Event/Activities
Gyanodians Participated In 31st National Road Safety Week
In order to highlight and emphasize the need for safe roads ‘National Road Safety Week’ is observed every year throughout the country. This year the 31st Road Safety Week is being celebrated from January 11th to 17th, 2020 in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.
Around 100 students of Class VII of Gyan Mandir Public School, Naraina Vihar, along with 4 teachers, attended the inaugural ceremony of the 31st National Road Safety Week 2020 at Vigyan Bhavan on 13.1.2020. The programme, based on the theme ‘Bringing Change through Youth Power’, was hosted by Indian Road Safety Campaign.
Hon'ble Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari, and Hon'ble Defence Minister of India, Shri Rajnath Singh, were the Guests of Honour. The students learnt that over 1.51 lakh people lose their lives every year in our country in road accidents and many more are debilitated, which is perhaps even more than the population of Congo or Finland. This causes immense economic hardships and emotional trauma to their families. There is an urgent need to make our roads safer as loss of lives and limbs cannot be accepted as a price of mobility. Proposed steps by the Central and the State Governments to make our roads safer were discussed. It was also stressed that Road Safety should be made a social movement. At the end of the event all students were administered ‘Road safety Pledge’. It is a matter of pride that two students of our school participated in an on the spot Caption Writing Competition conducted by the organisation and won gift hampers.
Self Defense Workshop Organized at Gyan Mandir
A self-defense workshop for girls and women of all age groups was organized by Delhi Police from 31st December 2019 to 10th January 2020 in Gyan Mandir Public School, Naraina Vihar. The ten-day workshop was organized in four schools of Delhi and Gyan Mandir Public School was grateful to take this great opportunity by providing one of the venues for this workshop. The sole aim of the workshop was to provide defensive techniques to women for their safety so that they could remain safe in tough times. Approximately 1230 participants from various schools of Delhi and local community participated in the event. The trainers from Delhi Police conducted the workshop with full enthusiasm, zeal and spirit and trained all participants to protect themselves in helpless situation. The workshop inculcated leadership qualities in them and prepared them to lead any challenging task in their life and set examples for others. The Chief Guest, Ms. Geeta Rani Verma, IPS, inspired the trainees to take advantage of this camp to the fullest and be their own bodyguard. All participants of the workshop were felicitated with participation certificate.
A Date With Books At World Book Fair
Ten mentors, mostly Heads of Department of almost all subjects, visited World Book Fair at Pragati Maidan on 4th January 2020, the day of inauguration. The theme of the fair of one of the most significant events in the Indian publishing world this year was ‘Gandhi: The Writers’ Writer to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation. The focus was on different facets of his life as a writer, editor, journalist and publisher and his influence on Indian literature and on generations of writers across the globe. There was an exclusive exhibition of 500 books in different languages, both on Gandhi and by him, and related archival materials at the Theme Pavilion. The book fair being organized by the National Book Trust along with India Trade Promotion Organization attracted participation from major publishing houses across the globe, a unique opportunity for promoting titles, co-publication, arrangements and trade. Spread in a vast area the fair had books on every subject and theme to cater to the needs of every type of book lovers.
The teachers purchased varieties of books based on different subjects, manuals, teaching aids and books based on self-motivation. The visit proved an opportunity to have tate-a-tate with wonderful world of books, the mirror of the world.
‘Safe Mobility’ Inter School Competition at Gyan Mandir
In order to spread awareness and to sensitize future generation road users, Gyan Mandir Public School, Naraina Vihar, organized a week long Safe Mobility
Inter School Competition on ‘Road Safety’ in the school premises. The 6th Road Safety Inter School competition ‘Safe Mobility’ inaugurated by Ms Meenakshi Kukreja, Deputy Director, SIAM and Mr. Bhupinder Singh, ASI, Chandigarh Police, witnessed a variety of innovative and creative on line and off line competitions. Students from about 22 schools of Delhi and NCR participated in the events Kala sangam, Stamp designing, Canvas painting, Smaranika, Standee with Safety messages, Design a mask, Design a game, Calendar art, Junk funk art installation, Rap song, Cloth bag designing, Story dramatization, Act an Ad, Speak up, Save lives, Street art, Graffiti, Meri katha, Spin a yarn to name a few which catered to the needs of every age group. The event 'BRAIN O INNOVATION' conducted to search a solution of pollution found fabulous products to control smoke and pollution created by automobiles on the road. The entire programme fueled the imagination of the students and brought out their latent talents to the fore.
Gyan Mandir Participated in Good Air Summit
More than 80 students of Gyan Mandir Public School participated in Good Air Summit, an initiative by IHW COUNCIL at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadion 13.11.19. Honourable Justice Swatantra Kumar, Former Chairperson, National Green Tribunal graced the occasion.
The summit aimed at issues related to Policy and Politics for Good Air, Industrial Growth, Pollution Challenges, Vehicular emissions, role of Government, Industry, and Citizens for Good Air. The summit brought together children from different schools and colleges to address the issue.
Two students Antara Mohanthy and Pratham Bhusal of Class IX were awarded medals and plants and got recognised as ‘Ambassadors & Warriors of Good Air’. Students and teachers took pledge on adopting sustainable ways to reduce pollution. Students of classes VII &VIII presented a dance based on the song- ‘HAWA AANE DE’ and were awarded for the same. Our school was recognised for its valuable contribution to this cause and was awarded with a certificate.
Global Hand Washing Day 15th October 2019
Public Health Foundation of India partnering with Indian Medical Association (IMA) celebrated Global Hand washing Day (15th October). This campaign aimed to highlight the importance of hand washing.
It is very well evident from researches done globally and in India that hands are the main pathway of the germ transmission resulting in various infections across all age groups. Thus, if hand hygiene is maintained, the death and diseases attributed to these infections can be prevented and controlled.
Under this initiative, our school students as well as teachers washed their hands at 11 am on 15th October. Everyone followed all the steps of hand washing to stay germ free. The campaign was carried out successfully with enthusiasm.
Festival Of Innovation- Atal Tinkerfest
Gyan Mandir Public School organized two-day programme, the Festival of Innovation- Atal Tinkerfest 2019 on Friday 19thJuly & Saturday 20thJuly 2019. This helped to introduce school students to new skills of innovation and entrepreneurship with objective “Let us together unleash the innovator inside”. 53 students of ATL & non ATL schools participated in this event. This festival was conducted in two phases:
Phase 1- Student Exploration @ Home ATL
Phase 2- 48 Hour TINKERFEST @ ATL
The festival was declared open by Principal, Mrs. Sumati Anand. She welcomed the participating schools & encouraged them to tinker & showcase their innovations.
The programme had various events- Quiz on “Know Your ATL”, Mentor Session on Ideate to think about the problem & to develop the prototype, Preparing the Power point presentation for the prototype & the business plan.
All the participating schools worked as a team & presented their innovations which were well appreciated by the audience. The fest was concluded on a positive note after the distribution of appreciation certificates.
Career Counselling Workshop
A Career Counselling Workshop was organised for the students of classes X and XII. The Resource person was Mr Surinder Dhingra from the Times of India.
Mr Surinder took two separate sessions. For Class X, he dealt with the various factors to be kept in mind while selecting subjects/streams after Class X.
For Class XII, he focussed on various careers that could be taken up after Class XII. He spoke about careers related to all the three streams—Commerce, Humanities and Science.
The Workshop was very informative and proved very useful for students of both the classes.
Open Day ‘Gyanodaya – Good Health And Well Being’
Gyan Mandir Public School, Naraina Vihar, organised the mega event ‘Gyanodaya – Good Health and Well Being’ based on ‘UN Sustainable Development Goal 3’ in the school premises. ‘Eat Right India’ and ‘Beat Air Pollution’ were the main features of the event. The awe-inspiring event nurtured belongingness in young impressionable minds and also gave an opportunity to display value oriented and experiential learning at school.
The event was inaugurated by the honourable Chief Guest Mr. Rajiv Khurana, Founder Trustee, Lung Care Foundation. Rotarian Kashish Mohan Chandan, President, Rotary Club of New Delhi, Ms. Matrushri P. Shetty. Director – Programs, Lung Care Foundation, RWA members and many other eminent dignitaries graced the occasion with their benign presence.
Honourable Chief Guest, Mr. Rajiv Khurana sensitized the guests and visitors about the causes and impact of air pollution and how to beat air pollution to lead a healthy life.
It was a day for the students to show their concern for air pollution and to promote healthy lifestyles, preventive measures and modern, efficient healthcare for everyone. They exhibited their creativity, innovative ideas, craftsmanship and their responsibilities towards the environment and community through thought provoking exhibits, skit, and song and dance performances. Apart from this, Mahatma Gandhi’s teachings were also exhibited in a unique way to celebrate his 150th Birth Anniversary. Various stalls were also set up to display the craftsmanship for School Enterprise Challenge project. Students sold many items to generate funds which will be used for the under privileged section of the society.
All the dignitaries and visitors were floored with the impeccable exhibits and appreciated the efforts of the communicators.
It was a day for parents and guardians for a tête-à-tête with their wards’ teachers. Parents of all students from classes I to X were found receiving valuable tips and guidelines for enhancing their wards’ academic performance.
The event provided opportunities to develop better understanding of ways to ensure good health and well-being for all and how to beat air pollution in a wider global context and also fostered leadership skills, team building, innovation and project management among communicators.
Journalism Training At Gyan Mandir
Gyan Mandir Public School, E- Block Naraina Vihar, conducted a training session for the budding journalists of the school on 22nd October at 9:30 a.m. in the school premises. Ms. Prerana Sharma, Public Relations Executive at FairGaze Skills Pvt. Ltd. highlighted the nuances of being a skilled journalist to the students.
The resource person explained the meaning of e-newsletter and the basic five W’s (Who, What, When, Why, Where) of writing any article or report for any newsletter. She summarized that the matter should be brief and written in correct and easy language. She also stressed that student writers should be very observant and quick in reporting any event or incident. She added that every photograph taken during the even must have a brief report in 150 words incorporating all important details. The students Harsh Kumar Sharma, Tanish Jaluthra and Aarya Sahu gained important insight into writing for newsletter.