The past few weeks have been
dominated by important events across the school. School-wide events play a
special role in the mind of a young student, making up their memories of their
school life, often more powerfully than what they learn in their classroom. At
Pathways we see them as important teaching moments and with students, focus on
attitudes and behaviours that are desirable.
Events
The interhouse rivalry,
individual athletes and multiple competitive events characterized Sports Day.
The different guests of honour provided
great role models of the sports world. It was an honour to welcome Mr Munaf
Patel and Mr Ajay Ratra, legends from the world of cricket. But also important
for students to engage with Mr Nishant Arora who has devoted his life to sports
promotion and administration and Mr Francisco Garcia Rabasco an international sports coach. The world of
sport is an expanding professional opportunity for students to be aware of.
In contrast to Sports Day was the
lively and good humoured Sports Fiesta for students upto Form 2. Participating
in physical skill events without any more pressure than having their parents or
other adults watching, the morning was a good example of how at a certain age,
the absence of competition is important.
There have been significant leadership
opportunities and development. Leaders of the Interact club were sworn in at a
solemn ceremony in the presence of their parents and members of
Finally, there is high excitement
among students about the upcoming annual adventure camps. Students from Form 2
– 11 go out to locations near and far, learning from their environment, sharing
teambuilding activities and enjoying education which is only possible in
outdoor classrooms.
MYP
Teachers and the middle school
were on tenterhooks preparing for the review by our IB consultant as our next
stage towards MYP authorization. She had detailed conversations with different
groups of students, went into classrooms, and
had teacher discussions. She was very happy at the standards and quality
of education. She even wrote about us on her educational blog which has a wide
readership among international educators across the world, dedicating it
as: This post is dedicated to colleagues
at Pathways and other schools where teachers are being the change. It is a high compliment.
Working with the IB
.PNG)
I am delighted to share that two
of our Primary school teachers will be featured in the IB Blog stall at the
international IB conference in Macau attended by delegates from many countries
in south-east Asia. Sana Noor and Vandana Parashar will feature as exemplary IB
contributors to the PYP blog raising the profile of
Pathways School Noida in the international school community.
Jharokha
Our academic fair is on Friday
13th March from 11 am – 1 pm. Across the school the special challenge for
students was to conceive of a design for cities of the future – thinking of
energy, construction system etc. Alongside
these challenges, we have an Art exhibition with students exhibiting their
beautiful work.
Lost Property
In both the Primary and Secondary
school, our lost property stock expands with lost blazers, hoodies etc. The
problem is being created because these items are not labelled. I urge you to
please ensure that all items are labelled with the student’s name.
Greetings
Finally a very happy and safe
Holi to all our families. I am sharing the effort made by our Caterers to
create the spirit of Holi for the school.
Dr Shalini Advani
School Director
