Education is not just academic
learning, but also involves social, ethical and emotional competencies.
Students at middle school are therefore exposed to multitude activities, both
in the classroom and outside it.
Form 6 students have finished a
unit in Geometry and are now composing a song to revise the math concepts
learnt. Well, Math need not just be
numbers and shapes after all! In history Form 8, after having studied World War
1, are analyzing and writing their own version of the - ‘Treaty of
Versailles’ -according to their understanding and historical perspective .
Students of Form 8 are working on
their Personal Project where they will be writing a report based on their
research and process. Ms Geeta Verma, IB coordinator therefore conducted a
workshop on Academic Honesty. She
reiterated the importance of original and authentic work where ideas and work
of others is acknowledged and referencing of all sources is done.
Form 8 is also attending a dance
appreciation workshop- Left Foot Right, conducted by ‘Gati Dance’. It is
about joyful learning through dance and not just learning a dance form. The aim
of the workshop is to enable the
students to experience and appreciate the arts, which develop values, skills
and attitudes in a person.
Frane Lessac, an author and
illustrator of international renown visited and addressed Form 6 and 7 students . She has well over 20
published books to her credit and was awarded The Muriel Barwell Award for
Distinguished Service to Children's Literature.
Middle School also begins a Read-
a- thon on 27th November,2012.The initiative is to support the underprivileged
by raising funds in our own little ways .Read
for GOONJ is designed for our
children to read to raise funds by
getting sponsors for the pages read and thereby improve their own reading
skills.
This year some of the middle
school students have been initiated into Model United Nation and will also be
training for it .Many of them will be experiencing and participating in
Inter-school MUN which is going to be hosted by Pathways Noida. A team of five
students will also be going to Singapore to attend International MUN in
February .
We will continue to engage
students in such activities which make learning interesting and more
meaningful.
Sunanda Sandhir
Principal Middle School
