Parents’ Trident - Vol. 6

Parents’Tridentis only an effort to engage parents productively and to acknowledge their creative thoughts and expression.Itis a magazine by and for theparents. We intend to publish the magazine 4 times in a year.So this is theSixth Vol.

Our Editorial Members Mrs. Neelam Narula and Mr.Mr Madhur Prabhakar

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Namaste Deutschland

Our students participated in an event called Namaste Deutschland which took place in DPS Gurgaon in collaboration with Goethe Institue, New Delhi. Around 75 schools participated in various events and competitions. Our school put up an exhibition stall on the theme of "All about German breads", Knock-out Basketball competitionand other learning by doing workshops.

Aanya Bhatia, Grade-8, won the 1st prize in Knock-out Basketball competition.Veer Mehndiratta, Grade-8, participated too and did really well.

Advik Bhanwala, Rishabh Burman, Avik Agarwal, Abeer Bhandari, Samar Raj Sharmaput up an exhibition stall in DPS Gurgaon on the theme "All about German Breads". The exhibition stall was a huge success. Our students put effortsinpreparation of the content. Abeer baked 3 kinds of German breads (not to forget that this idea was his own to bake the breads) Bauernbrot, Seed bread and Stollen.Abeer, Samar, Samrat and Mehakparticipated in other workshops on Drama and Informative sessions.

Many colleagues from the German fraternity came and personally shared with me that our students are well mannered and have high values, their content is well researched and they are very welcoming too. They prepared a rhymeimpromptu to welcome people to their stall. I feel honoured to share that our stall had amassive footfall. Students and teachers from the Shiv Nadar Gurgaon visited our stall too. Students from other schools enjoyed the games prepared by our students and of course, the bread. Ms. Puneet Kaur,Head of Educational Services came twice to see our students present and appreciated their work and Ms. Veronika Taranzinskaja, Project Head South Asia Goethe Institutetold the students that she tasted a slice of German culture at our stall and toldAbeer that he should have his own bakery in Germany one day.

EDUCATION FOR LIFE THEME: Sustainable development.

We at Shiv Nadar School believe that apart from academic excellence our children need knowledge, skills, and attitude to face a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) world. Keeping up with the same idea we relaunched our education for life programme after two years. This programme aims at providing exposure and engagement to navigate and succeed in life beyond school for Grade IX and IX students.

A workshop based on our EFL theme of sustainability was conducted by Ms.Jayati Talapatra focusing on sustainable development goal 12 i.e: responsible consumption and production in order to understand how individual thinking processes impact an individual’s as well as the community’s chances of surviving in the face of resource limitations. Ms. Talapatra’s been working on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change. Her focus is on generating awareness within corporates on the impact of business actions on the Planet and consequently, Humans. She teaches Business Sustainability in TERI School of Advance Studies and her course on Businesses and Biodiversity is a first of its kind in Indian Business-schools. She started Dilli Meri Jaan Walks, an initiative to restore Delhi’s ecology. These are designed for creating awareness of ecosystem services and taking action to regenerate biodiversity. The walks ensure that each participant takes back a concrete action item, to reduce their carbon and resource footprint and another to improve the quality of air, water, and soil of their city.

The session started by collecting a wider understanding of how fast fashion has over-consumed and how as responsible consumers we can promote both economic development and social and environmental improvement side by side. She reflected upon the basic idea of bringing small lifestyle changes to move towards a larger goal and help the earth regenerate.

She explained how the greatest global challenge is to integrate environmental sustainability with economic growth and welfare by decoupling environmental degradation from economic growth and doing more with less. Resource decoupling and impact decoupling are needed to promote sustainable consumption and production patterns and to make the transition toward a greener and more socially inclusive global economy.

To ensure sustainable consumption and production practices necessarily entails respecting the biophysical boundaries of the planet and reducing current global consumption rates in order to fit with the biophysical capacity to produce ecosystem services and benefits. Bringing minor changes in our lifestyle right from sending acknowledgment emails to sustaining gadgets and electronics and switching to brands that promote sustainable consumption will eventually limit the depletion of resources and trigger the process of regeneration at a much faster pace. The session was enthralling and gave a lot of insight into the best practices for making sustainable development more impactful.

Scinapse - Science Week

'The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment'

The Middle and Senior school students celebrated Scinapse – a week-long immersion in Science, which culminated in the Science Fair on 29 November 2022.

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Parents’ Trident  - 6th Edition

Parents’ Trident

This is the Sixth Edition of the Parents' Tident.

Editorial Members Mrs. Neelam Narula and Mr. Madhur Prabhakar

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From the Principal's Desk - July to October

Children learn and grow everyday. Different influences and experiences touch their lives and make them richer as people, in knowledge and skill set. The impressions of school life are indelible and most significant in their growing years.

As a School, we want to continue to build and fortify in our children universal values and skills that are the bedrock of our Educational design:

Critical Thinking
Creativity
Collaboration
Communication
Compassion
Citizenship
 

Gilmpse of July to October at Shiv Nadar School Faridabad:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIGbgbZfH50

Post-Admission Orientation Session

New Parents of Foundation Year and Nursery for Academic Session 2023 - 24 were invited for a Post-Admission Orientation Session on December 7, 2022. It was aimed at building a shared understanding of our vision, values and establishing a lasting connect with the child's alma mater.

The orientation began by welcoming the new parents, presenting them a platform to interact with the Senior Leadership CEO - Col Gopal Karunakaran and Director Principal - Mrs Anju Wal.

An overview of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, its philosophy, and ethos were shared with them along with the journey from the inception to the newest upcoming campus of Shiv Nadar School at Chennai. During the Orientation we also shared with the parents what we do and how we do things at Shiv Nadar School.

Ms Bhagya Sinha - Head Parent Partnership shared the 'Parent Partnership program'with the parents, emphasizing on the strong connect and association between the school and the parents. At Shiv Nadar School, the parents are valued as ambassadors and spokespersons through a shared vision. This association is an endeavour to build a strong bond and support system which has been a testament to the founding principles of Shiv Nadar School.

'Celebrating Strengths, Powered by Inclusion'

Every year, the 3rd of December is marked as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPWD). Itis an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992.

On thisday, educators, students and passionate volunteers across the globe spread awareness aiming to help theircommunity become more compassionate and understanding of the strengths and challenges faced by thedifferently abled people. The spirit of the day is to ensure that all people in the world have equal opportunities for work, play, health, and success.Differently abled people can be and very often are contributing and valued members of society, and 3rd December is all about appreciating them

The SEN-Counselling Team of Shiv Nadar School Faridabad in collaborationwith the CPD Thinktank and the co-scholastic team had dedicated the week from28th November to the 2nd of Decemberto mark the occasion with the school theme being 'Celebrating Strengths, Powered by Inclusion'.It was a week full of exciting engagements like storytelling, special assemblies, experiential activities, audio-visuals, special talks by our eminent speakers and so on!

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Robocup Regional Championship - Rescue Line and Soccer

6 teams comprising 19 students participated in the RoboCup Regional Championship on 9th and 10th December in two different categories: Rescue Line and Soccer.

ROBOCUP IS PROJECT-ORIENTED EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS FOR STUDENTS UP THROUGH AGE 19, WITH A FOCUS ON PROVIDING A HANDS-ON, SCAFFOLDED ENVIRONMENT WHERE LEARNERS CAN GROW BY EXPANDING THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF, SPARKING THEIR CURIOSITY ABOUT AND INCREASING THEIR COMFORT WITH TECHNOLOGY. 

Out of 6 teams, 5 qualified for Nationals Championship.

Line Rescue Category: All 3 teams qualified

Soccer: 2 teams qualified and one team secured 3rd position.

Students also received the following awards: 

- Best Hardware solution and 

- Best Rescue engineering strategy

Names of the students are as follows:

Congratulations to the students and Mentor Ms Urvashi Virmani. 

On Boarding of the New Parents AY 23-24

An orientation session was organised for the New Parents of Nursery. The session is designed to give them a platform to interact with the Senior Leadership and aims at building a shared understanding of our vision, values, and establishing a lasting connection with the child's alma mater.

The orientation began by welcoming the new parents, followed by sharing an overview of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, its philosophy, and ethos and its journey from the inception of the first educational initiative in 2012 to the new addition of Shiv Nadar School at Chennai this year.

A brief about the Parent Partnership program was also shared with the parents, emphasizing on the strong connection and association between the school and the parent community,which has been a testament to the founding principles of Shiv Nadar School.

Glimpses of the session