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

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

EVENTS/ACTIVITIES AT BVN

DATE EVENT ORGANISED BY AWARDEE &DESCRIPTION 12th November, 17

Hindi Vikas Manch ( Hindi Acadmi)

Rachnatmak Pratibha Shikshak Samman 2017

Mr. Krishna Kant Thakur received a certificate of appreciation.

TERI, Gurugram

Awarded the certificate of Recognition by TERI for “Best Poster Award” for Pectin based smart Nanocomposite for higher water retention in soil, sustainable nutrients release for plant growth and total cr removal efficiency in waste water

Tatsum Garg XII, Gokul Pareek XI, Ms. Deepti Srivastava

Korea World Championship

Korea Ulsen World Championship

Bronze Medal in doubles in Para badminton World Championship

Ayush Singh of class 10th has been selected to play with the under-16 category with the BCCI.

Principal- Ms. Minakshi Kushwaha selected in the executive council of NPSC

Ms. Meghna Vij- Social Studies teacher submitted her paper entitled “Persian Impact on Maurya Art: An Archaeological Tale” which has been accepted and will be presented in the Annual Session of Indian History Congress, Jadavpur Univ. Kolkata in Dec.

DATE EVENT DESCRIPTION ATTENDED BY 2nd November to 8th November 17

JAPAN SUPER SCIENCE

Research papers were presented on waste water treatment and on increasing efficiency of fertilizers in soil by coating them with a modified polymer.

Four students , from class 11th and 12th along

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FAIR-2017 Students got an opportunity to participate in different science workshops. It was a great learning experience in the field of science.

with Ms. Deepti Srivastav

3rd November, 17 Indo-Mexico project

Video Conferencing session with the Mexican institute of Gestalt was held –highlights were – Benefits of Yoga & Meditation.

Students of class 8th

13th November, 17

Celebrating National Education Day

To mark the importance of Education and the Nation’s Commitment to all Aspects of Education students wrote slogans, Essays and made Posters. Classes also had discussions on Mr. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Students of class- 9th

14th November, 17

Children’s Day Celebration

Many Fun filled activities took place including dance, speech on children’s day, quiz on Jawahar Lal Nehru, play etc. Students also played various musical instruments solo as well as group performance to celebrate this day

Students of class- 6th-8th

16 November, 17 Cos'Play organized by Book Reading Club

Students chose interesting characters from the stories that they have read. And also brought unique food items from different stories such as Butter bear, Blue cakes gobstoppers etc. and enjoyed the session

Students of the Book reading club

17th November, 17

Visit To Jahapannah Forest

Students visited Jahapannah forest to study the population frequency and population density of the flora and fauna of a given area to see the gradual but noticeable replacement of the natural vegetation with the resistive, weed-like varieties

Biology Students of class 12th

22nd November, 2017

Chairperson visit

BVN Chairperson, Mrs Jayashree Mohta interacted with students and enjoyed discussing their achievements in Chemistry, Biology etc.

Students of Classes 11th & 12th

23rd November, 17

National Science Olympiad

The National Science Olympiad Students of class- 6th to 8th

24th November, 17

NIE’s Principal’s knowledge meet- Child Safety First

To acknowledge the efforts of the Principals and the teaching fraternity who are pillars of Education. It was an interactive session with experts on child safety in school, emergency medical service, psychology and other related issues.

Ms. Minakshi Kushwaha

19th -25th November,17

Qaumi Ekta Week

National Integration Week was observed to foster and reinforce the spirit of Communal Harmony, National Integration and pride in our vibrant composite culture and nationhood.

Students of class- 6th to 10th

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WORKSHOPS

DATE WORKSHOP ORGANISED DESCRIPTION ATTENDED BY 8th November 17.

Economics Workshop

BVN On career options in actuarial science Students of class 11th and 12th

11th November, 17

Career Workshop

BVN An interactive session on career opportunities and entrance exams for Actuarial science, BBA, BMS, Law, BBE, Hotel management and Mass communication.

Students of class 12th

18th November 17

French Workshop

Modern School, Barakhamba Road,

On Role of theatre in teaching French

Ms. Smriti Pal French Teacher

24th November, 17

The Amalgamation of National School counselors/special educators

Association of Indian School Counselors and Allied professionals (AISCAP)

To empower, support and streamline the co-scholastic and allied elements to effectively promote child and adolescent well-being in an inclusive environment.

Ms. Astha Sharma

28th November, 17

Japanese Tea Ceremony at the Embassy of Japan

Birla Vidya Niketan students were invited for the Japanese Tea Ceremony - A Traditional Japanese "Chanoyu" Culture from Japan, introduced the history and tradition of tea ceremony. Students had a firsthand experience of preparing Matcha Tea

Students of Class 11th & 12th

28th November, 17

Video conference

An ice breaker session with the students of Cosenza school, South Calabria, Italy via a video conference was held. The session comprised of an introductory cultural exchange wherein the ancient spiritual health practice in form of yoga was performed.

Students of class 6th Yoga was performed by students of class- 9th

30th November 17

Farewell Student’s council bid farewell to yoga teacher Mr. Yogabharati. They presented yoga asanas and a beautiful handmade card to express their gratitude and affection. The principal Mrs. Meenakshi Kushwaha spoke about the myriad contributions of Sir and his role in creating a sound mind in a sound body through the teachings of yoga.

Students of class- 6, 7, 8, 11

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25th November, 2017

CBSE Teachers Workshop

ITL Public School, Dwarka

Re-model structure of assessment for Class X by Joint director of CBSE

Ms. Gayatri Kapur, Coordinator IX-X

17th to 21st November, 17

Career Guidance Workshop

BVN To make students aware about the first step to career planning which begin with knowing their personality, interest and potential. Students discovered their major personality traits, interest areas, their values and different skills.

Students of class 11th

19th November’17

French Workshop

India International Centre Lodhi Estate New Delhi

On “Apprendre à Apprendre” focused on changing scenario of french language teaching and learning at the school level

Ms. Jyoti Sharma Ms. Neha Goel

27 November, 17

Training for the Teachers for the Evaluation work for Examination – 2018.

CBSE Regional Office

To give training and guidance to teachers so that they can do proper justice with students and to avoid any scope of mistakes while evaluating. Common types of errors committed by the examiners were discussed. Role and responsibility of head examiner was also discussed.

Ms. Divya Mirchandani

29th November,17

Talk on Addiction

BVN Informative session facilitated by Dr Saurabh Mehrotra, Senior Psychiatrist, Medanta Medcity, Gurugram, He elaborated upon different types of psychoactive substances, Adolescents experiment with drugs, Myths were also clarified.

Students of class 11th

30th November 17

Interactive Session Topic-Importance of Reading

BVN The Interactive session conducted by Dhriti Wadhwa, Deepali Sanwaria of class 11 & Ankush Pal of class 9.The topic was based on the importance of reading & writing.

Students of class- 6th to 8th

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INTERSCHOOL COMPETITIONS

DATE VENUE/ ORGANISER DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS/POSITIONS

DISTRICT- DoE 28th- 30th November, 17

Centre Level Science Exhibition 2017-18

Two models were displayed- a) Transport b) Mathematical model(construction machines) and appreciated by the judges.

Pranay Sharma :-10C, Lakshay Sharma:-7E, Akshat Joshi :-10 G, Pancham Agarwal :-8B

Mathematical model selected for State level to be held in December 2017

Public Schools 1st November, 17

AMITY TARANG 2017 Amity International School ,Saket

Poetry in Motion Theme- Call of the Gurgling Rivers English Debate (Theme- One Man Army-A War of Wits)

1st : Asmita Nandi (11B), Aryan Sahel(11A), Aryenn Sharrma(11G), Bulbul Butail(11G), Shivam Agarwal (11B) Special Mention: Shreya Kapoor ( 11G)

18th Nov, 17 ART POETICA Delhi Public School RK Puram

Lyrical Canvas Stage-A –Verse Inverse Rhapsody

1st Runner Up: Himakshi Singh (10A) 2nd Runner Up: Apoorva Kapoor (12G), Parakram Chauhan(12G) 1st Runner Up: Dhruv Malhotra(8H), Arushi Singh(8H)

23rd Nov, 17 ENVIROTHON-

Working Model Exhibition-2017

Bal Bharti School

Students made a TERRACOTTA HEATER An Inexpensive Way To Warm Your Room A Clay pot heater that heats up a room for just pennies per day, and it’s an eco-friendly heating source, causing no pollution

3rd: Pratham Jain (7J) Soumyadeep Mondal (7H)

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INTER SCHOOL COMPETITIONS (SPORTS)

DATE VENUE DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS/POSITIONS

4th and 5th November, 17

23rd DKAI DELHI STATE INTER SCHOOL KARATE CHAMPIONSHIP 2017 At Don Bosco School,

Delhi State Inter School Karate Championship

Gold medal Abhik Chatterjee(8C) Silver medal Abhijeet Jha (8E), Satvik (8D),Kunal Despande(9E), Bronze medal Harshit Kumar(8A), Ruksar Khan(6F), Ipsita Goel (6A), Abhay Wangnoo(6B), Kunal Deshpande(9E), Lakshay Sanwaria(7G),

24th November, 17

Reading Aloud Competition; Mach Mit- Join In -Birla Vidya Niketan

Reading Aloud Competition; Mach Mit- Join In

Kinisha Gulati of 6-G got the 1st prize in the 1st round. Navya Anand of 6-G bagged the 2nd prize in the 2nd Round

26TH November, 17

Camalin Kokuyo And

Kiran Nadar Museum Of Art

Doodle Art contest 2017 1st: Bhavya Wangnoo (8A) Anshul Trivedi (6E)

28th Nov, 17 Pearson India Limited Story Writing Competition- Self-composed story got published in the book named ‘My Pedia Reader’

Shraddha Khurana (11G)

18th November, 2017

IARCS Students participated in Zonal Informatics Olympiad (ZIO-2018)

Our two students Siddhant Sharma 11C and Akshansh Bhanjana 12C qualified the first round and will appear for second national round (INOI) in January, 2018

14th November,2017

Power Finance Corporation LTD.(Govt. of India Undertaking)

State level Painting competition under National Campaign on Energy Conservation 2017 Students were selected for On –The –Spot State level Painting Competition.

Swastik Sajwan 8H, Supriya Baital 8D

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Alaknanda

Saksham (7I), Asima Dash (7D)

16th & 17th November, 17

Thyagraj Stadium, Lodhi Road

Zonal Athletic Meet organised by Directorate of Education

Girls Under-19yrs Shot put - 1st - Aditi Tiwari 12 C Discus Throw - 1st - Anamika Jha 12 D Javelin Throw - 3rd Boys Under-19yrs – High Jump - 3rd - Aditya Jain 11 D , Sidharth Kulkarni 11 A Long Jump - 3rd - V Atishay Somayaji 11 D 400 Mtrs. - 2nd Boys Under-17yrs - Shotput - 1st - Sanjay Rathore 10 E Discus - 1st - Omkar Jha 9 A Javelin - 2nd - Ishaan Ranjan 10 E Long Jump - 3rd

23rd ,24th November, 17

Summer Field School

Inter School Skating Competition 300 Mtrs - 1st - Srishti Das 8 G 300 Mtrs Quads - 3rd - Arnav Gogia 8A

SPECIAL ASSEMBLIES

DATE THEME CLASS 30th November, 17 Sustainable development goals and

National Integration 11-E 11-F

Anveshika

DATE WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION ATTENDED BY 3rd November, 17

Anveshika Sessions for BVN students

15 activities on electromagnetism and optics were shown to selected students from all the sections of class 7.

50 students of class 7th

24th November, 17

Anveshika Sessions for BVN students

10 activities on motion, electricity, magnetism and optics were shown to selected students from all the sections of class 6.

40 students of class 6th

25th November, 17

Anveshika Session at DAV Public School Sector 10, Gurgaon

Activities on Electromagnetism & optics were demonstrated to the audience. Students suggested various activities. They were thrilled when their suggested activities were tried on the spot.

202 students of class 10, 11, 12 + 6 teachers

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ASTRONOMY CLUB

INTERACT CLUB

DATE EVENT DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS

11th November, 17

A talk on X-Ray Astronomy, the ASTROSAT

A talk on X-Ray Astronomy, the ASTROSAT and the Soft X-Ray telescope on board, by Prof. K. P. Singh, principal Scientist for the Soft X-Ray Payload on the Astrosat

Rahul Sharma Yashovat Binani Varun Pillai Ayushman

18th November, 17

Time, Sundials & Creating Sundials

Importance of time as a physical measurement, understanding difference between local time and IST, finding local time using a sundial, learning to deduce IST using local time, basics of equation of time. Understanding the working of a sundial and its importance in history and mathematics. Create a sundial use simple materials to find time.

Module 2 Students of classes 7th and 8th

18th November, 17

Sun: Our daytime star & Solar Observation: Safe Viewing Techniques

Understanding the sun and its features, space weather and impact of Solar radiation on Earth. Learning the methods to observe the Sun safely. Students will be constructing a solar filter. Solar observation will be done through a telescope using projection, solar filter, solar view goggles, ball projector & pin hole projector.

Module 1 Students of classes 6th and 7th

DATE EVENT VENUE DESCRIPTION ATTENDED BY 29 November, 17

District Interact Leadership Assembly(DILA)

R M Arya Girls Senior Secondary School

This DILA Assembly was hosted by The Rotary Delhi, attended by the interactors from numerous schools. All schools displayed their goals and achievements through posters which were displayed in the exhibition. The gathering was then addressed by the District Governor Mr. Ravi Choudhary about DILA and the relation between Rotary and Interactors.

Arnav Goyal- 8-D Ria Banga- 8-C Palak Bansal- 8-F Hifza Qamar- 8-C