The day’s celebrations begun with an address by the principal of the school, Mrs. Meenakshi Bahadur, who blessed the school with her kind words and gave an insight into the origin of the UN’s principle event which was first conducted in 1974. Later, the science department took charge of the day’s proceedings with the HOD of the science department, Anuradha aunty giving an introductory speech about the vitality of nature and humankind’s dependence on it for survival.

The day was carried forward by Anjaneya Raj Garg, a student of class 12, who anchored the entire show. An eye opening adorned the stage to begin the presentations of the students. Aniruddha Khare, a student of class 12th, provided an outlook into the history of the World Environment Day, and recited the Earth Anthem by Abhay Kumar who was India’s 21st Ambassador to Madagascar. After the anthem, students from class 7 presented their artistic flair and artworks portraying the Chipko movement, the anti Tehri Dam movement, a poster on how humans are blind towards the damage we have caused to our ecosystem. This presentation ended with an artwork describing the importance of water and the increased usage of water-conserving methods such as rain water harvesting.

After the well thought of posters, students of class 7th presented a Jungle Story through a self- animated video which talked about the animals and ecosystem of a jungle which highlighted the value of forests as ecosystems and jungles and green cover as the lungs of the cosmic blue pearl. Subsequently, the children of class 7th presented a skit titled the Plantorium, a plant school. This skit showcased the children in different roles displaying the types of plants such as parasites, autotrophs, heterotrophs. This comedic skit sure provided knowledge in a captivating way.

Next, the children of standard 9th presented a rendition of Bruno Mars’ Count on Me which was titled “Count on Trees”. The self composed lyrics along with the melody of guitars and a synthesizer brought about a joyful feeling towards the oxygen providers. The song conveyed the message that you can always count on trees to be your savior. After the song, the students of class 9-12, presented a PowerPoint presentation about the school’s collaboration on the international level with a project named, “Phone Call to the World”. This project under the banner of the British Council has brought countries like South Africa, UK and now India under a single initiative aimed at fighting the climate crisis. After the presentation, Trishita of class 6th presented a self composed English poem bringing out the importance of ecosystems and a healthy environment.

After the poem, the students of class 11th presented a video presentation involving animation, initiatives and a poem about how we at ground level can contribute to the restoration of the environment. The video presented a few statistics about how the environment suffered because of humans and also provided solutions in the form of processes such as environment restoration. The video also showed healthy practices through which all of us can contribute to thriving biodiversity. A self composed poem also told us the consequences of not restoring the ecological balance of nature. Towards the end of the program, Zoha Aseem of class 10th took a pledge with the school to save the environment and contribute to environmental restoration.

With the closing note of the Vice Principal, Mrs. Meenakshi Shah, the program ended leaving all of us with a sense of wanting to do something and planting the seed of the vital thought of environmental restoration.

#GenerationRestoration

Dron Pande

The World Environment Day was celebrated on the 5^th of June, 2021 by the children of Junior School, Study Hall with great enthusiasm. A Special Assembly was conducted on Zoom by the students of Class 5, highlighting their responsibilities towards the environment.

The programme began with a prayer which was followed by a child who shared the History of the World Environment Day and its significance.

A Yoga session conducted by a student helped us to understand the benefits of Pranayam.

A video of the Green Anthem was played which led to a thought provoking discussion between two children. They enumerated ways in which we could make our environment  green and clean.

A heart warming poem on the environment was recited by a child. This led to a brainstorming session which provoked the panelists to put up several questions to the audience.

A student of Class 5 led the audience to take a pledge to  save our planet, Earth. The programme was concluded by our dear Urvashi Aunty praising the children’s efforts and reminding them of their responsibilities towards the environment. This was followed by our Principal, Meenakshi Aunty and our Headmistress, Bani Aunty blessing the children.

A virtual orientation meeting of class 6, was held on 3rd June, 2021. The meeting began with a welcome note by the Principal, Mrs. Meenakshi Bahadur (Study Hall). After the welcome note, the Vice Principal, Mrs Meenakshi Shah was welcomed to greet the parents of class 6. Thereafter, the class teachers of class 6: Mrs. Priya Kalsi, Mrs. Anupama Srivastava, Mrs. Nupur Bjapai and Ms. Vertika Rastogi were given a platform to introduce themselves to the parents. Mrs. Meenakshi Bahadur, then informed the parents about the principles that the school abides by. She reinforced the pedagogy of the school. A further note on how on-line correction of work, assessments and grading will be held was also given by her. Thus, the orientation came to an end on a happy note with the mention of some issues related to the various platforms of virtual-teaching.

WEBINAR ON MAKING INFORMED CHOICES AND BE READY FOR THE FUTURE was organized on Friday 28 May, 2021.

The webinar was essentially for the students of class IX & X. It was conducted by Ms Rashmi Singh, Senior Consultant , ICS who was ably assisted by Ms Deepali Srivastava. Students of class IX and X are always under immense pressure to make a choice for their future studies. This webinar succeeded in putting forth a list of all aspects that are relevant to be kept in mind while taking a decision for their future.

A large number of myths and misconceptions regarding subject streams were dispelled which brought a sense of relief among the students. All the steps required to devise a plan and a strategy for the future were well enunciated.

It was well attended and appreciated both by the students and their parents.

26^th January is that one day that we officially celebrate the making and enforcement of the Indian constitution, an event one should celebrate every day. Although India became a free nation on 15^th August, 1947 , it enjoyed the true spirit of Independence when the Indian constitution finally came into force, giving India its political freedom and self made structure. On that day India shed its last relic of colonialism and effected a new dawn into a sovereign democratic republic.

Study Hall marked the day by digital jubiliation on the occasion. The virtual gathering was welcomed by the comperes after which our pride- the Indian national flag was unfurled in the school premises by the President and CEO of Study Hall Educational Foundation- Dr Urvashi Sahni. The students sang the national anthem, including the lesser known, Sanskrit version of it and pledged their loyalty and devotion to our mother India. The gathering was addressed by first by Dr Sahni, then by the school principal- Mrs. Meenakshi Bahadur who motivated the young leaders to take charge of the political leadership of the country, and by the vice head boy- Aryaman Tripathi. Thereafter the comperes passed the mic to the young students of classes 5 to 8 from all units of SHEF to express their innocent and unfiltered thoughts through poetry on core topics like freedom, evils inflicted by humans on nature, the new normal and a lot more. It left the audience deeply impacted and they put on their thinking caps. Finally the vice head girl, Gaurisha Prakash delivered  the concluding speech and the assembly dispersed with patriotic fervour in their minds and hearts.

SHEF family came together virtually to celebrate the joyous journey of Study Hall School, Lucknow as it completed 35 years on 6th January 2021.

For Study Hall Family, it has been a cause of great satisfaction and pride to see the dreams of many generations come to fruition in these 35 years.    The journey of SH since its inception is inspirational as it started with a thought of ‘Redefining education’ which has remained at the core of all the phenomenal work being done at SHEF. Study Hall is the first born at SHEF and therefore will always be the special one. The CEO and Founder Director -Dr Sahni being ahead of times has so successfully blended the all time values of compassion, love and care along with new age skills and values which are fast gaining ground the world over in the one of its kind school -SH.

 Dr Urvashi Sahni along with the stalwarts of Study Hall- Mrs. Sangita Gupta, Mrs. Rehana Ali, Mrs. Rekha Dhondiyal, Mrs. Pratima Kapoor, Mrs. Usha Manocha, Mrs. Veena aunty, Mrs. Shashi Mehta, Mrs. Bani Mehrotra, Naseer Ahmad and Rajni Amma, shared beautiful anecdotes of their journey at Study Hall. The cake cutting ceremony was performed by Naseer Ahmad and Rajni Amma.

It was a beautiful and heartwarming event.

Wish a long life to a beautiful and sensitive school.

May SH be blessed forever and may SHEF grow from strength to strength.

Study Hall School organised its Convocation ceremony on 30th December, 2020 virtually felicitating all its graduating students of classes 10th and 12th of 2019-20 batch.

The occasion was graced by Dr. Reva Joshee,a renowned academician and Professor from Canada who delivered the convocation address,reminiscing her own journey.

Prior to the commencement of the felicitation ceremony the school Principal Mrs Meenakshi Bahadur addressed the gathering and shared the placement report of the alumni. Next the Founder Director and CEO of SHEF, Dr Urvashi Sahni, congratulated the distinguished alumni for their achievements.

This year’s convocation was held virtually for the first time and we surmounted varied challenges to host it successfully. It took creativity, organisation and team effort to make it seamless and one of its kind.

The convocation ceremony marked the conclusion of the academic year 2019-20 and it received an overwhelming response. It was an event filled with nostalgia and excitement.

We wish all our students a great and successful future ahead.

Jingle Bells Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way

Santa Claus is coming along riding on a sleigh….

Yes, friends !! the jingling of bells, carols and the impeccably adorable decorations at every corner of the city in fact world indicates the onset of Christmas eve and Santa Claus, the name that has been given to the harbinger of happiness and joy adds the special elements of innocence and hope to our life.

With that high spirit of hope that our good days will be back soon (everything will be fine very soon) during this pandemic time DOSTI and junior school celebrated Christmas in a very holistic and special way following all the protocols of COVID- 19 and at the same time keeping the enthusiasm and joy of our children intact by distributing lovely Christmas gifts and cute Santa pencil puppets made by their teachers to the children over a period of 4 days.

We even doubled our joy of happiness and immense pleasure by becoming santa for a day and gave variety of beautiful and lovely gifts to our little friends of  Gyan setu and brought smile to their faces too, which was Real Christmas that symbolizes true love and service to human kind.

Last but not the least as we say to add cherry on the cake to the Christmas celebration of our special stars of DOSTI conducted a special virtual Christmas assembly on 24^th Dec. where they said a special Christmas prayer, sang carols, recited Christmas poems along with children of class I & II hence creating a festive atmosphere.

At the end keeping the spirit of Christmas and with a smile and faith of Santa that our live as will be back to normal soon we wish you a “A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year”

The Yoga and Mindfulness workshop conducted by Ms. Shibani Sahni on 18th Nov 2020 was attended by almost 30 teachers of Study Hall.
It was a rejuvenating and refreshing session that focused on ‘mindfulness’, or a conscious effort at synergising our thought, action, energy all in one direction for attaining optimism results in all our physical and mental endeavours.

It was a beginner’s guide to deep breathing exercises or ‘pranayama’ and some basic yoga exercises meant to strengthen the body and improve our immunity and resilience.

From getting to know our bodies better, to learning the positive impact of mindfulness and yoga in our day to day lives, it a was an hour and a half well spent.

The teachers were left completely mesmerized by the students’ impassioned performance on 5^th of September, so on 14^th of November, they decided to turn the tide and make the students feel special. The teachers of Study Hall Senior school had diligently put up a virtual show for the students on the occasion of Children’s Day. It was a fun-filled day for all. Even the adults relived their childhood.  The celebrations began with the usual morning prayer and then the mic was passed to the ‘live on location’ comperes of the day- Mr Himanshu and Mr Kamlesh. They took the children down memory lane, showing how children’s day was celebrated in the pre pandemic years. Coming to this year, all the teachers performed in small groups. Few danced with grace, others sang tunefully, and some acted out little episodes, giving insights into the hilarious moments of student life like, ‘types of friends during exams’ and ‘the secret formula to top exams’, ‘the virtual school’, ‘locked in with grandma during lockdown’ and how ‘the children dearly want to go to school’. The highlight of the day was the melodious performance by everyone’s beloved, the school founder- Dr Urvashi Sahni, the school principal -Mrs Meenakshi Bahadur and the vice principal of the school- Mrs Meenakshi Shah who regaled their audience to the hilt.

Behind this 2-hour program, was the teachers’ week(s) long effort, managing classes and practices every day, all to bring a smile on the faces of their children. The students were beaming with joy throughout and couldn’t thank their gurus enough for making the day memorable albeit virtually!