The World Senior Citizen Day was celebrated on 21^st August, 2021 by the children of Junior School Study Hall with great enthusiasm. A Special Assembly was conducted on Zoom by the little ones of Class 2. They highlighted several reasons as to how the Senior Citizens play a vital role in our lives and why they are precious to all of us. We are proud to mention here that the children put in a lot of hard work to make this program a resounding success.

The programme began with a prayer which was followed by a conversation amongst the children who informed the audience about the importance of Senior Citizens in our lives and why we celebrate the Senior Citizens Day.

Several interesting poems, some in Hindi and some in English on the importance of the grandparents in our lives, were recited by the children. Some melodious songs, sung by the children touched the hearts of the audience. 

There was a series of very interesting questions asked by our adorable children which were answered with immense patience and love by their grandparents. The children took a vow to take care of the senior citizens living at their homes, neighbourhood and society.

Many grandparents became very emotional as they addressed the audience. They praised the efforts of the teachers as well as the school management for keeping alive in the children, the tradition of respect for their elders.  

The programme was concluded by our dear Urvashi Aunty blessing the children and reminding them of their responsibilities towards their grandparents. This was followed by our Principal, Meenakshi Aunty and the Headmistress of the Junior School, our dear Bani Aunty blessing the children.

15^th August, 2021

– Dron Pande

The function began with the hoisting of the National  flag by the  the Founder of SHEF, Dr. Urvashi Sahni. The Principal Mrs. Meenakshi Bahadur, Vice Principal, Mrs. Meenakshi Shah, teachers, staff along with the newly elected cabinet members, were present. The flag hoisting was followed  by the administration of the National Pledge.  Thereafter, Dr. Urvashi Sahni graced us with her kind words where she talked about the real issues that we as a nation should strive to address. The festivities  commenced with  an introduction by Zoya Sheikh and Anjaneya Raj Garg of class XII. The events included a song composed by Study Hall’s very own music teacher, Narmada aunty. The song talked about the homecoming of warriors  covering all themes surrounding the 75^th Year of Free India. The program also  had speeches by the Head Boy, Nishant Misra and Head Girl, Riddhi Uppal.

Part 2 of the festivities was a panel discussion, a long standing tradition, in which panelists from all units of SHEF participated. Aman Rathaur and Tanjul Singh from CFL, Akshara Tiwari and Kushagra Singh, from Vidyasthali Kannar Inter College, Mahima Maurya and Anushka Gupta from Prerna Girls, Shallu Rawat and Laxmi Sen from Prerna Boys and from Study Hall School, Zoha Aseem and Nashrah Fatima were the active participants. The expansive panel also included special panelists, teachers and the audience present in the meeting  The discussion was moderated by Shubhanjali Dwivedi, Kavisha Masand, Vice Head Girl and Nishchal Srivastava, Vice Head Boy. The tech team composed of Dron Pande. The discussion was also managed by Suparna Chatterjee and Prachi Saxena, both senior teachers of Study Hall School.

The topic of the Panel Discussion was “Education in active democratic citizenship is good for a robust and effective democracy”. The Panel was posed 7 main questions with 3 videos explaining active citizenship and democratic processes. Urvashi aunty also pitched into the discussion with her views and also her questions. The panelists as well as the audience answered enthusiastically. The teachers were also looped into the discussion.

The discussion ended with a question dealing with methods to bring about active citizenship in the students and the public. The festivities were over and all those who attended were left with a thought:are we really taking advantage of our freedom or are we just taking it for granted?

With that, Jai Hind and we shall hope for a better and New India!

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 20^th 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 12^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 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.

#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.