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"I must appreciate your initiative and delighted to know that SNS is going to focus on happiness quotient. If our children are happy their connection with their Peers, mentors, families and society will be productive, effective and efficient. I must congratulate the team SNS for the first step. We are here to support you so that we can build happy society and happy world".

"Thank you so much for thinking about this much-needed fun day for students".

"They were indeed surprised and very happy. I could hear the giggles in the morning during Aarushi’s class".

"Inspired by it, I am also going to do the same thing tomorrow for the kids in my organization and myself too. "

" Great initiative indeed.  This is indeed required. Online is sapping out the interaction and bonding. "

"Great job"

"That's a great initiative ma'am"

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Why "Carpe Diem", – seize the day (of fun)?

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Why "Carpe Diem", – seize the day (of fun)?

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G. Stanley Hall regarded Adolescence as a period of storm and stress. At this age, adolescents experience significant changes in the pattern of growth and development. Every individual has varied experiences and coping strategies to accept, overcome, and find novel ways to interpret the world around them. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our ecology and the lives of our young learners are severely impacted.

From the perspective of wellbeing, our children are experiencing turbulence in all domains of development and that is impacting their whole being. As a school community or as a close-knitted clan of nurturing caregivers, we thought of designing a day that would attempt to help our learners cope, relax, destress, unwind and connect with their peers beyond the subject domain.

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We are delighted to share that our first ever extremely enthusiastic and fascinating Carpe Diem for year 9-12 was a spectacular show.
Carpe Diem lived upto its name. The students seized the opportunity to laugh, to smile and to make merry. There was the light hearted banter, which is hardly ever heard on normal days. Our students displayed sporty dance moves, cracked hilarious jokes and joined in the day's celebrations. It was a complete surprise event for our young learners and our teachers helped us in keeping this a big secret.

The day started at the usual time for our learners, they joined the class at 10 am and were surprised to see their Homeroom In charge instead of their academic facilitators. Their joy knew no bounds when they realized that they have to play a game at this hour.  They were thrilled while playing the F.U.N activities and participated eagerly and enthusiastically in the game.
Both students and facilitators enjoyed the activity and happy hormones were rushing through their way. Smiles on the faces right up to closure time made the entire endeavor well worth the effort.

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"It was a well-deserved break for our dear students to make them feel the classroom vibe with peers".

"It was a pleasant surprise"

"The reactions on hearing “No class for the day” were priceless".

"It was enthralling and out of the world experience for students".

"This is an activity which we can definitely have every alternate week. It will build the spirit of bonhomie".

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And hold your breath, we had 100% attendance for Carpe Diem and more than 98% of students had put on their cameras.
It was an unbelievable experience for them . It was fulfilling to see them happy and excited .They were very touched and grateful for the thoughtfulness of the school to give them a day's break. We have even received mail from the parents appreciating our initiative.

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We present to you the "Carpe Diem", – seize the day (of fun). PFA the collaborative document that has ideas and insights of senior school Year Leads, Deputy Head, Noora, and valuable suggestions raised in the Academic Committee meeting.