foundasteroidswhich were listed as preliminary discoveries, and we are proud to share that 30 such discoveries by various schools under our campaign of these have now been confirmed as provisionalasteroiddiscoveries by the Minor Planet Catalog (MPC), and will be formally recorded.
Asteroiddiscoveries with provisional status are maintained in the MPC database for many years, until there have been a sufficient number of observations to fully determine the orbit. That process typically takes 6-10 years, at which point theasteroidis numbered and cataloged by the International Astronomical Union. Numberedasteroidscan be named by their citizen scientist discoverers.
Math-o-Magic
A famous mathematician once said, “Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit.” To celebrate the spirit of mathematical learning and to commemorate the Birthday of Srinivasan Ramanujan, the Middle & Senior School of Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad celebrated the Mathematics Day – “Math-o-Magic '' on 22nd December 2021. The students excitedly participated in various games and activities and experienced a day immersed in Mathematics.
To begin the day, a presentation was showcased by the teachers to share the significance of the Mathematics day and discourse on the life and achievements of the Mathematician Srinivasan Ramanujan. A special assembly was organised by the students of Grades 7 and 8 to throw light on the importance of mathematics in day to day life. The assembly recognised the contributions of Indian mathematicians in the field of mathematics. A student-led classical dance performance showcased various patterns of symmetry and asymmetry. The skit - “Life of Pie” portrayed mathematicians from Archimedes to Euler to Lindeman derive different values of pie and come to a conclusion that, the numberπis amathematical constant, isapproximately equal to 3.14159. Various rounds of Math quizzes kept students engaged and excited. A student composed and performed ‘Math Rap’ which was appreciated by the audience.
Grade 9 students hosted ‘Math Tambola’ for Middle-school students. Students had to solve mathematical questions to play the game. Middle school students showcased their creativity through ‘Scenery with Tangrams’ Activity, ‘Rangometry’ Activity and ‘Logo Making & Designing’ Activity.
The purpose of the Maths Day was to illuminate the importance of mathematics in an enriching and joyful manner
If there would have been a forth Gandhian monkey, what would it depict?'
To mark the 151st birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, students of grades 1to 5 virtually celebrated Gandhi Jayanti through a variety of activities such as powerpointpresentations, role-plays, video on biography of Gandhiji and played Truth-o-mania. Students were also taken through a virtual tour of the Gandhi Ashram situated in Sabarmati, Gujarat. As a part of the role-play, students personified various possessions of Gandhiji like his spectacles, dhoti, stick/laathi and shared their experiences of being with Bapu. Students also answered a few introspective questions on a padlet wall such as 'What is that one change you would like to see in the world?' and 'If there would have been a forth Gandhian monkey, what would it depict?'
Indian National Space Settlement Design Competition
For the second year in a row, 12 of our students of Grade 9-11 participated in the Space Settlement Design competition, where high-school students are put in the shoes of aerospace engineers, and are expected to design a space settlement in the bid to win a contract. With Mars being on the outlook and visitors coming in from Earth the idiom "grass is always greener on the other side" has stopped making sense forour students. This time in INSSDC, ourstudents were challenged to make a settlement on planet Mercury in a Lava tube. They proposed a settlement for manufacturing and researching the materials found there while housing 300 occupants. Studentsdepicted operations for all the basic yet crucial components of atmosphere regulation, electrical power, food production and waste/water management for the settlement. As working on a contract set for 2087 they were expected to automate all operations which made human intervention minimal. For the 300 individuals, our students designed plans for the workplaces, hubs, residential areas, communities and recreational activities to keep all onboard engaged and make it a priority to ensure that they live up to their expectations. Responsible for designing and providing robotics services essential for the various functions, theAutomations department was solely in charge of the safety systems, emergency systems, contingency systems and even backup systems to ensure that residents would be prepared at all times!
Students for a chance to interact with and learn from engineers from the aerospace industry who were mentors and judges in the competition. Along with building on their knowledge of space science, our students learnt communication, resilience, perseverance, and most importantly, that there is no 'I' in a team.
Parents' Trident I Newsletter By Parents I Vol. 3
Parents’Trident is only an effort to engage parents productively and to acknowledge their creative thoughts and expression.
It is a magazine by and for the parents. We intend to publish the magazine 4 times in a year.So this is theThird Vol.
Literary Week - Grades 3 to 5
Grades 3 to 5 marked the Literary Week from 22nd to 26th November to foster love and appreciation for literature.
The students of Grade 3 engaged in versatile activities as a part of the celebrations. Beginning with the meaning of 'literary' to exploring music with similes, the students experienced 5 days of diverse learning.
The week's kick-starter was an interactive session 'In Conversation With Roald Dahl' incorporating Role Play by one of the teachers. The students got an opportunity to learn more about the author's life in the form of an interview.
We integrated language learning with arts through a 'Poster Making' activity. The students designed posters for the opening ceremony of a sandwich shop in their neighbourhood based on their reading of the story 'Irma's Sandwich Shop' on RAZ Plus.
Storytelling is being increasingly recognised as one of the pillars of language learning. Grade 3 students enjoyed a storytelling session based on 'Incredible Investigation' along with the Role Play of characters, which tickled their funny bones. We also invited Spark Studio to conduct Storytelling Workshops wherein a facilitator guided them on how to read with expressions and structure their own stories.
Grade 3's Literary Week culminated with the introduction of 'Rhyme Scheme' in classes. The students travelled back to their nursery days and enjoyed identifying rhyming patterns in poems.
In grade 4, the week showcased myriad activities and students actively participated to show their creative side.
Literary week aimed at infusing the students with understanding, appreciation, and love of the English language.
The students participated in an array of activities with great zest and zeal like creating limericks, designing their own comic strips and creating adjective flip books.
The students also enjoyed the author's session that was organized online over Zoom.
Towards the end of the literary week, the children were thrilled to display their creatively original limericks and comic strips on the class board.
Grade 5 celebrated the literary week through a multitude of activities including storytelling, fun with similes to the art of composing limericks.
Students listened to interesting folktales and inspirational stories during storytelling sessions. They adorned the author’s cap to give twist to some age-old stories. They had a writer’s workshop where they learnt about development of character and dialogue writing. They culminated the literary week by using the characters they created and their knowledge of dialogue writing in a comic strip. It was 5 days of enrichment for them.
Literary Week - Grades 3 to 5
Grades 3 to 5 marked the Literary Week from 22nd to 26th November to foster love and appreciation for literature.
The students of Grade 3 engaged in versatile activities as a part of the celebrations. Beginning with the meaning of 'literary' to exploring music with similes, the students experienced 5 days of diverse learning.
The week's kick-starter was an interactive session 'In Conversation With Roald Dahl' incorporating Role Play by one of the teachers. The students got an opportunity to learn more about the author's life in the form of an interview.
We integrated language learning with arts through a 'Poster Making' activity. The students designed posters for the opening ceremony of a sandwich shop in their neighbourhood based on their reading of the story 'Irma's Sandwich Shop' on RAZ Plus.
Storytelling is being increasingly recognised as one of the pillars of language learning. Grade 3 students enjoyed a storytelling session based on 'Incredible Investigation' along with the Role Play of characters, which tickled their funny bones. We also invited Spark Studio to conduct Storytelling Workshops wherein a facilitator guided them on how to read with expressions and structure their own stories.
Grade 3's Literary Week culminated with the introduction of 'Rhyme Scheme' in classes. The students travelled back to their nursery days and enjoyed identifying rhyming patterns in poems.
In grade 4, the week showcased myriad activities and students actively participated to show their creative side.
Literary week aimed at infusing the students with understanding, appreciation, and love of the English language.
The students participated in an array of activities with great zest and zeal like creating limericks, designing their own comic strips and creating adjective flip books.
The students also enjoyed the author's session that was organized online over Zoom.
Towards the end of the literary week, the children were thrilled to display their creatively original limericks and comic strips on the class board.
Grade 5 celebrated the literary week through a multitude of activities including storytelling, fun with similes to the art of composing limericks.
Students listened to interesting folktales and inspirational stories during storytelling sessions. They adorned the author’s cap to give twist to some age-old stories. They had a writer’s workshop where they learnt about development of character and dialogue writing. They culminated the literary week by using the characters they created and their knowledge of dialogue writing in a comic strip. It was 5 days of enrichment for them.