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BIRLA VIDYA NIKETAN Sarala Birla Group of Schools Activity Report- DECEMBER, 2017

AWARD

EVENTS/ACTIVITIES AT BVN

DATE EVENT ORGANISED BY AWARDEE &DESCRIPTION 9th December, 17

School Excellence Award

Brainfeed BVN received the excellence award in the category of Best Academic Excellence/ STEM Education/ Implementing PBL Methods/ Happiness Quotient Index School

DATE EVENT DESCRIPTION ATTENDED BY 9th December, 17

Alumni Meet Meet for batch 1992 was held at the school. Alumni of 1992 batch and retired teachers teaching the batch

14th December, 17

International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO)

(IMO) 2017 was conducted from classes 6 to 12. Students of classes 6th to 12th

19th December, 17

Video conference

Video conference call with the students of Cosenza school, South Calabria, Italy was held wherein students sang Christmas carols and celebrated the festival. Students also performed yoga.

Students of Class 6th and 9th

22nd December, 17

Christmas Carol Singing Activity in French, German, Spanish

Students celebrated the Christmas festival by singing Christmas carols in French, Spanish, German Languages. The festive spirit was highlighted by dressing up in red Santa caps. A video of the same was recorded and uploaded on the Facebook page and You Tube channel of BVN to spread the holiday cheer.

Students of classes- 6th to 10th

23rd December, 17

Annual Sports Day

Mass display of students along with sports track events and the march past of the six houses. The recipient of the National Role Model Award 2017

Students of class- 6th to 9th and 11th

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WORKSHOPS

DATE WORKSHOP ORGANISED DESCRIPTION ATTENDED BY 1st December, 17

Pre Challenge Work Lab

TERI School, VasantKunj

On awareness about lifestyle choices and their effect on the sustainability path. As a precursor to the ‘Seven Days challenge’ which starts on 17 January, this workshop was organized with the aim to orient students about the need for a sustainable lifestyle.

Two students of class 11thaccompanied by Ms.ShipraMalhotra

6th December, 17

School Conference- Better Education For A Better Tomorrow

CII (Confederation Of Indian Industry)

'CII- KPMG report on improving learning outcomes was launched. The panel discussions included creating a National Mission on improving Learning Outcomes, Technology tools for teachers and learners, Imperatives for effective governance of schools.

Principal - Ms.MinakshiKushwaha

7th December, 17

International Conference on Nano biotechnology for Agriculture: From Research to

The Energy And Resource Institute

The Conference showcased talks by experts In different thematic sessions, highlighted the current challenges faced in this sphere, and opportunities that exist for translational research/innovation. Students also presented their research work in the form of poster.

TatsamGarg of class 12 B, GokulPareek of class 11 B and Chemistry HOD- Ms DeeptiSrivastava

and Chief of Army Staff Commendation 2005 Mr. Naveen Gulia (an author, adventurer, thinker and social worker) graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Ms.Shreyanshi Singh a renowned shooter (Silver medalist at Commonwealth, Glasgow)andMr.RakeshPandey(Silver medallist at Para 'Challenges for the Private Schools, Plans and Strategies to Mitigate them'.

Badminton Championship at Korea) were the guests of Honour. Nilgiri house bagged the Trophy of the Best House.

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Innovation Participated in poster presentation competition and won first prize. The abstract of the research paper got published in the e- journal of the conference.

4th and 5th December, 17

Developing teaching skills in the classroom

Conference Centre, North Campus, New Delhi

It focused on means & ways to integrate French language classes with interactive tools & games to motivate students to learn & enjoy the language.

Ms.Jyoti Sharma

12th December, 2017

Interaction with Ambassador of Japan

Embassy of Japan

The students who went to Kyoto – Japan Super Science Fair got an exclusive opportunity to interact with the Ambassador of Japan at his residence. They shared their experiences and learnings in Japan during their visit.

4 Students of Class 11th& 12th and Principal – Ms.MinakshiKushwaha, Co-ordinator Ms. Mona Chopra

13th December 17

ISA Award ceremony

British Council The ceremony was attended by the delegates from British Council U.K. and the educationists from all parts of India. BVN worked on seven projects titled, Fun Feast Festivals, Vibrating Earth, Zonal Contrast, Child Rights and Responsibilities, Journalism,World Cinema and Feminism. The school was given a trophy, certificate declaring International School Award for 2017- 20 and certificates for Principal, school coordinators and teacher coordinators.

Shakti Narayan ( ISA coordinator - Junior school and SeemaDutt ISA coordinator Senior school)

15th December, 2017

Japan Unity Day Invitation

Embassy of Japan, Residence of Ambassador of Japan

To celebrate Unity Day of Japan and the birthday of King of Japan , interaction & dinner in the residence of Ambassador of Japan alongwith other dignitaries.

Principal – Ms.MinakshiKushwaha, Coordinator Ms. Mona Chopra

15th December, 17

Global Migration Film Festival

United Nations Conference Hall, Lodi Estate, New Delhi

As a part of the Festival, two documentaries were shown- No problem! Six months with the barefoot grandmamas and The deportation of Innocence. Both the documentaries gave an insight about the issue of Migration and its

Students of class- 11 B, G and H Accompanying Teachers- Ms.Seema Das Garg, Ms. Fay Bellow and

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various aspects. Ms.NandiniBaweja

15th December, 17

National Summit of School Principals

Institute of Counselor Training Research and Consultancy

Sexual exploration and sexual play are a natural part of childhood sexual development and elders need to help them not only to learn about their bodies but also the social and cultural rules that govern sexual behaviors. As elders who spent a considerable amount of time with children of 5 years to 17 years ,they need to gain necessary knowledge, skills and attitude which are simple to adopt in everyday practice and easily transferable to students and parents.

Ms.MridusmitaHazarika

16th Dec 2017

Action Committee Unaided Recognised Private Schools

India Habitat Centre

'Challenges for the Private Schools, Plans and Strategies to Mitigate them'.

Principal Ms.MinakshiKushwaha&Coordinator - Ms. Mona Chopra

18th December, 17

Online Career Counseling Certification Program

Collaboration With UCLA(University of California)

The course is given by Univariety in collaboration with UCLA. It helps in learning step by step career counseling required for high school students. The course content is a combination of study materials and case studies.

Ms. Amrita Singh received a Green Belt Certificate in Global Career Counseling

27th December, 17

Evaluation of answer scripts

CBSE Examiners, Head Examiners, Co-coordinators were asked to be careful & extra- cautious while checking, posting of marks and online entry of marks.

Ms.SeemaDuggal

29th December, 17

Session of The Indian History Congress

Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Ms.MeghnaGoyalVig attended the Seventy Eighth session of the Indian History Congress and presented a paper entitled- Persian Impact on Maurya Art: An Archaeological Tale in Section V: Archaeology.

Ms.MeghnaGoyalVig

28th December, 17

Career Competency Workshop

BVN On stream selection. An analysis of number ofapplicants and seats available in each college was also

Students of class 11th

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shown.

INTERSCHOOL COMPETITIONS

DATE VENUE/ ORGANISER

DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS/POSITIONS

National / CBSE 1st December, 17

Ramjas School ,Pusa Road

Interschool Debate competition Topic- Man is a victim of the change he sets in motion

2nd- Best Speaker: RohanSubramaniam (11G) Won a trophy and cash prize of Rs. 1500 2nd- Best Interjector: ShwetangParthsarthy (11G) Won a trophy cash prize of Rs. 500

9th December,17

Balvantray Mehta VidyaBhawan

On the spot painting Essay Writing Debate

1st:Hemakshi Singh 2nd :AditiSejal 3rd position & Best Speaker:ShreyaKapoor(XI)

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10th December, 2017

Asian Nobel Quiz Mania,Toppers Institute, Laxmi Nagar

A National level Inter -High school quizzes competition organised by Secretive Media Ltd.

V. AtishaySomayaji -11F, and KartikeyaGautam -11D got selected for Asian level round to be held in Nepal

11th, 12th & 13th December 2017

India Islamic Cultural Centre, New De

International adolescent summit on life skills, values, gender & school wellbeing Sur Sangam event Young orator’s championship Classical dance.

Outstanding Performer:Akansha class X Special Jury Award:Suhana (class XI) Exemplary performer award: Radha (class XI)

15thDecember, 17

Centre of Cultural Resource and Training (Ministry of Culture, Govt. Of India)

Cultural Talent Search Scholarship Scheme -2017

AyzaAnand(8D) won the scholarship for training in the field of Kathak.

18th November,2017

IARCS The Indian Computing Olympiad( to identify school students with outstanding skills in algorithms and computer programming) The first round - ZIO

SIDDHANT SHARMA (11C) and AKSHANSH BHANJANA(12C) have qualified the first round and will be appearing for second national round (INOI) which will take place in January, 2018

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INTER SCHOOL COMPETITIONS (SPORTS)

DATE VENUE DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS/POSITIONS

1st to 11th December, 17

Adelaide, Australia

Represented the country in the Pacific School Games SGFI (School Games Federation of India)

HemanyaBaweja- 10 E (Football under 16 yrs.)

20th to 24th November, 17

Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh

63rd National School Games 2017- 18

Vidushi Singh- 9 E (Badminton under 17 yrs.)

6th, 7th and 8th November, 17

Ludlow Castle, ISBT New Delhi

Inter Zone Badminton Competition

Sataksh Singh 8-C secured the 3rd position

SPECIAL ASSEMBLIES

DATE THEME CLASS 19th December, 17 Empathy 6-D

ANVESHIKA

DATE WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION ATTENDED BY

December, 17 NTSE(National Talent Search Exam)

Stage II Examination

Anubhav Bajaj of class 11 cleared NTSE level II exam for the year 2017. He has qualified for the NTSE scholarship of Rs 15000 per year in General category.

DoE 28th Nov to 30th November 17

DoE Centre level science, Mathematics and environment exhibition for children 2017-18

The mathematical model got selected for state level. Akshat Joshi :-10 G, PanchamAgarwal :-8B

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2nd December, 17

Anveshika session for studentsat Delhi Public School R.K.Puram

18 mesmerizing activities on mechanics, fluid mechanics, oscillations & waves were demonstrated to the students.

120 students of class 11 + 1 PGT

6th December, 17

Anveshika Session

10 activities on mechanics were shown to students of classes 11A &11 C. The students interacted wholeheartedly during the brainstorming session, answering questions and then raising some of their own.

40 students of class 11th

9th December, 17

‘Fear to fascination’ – Experimental physics session for senior students

An experimental physics workshop. Students learned to work in teams comprising of students from different schools students carried out 6 different innovative experiments under the expert guidance of Prof SarmishthaSahu of Maharani Ammani College, Bangaluru.

TusharChandna (XI A), Shahmeer (XI A), SaloniJuyal (XI C), SidhharthAgrawal (XI C), AstikaAnand (XI C) and PrarthanaPahuja (XI C)

50 students of class XI participated from 10 schools.

23rd to 25th December, 17

Pollex -I – Hands on experiments with physics Olympiad equipment

Venue: Guru TegBahadurKhalsa College, DU

The workshop was jointly organized by the IAPT_APhO Cell and Guru Gram Welfare Society.The participants were acquainted with latest tools and experiments along with various techniques required for good experimentation such as procedural understanding, handling of complex equipment, data acquisition, reporting and analysis and error estimation.

AstikaAnand (XI C) and GauiravDawra (XI C) 22 students of class XI from 11 schools+ 11 PGTs

31st December, 17

In-service training program for Physics PGTs of

Resource persons: PragyaNopany&ShaliniKulshreshtha 20 activities on mechanics, fluid mechanics, oscillations & waves were demonstrated to the teachers. The teachers were all fired up to see some of the activities and tried their

50 Physics PGTs

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KVS hand at them.

ASTRONOMY CLUB

DATE EVENT DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS

10th December, 17

KALPANA CHAWLA NATIONAL SCHOLAR EXAM 2017

Students participated in KALPANA CHAWLA NATIONAL SCHOLAR EXAM 2017 organized by Educharya, an online education portal. Seven students were selected for the second round.

Classes 6th, 7th, and 8th

21st December, 17

Project Paridhi – a hands-on science activity to measure the circumference of the Earth

Project Paridhi is a flagship Project of SPACE which was launched in 2010 is now conducted 4 times a year on days of solstice and equinox. Under this project, participants calculated Earth’s circumference by replicating the experiment done about 2300 years ago by Astronomer Eratosthenes.

Arko Moitra-7A Dhruv Rai-7I Om-7J

30 December, 17

Astronomy Day Preparation

Students plan & discuss about the conduction of Astronomy Day. Rehearse their part of the exhibit, decide invitations and promotions.

Students of module 1and 2—classes 6th ,7th, and 8th