“My father didn’t tell me how to live, he lived, and let me watch him do
it.”Clarence Budinton Kelland
At his Founders Day speech Mr Kapil Dev the Chief struck a chord with his emphasis on the importance of supportive parenting. The secret of successful parenting lies not in telling our children but in showing them what matters. And sharing their lives at school is an essential part of that. So it was great to see how many of you attended the first planning meeting for the Food Festival. It was a good humoured, chaotic event full of good ideas and a number of decisions were taken. A tentative menu has been agreed and will be circulated. We hope that even if you were unable to attend the meeting, you will plunge into cooking and perhaps serving on the 20th.
At his Founders Day speech Mr Kapil Dev the Chief struck a chord with his emphasis on the importance of supportive parenting. The secret of successful parenting lies not in telling our children but in showing them what matters. And sharing their lives at school is an essential part of that. So it was great to see how many of you attended the first planning meeting for the Food Festival. It was a good humoured, chaotic event full of good ideas and a number of decisions were taken. A tentative menu has been agreed and will be circulated. We hope that even if you were unable to attend the meeting, you will plunge into cooking and perhaps serving on the 20th.
Activities
The variety of activities at Pathways is what enables our students to develop leadership and confidence in their abilities. I was glad to be able to talk about the multiple learning opportunities at Pathways, to the PHD Chamber of Commerce at the National Summit for Skilling Leaders of Tomorrow.
This variety is obvious if we look at the activities of a single fortnight.. In Senior school, a Life Skills session was conducted for Form 9 and 10 on personality development , focusing on personal development and appropriate body language. Students of F11 and F12 attended the Model United Nations at Amity and you can read more about the wonderful learnings of that, below. Meanwhile as part of their IB requirement Form 12 students of Environmental Systems went on a field trip to the Shivaliks near the Ropar wetlands, to study soil conservation strategies and migratory birds .. They collected some samples from the Satluj river (containing the effluents of Ambuja Cement Factory) and did some experiments on biodiversity at its bank. They were accompanied by their teacher Ms Poonam Shokeen .
And as part of our ongoing college awareness and counseling programme, our college advisor Ms Puja Rao arranged for admissions officers from Ivey Business School and the University of Alberta to visit the school and met students.Meanwhile a group of Middle School students accompanied by their teacher Ms Bhavya Bhatt Sawhney spent three days at Pathways Aravalli at the Round Square conference. They interacted with schools across India, Bangladesh, Dubai and thought about issues of conservation and how it is shaped by how we live our lives. They have shared their experiences on this blog.
Form 1 students went on a trip to Dilli Haat accompanied by their teachers Ms Dimpal Rawat and Nalini Sethi. As part of their unit of enquiry they were studying celebrations and festivities.
We are proud of
We are proud of
Shiven Narang from Form 7 for being part of a group which scripted, directed,edited and enacted a film Eddy and Curt which won 2nd place in the Children’s International Film Festival held in Hyderabad.
Karn Nag for participating in the FEI international Classics Jumping and Dressage event.
Professional Development
Ms Aneesha Balwani from KG and Ms Meher Khan from Nursery attended a workshop on Early Childhood Literacy. Ms Lamba and the Form 5 tutor Ms Megha, attended the IB training on assessment, in Mumbai. Mr Pabitra Pal from the Art department attended a training on teaching and assessing art conducted by the University of Arts, London.
Dr. Shalini Advani