“In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”– Eric Hoffer
Today’s child has high degree of awareness levels as his world extends beyond books to array of information through media, social networks, technology etc. Therefore all adults’ teachers or parents have also become learners as they endeavor to become a part of child’s world.
We keep this in mind at Pathways as we provide various learning opportunities not only for children, but for parents too. In response to the need expressed by a number of parents we were happy to arrange one such workshop on ‘parenting’ an adolescent conducted by Parwarish. The aim was to support parents to develop positive relationship with their child through creating a warm supportive environment.
Back to School is another such event in middle school where the parents attend classes as students and experience for themselves as to how their child learns in the school.
Five of our teachers went to Mumbai to be a part of MYP SAIBSA -South Asia International Baccalaureate Schools Association which aims to facilitate communication with authorized and implementing IB schools in the South Asia region. Ms. Anshu Sharma was one of the speakers at the Science session.
Two day Leadership workshops were organized for all Middle School students .These workshops were conducted by Youreka. The aim was to help students develop their self-confidence, take initiatives and develop empathy among other things. This was facilitated learning through group discussions, team building exercises and on-going tasks.
This semester Form 6 students attended a talk by Mr. Umang Bhattacharya who is Creative director at the New Delhi-based design firm Design Workshop.
Form 7 visited Dastkar – a craft exhibition and also worked with the Bamboo craftsmen at the school’s Design Technology Lab, to create the Bamboo products which were designed by the students.
As Form 8 students move to IGCSE in the next session, they attended a career guidance Pathfinders workshop to enable them to understand their competencies and strengths which helps them choose their subjects. A presentation was held where parents and students interacted with teachers to begin planning their subject choices for the next year.
Opportunities as mentioned above and many more are provided to our students which enables them grow in a healthy and positive environment where everyone is developing progressively and learning all along.
