KG Day: Learning Walk
No year is complete without showcasing the learning journey of children in Kindergarten. The KG day was eagerly awaited by parents and the students who were bubbling with enthusiasm to perform infront of them. The children exhibited the trajectory of their year-long learnings in different scholastic domains. The children spoke confidently as they addressed their parents and shared their evolvement with pride. The parents were glad to know what an enriching year it had been for the children, and how far their children had come over the year.
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
Junior Student Council 2019-20 - Investiture Ceremony
The Junior Student Council 2019-20 Investiture ceremony was held on May 10, 2019 to felicitate the newly elected members. The Primary School Band enlivened the atmosphere, ushering the council members in the Wildcats Hall. The Senior Leadership Team was invited for the invocation ceremony accompanied by an invocation song by the Junior school choir. The new elected members were invited to the oath-taking ceremony led by our Principal Ms. Shashi Banerjee. The ceremony began by felicitating the Student Representatives from Year 2- 5.This was followed by the former House Captains felicitating the current members along with the Editorial board members. The ceremony concluded with the vote of thanks conveyed by Ms. Soniya Mawani.
Citation Ceremony
Our First Pride of Shiv Nadar School, Gurugram, organised the First Citation Ceremony for its Grade XII students. The entire Shiv Nadar School family along with the parents came together to bless and wish the outgoing batch of 2018-19.
The Citation Ceremony was a medley of memories, fun, tears and solemness.
The grades XII turned out smartly in their Lotus print kurtas, passed on the light to their grade XI counterparts, symbolizing the continuity and transferring of responsibilities.
Teachers from across their journey through Shiv Nadar School, the Executive Director and the Principal spoke to the children urging them to strive for excellence in whatever they do and to remember that they are loved beyond words!
The students received mementos and citations from the Trustee , CEO,Executive Director, Principal and Senior Head.
Coffee Evenings with Parents
Shiv Nadar School firmly believes in building a strong culture of parent-school engagement. A combined effort between parents and school guarantees better results in the growth of a child. When children feel they are cared for and supported by both key players (parents and teachers) in their education, their self-esteem or self-worth improves. For this purpose, the school organized Coffee Evenings for Grades 1 and above.
The interactive session helped the parents understand the school initiatives and build a broader perspective of how the school functions. For overall development of the child, it is very important for parents and school to be on the same page.
Our Principal, Ms. Anju Wal unfolded various thoughts on Indulgence Vs Independence to Real World Vs Virtual World, Step-up Leadership among others. All the subject teachers and Home Room Teachers interacted with the parents of their respective habitats.
The session generated symbiotic energy to propel the child in his journey ahead. Parents were really happy with the session as it also gave an opportunity to voice their opinions and put their queries to rest.
Teachers' Self Analysis with Dr. Aruna Broota
Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad teachers had an experience with the globally acclaimed psychologist Dr.Aruna Broota on 2nd February 2019. Dr. Broota conduced a 3 hours session for the 110 our Academic and Administrative staff of the school on the topic - ' Mental Health of teachers and it's impact on student- Role of the school'.
Dr.Broota is a highly sought after employee engagement expert with world’s leading corporates, schools, colleges as her clients.
She has over 4 decades of work experience. Her numerous scientific research breakthroughs, ongoing popular publications, well attended group motivation/ training sessions, regular public counselling over radio, TV and print media and successful individual counselling practice makes her a uniquely experienced expert.
Teachers did self assessment on their anxiety level and did reflection exercises which helped them think deep about their wellbeing as core and its further impact on the people around, especially students.
The school will be conducting more of such suggestion where the focus is on the Emotional needs of students and teachers.
'Our Planet'
As a part of building their understanding about the theme for this year's Wild Wisdom Quiz, students went to WWF auditorium, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi for an official screening of first episode of Netflix series, ‘Our Planet’. Apart from our school, there were representatives of few reputed Delhi based schools like Manav Sthali School, Springdale School.
Students learnt about the biomes of Earth and the flora and fauna which flourishes in these biomes. The video was not only knowledge gaining but also reflecting as to how this flourishing species of flora and fauna is diminishing and in turn our planet is being affected due to human intervention. Students made notes and also participated in the quiz based on the episode. Few of our students won bookmarks for giving correct answers to the questions.
International Visitors in January 2019
Bhutanese teachers @ Shiv Nadar School
On 23rd January the teachers from Armed Forces Pre School Project-Bhutan visited the Pre-primary section of our school. These visits are a great way to make connections and learn from different cultures. It contributes towards collaboration and helps to highlight good practices. The teachers from Bhutan visited different sections in Nursery and Kindergarten, they observed the lessons, and interacted with the children. The children interacted comfortably with them and were curious to know about their costume and language. The visiting teachers were appreciative of the interaction and open discussions between the teachers and the students.
Thai delegation @ Shiv Nadar School
Young Ambassadors of Virtue Foundation is a non-profit organization funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with objectives to support public activities that help developing personal moral standards.
A delegation from this Foundation visited Shiv Nadar School on January 29th 2019. Ms Busadee Santipitaks, Director-General of the Department of Information and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand lead the delegation of 20 students (grade 6), teachers, and school directors (5).
The students from Thailand were given a traditional welcome and a tour of the school. The day started with the Tile Making workshop. While one student etched ‘I Love India’, the other drew a scene from his village. This was followed by a Manipuri dance performance by our students. An eclectic array of activities was on the menu, art-craft, songs and dancing, to food. The enthusiasm was palpable as the visitors learned the Dandiya dance. A pleasant surprise for our AHA students was when the Thai students performed a song on ‘Som Tam’ a famous Thai street snack. The highlight was the sharing of experiences and the concept of "sufficiency economy", a philosophy promoted by the erstwhile Thai king, Late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The "exchange" culminated with promises to keep in touch, presenting each other gifts and valuable memories.
They were appreciative of the interactions and open discussions between the students and the teachers. The children spoke to them happily and were curious about their costume and language. It was a fruitful and heart warming interaction?
Anandam - Primary
The essence of AHA curriculum at school motivates our students to explore, to seek, to find the different art forms. This year long learning culminated into Anandam for Grade 1 to 4
Grade 1 - 2
Music Basket performed a euphonic medley of Patriotic Song” Padhengey Likhenge” and Jambalaya, Japanese Folk song in the western music.
Dance Basket students showcased Kathak Mudra welcoming the spring. Manipuri dance was based on the Baul Song from West Bengal and it was the Bharatnatyam dance basket who did the foot stomping Bhangra.
Theatre Basket: The theatrical performances of Fairy Tales with twist brought laughter from the audience.
Grade 3 - 4
Music basket sang a beautiful composition in Raag Malkauns and theme songs of the soap operas.
Dance basket performances were magical. Bharatnatyam dance - Vaishnava Jana, Manipuri dance - Radha Roop Varnan and Kathak - Krishna and Gopi.
A thought provoking play “ Appropriate Audience Behaviour” was scripted and performed by the students themselves. A fractured fairy tale and ‘Party on the Moon' were also performed.
Art Basket students painted a colourful abstract artwork which was done live on the stage it left the audience spellbound. The grade 1 and 2 display included the work of Lion house students in the realm of art and creativity, in clay modelling, terracotta relief sculpture, sketching, ink- blot painting, bottle art, paper collage and origami. The exhibits illustrated the innovation, creativity and talent of the young learners and spoke of the effort put in by them.
FUTURE READY LIFELONG LEARNERS
Shiv Nadar School Career Guidance Centre (CGC) is very nascent in Faridabad campus. It is a non-judgmental, open-minded space to connect and collaborate with students to make them future ready in the ways that best resonate with each child's personality. The CGC gives concrete shape to students' goals and interests, options for higher studies and ultimately, career choices, in a supportive environment.
The CGC has a clear mandate to create a cadre of young people well-equipped to decide their paths forward into the world beyond school. It provides excellent tools, programmes and platforms so that children make confident and informed choices.
Walk the Talk is one such initiative wherein experts from different fields come to talk to students. Such sessions serve to dispel existing queries regarding certain career choices, as well as to inform students on new and emerging professional and academic domains.
You will be happy to know that we hosted our first 'Walk the Talk' session with RJ RAHUL MAKIN wherein he shared his journey, experiences, challenges and various opportunities that came his way.
He talked about the importance of reading and to be updated about the world around. He spoke about his success mantra with our young scholars i.e. one should follow his/her passion with complete dedication, hard work and right attitude. He shared some really great insights and real-life stories which had a positive impact on our children. He said “Just be yourself, as you cannot mask yourself for too long’. He stated that every individual should identify that one innate talent that he/she is born with and pursue it wholeheartedly.
There were two special things about the session, one that we had RJ Rahul Makin on board and second that the show was hosted by and for the students of Shiv Nadar School.
Our Grade 9 students found the session an enjoyable learning experience.
