| Members of the "Earth Saviour’s” Club of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended a Dustbin Making Workshop on 15 May 2012. Students got the raw materials from home and prepared the dustbins for the classes of school. |
| A seminar on ‘Inclusive and Holistic Education’ in schools and vocational Institutions in the backdrop of ‘Right to Education Act’ was attended by two Primary teachers Ms. Monita Bose and Ms. Meenakshi Madan along with two guidance Counselors Ms. Sakshi Saddi and Ms. Divya Chawla at I.I.T Delhi on 13th May 2012. The seminar emphasized on legal framework, issues and challenges of Holistic and Inclusive education keeping in mind the emerging needs and Issues for child well-being in schools. The seminar was headed by eminent speakers from UNESCO, IGNOU, CBSE and NIOS. |
| Teachers Ms. Ritika Anand, Ms. Bhavna Taneja, Ms. Sangeeta Suresh and Ms. Divya Chawla alongwith the Principal Ms. Anjali Aggarwal of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended the Annual Conference on ‘Learning For Life-Changing Education Paradigms’ at India International Centre, Lodhi Road on 5 May 2012. The workshop which was organized by Forum of Public Schools had distinguished speakers Ms. Nalini Singh, TV Anchor and Producer, Mr. Vineet Joshi, Chairman, CBSE, Prof. M. Pant, Practitioner in Law, IT enabled education, and Mr. Steven Rudolph, Director, Jiva Education, speaking on varied topics – meaningful life through right skills, building rockstar teachers for future learning and ‘Deeksha Guru’. |
British Council organized a Workshop cum Training Project ‘Unbox 21’ which was held at Bristol, United Kingdom, from 21 April to 27 April 2012. Ms. Saranpret Kaur, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended this workshop. This programme seeks to exploit the combined power of digital media and further develop learning pedagogy by introducing digital games based learning in the classroom.
The partners in the project were the British Council, the University of Brighton and Science Learning Centre South West, At-Bristol, the Central Institute of Education & Technology (India) and India Games.
In order to leverage the global experience and methodology of using games in teaching of Science, a small core group of partnerships were established between schools in India and U.K. The clusters worked under the guidance of Science Learning Centre, Bristol, to create learning frameworks to introduce specific components of digital games in formal classroom settings.
As part of the workshop teachers visited one of the most technology oriented schools in U.K., Writhlington Business and Enterprise Specialist School. There was also a visit to Chemlabs and Aardman Animation. The expected outputs of this project include increased awareness of the audience, need for digital resources for skills based learning and research study paper with learning frameworks which would be published at the end of the project. |
| A workshop for the Road Safety Club was organized by Traffic Police at Lodhi Estate Vidha Bhawan Mahavidhalya on 9 April 2012. More than 70 teachers from various schools attended this workshop. Ms. Preeti Sharma, Physical Education Teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended this workshop. The Chief Guest ACP Mr. Ashok Kumar, G. M., HERO Honda and J. K. Tyres addressed the teachers. Inspector Seema Sharma, informed all the rules and regulations about road safety. Main motto was to spread awareness of road safety between youth specially. Road Safety club members will get extra training about road safety programmes. |
 On the ‘World Health Day’ on 7th April 2012, around 100 students from classes VI to X of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, including the parents participated in nationwide ‘Yogathon’ an initiative taken by the Art of Living to create awareness about Yoga and its benefits.
The students and parents did pranayams and performed a few rounds of Surya Namaksars – the 12 asanas of Sun Salutation. They participated with full enthusiasm and zeal and felt relaxed and rejuvenated after the session.
All participants were awarded the ‘Dream Run Certificate’ for their efforts. 3 participants completed 108 rounds of Surya Namaskars and won Gold Certificates. |
| Ms. Saranpreet Kaur, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended a seminar, organized by TERI and DELL for harnessing the power of the ICT (Information Communication and Technology) to reach out to the students and teachers on key issues like climate change. The seminar was held on 4 April 2012 at Hotel Le Meridian. The relevance and importance of ICT in formal and non formal education was discussed. Participants were from various sectors i.e. colleges, universities, schools, NGOs and corporate. The seminar included a panel discussion on digital engagement and case study presentations from various NGOs and the Government Sector. |
The Annual Meet of HT Pace was held on 26th March 2012. The HT Pace Coordinators from St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, Ms. L. Srinivas and Ms. U. Korla attended this meet.
Many eminent personalities from various filed graced the occasion. There was a Ballet by the famous Kathak dancer Shovana Naryanan and her team, titled ‘Mohan and Ramba’. Mahatma Gandhi’s ideologies and his struggle to free India was beautifully depicted.
The founder of HT Pace Ms. Annapurna Sehgal gave a brief run through of all the major events that took place in the year 2011. There were guest speakers to emphasize upon using smart board in the classroom and create inquisitiveness and awareness in young minds. |
| Habitat Children’s Book Forum had organized a get together of School Librarians at India Habitat Centre on 17th March 2012. Ms. A. Kohli, Librarian and Ms. M. Bhatnagar Asstt. Librarian of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended this programme, which focused on reading promotion activities that have worked well in school libraries. Ms. Deepa Aggarwal, a renowned author, was the convenor of the meeting. She suggested few books which can be highly inspiring for the children. |
Forum of Public Schools (FPS) organized a workshop for senior Chemistry teachers on MICRO-SCALE CHEMISTRY on 24th to 25th February 2012. The first day was very interactive as it began with “Keynote address” by Professor G. S. Sodhi (Delhi University) followed by a discussion on CBSE Class XII Question paper by Professor R. D. Shukla and Mr. Munjal.
The introductory workshop on Micro scale chemistry by Professor Hari Om Gupta was indeed very interesting as its main objective was to highlight the technique and its application in school laboratories.”Hands-On-Experience” was the highlight of the second and concluding day. All the participating teachers performed various Class XI and XII practicals using the “micro-scale kit” which generates very less waste and is very environment friendly. |
The first Annual National Conference on “Best Practices in School Guidance and Counselling Services” was attended by Ms. Divya Chawla, Guidance Counsellor, of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, at Moolchand Medcity on 10 February 2012.
The Conference emphasized on how creative techniques are helpful while working with children who have limited verbal ability. The conference was headed by eminent speakers from CBSE, NCERT, IGNOU, School Consultants and Psychologists. |
| A Workshop on ‘Developing Professional Competencies of School Librarians : A Holistic Approach” was conducted at TERI, Lodhi Road on 24 January2012. The Inaugural addresses was done by Ms. Kalpana Dasgupta, Former Chairperson, Working Group on Libraries, National Knowledge Commission. Ms. Mala Bhatnagar, Asstt. Librarian of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended this programme, which focused on developing professional competences of school Librarians. The use of multimedia in popularizing and disseminating knowledge was also highlighted. There was an open forum for school librarians where views were exchanged on how to make school Libraries more popular and effective in developing interest for reading amongst students. |
| Britannia Treat conducted an activity at St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, for students of classes I to IV. Students were shown the powerpoint presentation to help them learn things in a short and quick manner through the use of mnemonics. At the end of the activity, each student was given a souvenir and a little treat. The students really enjoyed the activities. |
| A Career Counselling session was organized at St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, in association with the Career Launcher on 13 December 2011, for the students of class X. Ms. Kakoli Dhar, from Career Launcher headed the session, which was held in 3 slots involving participation of 2 sections per slot.
The session was planned with an aim to guide students so that they make right stream selection and choose an appropriate career option which can be pursued in future. Following career fields were discussed during the session : Medicine, Engineering, Acturial Science, BBA/MBA, BBE/MBE, BCA/MCA, Law, Hotel Management, Defence, Designing, Modelling/Acting, Architecture and Photography. In each slot, 10 minutes were reserved for dealing with students queries. The session was very planned and it provided the students with an insight into diverse career avenues. |
| Personality Development workshop on ‘Leadership Qualities’ was held at St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, for students of class V on 8 December 2011. The workshop was conducted by Promise group. It was an interactive session full of activities to realize the leadership traits and skills in children and by following certain techniques they can be the problem solver and can work continuously for self improvement. Overall it was an interesting session. |
| The students of classes IX & X of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended the level 3 Workshop on ‘The World of Electrons’, on 23rd and 24th November 2011. During the workshop the students learnt to make a number of things like the H-Bridge, Darlington Pair, DC inverter, Light Blinkers etc. It was an interesting workshop. |
A workshop on Anger Management was organized for students of class V at St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, by the Promise group for Personality development. The workshop mentors were Ms. Bharti, Ms. Shalini and Ms. Japneet.
Students were taught tips and smart techniques to control temper and handle anger generating situations sensibly. They had group discussions and activities which helped in the realization of the need for anger management. The students interacted well and found the workshop interesting and motivating. |
| Two teachers Ms. L. Manoj and Ms. T. Kant, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended a Teacher Development Programme organized by Cambridge University Press. The resource person was Prof. Rajeevan, Senior Vice President, Cambridge Univ. Press, who familiarized the teachers with the innovative teaching materials that are specially suited for Indian classrooms. He also discussed the new trends in ELT (English Language Teaching) and how to use new techniques and methods to make learning an enjoyable experience to learners. The programme focused on objectives of Teaching English - Listening, Speaking, Reading, Grammar and Vocabulary. The resource person answered the queries of the teachers and gave tips to improve the teaching-learning process. |
A Workshop on ‘Preventing Bullying in Schools’ was organized at D. P. S., Rohini on 19 November 2011. Ms. R. Chopra and Ms. M. Som, teachers of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attending this workshop which was conducted by Mr. Stan Davis, an international educationist form USA.
The workshop mainly dealt with 4R’s of bullying prevention i.e. Respect, Relationships, Resiliency and Responses. The workshop emphasized on having a ‘Youth Voice Project’ where concerned youth would act as mentors, sources of support and friends to mistreated and excluded youth. |
On the occasion of ‘Hindi Divas’, Mascot Press Pvt. Ltd., organized a Creative Writing Competition for teachers of school in Delhi to honour their creative talent.
Dr. Usha Pandey, teacher of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, won the II Position and was honoured with a trophy, a Certificate of Appreciation and a cash award. Ms. P. Kaushik and Ms. V. Chadha, teachers of St. Mark’s Meeera Bagh, received Special Prize in the Poetry category. |
| St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, hosted a workshop on “Techniques of Vedic Mathematics” on 11 October 2011. The seminar was conducted by the recipient of ‘The Best Memory Trainer Award', Ms. Aditi Singhal. She has received 2 National Records for Memory and Fastest Calculation and has her name registered in ‘the Limca Book of Records”. She talked about different methods used in Vedic Mathematics to ease calculations and make the subject interesting. The workshop helped the teachers to focus on better methods of enhancing memories. Everybody appreciated the activities performed for the explanation of the various techniques. The workshop came to an end with the chanting of Shlokas and meditation. It was a good learning experience for all present. |
| The Guidance Counsellor, Ms. D. Chawla of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended the 7th Annual Conference on Dyslexia and Specific Learning differences at Indian Islamic Cultural Centre on 7th and 8th October 2011. The two day extensive workshop highlighted on understanding diverse learning needs in a classroom, ADHD and ADD as co-existing conditions of dyslexia, Response to Intervention, Role of Parents and Teachers, Evaluation of Learning and Performance. To sum up, it was quite a knowledgeable experience and definitely broadened the knowledge on learning disabilities. |
| A Workshop was organized with I-Dream Foundation for students of Saviours of Earth Eco Club of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, on 27 September2011. Mr. Rohit and Mr. Chetan conducted the workshop and spoke about the hazards of E-Waste. The school managed to give 112 mobile phones and 40 chargers for recycling and was given a Platinum Certificate by the company Nokia. |
| ‘Education Our Mission’, keeping this motto in mind, Ratna Sagar Pvt. Ltd. conducted a workshop for Teachers of classes VI to VIII on 24 September 2011 at St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The Resource Person, Ms. Vinita Bhasin, laid emphasis on activities like Class work, Home work, Quizzes, Oral Questions, Projects and Assignments that can be implemented in the FAs of the present CCE system. 40 teachers attended this workshop and actively participated in the activities conducted during the workshop. It was an effective session and the teachers found it interesting. |
On 10 September, 2011, Commerce Teacher’s Association organized Felicitation function at Chinmaya Auditorium, Lodi Road, New Delhi. Both Class XII (2010-11) students and teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh were felicitated for outstanding performance in Accountancy and Business Studies.
Ashima Gujral who secured 100 percent in Business Studies in CBSE Class XII result of 2010-11 was awarded gold medal, certificate and the trophy for her outstanding performance. Two teachers, Ms. Harinder Kaur and Dr. Balbir Singh were also given certificate and trophy for their outstanding result in Business Studies and Accountancy, respectively.
The eminent guests for the function were Prof. Raj S. Dhankar (Dean, Faculty of Management Study, university of Delhi), Ms. Anita Setia (Dy. Director Education, Distt. South, Directorate of Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi,
Ms. Sugandh Sharma (Education Officer – Commerce, CBSE, New Delhi and Dr. Shipra Vaidya (Reader in Commerce RMSA, NCERT, Delhi) and many others. |
| Two teachers of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh - Ms. Anu Arora and Ms. Geeta Rajan attended the 4 day Training Seminar for the selected leaders of UNESCO Clubs and Associations in India and the 12th Biennial Conference of CUCAI from 1st to 4th September, 2011 at Jodhpur. |
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Around 70 teachers from all over the country were part of this prestigious conference. The conference saw distinguished speakers from all walks of life speaking on varied topics - Right to Education, Digital Divide in Rural India, importance of our heritage in the modern context... Mr. Dhirendra Bhatnagar, Secretary General, CUCAI, enlightened all the delegates present in the conference with the aims and objectives of the association. He also apprised all the participants with the upcoming events of the association. The highlight of the conference was when each school was asked to read the Activity Report of their school and the report of St. Mark's School, Meera Bagh was welcomed with loud cheer.
A proud moment, indeed, for St. Mark's School, Meera Bagh. |
Earth Saviours Club has become a part of Project Search (A TERI-TETRA PAK initiative). SEARCH stands for Sensitization, Education and Awareness on Recycling for A Cleaner Habitat. This Project involves collection of post consumed Tetra Pak Cartons and dry recyclable waste. These would be collected by Collection Partner Development Links Foundation which will channelize this waste to the recycling sector, which will reduce the amount of waste going to landfill site.
The first Cluster workshop was held on 24 August 2011 at TERI, India Habitat Centre. It was attended by Ms. S. Kaur and Ms. M. Pathak, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The core group members were shown various presentations to sensitize them towards SEARCH. The program schedule was discussed. The workshop ended with screening of waste land. |
| A ‘Creative Writing’ workshop was attended by 9 students of class XI of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh along with their teacher Incharge Ms. Sonam Yadav at the Diocesan Community Centre Library on 19 August, 2011. The speakers Ms. Jose Kavi and Ms. Rita Joseph enlightened everyone with their knowledge and ideas on creative writing, its various skills and ways to improve the creative writing process. This event was attended by nine schools. It was a wonderful and a great learning experience for all our students. |
| An Interactive Session ‘School to School’ was organized at GOONJ, Sarita Vihar in which teachers from different schools participated. Ms. Mamta Parashar from St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the same. The main motive of the session was to create awareness and encourage children to contribute in kind the stationery items, toys, books, newspaper and small gifts for GOONJ. They showed their Processing unit where they use each bit of old clothes for making sanitary napkins, mats, balls, wallets and pouches, etc. |
 Zoe Christopher (XI-A) and Samarth Garg (XIIA), of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, alongwith their teacher Ms. S. Malik visited the Indian Express office on 5 August 2011 and had an interactive session with Senior Congress M.P. Mr. Digvijay Singh. The veteran leader spoke at length about the various scams being unearthed as a result of Right to Information Act and maturing of Indian Democracy. He urged the students to develop a secular outlook and to defeat communalism at all costs. The students questioned him on reasons for Congress reliance on Gandhi-Nehru family and dearth of alternative leadership in Congress and reasons why Congress supported a ‘weak’ Lokpal Bill. The 1 ½ hr. session was a learning as well as an enriching experience for the students. |
A Career Counselling Programme for students of class XII was conducted at St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, on 3 August 2011. It was conducted by “JUMP” Centre for Career Development under the leadership of eminent Career Counsellor and Educationist Mr. Jitin Chawla, who interacted with the students and shared his expertise on the same. He conveyed that career building is not only about being a Doctor or an Engineer, it is more than that depending upon one’s interest. He covered wide areas like Actuarial Science Law, Acting, Directing, Psychology, Mass Communication etc. gave the students detailed informed on the same, regarding the course duration, economic aspects, colleges and scope.
The entire programme was an eye opener for the students. |
Nestle Milky Bar organized ‘Camp Champs’ on 25 July, 2011 for the students of classes IV and V of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. This created awareness in young minds about not just how important staying physically is but it be loads of fun to do so, through various exciting and fun – filled outdoor games like sac-race, fishing,
tent making, etc.
The winners were gratified with exciting gifts and merchandise from Nestle Milky Bar. The winners were Sanskar Gupta (IV F), Aryan Arora (IV A), Aryan Soni (V A), Harshleen Kaur (V A), Deepali Sharma (V A) and Akshit Gupta (V F). The runners – up were : Ashish Chugh (IV E) , Utsavi Makkar (IV C) , Isha Kumari (IV F) , Paarth Wadhawan (IV D) , Ishika Kalra (V B) and Mehak Bansal (V F). |
| On 22 July 2011, the Delhi Traffic Police organized a Road Safety Club Meet, at Bal Bhavan, to discuss about the awareness of road safety rules amongst teenagers. Physical Education Teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended this meeting, which was presided by Commissioner of Traffic Police and Jt. Commissioner of Police, Mr. Satendra Garg and Inspector Ms. Seema Sharma. The main motto was to include the best 45 schools of the area, into the Club, and organize various activities and programmes to spread awareness, throughout the year. |
Nine students of Humanities stream of classes XI and XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh along with the teacher incharge Ms. S. Malik attended an interactive session at India International Centre on Monday, 18 July 2011 to mark Nelson Mandela International Day.
The programme commenced with a cultural fiesta which included dance and songs from Africa. Thereafter all the assembled guests sang “We shall overcome” and passed lighted candles in a bid to ‘Take Action and Bring Change’.
It was an honour to hear the reminisces of Mr. Ahmed Kathrada, a close associate of Nelson Mandela and co – prisoner at Robber Island. According to him international support and sheer courage of his countrymen empowered to face the trials of a long prison sentence. He highlighted the plight of his people in their struggle against Apartheid and their resolve to attain peaceful settlement to end Apartheid guided by Gandhian ideology. He stressed on the importance of education and an understanding that ‘Freedom is always accompanied with Responsibility’.
The seminar concluded with a hope of stronger and friendlier ties between India and South Africa. |
| 10 students of classes VIII and IX alongwith 2 teachers Ms. Harmeet Kaur and Ms. Lisha Manoj of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended an interactive session with Ms. Daman Singh, the author of the book ‘the Sacred Grove’ organized by Harper Collin Publishers at the India Habitat Centre on 16.7.2011. The session was quite interesting as the author read out excerpts from her book and shared her experiences that she had while writing the book. The students asked her questions about everything from her inspiration for her writing to the issues in her book. Ms. Daman Singh shared other insights and personal stories about how she came to be a writer. It was indeed an enriching experience for the future writers to get the valuable tips from the renowned writer. |
| 8 teachers of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, were invited by CRISP (The Consortium for Research in School Pedagogy), an NGO, in NOIDA, for a study tour of their facility. CRISP has mapped the entire NCERT syllabus from classes I to X. The teachers saw how through the internet, the CRISP web portal provides access to thousands of global resources and lesson plans to deal with specific topics and themes, using equipment that is already available in the school. It was a wonderful experience as we gained a lot of knowledge. |
| Camlin Arts organized an Art workshop for the students of classes VI to VIII, of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The three days workshop was organized from 18 to 20 June 2011, and was attended by students actively. They enjoyed learning the art of coffee and crackle painting. |
| Pidilite Industries Limited conducted a Rakhi Making contest on 14 and 15 July, 2011 for students of classes II to V in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. After demonstration, all the Rakhi’s would be sent to Jawans posted on the Indian Border. It would be a great gesture to tell all the Jawans posted for our protection that we remember them and are thankful for what they are doing for us. |
| Three teachers Ms. L. Srinivas, Ms. Anu Arora and Ms. N. V. Punj of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the workshop organized at Vishal Bharti Public School on 28 June, 2011. It was conducted by Ms. Madhu Sharma. The main aim of the workshop was to highlight the salient features of Life Skills as a subject. She talked about the ten aspects of life skills but emphasized mainly on Self Awareness and Creativity. Significant tips were given to develop activities and assess them effectively through mutual interaction among the teachers present. The line that stayed with one and all is “Each day for a teacher is like a one day international, always aiming for a sixer.” |
 My school, St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh gave me the wonderful opportunity to attend TIMES NIE summer training programme in Journalism held at THE TIMES OF INDIA office at Daryaganj. The five day workshop from 6 June 2011 to 10 June 2011 was attended by thirty-four students from prominent schools of Delhi such as Ramjas School, Sanskriti school, Richmond School, DPS Vasant Kunj to name a few. It was a tremendous learning experience for me.
The aim of the workshop was to provide training to the students to publish a youth newspaper for the student edition of THE TIMES OF INDIA newspaper. We were given a brief training on different aspects of journalism : from writing an article to making graphics for the newspaper. I also had the golden opportunity of interacting with Mrs. Nikhat Kazmi, a senior correspondent and a well known film critic of THE TIMES OF INDIA who was present on the second day of the workshop.
She gave us some valuable suggestions on how to be a good journalist. On the fourth day of the workshop we were clicked for our own newspaper. On the last day of the workshop we were asked to undertake a marketing research to find the response of readers of THE TIMES OF INDIA- STUDENT EDITION. For this we were given fifteen survey forms. We were asked to get the survey done and make a report on it.
It was a memorable experience to learn how to be a reporter, critic, page designer, sub editor from the professionals at the TIMES OF INDIA office. I would like to thank my school & the TOI team for giving me this once in a lifetime opportunity. |
Naman Bhagat
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| An Art Summer Camp was organized for the students of class IV and V of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 18 and 19 May, 2011 in which students learnt quilling, glass painting and making of theme photo frames. |
| Ms. Poonam Devi, specialist in Mithila Folk Painting and her assistant conducted a Paper Mache Workshop at St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, from 18th to 20th May 2011. Students were taught to make various things out of Paper Mache. They learnt to make various handicraft items. |
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| A fifteen day theatre workshop by the ‘Atelier Theatre Group' was held during the summer vacation from 18th to 31st May 2011. It was taken up by Mr. Kuljeet Singh and assisted by Himanshu Mehta. 28 students from classes VI to X took part in the workshop. Students learnt various techniques to modulate their voices so that their performance makes an impact. Their confidence, awareness and acting skills were enhanced. They enacted a play called “Raja Tarbooz Ki Kahani” based on a poem “The Tale of The Melon City” by Vikram Seth on the last day of the workshop. The play was scripted by the students themselves with guidance and inputs from Mr. Singh. Every student participated in it and was encouraged to perform to his potential. Our principal ma’am and the parents were very pleased with the performance and the students were very charged up by performing on stage. The workshop definitely helped them in broadening their views on real-life situations and was a great learning experience. The workshop ended on a high note and was a big success. |
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We at St. Mark's, believe that theatre is the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way to bring about a change in the society and the most effective way to celebrate life.
A group of 25 teachers were fortunate to attend a theatre workshop conducted by two eminent theatre personalities, Avijit Dutt who is a filmmaker, actor, theatre director and communications consultant and Swaroopa Ghosh, a theatre actor and director who specializes in children's theatre. The three day intensive workshop not only polished the acting and directing skills of the teachers but gave them a new vision of theatre from a child's point of view. The team building exercises and the group dynamics gave a new dimension to the workshop apart from concentrating on the nuances of script writing, dialogue delivery, voice modulation, improvisations etc.
At the end of the workshop participating teachers presented self scripted short plays. |
| Eco Club teacher Ms. S. Kaur of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended a workshop organized by ‘Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment’ (GLOBE), from 17th to 19th February 2011, at Delhi Secretariat. The main purpose of this training programme was to unite teachers, students and scientists in the study and research about the dynamics of the Earth’s Environment. They were trained to do protocols for atmosphere, hydrology, soil and land cover. |
| Scholastic India Ltd. organized a workshop on Lexile Framework for the teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, on 9 February 2011. The workshop was conducted by Ms. Loena Srivastav, the Regional Head, Scholastic India Ltd. Lexile Framework aims at checking the Lexile level of an individual which will help him in realizing his potential to read books of his interest as well as understanding. It also helps them to constantly upgrade their lexile levels. The workshop helped the teachers in getting acquainted with the system so that they can help the students in checking their lexile levels. It was also an exciting experience as the teachers themselves took the test and were eager to check their lexile levels. |
The students of classes II and III of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended an informative and an interesting session organized by the ‘Habitat Children’s Book Forum’ at India Habitat Centre on 12 February 2011.
It was conducted by Ms. Mariam Karim Ahlawat, a renowned author of a variety of books. ‘My Little Boar’, ‘High in the Sky’, ‘Tales – Old and New’ are few of her works. She also writes a column for the ‘Times of India’ on ‘Educational and Social Issues’.
The session with Ms. Mariam was truly fun with words, rhymes, sounds and pictures. She stressed on the fact that every word has a magic in it and how different pictures can be created in mind for a particular word. The ‘major attraction’ and fun for the students were her poems which had big emphasis on the ‘rhyme’ and the ‘sound’. The students enjoyed themselves a great deal, reciting poems with her and commented that she creates magic in her poems.
Emphasising on the imagination of the students, which can be extremely versatile, Ms. Mariam asked the students to think of a character and write a short story on it, which really brought out the talents, in a lot of students, of creating wonderful stories.
In all it was a learning experience majorly for the students and for the teachers as well, as they got a variety of tips of how they can make their class teaching creative and thereby more effective by just developing the imaginative and creative buds of the students. |
A group of 15 students from classes IV to VIII and 2 teachers Ms. T. Kant and Ms. U. Korla, of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, went to attend an interactive session with Ms. Leila Seth, Former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh, on her book, ‘We, the Children of India – The Preamble to our Constitution’.
It was indeed enlightening for the students as well as the teachers. She made the words of ‘Preamble to the Constitution’ understandable to even the youngest readers. Heavy words like democracy, republic, sovereignty, secular etc. have been made easy and interesting to learn through colourful illustrations.
All the students and the teachers listened to Ms.Leila Seth in a rapt attention as she threw light on various points of her book. It was a great learning experience to hear her narrating stories to explain a particular word written in the Preamble of India. |
| An Orientation Programme on Climate Change was conducted at Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Combating Climate Change on 4th February 2011. Teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, Ms. S. Kaur and Ms. A. Sapra, attended the programme, which included visit to Energy Park of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute, where they were shown renewable energy devices like solar boilers, refrigerator, pumps, water car etc. It was followed by a group discussion on climate change and use of new renewable energy sources and its economic aspects. The group discussion was facilitated by Director of MGICCC, Mr. S. K. Saxena. |
CBSE-ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research) in collaboration with Sahodaya School Complex (Gurgon Chapter), organised an International Conference focusing on ‘Scope of Assessment in Teaching and Learning’ from 24 to 25 January 2011 at the Leela Kempinski, Gurgaon, which brought together key researchers, policy makers and teachers. More than 1000 delegates from all over India and abroad participated in this Conference.
Ms. V. Wahi, Vice Principal of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended this Conference, which stressed that the implementation and success of CCE depends on how well assessment and its data is used to improve classroom teaching. The main emphasis was laid on how to improve the effectiveness of class room teaching and learning though assessment. |
| Primary teachers attended a cookery workshop organized by Nestle on 22 January, 2011 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec Public School, Meera Bagh. It was an interactive workshop where teachers were given guidelines for healthy eating habits. Question and answer session was enjoyed by the teachers. Recipies were demonstrated. A fun session of Tambola was also organized. |
The Times of India pioneered “Take Care Take Charge” programme in year 2010, which intends to instill a sense of responsibility amongst youth by the way of contributing innovative ideas for greener and sustainable environment. Ms. Ritu Verma, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, was one of the panelists, alongwith United Nations Development Programme resource person Mr.Ramesh Kumar Jalan, Arcelor Mittal’s Country head Mr.Sudhir Sinha and celebrity Judge Actor Mr.Imran Zahid.
The most promising idea out of 10 best entries from Delhi was of Prateek Karhelia, an I. T. Professional, called ‘iM-Pollute’.
14 year old Kashif Noori presented his idea on a generator which can make electricity cycle, was highly appreciated by the panelists. |
A teacher is a “Guide on the side rather than a sage on the stage…..”
The iDiscoveri Education conducted the Conference ‘School of Tomorrow’ with this motto, on the future of school education in India. Ms. Ritika Anand, Education Supervisor-Middle Wing, of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended this seminar and communication forum for school leaders and educationists on 07.12.2010. The conference had addresses by Education visionaries and panel discussion of experts to discuss micro practices and macro trends that have potential to transform school education. Prof. Peter M. Senge (MIT Sloan School of Management), Prof. David Perkins (Harvard Univ.) and Mr. Gurcharan Das (Author and ex-CEO, P&G) were the key note speakers. |
Ms. Anjali Aggarwal and Ms. Anita Gupta of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec Public School, Meera Bagh attended a seminar on ‘Modern International Curricula’ organized by Edexcel on 3 December 2010 at The Leela Kempinski, Gurgaon.
The seminar witnessed participation from educationists and school principals. International academic qualifications, their structure and assessment models as well as ideal resources, training and support structures were discussed during the course of the seminar.
Edexcel had also showcased the United Kingdom model wherein academic and vocational education co – exist. |
The workshop was organized by Forum of Public Schools (Regd.) on Specific Learning Disabilities on 25 September 2010. The day long workshop was attended by junior section teachers Ms. Deepinder , Mr. K. Gill and Ms. Monita Bose along-with the Guidance Counsellor Ms. Neha Sharma of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The eminent speakers included Dr. Jitendra Nagpal and Mrs. Tulika Talwar. The workshop advocated the need for Early Identification, Intervention and Sensitization for Specific Learning Disabilities and Inclusive Education.
The workshop oriented the teachers to explore and understand Classroom Management strategies and approach to remedial support. The workshop sensitized the teachers to be the role models and the change makers in the developmental journey of a child.
Few of the learning’s from the workshop were :
» Childhood is a journey and exploration is the methodology to learn constructively.
» Handling children with Special Needs requires warmth, understanding and passion. |
| A Workshop was conducted by Ms. Deepika from Hriday Shaan on 25 August 2010 on ‘Importance of Breakfast’. Peer leaders from classes VI – IX attended the workshop. The speaker informed about the various food groups to be included in healthy breakfast and how it is the most important meal of the day. |
| Two teachers Ms. Seema Arora and Ms. Geeta Rajan attended a day long workshop ‘Face to Faith’ organized by the Tony Blair Foundation at Ahlcon International School on the 17th of August 2010. They were taught some ICT skills which would help in video conferencing with schools from all across the globe. They were also part of a video conference with the Face to Faith team based in the U.S. The school looks forward to collaboration with schools from as far as Canada, Japan and New Zealand. |
A theatre workshop was organized at St. Mark’s Sr.Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, for students of classes VI to X, from 15 May to 29 May 2010. It was conducted by Mr. Kuljeet Singh, the founder Director of Atelier Theatre Society. The workshop included activities like improvisations, voice projections, proper usage of stage space and various physical exercises.
Mr. Nitin Sharma, alongwith Mr. Kuljeet, prepared the students for a play by Safdar Hashmi. The play, 'Gopi Gawaiya, Bagha Bajaiya', was staged on the final day of the workshop and was witnessed by the parents of the participating students. It was a great learning experience for everyone involved. |
| Snow Leopard Eco Club members of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended a workshop on ‘Global Warming and Climate Change’ in the school premises on 17 April 2010. The workshop was conducted by an organization I-Dream which works for environment. Students exchanged their ideas and asked questions. The workshop ended with a small session of discussion of eco club activities of the school and how to become green consumers. |
| The teachers of primary wing of of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended a very effective and intense talk by Mr. Apoorva, a Vipassana practitioner and a staunch believer in the healing powers of the Vipassana, the ancient meditation technique of India. It was good learning experience for all the teachers. |
| A group of 17 girls from classes VIII, IX and X of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended a two and a half day ‘Vipassana Meditation Camp’ at Chhattarpur on 9 April 2010. They learnt the breathing technique of Annapana which makes them feel peaceful and calm. Practiced regularly, it would improve their memory and concentration. They also enjoyed the interactive sessions and activities. |
| A workshop on ‘Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change Mitigation’ was conducted on 10 April 2010 at Nehru Memorial Museum for Eco club teachers. It was attended by Ms. S. Kaur, Ms. M. Pathak and Ms. A. Sapra, teachers of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The programme began with nature walk, followed by a Presentation on Biodiversity including Climate Mitigation and Learning from Nature. The programme concluded with a brainstorming session on earth day activities which were presented by various groups of teachers. |
| Ms. U. Korla, teacher, of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended the Teacher’s Meet organized by the Times of India, NIE, on 9 April 2010. The topic of discussion was ‘Destressing the Learning Environment’. It was organized to commemorate 25 years of NIE Programme. The Hon’ble Education Minister for the State, Mr. Arvinder Singh Lovely was the Chief Guest. The occasion was graced by many eminent personalities from various sectors of the society, like, Ms. Anjana Kothari, internationally recognized Painter and a TOI columnist Mr. Puspesh Kant, Ms. Rashmi Roshan, Editor, Sunday Times and Ms. Ekta Choudhary, Femina Miss India 2009. The programme concluded with a remarkable dance performance. Overall it was a well organized and thought provoking programme. |
| A workshop was organized by Forum of Public Schools (Regd.) on “Preparing for Future Challneges”, at St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, on 15th and 16th March 2010. Teachers from various schools attended this workshop, which was conducted by Dr. Vikram Dutt, Head, Sr. Consultant in Inclusion and Rehabilitation, Mr. Alok Bhuvan, Ph.D in Special Education Inclusion autism and Ms. Mamta Sahai, Chairperson, CWC. This workshop was a blend of conceptual and interactive one and it covered various topics like handling children with special needs, dealing with parents and guardians, understanding the child and his needs etc. The workshop was an eye opening experience for all those who attended. |
| A Librarians’ Meet was conducted by Scholastic India Pvt. Ltd. on 16 March 2010 at Russian Culture Centre. The seminar was inaugurated by Prof. Krishna Kumar, Former Director NCERT. The theme of the seminar was ‘The School Library – Today and Tomorrow’. Ms. A. Kohli from St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended this programme, in which the librarians expressed their views and problems they faced every day. It was a great learning experience as they got new ideas for a vibrant library and international perspectives of a school library. |
| Convention of School Counsellors was held at ICTRC, Dwarka, on 23 February 2010 by Dr. V. S. Ravindran, Director, ICTRC and many other eminent speakers from varied background and universities. Ms. Divya, the Counsellor of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec.Public School, Meera Bagh, participated in the programme. This workshop focused on the issue of ‘Classroom Management’, factors affecting student behaviour in classrooms, changing aspects of the teacher-student relationship and counsellor’s role in a school. It was a good learning experience for all who attended the programme. |
 An Our School and Saraswati House Publications, in joint collaboration organized a Hindi Workshop on 21 November 2009 in the school premises. Many Hindi Teachers from various schools of West Delhi participated in the Seminar.
This workshop was an attempt to popularize Hindi as a launguage among the students and respect the same as a National language. |
» Social Science Workshop (12 September 2009)
» Mathematics Workshop (19 September 2009)
» Environmental Studies Workshop (30 November 2009)
» CMC Vatavaran & Climate Change Primer Workshops (27 & 31 October 2009 respectively)
» Science Workshop |
 An interactive session with Mr. Barry O’Brien was jointly organized by the Oxford University Press and St. Mark’s Girls Sr. Sec. School, Meera Bagh on 24 October 2009. Around 50 teachers of our school attended the talk show. Many teachers from other reputed schools also attended this programme. As Mark Twain has rightly said - “Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great”.
Mr. O’Brien motivated the teachers and filled them with new zeal to become better teachers and human beings. He emphasized on the need for a teacher to keep up with horizontal knowledge and learning in addition to updating vertical knowledge. The programme kept the audience spellbound. The teachers returned home an enlightened lot. |
I was lucky to get an opportunity to attend a wildlife film-making workshop organized by CMS-VATAVARAN on 20 October 2009 at India Habitat Centre. The 12-hour workshop was hosted by Mr. Vijay Bedi, a Green Oscar Awardee whose family has been in wildlife film making from three generations. Eighteen students from different schools participated. We were briefed by him about the various steps involved in film making. We were also made aware of the problems we would face and how to overcome them. We learnt how to use the state of the art equipment. We then headed to the zoological park for a hands-on experience. It was wonderful to be so close to nature.
We returned to the Habitat Centre and shifted our focus on editing of films. It was an amazing experience and I felt enlightened after attending it.- GARV MALIK, XI B |
| The countdown has begun. The clock strikes and here we are sitting all night, trying to cram the course with the anxiety of completing the syllabus and fear of not passing the exams. Therefore, the need of the hour is how to beat the exam monster with study skills and time management. On 7 September 2009, Vanya Bhatnagar and Palak Ahuja of class IX, attended a workshop under the renowned Psychiatrist, Dr. Samir Parikh at Max Health Care, Saket; that awakened us to the fact that studies can be made really interesting and easy with the right study skills. |
| A workshop was organized by Forum of Public Schools (Regd.) on 19 August 2009, at Sachdeva Public school, Pitampura. Resource team from Expression India comprising of renowned doctors headed by Dr. Jitender Nagpal, conducted the workshop on “Handling Medical Emergencies in School”. Principals and teachers from various schools attended this workshop. Mr. Vikas, Ms. Preeti, Ms. Sharmistha and Ms. Nishu, teachers of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended the workshop and found it to be very illuminating and helpful. |
| A highly informative street play was presented on Disaster Management, for students of class IX by artists from Theatre Point. Through their effective dramatic skills using simple props, songs and drum beats the artists depicted various natural and manmade disasters especially earthquakes, fire hazards and acts of terrorism. They gave valuable inputs for tackling these disasters through alertness and preparedness. Panic at the time of disasters augments the casualties, while wisdom and preparedness enables us to avert, minimize the loss of human life and overcome the disaster. |
| http://www.testbag.com organized a workshop for Science students of classes XI and XII to bring awareness to their website which provides access to online testing for various subjects like Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, English, Mental Ability and many more. It is an innovative way of testing as the students will benefit a great deal in their regular as well as entrance exams. It also aims at improving knowledge skills and time management. |
| 5 Students along with the Music teacher Mr. R. Pramanik had the opportunity to visit The British Council to attend a Music Workshop, which was conducted by a group of musicians from U.K. Students learned the importance of melody and harmony in singing. Overall, it was an interesting workshop. |
| A workshop on Medical Emergencies was conducted at St. Mark’s Sr. Sec Public School, Meera Bagh, on 6th and 7th July 2009 for teachers of classes I to VI and VII to XII respectively. The workshop which was conducted by Mr. Ojas S. Walia from St. John Ambulence Brigade, emphasised on students fainting during assembly/sports period, lab accidents , fire and first aid. The workshop was extremely enlightening and was appreciated by all. |
| A group of eight students of Astronomy Club of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, went to St. Columba’s School to attend a workshop from 22nd to 26th May 2009. There were 4 sessions based on Advance Solar Observation. Total Solar Eclipse and Radio Astronomy. All sessions were interesting and informative. Last session concluded with Career Counseling in the field of Astronomy and future of humanity in space. |
| A group of eight students of Astronomy Club of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, went to Sariska for Astronomy Club Meet from 17th to 19th April 2009. There were 2 sessions based on Astro Photography’ and Deep Sky Observations’. Students also had an opportunity to visit famous Sariska Tiger Reserve which was a unique experience in itself. |
| HT PACE organized a workshop on 'Photo Frame Making' on 15 April 2009 a St. Marks Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh for Classes IV & V. The resource person was Ms. Japjee who is also the Co-ordinator HT Pace. She demonstrated the making of the photo frame. The students were enthusiastic to learn and many of them made it at home and brought to school the next day. |
A Story Telling Workshop was held on 10 April 2009 at St. Marks Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. It was organized by Ratna Sagar Pvt. Ltd. The resource person was Ms. Deepa Aggarwal, who authored a number of books for children. She has about forty books in English and Hindi to her credit. Her series of picture books 'Little Friends' with titles like 'Lippo goes to the Park' and 'Squiggy goes to school' published by Frank Educational Aids is extremely popular with beginner readers. Her recent titles include 'Caravan to Tibet', 'Folktales from Uttarakhand' and 'The Mango Birds'.
She spoke about various styles of story telling belonging to different countries and also from the different states of our country. To name a few : Kamishibai - a Japanese way of storytelling and Rajasthani Phad which has a screen with full story and the relevant pictures are highlighted. It was quite an interactive and interesting workshop and concluded with the performance by the teachers of Class I to V with a story from their respective classes. Ms. Deepa Aggarwal was very impressed with the way the teachers enacted out the stories with limited time and limited aids. However it was the Principal of the school, Ms. A. Aggarwal who stole the show by enacting out the famous story 'Little Red Riding Hood'. |
| Ms. P. Sauja and Ms. S. Bagga, our teachers, attended a workshop on road safety programme at St. Columbia School, Vikaspuri. The workshop, which was conducted by M/s Toyota, was well informative ad teachers from various schools shared their views and information on the topic. Students of classes I to V were shown animated movie based on traffic rules. |
| Ms. M. Pathak and Ms. S. Kaur, attended a workshop on 'Urban Sanitation' organized jointly by CBSE, Urban Development Authority and GTZ. It was a conclave of teachers and principals from all across India. Participants were asked to sensitize the children regarding the basic needs of sanitation. Various presentations related to urban sanitation were given by eminent people. Schools were also briefed about better environment and energy conservation. Many notes were exchanged amongst schools and the matters discussed would be implemented soon. |
| An eight-day Theatre Workshop was held for students of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, by the Yatrik Theatre Group. 36 students from Classes VIII, IX and XI participated in this workshop along with the teacher felicitators, Ms. P. Minocha and Ms. R. Kohli. Legends like Ms. Joy Michael, Mr. Prakash Bhatia and Ms. Swaroopa Ghosh conducted the workshop and worked on different arenas of theatre. The students were made aware of the technical as well as creative aspects of a play. They were taught how to improvise a scene, how to modulate and project their voice. Mr. Neeraj worked upon their diction and clarity of voice. Mr. Siddharth Bhatia was present for the last 2 days of the workshop wherein a play was developed and was enacted by the students on stage. |
| Two students, Ishan Arora and Aayushi of Class V along with the teacher Ms. M. Parashar attended S2S Forum organized by Goonj, an NGO that works for the underprivileged sections of society, at Sarita Sadan on 6 February 2009. It was an interactive session in which teachers and students from across Delhi came together to examine the problem areas. The session began with a vote of appreciation by Mr. Anshu Gupta, Founder Director Goonj, where he appreciated and expressed his gratitude towards our school for consistently supporting Goonj activities over the years. |
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