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As we put the joys and successes
of Founders Day behind us, we continue to feel pride in the talent and hard
work of our entire school community which made the event into what it was. Our
students are still basking in the thrill of their spectacular performances, of
the enormous talent which made us all so very proud. But already that seems
long ago as new events overtake us,
plunging students and teachers into so much else.
Events Post Founders
The past two weeks have seen a
cross country and the Children’s Day picnic in the park. There have been teams
going to an inter school music competition, an inter-school Spanish event, a
soccer match.Primary school students went to the Red Fort and hosted
Grandparents Day.
Early Learner teachers have gone to a Regio Emilia workshop
in Mumbai and on Saturday, our teachers are facilitating a collaborative training for 16 PYP schools
across north India. The school also organized a free health camp for our support
staff.
Grandparents Day.
Celebrating Our Parents
All of these activities are part
of the rich experience of Pathways. However I would also like to focus this
newsletter on the multiple ways in which so many of our parents are
contributing to the school community, bringing in education, resources and
support.
A number of parents provided
invaluable help during Founders. From training singers to helping students to
dress, to providing sponsorship there were multiple types of help which were
forthcoming.
Meanwhile an advisory committee
is finalizing their review of the school menu and is
making suggestions, giving
recipes and focusing on developing
healthy and tasty snacks for students. This follows consultation with
teachers and students and visits to the well-equipped school kitchens – which I
am happy to hear that they were impressed with.
On Thursday a group of Primary school parents contributed brilliantly to the
learning of the Form 2 unit by
setting up a culture gali of stalls from different regions and countries.
Bringing artefacts, films, food and practices, they sportingly dressed up in
the region’s traditional style bringing new worlds into the lives of students.
We had stalls from many areas in India - Benaras, Rajasthan, Punjab, Bengal,
Tamil Nadu and also shared the culture
of Korea, Persia, Bulgaria & China. It was both fun and packed with information as the
best education should be.
On Thursday a group of Primary school parents contributed brilliantly to the
ASSESSMENTS
As we come up to the end of the
semester, learning is culminating in many different types of summative
assessments. All senior school students sit their mid-year exams. PYP & MYP students from Grade 3- 7 will evaluate their own learning
for their parents at Student Led Conferences. And there are parent-teacher
meetings at different levels. With the
new assessment systems being introduced at the MYP, teachers are moving to
finalise multiple assessment. Detailed
reports will go out to all parents in the third week of December.
Dr. Shalini Advani
School Director
