Success is everyone's mission. Life is full of challenges

and opportunities, but only for those who actually

struggle to grab the opportunities and overcome the

challenge. The months which have been covered in this

newsletter were busy as far as academics is concerned,

but were also buzzing with activities.

Hard work and dedication are the only mantra in the

journey to success. Without being passionate and the

willingness to work hard, no one can achieve success.

With this thought, we present the newsletter of Secondary

Wing of classes VI -XII.

International day of Light

- A radiant affair

Following the glowing trail of the International

Year of Light celebration in 2018, Cambridge

School Greater Noida yet again prided itself by

celebrating the International Day of Light on

16th May’19. CSGN organized a Science fair

‘Light for People and People for Light’ in

which many students from different schools

from Greater Noida and Noida participated

with great zeal and zest.

Mr. K. Thyagarajan, Professor and Head,

Department of Physics in the School of

Engineering and Applied Sciences at Bennett

University, Greater Noida, graced the event as

Chief Guest.

Eminent personalities from the field of

academics judged the various activities and

provided their valuable inputs about the event.

Countrified- Celebrating World

Heritage Day

On the occasion of World Heritage Day 2019

‘Aga khan Trust for Culture’ organized

workshops for middle school students on–

Rural landscape theme for year 2019. Students

relished a ‘NATURE WALK’ through the

formal and informal garden by Sair-E-

Nizamuddin.

In the Nature Walk, the first exhibit was

one of the rarest variety of trees shaving

brush tree –an ornamental tree from

Mexico. This unique city park houses

six heritage sites, bio-diversity zones,

formal & informal gardens and a

Nursery.

Students had interactive and practical sessions with agricultural scientists on

agricultural Practices (ploughing, harvesting etc.) and importance of organic farming.

Students enthusiastically participated in different activities and had hands-on learning

experience on composting and vermi-composting processes.

Spectacles of Science - A Science Exhibition

Cambridge School Greater Noida

notched up a stunning victory by

giving a stellar performance at Sci

Scape 2019 Inter-Cambridge School

Science Exhibition on 9th May’19.

The competition was held at

Cambridge School Noida for classes

VI to VIII and was based on the

theme- ‘Science for the People and

People for the Science’.

The event was an initiative to explore

and encourage scientific and

technological talent and creative thinking among the students. The students of CSGN put

up a great performance and bagged 5 prizes in various categories.

• Chinmay and Swati of class VII clinched the 1st position in Math Model Making

based on Rangometry.

• Harshit and Rachit of class VIII also bagged the 1st position in the same event based

on ‘Best out of Waste’.

• Pranav and Nishita of class VII won 1st the position for their Physics exhibit on

Generating Green Energy.

• Palak and Mayank of class VII got 2nd position in the Chemistry Model Making

based on Toxins in the Food chain.

• Yashika and Madhav of class VIII bagged the 1st position in Biology Model making

on Innovative Agricultural Practices.

The fact that all the exhibits and models presented by the students were not only

innovative but also eco-friendly, served as an icing on the cake.

Secondary School Orientation Programme

-An Acclimation to the New Beginnings

Orientation programs are fantastic opportunities for parents to know what to expect

from their ward in the coming year and also equip themselves for it. Keeping this in

mind, an orientation program for Secondary classes (VI-X) was conducted on 20th

April 2019.

The parents were apprised with the latest

changes in the curriculum, question paper

design and introduction of skill-based

subjects in school at the Secondary level.

The audience was also addressed by Career

Counselor Mr. Dheeraj Sharma from Sharda

University, who told them how to make a

judicious choice of stream in class XI and

the career options available in different

fields. Child Psychologist Ms. Mala Vohra Khanna explained to the parents about dealing

with teenagers and anger management.

CBSE Career Guidance Workshop

A glimpse at the endless prospects in future.

Ms. Suman Tewari, PGT Physics & Secondary School Coordinator with Mr. Abhishek

Sharma, PGT Commerce attended a two-day workshop on ‘Career Guidance’ conducted

by CBSE on 26th and 27th April 2019. The workshop aimed at guiding the teachers about

career guidance in different streams.

The speaker Mr. Dheeraj Singh spoke about various options available for students of

different streams and how teachers play an important role in helping a student do his/her

self-assessment and make them understand their capabilities and aptitude.

CBSE capacity building

programme

Empowering the facilitators of

learning Always in step with the latest updates brought by

CBSE and to acquaint the teachers with the latest

changes in the curriculum, two teachers of

Cambridge School Greater Noida, Ms. Harsh

Chauhan (TGT Eng) and Ms. Shruti Trivedi (TGT

Eng) attended the CBSE Capacity Building

programme for English, which was held at Sapphire

International School, Noida on 12th and 13th

April’19.

At the start of the session, learning objectives for

class X students were clearly listed out and

discussed. The resource person Ms. Ruchi Sengar

explained in detail the new changes brought by the

Board. The workshop was a stimulating and enriching experience that helped validate

several teaching methodologies adopted in school. A number of activities and games were

introduced to teach English language effectively.

Workshop on pro–social peer moderator programme – Caring

for the Environment On 26th April 2019, Dr. Samir Parikh-Director, Department of Mental Health and

Behavioural Sciences, Fortis Healthcare, Noida along with his team conducted a

workshop in the series of the Pro-Social Peer Moderator Program on the topic “Caring

for the Environment” for the classes IX – XI.

The interactive session focused on how we

relate to nature and the environment is of

prime importance - borrowing insights from

the field of ecopsychology, this latest

experiential workshop aimed to expand the

emotional connection between individuals

and the natural world, all the while applying

lessons from life skills education to make

sustainable life choices.

To make the learning interesting and

impactful, various activities were conducted throughout the workshop including News

headline construction where students were encouraged to make a good headline on the

given situation through which perception of the readers was explained. Through the

activities the students were encouraged to develop out-of-the-box and self-sustaining

school wise interventions.

CBSE Workshop on adolescent education

A pilot project for the blossoming mind

Ms. Suman Tewari, Secondary School Co-

ordinator and Ms. Mansi Singh, PGT-

Psychology and school Counselor CSGN

attended a two-days’ workshop on ‘Adolescent

Education’ conducted by CBSE on 12th and 13th

April 2019.

The workshop, a pilot project undertaken by

CBSE was held at the Centre of Excellence,

Patparganj, New Delhi. Ms. Usha Anand, a

Senior Trainer for Expressions India and Ms.

Geetanjali Kumar, a Senior Counselor and

Academic coordinator with “Expressions India”

and CBSE were the resource persons for the workshop and training. Dr. Biswajit Saha,

Director (Skill Education & Training) and Ms. Anjali Chabra, Deputy Secretary, COE

also, addressed the teachers from across NCR.

]The speakers addressed issues related to Adolescent behavior, health and hygiene,

growing substance abuse among teenagers and the stress with which the age group tries to

cope with if not properly guided and looked into.

Workshop on India’s multifaced heritage

On the occasion of Heritage Day Celebrations,

Mr. Abhishek Sharma (TGT Social Science) and

Ms. Shilpa Ojha (PRT Social Science)

participated in a one-day Teacher Training

Workshop on India’s Multi-faceted Heritage and

World Heritage Sites (books by Mapin)

conducted by INTACH New Delhi on 16th April

2019.

The workshop had talks by historians, heritage

experts etc. The heritage sites were presented in an interesting and classroom- friendly

manner, where students were encouraged to involve, recognize, appreciate and adopt their

city’s heritage.

Experts shared ideas, suggestions for teachers to engage with their students on developing,

creating awareness and involvement in preserving heritage of their city. All the

participating teachers were awarded with a certificate, a travel diary and a poster on

heritage sites.

Resource teacher’s meeting at ERC

A meeting held at ERC on April 8th 2019 was attended by Ms. Suman Tewari, Ms. Vinti

Verma and Ms. Ekta Singh regarding discussion of topics and methodologies to be adopted

during the teacher’s training program to be conducted by ERC in the Month of May 2019.

These teachers will be the resource persons for Physics, Biology and mathematics

respectively for the above training

Swachhata Pakhwara Programme

A ‘Swachhata Pakhwara’ Programme’ was organized by National Science Centre, Delhi

from 16th to 30th April 2019. The main purpose of this programme was to create awareness

of personal hygiene among students. Under this programme, the students from 6th to 8th

participated in various Contest and Activities.

• On 22.4.2019, Slogan writing contest on “Swachh Bharat Nirog Bharat - No. of

participants-12

• Teacher Incharge - Ms. Neeta Sharma

• On 23.4.2019, Poster Making Contest on “Swachhta hi Sewa hai”- No. of

participants-06

• Teacher Incharge - Ms.Rashmi

• On 26.4.2019, Nukkad Natak Contest- No. of participants-06

• Teacher Incharge- Ms. Yadwinder

• Our students won II prize in slogan writing competition and also received

appreciation award for the same.

Seminar on chemical cocktail

A seminar on Chemical cocktails conducted on Thursday, April 25, 2019 at Cambridge

School, Noida was attended by Ms. Bharti Chandorkar Along with one student of class

XII.

Cognizance of careers in Psychology

On 9th May 2019, a workshop was

conducted by Unique Psychological

Services (UPS) on “Careers in

Psychology”. Ms. Sonali Madan and Ms.

Huda, psychologists from Unique

Psychological Services (UPS), New

Friends Colony conducted the workshop

for classes X-XII psychology students to

provide them a broad overview of various

career options available in the field of

psychology.

The students were guided regarding what

is psychology and how psychology can be applied in real life situations. The students came

to know about the various career options in psychology like clinical psychology

counselling, organizational psychology counselling, forensic psychology counselling, etc.,

educational qualifications required to pursue any career in psychology as well as the nature

of work and skills involved in each.

It was an interactive workshop which helped students in identifying career options and

appropriate higher education routes. Students

were also made aware of internship

programs held during summer vacations.

National Talent Search Exam-

Workshop

Cambridge School Greater Noida organised

a National Talent Search Exam Workshop

for the students of class IX and X.

The aim of the workshop was to make the

students aware of the components of the National Talent Search Exam. It also enlightened

them about the kinds of qualitative and quantitative questions asked in the exam. The

resource person shared with the students some valuable tricks and tips to quickly solve

reasoning and mathematical questions.

The advantage of the workshop was that it apprised the students with the pattern of all

competitive examinations, further the knowledge gained will benefit them in strategically

preparing for any competitive examination.

Workshop on environmental

education

A workshop was organized at Cambridge

School, Srinivaspuri in collaboration with

Centre for Science and Environment, on

Environmental Education. The programme

was attended by Ms Vinti Verma, Ms

Nidhi Sharma, Ms Simmi Arora and Mr

Abhishek Sharma as well as the students

of classes VI to VIII and teachers from

sister schools. The goal was to understand

the importance of environmental issues and create awareness about environmental

problems and propose sustainable solutions.

The seminar focused on Green Schools Programme which is an environmental education

programme directed to subtly sensitizing students to the environment through hands-on

activities. It is an environment management system that audits, through students, the

utilization of natural resources within school campuses and helps schools become good

environmental managers by deploying pragmatic solutions to reduce wastage of precious

resources.

The workshop was highly enriching and it was an excellent learning experience for both

the students and teachers.

Workshop on effects of environmental changes in mental

health

On 8th May 2019, a workshop was conducted in collaboration with Fortis Healthcare,

Noida on the topic “Effects of Environmental changes on Mental Health” in School

premises.

The interactive session focused on how we relate to the environment and to understand and

accept that environmental change is undeniable, catastrophic, and immediate. The

workshop aimed to develop an understanding whether there is a link between the changing

human–nature relationship and its impact on people’s health.

To make the learning interesting, various activities were conducted throughout the

workshop such as 10 years challenge during which students shared their views about the

harmful impacts of environmental changes. They also shared some precautions that an

individual can take to protect our environment. Through this workshop, students were

encouraged to run the hashtag #program within the school to protect the environment and

develop positive mental health at school level.

The programme concluded with the students expressing their views on what and how

actions can be taken in their everyday lives to buffer against some of the projected impacts,

and these actions can also provide a greater sense of individual security and control.

Tech, Set, Go!

Robotics Workshop.

Robotics club is a yearlong robotics program aimed at implementing technology enhanced

learning in classrooms. It aims to promote robotics as a tool for application of concepts

learnt by students in classrooms using STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and

Mathematics) integration by creating multiple intelligence-based learning environment.

A robotics club has been started in our school by Avishkar- An Experiential learning

organization. The students from classes IV to X have enthusiastically taken up to be a part

of the Club which is conducted once a week. The students have been provided with a

beginner’s kit of robots which will be used by them in every Robotics Club session.

Workshop on Maths

A workshop for Mathematics teachers was organized by HEY MATHS in Cambridge

School, Noida.

Ms. Sheela Shankar and Ms. Padmini Rani were the resource persons who conducted the

workshop on online teaching of Mathematics. Some activities were done by the teachers

under the guidance of resource persons.

Maths Teachers Training Workshop

A workshop for teachers teaching Maths to

class VI – X was held at Cambridge

Indirapuram on 27th May, 2019 the same was

attended by all the teachers of Cambridge

Fraternity who are teaching classes VI – X.

The workshop was conducted by Ms. Ekta

Singh (PGT, Mathematics, Cambridge School,

Greater Noida). Topic Taken for the workshop

was – AREA OF CIRCLES Class VII.

In the session three activities related to the topic were done and the points on which the

stress should be given while explaining the topic to the students were explained.

Workshop on limits and continuity A workshop for teachers teaching classes IX to XII was conducted on 28th May 2019 at

Cambridge School, Indirapuram the same was attended by Ms. Ekta, Ms. Shweta Chugh

and Mr. Vinay Gupta. The resource person was Dr. Monika Singh (Asst. Professor) Lady

Shri Ram College (D.U.)

Objectives of the workshop were:

• To acquaint the participants with the importance of Introduction of the topic.

• How to connect one topic with another topic.

• Relations and Functions were connected with Limits and Continuity.

• Practical problems related to Rolle’s Theorem and Lagrange Mean Value Theorem.

• Stress was given on to tell students why to study this topic.

• How mathematics is related to each thing which is happening around us.

• Real life examples should be given in the class because it develops interest in the

students and then the students start doing everything on their own.

• Softwares like DESMOS and GEOGEBRA were introduced.

It was a wonderful & knowledgeable

experience. Many challenging questions were

given which are helpful in developing interest

in students.

Teachers training programme

at Cambridge School, New

Friends Colony

A Teacher Training Programme was held at Cambridge Primary School, New Friends

Colony on 27th and 28th May 2019 with the agenda of understanding psychology in

classroom and ethics in teaching. The resource person for the training programme was Dr.

Surabhika Maheshwari, clinical psychologist and an assistant professor, Indraprastha

College for Women, Delhi University. The two-day workshop was divided into two

sessions. The first session was related to identifying pedagogies in teaching psychology

and understanding teaching-learning process in the classroom scenario.

The second session was related to gaining knowledge about ethics in teaching and

understanding how individual and organizational weaknesses and threats can affect the

overall growth of the institution and the importance of changing weaknesses into strengths

and threats into opportunities by bridging gaps between them.

The sessions were engaging and effective as everyone was equally involved in an open

discussion wherein exchange of ideas took place. Moreover, the activities were interesting

such as reflection exercise, story writing, SWOT analysis etc.

Overall learning from the training programme was that one should go beyond the textbook

by implementing understanding of psychology to real life situations. The students should

link what is read in the classroom and practically apply that textbook knowledge to real

life situations

Trials ‘n Triumphs!

Basket ball Match (Boys)

A friendly under -16 boys basketball match on 17 May,

2019 (Friday). The match was held in the school

premises and the teams which participated were Delhi

World Public School Greater Noida and Cambridge

School Greater Noida.

It was a learning experience for all the participants who

enjoyed the match throughout. Cambridge School,

Greater Noida team won the match by scoring 24

points against 17 points scored by Delhi World Public

School, Greater Noida.

Basket Ball Match

A friendly under-14 girls basketball match was hosted on 4th May, 2019 (Saturday). The

teams which participated were Ascent School Greater Noida and Cambridge School.

The event was graced by honorable Principal who motivated the girls with her inspiring

words and enjoyed the event throughout. Cambridge School, Greater Noida team won the

match by scoring 22 points against 6 points scored by Ascent School, Greater Noida.

Trip to planetarium

To enlighten the students of class VI about

the mysteries of space and particularly our

own Solar System, a field trip to Nehru

Planetarium was organized on 9th

May,2019.

The students were also shown the movie

“Our Universe “which showcased the

arrangement of planets, position of stars and

other interesting facts about the galaxy.

The magnificent Planetarium building captivated the students and they were completely

fascinated by the Model of satellite launcher at the entrance. The trip proved to be an

enjoyable learning experience for the students.

Visit to Anne Frank

Exhibition

A special excursion to the Anne Frank

Exhibition at India International Centre,

New Delhi was organised for the

students of classes VIth to Xth of

Cambridge School Greater Noida.

Titled Anne Frank- A History for Today,

the exhibition showcased the writings

and family photographs of Anne Frank, author of the famed The Diary of a Young Girl,

which was written when her family was in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the

Netherlands. It highlighted the story of Anne Frank against the backdrop of The Second

World War, conditions in the hideout, the war and her eventual death in a Nazi

concentration camp.

The exhibition was organized in collaboration with The Anne Frank House, Amsterdam;

Peace Works, an initiative of The Seagull Foundation for the Arts; and Embassy of The

Netherlands.

Visit To National Museum

To familiarize students with the art objects of Historical, Cultural and Artistic significance,

to create an understanding about the significance of the objects with respect to history and

culture and to create interest towards History and heritage among the students, a visit to the

National Museum in New Delhi for students of class X was organized on 30.4.19

The students accompanied by their teachers saw the various artefacts from the Dancing

Girl made in Bronze that belongs to the early Harappan period, Skeleton excavated

from Rakhiga Harappan Civilization. Students were excited to see the famous objects like

the Priest Head, rhi in Haryana, Terracotta images of Mother Goddess and Clay Pottery.

Apart from these, the gallery has Sculptures in Bronzes & Terracotta, Bone Objects, Ivory,

Steatite, Semi-Precious Stones, Painted Pottery and Jewellery items and seals.

Maurya, Shunga and Satvahana gallery has objects from the 4th century BCE to the 1st

century BCE. It had objects spanning three major dynasties.

The students also visited the Kushana Gallery. Most prominent among the objects was

the Standing Buddha, made in Grey schist stone in Gandhara School of Arts style and

belonging to the 2nd century CE.

The Gupta Gallery sculptures depicted beautifully proportioned figures with clear features.

The students were extremely impressed to see approximately 800 sculptures, displayed in

the Archaeological Galleries on the ground floor, the sculptures displayed were mostly in

stone, bronze and terracotta, dating from the 3rd century B.C., through the 19th century

A.D., representing all major regions and periods.

Last but not the least Children loved the workshop on Patachitra of Bengal, which

fortunately they were able to attend. Stories from Ramayana and Mahabharata were told in

western Medinipur using Patachitra (Poto painting) called “Pot-o-Paribesh’.

Visit to national science centre

On 4th May, 2019, students of class VII visited NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTRE along

with teachers Mrs, Yadwinder and Mr. Pankaj.

Various Galleries of the museum were shown to the students which were based on Indian

Heritage in Science & Technology. It included Human Biology, Fun with Science, water:

the elixir of life, hall of nuclear power, pre - historic life gallery.

It was a learning experience for the students and they enjoyed the visit a lot.

Visit to CSIR–Institute Of Genomics & Integrative Biology (IGIB) 58 students of class XI and XII (science section) along with three teachers visited the

CSIR- Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology located at Okhala, New Delhi, on

17th of May, 2019.

CSIR-Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology (IGIB) is an Institute which is engaged

in research of national importance in the areas of genomics, molecular medicine,

bioinformatics and proteomics. Their mission is to translate concepts developed in basic

biological research to commercially viable technologies for health care.

The session started with a brief introduction of the institute by M/S Beena Pillai (Co-

ordinator, IGIB outreach), who explained about the working pattern of the institute and the

type of research work carried by the scholars over there. She also motivated the students to

pursue research in future as their career by highlighting the sense of accomplishment and

satisfaction received on discovering something on our own.

The students visited the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) department where they

were explained how the Image formation in SEM is accomplished through collection of

the secondary electrons / back scattered electrons generated due to interaction of an

electron beam with the material of the specimens. The characteristic X-rays generated from

the specimens during this interaction are used for elemental analysis.

Then the students visited the High Performance Computing Facility and observed the

supercomputer which is an important tool which enables the researchers at CSIR to store

their research large data sets and to perform numerical calculations easily. They have a

functionally distributed supercomputing environment, housing leading-edge computing

systems, with sophisticated software packages, and connected by a powerful high-speed

fibre-optic network.

The next was Proteomics under which protein research related activities were explained to

the children. For example, development of potential plasma biomarkers for diagnostic or

prognostic applications for disease such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, pathogenic

infections etc were explained. It also includes Identification of protein factors present in

Vitamin B12 deficiency, etc.

Then the students visited the Zebra Fish facility where the students observed how zebra

fish are being used in biomedical research for several decades to study a wide range of

biological phenomena. They were explained the advantages of using zebra fish over other

vertebrate models. They are readily available, hardy, easy, and inexpensive to maintain in

the laboratory, have a short life cycle, and have excellent fecundity. Due to its optical

clarity and reproducible capabilities, it has become one of the predominant models of

human genetic diseases. The students observed all the stages of development of Zebra

fishes and were thrilled to observe the heartbeat of the developing embryo under the

electron microscope.

In the end a research talk was given by Dr. Kaushik Chaudhary where he shared his

experience of working in CSIR and being involved in different research work. He is the Sr.

Scientist in CSIR and explained to the students about his work on Metabolic regulation of

protein folding.

An assembly on elections was

conducted by students of XII A, B and

C. Assembly was based on different

techniques applied by the politicians to

get votes and the unawareness of the

voters towards the value of their vote.

Awareness was generated through a

well presented Nukkad Natak.

This is all for the time being!

Regards

Principal CSGN.