The Nisarga NewsletterJune 2018 • Vol. No. 18/1 • Issue II

Nisarga Batika completed its five successful years on Sunday, 6 May, 2018. To

celebrate this special occasion, a Programme was held at the school premises on this day. Students, staff and teachers put up a performance

which was greeted by the guests and other audiences with a huge round of applause. Musical performances including dances from students as well as staff, and an orchestra show were the attraction of the event. Principal, Ms. Kamana Regmi, thanked the Nisarga Batika family for making the school what it is now, and honoured the staff who have been a part of the school since

its establishment. The staff to be honored were:

1.Birkha Jaisi Sanjyal (Office Assistant)2.Durga Tamang (Support Staff)3.Hema Rana (Preschool Teacher)4.Meera Pant (Support Staff)5.Parmeshwor Joshi (Gymnastics Teacher)6.Poonam Maharjan (Support Staff) 7.Tak Bahadur Gurung (Dance Teacher)8.Rejina Shrestha (Preschool Teacher)9.Sabina Bhattarai (Elementary Teacher)10.Aaite Tamang (Support Staff)

The new school year 2075

As the school has started for the new academic session for the year 2018/19, the experiential learning philosophy of the school has been put into practice from day one with activities throughout. Activit ies included in the Nisarga Optional Program such as basketball, guitar, violin, vocals, Taekwondo, German language etc. have all started.

Nisarga Annual Day U p c o m i n g Activities

JUNE1-5: Environmnet Week

22: Water Day Celebration

25-29: Food Week

JULY1: Interschool

Kathalekhan Competition

11: Opening of Read-a-thone

13: Bhanu Jayanti Celebration

17: Closing of Read-a-thone

18-20: Nisarga MUN

AUGUST4: Preschool Swimming Gala

10: Gardern Sale (Grade 3)

19: Interschool Innovation

Competition (Grade 6 & 7)

24: Elementary Swimming

Gala

SEPTEMBER1: Interschool Swimming

Competition

14: Children’s Day Celebration

22: Book The Evening

Grade VII, VIII and IX appointed their class representatives in

a democratic manner by a voting process. Two students from each class are selected to represent their classes at the beginning of the academic year. This year, Grade VII appointed Pranab Bhatta and Saumya Dhakal, Grade VIII appointed Abhigya Subedi and Achish Raj Amatya, and lastly Grade IX appointed Arnab Acharya and Aswesha Shrestha.

The role of the class representative is to maintain order in the classroom and put forward the concerns that may arise to the class teacher and the management.

Selection of CR

Pranab Bhatta Saumya Dhakal

Achish Raj Amatya Abhigya Subedi

Arnab Acharya Ashwesha Shrestha

The library of the school has been upgraded this year with a sub-

stantial increase in the number of books for the senior students. Plenty of books have been added for the junior students as well. This year library activities for children are also going to be intro-duced for generating interest in read-ing.

Upgrading the library

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Qualified and highly motivated people join the Nisarga family every year with the aspiration

to learn and make a positive impact in student’s as well as their own lives. Nisarga we lcomed the following new staff members this year:

Asmita Regmi : Elementary Teacher (Grade V)Anu Dahal: Elementary Teacher (Grade III A)Devaki Sharma: Elementary Teacher (Grade IV)Jeevan Shakya: Grade IX Teacher (Science in Grades

VII, VIII and IX)Karmila Shahi: Elementary Teacher (Grade V)Roshana Manandhar Mali: Preschool TeacherRupesh Shrestha: Dance TeacherBipul Budhathoki: PE TeacherKristina Tuladhar : Communication OfficerMina Subedi: Lab AssistantAlso, the school would like to thank the staff and faculty members leaving this year for their support and hard work put into making the school better.

Newly appointed staff faculty members List for 2075

Adaiah Basnet Wong Grade 5 ‘B’

Anish Bakhrel Grade 6

Anu Dahal Grade 3 ‘A’

Anuja Lamichhane Grade 1 ‘A’

Arpana Dhungel Grade 2 Coordinator

Asmita Regmi Grade 5 ‘A’

Ayusha Pal Grade 3’A’

Bandhana Pandey Library Coordianator

Bebuka Thapa Simkhadka Grade 2’B’

Bhemsen Bhatta Mathematics Teacher

Bipul Budhathoki PE Teacher

Biraj Rai Grade 4’B’

Chhabee Lal Wagle Nepali Teacher

Christina Tuladhar Grade 4 Coordinator

Devaki Sharma Grade 4’A’

Divya Dhakal Grade 5 Coordinator

Hema Rana PreSchool Coordinator

Ichhya Aryal Grade 1’A’

Jeevan Shakya Grade 9

Karmila Shahi Grade 5 ‘A’

Manesh Rajopadhyaya Subedi

Sports Teacher

Mina Subedi Lab Assistant

Narmada Khatri Bhandari PG Teacher

Neeta Maharjan Grade 2’A’

Pabitra Adhikari Tiwari Nepali Teacher

Pooja Thapa Grade 6

Pranita Manandhar PreSchool A

Pratibha Manandhar Computer Teacher

Raju Maharjan Sports Coordinator

Rashmi Pandey Grade 1 Coordinator

Rejina Shrestha PreSchool B

Reshma Singh Grade 2’B’

Rita Rai PreSchool C

Roshana Manandhar Mali PreSchool B

Rupesh Shrestha Dance Teacher

Sabina Bhattarai Grade 3 Coordinator

Sabina Jha Grade 8

Sabita Maharjan PreSchool C

Sanjeev Karki Sports Teacher

Suhana Joshi Karmacharya Librarian

Suhit Manandhar Computer Teacher

Sushma Timalsina Nepali Teacher

Sweta Lamichhane Grade 4’A’

Tara Shrestha Grade 3’B’

Tenzin Choten Khampa Grade 7

Trisha Regmi Grade 4’A’

Vijayata Poudyal Grade 1’B’

Total Faculty members: 47

Selection of Parent Representatives

Nisarga Batika School believes that home-school collaboration helps considerably

in the positive growth of children. Two Parent Representatives were elected from each class in the beginning of the academic year during the Welcome Eve program. The Parent Representatives will make sure that messages reach all parents in times of emergency and also coordinate events where parents have to be involved and support the school in times of emergency.The following were selected as the parent representatives from different classes:Pre A Shibir Ratna Shakya

Pre B Sweta Adhikari

Pre C + PG Sakar L. Shrestha

I “A” Sonika Shrestha &

Upendra Manandhar

I “B” Aruna Gupta & Anil Shakya

II “A” Nitya Shrestha & Samita Thapa

II “B” Suraj Shrestha & Rashmi K.C

III “A” Sameer Dahal & Sarina K.C.

III “B” Arjun Dhakal & Shrija Lohani

IV “A” Jitendra Basnet & Neeti Joshi Shrestha

IV “B” Bishwa Shrestha &

Sumana Neupane Khanal

V “A” Ajay Man Joshi & Seetal Shrestha

V “B” Benu Shova Tuladhar (Thapa) &

Prabin Kumar Jha

VI Luma S. Bishwakarma & Kamala Sen

Tuladhar

VII Arun Man Singh Shrestha & Rajiv Shrestha

VIII Upasna Shrestha & Dr. Abhinav Vaidya/

Prathana Vaidya

IX Bikash Bhakta Shrestha/ Kamala Shakya

Welcome Eve for the parents fell during the third week of May. 15 May was scheduled for parents of

Preschool and Grades I and V, while 16 May was scheduled for the parents of Grades III, IV and V. We then concluded the Welcome Eve program on 17 May with the parents of Grades II, VII, VIII and IX.Parents and teachers ac-tively participated in the event which was a huge success. Parents were introduced to the class teachers and the respec-tive subject teachers at the program. The teachers in-formed the parents about the curriculum, parent-school collaboration, lesson plans and the extra activities to be carried out throughout the academic year.

Nisarga Adventure Course -2075Nisarga Batika School organized an adventure course for

the students of grades 7 and 8 and the destination for this year was Poon Hill. The trekking began with 2 days, hiking within the Kathmandu valley on 4 April and 5 April, 2018 to prepare children for the longer and tougher trekking. A team of twenty one students and four teachers left with two guides for Poon Hill on 6th April 2018.During the course of eight days, the team explored Pokhara, Tikhedhunga, Ghorepani, Poon Hill, Tadapani, Ghandruk and returned to Kathmandu on the eighth day.Skills such as teamwork, time management, decision making and self-awareness were seen to be enhanced in the students”, said Sudeep Rajbhandari, the team leader. Students got a chance to work together in groups and experience the lifestyles of the communities living in those regions.

Welcome Eve

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• Anamika Shrestha Head of Junior School

• Asmita Devkota Front Desk Officer • Birkha Jaisi Sanjal

Office Assistant • Dikshant Ghimire

Senior School Program Officer • Indu Lama

Assistant Store Keeper • Kamana Regmi

Principal • Kami Shrestha

Accountant• Kristina Maharjan

Senior School Commuincation Officer

• Monica Pradhan Head of Preschool

• Prabhat Maharjan Finance Officer

• Prabin Shrestha IT Officer

• Radhika Nagarkoti Lama Front Desk Officer

• Ranjana Bist Subedi Transportation Officer

• Rashmita Regmi Junior School Commuincation Officer

• Resha Pandey Admin/Finance Manager

• Sabanam Poudyal Admin Assistant

• Sabina Maharjan Account Assistant

• Sandeep Nath Lohani Event Coordinator

• Santosh JJ Thakur Operations Manager

• Shailja Shrestha Front Desk Officer

• Shree Ram Dhakal Store Keeper

• Sumitra Dhungana Pre-School Communication Officer

• Sura Karki Head of Senior School

• Urmila Rai Office Assistant

• Yumena Shrestha Admin Officer

Total admin staff= 25total support staff= 28

The fund generated in the Book-The-Evening programme (October 2017) has been used to

donate music and play materials to Jagat Sundar Bwanekuthi School located in Dallu. Jagat Sundar School was established 28 years ago and is run as a trust purely dependent on donations. The students in this school come from very deprived families that cannot bear the financial burden of educating their children. Education of most of the students as well as development of the school’s infrastructure is being sponsored by individuals from within and outside the country. Teachers work at a negligible salary scale, much below that of Government teachers. The compassion, hard work and dedication of the staff are reflected in the excellent end results of the graduating students.

Nisarga Team visited the school two weeks ago, acquired some details about the school and also found out from the principal that the school desperately needed some indoor and outdoor sports materials as well as some musical instruments

and other essential things. The principal informed us that there were students in the school with lots of potentials in areas other than academics and the school has not been able to do much to bring forth these potentials. During their visit to the school

Nisarga team found plenty of evidence that the donations received by the school were used properly and to the optimum level.

Nisarga management team therefore donated some sports materials and musical instruments to Jagat Sundar School on 24 May, 2018 amongst a function organized by the school.

The principal of Jagat Sundar School Ms. Sunita Manandhar, has expressed her gratitude to the Nisarga parent body on behalf of the school’s staff and students.

Donation to Jagat Sundar Bwanekuthi School

Teacher EnrichmentThe academic year of 2075 began with a

weeklong enrichment session for the teachers of Nisarga Batika School. From April 15th to 20th, two simultaneous programmes were being held. The programme for preschool teachers focused on Montessori approach and curriculum while the programme for the teachers of grades 1 to 9 immersed in an expedition on curriculum and learning. During the enrichment programme for preschool, Monica Pradhan, Head of the preschool at Nisarga, conducted trainings to refresh and upskill preschool teachers on Montessori method.The sessions were focused on the Montessori curriculum in alignment with children’s developmental needs and interests, making circle time interesting and effective and the Montessori way of communicating with children.The enrichment programme for elementary school, facilitated by Ayushma Regmi, allowed teachers to understand in depth what goes into the making of

the curriculum. Emphasis was placed on helping each teacher work on their own vision of education and several workshops enabled the teaching community to come up with a collective vision. Teachers began, and will continue throughout the year, to see how this vision will get translated into the everyday practices in the classroom.According to participants, the workshop allowed them to think outside the box and approach what happens in their classroom in new ways. All participants felt encouraged to think and rethink their ideas and attitudes towards education.Additionally, teachers of preschool and grades I to III participated in a half day workshop on storytelling by Payal Chaudhary, a renowned expert in the field.

Basic Level Examination resultsOur first batch of students appeared for the Basic Level Examination of Grade VIII conducted by the

Kathmandu Metropolitan City during the 2nd week of Chaitra. Twenty three students appeared for the examination at their homecenter and produced an excellent result of academic achievement. Four students obtained the GPA in the range 3.5 to 4.0, eleven in the range 3.0 to 3.5, seven in 2.5 to 3.0 and one in 2.0 to 2.5. The school would like to congratulate the students for crossing one of the many milestones in their path to academic excellence.

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One of the huge events of the academic calendar is the Nisarga MUN to be held on

18th, 19th and 20th of July in collaboration with Youth Thinkers’ Society (YTS). This will be a student organized event where students from Grade VII, VIII and IX will participate. A working secretariat has been formed from the students of Grade VIII and IX. The secretariat will have only students as members.

Teachers will act as facilitators or supervisors.

The members and their committees are:Secretary-General: Abin Amatya Logistics: Arhan Joshi and Manogya Man ShresthaEvents Management: Ayushma LamichhaneDisarmament and International Security (DISEC) Incharge: Adhikansh Bahadur ShresthaWorld Health Organization (WHO) Incharge: Avigya SubediUnited Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Incharge: Ksitiz Raj AmatyaEach of the three committees of the Nisarga MUN will have different agendas where students will be working on throughout the 3 day conference. DISEC will have “Role of science and technology in international security and disarmament” as its agenda whereas WHO will have “Addressing the effects of globalization on global health” and UNHRC will have “Abolishment of capital punishment” as its agenda.

Students have been allocated their committees and the countries they will be representing. Work and trainings for the conference have already started as the secretariat has been meeting under the leadership of the Secretary General to make preparations for the conference.

Participation in IIMUN

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Appointement of School CounselorMs. Sajeena Dhungana has been appointed as the school counselor. She will visit the school once a week and be involved in addressing children’s issues and problems. She will also have workshop sessions with students and teachers. In addition, Ms. Sajeena will be conducting four parent sessions this semester.

Resource person for the school Based on the theme of study of each class, Nisarga invites experts of different fields as resource persons for interacting with students and teachers. On a long term basis, the school has hired Mr. Bajramuni Bajracharya as the resource person for Grades IV and VI and Mr. Kuber Jung Malla as the resource person for Grade V. Apart from interacting with children Mr. Bajracharya and Mr. Malla also accompany students on their field trips.

Nisarga Swimming ProgramNisarga Swim Team won a number of trophies and medals last year. This year (2075), seventy nine interested swimmers from grade IV to grade IX applied for Nisarga Swim Team. Among them, twenty five swimmers have been selected based on their strength and potential.The training for the Swim Team is scheduled for Monday to Friday from 6:00 am to 8:00 am.

Nisarga MUNConference will take place on 18, 19 and 20 of July

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22 students from Nisarga participated in the Indian International Model United Nations (IIMUN) conference held from 11th to 13th May 2018 at Bouddha Meridian School. Out of 25 committees, our students represented in 15 different committees. The event served as an excellent learning experience for the students related to the United Nations and the flow of debates in different committees. The participating students got an excellent reception from Akhilesh Jayakrishnan, Secretariat Member of IIMUN: “We would like to showcase our heartfelt gratitude to Nisarga Batika School

and its students who were a part of the IIMUN NEPAL conference. It was indeed a great pleasure to host your institute. Something that I can say after having witnessed the dedication and effort that was displayed by the school delegation is that it is these students who will, sooner rather than later, go on to become future leaders of the world. It is academicians like you, whose initial push and continuous guidance helps the students to explore the hidden potential in them. Therefore it is our pleasure to have you with us on this journey,” he said.

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