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BIRLA VIDYA NIKETAN Sarala Birla Group of Schools Activity Report- MARCH,19

EVENTS/ACTIVITIES AT BVN

DATE EVENT DESCRIPTION ATTENDED BY April to February, 19

Life skills 2018-19

Value Education session for students through videos and enriching discussions. In diverse ways the values of empathy, justice, hard work etc., were imparted with great care and enthusiasm.

Students of Classes- VI to VIII

Heritage Tour to Statue of Unity

Students went on a heritage tour to Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad and the imposing Statue of Unity. The students also visited Gandhi Ashram, the much beloved home of Mahatma Gandhi.

73 students of class XI accompanied by 7 teachers

27th March, 19 Welcome of class 6

The Student Council organized an event for the incoming students of VI. The event aimed at ensuring the students' smooth transition to senior school. The council members interacted with their juniors and offered them valuable insight about the various clubs and the rules and regulations that are to be followed by all.

Students of class VI

28th March, 19 Visit To Kiran Nadar Museum Of Art

The students visited the art gallery and observed the works of the famous artist Arpita Singh. They were later involved in an interesting workshop titled ‘The Art of Seeing’ by the artist Kavita Issar Batra. The students spent time collecting ordinary objects from the surrounding lawns and later created brilliant pieces of abstract art.

Students of class VI A

29th March, 19 Socio-economic Village Survey.

Students went to Wazirpur and Mewka village, as part of a Socio-economic Village Survey. They spent time with the students of the local school as well as at the local anganwadi, and learnt a lot about how the villagers lead their everyday lives.

Class XII Geography students

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WORKSHOPS

DATE WORKSHOP ORGANISED DESCRIPTION ATTENDED BY 20th March, 19

TOEFL workshop

BVN The workshop was conducted by Ms. Sheena Kumar, an expert trainer of TOEFL. She highlighted the importance of TOEFL for students who are applying abroad. She discussed in detail the contents of the testing material, focusing on how to attempt the questions. Teachers were separately given an overview of the assessment process.

Students XI and XII and teachers of English

22nd March,19

Visit to RashtrapatiBhavan

BVN The bvnite group was taken for a guided tour by an official guide from the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The students walked through the historical corridors of the palace. They were shown various significant areas of the building which included the durbar hall, central hall, the drawing rooms , banquet hall, the hall of carpets , the famous ball room, an overview of the Mughal gardens etc.

Selected 45 students accompanied by a group of students.

30th March, 19

Capacity Building Workshop on Stress Management

BVN CBSE Workshop was conducted on Stress Management

For Selected Staff

INTERSCHOOL COMPETITIONS

DATE VENUE/ ORGANISER DESCRIPTION PARTICIPANTS/POSITIONS

PRIVATE SCHOOLS 31st January, 19

BVN ICSO (International Company Secretaries Olympiad) commerce Olympiad

Ishaan Mittal of class XII D won Zonal Rank 1, School Rank 1. He won cash reward of Rs. 10,000 and Abhay Gupta and Bharat Khattar of XII E won gifts worth Rs. 1,000 each. VedanshGoyal of class XI E also won gifts worth Rs. 1,000 and school rank 1 and Zonal rank 10

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20th December, 19

BVN SOF National Cyber Olympiad 2018-19

Medals Of Distinction Certificate Of Zonal Excellence- SrishtiKanjilal-VI B SubhajitBehura- VIII C RishabhAnand- X E (will receive gifts worth Rs 1000 and a medal of distinction) SnehitSah- XI C School Gold Medal- Raghav Gupta- VI C DhruvNath- VII B Aditya Gupta- VIII A NitinPahwa- IX D School Silver Medal- ShreyKukreja- VI F RatneshTiwari- VIII I ShauryaRathore IX D School Bronze Medal- IshaanKabra- VI E SaagarSaxena- VIII D TanishSaxena IX B Zonal Bronze Medal- UjjwalKesari- VI B (will receive gifts worth Rs 1000) Zonal Silver Medal- NavanChauhan- XE (will receive Rs 2500 cash prize and a Zonal Silver Medal)

The Pramerica Spirit Of Community Awards

The Pramerica Spirit Spirit Of Community Awards was an annual nationwide search to identify and recognize school students who have made a positive difference in their communities through volunteer community service.

BVN team won a bronze medal.

15th December, 19

School Games Federation of India

It conducts various games at different levels.

Ahaan Avi Arya(VII) has been selected to participate in the 64th National School Games under shooting event 2018-19 at Indore (MP).

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ANVESHIKA

DATE WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION ATTENDED BY 6th March, 19

Science through research stories at JKG International School, Indirapuram

The story of pendulum clock was narrated with live demonstrations and ppt presentation.This was the first event in the series - ‘Science through research stories’ sponsored by NASI through IIT Kanpur.

27 students of class XII+ 2 teachers

8th March, 19

Science through research stories at Lady Irwin College

The story of pendulum clock was narrated with live demonstrations and ppt presentation. This was the second event in the series - ‘Science through research stories’ sponsored by NASI through IIT Kanpur.

70 trainee teachers + 2 teachers

11th March, 19

Science through research stories at DPS SushantLok

The story of pendulum clock was narrated with live demonstrations and ppt presentation.This was the third event in the series - ‘Science through research stories’ sponsored by NASI through IIT Kanpur.

115 students of class XII + 2 teachers

12th March, 19

Komorebi – An interschool teacher training workshop

A beautiful display of interplay between ideas and activities in physics. A difficult topic like rotation was dealt with simple but very effective exhibits.

62 PGTS & TGTs from 44 schools of Delhi-NCR

14th March, 19

Science through research stories at Father Agnel School, Gautam Nagar

The story of pendulum clock was narrated with live demonstrations and ppt presentation. This was the fourth event in the series - ‘Science through research stories’ sponsored by NASI through IIT Kanpur.

100 students of class XII+ 2 teachers

15th March, 19

Science through research stories at Ambience Public School

The story of pendulum clock was narrated with live demonstrations and ppt presentation. This was the fifth event in the series - ‘Science through research stories’ sponsored by NASI through IIT Kanpur.

60 students of classes X & XII + 2 teachers

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15th March, 19

Science through research stories at Father Agnel School, Greater Noida

The story of telescope was narrated with live demonstrations and ppt presentation. The students of the school interacted enthusiastically. This was the sixth event in the series - ‘Science through research stories’ sponsored by NASI through IIT Kanpur.’

100 students of classes X & XII+ 2 teachers

16th March, 19

Science through research stories@ Ramjas Public School

The story of pendulum clock was narrated with live demonstrations and ppt presentation. This was the seventh event in the series - ‘Science through research stories’ sponsored by NASI through IIT Kanpur.

80 students of classes X & XII+ 4 teachers

18th March, 19

Science through research stories at Amity International School

The story of pendulum clock was narrated with live demonstrations and ppt presentation. This was the eighth event in the series - ‘Science through research stories’ sponsored by NASI through IIT Kanpur.

50 students of class XII + 5 teachers from 2 schools of Amity group

18th March, 19

Science through research stories at `Amrita Vidyalayam

The story of pendulum clock was narrated with live demonstrations and ppt presentation. This was the ninth event in the series - ‘Science through research stories’ sponsored by NASI through IIT Kanpur.

30 students of class XII + 2 teachers

20th March, 19

Teachers training at The Indian School

The role of a modern-day teacher as an ‘igniter of the minds’ was the focus of the workshop. It is up to us to bring about the change we want, how to bring that change in the classroom and provide memorable first hand experiences – this was highlighted in varied ways.18 mesmerising activities on mechanics, fluid mechanics & optics were demonstrated and discussed with the teachers.

44 Maths& Science teachers.

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29th March, 19

Minds On Hands ON III – An interschool experimental physics workshop

Innovative experiments on optics & radioactivity were performed by the students under the expert guidance of Prof Sarmistha Sahu. To perform the experiments on totally unknown topics by reading up the question paper and then to complete the task in limited time was a challenge.

40 students of class XII + 18 teachers from 18 schools of Delhi-NCR