This year, just like any other, the students of grade 12th were anticipating the announcement for elections. The school upheld its values and gave every student a fair chance to nominate themselves for the posts and thus, the election process began via e-platforms. This was followed by the teachers shortlisting the students for the interviews. This time, two interview rounds took place. The shortlisted students had their first interview with a panel of teachers, which included the Founder and CEO of the school, Dr. Urvashi Sahni, the principal, Mrs. Meenakshi Bahadur and Vice Principal, Mrs. Meenakshi Shah. The students were further shortlisted for the second round of interviews. The selected candidates then prepared their speeches, and were voted upon by the students of classes 8th to 12th on 2nd August 2021.
Riddhi Uppal was elected as the Head Girl and Nishant Mishra was elected as the Head Boy for the academic year 2021-22. Kavisha Masand and Nishchal Srivastava were elected as Vice Head Girl and Vice Head Boy respectively.
The selection of the Sports Captains (from grade 12th) and Sports Vice Captains (from grade 11th) was carried out by the teachers themselves. The students were evaluated on the basis of their athletic potential and their participation in the school’s sports events. Leadership and team-work are qualities a good captain possesses and the candidates were reviewed on the same as well. Radhika Shukla and Siddharth Shah were chosen as the Sports Captains while Vrindaa Parashar and Kapil Yadav were selected as Vice Sports Captains.
The World Chess Day was celebrated on the 20th of July, 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 the importance of playing chess. We are proud to mention here that the invites were designed the children of Class 5. The slide show at the beginning of the presentation displayed the creativity of our young artists who had made beautiful pictures on this theme.
The programme began with a prayer which was followed by a child who shared her views on the benefits of playing chess. A couple of children shared their ppt’s on the history of this magnificent game. Another child explained the game in detail….the two participating teams, the moves of the pieces and the final objective….leading to the victory of one team over another. Two children enumerated the several benefits one could achieve while playing the game.
How can a discussion on the game of chess be complete without mentioning the Grandmaster, Vishwanathan Anand? The children proudly told the audience about his great achievements. Koneru Humpy and Abhimanyu Mishra’s achievements were also highlighted.
Two interesting poems, one in Hindi and the other one in English were recited by two children on the game of chess. A student of Class 5 interviewed a student of the Senior School who motivated the audience to try their hands at the game of Chess.
The programme was concluded by our dear Bani Aunty praising the children’s efforts and reminding them of the several benefits of learning to play the game.
12 June 2021: On the internationally recognized World Day against Child Labour, a virtual assembly was organized by the Commerce Department of the Study Hall Education Foundation (SHEF).The assembly commenced with a meditation followed by an address by the Principal, Mrs. Meenakshi Bahadur. The assembly was ably co-hosted by Kashvi Srivastava and Ishan Kalra. Two beautiful poems on the concept and gravity of child labour was recited by Manya Singh and Abu Bakr. A compilation by students expressing their views against this social evil was presented through slogans and shayari. The song ‘Mad World’ was rendered by Maria Hashmi, who was accompanied on the guitar by Ishan Kalra. It was followed by a self composed nazm by Zohaib Sami Khan. Dr. Urvashi Sahni CEO, SHEF highlighted how poverty makes child labour inevitable.
Mock interviews were conducted to highlight the plight of the child labourers. The assembly concluded with a presentation on the existing laws against child labour and a pledge to fight this evil, by lighting candles.
The ‘World Day Against Child Labour’ was celebrated on the 12th 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 4, highlighting the problems of Child Labour and some solutions so as to eradicate it from the society.
The programme began with a prayer which was followed by a Power Point Presentation. Along with it a child recited a beautiful poem in Hindi reflecting the plight of child labourers in India.
A few students tried to spread the awareness of the social evil – ‘Child Labour’, through their art pieces. The art pieces of the children raised some questions which gave words to their drawing.
A thought provoking discussion – ‘Paricharcha’ was held, wherein the students emphasised the problems of child labour and they came up with innovative solutions to bring about a change in their lives.
A child sang a captivating and emotional song on this issue.
The programme was concluded by our dear Urvashi Aunty- Founder and Chief Executive of Study Hall Foundation, praising the children’s efforts and reminding them of their responsibilities towards the eradication of child labour from the world. This was followed by our Principal, Meenakshi Aunty and our Headmistress, Bani Aunty blessing the children.
Our parent orientation for class 1 began at 8.30am on 7th June 2021and 124 parents attended the same. We began with the welcome speech of our school principal Mrs Meenakshi Bahadur aunty followed by a brief discussion by our Junior school Head Mistress Mrs Bani Malhotra aunty with a virtual school tour. The class teachers introduced themselves one by one and touched various aspects of our school and its functional methodology. The orientation reached its conclusion with thanks giving by Bani aunty.
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.
The World Environment Day was celebrated on the 5th 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.
26th 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 15th 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.
