The Central Board of Secondary Education organized a Master training programme on “Happy Classrooms” at St Edmund’s School, Jawahar Nagar. More than 85 principals, Vice principals and faculty members of esteemed institutions from all over India participated.
Dr Monika Mehan, Principal (Principal ML Khanna DAV Public School Delhi) and Prof Rishi Pal(Prof. of pedagogy dean humanities& elite sciences in Shri Vishwakarma skill university Haryana) were the resource persons for the workshop.
The resource persons emphasized that school-going children spend a greater part of their day in classrooms, and for teaching and learning to be truly effective, it is important that teaching should be student-centred, classrooms are safe, happy and welcoming spaces. They laid stress that the students can be inspired through constructive activities in-classroom skills.The objective of the workshop was to train the leaders of the school so that it can be shared with the teachers.
It is seen that the knowledge of the students is enhanced by systematically knowing what is written in the book, but when the same knowledge is conveyed and shown through interesting activities, and creating happy environment with empathetic vision, then not only 100% of the student's participation would be there. At the same time, there is a feeling of happiness and confidence on their faces which can really help them to become confident successful citizens.
The school joint director Dr pooja Singh and Principal Mrs Anu Bhatia extended thanks to all the principals and faculty members who participated in the workshop.
Krishna Soni of class 4 of St. Edmunds School, Jawahar Nagar, made the school proud by achieving the top position in the Abacus Arithmetic Competition organized by Sankhya Abacus. The competition was attended by around 750 students from Jaipur and other districts like Alwar and Bikaner.
The school's joint director Dr Pooja Singh and Principal Mrs Anu Bhatia congratulated Krishna Soni for this magnificent achievement.
Students of St Edmund’s School, Jawahar Nagar were given the opportunity to display their talents in Reflections International 2019 organised in association with City Montessori School (CMS), Lucknow. Seventy teams from various countries including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal participated in the competition in which they learned about other countries, shared their own culture and national heritage and exchanged ideas. The events organized were as follows: a cultural event, in which the participants represented their state’s dance style; the creation of brochures and models of heritage sites to understand their importance and beauty; making movies about world unity, in which the students played the roles of famous personalities like Martin Luther King Jr. and Margaret Thatcher. Additionally, debates and various other competitions were organized. Princy Ghiya and Kanishka Saini made St. Edmunds proud by winning First Prize for their brochures. Both girls, along with Kanishka Sharma, Pari Jain, Hari Shankar Jha, and Rushika Dubey earned Third Prize in the dance competition.
The event allowed the children to experience different cultures and to meet students from regions both near and far. It was a great success.
Students made eco-friendly Ganesh Ji idols to stay away from materials that are harmful to the environment. These idols are not only eco-friendly but can even be used to grow plants after mixing with soil.
St. Edmunds, Jawahar Nagar in collaboration with MNIT-MIIC(Malviya Innovation and Incubation Centre) organized an entrepreneurial challenge “The young Innovators Hunt”, Season III a two-day event on 22 and 23 Aug19. The competition gave students the opportunity to conceive, realize, promote, nurture, and showcase their knowledge-based innovation and entrepreneurial talent. On the first day of the event, about 150 students from 22 schools in Jaipur competed in teams to advance to the next round. From this group, Ten teams were selected on the basis of the quality of their ideas by an expert panel. We are proud to announce that two of the teams from St. Edmund’s School that participated in the competition were chosen in the final round and one team including Dhruv Mittal, Jayesh Kalra and Janesh Balchandani achieved the third position. The teams were mentored by Kapil Singh (Deputy Director) and benefitted from the guidance of Dr.Amit Kumar Rawtani(HOD Chemistry) and Jai Kishan Rawtani(HOD Physics & International Counsellor). As a result of their selection, the team from St. Edmund’s School received a cash prize of Rs 5000/- and will have the opportunity to incubate their ideas at the MIIC. With the aid of these resources, the students will be able to turn their ideas into reality.