Little ones dazzle Jashan-E-Bachpan

Day 1

Bachpan, that is childhood- the golden period of every individual’s life span, was being celebrated at the Study Hall Junior School on 24th and 25th of July 2019 ! Kidoos from 15 schools participated in this competition to savour their elated and merry days up to the brim! childhood means simplicity and hence simple but inventive games were organised for the festival. on the first day, there were 232 contestants in total of 8 events. before the activities, the inauguration was carried out by the Junior School headmistress Mrs. Bani Malhotra and the principal of Study hall school Mrs. Shalini Sinha with the planting of a tree. unconventional, but why not after all plants are our saviours. The headmistress addressed the participants and inspired them to compete with their own selves rather than competing with other schools.
 Succeeding this cheerful start, the first event to come was Just A Minute, not the usual JAM but a relay race in it! each team had to pass several stages like using plastic clips to drop the Pom-poms into the glasses, arranging the flashy plastic eggs in the egg trays while following the colour code, the buttons were waiting to be dropped into the glasses with the help of a straw and lastly they had to weave a necklace using straw pieces! The champion of this uncommon relay world the brain of boys and the runner up was Study Hall (loud cheers) then in queue was a game called Turn-O-Turn. It tested the children’s mathematical solving, logical reasoning and sequential arrangements. In this buzz quiz of brain racking, the conquerors of the first position were the geniuses of Jaipuria and the second position was occupied by the brainstormers of CMS! Fold to Mould, as the name suggests was about folding the papers to bring out their idea of nature through origami. This event was won by Study Hall with DPS at the second position! Colour Pool with a Foot Stool was about painting a wodden stool in pairs in an hour. This event was free of theme and was won by the artists of Study Hall, followed by the Vibgyor School! Unfold the Mystery test the kids’ grammatical skills. Each letter of the secret message was unfolded with a correct answer sheet. Study Hall acheived the 1st prize by unfolding all the letters that said WELL DONE!
Then arrived the Hindi events including poem recitation, flexibility depiction through yoga performance in pairs and speaking on a topic which was provided on the spot.
This was not the end, our special and differently-abled friends too put up a great performance. They tip-tap-toed to the music in their beautiful costumes! It filled the spectators with happiness to see them celebrating their childhood, unhindered by any disability! With this the  day 1 of the event came ta an end!

Day 2

On the 25th of July 2019, the ‘Jashn-E-Bachpan’ celebration of childhood progressed into its second day with twice the vigour. Enchanting events like, ‘Visitors from Fairyland’ where winsome children dressed up as fairy tale characters with reversed genders, were held. Dance, theatre and musical events like ‘Sound of Music’ (Retro style western music group singing), ‘Tarangani’ (Indian music group singing), ‘Sound of Silence’ (miming) and ‘Dharohar’ (Folk dance) took place. Testing the students’ creativity, events such as ‘Verse-E-Style’ (dramatic poem recitation), ‘Link-it-Up’ (Creating an Advertisement) and ‘Play with Clay’ (Clay modelling) were also held. Study Hall bagged nearly all prizes except ‘Play with Clay’ (CMS Gomtinagar) and ‘Tarangani ‘(Sacred Hearts). The Final Trophy was in the hands of CMS Gomtinagar. The specially-abled children had great fun in events such as ‘Non-flame cooking’ (DOSTI), ‘Rhythmic yoga’ (Asha Awaa), ‘Fun with colours’ (DOSTI) and ‘Play with clay’ (Asha Awaa). The Final Trophy was awarded to Asha Awaa. Jashn-E-Bachpan 2019 ended with high spirits and infectious smiles.
 

Go green – Tree plantation drive at Vidyasthali

Vidyasthali Kanar Inter College organised a tree plantation drive at its campus. As we know, trees play a very important part in maintaining the ecological balance and equilibrium but due to deforestation we have lost a lot of bio-diversity. The students of Vidyasthali made an effort to save the environment and planted several plants and vowed to care for and protect their saplings to see them grow and bloom.

A session on gender, caste and democratic citizenship education at Vidyasthali

A workshop with the Vidyasthali staff members was conducted on gender, caste and democratic citizenship education. Nikhil Sahera, a Phd student at Delhi University interacted with the staff members and talked about gender and caste related issues. Nikhil explained how power has always played a crucial role in discrimination on the basis of gender and caste. He deconstructed patriarchy, gender and caste and talked about the solutions.

The Principal of Study Hall School, Ms Shalini Sinha, took a session on Democratic Citizenship Education (DCE). DCE is based on the pillars of equality, liberty and fraternity and teaches to be active advocates of a democracy. A classroom is a place where teachers can influence a social change. Ms Shalini Sinha said, “It is the responsibility of a teacher to teach and prepare children to become active citizens and play their part in the democracy.”

Yuva Manch 2019

On the 12th and the 13th of July, Study Hall Educational Foundation (SHEF) organised its theatre festival – ‘Natyotsav at Sant Gadge Auditorium. Natyotsav’s ‘Yuva Manch’, which is a platform for promoting theatre among students. Since 2006, our foundation is offering various theatrical productions. The chief guest of the event was the founder of Study Hall Educational Foundation, Dr Urvashi Sahni.

The program highlighted three major plays performed by units of SHEF. It opened with ‘Sara Ka Sara Aasman’, performed by the students and alumni of Study Hall School, Prerna Girls School and Prerna Boys School. The play was about a Pakistani poetess, portraying how she loses her mind fighting the patriarchy present in most of the countries in the Indian sub-continent to pursue her passion for writing. A drama, ‘Soch Rahi Hoon’, presented by students of Vidyasthali Kanar Inter College, Malihabad, portrayed a modern-day woman who stood up against the ‘dowry practices’. The students of Prerna Girls School and Prerna Boys School enacted a poem, ‘Meri Duniya Ke Tamam Bacche’, which was about how the children across the globe can change the world if we teach them, how they can erase the differences among the nations if we let them, and how they can bring peace that the world needs. A dance performance by students of Center for Learning (CFL) ‘Sapna’, showing young dreamers.

Dr Sahni addressed the audience, saying, “Drama is a very important part of education. It provides children a safe space to rehearse life and learn to think critically, which leads to personality development.”

At the core of all these programs, the issues women face was brought to light. The audience appreciated the acting of the children. The program concluded with a vote of thanks.

DOSTI children planted different plants at Study Hall College

To support and spread  awareness regarding loss of greenery, DOSTI organised ‘SAVE ENVIRONMENT’, a small  step to encourage children to help the environment by planting trees and making the city GREEN AND POLLUTION FREE. DOSTI children planted different plants at Study Hall College. They all participated with great enthusiasm which made the event successful.

Vocational training workshop – DOSTI

Dosti in collaboration with Shaswat Jigyasa held a  two days vocational training workshop. Gayatri Narshiman, who runs a vocational training center in Muscat (Oman) and Chennai, conducted these workshop. Parents, Special Educators, and Teachers from several part of Uttar Pradesh attended the workshop. Chocolate making, decorative candles and block printing were taught to the participants.

Oxfam Equality Clubs

Study Hall is providing an opportunity to the students to become democratic and politically conscious citizens by partnering with ‘Young Leaders for Active Citizenship’ and ‘Oxfam India’ to establish equality clubs for standard 6th to 12th. YLAC is an organization established by Harvard and Oxford alumni which along with Oxfam India (a global NGO) aims to create an equal and just society by empowering the underprivileged sections. They have chosen top schools all over India to enable students to develop social leadership skills and build empathy as they learn, discuss and implement actions to create a change through stimulating activities, role-plays, debates, competitions, campaigns and field trips where they learn from experts in fields of gender, economic and social equality. The opening ceremony was held on 3rdJuly ’2019, the club began with great fervour as students expressed views and engaged in activities like word association and dance and tell helping them to become aware of the prejudices existing in society. The principal, Mrs. Shalini Sinha further explained the students on how they are supposed to speak up in the face of inequality, the students left with sparks in their hearts and minds to stoke a greater fire of the fight against inequality.

Investiture ceremony 2019-20

Study Hall School elected its new cabinet for the session 2019-20. Aditya Shukla and Malvika Pandey were elected as the new head boy and head girl, and Aditya Agarwal and Ayesha Sheikh as the vice heads by Ms Shalini Sinha, the principal of Study Hall. The sports captain Gokulesh Tripathi and Bhavya Singh and the vice sports captain Arunim Agarwal and Shagun Suryavanshi were appointed next. The rest of the cabinet was appointed by the vice principal Ms Meenakshi Bahadur.

The new house captains are:

Fireflame house captains Ishita Shail Pathak and Sparsh Tiwari, vice captains Devika Chawla and Aryaman Tripathi.

Silver Oak house captains Sukaina Masood and Shashank Shekhar, vice captains Paridhi Arya and Shantanu Vidyarthi.

Cypress house captains – Vageesh Chaudhary and Hitakshi Tiwari, vice captains Kushagra Trivedi and Kriti Walia.

Jacaranda house captains – Manthaj Jaiswal and Deepanshi Verma, vice captains Abuzar Afzal and Tweesha Agarwal.

Editors in chief: Kamda Srivastava, Vidhi Agarwal, Khushi Gupta and Vandita Singh. Official photographers – Atharv Saxena and Anoushka Hajeley and the cultural secretaries: Khushi Singh and Gaurisha Prakash.

The newly elected cabinet, pledged their devotion and sincerity to the “universe of care” Study Hall. The principal wished the cabinet luck and spoke about who a true leader is and how they should motivate everyone to be better. She further stressed the core values of Study Hall and democratic citizenship. Our founder Dr Urvashi Sahni also blessed the newly elected cabinet and inspired them with her wise words.