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BIRLA VIDYA NIKETAN Sarala Birla Group of Schools Activity Report- AUGUST, 18
EVENTS/ACTIVITIES AT BVN
Tushya Mehta of class XII has been chosen to join the Junior Academy of the New York Academy of Sciences.
DATE EVENT DESCRIPTION ATTENDED BY
8thAugust, 18
Japanese Delegation Visit
The objective of the visit was to understand the teaching methodologies being used in Birla Vidya Niketan and Japanese schools to strengthen the ties between two countries through academic/cultural exchange programs. The team of delegation curiously mingled with the children in Yukata’s (Japanese Traditional dress) singing Japanese song.
Japanese learners of class VI
14thAugust, 18
Eco Club Activities
Eco Club students participated in plantation activities in the park adjacent to junior school. As per CBSE guidelines only native species were planted. The saplings were measured and named after martyrs. The saplings will be nurtured by Eco Club till they turn into self-sustaining trees.
Students of Eco Club
13th to 17th August, 18
French Language Week
Students participated in the French activities conducted during the French language week. French workshop- Importance of French, future prospects, examination, Francophonie and certifications in French were its integral part. The creative, innovative and enthusiastic talent of students was observed through picture stories, collages on French cities, calendar making and was displayed in an exhibition put up by them.
French learners of classes VI to X
13th to 17th August, 18
Hindi Language Week
In order to rekindle the love for India’s official language, students participated in various activities during the Hindi week. The students displayed their talent and creativity through kite making, bookmarks, posters and slogans presentations and short skits on the freedom fighters keeping in mind the independence week also.
Students of classes VI to X
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13th to 17th August, 18
German Language Week
As a part of German language week celebration, several activities were organized for German learners. The activities served as a combination of enhancement of language and creativity skills of students. Various charts based on comparison between different states of India and Germanywas made and students spoke in German on the same. The students learned a German song based on origin and culture of Germany.The students made a watch in class, in which the numbers were in German. Some of them also digitalized their clocks and had set them in real working.Interview about daily routine and enactment on a song based on same.
German learners of classes VI and VII
13th – 18th August,18
Sanskrit Language Week
Chanting Shlokas, and reciting poems of eminent Sanskrit poets and discussions activities were done by students to promote the essence of Sanskrit culture and learning.
Classes Vi-X students
14th August, 18
Independence Day Celebration
BVN celebrated the 72nd Independence Day with great enthusiasm and respect. The ceremony started in the morning in school open. The celebration continued with patriotic songs and dance performances by students.
Students of classes VI to XII and teachers
14th August, 18
Independence Day Rally (SEWA)
BVN organized a rally titled “TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE” The students crafted posters and banners which illustrated problems such as population explosion, deforestation, climate change, traffic jams, malnutrition etc.
Students of class XI
21st August, 18
Road Safety campaign at BRT
Students went at BRT traffic signal to create awareness about the traffic rules. They distributed safety rules pamphlets with the help of traffic police. It was a good experience for children.
Students of class VIII
23rd August, 18
Water Harvesting day
Various activities like poster making and speeches were conducted in the class to motivate students to save
Students of class VIII
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water. Water related issues throughout the world were discussed and solutions were sought by the students. The audio visual aids were used to depict the significance and methods of harvesting water. It was quite a learning experience for all.
25th August, 18
Road Safety Talk
Traffic Inspector Manoj Kumar addressing the parents of the students using private vans to commute to school. He explained the rules and safety measures to be kept in mind while hiring the private vans.
Parents of the students
27th to 29thAugust, 18
Science Week Various activities were conducted like- Science Exhibition -Models on various scientific and innovative ideas were displayed by the students of class IX. Poster Making: Class VI Students made posters to spread awareness about vector borne diseases Presentation: Ms Aishwarya Tipnis, BVN alumni, gave a presentation on the topic ‘The Role of Science in Heritage Conservation’ to the students. Special Assembly- Studentsof classes VI and VII presented a street play on prevention of vector borne diseases. Fun with Science- Students of class VIII performed interesting experiments in their class which gave them hands on experience. NSO Mock test- The mock test was conducted on 29th Aug for classes VI to X and science sections of classes XI and XII.
Students of classes VI to XII
31st August, 18`
Student’s Interactions with Alumni
Rohan Kapoor is an alumunus of BVN; having passed his class 12 in the year 2015.After his completion of graduation from Shri Venkateshwara College, he is steering to the university of Gottingen, Germany which has produced forty seven noble laureates including revolutionary scientist laureates like Hans Kreb and Heisenberg Gauss. He will be getting monthly stipends as well as a full scholarship.
Students of classes XI and XII
31st August, 18
Class Exhibition
An Exhibition on the topic- Incredible India was held wherein the students prepared models and presentations on how India has transformed and is developing. Also, the students showcased Indian culture, sports, mythology, scientific developments, transportation and Development of Print media.
Students of class VII
30th and Vector Borne A quiz was conducted to create awareness among Students of
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WORKSHOPS
DATE WORKSHOP ORGANISED DESCRIPTION ATTENDED BY 13th August, 18
French Workshop
BVN Babusha Verma, Professor at St. Stephens College, Delhi University since 2009, M.Phil in French, Gold medallist in Masters in French and a renowned resource person for French workshops emphasized on the future prospects of French, Importance of French as a foreign language, Quiz, Grammar activities and even Songs &Videos.
French students of classes VI to X
13th and 14th August, 18
Capacity Building Workshop at Venkateshwar International School, Sector 10, Dwarka.
CBSE The two days workshop taken by resource persons Ms. SantoshVyas and Ms. NeeraKohli. The workshop covered pertinent topics like course content, question paper design and so on.
Ms. Nandini Baweja
20th August, 18
New Zealand Academic Conclave
Hyatt Regency The Chief guest was H.E Ms. Joanna Kempkers- New Zealand Ambassador to India The conclave emphasised on the future plans of education in private schools of India. To promote partnerships between two countries in the year 2019.
Ms. Mona Chopra
20th and 21st August, 18
Capacity Building Workshop, Kalka Public School
CBSE The two days workshop covered pertinent topics like course content, question paper design and various new techniques and formats were explained.
Ms. Swati Pathak
28th August, 18
Senior Leadership Workshop
NPSC at the Springdales School, Pusa
The Principal Ms. Minakshi Kushwaha attended a Senior Leadership Workshop on 'Leading
Ms. Minakshi Kushwaha
31st August, 18
Diseases Quiz students about the vector borne diseases such as dengue and chikungunya. It also helped in spreading information on prevention and control of these diseases.
class VIII
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Road with Questions' conducted by Mr Ron McLuckie from the World Institute of Action Learning.
30th August, 18
Programming Workshop 2018
Maharaja Agrasen Public School(Cambridge International), Ashok Vihar, New Delhi
Registered students with Progate (Online Japanese Platform to Learn more 15 Programming languages from basics) MOU to be signed for one year (free usage of the platform with the school for all students).Students will be awarded rank and certificates on their progress. Students will be competing with the world.
Ms.Vidya Bakshi Afifah-IXG Pancham IXG Aditya-IXDAshish-XD
30th August, 18
Preserving Our Biosphere, A
BVN (Project Of Millennium India Education Foundation (MIEF Workshop)- Dr Uday Kakroo (Director MIEF), Dr J P Bhatt (Sr. Scientist,Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Mountain & Hill Environment, University of Delhi) was the resource person. The workshop was about identifying native and exotic species of Delhi and to develop scientific temper in students about preserving our biosphere
Students of classes IX and X
31st August, 18`
BVN Student’s Interactions with Alumni
Rohan Kapoor is an alumunus of BVN; having passed his class 12 in the year 2015.After his completion of graduation from Shri Venkateshwara College, he is steering to the university of Gottingen, Germany which has produced forty seven noble laureates including revolutionary scientist laureates like Hans Kreb and Heisenberg Gauss. He will be getting monthly stipends as well as a full scholarship.
Students of classes XI and XII
31st August, 18
Finland Education
S.Chand Publishers
The Principal Ms. Minakshi Kushwaha attended a session on
Ms. Minakshi Kushwaha
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Finland education organised by S.Chand Publishers for its ICSL members. Mr MikkoLeppänen, Principal, Espoo Viherkallio School, Finland was the speaker who in his presentation explained the organisational and operational system of the schools at Finland. Finland is the world leader in school education.
INTERSCHOOL COMPETITIONS
DATE VENUE/ ORGANISER DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS/POSITIONS
DOE( ZONALS) July,2018 DOE Hindi Extempore 2nd: Vedansh Goyal (XI E)
Category :Sr July,2018 DOE English Extempore 1st: SanyaSud (XI G)
Category: Sr July,2018 DOE Instrumental Music 2nd: Kaustuv Swain (IX B)
Category : Sr July,2018 DOE On The Spot Painting 1st: SupriyaBaital( IX C)
Category: Sr July,2018 DOE English Poetry
Recitation 3rd: Aryan Sahel( XII) Category: Sr
July,2018 DOE English Slogan Writing 2nd: GauriLachiramka (VIII C) Category: Jr
July,2018 DOE Hindi Slogan Writing 1st: VaniBeswal(VIII H) Category : Jr
July,2018 DOE Hindi Declamation 2nd: MathangiSaji (VIII B) Category: Jr
July,2018 DOE Music (Classical Music) 2nd: SandeepMohanty(XI H) Category : Sr 1st: Aantorik Roy (VI B) Category: Jr
July,2018 DOE English Debate 2nd: TanishaChoudhari(VIII I) SaanviArora (VIII G)
July,2018 DOE Solo Classical Dance 3rd: RadhaSahdev (XII A) Category: Sr
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July,2018 DOE Group Patriotic Song 1st: Boys Group
July,2018 DOE Qawali 2nd: Boys Group
July, 2018 DOE Group Folk Song 1st Boys Group
August,2018 DOE Science Drama 1st: Abhimanyu Sharma( X D), Bhavyekohli( IX D), ShreyaPankaj (VIII E),SoubhagyaKukreja (X C), ShivangiSud (VIII E), AkshimVerma (IX E), Jasmine Kaur (VIII E), Nidhi (VIII E)
August ,2018
DOE Science Quiz 3rd: SnehitSah (XI C), Pranay Sharma (XI A), Harshil Jain( X A)
August ,2018
DOE Mathematical Model Making
3rd: Pranay Sharma (XI A) and Akshat Joshi (XI C)
PUBLIC /PRIVATE SCHOOL 4th August, 2018 DPS ,R.K
PURAM ,New Delhi
FRENCH LANGUAGE COMPETITION THEME : Postcards from Paris
1st: Duet song competition DebrajGhosh (IX A),BhavikaManchanda (IXA)
3rd: Poetry writing competition HimaliSood (XA) , Vani Jain (XA )
10th August, 2018
Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan’s Mehta Vidyalaya, DMMITS’ 18
AD-MAD 2nd: Mudit Bhatia(VI A), Rishaank Sirpaul(VI B)
16th August, 2018
Fr. Agnel School, MIND QUEST 18
Web Designing 3rd: Himanshu(X B), Ashish(X D)
4th August, 2018 Ahlcon International School
Commerce Competition- In the surprise event Best vs. Best our school team bagged the first position.
The winners were Abhay Gupta (XII E) and Bharat Khatter (XII E) and AdityaMahajan (XII D). They were each awarded with a speaker, a trophy and a certificate.
1st-7th August, 2018
Mahadevi Birla World
The Sarala Birla Group of Schools Conclave organized and hosted by
1st Overall Trophy 2nd: Event: CONFLUENCE
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Academy , Kolkata
Mahadevi Birla World Academy, Kolkata.The conclave included non- competitive events such as a glimpse of the Best Practices in theirrespective schools, a guided tour of Birla Academy of Art and Culture followed by performance- basedactivities and a heritage tour to Gandhi Bhawan and Commonwealth War Graves conductedby Mr.Parnab Mukherjee. The students also enjoyed a city tour of Kolkata with its various monumentsIncluding the famous Howrah Bridge, Victoria Memorial and Eco Park.
Aakansha Sunder, UdayChabra, Sanjiti Sharma, VedankshuMazumdar, AnushkaChaaudhary Well researched Speech award: Rohan Subramanium for Debating 2nd:Poetry Khushi Bhardwaj 1st: Music (Solo) Sandeep Mohanty 2nd: Music (Duet) SandeepMohanty, Prabhjeet Singh 1st: Sports (Girls Singles) Vidushi 1st: Sports (Boys Singles) Chinmay The school bagged the ROLLING TROPHY
18th August, 2018
Sanskriti School, Event: Project Beta 2.0
64 Wit 2nd:Navan Chauhan(XE), Vinayak (XI A) Teacher Incharge: Mrs.DeepikaPareek &Mrs.VidyaBakshi
9thAugust, 2018 Cambridge School, Srinivaspuri, ORATION COMPETITION
The school organised an Oration Competition. The event was graced by highly accomplished scholars in the field of English. In the category of class X-XII, there were a total of 17 participants from different schools across DELHI- NCR. The participants spoke on the topic ‘There are three constants in Life- change, choice and principles.’
3rd: Sanya Sud ( XI-G)
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SPECIAL ASSEMBLIES
DATE THEME CLASS
10th August 2018 Mother's International school LUMINAIRE 2018
Shakespeare's play (Event Name: All the world is a stage ) French Declamation The Luminaire 2018 was a great experience for the participants. They returned triumphant, delighted and more confident.
1st: Amya Jain SanjitMathur Prachetassharma BhanviTandon ShreeyaSatpati Pratyasha Das Best Actor: BhanviTandon 2nd: Bisma BVN bagged the Rolling Trophy
24th August, 2018
MODERN School VasantVihar Event: MODEM’18
The Transposed Technician 2nd: Gaurav (XII C),Sambhav (XII C) Teacher Incharge: Mrs.DeepikaPareek &Mrs.VidyaBakshi
16th August,2018 PCRA, Online Quiz
Students of classes VIII, IX and X. Twenty students participated in the online quiz in the school computer lab. It was conducted by the Petroleum Conservation and Research Association. The quiz was based on the topic of conservation of resources and general awareness.
Krishan- VIII F and Rahul Sharma- X A have qualified for the zonal level competition
28th August,2018 Wild Wisdom Quiz
Students from Junior and middle school participated from Classes 3-8 (50 students). The quiz was based on flora and fauna of India, conservation of wildlife etc.
ArvindUnnikrishnan 6F and Aagam Jain 6A from the middle school have qualified for the city level which is going to be held on 1 October at Modern School, Barakhamba Rd. New Delhi
30th August and 31st August, 2018
Force Fest 2018 Apeejay School Sheikh Sarai, Force Fest 2018
EFFECT CONTROL(A/V EDITING) CODE WAR EXTRACTION (QUIZ)
1st: Yash (X),Akash (Xi)
1st: :GauravDawra (Xii), Sambhav (Xii)
2nd: Navan (X), Vinayak (Xi)
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08th August, 18 World Senior Citizen’s Day IX A and B 14th August, 18 Independence Day VI to XII 21st August, 18 Eid/ Award Ceremony VII E and F 29th August, 18 National Youth Day/ Award Ceremony XI C and D
ANVESHIKA
DATE WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION ATTENDED BY 4th August, 18
Teachers Training Workshop
Demonstrations on Fluid statics and fluid dynamics. Mesmerising demonstrations on Electromagnetism and optics by Vinita Sharat invited rich discussion from the participants.
15 TGTs from BalBharti Public Schools
14th August, 18
Anveshika session at Delhi Public School, Greater Faridabad
A very interactive lot of class VIII students found the Anveshika session thought provoking and thrilling. The students loved to try their hand at various activities on forces, fluid statics and fluid dynamics and optics
150 students of class VIII + 8 TGTs
24th August, 18
Anveshika session at Ambience Public School, Delhi
Demonstrations in electricity, magnetism, electromagnetism and optics enabled the students to revisit the concepts learnt in classroom and apply them to the situation at hand, which they did very well.
40 students of class X + 2 teachers
29th August, 18
Anveshika session at Ambience Public School, Delhi
Mechanics was the topic of the day. Demonstrations on acceleration, initial velocity, laws of motion were taken up by Mrs PragyaNopany and Dr Tyagi took up wonderful activities and discussion on pseudo forces and collisions.
20 students of class XI + 2 teachers
ASTRONOMY CLUB
DATE EVENT DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS
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INTER SCHOOL COMPETITIONS (SPORTS)
DATE VENUE DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS/POSITIONS
3rd and 4th July, 18
The Indian school
Zonal Chess Competition 2018
ParthJuneja –VII D BadriVinayak Mishra-VIII A Pranav Nayal-VIII C 2nd Position in Junior Boys Category Pradeep Kumar Dey- X G Madhav Sharma-X A Abhiroop Bhattacharya-IX F Aditya Jain -X F 2nd Position in Sub-Junior Boys category
5th August, 18
Sirifort Sports Complex
South Delhi Inter School Roller SkatingChampionship 2018
ArnavGogia -IX E 1st position (Quads) Srishti Das -IX C 1st position (Inline)
9th August, 18
Govt School, Hauzrani
Zonal Judo Competition Nikhil –IX I 1st Position Anurag Mishra- Ixb 1st Position Mohammad Junaid Viii F1st Position Brijesh –Vi E 1st Position Parikshita-VII E 2nd Position Paras-VII A 2nd Position Yuvraj -XI E 2nd Position Janit-IX A 2nd Position Vedant-IXH 2nd Position Gagan- XII D 3rd Position Tanishq-VIII 3rd Position Palak -VI D 3rd Position Harshit-VII A 3rd Position Ram Gopal-VIII D 3rd Position Muskan-XI B 3rd Position Sanjana-XI D 3rd Position
18th August, 18
Govt School Hauzrani
Zonal Net Ball Competition 2nd Position in Sr Girls category Sarakshi -XII E Vidhita- XII D Pranita-XI D
18th August, 18
Astrophotography Level 1: An Introduction to DSLR Camera & Working on DSLR Camera
Understanding the fundamentals of photography, variable light photography, practical use of aspects like focal length, shutter speed, ISO, exposure etc. using DSLR cameras. Students will handle DSLR camera to click photographs with different camera settings.
Students of classes VI and VII (Module 1)
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Romila- XI G Mishit- XI F Radhika X F Muskan-XI F Pallavi-XI H Ria-XI A Vidita-XI B Himakshi-XI E Nisha-X F
INTERACT CLUB
DATE EVENT VENUE DESCRIPTION ATTENDED BY 24th August, 18
Interact Installation Ceremony
BVN The new Interact council was appointed while the old one was felicitated. The students from the empowerment classes were also given their certificates.
Students of Interact Club