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St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School
MEERA BAGH, NEW DELHI - 87 |
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Ms. P. Sharda and Ms. M. Bharti, Hindi teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a one day Hindi Teachers Training Workshop which was conducted by K. R. Mangalam Centre for Professional Development of Educators, New Delhi, in collaboration with Madhuban Publications, on 28 December, 2019. The Resource Person for the workshop was Dr. Syed Matheen Ahmed, Member of State Resource Group – Hindi, R.V.M. Hyderabad.
The workshop focussed on the HINDI VYAKARAN (Grammar). The objective of the workshop was to train teachers with new methodologies in teaching of Hindi Language related to Hindi Vyakaran and Creative Writing. The other highlights of this workshop were how to improve writing skills of the students and how to make Hindi Vyakaran more interesting by the different creative activities. |
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Our school counsellor attended a conclave on “Guidance Based Education - The Emerging Concept” organized by Institute of Counsellor Training Research and Consultancy (ICTRC) on 18 December, 2019 at the India International Centre. The Conclave highlighted the functions of the School as an Institution and the Counsellor working together in providing the right Guidance to students in a way which is beneficial to them in the long run.Future of Artificial Intelligence in India was the main highlight, along with the skills needed in the career market. These are the skills that the school should help children in honing so that they are well equipped for the tough competition outside.
The prominent speakers gracing the event were from the field of Education and Counselling Psychology which included Dr. V. S Ravindran, Dr. N. K Saraswat, Dr. Deepak Garg and Dr. Keshav enlightening the gathering with their insightful discussions. |
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| Workshop on AI and ML conducted by KIPS publication was attended by Mr. N. Gupta and Ms. S. Bhatnagar of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 10 December, 2019 at Suryaa Hotel, New Friends Colony. This workshop emphasised on the concepts comparing human learning with machine learning. According to some research humans experience is equal to learning and for computers experience is equal to data. The resource person assured that every one understand the need of AI and ML, she explained the concept using big data V3 policy that is variety,velocity and volume. She also cleared the concept of different data i.e. structured data,unstructured data. The resource person differentiated data analysis and data analytics in a very simpler manner. The definition says "AI intelligence demonstrated by machine in contrast to natural intelligence demonstrated by humans" e.g. Google maps, Google assistant. Overall it was a good learning experience with the resource person Ms. Gurpreet Kaur who is free lancer speaker. |
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| Ms. R. Sachdeva and Ms. E. Thukral of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the workshop 'Pillars' at Shri. Venketeshwar International School, Dwarka on 7 December, 2019. This practical and useful session provided insight into the teaching and learning process in childhood education to understand the importance of planning, instructing, linking learning to real life , reflecting on the process of teaching and making the learning successful. |
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Ms. A. Mahajan attended a French teachers training workshop on 1 December, 2019 at Alliance Française de Delhi conducted by Ms. Preeti Bhutani, Author and President of Prayatna Educational Society.
The objective of the workshop was to train teachers with new methodologies in teaching of foreign languages related to reading, writing and speaking skills. They also emphasized on how to improve oral and writing skills of the students and how to make French more interesting and interactive while giving the ideas for different activities that can be done in the school. |
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| Ms. D. Maini and Ms. S. Yadav attended an ELT Workshop on ‘Need for skill development in English language teaching’, conducted by Ms. Ruchi Sengar (Headword Publishing Company), at Titiksha Public School. The workshop was about various techniques to be used in classroom environment for teaching, listening, speaking, reading and writing skills of English language. It was an enriching and fruitful experience wherein the teachers were given hands on experience through various activities. |
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| Around 150 students of Grade 11 attended an innovative challenge workshop organized by NIIT University Neemrana. The resource person, Ms. Meera Dutta, not only spoke about the innovations that have happened in the recent years but also asked the students to be innovative enough to suggest solutions for different problems. |
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| Ms. P. Malhotra attended a workshop on “Dive into Dyslexia : Reading and Spelling Solutions“. The esteemed speaker Ms. Rama Tandon, Founder of Centre for Dyslexia, a Dyslexia Therapist and a certified language therapist, emphasized that Dyslexia is not a disease but a learning style. She demonstrated multisensory techniques to empower teachers to understand and teach children on how to cope and overcome their experience with Dyslexia thus making the session enriching. |
| The Penguin Librarian Meet was held at India International Centre Maxmuller Marg by Penguin, Random House which was attended by Ms. A. Kohli of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The workshop was conducted by Ms. Andrea Bowie on 'Dream Big: Bringing Stories to Life'. After that the panel discussion was held on 'This Book is Not for Me. How and Why Do We Select or Reject Books', by Dr. Tanushree Singh, and author Mr. Deepak Dalal in conversation with two senior librarians. At last Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister of Delhi, Mr. Manish Sisodia concluded the workshop with a keynote on the Importance of Library and Librarian in the life of a student. |
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| Students of Class VI of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh participated in a Ceramic Pottery Painting Workshop conducted by Ms. Sheetal Chopra from The Hindustan Times. The students learnt to paint beautiful designs on the pots and also the various nuances of pottery painting and expressed their creativity in this art very proficiently. |
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| Innovation is not just represented by introducing or implementing new ideas or methods. It is a process that involves multiple activities to uncover new ways to do things. To develop this scientific approach of exploration and innovation, students of Class XI of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh were taken to attend a workshop on 'Racing Of Molecules' at Innovation lab of National Science Centre on 22 November 2019, where they learnt the technique of Gel Electrophoresis and DNA Finger printing. |
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Ms. R. Anand, Vice Principal and Mr. N. Gupta attended a day long workshop on Education Transformation on 20 November, 2019 organised by CBSE in collaboration with Microsoft. The workshop focussed on the Microsoft K-12 Education Transformation Framework which stressed on the positive use of digital technology and using AI, cloud and data analytics to manage complex school environments more efficiently and effectively.
The highly motivating panel discussions were followed by the inspiring words from the keynote speakers - Prof. Rajeev Gowda, MP, Rajya Sabha and Dr. Amee Yajnik, MP, Rajya Sabha. |
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| On 8 November, 2019 a Workshop was organised for JSTSE (IX) and NTSE (X) students of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. It was conducted by Mr. Sudhanshu Bajaj. The workshop started with a motivational talk followed by a presentation on achievements of differently abled people. They also showed how to solve numerical of Maths and Physics through easy methods. |
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| The Microsoft Global Learning Connection (formerly Skype-a-Thon) event started with great enthusiasm, in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School Meera Bagh, had interactive sessions with expert Dr. Rohini Srivathsa, National Technology Officer (CTO) and Strategy Lead - Microsoft India. The students of Class XIG Computer Science along with Ms. R. Anand, Vice-Principal and Mr. N. Gupta, P.G.T. Computer Science had a discussion with an expert on Machine Learning and Artificial Learning on 6 November, 2019 in the school premises. The students actively participated in the discussion with an expert. She explained the concept related to Artificial intelligence and real-life application related to AI. |
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| 150 students of Class X and 25 teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the one-day training at school premises on 01 November, 2019. The training was conducted by Mr. Jatin Vashisht from Juana Technologies on behalf of Microsoft and Mr. N. Gupta, PGT Computer Science of our school. The workshop was mainly about the Microsoft tools which can be used in 21st-century education. The trainer explained the usage of one drive as well. |
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Reading plays a very important role in a child’s life. Keeping this in mind, an Accelerated Reading Programme (ARP) was conducted for the students of Classes I and II of St. Mark’s Sr. sec. Public School, Meera Bagh wherein the students facing reading difficulties were given extra attention between 2 to 3 p.m. by the teachers of Classes I to III along withthe Special Educators and counsellors so as to enhance their reading skills.
Around 77 students were a part of this program which was carried out for a period of 3 months. At the culmination of these classes, an interactive session was held for the parents of these children on 1 November, 2019. During the session, Principal, Ms. A. Aggarwal, Vice-Principal, Ms. R. Anand and Academic Head, Ms. G. Chandra gave valuable tips to the parents as to how to inculcate reading habits in the children and motivate them to read more. She felt extremelyproud to announce that all the students who were a part of this programme had improved their reading skills and developed a love for reading too. |
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| A workshop by Pidilite was conducted for Class IV on 22 October, 2019. The students were taught to make fridge magnets.It was a wonderful experience for all the students. They brought their own material from home which included shilpkar packets, paints, brush and fevicol. Children had loads of fun making these fridge magnets and were excited to make new shapes as well. |
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| Ms. Renu from Pidilite Industries Limited organised a Workshop on Tie and Dye for the students of Class IV on 21 October, 2019. The students were enthusiastic to learn the technique and took active part in it. |
| In consonance with its motive to promote innovation and joyful learning in classrooms, CBSE conducted a workshop on ‘Innovative Pathshala’, on 19 October, 2019. Ms. R. Kohli attended this day long session where the resource person, Mr. Manas Tripathi, CBSE Expert discussed ideas like MCQs, seating arrangement, meditation and warm-up exercises, learning through comics, art and craft and concept mapping to make learning easy and interesting. The importance of rang manch and games was also highlighted as vital methods of teaching. All these methods have been found as the most effective zero-investment solutions by teachers. It was an interactive session and all the participating members got a chance to exchange their ideas and learn from each other's experience. |
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| As kids manipulate a paint brush, their fine motor skills improve. By counting pieces and colours, they learn the basics of math. When children experiment with materials, they dabble in science. Most important perhaps, when kids feel good while they are creating, art helps boost self confidence. So, keeping all this and more in mind two art workshops were conducted for the students of Class V on 16 October 2019 where students of sections A, B and C learnt 'Fluid Art' and students of sections D, E and F learnt to make 3-D masks. Students were full of enthusiasm and created beautiful pieces of art. |
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| A Mother Daughter Hygiene Workshop was held on 11 October, 2019 and was attended by the girl students of Class VI of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh along with their mothers. The speaker Ms. Ritika Lamba from Procter and Gamble Health Care Ltd. conducted this educational session on right health and hygiene practices. She highlighted the importance of balanced diet, exercise along with good physical and mental well being. |
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| 'Solar Urja Lamp Workshop' was conducted as part of the drive 'Non Violence towards Environment' on
2 October, 2019 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. 50 students of Classes V to VIII participated in the workshop. Each child was given a kit containing the components of the lamp. The children watched the modules which explained the various components and their assembling. They had hands on experience for assembling the lamps and took a pledge to save the environment. It was a fun and great learning experience for them. |
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A Career Counselling Workshop was held for the parents and students of Class X of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 12 and 13 September, 2019. The speaker Ms. Jyotsna Bhardwaj (a consulting psychologist, a professional counsellor and a life skills trainer) spoke about the various factors affecting career choice, career development cycle, conventional and new age careers along with the importance of psychometric assessment and its role in making the right stream selection.
It was an interactive session where the queries of students and parents were addressed. |
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| A mobile pouch making and Gift Wrapping workshop was conducted for the students by Ms. Alka Gauba on
10 September, 2019. The students learnt the art of enhancing their gifts and to make carrying of mobiles easier. They were enthusiastic to use their skills and used all sorts of fabric, papers and decorative material. It was a fun filled learning activity. |
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To commemorate the ‘International Year of Periodic Table’, The National Science Centre organised a two day workshop ‘Odyssey of Elements’ on 28 and 29 August, 2019 which was attended by Ms. A. Kaur, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh.
The two day session included ‘Green Chemistry’ demonstration by Hindu College team, ‘Fun with Chemistry’ session, ‘Chemistry Demonstration for Classes XI and XII’ by Dr. R. K. Parashar (NCERT) and ‘Hands on Session by participants'. Demonstrations of new experiments and a session on Gold Jewellery designing were the highlights of second day.
‘Chemistry is necessarily an experimental science.’ This was proven beyond any doubt in the two day workshop.
Numerous innovative experiments were designed by the teachers during the brain storming sessions to ignite young minds and inspire them to learn by doing. |
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It is rightly said that Children are the winners when there is a positive bond between the parents and teachers.
So, keeping this in mind, an interactive workshop was conducted for 65 parents of Class II on 23 August, 2019 in St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The workshop was conducted by Dr. U. Pandey, Senior Hindi teacher and attended by Vice Principal Ms. R. Anand and Academic Supervisor Ms. G. Chandra.
Dr. Pandey gave valuable tips to the parents as to how to make Hindi teaching fun for the children. She talked about the importance and daily use of this language. She explained how Hindi language originated from Sanskrit and that it has words of Urdu and English language as well. She also explained the various skills to learn and teach Hindi. She responded to the queries of the parents regarding the teaching of various maatras and asked the parents to stress on the correct pronunciation of certain words. |
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| The process of education is not complete without fostering a positive bond between teachers and parents. We feel it is necessary to share some important tips for positive parenting and how to inculcate the habit of reading. So, an interactive session with the parents of Class III was organised on 22 August, 2019 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh to emphasise on the habit of Reading. Principal, Ms. A. Aggarwal, conducted the session with utmost simplicity and motivated the parents to inculcate the habit of reading in their children. Ms. A. Aggarwal then discussed the problems faced by the students like reading of the text, comprehension skills, vocabulary building, confidently conversing in the language and other related issues. The workshop ended with a question answer session with the parents. Parents were happy to share their experiences and problems. Ms. Aggarwal provided them with simple and handy solutions. |
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| Ms. K. Mehta and Ms. T. Kant, English teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a two day Capacity Building Workshop organised by CBSE on 21 and 22 August, 2019 at Hans Raj Model School, Punjabi Bagh. The workshop conducted by Ms. Ruchi Sengar (Teacher Trainer with CBSE, IELTS Examiner) and Ms. Ritu Sharma (an English teacher and trainer with C.B.S.E) aimed at providing a platform for professional development and subject based interaction among teachers dealing with English Core for Std. XI and XII. The two day session focussed on important class room teaching strategies and Assessment Methodologies. The nuances of classroom teaching with special focus on holistic, cognitive growth and educational achievement of learners was discussed in detail. |
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| A two days Capacity Building Programme was organised by CBSE, Centre of Excellence for Teachers (COE) at PP international School, LD block, Pitampura on 20 and 21 August, 2019. The resource Persons for the workshop were Mr. Shubham Chakraborty (Science Communicator, Author and Innovator) and Ms. Veena Mishra (Principal of National Victor Public School). Workshop was for Class X Science teachers. Ms. A. Sapra, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended this workshop alongwith teachers from around 53 schools. Pattern of Science paper for Class X was discussed and based on that teachers were asked to make the sample papers. Different activities given in science NCERT for Class X were demonstrated. Teachers were given many science activities to perform in groups and were asked to prepare lesson plans individually. |
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The students of Classes X, XI and XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the 'Annual Knowledge Summit' organised by New Era Public School on 20 and 21 August, 2019.
The keynote speakers were Dr. Bezwada Wilson, an Indian Human Rights Activist, founder of Safai Karamchari Andolan and winner of the Ramon Magasay Award in 2016. He spoke on Eradication of Manual Scavenging and discriminating Caste system and Dr. Rajender Singh, a well known water conservationist, environmentalist, Recipient of the Ramon Magasay Award winner in 2001 and also known as Waterman of India, emphasised on the need and measures of water conservation. |
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Ms. H. Pant, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the Capacity Building Programme for Secondary School Assessment on 10 August 2019, organised by CBSE. The resource persons were C.B.S.E. experts - Dr. Girish Chaudhary and Ms. Neeta Rastogi who highlighted the different aspects of assessment and evaluation to be kept in mind by teachers of Classes IX and X in order to have a holistic approach of assessment. |
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| CBSE conducted two days Capacity Building Workshop for Economics at Mamta Modern Sr. Sec. School, Vikaspuri, Delhion 30 and 31 July, 2019 which was attended by Ms. H. Kaur and Ms. S. Kansra, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Ms. Sudha Acharya, Principal of ITL Public School, Dwarka and Ms. Meena Malhotra, HOD of Economics Society of Modern School, Barakhamba Road were the resource persons. Apart from discussion on changed syllabus, they emphasised on adoption of new teaching methods like simulation crosswords, mind mapping, etc. |
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| Tarnish Mitra (VII A), Jasraj Singh (VII B) and Aanandita Behl (VI A) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the FilmIt Technical Workshop conducted by INTACH on 29 July, 2019. Students were briefed about the aspects of Film making like Script writing, shooting the scene and editing required for the same. |
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50 students of Class VIII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a three day workshop on Model United Nations conducted within the school premises on 24, 26 and 29 July, 2019. The workshop was conducted by Confero - the Model United Nations Society of Khalsa College, Delhi University.
The students were imparted information about the rules of procedures, documentation and research sources which are acceptable in the present Model United Nations competitions. The event ended with a Model United Nations simulation on the agenda: Terrorism as a major threat to humanity. |
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A teacher plays a key role in enhancing the skills of a student. So, a teacher must keep pace with the changing education patterns in order to contribute to quality education of his students.
Ms. V. Lamba, computer teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the CBSE Capacity Building Training Program on Information Technology at Presidium School, Ashok Vihar, Delhi held on 18 July, 2019. The workshop was conducted by Dr. Sharmila (CBSE Resource Person), Mr. Jatin and Ms. Liza Puri from Mircosoft. It was a hand-on-session where the teachers made and presented presentations. Softwares like Wordpress, blogger, Qumana, etc became some vital elements of the discussion. The resource person conducted a solution-based interactive session with the teachers. |
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| A workshop was conducted by Nickelodeon co-powered by Ford and Casio to promote 'Gattu Battu' and 'Rudra', two TV programs for children. Short video clippings from the two shows were shown to the children. In between, various games were played. Some of them were a session laying stress on following the traffic rules, targeting the balloons, balancing the ball act and putting the ball in the bucket. It turned out to be a highly interactive session that kept the children hooked till the last. |
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| Rishabh Gupta (XI G) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, MeeraBagh attended the Summer Theatre Workshop for children at National School of Drama from 17 May to 16 June, 2019 and received the participation letter. |
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| A three day STEM Workshop was held from 16 May to 22 May, 2019 for the students of Classes I to V. Children made many electronic gadgets like Ladybug, Siren box, Mouth organ, Emoji Led, Balloon Trumpet, Fan Propeller, Buzzing Toy, Table Fan, Magnetic gun, Gauge Gun etc. Children were also taught the scientific explanation behind each and every project they made. |
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| Life is full of colours and art is a simple way to make the people happy. So a workshop was organized in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 17 May, 2019 by Pidilite. 50 teachers attended this workshop. Ms. Hema Mehra, Textile Designer was the resource person for this workshop. Teachers learnt Block Painting on cloth and made beautiful coasters using decoupage technique. |
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| 55 teachers of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on meditation on 17 May, 2019. The resource person, Mr. Naveen Kandpal, a yoga expert, taught some asanas and meditation techniques for a healthy and stressfree life. The session was interactive as teachers shared some health issues with the resource person and found it very fruitful. |
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| Zumba makes exercise fun with classes for everybody. 30 teachers of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended dance fitness class on 17 May, 2019 which merged exercise with music and dance.It was a class filled with fun and energy. |
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A Craft Summer Camp of quilling, paper flower making, sculpture and paper batik was organised for Classes V to IX for four days starting from 16 May, 2019. Students learnt new techniques using tools and made beautiful and various styles of vibrant Art work. Using the style of filigree art of paper strips they brought to life their imagination and assembled their work into heavenly collages.
Big paper flowers were also made. Students were shown various styles of making flowers and provided with templates. They cut the petals and arranged them into life like flowers. Children enjoyed making sculptures with paper mache. |
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The workshop by Atelier helped the students in learning how to build concentration and develop mental and physical balance while performing. The resource person Mr. Kuljeet Singh taught the students the intricacies that need to be followed while showcasing their talent on the stage. He helped the students in blocking their scripts.
On the final day, the parents were invited to come and witness the plays that were staged. |
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| A workshop on 'Psychological Counselling Skills' was conducted by Dr. Mohita Junnarkar, Assistant Professor and Deputy Director, Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences, O. P. Jindal Global University on 16 May, 2019 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. She spoke about the practical application of counselling skills in teaching, emphasizing the role of a teacher based on various teaching principles. It was followed by a workshop on 'Best Teaching Practices' which was conducted by Dr. Kulpreet Kaur, Assistant Professor and Assistant Director, Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences, O. P. Jindal Global University on 16 May, 2019. She spoke about the importance of motivation, empathy, social skills and a multi-disciplinary approach in teaching. It was an interactive session with lots of activities, PPT's, videos, etc. Approximately 100 teachers attended the workshop. |
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| On 13 and 14 May, 2019, Ms. R. Anand, Vice Principal of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a Capacity Building Workshop on Physics. The resource persons for the workshop were Mr. G. K. Mishra and
Ms. Nidhi Kapoor from C.B.S.E. The workshop focussed on the changes introduced by CBSE in the assessment structure from the academic session 2020 and the challenges in the current education system pertaining to the teaching of this subject. The other highlights of the workshop werethe discussions on the pedagogical approaches and constructivism in teaching - learning of Physics. |
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| A seminar on TOEFL Training was held on 7 May, 2019 for the students of Class XI (Humanities Stream) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The resource persons Ms. Vinci Parasher and Ms. Niharika Saxena (Senior Managers, Leaning Links Foundation) shared authentic and updated information about TOEFL and helped in identifying the language skills – listening, speaking, reading and writing - measured on TOEFL iBT Test and through a PPT show how those skills relate to academic and professional success. |
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| A webinar on the topic ‘A to Z of Empathy’ was held on 29 April, 2019. It was attended by students of Classes IX to XI of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The speaker Dr. Samir Parikh (Psychiatrist, Fortis Healthcare) talked about the importance of communication, non judgemental attitude, mindfulness, patience, trust and zeal in building an empathetic society. |
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| Ms. J. Anand and Ms. M. V. Manchanda, teachers of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended an Accountancy Workshop on 27 April, 2019 organised by Sultan Chand and Sons(P) Ltd. at India Islamic Cultural Centre, Lodhi Road. The resource persons of the workshop were CA (Dr.) G. S. Grewal and Mr. R. K. Khosla, author of popular textbooks on Accountancy. The workshop highlighted on changes in Accountancy syllabus for the year 2019-20 and change in suggested question paper design and it's impact. The workshop was followed by a question/answer session. |
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| A webinar on the topic ‘Bully to Buddy’ was held on 26 April, 2019. It was attended by students of Classes VI to IX of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The speaker Dr. Samir Parikh (Psychiatrist, Fortis Healthcare) talked about various forms of bullying, its effects, role of a bystander and ways and means of combat bullying. |
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| A workshop was conducted on ‘Caring for the Environment’ under the Pro – Social Peer Moderator Programe facilitated by Dr. Sameer Parikh at Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh on 25 April, 2019. The workshop was attended by School Guidance Counsellor alongwith four students – Soumya Sri (IX-C), Shubham Pasricha (IX-H), Kashvi (XI-A) and Garvit Verma (XI-H). The workshop enabled the students to learn the importance of nature and environment through group activities and interactive sessions. |
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| A Career Counselling Workshop was held on 25 April, 2019 for the students of Class XI of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. It was attended by teachers and students of humanities and commerce stream. The speaker Mr. Puneet Kaushal (Motivation Speaker and a Career Counsellor) spoke about various academic and skill based career options, information about different universities and courses available. He also answered to the students queries. |
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Scholastic Literacy Pro Program was conducted from 16 to 24 April, 2019 for Classes IV to VIII of St Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The program helped students understand how important it is for them to develop their reading skills. The test helped them know their Lexile leveling.
Lexile measures are based on over 30 years of research and are the most widely adopted measure of reading ability and text difficulty. Lexile measures help educators and students select books at a level that will challenge them and encourage reading growth. This online assessment provided teachers with evidence-based data so they are informed when making teaching/ learning decisions to develop their students into successful, proficient readers.
A workshop was also conducted for parents wherein the resource person Ms. Rachna Singh gave detailed information about their wards’ Lexile Scores and how to inculcate reading habits. |
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| A motivational talk was held on 22 April, 2019 for the students of Class XII (all streams) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The speaker Prof. Ujjwal K. Chowdhary (Head of Media School, Pearl Academy) highlighted the importance of creativity, critical thinking, decision making, emotional quotient and positive use of technology in shaping of a successful career path.
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| A Career Counselling Workshop was held on 15 April, 2019 for the students of Humanities and Commerce stream of Class XI of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The speaker Mr. Amitesh Singhal (Associate Professor, Pearl School of Design) highlighted the importance of identity, critical thinking, decision making, time management and hard work in career formation. |
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| Ms. S. Banerjee and Ms. S. Arora, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on 'Developing Reading Comprehension and Creative Writing skills in Literature and Poetry' in Springdales School, Pusa Road. Effective tips on writing different forms of poetry and dealing with the Comprehension passages were the highlights of the workshop. It turned out to be a highly effective and interactive session.
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| Colour is the power which directly influences the soul. Keeping the same in mind, an art workshop was organised for 40 teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bag hby DOMS. The resource person, Mr. Manish Kumar Rao, an expert in painting gave an insight into mixing of various tones. He helped the teachers in creating some beautiful pieces of art. The teachers enjoyed playing around with colours and creating their own masterpiece.
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| Earth is a fine place and worth fighting for;,...Keeping this fine thought in mind ten members of the Earth Saviours Eco Club of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a Capacity building Workshop on Solid Waste Management in Schools organized by TERI Institute of Advanced studies, Vasant Kunj. The ultimate aim of this gathering of schools is to aim for Zero waste from Schools, there by contributing to the cleanliness of the city. There were many joint exercises by the children, assessing the merits and drawbacks of the their school's way of dealing with the solid waste. They drew up the basics of the project plan which can be implemented to get them closer to their aim. The children participated actively and honed their skills. |
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| The Orientation Programme for the parents of Class VI (2019-20) was held on 30 March, 2019 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Principal Ms. A. Aggarwal addressed the parents and briefed them about the school’s aims and objectives and even emphasized about the importance of school discipline. The parents were being acquainted to the CBSE examination pattern of the middle school. Ms. Geetanjali Kumar, a renowned psychologist, interacted with the parents and discussed about the nuances of parenting in modern age. Class teachers of all the sections of Class VI were introduced. Vice Principal, Ms. R. Anand discussed about the significance of the various subjects taught at middle school. The parents, after the programme, became aware of the nuances of middle school and what to expect in the forthcoming days. |
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The Orientation Programme for the parents of Class I was conducted on March 20, 2019, in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Principal Ms. A. Aggarwal addressed the parents; guiding them about the history of the school, its rules and regulations, the teaching methodologies and co-scholastic activities. She also laid stress on the holistic development of the child. She introduced the staff members, who will be playing a vital role in the success of the children, enabling them to blossom.
Following this, Dr. Geetanjali Kumar who is an eminent psychologist, a life trainer, a parenting coach and a motivational speaker for about 18 years addressed the parents. She shared her experiences and guided one and all present there how to make the children’s lives better and happier and the qualities and values parents should imbibe to make their '' successful. It was an interactive session.
The Orientation Programme ended on a good note by Vice-Principal, Ms. A. Gupta, aiming at a successful and a wonderful journey of the children and parents in school.
The parents visited the classrooms of their wards and interacted with the class teachers on 22 March, 2019. |
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| A theatre and dance workshop was organised for the teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. It was conducted by Ms. Suparna Krishna and her team mates Mr. Sushant and Mr. Deepak. The teachers learnt how to connect with the audience while performing. They gave useful tips about the same. It was a beguiling experience. |
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| Holi, the festival of colours heralds the spring season in India, making the people intoxicated with the colours of the season. Keeping the spirit of the festival in mind, members of the Earth Saviours Eco Club of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, made beautiful organic colours on 12 March, 2019. There was florescent yellow, a balmy green,soft pink and other lovely organic colours made by the children. They shared their knowledge with each other and had a great time making the colours. Playfully they learnt a new craft and were told about the hazards of chemical colours available in the market. |
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| Ms. M. Kang and Ms. V. Lala, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a Capacity Building Workshop on Social Science conducted by CBSE and held at Greenfield School, Safdurjung Enclave on 21 and 22 February 2019. The resource person emphasized on teaching-learning practices, inter-disciplinary approach in teaching social science, preparation of question paper for Classes IX and X. There were various worksheets and activities to be done by teachers regarding the same. We also discussed various difficulties (and their probable solutions) being faced by teachers in their daily teaching practices. |
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| A workshop on Study and Exam Skills was held on 30 January, 2019 for the students of Class IX of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The resource person Ms. Kriti Munjal, a clinical psychologist from Fortis Healthcare highlighted on the importance of effective planning, time management, goal setting, self evaluation and activity scheduling. She also gave tips on how to stop procrastination and improving concentration. |
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| Solid waste generated by cities have reached gigantic proportions, beyond the management of civic agencies or the citizens. Keeping this mind, TERI School of advanced studies has launched a programme called SOS, i.e. Scrap Out Scrap. The members of Earth Saviours Eco Club, attended the launch programme of this project on 22 January, 2019 in TERI, Vasant Kunj. Many eminent people from the world of environment, namely, Ms. Ranjana Saikia and Mr. Sri Prakash from TERI and Mr. Rajesh Ayapilla,Director, Coca Cola expressed their views on environment and it's deteriorating standards. The programme was launched formally and all the member schools were informed about the schedule of the entire year. |
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| A workshop was organised for all the teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh by TIENS GROUP on 15 January, 2019 on Women health and cervix cancer awareness program and its prevention. The resource person was Mr. Rahul Kumar and his team included Mr. Ganesh Verma, Ms. Satnam and Ms. Era Jagya. They focussed on improving quality of life, and enjoying health and happiness with their diversified products such as health care food, appliances and products. It was a learning experience for all. |
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| A workshop was conducted on 'Relationships' for 67 teachers of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 14 January, 2019 by Dr. Anil Sethi (Transformation Expert, Motivator and Life Coach). Dr. Sethi highlighted the need of inculcating moral values in the learners and genuineness in maintaining relationships in our personal and professional lives. |
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| As a part of the initiative to implement innovative practices throughout leadership, teaching and learning, the Microsoft intensive training workshop was conducted for all the teachers of Classes I to XII on 14 January, 2019. Mr. Kaushik Kumar and Ms. Pranjali, the resource persons from Microsoft helped the teachers to gain a good understanding of how to use Microsoft products like OneNote, Sway etc. to enhance their day to day teaching. |
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| Four teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the Hindi Workshop held on 12 January, 2019 at Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar, Delhi. The workshop was conducted by Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain (M.A., Med., Ph.D. in Hindi and Sanskrit). It focused mainly on the teaching strategies and latest techniques that can be implemented while teaching Hindi in the classroom. |
An Orientation Programme for Principals / HOSs / Managers of Private Recognized Unaided and Aided Schools on the provisions of new Act on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, DSEAR, 1973 & RTE Act, 2009 was held on 9 January, 2019 at Thyagaraj Stadium, Delhi which was attended by Ms. A. Gupta, Vice Principal of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh.
The Chief Guest of the event was Shri. T. D. Dhariyal, Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities. The gathering was apprised about the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 which mandates that children with disabilities shall be admitted without discrimination and provided equitable quality education in an inclusive set up. |
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As a part of Katha Utsav 2018, Katha India celebrated its 30th birthday and organised the ‘Katha National Teachers' Conference’ on 28 December, 2018 at India International Centre. Two Teachers Ms. L. Manoj and Ms. M. Madan attended the conference that focussed on the approaches to language teaching and how through stories teachers can allow students to think, ask questions and lead them to action for breaking stereotypes.
Mrs. Sonal Mansingh, the founder of the CICD (Centre for Indian Classical Dances), Padma Vibhushan awardee and a proud nominee of the Padma Bhushan inaugurated #KathaTalks with her mesmerising speech followed by the Katha Lab School students with their inspiring stories.
Other eminent leaders who took over the stage and talked about their insights and experiences on how to make a classroom innovative were Prof. Usha Nehru Patel (Dean of IIAD), Ms. Vidya Shah (Singer), Ms. Ruma Roka (Founder, Noida Deaf Society), Ms. Josy Joseph (Investigative Journalist) and Padma Shri. Geeta Dharmarajan (Founder and Director, Katha India). |
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The 8th International Young Mathematician’s Convention, IYMC – 2018 was organized by City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar, Campus I, Lucknow from 2 to 5 December, 2018.
A team of 8 students of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh which included 3 students of Junior level, 3 students of Senior level and 2 students of Modus Opera along with the team leader, Ms. S. George, attended the convention.
The winners were :
Math Wiz (Juniors) : Dhruv Bansal – X G (Bronze) and Math Wiz (Seniors) : Rahul Pande – XII D (Silver)
The junior team got qualified for the final round in Bingo, The Math Quiz.
All participants and team leader received the Certificate of Participation. A total of 54 teams in Juniors and
61 teams in Seniors of National and International schools participated in the event. |
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A workshop on “Study and Exam Skills” was attended by four students of Class VIII - Ryan (VIII H), Pearl (VIII E), Lisa (VIII E) and Garv (VIII E) along with Guidance Counsellor, Ms. K. Madan on 30 November, 2018. The workshop was organized and conducted in Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, Delhias a part of their Peer Moderator Program.
The psychologist in the mental health department at Fortis Healthcare talked about certain myths and facts related to appropriate behaviour pattern during examinations, also highlighting on various practices to be undertaken before and during examinations that would help in reducing stress during Examinations. |
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| Ms. A. Kohli, Librarian of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attende the Librarian Meet held by Penguin Random House, India on 28 November, 2018 at India International Centre, Lodhi Estate. Mr. Gaurav Shrinagesh, Chief Executive Officer, Penguin Random house, India welcomed the group. It was followed by a talk by Ms. Madhu Bhargava, Head Librarian, Woodstock School and Ms. Tanushree Singh, author and founder of Reading Raccoons Library. They focused on inculcating reading habits in school children. It was followed by discussion on identifying different readers, transforming reluctant readers and more on children’s literature. |
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| Children's Day is celebrated in India on 14 November coinciding with the birthday of the first Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. It was even more special today for the students of Class V of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh as they learnt to make movable stick puppets. Students thoroughly enjoyed the fun activity. |
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| A career counselling session was conducted on 1 and 2 November, 2018 for the parents and students of Class X. The discussion was based on the Psychometric Assessment (interest and aptitude) in order to guide students to make suitable stream and career choices. It was conducted by Ms. Jyotsana Bharadawaj (eminent career counsellor and psychologist and her team. |
"A good historian would not remove the phrase, but if thought necessary would, explain the context of its earlier use and differentiate it from its current use" – Romila Thapar .
Initiated by CBSE, an enriching capacity building workshop was organised at Mamta Modern School on 23 and 24 October, 2018 for teachers involved in imparting History as a discipline in schools, particularly to Class XII students. It was attended by Ms. A. Arora, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The resource person for the workshop was Ms. Rashmi Dash, an educator.
A two day intensive event allowed all of us to brain storm about some of the essential problems faced while approaching the subject. An effective delivery of information, right means of assessment and key prospects gained after pursuation of History were some of the issues interactively discussed. Apart from exchanging views about the relevance of studying history in current times, many elements of continuity and discontinuity also surfaced upon. In all the workshop enabled the teachers to take back valuable food for thought in order to amend the existing patterns of teaching history and employ new means in their place. |
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| A workshop was conducted on 23 October in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh for students of Class VII. Information was given to the students about the major problem these days that is Pollution. According to the data pollution in the Air inside the house is 5 times more than the air outside. They were told about the different ways by which we can make the air clean. Some of the ways discussed were Planting more trees, using Public Transport and Car pool, by not burning wood and plastic etc. and by Recycling and Reusing Paper and Plastic. They also informed the students about the competition that they were holding for them and also asked the students to put up innovative ideas about Clean Air. |
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| An intensive smart class workshop was conducted for the teachers of Classes I to XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 10 October, 2018. Ms. Suman and Mr. Lakshay from EBIX Smart Class were the resource persons. The aim of the workshop was to familiarise the teachers with the updated smart class program and new interface. The school has recently revamped the ICT hardware in all the classrooms. After the workshop the teachers also had a hands-on session in their own classrooms. |
 Teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh - Dr. U. Pandey, Ms. K. R. Mehta, Ms. J. Gambhir and Ms. P. Sharda attended a workshop on Language Teaching Methodology - New Trends conducted by Viva Education on 6 October, 2018.
The resource person, Professor V. R.Jagannathan (Director at Lingua Net – Pvt. Ltd.) gave important inputs related to language teaching.
The workshop was an enriching experience and dealt with nuances of language teaching. |
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Ms. R. Thomas and Ms. M. Som of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the workshop on quizzing and it's academic benefits titled 'Unlocking the Seventh Sense' conducted by Mr. Adittya Nath Mubayi, Director - Quiz Craft Global on 6 October 2018 at the premier DIDAC INDIA 2018 conference.
A short quiz of 10 questions was conducted which included the oral, cryptic, progressive, visual and audio round. The most interesting fact was that the entire quiz was based on the 10 Avtars of Lord Vishnu. It was a very fruitful session as the teachers learnt that the seventh sense can be developed by using the three R's of mind READ, RECORD, RECALL. |
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| A career workshop was held for students and parents of Class X on 5 and 6 October, 2018 respectively. The resource person Ms. Jyotsana Bhardwaj (career counsellor and counseling psychologist) spoke about life stages and career development cycle, factors effecting choice of stream, different types of intelligence, role of psychometric assessment and conventional and job oriented vocational courses. |
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A workshop on ‘Role of Emotional Intelligence in Addiction’ was held on 4 October, 2018. It was attended by students of Classes VII till XII. The workshop was a part of Drug Deaddiction Awareness Campaign run by Brahma Kumaris (an international spiritual organization). The speaker B. K. Sanjeev (a motivational speaker of the youth wing of Brahma Kumaris and an inspector working in Delhi Police Headquarters).
With the end of various activities he explained the ways used to influence young minds towards drugs, influence of media, signs / symptoms of addiction, ways towards de-addiction, ways towards de-addiction. The session ended with a pledge and a short guided meditation session. |
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| Nestle workshop was conducted by Ms.Deepa Seth for 77 teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. It was an interactive session where games were organised. Nestle products were given as prizes. Demos were given for recipes of various items. Tambola was played where teachers won prizes. |
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An interactive workshop for students of Class III of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh was conducted by Zespri India to educate the young ones about the benefits of the Kiwi fruit. The workshop included fun games like the balloon race and book balancing ; by means of which the nutritive values of the fruit were taught to the children.
The session got the students excited and jumping sky high when learning was coupled with singing and dancing. Two varieties of the fruit – Sun Gold and Green Kiwi came to life when two men dressed in the fruit’s attire interacted with the children. |
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| A Workshop on ‘Sexuality Education’ was attended by Ms. K. Madan (Guidance Counsellor) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh along with the class teachers of Classes I and II on 8 September, 2018. The speaker Ms. Geetanjali Kumar, a counsellor, parenting coach and a family therapist highlighted on the current scenario of child sexual abuse thus focusing on the aspect of preventing abuse, statistics related to the same and certain safety rules. |
 Ms. A. Kohli (Librarian) and Ms. K. Madan (Guidance Counsellor) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on ‘Safe and Nutritious Food at School – SNF @ School’ to foster a culture of food safety and nutrition in schools across India.
The workshop was organized by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India in collaboration with Macmillan Education on 6 September, 2018.
The speaker Dr. Eram Rao (Associate Professor with Delhi University) highlighted on the concept of safe and nutritious food, various components of personal hygiene and ways to prevent contamination of food. |
 Cartoon Network conducted a plethora of activities on 28 August, 2018 to create interest and develop creativity among students. The representatives started the workshop by describing various cartoon characters which initiated interest in the students of Class IV.
She also conducted various activities like dog and the bone, ball bucket game, Hula Hoop and building construction game.
An aura of excitement was observed as the children motivated their teammates by cheering up for them. The winners were felicitated with attractive prizes. |
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A workshop on ‘Sexuality Education’ was held on 24 July, 2 August and 9 August, 2018 for the students of classes VII, VIII and IX respectively. The speakers were Ms. Aditi Kaul (art based therapist, Fortis Healthcare) and Ms. Kriti Munjal (Clinical Psychologist, Fortis Healthcare).
They had an interactive session and spoke about all the physiological, psychological and emotional changes one goes through in puberty and adolescence and effective techniques of handling them. |
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| Pratham Gupta (VIII F), Rishan Batra (VIII F) and Harshal Bhatt (VIIIF) had attended the FilmIt Technical workshop conducted by INTACH on 25 July 2018. Students were briefed about the aspects of Film making like Script writing, shooting the scene and editing required for the same. |
| Krishnav Gupta (VIII C), Falkeet Singh (VIII C) and Konark Berwal (VIII C) attended the FilmIt workshop conducted by INTACH on 24 July, 2018. Students were briefed about various topics of heritage on which they would make a movie of 2 minute duration. |
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| A parent interactive session was held on 20 July, 2018 for the parents of Science stream of Classes XI and XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The speaker Prof. Sunil Khanna (NIIT University) spoke about career perspectives with respect to the various new and upcoming fields like biotechnology, forensic sciences, genetics, environmental sciences, marine biology, allied medicine, etc. |
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| A parent interactive session was held on 19 July, 2018 for the parents of Commerce stream of Classes XI and XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The speaker Mr. Kunal Kumar, an investment actuary highlighted on various aspects important for career selection. He also spoke about the eligibility criteria, admission process and colleges offering courses like BBA, BBM, BMS, BFIA, Acturial Sciences etc. |
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| An Interactive Session was held on 18 July, 2018 for the parents of Humanities stream of classes XI and XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The speaker Prof. Ujjwal K. Chowdhury, School Head Media, (Pearl Academy) highlighted the scope of new and upcoming career options in creative industry. The parents also took the multiple intelligence test to better understand the perspective of the students. |
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| Mr. N. Gupta, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the Python Programming at Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram on 27 June, 2018. The workshop included the Basic Python, Pandas, SQL connectivity and Mongo DB no SQL. The resource persons were Mr. Mukesh Kumar from DPS RKP active member of CBSE, Ms. Gurpreet Kaur G. D. Goenka Vasant Kunj and Mr. Mohitendra Dey from DPS RKP. Over 300 teachers from all over India and abroad attended this workshop. The purpose of the workshop was to explain the teachers about the latest curriculum introduced by CBSE for the Computer Science and Informatics Practices for Classes XI and XII. |
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34 teachers of different schools of Delhi NCR attended the Python Workshop at St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The resource persons for the workshop were Prof. Naveen Kumar (Dept. of Computer Science, University of Delhi), Asst. Prof. Sheetal Taneja (Dayal Singh College, University of Delhi), Prof. Hema Banati (Dayal Singh College, University of Delhi), Mr. Raj Kumar Pal (IT Head, Mira Model School), Mr. N. Gupta (PGT Computer Science, SMS-MB) and the student volunteers from the University of Delhi - M.Sc. Computer Science - Nikunj Jain, Vishal Arora, Gourav Shaw, Mohit Yadav, Tanishka Aggarwal.
All the sessions were totally focused on New CBSE Python Curriculum (Computer Science and Informatics Practices) to be implemented from the year 2019-20. The workshop included the installation and implementation of all the packages included in Python language like Basic Python, Numpy, Pandas, MongoDB, Django, Mat Plot Lib and usage of Anaconda along with these packages. |
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A national workshop on ‘Child Rights Education for Empowerment and Wellbeing’ was organised by UNICEF and Expressions India on 23 May, 2018 at the National Science Centre, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. It was attended by Ms. H. Mutreja (Guidance Counsellor) along with Prerna Rajput (XI-A) and Rashi Babbar (XI-A).
Dr. Jitendra Nagpal (Sr. Consultant Psychiatrist, Moolchand Medicity and Program Director-- Expressions India) was the key note speaker who spoke on the adolescent health, well-being, life skills, and development from the perspective of child rights. Students from various schools across India presented role plays, nukkad nataks, posters and charts on child rights, bullying, mental health and life skills.
A Citation of Honour was awarded to the school for its distinguished endeavours. |
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| Naples India organised a two day workshop 'TUTELAGE 2018' on 21 and 22 May, 2018 at Vikas Bharti Public School, Sector-24, Rohini. This workshop was attended by Ms. R. Rajan and Ms. S. Bhatnagar, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh alongwith computer teachers from about 20 schools. This workshop aimed at providing hands on training on various softwares i.e. Scratch, KODU, App Inventor, Stykz, Inkspace and One Note. |
| A workshop on Brain Enhancement was conducted in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 15 May, 2018 by Ms. Jyothi C Vasudev for the teachers. She taught the real meaning of happiness and self appreciation. She spoke about how the human mind works to make us happy. The workshop was extremely enlightening. This workshop was attended by 68 teachers of classes VI to XII. |
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| A Behavioural Modification Workshop was held on 15 May, 2018 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. It was attended by 54 teachers of classes VI to XII. The speaker Ms. Anu Singh who is an M. Phil in adolescent issues and has a diploma from NCERT) spoke about the role and responsibilities of a teacher in handling peer pressure, bullying, lack of communication and stress management and issues related to sexuality. |
| A Story Telling Workshop was conducted by Ms.Tvishi Mahajan, Special Educator of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 15 May, 2018. It was attended by thirty four teachers of the Primary Wing. She highlighted on how to conduct story telling in the classrooms and its importance. |
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| A Theatre Workshop on 'Development Through Drama’ was conducted by Ms. Meghna Saigalin St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 15 May, 2018. This workshop was attended by thirty five teachers of the Primary wing. Ms. Meghna Saigal is associated with KSA, a master franchisee of Helen O' Grady International which offers an English speech and drama programme. It was an interactive, fun-filled and enriching session wherein the teachers were enlightened to help children to be confident and speak clearly through various activities. |
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A workshop on 'Motivational Talk: An Opportunity Missed' was conducted on 15 May, 2018 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh which was attended by 84 teachers. The resource person Dr. Sagar, a retired Professor of Physics gave an insight on how important the role of a teacher is, in shaping the future generation.
It was an interactive session wherein he shared his experiences of being a teacher.He propagated to be involved with the teaching profession rather than just being associated with it and to correlate lessons with life. |
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'Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning'.
Children are curious to learn about the devices we use everyday and love to design and create their own. To strengthen the two planks of a child’s innocent mind – inquisitiveness and imagination, a five-day STEM Science Summer Camp was held in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh from 14 to 18 May, 2018, which was organised by Science Utsav. There were different themes on all the days and children were engaged in hands - on activities, fun projects, science games and puzzles. The group comprising of Classes I and II made models like magnetic key, secret candy box, wheeloscope,electric bug and rocket launcher. The group comprising Classes III to V made magic bank, U.V. torch, lens camera, gyrocopters and spy lantern, etc. |
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| Fifty four teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on 'Laws of Attraction' on 14 May, 2018 conducted by Mr. Ravinder Nagpal,a counsellor for personal issues.Law of attraction is the Science of getting what you really want. He explained on how to use energy to attract positivity towards all. The way to vibrate at the exact frequency of your goals is to feel, think, believe and act as if you already have it. |
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Ms. M. Madan, Ms. P. Sharda and Ms. M. Kharbanda, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a Hindi Workshop at N. K. Bagrodia Public School, Dwarka organised by Rachna Sagar Pvt. Ltd. on 14 May, 2018. The workshop was conducted by Dr. Vinod Prasoon, an eminent writer and Head of Department of Delhi Public School, Greater Noida.
Various techniques of teaching Hindi grammar in a simple manner were discussed in the workshop. |
| A workshop was conducted on 'Critical Thinking' in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh by Ms. Hemalatha Baskaran via Skype on 14 May, 2018. She is quite a renowned name in the field of education as a teacher, teacher- trainer, administrator and is an author of books on Biology. This workshop was attended by 34 teachers of Classes VI to XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The session was very informative and interesting and can be applied to class room teaching. |
| A workshop was conducted on 14 May, 2018 by Dr. Sanjeev Aroraon ‘Motivation and Classroom Management’ for fifty eight teachers of Classes VI to XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Dr. Arora, Public Speaker, Career and Behavioural Counsellor gave the teachers a wonderful session on motivating students in the class, by having a mass participation and involving everyone to lose their inhibitions and participate in activities. Several hands on activities were done to make teachers realize about interaction for classroom management. |
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| Thirty Two teachers of Classes I to V of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended an English Workshop conducted by Ms. G. Chandra, Academic Head on 14 May 2018. Ms. Chandra discussed a lot of strategies in English Language teaching. It was an interactive session, and very beneficial for teachers as she clarified a lot of queries and doubts. |
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A Workshop on Health and Nutrition was conducted which was attended by 37 teachers of the Primary wing on 14 May, 2018 in St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh.
The resource person Ms. Poonam Duneja, Registered ACE Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist, has a vast knowledge of disease, nutrition and fitness. She gave valuable tips to improve our eating habits and lifestyle so as to achieve the desired fitness goals. |
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| 700 students of Classes VIII and IX of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the workshop on 11 May, 2018 on Cyber Safety and Cyber Hygiene. The workshop was hosted by the school in association with Learning Link Foundation an NGO sponsored by Facebook. The resource person Ms. Swati Arora of Learning Link Foundation explained about the digital footprints which cannot be erased. She also explained the various privacy setting on social networking sites and apps and cyber bullying. The students asked the questions about the prevention from the cyber bullying and ways to be safe online. |
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| 60 students of Classes VIII to XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on Cyber Security and Ethical Hacking on 10 and 11 May, 2018 by Mr. Sahil Baghla, an engineer, freelancer trainer and the Member of the EC Council. The workshop was the joint effort of school, MakeIntern & BECon Fest of IIT Delhi. The workshop covered all the concept of the Cyber Security where in student learnt that how we can protect ourselves from the Virus, Trojans and Worms. They also learnt about the tools through which we can create our Virus, Trojans and Worms. The resource person also covered the Google smart search in which students can search the content according the File type, URL wise, File Word wise. |
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| Ms. T. Mahajan, Special Educator of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on ‘Story telling as Psychotherapy’ on 8 May, 2018 conducted at Fortis Hospital,Shalimar Bagh. This workshop included contents like why is story telling important, how can a child benefit from stories, how can story telling help in counselling of a child with behavioural issues. Some stories were introduced which could be used for Psychotherapy. |
 A Career Counselling Workshop on Law was held by HT - Pace for the students of Commerce and Humanities stream of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 7 May, 2018.
The speaker Mr. Amandeep Rajgotra (B.A., LLB Hons. from NLU, Hyderabad) focused on the changing face of law in the industry, life at law school, roles of a lawyer, top colleges for law, admission criteria for CLAT and also shared information about magic circle forms and moot courts. |
 Students of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh participated in various events as part of Trishna Summit - 2018 held at N. K. Bagrodia Public School on 4 May, 2018.
Many Schools from all over Delhi participated in this grand Conclave of students.
Our students Aanika Sharma (III C) and Kriday Sharma (IV B) won best performer prize in one of the activity - PARENTAL COUTURE. |
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| Ms. P. Arora and Ms. A. Jain, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop conducted by ITIHAAS at National Museum on 1 May, 2018.The resource person Ms. Smita Vats (Founder – Director ITIHAAS) gave a hands on approach into how students could be engaged in a museum visit and benefit from it. |
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| 14 students of Class XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop by Taiwan Embassy at the Pragati Maidan wherein they showcased their innovations of medical sciences and also attended a speech session by Dr. Kunaal Dhingra who told about the Dental Implant Technology for patients who undergo tooth replacement. Dr. Dhingra is an Assistant Professor at AIIMS. Many other different people delivered different lectures about Green Energy, Nano Technology wherein they were dedicated in doing cell growth experiments, EON water purifier machine which keeps a check on the water we drink by its advance system. Speeches were also given on Early Lung Cancer screening program which uses Thoracoscopic surgery to treat early Lung cancer. The students also saw the new inventions by the people of Taiwan in the field of medical sciences. |
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When ex St. Markians mentor the present class XI batch, the scenario becomes magical.
Atoot Bandhan, the Old Students' Association of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh organised a Mentor Mentee Workshop for Class XI. Dr. Manik Mittal, a leading eye surgeon, Dhruv Gupta, a genius in gaming, Jigyasa Jolly, a fashion designer, Siddharth Arora, a professional photographer and Victor Vaibhav Tandon, a professor in law college, gave their valuable inputs and guidance about various career options. They encouraged students to think beyond the conventional choices and pursue their passion with hard work and dedication. |
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| Gatorade Sports Drink conducted a workshop in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on ‘Importance of Hydration’ for higher performance in sports. More than 220 children of different games participated in the workshop and learnt about dehydration in body due to exercise and how we can compensate the loss of sweat by drinking right amount of fluid at proper time interval. |
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Three students of Class XII, Tanmay Chopra (XII F), Anurag Rawat (XII E), Jasmeet Singh (XII D) along with Mr. N. Gupta of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh visited the NIIT University in Neemrana, Rajasthan. The team attended a symposium on Innovative Teaching-Learning practices. On behalf of our school, the team presented our teaching methodology and our belief in exposing the students to the vast ocean of knowledge beyond the books and encouraging them to participate in all kinds of competitions. The students shared their experiences about beyond the classroom learning at St. Mark’s. The event witnessed the participation from 13 schools in Delhi as well as nearby cities in Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand etc.
Our students also interacted with the students of the NIIT University to seek their guidance. They were also shown the innovative and eco-friendly methods deployed by the university to keep development and sustainability hand in hand. On day 2 of the event, the students were taken on a trek to climb the Aravalli Hills, a part of which is a part of the campus. The team also planted saplings on behalf of the school. |
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| A Webinar on ‘Bully to Buddy’ was conducted on 27 April, 2018 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh by Dr. Samir Parikh (Psychiatrist, Fortis Healthcare). It was attended by the students of classes VII, VIII and IX. Dr. Samir Parikh shared information about various types of bullying, role of the school, teachers, bystander, effects of bullying and measures to combat bullying. |
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| A Career Counselling Workshop for the students of Class XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh was organised on 26 April, 2018. Ms. Anubhav Rakheja (a mathematician and a career guidance expert) guided the students about various traditional and upcoming careers, admission criteria, information about cut offs and entrance exams and importance of focus and hard work in life. |
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Ms. P. Arora, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a 'One- day Teacher Training workshop' on Delhi's History and it's multi-faceted Heritage on 24 April, 2018 at INTACH. The workshop highlighted Delhi's heritage and issues associated with its protection and upkeep.
This workshop through its handbook titled - 'Dilli-ki-Shaan - Discover Delhi’ offered ideas, suggestions and exercises for teachers to engage the students on the theme - Delhi's History. |
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As a part of Newpaper in Education Programme, HT / TOI organized a workshop on 19 April 2018 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Mr. Bhavesh Suryakant, a psychologist from HT and Ms. Aditi addressed the students of all the sections of class VI on the topic 'Developing Positive Mental Attitude'.
The workshop aimed at making the students develop positive mental attitude. It was an interactive session with the students actively participating and raising questions. The resource persons gave valuable tips and the students felt satisfied at having been provided with a platform to discuss their queries. |
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| As part of the Newspaper in Education Programme a Craft workshop was conducted by TOI for students of class VIII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 18 April 2018. The resource person involved the children in many creative activities which were thoroughly enjoyed by the students. |
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Times of India organized a workshop for parents of Class – V students of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on ‘Diet and Nutrition’ on 17 April, 2018. Vice Principal Ms. A. Gupta felicitated the resource person Ms. Vandana Tandon.
Ms. Vandana Tandon gave very valuable tips to the parents regarding diet and storage of food. A PPT was shown to explain the importance of various food groups and food habits. The workshop ended with a question - answer session in which parents were given gifts for the correct answers. Many parents had their queries answered by the expert resource person. |
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Parental encouragement and support for learning activities at home combined with their parental involvement in schooling is critical to a child’s education. Research shows that building effective partnerships between parents, families and schools to support children’s learning leads to improved learning outcomes.
Keeping this in view St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh organised an Orientation Programme for the parents of the students of class VI on 9 April 2018. Principal Ms. A. Aggarwal spoke about how young minds are ready to take the flight of success, while Ms. R. Anand, Vice Principal apprised the parents about the scholastic and co – scholastic Assessment Pattern and introduced the class teachers of the sections of grade VI for the academic session 2018-19.
Ms. Geetanjali Kumar, a senior Counselling Psychologist and national trainer for students and teachers with an experience of twenty years addressed the parents about effective parenting tips, highlighting on maintaining a balance between love and discipline, unconditional support, acceptance and healthy monitoring. |
Two teachers, Ms. R. Kohli and Ms. T. Kant of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a Capacity Building Workshop for teachers organised at BBPS Training Centre, Bal Bharti Public School, Pitampura on 4 April, 2018. The workshop aimed at making teachers aware about the purpose, methodology and assessment pattern of the new curriculum - English Language and Literature for class IX.
The resource person Mr. R. Meganathan from NCERT provided important information and inputs about the approach and nature of the new curriculum. The workshop was quite informative and fruitful. |
| A workshop on Bullying was held on 7 April 2018 for all the teachers of classes VII, VIII and IX of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Vice Principal Ms. R. Anand along with the Guidance counsellor Ms. H. Mutreja highlighted on various types of bullying, short term and long term effects of bullying and the means to combat bullying in order to upkeep the zero tolerance policy of the school vis-a-vis bullying. The session was interactive and was aided by videos and power point presentation. |
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| A two hour intensive workshop was conducted by Mr. Kaamil on 4 April, 2018 (Team leader -Indian International Model United Nations) familiarizing the students of class VIII and IX of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh with the working of United Nations as well as Model United Nations competitions. The workshop was followed by an interactive session which focussed on role of MUNs in developing the personality traits of students as well as their public speaking skills. |
 Students of Class V of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh had a fun experience by learning to shape pottery in a Pottery Making Workshop conducted by NIE-TOI.
It was a pleasure to see sheer joy on the faces of the children as they witnessed the resource person making beautiful objects out of clay.
The resource person also helped the students to shape clay on a potter's wheel. The students were enthralled by this first hand experience. |
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| Ms. L. Manoj and Ms. R. Pasricha, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on ‘An ideal English course for present generation of learners’ by Ratna Sagar Publications at India International Centre on 24 March, 2018. The resource persons, Ms. Uma Raman and Ms. Nina Sehgal interacted with the teachers from various schools and gave valuable suggestions to choose the age appropriate content for young learners. |
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Ms. J. Anand (teacher) and Ms. H. Mutreja (Guidance Counsellor) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on 19 March, 2018 held at the Conference Centre, University of Delhi.
The speaker Mr. Gurpreet S. Tuteja, Dean Student Welfare, University of Delhi spoke about various courses available in the colleges of University, eligibility criteria, tentative schedule of ‘Open Days’ and tentative admission schedule for 2018-19 for prospective students. |
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| Mr. N. Gupta and Ms. V. Lamba, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on Python Programming at BBPS Training center, Pitam Pura on 16 and 17 March 2018. It was conducted by Prof. Naveen Kumar & Asst. Prof. Ankit Rajpal (Dyal Singh College, Delhi University ). The workshop was about the new curriculum which is to be implemented in classes XI and XII in Informatics Practices and Computer Science. The resource persons covered the concepts of python language including the installation of other modules like Matlab, Wampserver etc. |
| A Hindi Workshop was conducted for primary teachers St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh by Dr. U. Pandey and Ms. K. R. Mehta on 10 March, 2018. The focus of the workshop was – how to teach Hindi in an interesting and correct manner. Various problems of the teachers were also discussed, explained and resolved. The topics discussed were – pronunciation, paragraph writing, spellings, idioms, reading, rules, etc. |
| Learning is very 'hands on', when students practice and develop a skill and technique while doing practicals. To make it possible for every student from Classes IX to XII, OLABS funded by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, organised a workshop. Ms. I. Barua and Ms. N. V. Punj, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended this workshop at Green Field School on 29 January, 2018. The resource person for the workshop was Mr. Chandrasekhar (IIT, Nagpur). |
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 Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Khol Khel jointly organized an interactive presentation / workshop on 'Ancient Board Games of India' on 18 January, 2018. Ms. M. Som and Ms. N. Kapoor, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the workshop.
The resource person was Mr. Aman Gopal Sureka who is registered with Ministry of Corporate Affairs. He is an IT entrepreneur from Kolkata and informed all about ancient board game ‘Buddhi Yoga’. |
 Ms. K. Madan (Guidance Counsellor) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on ‘Exam Stress’ on 13 January, 2018 organised by ‘Parwarish Institute of Parenting’.
The speaker for the workshop Mr. Sushant Kalra (Director of Parwarish) talked about exam stress highlighting various strategies that can help the students in coping up with stress during examinations and thereafter the corrective actions that should be taken by the parents and teachers. |
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A Workshop on Life Skills was conducted for 50 teachers on 12 January, 2018 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The resource person for the workshop was Ms. Anita Singh, an educationist having 16 years of experience in the field of research, training and content development.
Various activities were planned for teachers. e.g. – to create an advertisement by a group of teachers, etc. Teachers were divided into groups and were guided how to help students take a collective decision, importance of team work, cooperation, etc. it was a very interesting and an interactive session. |
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| A Mathematics Workshop was conducted for the teachers of classes I to VIII in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 12 January, 2018. The resource person for the workshop was Mr. I. C. Ahuja who is the recipient of State Award for teachers by Govt. of NCT, Delhi in 1987 and has 42 years of teaching experience in Mathematics. 65 teachers attended the workshop. The resource person stressed upon the basic mathematical concepts and techniques to make mathematics interesting for the students. |
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| An In-Service Teachers Training Workshop was conducted on 12 January, 2018 by Mr. Himmat Singh, Yoga Guru. 68 teachers of Classes I to VIII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, MeeraBagh attended this workshop. Teachers enthusiastically attended the Meditation and the Pranayam Session. |
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| As part of the Inservice Teacher’sTraining Programme a workshop on ‘Teaching Grammar – A Communicative Way’ was conducted in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 12 January, 2018. It was attended by 42 teachers of classes VI to VIII. The resource person Ms. Meeta Mohanty, an active educational blogger was quite interactive. The entire group was involved in a number of educative and interesting activities which if implemented in the classroom can make the grammar concepts very interesting and simple to understand. |
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| A workshop on ‘Classroom Management of Special Needs Students’ was held in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 11 and 12 January, 2018. Ms. Archana Sharma, an RCI registered Clinical Psychologist practicing at Action Balaji Hospital, Paschim Vihar. It was attended by all the teachers. Ms. Archana Sharma highlighted on various disabilities like LD (Learning Disability), ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) etc. seen in school setup and discussed at length various techniques and strategies of managing them in a classroom setup. |
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| On 11 January, 2018, a workshop on ‘GETS Elementary examination’ for 35 teachers of Classes I to V was conducted in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh by Ms. Payal Mathur, who is an English Language Professional with Post Graduate qualification in Teaching of English. She is a Master Trainer, Centre Inspector, Academic Quality Assurance Professional and External Verifier for QAI. Teachers were introduced to essential skills that needs to be cultivated in young learners for success in the 4th Industrial Age. Various classroom activities were suggested with an inter – disciplinary approach directed at building skills for communication. |
 Ms. Vandana Tandon, a freelance trainer, who works as a resource person for Times Newspaper in Education program conducted a workshop on Adolescent issues for 87 teachers teaching Classes VI to XII on 11 January, 2018. The main aim of the workshop was to sensitize teachers towards management and handling of adolescent issues in the classroom. There was interaction and discussion on various crucial issues like making students comfortable with their body, training them to take decisions, not to force things, understanding their limitations to build their self esteem and consequences of provocation. Teachers also discussed the problems they face in dealing with adolescents in the classroom. |
 Four Hindi teachers Ms. K. R. Mehta, Ms. C. Kaur, Ms. P. Sharda and Ms. R. Mittal attended a Hindi Workshop which was organized by New Saraswati House in Mamta Modern School, Vikaspuri on 10 January, 2018. The aim of this workshop was a detailed discussion on new curriculum and marking scheme.
This workshop was conducted by Dr. D. V. Singh, who is an expert in Hindi Language and Grammar skills. All levels of Hindi Grammar were discussed and thus this workshop turned out to be fruitful as it directed the teachers to more affluent in Hindi Language. |
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A Career Fair was organised by Bosco Public School on 23 December, 2017. It was attended by students from all streams of Class XI of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh along with Ms. H. Mutreja (Guidance Counsellor).
Dr. G. S. Tuteja (Dy. Dean Students Welfare, Delhi University) and Dr. Nitin Malik (Joint Registrar GGSIP University) spoke about emerging careers, various courses and changes in admission criteria in DU and IP Universities. The key note speaker Mr. Jitin Chawla (eminent career counsellor) spoke at length about various aspects of stream selection and career choices. Career information desks and representatives of various universities were also present to guide students about various under graduate and post graduate courses which they can pursue after Class XII. |
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| Ms. S. Bhatnagar and Ms. A. Sapra, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop conducted by Smart Class on 22 December, 2017 at the Le Meridian. This workshop was based on "Computational Thinking". Smart Class launched their new products which is actually meant for increasing analytical thinking and problem solving technique amongst students. Their launch included Robotics (4 levels), Computer Science text book (III to X Std.) and Creative story (II to V Std.). Teachers were given some hands on activities to understand their new launch application. This workshop ended with the distribution of certificates. |
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| A workshop on ‘Early Identification and Intervention in ADHD’ was held at Max Healthcare, Pitampura on 22 December, 2017. It was attended by Ms. H. Mutreja (Guidance Counsellor). The speakers Dr. Sandeep Govil (Sr. Psychiatrist), Ms. Deepali Batra (Sr. Clinical Psychologist) and Ms. Richa Ahuja (Sr. Clinical Psychologist) focused on the diagnosis, home and school management strategies and intervention through medication for children diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder). |
| 2 students from Class XI-F of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, Tanmay Chopra and Parth Sharma, visited the Australian High Commission on 14 December, 2017 for the opening ceremony of FilmFlyAustralia, an annual video making competition organized by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission, Government of Australia. Students were introduced to the 5 participating universities, with one theme chosen by each university. The session was very informative for the students. |
 Independent reading is a doorway to imagination and discovery - a way to motivate children to read and learn and realize themselves. - Scholastic CEO Dick Robinson
A two - part Reading Conclave was organized and was certified by Scholastic to enable teachers to foster a lifelong engagement with reading. The interactive workshop formulated classroom strategies that helped teachers to review their own teaching practices. Ms. S. Yadav, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, participated and rightfully gained the essence of the workshop ‘Reading Conclave’ conducted on 22 November and 20 December, 2017 at Hotel Radisson Blu, Dwarka.
The workshop was conducted by the Scholastic Mentors, Ms. Preminda Langer and Ms. Nandini Srivastava. |
 A Career Counselling Workshop was held on 12 December, 2017 for the students of Class XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh by Bennett University.
The speaker Dr. R. S. Chauhan (Professor and Head, Department of Biotechnology, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences) highlighted on various conventional and unconventional careers, scope of various streams and also the admission criteria for enrollment in Bennett University. |
| Dr. U. Pandey and Ms. J. Gambhir, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a Hindi Workshop on 8 December, 2017 organised by M/s Madhuban Educational Books. The speaker Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain explained on the issue as to how to make Hindi teaching more effective, simple and meaningful and what changes in CBSE pattern will be helpful in doing so. A meaningful practice was done in Hindi teaching on pronunciation, spelling, speaking and listening skills. |
 Osteopathy is a type of alternative medicine that emphasizes manual readjustments, myofascial release and other physical manipulation of muscle tissue and bones.
To make students aware about this branch of science a seminar was organized on 7 December 2017. Dr. Sadana addressed the students giving the details and finer points of this degree course.
Overall it was very informative for the students of medical group.
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 Ms. A. Mehta and Ms. A. Jain, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the Itihaas Summit on Teachers and Curricula in times of Educational Reform on 1 December, 2017.
The eminent speakers Professor Poonam Batra (CIE) and Ms. Prachi Aggarwal, educational psychologist highlighted the role of a teacher in the classroom by focusing on allowing the students to make mistakes and gain experience for better learning and make them socially responsible individuals.
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| A counselling session of Class X parents and students of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh was held on 22 November, 2017. Ms. Jyotsana Bharadwaj (Eminent Psychologist and Career Counsellor) and her team of career counsellors from Envision India discussed the profile of each student on the basis of psychometric assessment in order to facilitate the process of choosing the right stream based on their respective interests and aptitude. |
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| A Scrabble Workshop for students of Classes VI and VII was organized on 20 November, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Around 50 students participated in it. A game of scrabble is supposed to give our brain a workout and is an excellent way of enhancing language, maths and cognitive skills. Through an interactive and fun session, with the resource person, Dr. Marisha Sharma, the founder and President of Scrabble Association of Delhi and her team, the students were equipped with various skills for better academic performance. The trainer taught them simple and easy methods that would help them improve their strategic thinking, teamwork time management and attention span. |
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| To nurture scientific temper and innovation among young minds, seven students of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the IRIS National Science Fair – 2017. It is India’s largest research based science fair and was held at Sam Manekshaw Centre, Delhi on 18 November, 2017. Anit Kaur (IX E), Shifali Dutt (IX A), Aakriti Sethi (IX A), Raj Gupta (IX A), Shivay Vinaik (IX B), Anurag Garg (IX B) and Aryan Chitkara (IX A) got a life changing opportunity to broaden their horizon by attending the fair. They witnessed over 70 scientific innovations from all over India. The projects encouraged the visitors to enhance their problem solving approach. Attending the fair, encouraged the students to undertake research and systematic approach through science and technology. |
 Ms. S. Banerjee and Ms. P. Singh, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended an ELT workshop on 'The approach to English Language' at Radisson Blu Hotel, Paschim Vihar. The resource person Ms. Anupama Saxena highlighted the issues and solutions to deal with English Language teaching in Indian schools. Another highlight of the workshop was the publication house 'Orient Blackswan' launching their new series of English books (based on new CBSE pattern) named 'Raintree English’ for primary to Class VIII. The members of the workshop were enlightened on dealing with the language effectively in the classroom. |
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| Mr. N. Gupta, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the master class on ‘big data’ from the Kent Business School UK by resource person Prof. Thanos (Director of Kent Business School at British Educational Centre, Gurugram) on 31 October, 2017. The lecture was about the Big data analysis and problems related to the data. Prof. Thanos explained the new avenues available for this field and the strategies required to deal with big data. |
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4 students from Class XI along with Mr. S. Arora attended a workshop ‘Basic Concepts in Physics – Theory and Practical’ organised by Forum of Public Schools (FPS) at Yuva Shakti Model School, Rohini on 25 October, 2017. The workshop consisted of two sessions.
Session 1 – ‘Golden Ratio in Physics’ conducted by Prof. Vijay Singh, Former Scientist Homi Bhabha Centre of Science Education. He spoke about the Golden Ratio in various fields – Art, Architecture and Physics. Session 2 – ‘Experiments’ was conducted by Prof. Ravi Bhattacharjee, Prof. (Physics), Khalsa College, University of Delhi. He spoke about different aspects of Experiments in Physics and stressed on the need of doing experiments honestly. Both the sessions were enriching and informative. |
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The SMS Model United Nations Meet 2017 was declared open by our Vice Principal Ms. R. Anand on
25 October, 2017. The students of Class IX participated as delegates of Syria, Myanmar, Libya, USA, India, France etc. in UNHCR and debated on the issue of Strengthening Human Rights of Refugees and displaced people in conflict ridden regions with special emphasis on “ROHINGYA CRISIS” The committee was presided over by an Executive Board comprising of : President - Mr. Vardaan Shekhawat and Rapporteur - Ms. Yashita Gupta.
The delegate of Bangladesh succinctly outlined the refugee crisis and blamed the government of Myanmar of neither recognizing the gravity of problem nor taking relief measures. The delegate of Myanmar responded by calling the current refugee crisis as a law and order problem blown out of proportion by internationalcommunity. The delegate of Syria highlighted the plight of Syrian refugees and apathy of international community. The delegate of India clearly stated that due to financial constraints it is not possible to help everybody but if everyone helps someone then our world can be a better place. The delegate of Libya raised the concern that due to international disagreements and socio economic problems within the country, the number of refugees is increasing day by day. The delegate of Finland pledged his country’s support by providing medical aid. USA clearly stated that it endeavours to promote a solution wherein these refugees are able to return back to their homeland. Turkey raised the vital issue of urgent humanitarian assistance for the displaced people and wanted the world community to take steps tohelp them. The Delegate of Canada urged the world community to come together in solidarity. In a gruelling six hour session the delegates debated on the issue at hand, gave their country’s official stand and worked together for reaching an amicable solution for the crisis. |
 A workshop was conducted on ‘Media Literacy’ for all the students of Class IV and V on 24 and 31 October, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh.
The session was conducted by students of Classes VI, VII and VIII wholaid stress on the concept of Media Literacy also discussing about ways to be safe on the social media. The session was further followed by taking up question – answer round inorder to facilitate the students in overcoming their specific doubts about the same. |
 A Career Counselling Workshop focusing on ‘How to Choose the Right Stream in Class XI’ was conducted on 14 October, 2017 for the parents of Class X students.
The speaker Ms. Jyotsana Bhardwaj (an eminent psychologist and career counsellor) highlighted on various factors affecting choice of streams, scope of streams and importance or role of psychometric testing in choosing a stream. In the end of the session, parents queries were also addressed. |
 A workshop on ‘Introduction to Arduino’ was organised for 32 students of Class IX, X and XIof St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The sessions were conducted by St. Mark’s alumni Yashasvi Mittal and Vaibhav Raj from Delhi Technological University accompanied by Ms. Anushka Gupta.
The 3 – day workshop involved both theory and practice with hands-on arduino kit. It aimed to provide an environment of learning for students so that they could explore their own interests in the field of automation. The students were given an introduction to basic electronics, basic programming, interfacing various components with Arduino board, about various sensors and output devices. |
| Ananya Chawla (XII D), Sanya Batra (XII D), Raghav Bansal (XI C) and Saarthak Gupta (XI C) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh participated in an event ‘Prodigy XI’ conducted by Shaheed Sukhdev College of Commerce. Our students cleared the online preliminary round in which the students had to solve a case study. The next four rounds were held in the college premises on 12 and 13 October, 2017. Our students cleared both the rounds on 12 October, 2017 which included Business Quiz and Real Estate Trading and were shortlisted for the rounds on 13 October, 2017 (one of top 30 teams). However, they could not clear the next round but it was a good learning experience. |
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| A workshop on ‘Career in Liberal Education’ was held in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on
12 October, 2017 by Ashoka University. The workshop was conducted for all the Humanities students of Class XI and XII. The speaker Mr. Vineet Sabharwal, Director of Admission and Financial Aids, Ashoka University initiated by making students aware of the concept of ‘Liberal Education’ also talking about the course structure under the same. He further discussed the Admission criteria for enrollment in Ashoka University. |
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ISBF - Indian School of Business and Finance, affiliated to London school of Economics and Political Science had organised an Economics Workshop ‘Playnomics’ in St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 12 October 2017. It was conducted by Professor S. Mookherjee, professor in ISBF and Ms. Vani Khanna.
The workshop was attended by about 150 Commerce and Humanities' students (with Economics) of Class XII. Playnomics involved an activity 'The Win Win Game' which demonstrated to the students how the international trade takes place and why economies engage in international trade.
The workshop engaged all the participating students actively during the entire one hour session. The game was a mimic of an international trade scenario.It was a very fruitful workshop. The students learnt the concept of international trade, it's benefits and the related International theories, by play-way method. |
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| A Webinar on Media Literacy was organized by Fortis National Mental Health Program on 11 October, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The speaker was Dr. Samir Parikh (Psychiatrist, Fortis Hospital). He spoke about techniques used in media messages, media influences, impact of media and difference between offline and online persona. Two student representatives from each section of Classes VI to XI attended the webinar. They disseminated the information in their respective classrooms with the help of power point presentations, charts and role plays. |
 A teacher’s training workshop was organised by Adani Foundation, implemented by Centre of Environment Education (CEE) in association with Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) on 6 October, 2017 at CCRT. This workshop was attended by Ms. T. Chaudhry, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Mr. Anil Kumar Daeeya (Project Officer) shared the vision of the Swachhagraha Programme that is to create a culture of cleanliness. The mission of the programme is to put in everyday effort towards cleanliness and demonstrate behavioural change. The importance of cleanliness was highlighted with special focus on four components - Personal Hygiene and Sanitation ; Littering and Waste management ; Toilet Etiquettes and Consumption. Various activities and measures were suggested which can be taken up and reduce our footprint and make our planet a better place to live such as Increasing number of dustbins in school ; use of paper/cloth bags ; use of colour codes in washrooms ; educating students on proper disposal of waste ; encouraging students for hand wash and proper hygiene andfollowing 4-R’s (Refuse, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle). Each participating school were encouraged to make a Swachhagrah Dal of students in their school who would take up these tasks. The programme was concluded on a motivating note that every day small efforts can bring a huge transformation. |
  A talk on handwriting related issues and its interventions was held on 4 October 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh by Ms. S. Gupta and Ms. T. Mahajan, Special Educators.
Many parameters like correct posture, correct tripod grip, correct paper position, etc. were discussed with teachers of Class I. Broader domains to find out the reason for why the child is having disinterest in writing, like perceptual issues, motor issues and cognitive issues were defined. The various ways like VAKT approach to deal with them and make the learning and writing fun and effective was guided. |
 Ms. T. Mahajan and Ms. S. Gupta, Special Educators of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on Brain Gym on 27 September, 2017 at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi. The speaker of the workshop was Dr. Mehak Uttamchandani who is a Pediatric Occupational Therapist and a licensed gym instructor from Brain Gym International.
The workshop included the details about the issues faced by children while reading, writing, learning and the lessons behind these issues. The speaker also demonstrated various exercises to enhance the functioning of both the sides of the brain. Various case studies were also discussed which helped the audience to connect and use these activities with the children they are dealing with. |
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A Career Counselling Workshop was organised for the students of Class X of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 25 September, 2017. The speaker Ms. Jyotsana Bhardwaj, an eminent psychologist and career counsellor spoke about various life stages, career development cycle, importance of personality, aptitude and interest in choosing a stream or a career. She also focused on the role of psychometric assessment in career choices and also made the students aware of various upcoming and conventional career options. It was an informative session in which all the queries of the students were also addressed. |
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| A sensitization workshop on Child Safety and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 (POSCO) was conducted by an eminent psychologist Ms. Jyotsna Bharadwaj, Director, Envision India Eduservices on 24 September, 2017 in the St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. It was attended by all the ancillary and non – teaching staff members. The staff was sensitized about the safety in school, role alignment, responsibilities towards children, regulations and laws, POSCO Act 2012, Legalities of POSCO and Code of Conduct in school. |
 "Safety isn't expensive, it ispriceless".
Mr. D. Kharola and Ms. S. Malik, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on "Safe Schools" on 23 September, 2017 at Bal Bharti Public School, Pitam Pura. Extensive insights were shared on urgency of infrastructural and technological assistance, verifications of school staff both teaching and non teaching staff by Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya (President Action Committee), Mr. Pankaj Kumar Singh (IPS Deputy Commissioner of Police) to make schools a safe haven for children. Mr. Tilak Raj Kataria (Chairman NDMC) spoke on safety as an "ongoing responsibility". Brigadier B. K. Khanna outlined the steps that can ensure secure environment for students in School, during excursions and during their us ride home. Mr. Rohit Karnatak (Managing Director India-Pinkerton) stressed that children are vulnerable and should be giventraining in good touch bad touch, buddy system, medical emergencies, responsiveness during disasters. Practical measures are needed to create and regularly audit safety measures. |
  Child Safety, Protection and Mental Health Promotion Workshop on Effective Implementation of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act 2012 in schools facilitated by Expressions India (The National Life Skills, Value education and School Wellness Program) was held on 23 September, 2017 at the Moolchand Medcity. It was attended by Ms. H. Mutreja and Ms. K. Madan, Guidance Counsellors of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh.
The key speakers Dr. Jitendra Nagpal (Director, Expressions India) and Ms. Geetanjali Goel (Delhi Higher Judicial Service Special Secretary, DSLSA) highlighted on the Role of Principals / Counselors / Teaching and Non teaching staff in Child Care, Protection and Safety, Legal and Psychological Perspective in the POSCO Act (2012) for schools and the Guidelines for Training in School Curriculum Framework : Focus on Prevention of CSA and Mental Health Promotion. |
 11 students of class XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh looking for their respective career options attended a seminar conducted by Deakin University, Australia with Mr. D. S. Kharola (P.E.T), Ms. T. Mahajan and Ms. S. Gupta (Special Educators) on 22 September, 2017 at The Sheraton Hotel, Saket. Mr. R. Aggarwal (Director, St. Mark’s School), one of the alumni of the university also shared his experience about his studies and accommodations at the Deakin University. Students took part in a group discussion for their scholarships in the university. One of our student Ananya Chawla (XII-D) was short listed for the scholarship programme. |
  A National Convention of School Counsellors was organised by Institute of Counsellor Training Research and Consultancy (ICTRC) on 22 September, 2017 at the India International Centre (IIC). The theme of the convention was ‘Students at Risk’ – Identification, Prevention and Intervention. It was attended by Ms. G. Chandra and Ms. H. Mutreja of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh.
The key speakers Dr. V. S. Ravindran (a renowned Educational Psychologist) and Ms. Kalpana Kapoor (Edupreneur Director, Academics, MEM Group of Schools) highlighted on conflicting definitions of student at – risk, how to identify, causal factors, consequences and Guidance and Counselling Approach for Developing Support System and Practicing ‘No Child Left Behind’ policy. |
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| HT Pace organised a Puppet Show for the students of Class V of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 21 September, 2017. The resource person Mr. Parvez Khan conducted a hilarious and exciting show with hand puppets with the theme "Jungle mein ek naya din". |
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A Mathematics Open House Session was organised at St. Mark's Girls Sr. Sec. School, Meera Bagh on 16 September, 2017 by Rachna Sagar Publishers. Ms. R. Sukhija, Ms. S. Kaur, Ms. S. Suresh, Ms. R. Sahni, Ms. M. Bharara, Ms. T. Grover, Ms. B. Dawar and Ms. K. Kaur, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended this workshop.
The resource person Dr. N. M. Parti is a visionary and futuristic educationist. She is a group Director where she looks after schools pan India. A lot of hands-on activities were demonstrated to make mathematics more interesting, especially in the primary classes. Use of many simple games like throw ball, tambolaetc. to enhance Mental Maths were also taken up as activities. It was an enriching experience for all the participants. |
 A Webinar on ‘Media Literacy’ was organized in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh for the teachers on 15 September, 2017. The speaker Dr. Samir Parikh (Chairperson, Fortis National Mental Health Program) spoke about various media influences, impact of media, difference between offline and online persona and knowledge of techniques used in media messages.
He highlighted the importance of healthy lifestyle, social support system and the practice of digital detox for atleast four hours per week. |
 An informative session on various techniques for learning subtraction was held in different sections of Class III of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh by a parent volunteer on 13 September, 2017.
The session included songs and poems to demonstrate the various rules of subtraction alongwith hands – on learning materials to assist the learning of the concept of subtraction. |
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An inspiring and engaging ‘Advance Craft Workshop’ was organized by Pidilite Industries Limited on September 11, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh for school art and craft teachers.
60 teachers from various West Delhi schools attended this workshop. The spokesperson, Ms. Hema Mathur demonstrated and assisted with her expert instructions the making of three very interesting articles – a lantern, a stationery holder and an endless card. Suitable materials and tools were provided by the organizers. The workshop was so delightful that even the learned, creative and experienced hands were engrossed in the making and showcasing of the amazing craft articles. On display were various art and craft articles made from products of Pidilite Industries like photo frame, jewellery, fabric painting, toran, rangoli etc. which definitely added fuel to the artistic flames burning in all the teachers present. |
 On 2 September 2017, Ms. T. Mahajan (Special Educator) and Ms. P. Rose (PRT) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on ‘ADHD in Schools, Recent Trends and Interventions’ at Ganga Ram Hospital by Ehsaas foundation to upgrade the knowledge on the newer trends and also to share the new treatment methods in management of ADHD.
The esteemed speakers of this workshop were Dr. Deepak Gupta (Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist), Dr. Priyanka Halwasiya (Child Psychologist), Dr. Shilpa Gupta (Parenting Coach), Ms. Anandita Anand (Psychologist) and Dr. Jalnidhi Nanavati (Fellow Child Psychiatry).
The topics covered in the workshop were understanding the world of an ADHD child, working with a working memory of ADHD, managing the child in the classroom, self instruction for managing behaviour, nutrition and diet and lifestyle interventions. This workshop helped to sensitize and expand knowledge to enhance the practicing skills to deal effectively with ADHD children. |
 Ms. S. Gupta (Special Educator) and Ms. M. Bose (PRT) attended a workshop on "Understanding Handwriting Related Concerns" on 1 September, 2017 at Ayush Society & Chetna World of Therapeutic Services, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi. The workshop was taken by Dr. Ajay Kumar (MOT, HSE Ireland) who is a handwriting and perceptual expert with 15 years of experience. The learning objective of the workshop was to identify how to assess and manage handwriting difficulties through various tests and exercises. Also to raise awareness of the importance of handwriting as a vital component of literary and to support or train those who work with children with handwriting difficulties. |
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Students of Class XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh studying Legal Studies attended a Legal Literacy Workshop on 25 August, 2017 conducted by an advocate Mr. Sahil Talwar and SHO - Nihal Vihar.
Mr. Sharat Chandra Nirmal. The intricacies of law and recent Supreme Court judgements were discussed by Mr. Talwar while the role of Police in maintaining law and order were discussed by Mr. Nirmal. As the representative of Delhi Police Mr. Nirmal explained the procedure of filing an FIR, meaning of Zero FIR and encouraged girls to report untoward incidents. It was an informative session which enabled the students to understand the role of Police and Judiciary as guardians of Civil Society. |
 Sony Yay Channel conducted an enjoyable workshop for the students of Class I of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 25 August, 2017.
Cartoons were shown to the students. Many games were played. Lot of prizes were won by the students. |
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 A National Symposium was organized by Expressions India on 17 August, 2017 in ‘The India International Centre, New Delhi’. The Symposium was attended by Ms. K. Madan, Guidance Counsellor of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The key speakers for the Symposium were Prof. (Dr.) Sanjeev P. Sahni (Principal Director of Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences, O. P. Jindal Global University), Dr. Manjushree Palit (Deputy Director and Assistant Professor at JIBS, OP Jindal Global University), Dr. Toshendra Dwivedi (Assistant Professor at Department of Psychology, Amity University), Ms. Ritu Chowdhary (Block Education Officer, Gurgaon and Incharge of the Smart Gram Initiative in Schools), and Dr. Rakhi Rath (OP Jindal University) talked about Understanding the Child’s Rights, Role of Media on Child’s growth, Importance of Primary Education and ways to work on the child’s emotional quotient. It was overall an enriching experience. |
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| Students of Class XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on Racing of Molecules at National Science Centre along with their teachers on 17 August, 2017. Students conducted the experiment on Gel electrophoresis and found it very informative and interesting. |
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| A workshop was conducted by the team from ‘Cartoon Network’ in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 8 August, 2017. Games played were based on the show – Oggy and the Cockroaches and prizes were given. A quiz was also conducted to reinforce knowledge on ‘Road Safety’ and ‘Oral Hygiene’. |
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| Dr. J. Hajela, Ms. U. Wadhwa, Ms. C. Kaur and Ms. M. Kharbanda, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the Language Symposium 2017 organized by New Saraswati House on 5 August, 2017 at Sri. Sathya Sai Auditorium, Lodhi Road. The topic was - The Regional Languages and their Role in Education. The importance of the regional languages and mother tongue was explained and discussed by the presenters in a very effective and interesting manner. The resource person for Hindi language was Mr. Vinod Singh Chauhan and for Sankrit was Ms. Vijaya Tiwari. |
 ASI Mr. Ved Prakash from Traffic Police Park, Punjabi Bagh conducted a workshop on 3 August, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh for the school bus drivers with their team.
The agenda of the workshop was safety of school children on the road, in the buses and about the safety measures to be taken by the drivers and helpers while driving a bus on the road.
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| Rakhi is a sacred thread pulsating with love and affection, and what better expression of this bond than a hand crafted one. A rakhi making workshop was organized by Hindustan Times Group for Class V students of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 31 July, 2017.The resource person Ms. Kiran guided the students in making beautiful rakhis using threads, fabric glue, satin ribbon and decoration material. It was a good learning experience for the students. |
| Jaanya Bahra (VII D), Tanmay Agrawal (VIII E) and Kapish Choudhary (VIII B) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the FilmIt Workshop conducted by INTACH on 28 July, 2017. Paarth Sikka (VIII F), Vibhor Sharma (VIII F) and Antariksh Goel (VIIIC) attended the FilmIt Technical Workshop conducted by INTACH on 4 August, 2017. Students were briefed about various topics of heritage on which they would make a movie of 2 minute duration. It was a very informative and interesting workshop for students. |
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| A Career Counselling Workshop was held on 28 July, 2017 for the students of Class X of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The speaker Commander Bhargava, a submariner in the Indian Navy with an experience of 22 years highlighted the multifarious roles, functions, domains and glimpses of life as a naval officer through a presentation, a short tele film and question and answer session. He was accompanied with Lt. Com. Ankit, Lt. Bhagyashree and Sailor A. K. Yadav. |
 A workshop on ‘Inclusive Education’ was conducted by National Trust, a Government of India initiative. The discussion was conducted on 27 July, 2017 in Scottish High International School, Gurgaon and was attended by Ms. K. Madan, Guidance Counsellor of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh.
The programme included opening speeches delivered by various esteemed guests such as Sh. Mukesh Jain (Joint Secretary and CEO National Trust), Sh. D. Suresh (Gurugram Commissioner) which was followed by a Panel discussion session which again included eminent personalities such as Ms. Meenakshi Jolly (Director - School, Ministry of HRD), Ms. Anupam Ahuja (Department of Education of Groups with Special Needs, NCERT). |
 The students of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh : Yukta Anand (XI-B), Tanishq Juneja (XI-A), Samiksha Kumar (IX-F) and Aryan Chatkara (IX-A) attended a Workshop on Risk Behaviour Management as a part of Pro-Social Peer Moderator Programme on 26 July, 2017 organised by Fortis, Shalimar Bagh. It was conducted by Ms. Chitwan Singh and Ms. Geetika Virdi, counselling psychologists along with Dr. Vishal Chhabra, psychiatrist, Fortis.
The workshop was conducted for identifying, analysing and reviewing risks, the strategies to prevent and reduce the negative consequences of risky behaviours and the skills to engage in healthy risk taking alternatives through activities, role plays, art, interactive discussion, posters and Q & A. |
A Career Counselling Workshop was organized for Commerce students of Class XI of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 25 July, 2017. The speaker Mr. Ashish Jain, a Delhi University Topper and a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) briefed the students about the new age courses like BBA (FIA), BMS, BBE, various integrated programmes run by different universities, their admission and entrance criterias. He also motivated the students to be focused towards achieving financial, social and work satisfaction. |
 A Career Counselling Workshop was organized for the students of Class XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 24 July, 2017. It was conducted by Mr. Jitin Chawla who heads the Centre for Career Development. Mr. G. S. Tuteja informed the students about the various courses available in the Delhi University followed by Mr. Nitin who enlightened the students about the benefits of studying in IP University. He also informed the students about the present courses and the new ones to be introduced. Ms. Rekha Aggarwal talked about careers in Art and Designing (Creative Field), Mr. Alok Bansal from IMS educated the students how to prepare for competitive exams. The students were also given information about the hospitality industry. It was indeed an eye opener for all the students as they received information about the known and unknown career options available. |
 Ms. R. Anand, Vice Principal and Ms. I. Barua, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a Capacity Building Workshop on 18 and 19 July, 2017 at Faculty Development and Research Centre (FDRC) organised by C.B.S.E.
The resource persons for the workshop were Dr. Shweta Singh, Joint Director, C.B.S.E. and Ms. Meenu Tiwari (Principal, C.R.P.F., Dwarka). The workshop's focus was to review the National Curriculum Framework-2005 for Science (Classes IX & X). It laid emphasis on practical based approaches, methods and strategies of teaching a dynamic subject like Science. It also focussed on designing question papers, framing Value Based Questions and practical activities in addition to lesson planning and effective classroom teaching. |
| Mr. D. S. Kharola, Physical Education Teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on Mission XI Million Training Workshop and Chief Mentor of the In School Implementation Programme, held at Maxfort School, Sector VII, Dwarka on 17 July, 2017. It was conducted by Mr. Keshav Dutt, State Coordinator, MXIM. The main focus of the workshop was to make football the sport of choice among India’s youth. MXIM uses the school network and facilities around the country to encourage children to play the game and gain the healthy habits and fine motor skills and learn important life lessons in teamwork and sportsman spirit. |
 Ms. R. Bhardwaj, Ms. U. Wadhwa and Dr. J. Hajela, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on ‘Role of Schools in Advancing Global Profile of Sanskrit’ on 17 July, 2017 held at Bal Bharti Public School, Ganga Ram Hospital Marg.
The workshop was in association with St. James' Independent Schools, London, and featured presentations by Ms. Helen Harper and Mr. Paul Palmarozza who elaborated upon how they teach Sanskrit to students in their school. Mr. Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi, IAS & Chairman, CBSE, was the Chief Guest of the workshop which concluded with a lecture by Professor Dr. Chand Kiran Saluja, a Sanskrit scholar, stressing upon the need of making Sanskrit the first language for Indian students, and not the third. |
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‘Science without Religion is lame, Religion without Science is blind.’
The perception of this quote was better understood through an amazing workshop conducted on 12 July, 2017 by Dr. Vikramjit Singh Rooprai, a heritage Activist and Educationist. He is better known as the founder of India’s largest Heritage - Hobby Club, The Heritage Photography Club and Youth for Heritage Foundation. He talked about the evolution of man and science of religion. He also highlighted how the prominent city of Delhi came into existence through a beautiful poem that he recited. A totally different side of History was brought into light by him. |
 Habitat Children's Book Forum in collaboration with Scholastic India organised a session on 'Read Aloud and Think Aloud' by Vaijayanti Savant Tonpe, a children's writer and veteran editor on 8 July, 2017 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. A group of 21 students from Class V of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh along with teacher incharges attended this enlightening session wherein the author spoke about how reading can enrich our lives. She read a short story written by her named 'Daddy's Girl' which was very inspiring. In the end, the children asked the author few questions about her life, career, interests and books written by her. |
 As per the Circular related to the Guidelines for Control of Vector Borne Diseases from the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, Directorate of Education the list of Dos and Don’ts was displayed at various prominent places in the premises of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh like fee counter, student notice board, staff rooms, etc.
All students, teachers and other employees were informed about these do’s and don’ts and to check mosquito breeding in and around their houses during school assembly and staff meeting. |
| On 27 June, 2017, Ms. H. Pant and Ms. A. Sapra attended a workshop on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy organised by Expressions India. The resource persons were Ms. Astha Sharma (Academic Coordinator, Institute of Mental Health), Dr. Jitendra Nagpal (Program Director- Expressions India), Dr. Pooja Jaitly (Academic Coordinator, Deptt. of Child and Adolescent Health) and Ms. Aparna Singh (Academic Coordinator – Expressions India). They discussed about different aspects of Anger Management and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Through different role plays problems were identified in the present curriculum and their most possible solutions were given. |
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Sixty students of Classes VII to X attended a three day workshop on Model United Nations conducted by Mr. Dikshant Malik on 26, 27 and 30 May, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The students learnt the nuances of MUN procedures and public speaking skills. On the final day the students had a mock general assembly session and intensively debated on peacekeeping operations of United Nations as delegates of various countries. They were adjudged on the basis of their performance by executive board comprising of Mr. Dikshant Malik and Mr. Mansanjam Singh. The Students representing countries – India, China, Russia Paraguay, Estonia,Chad and Fiji were commended by the Executive Board. |
| A workshop on Scratch Software for Game Development Story telling and animations was conducted free of cost for selected students of Classes V to VIII from 15 to 19 May, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Students learnt and enjoyed working with animated characters to develop their own stories & games. |
| Ms. I. Barua and Ms. A. Sapra, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a Capacity Building Programme on 16 and 17 May, 2017 which was organised by CBSE in Guru Nanak Public School, Rajouri Garden. The resource persons of the workshop were Ms. Ritu Malvia (Professor in Lady Irwin College) and Ms. Anita Makkar (Former Principal of DAV School, Gurugram). This workshop emphasised on well prepared lesson plans, use of technology, understanding discipline, involvement and participation of students. Teachers did a number of activities and worksheets to understand various strategies and techniques. |
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| Ms. T. Mahajan (Special Educator) and Ms. H. Mutreja (Guidance Counsellor) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on Developing Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills using Dialectical Behaviour Approach, conducted by the Department of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences, Fortis Shalimar Bagh on 16 May, 2017. The speaker Ms. Mihika Mehrotra (Clinical Psychologist) highlighted various interpersonal difficulties and social deficits faced by the children. Lastly she stressed on the techniques for building effective communication skills. |
 An informative workshop on 'Teaching of English Grammar' was conducted by Ms. Neelam Sanwalka (resource person from Ratna Sagar P. Ltd.) for 54 teachers of the Primary department on 16 May, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Various effective and interesting techniques were introduced to teach grammar topics to make the students understand and also to engage them. Useful visual aids and handouts were provided. |
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| An Art Workshop was conducted for 48 teachers of the Primary Department of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 16 May, 2017. Techniques of drawing and colouring were taught by Art teacher Ms. S. Pathela. |
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| On 16 May, 2017, 92 teachers of Classes VI – XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on ‘Effective Communication in Classroom’ conducted by Mr. Lucky Puchhrat, resource person from HT. He influenced the listeners to live as leaders while showing the students the right path. He lay emphasis on reducing communication gaps and apprehend the untapped potential of the students. He spoke on ‘how to take up challenges and make superior decisions.’ |
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| A workshop on Empowering Mind Power was conducted on 16 May, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh by Ms. Sunita Malkani, resource person from TOI. This workshop was attended by 95 teachers of Classes VI to XII. Ms. Malkani taught easy ways to streamline ones thoughts. She taught ways to direct the thought process towards positive thinking and several ways to relax the mind. She told the teachers to find their strengths and assets and feel good about their self because only when one is happy with oneself, they will be able to reinstate that into happy classrooms. |
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| An intensive teacher training workshop on ‘Safety and First Aid’ was conducted by Dr. Sheela Nigam from Apollo Life on 16 May, 2017 for 95 teachers of Classes VI to XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. She emphasized on the aim of First Aid, i.e, to preserve life, to take immediate action and not to panic. It’s rightly said, whether it’s a minor situation or something more serious first aid knowledge can bring the difference between life and death. |
 A workshop on ‘Teaching of English Grammar and Poetry’ was conducted on 16 May, 2017 for 48 teachers of the Primary Department of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The resource person Ms. Gesu Chandra spoke on the role that a teacher played in a child's life. Further, she emphasisedon the correct usage of grammar and gave some tips on teaching certain grammar topics. |
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| A workshop on Cancer Awareness was conducted on 15 May, 2017 by Dr. Sushant Mittal (Medical Oncologist from Action Cancer Hospital) which was attended by 64 teachers of Classes VI – XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. He gave very valuable information regarding the causes and the myths associated with Cancer. His lecture regarding the early detection and cure of this disease was very valuable. This was followed by an interactive session wherein queries of the teachers were answered. |
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| Workshop on 'Effective Teaching of Science with Experiments’ was conducted by Ms. Champa Banerjee from Oxford University Press on 15 May, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. 18 teachers attended the workshop. Ms. Banerjee conducted various small experiments using fresh vegetables and fruits like water melon, pumpkin, pomegranate. Emphasis was laid on the application of items used in daily life for making classroom teaching effective. |
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| A workshop on ‘Empowering Mind Power’ was conducted in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on
15 May, 2017 for 63 teachers of the Primary Department. The Resource person from HT, Mr. Ranjit Majumdar emphasized on using the mind power constructively and in a positive manner to attain success in life. |
 A workshop on ‘Hindi Typing on Computers’ was conducted on 15 May, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh by the Computer teachers which was attended by 48 teachers of the Primary department.
Teachers were given hands on practice to type in Hindi fonts using Quill Pad website. |
 A Science and Social Science Workshop was conducted on 15 May, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. It was conducted by Ms. Sunita Malkani and Ms. Apijit Bassi, resource persons from Millennium Book Source Pvt. Ltd. Various innovative activities and hands on experiments were performed by 45 teachers of the Primary Department on various topics – water, states of matter, living and non living things, festivals, states, etc. |
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A Yoga Workshop was conducted by Mr. Himmat Singh, Yoga Guru on 15 May, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh which was attended by 92 teachers of Classes VI to XII. Different types of Asanas and Pranayama were performed by the teachers. |
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A workshop for 95 teachers of Classes VI to XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh was conducted on 15 May, 2017. The speaker Ms. Jyotsana Bhardwaj, a consulting psychologist and a master trainer with CBSE and Mac Millan Education highlighted on effective communication skills, techniques of improving teacher student relationship, improving listening skills and enhancing positive classroom environment. There was a power point presentation along with a few activities to make learning fun. |
 Ms. R. Rajan, Ms. S. Bhatnagar and Ms. G. Kaur, Computer teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on Scratch and App Inventor organized by GOOGLE at Indraprastha International School, Dwarka on 9 May, 2017. The training program basically aimed to help students quickly and easily learn to build apps, games, animations and story boards. It was very informative.
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A workshop on Coping with Peer Pressure was conducted by the Department of ‘Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences’, Fortis Healthcare on 9 May, 2017 for the students of Class IX of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The speaker Ms. Aditi Kaul (Art based therapist) highlighted about positive and negative influences of peer pressure, impact/consequences of peer pressure and adaptive coping strategies to combat peer pressure. |
| Ms. Anjali Aggarwal, Principal, St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh participated in a conference organized by India Didactics Association, on 'Evolving Education Ecosystem : Challenges & Opportunities', held at India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, on 5th May, 2017. The eminent speakers included Prof. Chandra Bhushan Sharma, Chairman National Institute of Open Schooling, Dr. Ashok Pandey, Chairman NPSC and Prof. Jaskiran Arora, Asst. Dean, School Management, BML University. The conference presented an opportunity to discuss and deliberate with passionate and influential leaders; hear from eminent speakers who provided an insight into the evolving ecosystem of education, be it Technology, Financial or Policy driven, that is shaping the next era of education and training in India. |
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A Career Counselling Workshop was held on 5 May, 2017 for the students of Class XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The speaker Mr. Kunal Kumar, an appointed Investment Actuary spoke about new upcoming career streams and professional courses like IPM (IIM Indore), BMS, BBA (FIA), BBE, BBA, BCA, Actuarial Science etc. The workshop also included various new techniques and ways of approaching each subject and provided guidance and motivation to students to make it to a new range of careers. |
 Ms. R. Chopra, Ms. S. Kaur and Ms. M. Madan, teachers of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the Annual Conference 2017 of Forum of Public Schools on 5 May, 2017 at India International Centre, New Delhi. Hon'ble Minister for Law and Justice and Information Technology, Govt. of India Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The conference was based on the theme: Sustainability - Green to Gray matter. Eminent speakers shared their opinions on collaboration to create, importance of inculcating Sanskrit in our school curriculum and also on Technoart: Integrate to empower. Amongst the distinguished speakers who added value to the informative sessions on the above theme were Mr. Shyam B. Menon, Vice Chancellor, Ambedkar University, Mr. Kamalesh Sharma, Former High Commissioner of India to U. K. and Prof. Rajaram S. Sharma, Jt. Director, NCERT. The sessions were quite engaging and enriching which gave the entire gathering so much to reflect upon. |
 A Heritage and Citizenship Workshop by INTACH was organised on 5 May, 2017 which was attended by Ms. A. Jain, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. After a welcome address and a presentation on the motives of the organisation that is, to preserve and conserve the various types of heritage all over India, Ms. Purnima Datt, the Principal Director, explained the uniqueness of Indian subcontinent and thus stressed that every student must take pride in our rich heritage. Also, a talk by Prof. AGK Menon, an advisor to INTACH and urban planner gave an insight into the need for teachers to communicate with their students to preserve our heritage and promote DELHI as a UNESCO heritage site. An interactive session by Dr. Narayani Gupta, an historian,threw light on the importance of preserving our natural resources like water, trees and open spaces in Delhi and thus teaching students to explore the city more. The enriching workshop ended with Ms. Datt highlighting on how the values of respect, tolerance, responsibility and mutual understanding can be taught through promotion of heritage and citizenship. |
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| A workshop was conducted by ‘Sahyog Care for You’ on 2 May, 2017 for the students of Class III of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The topic of the workshop was ‘Good touch bad touch’. The speaker highlighted on safe and unsafe touch, child sexual abuse, rules for personal safety and ways of healing. |
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| Ms. Anjali Aggarwal, Principal, St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh participated in a highly engaging, participative and interactive School Principal's Conclave on 29 April 2017 at Delhi Police Public School, Safdarjung Enclave. The conclave was very interesting and informative as it focused on 'Strategic Leadership for Schools in Changing Environment'. Many case studies were discussed and the experts from IIM Ahmedabad enlightened the audience. |
 An exclusive ‘Museum Learning Master Class’ was attended by Ms. M. Kang and Ms. G. Kaur on 26 April, 2017 at National Museum. The session, introduced by Flow India, focussed on bringing in an integration of museum objects and environment to support classroom themes of Indian school curriculum. The resource person, Ms. Habiba Insaf, demonstrated strategies of promoting an enquiry based approach to learning thereby fostering the development of 21st century skills and empowering educators to help children become self aware through cultural education.
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 Child Safety Workshop by Chevrolet was conducted in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on
25 April, 2017 for Classes IV and V.
Students were shown a power point presentation on child safety. They were given qualitative information about the same. |
 A Hindi Workshop by Dr. Vinod Prasun was conducted on 25 April, 2017 at De Indian Public School, Sector – 24, Rohini which was organised by Rachna Sagar Educational Publishers. Dr. Prasun has been teaching for 26 years and is associated with media channels like ‘Doordarshan’ and ‘Zee Salam’. He has also written many books and poems. This workshop was attended by Ms. K. R. Mehta, Ms. M. Madan and Ms. R. Vyas, Hindi teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Grammatical rules were explained in very easy manner by Dr. Vinod. He recited beautiful poems and stressed on teaching grammar in a playway method and gave some useful tips. |
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On 22 April, 2017 an Economics Workshop was organised by True Friend Publications and Gyan Sagar Publications in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh for Economics teachers taking Classes XI and XII. The workshop was conducted by eminent speaker and scholar, Mr. J. P. Goel, Associate Professor, Head of the Deptt. of Economics (Retd.) Hindu (Post Graduate) College, Sonepat, Haryana.
The recent changes in CBSE syllabus were discussed and classroom problems too. Our Principal Ms. A. Aggarwal had the honour to launch a book ‘Must Numericals in Economics’ written by Mr. J. P. Goel on numericals related to Micro and Macro Economics. This workshop was attended by over 170 teachers from different schools of Delhi. |
 A workshop on ‘Importance of Guidance and Counselling’ in Modern Day Education was conducted by ICTRC (Institute of Counselling Training Research and Consultancy) on 20 April, 2017. The workshop was held in Modern Public School, Vasant Vihar and attended by Ms. R. Sukhija, Ms. Rooma, Ms. K. Madan and Ms. K. Anand, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The speaker, Dr. V. S. Ravindran (a renowned educational psychologist and trainer, presently the Director General of ICTRC) highlighted the role of a School Guidance Counsellor and specified the skills of a guidance counsellor to be a facilitator for positive change. He further threw light on ways a teacher can play the role of a counsellor and thus guide students. |
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Reaffirming our commitment to the concept of providing quality education, St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh organized an orientation Programme for the parents of the middle wing Class VI on 15 April, 2017. The session began a welcome address by the Vice Principal, Ms. R. Anand who made the gathering aware of the changing scenario in education, the latest examination pattern, the culture and working atmosphere of the school. The Principal Ms. A. Aggarwal emphasized upon the pivotal role played by parents in the upbringing of children and in helping them to tide over the cares and concerns related to childhood.
Ms. Geetanjali Kumar, an eminent psychologist, gave parents valuable tips on how to provide them a conducive atmosphere for them to grow and prosper. In an interactive session, the expert answered the queries of the parents who actively participated in the brain storming. |
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15th April 17 was a day well spent in deliberation about the right approach to handle students in the transformative years of their school life. St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh organized an Orientation Programme for the parents of Class IX on 15 April, 2017. The session began with a welcome address by the Principal Ms. A. Aggarwal who highlighted the need to handle the adolescents in a manner that would help them overcome the pressures that come with the lifestyle changes of today. Vice Principal, Ms. R. Anand, made the gathering aware of the change in the examination pattern and the approach everyone needs to adopt.
Ms. Geetanjali Kumar, an eminent psychologist, was also present and she gave parents some valuable tips on how to provide a conducive atmosphere for their children to grow and prosper. She also answered the queries of the parents who actively participated in the session. |
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| A career counselling workshop on overseas admissions / studying abroad was on 13 April, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh for students of Classes XI and XII. The speaker Ms. Nidhi Sharma (Product Head – North America) from PAC ASIA spoke about various undergraduate courses, career options and stages of planning a course/career abroad. They also made the students aware about various test scores, application process, scholarships and funding. Students queries were answered in the end of the session. |
 Ms. S. Banerjee, Ms. M. Ghosh and Ms. A. Kapoor, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the 9th Edu Convex Conference on 15 April, 2017 in the Air Force Auditorium, Subroto Park.
The eminent panelists, Mr. D. C. Pant, Prof. M. M. Pant, Mr. T. K. Arunachalam, Mr. John Kerr spoke on the DNA of language and subject learning in schools and role of English in the industry perspective. The use of digital media in the virtual reality environment and use of augmented reality for specific purposes was stressed upon. |
 Ms. S. Malik and Ms. H. Mutreja attended a career opportunities workshop organized under the aegis of Centre for Career Development at Alliance Franchise on 1 March, 2017. Mr. Jitin Chawla, an eminent educationist and career counsellor spoke about the high cut offs in Delhi University and various options available for ‘BPL’ i.e., Below the Coveted Percentage Line students in various other universities in India. Forensic sciences, degree in social work, careers in designing and hospitality industry were the careers discussed.
Mr. Gurpreet Singh Tuteja (Deputy Dean Student Welfare – Delhi University) spoke about the admission criteria in Delhi University and the weightage given to sports and ECA at the time of admission. |
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| 35 students of Classes VI to IX of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh participated in comet making activity held on 10 February, 2017. They used dry ice, mud, sugar and bleach and made their own comets with the help of resource persons from Zlife Education. They also participated in another activity held on 13 February, 2017 in which they made rockets which were launched with the mini launcher in the school premises. Overall students learnt a lot from these hands-on experiences. |
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| A workshop on Bully to Buddy was held on 31 January, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Students from Classes VI to VIII along with some teachers participated. The speaker Ms. Aditi Kaur (Art Based Therapist, Fortis Healthcare) highlighted on types of bullying, impacts of bullying, role of a bystander and peer support. A multiple component model along with various activities to combat bullying were discussed. |
| Ms. R. Chopra, Ms. R. Kohli and Ms. S. Arora, English teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a two day workshop organised by C.B.S.E. on 24 and 25 January, 2017. The resource persons, Ms. Arti Anil Lawand and Ms. Rajni Jaimini touched upon various topics related to teaching of English in Class X. Special focus was laid upon writing skills and long reading text which can be made interesting through activities. |
 A Motivational Workshop of teachers was organised by S. Chand & Company Limited and conducted by Mr. Sandeep Wadhera (Youngest motivational guru in India who has transformed the lives of more than a lakh employees, students, etc. on 14 January, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh.
He promoted positive thinking and stressed on proper planning, layout for any task or goal that we want to achieve. It was a fun workshop and learning was done simultaneously. Teachers of Classes VI to XII attended this workshop. |
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| A Self Defence Workshop was organised on 14 January, 2017 by Mr. Ashok Chugh (Taekwondo Coach in Delhi Police). Teachers of Classes VI to XII attended this workshop and learnt the various methods that can be used in Self Defence. With very simple maneuvers and presence of mind women can save themselves from attackers and snatchers. It proved to be an interesting and a good learning experience. All the teachers were motivated and displayed confidence in tackling such miscreants in future. |
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| A workshop on Cooking was organized by Nestle on 14 January, 2017 for teachers of Classes I to V of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. It was conducted by Ms. Deepa Seth. Recipes demonstrated were Achari Paneer, Thai Noodles, Fruit and Nut Eggless Cake. It was a funfilled activity where everybody enjoyed tasting the delicious preparation and played Tambola and won exciting Nestle products. |
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| A workshop on ‘Theatre in Education’ was organized by Pruquest Learning and conducted by Mr. Kuljeet Singh (a lecturer in English Literature and Director of Atelier) on 14 January, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. It was a very interactive and innovative workshop, emphasizing on the connection between theatre and teaching in a creative manner. Teachers from classes VI to XII attended this workshop. |
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| A workshop was organised by Headword Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd. for teachers of Classes I to V on 14 January, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The theme of the workshop was Phonetics and Dictionary Usage. Resource person Dr. Tara Chadha, former reader at SPM College, Delhi University emphasised on the use of correct pronunciation, intonation and voice modulation. |
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| A Hindi workshop was conducted on 13 and 14 January, 2017 by Dr. U. Pandey for Hindi teachers of Classes VI to X in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. All grammar topics were explained with examples and all doubts of teachers were cleared. |
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| A Yoga workshop was conducted for teachers of classes I to XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 13 and 14 January, 2017. It was a refreshing experience of toning one’s body. |
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A workshop on ‘Treatment through Occupational Therapy for Learning Disability’ was conducted by Dr. Roshandeep Singh Bagga (Occupational Therapist, Director – Therapy for Ability) in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 13 January, 2017. It was attended by teachers of Classes I to V.
The speaker highlighted on multiple disabilities, thus throwing light on their characteristics and symptoms, further emphasizing on their treatment oriented remedies. |
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Teachers of Classes VI o XII attended an intensive workshop organized by Scholastic India Pvt. Ltd. conducted by Ms. Nitika Dutta Gupta on the topic ‘Ingenious and Responsive Classroom’ on 13 January, 2017 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh.
The workshop focused on the strategies teachers need to use to enable their students to learn and communicate effectively. It gave the teachers valuable tips on how to aim for raised self esteem and confidence in students. |
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| A workshop on Accountancy named – Capacity Building Program conducted by CBSE at CBSE Centre of Excellence, Gurugram on 26 and 27 December, 2016, was attended by Ms. J. Anand. The purpose of the workshop was to help teachers to improve teaching skills, increase involvement of students in teaching, tips to prepare for board exams and common mistakes of students. The resource persons were Ms. Sugandh Sharma (Education Officer - CBSE), Mr. S. S. Sehrawat (Retd. Dy. Comm - KVS), Ms. Shipra Vaidya (Deptt. of Education - Prof of Commerce, NCERT), Ms. Vasumati Vishwanathan (PGT Commerce-Sardar Patel Vidyalaya) and Mr. Gaurav Palia (PGT Accountancy – DAV Centenary Public School). |
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| A ‘Mother Daughter Health and Hygiene Programme’ was conducted by Procter and Gamble for the girls of VI and VII standard. The speaker of the workshop was Ms. Ritika Lamba. The workshop aimed at educating the mothers about their daughter’s health and hygiene and generating awareness among the girls about the physical, social and emotional changes of their Adolescence. |
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Students of Classes VIII and XI of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended an interactive session with Mr. Ravi Kalra (Founder President Earth Saviours Foundation and Gurukul) on 26 December, 2016. It was an emotional session wherein Mr. Kalra shared numerous painful anecdotes about abandoned people many of whom were left at Gurukul gates by their family members itself.
It was a lesson in humanity and a soul searching experience for each one of us. The St. Mark’s family, Meera Bagh contributed woollens and blankets to Mr. Kalra for the benefit of inmates of Gurukul and also pledged to do more in the near future. |
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| A motivating career counselling session was held for students of Class X of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 19 December, 2016. The speaker Prof. Sandeep Singhal (B.Tech from IIT – Roorkee) had an interactive session about the various challenges faced by students, factors for building a successful career, role of hard work, will power, goal setting and time management. |
  A workshop was organised by KIPS Publishing World LLP on ‘Computer – A Subject or a Tool’ on
17 December, 2016 at Park Plaza Hotel, Shahdara, New Delhi. It was attended by Ms. S. Bhatnagar, Ms. G. Kaur and Ms. Divya, computer teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. It was an interactive session on the topic how to teach computer as a tool and not as a subject and how to make theory classes more interactive. |
 A Hindi workshop was organized by Madhubun Publishers at Queen Mary’s School, Sector 25, Rohini, New Delhi on 9 December, 2016 which was attended by Dr. U. Pandey, Ms. J. Gambhir, Ms. K. R. Mehta and Ms. M. Madan, Hindi teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh.
The resource person Dr. P. K. Jain from Delhi University conducted the workshop. He gave wonderful ideas on how to teach Hindi grammar to the students and also imparted knowledge about Hindi language. |
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| Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) organised World Coaches Introductory Level for 24 selected football coaches from 26 November - 1 December, 2016 in Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi which was attended by Mr. D. Kharola, P.E.T. of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The programme was led by World Coaches like football legend Mr. Johan Neeskens and Mr. Bert Zuurman. One of the biggest players / coaches of all time from the Netherlands, Mr. Frank Rijkaard also visited and shared his experience as Coach and player. On 1st December, 2016, Sports Minister of India, Mr. Vijay Goyal, Mr. Bowlender (Hockey Legend) and Mr. Frank Rijkaard inaugurated the new artificial grass pitch. |
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| In order to preserve and promote the beautiful art of calligraphy in the contemporary world of art, INTACH Delhi organised an Urdu Calligraphy Workshop on 25 November 2016 as a part of its Heritage Week. Four students of Class VIII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh participated in the workshop. They learnt how to write some of the letters of the Urdu language for example, alif and ba which are the initial letters of the Urdu alphabet. |
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| Two students Gyan Singh and Moksh Marwah of Class XI-D alongwith computer teacher, Ms. V. Lamba attended a Cyber Security Workshop, ‘Web Ranger’ on 22 November 2016 at Bal Bharti School where Ms. Uma Balan (Partner with Google Web Ranger) was the speaker. The students were taught various ways in order to have a safe experience while browsing through the cyber world and to become Web Rangers in the true sense of the word. |
  workshop on ‘How to deal with Electronic Addictions in Children’ was attended by Ms. K. Madan, Guidance Counsellor of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 19 November, 2016 at Piccadily Hotel, Janakpuri.
The workshop was organized by McMillan Education. The speaker for the workshop, Dr. Aruna Broota (Clinical Psychologist) highlighted on the concept of addictions with Electronic kids and the role of parents towards the same. |
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| A five day workshop on Paper Mache Technique was held for a group of 29 students of Class VII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh from 14 November, 2016. The students enjoyed making beautiful decorative items and expanded their creativity through the use of colour and decorative patterns. |
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A Convention to Empower Schools against child sexual abuse was organized by SAI (Social Axiom Insignia) at IIT Delhi on 12 November, 2016. It was attended by Ms. H. Mutreja and Ms. K. Madan, Guidance Counsellors of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. There were talks by eminent speakers and Educationists like Dr. Amit Sen (Clinical Psychiatrist), Adv. Michelle Mendonca (Project Director at Counsel to Secure Justice), and Dr. Dinesh Kumar (Fr. Head – Publication, NCERT).
The convention highlighted on POSCO Act and its implications on schools, effects of sexual abuse on a child and role of counselling in healing the aggrieved child reporting sexual abuse. |
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| A workshop on sensitization about special need students was organized by the counselling department of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 8 November, 2016 for the teachers of Classes I to XII. The sessionbegan with a mind jog activity which was enjoyed by the teachers. In the workshop, the teachers were sensitized about features of various types of LD, ADHD, ADD through powerpoint presentation and informative videos. The topics like classroom modifications and the various preventive measures were also discussed. |
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An interactive career counselling session was organised for the students and parents of Class X of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 5 November, 2016. It was conducted by Ms. Jyotsana Bhardwaj (eminent psychologist and career counsellor) and her team from Envision India Eduservices.
The session included analysis and interpretation of the standardized aptitude and interest tests. Queries of parents and students on career and stream selection were addressed. |
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A Career Counselling Workshop was organised for the commerce students of Class XI and XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 4 November, 2016 by Vyapaar, the entrepreneurship cell of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, University of Delhi.
The speakers Daksh Mahajan, Dhruv Kohli and Aryaman Bahudur (members of Vyapaar) highlighted on various aspects of entrepreneurship, innovation and myths and failures related to start ups. The workshop nurtured the seeds of entrepreneurial spirit in the young minds and helped them discover the entrepreneur within. |
  Abacus math method of calculations is considered to be one of the fastest way of calculations.
To give the students a better understanding of the same, Abacus workshop was held for the students of Class V of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 21 October 2016 by AVAS Group, through HT. The resource persons Mr. Gopal Sindhu and Ms. Aakriti Suneja trained the students to visualize the abacus and move imaginary beads in their minds when the sums are read out to them. They also explained to the students how they could visualize and imagine various concepts taught in the class.
Students really enjoyed this new methodology of dealing with calculations. It was a great learning experience for them. |
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| A workshop on Vedic Maths was organized on 13 October 2016 for the students of Class IV of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh by the Times of India Group. Mr. Muhammad Faisal, renowned Brain Power Expert and 3 times world record holder in Memory conducted the workshop. The students were taught how to do quick mathematical calculations. It was a very interesting and interactive workshop. |
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| A career counselling workshop in creative field was organised on 7 October, 2016 for the students of humanities stream of Class XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The speakers Mr. Amitesh Singhal (Faculty of School of Creative Business, Pearl Academy) and Ms. Monica Garg (Manager, Educational Partnership, Pearl Academy) focused on exploring identity, success, expectations, aspirations along with highlighting on the scope and opportunities available in various Under Graduate / Post Graduate and Diploma Programs in the creative field. A personalized career potential profile was also provided to each student by a multiple intelligence test based on Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences. |
 Ms. M. Ghosh, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a three day English Workshop organized by the Oxford Teacher’s Academy on ‘Teaching English to Pre - teenagers'. It was an 18 hour workshop held on 3, 4 and 5 October, 2016.
The representatives of forty schools attended the workshop. The resource person Ms. Sonali Bhattacharya, a renowned ELT expert focused on the art of speaking, stressed on the strategies of memorizing text etc. She also emphasized on how to develop project work and make it more interesting. |
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| A workshop on Accountancy named ‘Seedhi Baat’ by Dr. Vikas Vijay, member of advisory board of Commerce Teacher’s Association and one of the renowned authors of ‘Together with Accountancy and Business Studies’ was held on 3 October 2016 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh for Sr. Sec. students. Students learnt exam essentials, writing paper, tips to start and end the paper including do’s and don’t’s. A quiz was held at the end of the session in which students were awarded books on Accountancy and Business Studies as prizes. |
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A workshop on career in sports was held on 3 October, 2016 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh for all the physical education students and sports enthusiasts of Classes XI and XII. The speakers were the faculty from various sports related bachelor programmes at Deakin University, Australia.
They highlighted on the aspect of improving skills and capabilities in the field of sports along with education thus increasing career options. It was an interactive session where the students gained information on entry level requirements, fee structure and scholarships and post study work rights. |
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| A workshop was conducted on 1 October, 2016 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh by Mr. Amitava Pal, Head Computer Sc. and Robotics of‘Computer Masti team’, Mumbai on "21st Century Computer Science curriculum”. Around 55 teachers from various schools of Delhi attended the workshop. It was an interactive workshop and the focus was on developing logical thinking in children and bringing technological transformation into classrooms. Teachers were given hands on practice. |
 > Two computers teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, Ms. V. Lamba and Ms. R. Rajan attended a seminar on “Digital Learning” by Amity Test Prep at Amity University, Noida on 30 September, 2016. Guest speakers were Ms. Stalin Malhotra, Mr. Steve Eatock from U-Talk, Mr. Nishit Verma, Sr. Manager Amity Education. The objective of the seminar was to promote students interest in e-learning as online learning avoids thick books and saves time.
Time management becomes easy and learning becomes informal and stress free. Information about various courses and lesson plans for students to prepare for various competition exams was given. |
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| A workshop on Physiotherapy - awareness and prevention was organized on 30 September, 2016 for teachers of the primary wing in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The resource person, Dr. Nidhi Kalra, academic faculty, Banarasidas Chandiwali Institute of Physiotherapy highlighted 4 common aches noticed in the workplace, Neck, Shoulder, Back and knee painas well as precautions and exercises for cure. She further made them aware of some of the good postures at work place and tips to improve posture. It was a learning experience overall. |
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A workshop on Ethical Hacking was conducted in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh by Mr. Sahil Baghla (Director EH1 Infotech) on 29 and 30 September, 2016. A total of 47 students attended the workshop from Classes X, XI and XII under the guidance of teacher in-charge Mr. N. Gupta. The workshop comprised of topics related to Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security. It depicted hacking as a noble profession and how it can be used for the welfare of mankind. Students were trained hacking techniques, along with security measures to be kept in mind while experimenting, as well as how to protect themselves in the cyber world.
The top performers of the workshop were :
Kartike Pushkarna (XII-F), Tanmay Chopra (X-B), Jatin Narula (XII-F), Samarth Khanna (XI-F) and Sameep Arora (XI-D). As a follow-up to this workshop Tanmay Chopra (X-B), Sameep Arora (XI-D), Manav Prabhakar (XI-F), Samarth Khanna (XI-F) and Aman Goel (XI-F), students of our school will be visiting the Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur) in January 2017. |
 On 28 September 2016, a Story Telling Workshop was organised by Hindustan Times in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The resource person, Ms. Arti Wahi conducted a story telling session for the students of Class V. It was an interactive session, where the students were asked to provide the climax of the story.
The workshop was fun-filled, engrossing and a learning experience for the students. |
  On 27 September, 2016, a workshop on Skimmer, a sailing toy propelled by blowing air was organised for the students selected from Class V of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh for AWIM competition sponsored by SAE India and Maruti Suzuki. Nitasha Chaudhary, a student volunteer from Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women taught the students to fabricate the skimmer so that it covers a maximum distance at a great speed. The students also tested their skimmers on speed, accuracy and the distance travelled. The workshop aimed at discovering exciting applications of science principles. Overall it was a great exposure and a learning experience for the students. |
  A workshop was conducted for all the teachers of the primary wing on 24 September, 2016 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The theme for the workshop was ‘Understanding Disability and ways to handle a student with special needs in the classroom atmosphere.’
The speakers Ms. K. Madan (Guidance Counsellor), Ms. T. Mahajan and Ms. S. Gupta (Special Educators) highlighted on various disabilities commonly found in the classroom setup further throwing light on the various classroom modifications that may help in the classroom management of students with disabilities. It was an enriching experience overall. |
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| A workshop on Story Telling was conducted by Ms. Vandana Tandon from the Times of India for the students of Class IV of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 15 September, 2016. The narration of the story was done with the help of gestures, facial expressions which grabbed the attention of the students. Some catch words were given to the children to repeat after the narrator which made the session interactive. |
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| A workshop on Design Thinking was conducted by Mr. Ajit N, Head of Ebobi Automations, on 9 September 2016 in the premises of St Mark's Sr. Sec Public School, Meera Bagh. The session began with a brief discussion on innovation and design. Mr. Ajit then talked about entrepreneurship and prominent Indian entrepreneurs. Teachers were divided into teams of five and given the task of making a functional circuit using the Bibox. They learnt basic programming using Bibox and created different models of their own. They were given a hands-on training on using the curcuit. |
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| A workshop on Positive Parenting was organized in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh for parents of Classes I to V on 6 and 7 September, 2016. The speakers Ms. Mimansa Singh Tanwar (Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Fortis Healthcare) and Dr. Sameer Guliani (Consultant Psychiatrist, Fortis Healthcare) talked about the modern day challenges in parenting. They also highlighted on the ‘Common mistakes’ that parents make while dealing with their children. The discussion was further made solution focused by throwing light on the ‘characteristics of an ideal parent’. It was an enriching experience overall. |
  Ms. V. Goel, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a two days capacity building programme on challenging areas in Mathematics (Class X) held at C.B.S.E – Centre of Excellence, Gurgaon on 6 and 7 September, 2016 and the resource persons were Ms. Ishita Mukherjee and Mr. Shaheed. In the programme, various reasons why students face problems in mathematics and their remedial measures were discussed. Teachers learnt how to make a lesson plan or hands on activities incorporating strategies for diverse learners, so that student’s multiple intelligence can be identified. In the programme, constructivism was emphasised in which teachers were told to use APPLE Theory (Ask, Pause, Pick, Learn and Evaluate), so that the students have their active mental participation in the class and their interest can be developed in Mathematics. |
 Ms. S. Suresh and Ms. M. Som, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a seminar on Stem Revolution organized by Educomp at Le Meridien on 24 August, 2016. The session showcased the SMARTSTEM Technology which is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics through an inter disciplinary and applied approach.
The seminar was conducted by their resource person Ms. Vijayavalli (National Head, Training, Educomp). In addition, Ms. Jacqueline (Regional Manager, Training, Educomp) also showcased the Fliplearn and SmartclassPro products of Educomp. |
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 West District Delhi Police organized self defense training session in St. Mark’s Girls Sr. Sec. School, Meera Bagh from 20 July to 10 August, 2016. Approximately 70 girls completed the course in which 20 girls of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh also joined under Coach Mr. Ashok Chug. The grand finale of this session was held on 10 August, 2016. The whole programme was organized by Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Ms. Anita Roy and St. Mark’s Girls Sr. Sec. School, Meera Bagh. The Chief Guest of the programme were Mr. Deepender Pathak (Southern Range Joint Commissioner Delhi Police), Mr. B. K. Singh (Traffic Assistant Commissioner of Police), Mr. Pushpinder Kumar (Deputy Commissioner of Police West), Mr. S. Kalsi (Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, West), Deputy Commissioner of Police South West Cyber Crime. They were welcomed by Chairman Mr. T. P. Aggarwal, Director Mr. R. Aggarwal and Principal Ms. A. Aggarwal. A wonderful skit was presented by our school children about Delhi Police Services followed by Self Defence session by trained girls. There was a question answer session with Delhi Police team and students and teachers of different schools of West Delhi regarding the daily basic problems and suggestions at the end. Prize and Certificate Distribution Programme for quiz winners and self defense girls was held. Puneet Sharma (X A) of our school won the third prize in the Quiz competition. The programme ended with a wonderful dance performance by the students of St. Mark’s Girls Sr. Sec. School, Meera Bagh. |
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 A workshop on Choice of Stream was conducted for the students of Class X of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 10 August, 2016.
The speaker Ms. Jyotsana Bhardwaj (a master trainer with CBSE, Macmillan Education and YMCA, also a faculty at NCERT) highlighted the life stages and career development cycle, factors affecting choice of streams, scope of streams and importance of psychometric testing.
All the students queries were also addressed. |
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| A fun filled workshop 'Mighty Ki Mighty Team' was organised by POGO for students of Class IV and Vof St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 4 August 2016. The main aim of the workshop was to create awareness about the importance of healthy food,physical and mental exercises among students. The children played innovative games and won prizes too. |
| On 3 August, 2016, a workshop was organized about Road Safety by Honda, P.V.R. Nest named ROSE in
St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. It was attended by 100 members of the Road Safety Club from Classes V to XI. There were interesting Nukkad Nataks and discussions. A few short films on the topic of safety of roads were also shown. |
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| An accountancy workshop was held in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 30 July 2016. The spokesperson was Prof. D. K. Goel, an eminent author of Financial and Corporate Accounting books. The emphasis of the workshop was on Conversion of Debentures, Redemption of Debentures, ESOP and Project work. Around 110 teachers from various schools of Delhi, NCR including two teachers of our school, Ms. J. Anand and Ms. M. V. Manchanda attended the workshop. The workshop was followed by a query session. It was an enriching workshop. |
 Ms. M. Kang and Ms. V. Lala, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on ‘Capacity Building in Social Science’ conducted by CBSE in N. C. Jindal Public School, Punjabi Bagh, Delhi on 28 and 29 July 2016. The resource persons were - Mr. Madan Lal Sawhney (Well known educationist) and Mr. Santosh Vyas (Vice Principal of Sadhu Vaswani School).
They emphasized on following Bloom's Taxonomy and NCF 2005. Various methods of teaching social science were discussed, guidelines were suggested to prepare a question paper, emphasis was laid on student centered learning. |
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| A workshop on Heritage of India was organized for the students of the Heritage Club on 28 July, 2016 which was addressed by Mr. Vikramjit Singh Rooprai, an eminent Heritage activist. He is the founder of India’s largest Heritage Hobby Club and Delhi Heritage Photography Club. He focused on monuments, culture and evolution of Indian Heritage. He urged students to explore and research on history of Delhi. |
 Institute of Counsellor Training, Research and Consultancy (ICTRC) organized a workshop for schools of North India, at India International Centre on 26 July, 2016 which was attended by Ms. S. Kansra, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The workshop was addressed by Dr. V. S. Ravindran (Director General of ICTRC), Mrs. Goldy Malhotra (Director of Academic Staff College), Mr. G. L. Tayal (Dean, Academics, Indian School of Business and Finance) and Mr. Keshav Singh (a dynamic entrepreneur).
The workshop focused on enabling a student to know himself, his abilities, aptitude, interest and personality and then guiding him to choose his course of study or career in accordance with his strengths and limitations. |
 Two students Kanishk Chhabra (IX-A) and Jaskaran Singh (IX-A) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh participated in the 1st round of HTML competition by Microsoft.
They made their website about the school “St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School”, and obtained the following positions - City-1/1, State-1/1, Country-1/363 and World-25/147572. |
 3 students - Sanat Wadhera (VIII-C), Arjun Katyal (VIII-I) and Gaurika Gupta (VIII-G) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh along with teacher incharge Mr. N. Gupta, PGT Computer Science attended the technical workshop for Film Making and editing software used for movies on 24 July, 2016 at INTACH, Lodhi Road. The resource persons Mr. Ankit Pogula and Ms. Shreya Kakria from ‘Tuning Forks Films’ explained that how to shoot the movie with different angles and for different viewers. The workshop was enriched with technical knowledge of movie editing software and about the handling of camera during the live shooting. |
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An interactive session was organized for the parents of students of Class IX on 23 July, 2016 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Discussions related to the handling of CCE and achieving other academic milestones were held by Principal, Ms. A. Aggarwal, Senior Vice Principal Ms. V. Wahi and Vice Principal Ms. R. Anand.
Ms. Geetanjali Kumar, a senior counselling psychologist and a National Trainer for students and teachers for the last 20 years also addressed the gathering about effective parenting strategies for raising teenagers. She highlighted the importance of undivided attention, acceptance, unconditional support and healthy monitoring. |
 Ms. K. Madan, Guidance Counsellor and Ms. P. Rose, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a focused group discussion on “Child Sexual Abuse and ways to combat the issue” on 23 July, 2016 at IIT, Delhi. The discussion was held by a non profit trust, SAI (Social Axiom Insignia) under their project CACA (Children against Child Abuse). The discussion started off with highlights from Prof. V. Ramagopal Rao (Director, IIT, Delhi), Mr. Puran Chand (General Secretary, Counsel of Boards in School Education) and Mr. Dinesh Kumar (associated with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan) on the upcoming issue of Child Sexual Abuse. The discussion was further taken over by Dr. Amit Sen (Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Children’s first) who threw light on the psychological impact of child sexual abuse. The discussion moved forward with highlights on Project CACA (Children against Child Abuse) by Mr. Pradeep Sharma (associated with SAI). It was an enriching and informative experience overall. |
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| Kashish Longiany (IX-A), Gautam Behl (IX-C), Nikita Arora (X-C) and Gaurang Alagh (X-F) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on ‘Gender Sensitivity’ on 21 July, 2016 at Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh. It was a part of the series of Pro - Social Peer Moderator Program. The workshop was conducted by Ms. Divya Jain, Head of Psychological Service, Fortis Healthcare. They learnt about the various facts such as Stereotype assumptions, gender discrimination, etc. through various activities and watching videos related to the same. |
 Ms. B. Taneja, teacher and Ms. S. Gupta, Special Educator of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the Intensive Workshop on ‘Exploring Curricular Adaptation for Special Needs Children’ on 18 July, 2016 at India International Centre, Lodhi Estate. The workshop organized by Expressions India had eminent speakers like Dr. Patanjali Dev Nayyar (WHO, Regional Advisor, South East Asia), Prof. Namita Ranganathan (Professor, Delhi University), Prof. Anita Julka (Professor and Head of Deptt., NCERT), Dr. Renu Malvia (Associate Prof. Lady Irwin College), Ms. Tulika Talwar (Senior Consultant, Moolchand Medcity) and Prof. Neerja Chadha (Director, IGNOU). The workshop focused on specific learning disabilities and curriculum adaptations and modifications. |
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| ‘Atoot Bandhan’, the Old Students’ Association of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh had organised a ‘Mentor-Mentee’ workshop on 18 July, 2016, in the school. Six ex-St. Markians, who are achievers in their respective fields, spoke about their passions, their journey after school, their individual achievements and each one motivated and inspired the Class XI students who were the audience. Richa Chugh and Garv Malik spoke about their ventures in different fields before they settled for something that was their passion. Richa is into digital advertising and Garv, alongwith his job as an engineer, is now an acclaimed stand-up-comedian. Dr. Sushant Mittal shared his experiences of the fulfilment of his dream by finally becoming a cancer specialist. Victor Vaibhav Tandon, through a PPT and using his wit and humour educated the young students about various aspects and branches of law. Raina Kapoor, a successful event manager, spoke about her journey, hurdles and obstacles that came in her way and her eventual success. Mehak and Mallika Malhotra, the two sisters, also gave the students the motivation to follow their passion. Mehak is an accomplished singer and Mallikais a professional compere. The workshop concluded with a message from our Principal Ms. A. Aggarwal who encouraged the students to follow their dreams and work hard in order to reach the zenith of success. |
  On 12 July, 2016 St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh conducted a career counselling workshop for commerce students of Class XII. Mr. Ashish Jain from ‘Edumentor’ was the spokesperson who spoke about various career options. He specifically focused on the ‘IPM’ course offered by IIM-Indore and other concomitant courses like BBE, BMS, etc. In the end, a small aptitude test was conducted for the students. In all, the counselling session gave information about the various industries. |
 Science and technology are the drivers of economic growth and science education. Ms. A. Bedi (PGT - Chemistry) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the IBM STEM Summit organised in New Delhi from 11 to 13 July, 2016. Ms. Michaela L. from Newyork Hall of Science was the resource person for the ‘Teachers Try Science’ - STEM Summit. Ms. Bedi performed many hands-on activities and had a wonderful experience learning about STEM Integration in regular classroom. |
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| On July 11, 2016 a Disaster Management Workshop was conducted in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Resource persons from Fire brigade station (Paschim Vihar) were invited. They showed and explained the use of fire extinguishers and pressure water pipes during fire. A drill was conducted under expert guidance of visiting officers and Dr. Nandini Gupta. Role plays were done to educate on how to handle contingencies during such a reported incident. |
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| A training sessionfor 200 students of class VIII and IX of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh was conducted by IIMUN on 11 July, 2016 to familiarize the students with the rules and procedures of Model United nations.The advantages of participation in the events like MUN which merit global recognition and contemporary issues that affect our world and require our urgent attention was stressed upon. The role of student leaders who are truly harbingers of change was also highlighted in the session. |
  A workshop on 'Classroom Approach to Managing the Hyperactive Child' was attended by Ms. H. Mutreja and Ms. K. Madan, Guidance Counsellors of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 9 July, 2016. It was held by Expressions India (CBSE empanelled agency) at Moolchand Medicity, New Delhi.
The speakers Dr. Jitender Nagpal, Sr. Consultant Psychiatrist and Programme Director : Expressions India and his team members highlighted upon the facts and myths related to ADHD. They laid emphasis on classroom and behaviour management strategies along with pharmacological intervention underlying the symptoms of ADHD. |
 Mr. N. Gupta, PGT Computer Science of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop organised by CS Pathshala with the support of Google India, ACM India and Tata Consultancy Service at DPS R. K. Puram on 20 June, 2016 on ‘The importance of bringing computational thinking in schools’. The main motive of all sessions was how to inculcate programming from the root level i.e. primary classes. Mr. Pankaj Jalote, Director of IITD concluded the session by explaining the need of computers in STEM education. |
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| A Hindi Workshop was conducted for the Primary teachers and Hindi teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 13 May, 2016 which was attended by 33 teachers. It was conducted by Dr. U. Pandey. The workshop was interactive and very interesting. Common errors made by the students were discussed and these problems were addressed by Dr. Pandey. Importance of Hindi activities in class was also discussed. |
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| A Yoga Workshop for 58 teachers of Classes VI - XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh was conducted by Mr. Himmat Singh, Yoga Instructor on 12 May, 2016. The session started with warm - up and joint rotations. Teachers also learnt a few asanas for strengthening the back / spine and for cervical. They felt relaxed with yog nidra followed by meditation. Teachers felt relaxed and rejuvenated. The session ended with various kinds of laughter. |
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| Organ donation is the donation of biological tissue or an organ of the human body from a living or dead person to a living receipt in need of transplantation. In India the gap between the donors and recipient is very wide so to shorten it and to make people more aware, a workshop on Organ Donation was conducted by Dr. Muneet Sahi from Mohan Foundation for 140 teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 12 May, 2016. It was a very informative ad well presented workshop. |
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| A workshop on ‘Story Telling and Story Reading’ was organized by Scholastic India Pvt. Ltd. on 12 May, 2016 for 50 teachers of the Primary Department of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. It was conducted by Ms. Sreerupa who has been working for more than seven years in the sector of education. She guided the teachers about narrating, creating and reading a story with the help of props, voice modulation, gestures, body language, etc. She also enhanced the role of stories in all the subjects for effective teaching. It was truly an enlightening and entertaining session. She emphasized on the fact that story telling is not a performance but it is an experience. |
  A workshop on MS - Excel was conducted on 12 May, 2016 for 140 teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh by Ms. V. Lamba, Mr. N. Gupta and Ms. S. Bhatnagar.
They gave important tips on how to work on MS - Excel. The teachers learnt how to generate their class lists, examination result sheets. They also learnt sorting, filtering, adding and deleting cells.
The hands on session gave confidence to teachers who created their own MS - Sheets.
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| An In-service training workshop on Neuro Linguistics Programming was organized by Ratna Sagar in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 11 May, 2016. It was attended by around 80 teachers of classes VI- XII. It was conducted by Mr. Rishabh Khanna, who is a certified NLP Practitioner and a Transactional Analyst. He talked about Auditory Digital functioning, Metacognition and Perception. A lot of learning, about how the teachers can help students with visual, auditory, kinesthetic learning styles were taken up through various activities and role plays. It was an interactive and an enriching experience for the teachers. |
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| A workshop based on ‘Effective Teaching and Learning’ was organized by Srijan Publishers P. Ltd. on
11 May, 2016 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. It was attended by 43 teachers from the primary and the middle wing. The workshop was conducted by Ms. Madhulika Singh, an educator, teacher trainer and administrator. The workshop focused on developing and adopting effective teaching and learning methodology in class. The highlights of the workshop were the engaging activities where the teachers participated enthusiastically. It was indeed an enlightening workshop. |
 A workshop on ‘Media Literacy’ was conducted by Fortis Healthcare, Shalimar Bagh for Class IX students of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 9 May, 2016. The spokesperson Ms. Chitwan Singh, Counselling Psychologist, Fortis Hospital alongwith 4 peer moderators, Manpreet Kaur Sehmi (IX F), Kartik Jain (IX F), Aman Goel (XI E) and Sonali Girotra (XI D) talked about the strategies to differentiate between reliable sources of information through learning specific skills of critical viewing and decision making hence inculcating safe media practices in students. It was an enriching experience. |
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| The parent volunteers Dentists Dr. Amit Arora and Dr. Smita Arora conducted a workshop on 4 May, 2016 for Class I of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. They showed a wonderful PPT on dental care to the children which was quite informative. The doctors taught the children to brush their teeth in a correct manner by giving them a demo and also taught them to use floss. The children practized brushing their teeth with a brush. The workshop was very informative and beneficial for the children as well as the teachers. The children had fun and were enjoying doing all the dental activities. |
 Ms. S. Banerjee, teacher alongwith two students Garvit Verma and Aditya Jain of Class VIII F of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the concluding workshop of EDMODO [Tranformative Learning Labs Programme] in MGIEP, UNESCO, New Delhi on 27 April, 2016.
The workshop commenced with Ms. Aditi Pathak of Unesco, presenting a glimpse of the activities held throughout the academic year. They highlighted that Edmodo’s focus is student - driven, on - line learning, but, the role of a teacher was in no way less important.
It was an enriching experience which surely has broadened the students outlook and has accelerated them on the path of becoming global citizens. |
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| A workshop on Anger Management was organized on 27 April, 2016 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh by the Department of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences, Fortis Healthcare. The resource person Ms. Aditi Koul (a counselling psychologist) addressed a group of students from classes VII to XI. The workshop focused in identifying triggers for anger, healthy ways to express anger, difference between anger and aggression and effective strategies for anger management. It was a learning experience for the students at this adolescent age. |
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| A Career Talk was organized for students of Class XII (all streams) in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 26 April, 2016. The resource person Mr. Kunal Kumar (an Actuary), spread awareness about various conventional as well as upcoming careers like acturial science, BBS, BFIA, BBE, BBA, IPM, BCA, etc. He motivated the students to think practically, understand the application of each concept to inner depths and accomplish higher goals. The session was interactive as students queries related to syllabus, entrance exams and career options were answered. |
  A workshop on ‘Effective Parenting’ was organized on 23 April, 2016 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh for the parents of classes VII and VIII. The resource person Ms. Geetanjali Kumar, the Academic coordinator of Expressions India, a CBSE empanelled agency working under the Directorship of Dr. Jitendra Nagpal, Sr. Consultant Psychiatrist and Incharge of Institute of Child Development and Adolescent well being, Moolchand Medicity, New Delhi.
Ms. Kumar highlighted the various concerns and challenges of the transformatory developmental stage of children and emphasized the importance of role modelling, non - judgemental attitude, dimensions of an ideal dialogue, balanced monitoring and self esteem. The workshop ended with a question answer round wherein all the queries of parents were addressed. It was an enriching and informative session which lay emphasis on holistic development of a child. |
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Ms. S. Bhatnagar of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the workshop on Digital Citizenship and Internet Maturity Summit 2016 held on 22 April 2016, at Lemon Tree Premier, Aero city, IGI Airport by EDTECHREVIEW.IN (www.edtechreview.in).
This was a summit to create an awareness among the students about the use of technology and how to create effective citizens. A key note was given by Mr. Gary Coyle (American Embassy School) on Digital Citizenship and Internet Maturity : Why Every child needs to possess this skill.
Another keynote was given by Mr. Raghu Pandey on understanding the importance of Internet Maturity from School Leader’s, Student’s and Parent’s perspective.
School Leaders presented the case study on how they are integrating the whole awareness program on prevention of cyber bullying, cyber safety tips and digital citizenship skills in their schools. |
 Ms. A. Kohli, Librarian of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended a workshop on 9 March, 2016 at British Council. The workshop aimed at international initiatives in school librarianship and exploring the intersection of philosophies of pedagogy and librarianship in the current scenario. The resource person, Ms. Sara Wingate Gray, a Teaching Fellow at University College, London, on the interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences degree programme and has been pursuing her doctoral thesis, focusing on the philosophy of the public library, in the Department of Information Studies. She spoke about the use of technology in promoting reading habits in children. |
 A workshop for English teachers was organized and conducted by Ms. Anjali Aggarwal, Principal St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 25 February, 2016. Teachers from all the three schools : St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh; St. Mark’s Girls Sr. Sec. School, Meera Bagh and St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Janak Puri participated in the fun - filled and information packed session. Workshop included some interesting activities like quizzing on Books and Authors, Vocab Fun and English Proficiency.
It was an interesting interactive session which aimed at empowering teachers with innovative methods of teaching English in classrooms which was a great learning experience.
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The Guidance and Counselling department of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh alongwith Orkids (a centre for learning disability) organized an awareness session for all the support staff of the school, on 23 February, 2016.
Ms. Aarti Johar (the centre head of Orkids) and Ms. K. Madan, Guidance Counsellor briefed about the signs and behaviour patterns of students. The employees were psychoeducated about the necessary steps to be taken if they encounter any student displaying inappropriate behaviour. |
Ms. M. Kang, teacher and Ms. K. Madan, Guidance Counsellor of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a day long workshop on ‘Teaching Ethics and Inclusive Education’ organized by Commotion India on February 11, 2016.
The speakers, Ms. Ross Bayes, Trainer in Ethics, England and Mr. Sanjiv Ailawadi, a social worker spoke about the need of teaching ethics to the students in a classroom setup and how it applies to their life on the whole. |
Ms. S. Kansra of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended an Economics Workshop, held in Maharaja Agarsain Public School, Ashok Vihar on 6 February, 2016. The session was addressed by eminent scholar, Sh. J. P. Goel, Associate Professor, Head Deptt. of Economics, Hindu College, Haryana. He has written several books on Economics. More than 100 teachers from different schools of Delhi attended the workshop.
The highlights of seminar were recent changes in CBSE syllabus and pattern of examination. In addition to this doubts relating to critical topics in macro and micro economics were discussed. |
  St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh won 3 awards - one each for Best Narrative Film, Film with a Good Message and for maximum number of movie participation at the FilmIt Festival by INTACH on 2 February, 2016 held at India International Centre, Max Mueller Marg. Six students of class VII and VIII attended this programme which showcased short films made by students of 30 schools of Delhi. The effort of every student was appreciated and it was a very inspiring and enriching experience for the students.
The Best Narrative Film (Traditional Indian Art on Cloth) was shot by Sanat Vadhera, Arjun Katyal, Sukrit Mendiratta and Raunak of class VII H.
The Film with a Good Message (Save Environment) was shot by Isha Aggarwal and Achint Kaur of Class VIII E. |
 On 28 January, 2016, Tanmay Vij (IX B) and Sameep Arora (X C) along with teacher in-charge Mr. N. Gupta of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop, Web Rangers India by Google, held at GD Goenka Public School, Dwarka. The resource person was Ms. Uma Balan, Project Manager, CBSE Learning Link India. The workshop was based on Cyber Security, how teens play an important role in keeping themselves as well as others around them safe on the virtual world.
The students were taught about cyber bullying, its consequences, and how it can be avoided. The teacher as well as the students had a great interactive session. Overall, it was an enriching experience for the students. |
 On 28 January, 2016 teacher Ms. G. Kaur and Guidance Counsellor, Ms. H. Mutreja of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on ‘Dilemmas in Assessment and Management of Learning Difficulties' organized by Expressions India at Moolchand Medicity.
The speaker Dr. Pooja Jaitley (Clinical Psychologist / Academic Coordinator, Child Centre Moolchand) emphasized on the Need of the hour : Child and Adolescent Well Being which can be achieved by early identification at the pre school level, timely evaluation and treatment, sensitization of teachers and parents as well as the role and importance of a special educator. |
  Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Educational Supervisor of DPS, R.K. Puram Delhi and a member of Curriculum Committee for Computer Science (C.B.S.E.) conducted a 3 hour long workshop for the students of Class XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 16th January 2016. The students are about to sit for their CBSE Board Examination 2016 and Mr. Mukesh gave then tips on how to attempt the computer science exam. He also explained difficult concepts such as linked list, stacks and queues. The students were quite inquisitive and cleared their doubts. Overall, it was a fruitful experience for all. |
 In the workshop conducted in our school on 16 January, 2016 about Study skills and the problems faced by the children as well as the teachers, the Expert Ms. Ira Sehgal from TOI spoke about language problems, learning problems, quality time to be given to children as well as about study structure like reading, understanding, learning, answering and retaining. Discussion on teaching skills, learning skills and classroom participation also took place.
The workshop was attended by 42 teachers. |
 An in-service workshop on ‘Yoga’ was conducted in our school on 16 January, 2016 by Ms. Preeti. It was attended by 25 teachers. The benefits, origin and rules of Yoga were explained and followed by a power session of active yoga. Everyone participated with great enthusiasm. Some common day to day problems like, indigestion, ulcers, backache, joint pains and obesity were discussed and easy solutions through yoga were given. Use of yoga as a stress buster was also discussed. A few of the asanas which were done were Surya Namaskar Asan, Pranayaam, Veer Bhadra Asan, Bhujang Asan, etc. |
  ‘Art is an expression and communication of emotion.’
An interesting workshop on Art was conducted in our school by Art Teacher Mr. Dharminder on
16 January, 2016 which was attended by 30 teachers. The teachers were taught Batik Art in which they used oil pastel and water colours for their creations. They were also taught Worli Art. The excitement of teachers was visible as they competed with each other while drawing. |
 A workshop on Early Identification of Special Needs was held on 16 January, 2016 for approx. 50 teachers of Class V till IX in the school. The resource person Ms. Geetika Kapoor (Nationally Certified School Psychologist) spoke about the various aspects of Inclusive Education in main stream school setup, especially the underlying role of teachers in integrating students with special needs by unconditional non judgemental support, peer tutoring and emotional mentoring. |
 On 16 January, 2016, St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh organized a workshop on Singing for the Primary teachers. Mr. Firoz Diyali, the musician, emphasized on breathing techniques; major, minor and chromatic scales and then singing of a number of children’s songs. |
 A workshop on ‘The Art of Theatre’ was conducted in our school on 16 January, 2016 by Ms. Vanessa Ohri, freelance creative consultant and the co-founder of a theatre company, Urban Suburban Productions.
40 teachers attended the workshop in which Ms. Ohri gave valuable suggestions as to how ‘theatre’ can be incorporated into classroom teaching. She also gave useful tips were given to make plays more effective. It was truly interactive, fun filled and an enriching session. |
 On 16th January, 2016, around 45 teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on ‘General Knowledge and Quizzing’ conducted by Ms. Seema Chari, an expert in conducting workshops on quizzes and the author of ‘Intach India Heritage Quizbook’.
The teachers were involved in various brain storming activities through which they were made aware about how quizzing in the classroom can improve the awareness and alertness of students. |
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| A workshop on ‘Awareness on Microsoft Tools and Free Microsoft Certification’ was conducted in our school on 15 and 16 January, 2016. It was attended by 137 teachers. The resource person Ms. Vinci Parashar, one of the Microsoft Teacher Ambassadors made the teachers aware of the lesson plans available on the website for educators, which could be customized as per the requirements. The concepts and functionality of Sway and One Drive were also elaborated upon in detail. The workshop emphasized on using Microsoft apps to make teaching more interactive in the classroom. |
 A workshop for approx. 60 teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, was organized by Brahmakumaris World Spiritual University (an organization that imparts spiritual knowledge that inculcates respect for all faith traditions) on 15 and 16 January, 2016, on ‘Anger Management and Discovering the Self’.
The resource persons B. K. Sarita and B. K. Reena conducted this workshop which focused on controlling anger through the techniques of Rajayoga Meditation and also discussed a few points on positive thinking. The workshop emphasized on practicing meditation regularly. |
 A workshop on ‘Understanding Heritage’ was conducted in our school on 15 January, 2016 by Mr. Tarun Patney from TOI, an expert in heritage education. He shared his knowledge about Indian History and Heritage and enlightened the teachers about creating awareness among the students for the preservation of our Heritage.
Overall it was an interactive session for the 30 teachers who attended the workshop. |
 On 15 January, 2016, an English Workshop on ‘Removing Grammar Phobia’ was held at St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh and attended by 40 teachers. The resource person for the workshop was Ms. Leena Kapoor, an accomplished trainer in Leadership and systems management. She introduced many concepts in grammar through interesting activities and games. She also emphasised on teaching grammar through pictures, actions and emotions. |
 Hindi Language Workshop, organized by Madhubun Educational Books, was conducted by Ms. Chandra Kala Shastri on 15 January, 2016 in our school.
Ms. Shastri, associated with Doordarshan and E-TV, made the workshop very interesting and informative for the 15 teachers who attended by giving useful tips to create interest for Hindi language amongst the students. |
  15 teachers attended a Mathematics workshop on 15 January, 2016 in our school. The workshop was conducted by Dr. Aditi Singhal, founder of Dynamic Minds Group and awardee of ‘The Best Memory Trainer’. Dr. Kalra emphasized on effective teaching of Mathematics. It was an interactive workshop which started and ended on a spiritual note highlighted the salient features of teaching Mathematics namely, removing Maths Phobia, Clarity in Concepts, Vedic Maths, developing mathematical thinking, mathematics in daily life. |
 The musical notes that are building blocks of western music resounded in the western music room of our school when more than 30 teachers attended a “musical” workshop conducted by Mr. Lazarus and Mr. Diyali, Music teachers of our school on 15 January, 2016.
The teachers learnt the nuances of Acapela singing (i.e, singing without any musical accompaniments. The session ended with rendition of a gospel song “God’s love is bubbling over me.” |
 Yoga is an ancient art based on a harmonizing system of development for the body, mind and soul. A workshop on ‘Yoga’ was conducted by Ms. P. Sharma, P.E.T. of our school on 15 January, 2016 and was attended by around 30 teachers.
The purpose of this workshop was to make teachers aware of their deepest potential through self study and healthy living style. Various Asanas were taught and practiced. |
 Ms. Vandana Tandon, resource person from TOI, conducted a workshop for teachers of our school on ‘Aspects of Education’ on 15 January, 2016. She highlighted various life skills that need to be developed in the students and how teachers can fulfill this task in the best possible way.
It was an interactive and interesting session attended by 70 teachers. |
 A workshop on ‘Personality Development’ was held on 15 January, 2016 for the Primary teachers of our school. It was conducted by Mr. Sanjeev Datta who has designed the unique concept of TAM i.e, Theatrical Action Method. He discussed various ways to enhance observation, cognition and expression of the teachers. He also taught the teachers various breathing, relaxing and meditating techniques.
Teachers were also given a demonstration as to how they could relax and de – stress their minds and souls and instill positivity all around. |
 A workshop on ‘Recent Advances in Neuropsychology’ was attended by Ms. H. Mutreja and Ms. K. Madan, Guidance Counsellors of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 6 January, 2016 at Moolchand Hospital.
The workshop was organized by Expressions India (CBSE empanelled agency). The speakers, Ms. Aakriti Malik and Ms. Ruchika Das (Clinical Psychologists, Moolchand Medicity) focused on the linkages between brain, body and behaviour further emphasizing on the Applications of Neuropsychology as a discipline. |
 Mr. N. Gupta, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a Workshop on Computer Science Multimedia and Web Technology content of Class XI and XII at NSIT Dwarka, New Delhi on 2nd and 3rd January 2016. The workshop was organized by Google India in collaboration with NSIT Delhi.
The resource person was Dr. M. P. Bhatia Director NSIT, Dr. Dhananjay Gadre HOD Electronics Department NSIT, Mr. Manujeet Gupta Alumni of NSIT and Ms. Bani Dhawan Head Google India for Education. |
 A two day workshop on Inclusive Education was attended by Guidance Counsellor, Ms. K. Madan and teacher, Ms. S. Banerjee from St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 17 and 18 December, 2015 at ITL Public School, Dwarka.
The resource persons, Ms. Sudha Acharya, Principal, ITL Public School and Ms. Geetanjali Kumar, Senior Counselling Psychologist, addressed the issues of children with special needs within the classroom setup.
The concerns like ADHD, Autism and LD were addressed appropriately and impactfully emphasizing on the various inclusion strategies. |
A workshop was conducted on 5 December, 2015 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on “Classroom of the Future with Windows 10 and Office 365” for 45 teachers. The resource person was Ms. Shivani and Mr. Shivam Singhal from the Tablet Academy.
The workshop introduced the use of Windows 10 and Office 365 in the classroom in order to make teaching more interactive. The resource person explained the software with hands on practice and also explained the feature like Split Screen, Yammer, One Note etc. |
 The spotlight club of St Mark's Sr. Sec Public School, Meera Bagh held its second club meet on 3 of December 2015. The meet kick started with a fun activity wherein they performed a one minute solo skit, using any one prop.
The magic unfolded as the members took upon themselves to act as cult characters ranging from Shaktimaan and Salman Khan to Mark Zuckerburg and Parineeti Chopra. The meet culminated with a discussion on the importance of expressing emotions through facial expressions. |
| On 2 December, 2015, Ms. Sumiti from Hriday Shan addressed the students of Wellness Club in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh which was attended by the students of classes VI to X. Students got to know various facts about their bodies and were given tips to increase their energy level during various activities of their everyday life and about the importance of a balanced diet, balance energy, FIIT Principal, BMI, etc. |
 Kellogg’s organized a workshop for Class V on 25 November, 2015 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. They showed a power point presentation to the students explaining the need of healthy breakfast.
They had an interactive session regarding healthy eating habits. Kellogg’s packets and wrist bands were given to all the students from Class III to VI. |
English teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, teaching classes VI to XII attended a workshop hosted by St. Mark’s Girls Sr. Sec. School, Meera Bagh, in their auditorium, on Saturday, 21 November, 2015. It was organised by Ratna Sagar Publishers and the resource person was Ms. Ila Vij, an ELT consultant, author and teacher trainer.
Ms.Vij touched upon methods to make teaching of grammar and literature more interesting and some activities and methods to improve vocabulary were explained. On the whole, it was a good session enjoyed by all. |
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A workshop was held on 24 November, 2015 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh for NCFM – NFLAT exam conducted by National Institute of Securities Market (NISM) every year for classes VIII, IX and X. The resource person was Mr. Nitin Ambardar, from Bajaj Capital.
The purpose of the workshop was to inculcate financial discipline among students and making them aware about wealth management, retirement schemes, insurance policies, banking, etc. They were informed about the SMART goals i.e., how to make Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely goals. Overall the workshop was informative, interactive and was a good learning experience. |
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Crafts Awareness Programme was organized in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh from 18 to 20 November, 2015 by Government of India, Ministry of Textile. 105 students of our school participated in various crafts like Madhubani, Painting Terracotta, Jewellery making, Embroidery and Block painting under very experienced and talented artisans.
On the last day of the workshop students had several competitions as well. There were two competitions which included a quiz and a speech competition. There were appreciation prizes as well to reward the students for their excellent attempts. Overall, all the students enjoyed the workshop thoroughly and it was a new experience for all the students. |
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‘The more you read, the more you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you will go.’
The 4th workshop of the Reading Challenge Programme by British Council was held on 4 November, 2015 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh in which the students of classes I to V were asked to design a cover page of their favourite book in the 1 hour session. The students participated enthusiastically and made beautiful cover pages. 91 students were awarded gold medals and a participation certificate from the British Council. Special prizes were given to 12 students namely, Yuvika (I A), Kriday Sharma (I B), Siddh Gomber (I C), Ayushi Butola (I E), Reet Anand (I E), Lavaanya Singh (II D), Aryan Sharma (II F), Etaarth Sharma (II F), Dhruv Kapoor (III E), Suryansh Vohra (IV D), Pratham (V D) and Jaskirat Singh (V D) who did exceptionally well in the programme. The students were extremely happy as the workshops enhanced their reading skills. |
 Ms. G. Rajan, Head, International Affairs was one of the 110 educators selected all over India as a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert from St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh to attend a three day meet from 2 to 4 November, 2015 to learn more about technology and its use in classroom teaching.
The Meet was truly a great learning experience for her as she got hands on experience in using softwares such as Sway, Mix, Kodu and Minecraft. |
| A Smart Class Refresher Course was conducted by Ms. Jacqueline Anthony from Educomp for all teachers of classes I to XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 19 October, 2015. They were updated with the latest version and features of the system and their queries were resolved. |
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| A Mathematics Workshop on 17 October 2015 was attended by Ms. S. Kalsi and Ms. S. Suresh from St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The aim of the workshop was to generate interest for Mathematics and encourage enquiry based learning among students. The mentor, Ms. Veena Raizada stressed on encouraging learners to think and talk Maths. The teachers present from different schools exchanged the techniques in experimental and participatory learning. |
On 9 October, 2015 students of classes XI and XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on ‘Organ Donation’. Dr. Muneet from ‘Mohan Foundation’ (NGO) emphasized on the need of the hour. She sensitized the students towards a highly sensitive issue of organ donation. She highlighted the type of organs that can be donated, time and place of donation and names of the hospitals that handle these.
The students understood what brain death was and how donation can benefit so many patients especially in the case of eyes as blindness is increasing at an alarming rate. Dr. Muneet urged the audience to spread awareness about gifting a life. |
 Mr. N. Gupta, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a Master's Trainer Workshop on Staying Safe Online for School Teachers at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIITD), New Delhi on 7th and 8th October 2015. The workshop was organized by CBSE in collabaration with IIIT Delhi.
It was a practical oriented training programme about understanding the privacy and security issues on Online Social Media. The resource person was Dr. Ponnurangam Kumaraguru (PK), Assistant Professor, Founding Head Cyber Security Education and Research Centre (CERC). The workshop inspired the teachers to be Safe Online while working on the Social Media Sites. |
  An informative session about various career avenues in the world of Economics, Finance and Management was held on 7 October, 2015 for the students of Class XII (Commerce / Humanities stream) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh.
The resource person Ms. Garima Sharma presented various undergraduate degree options to students looking for an international education right here in India through ISBF (The Indian School of Business and Finance) which is one of the select few institutions worldwide that have been given affiliate centre status by the University of London. She also highlighted the importance of Letter of Recommendation and Statement of Purpose. The workshop ended with a question answer round wherein students asked questions related to work study plan, cost of studying, summer school, scholarships, etc. |
  A workshop for computer programming was conducted by codechef.com in association with computer department of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh for Classes VIII to XI on 6 October, 2015. The resource person for the workshop was Mr. Anup Kambalia, Core member of Code Chef Founder Team. The workshop aimed to spread awareness among the students that programming is not just about learning a computer language but it is more about developing the logic for problem solving skills. It was followed by a brain storming session wherein students solved different puzzles. The winners were awarded with code-chef T-shirts. It was a highly informative session which aimed to build the logical thinking skills of students. |
 With an idea to change the world through meaningful dialogue between young people across the world, the Tony Blair Faith Foundation organized a teacher training workshop under its Face to Faith programme, on 5 October 2015. The workshop, which was attended by Ms. R. Kohli of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, focused on improving dialogue between young people of all faiths and also those who have none. The workshop was facilitated by Ms. Sandhya Gupta and Ms. Ghanpriya, Face to Faith Co-ordinators. The dimensions of an ideal dialogue was discussed and how it can be used in both video conferences as well as Team Blogging, which is their latest project. There was also a skype session with Mr. Ian Jamison, Head of Education, TBFF, in which he answered the teachers’ queries on the Exeter Research Programme. It was quite an enriching session. |
 The National Convention of School Counsellors on “Managing Behaviour Problems in Adolescents” was organized by ICTRC on September 24, 2015 at The Auditorium, India International Centre which was attended by teacher Ms. G. Kaur and Guidance Counsellor Ms. H. Mutreja of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh.
The objective of this convention is to equip school counsellors / teacher - counsellors with the necessary knowledge, skills and attitude for fulfilling the noble responsibility of bringing up the adolescents as mentally healthy individuals as this is a crucial period when adolescents need proper guidance, support of caring adults and good role models. |
 Ms. S. Banerjee attended a workshop on 26 and 27 August, 2015 on the 'Transformative Learning Labs Program' in UNESCO MGIEP, New Delhi.
The workshop was on initiating students to use technology for collaborative peer to peer interactions in various subject-based projects 'on a virtual global platform named-EDMODO.
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A workshop was organized for the students of classes VII and VIII on 27 August, 2015 where the resource person Ms. Aditi Kaul, who is an art based therapist and a counselling psychologist, made the students aware of the various forms of bullying, the short and long term and effect of bullying and various strategies to counteract bullying. It was a learning experience as art was used as a medium by students to express and communicate their thoughts and feelings. |
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| A workshop for the Support Staff of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh was conducted by B-ABLE DomesteQ on 22 August, 2015. The resource persons were Ms. Asha Kumar and Mr. Rahul Sharma, Assistant Managers - Training and Placement in B-ABLE DomesteQ. The workshop aimed at improving the level of efficiency and productivity of the support staff. Cleanliness, work organization, personal grooming and good communication skills were emphasized. The training also focused on personal skills including self-awareness, self-esteem and time management. |
 Two teachers Ms. V. Lamba and Mr. N. Gupta of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a 3 day workshop on 8 August, 16 August and 22 August, 2015 which was organised by IIIT-Delhi with the support of Google India.
It was conducted by the computer science faculty from IIIT-Delhi, IIT-Delhi and Google.
The resource persons were Prof. Pankaj Jalote, Director, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Delhi and Prof. Naveen Garg IIT, Delhi. It was attended by around 100 teachers from different schools of Delhi.
The motive of the workshop was strengthening computer science teaching and improvement of computer science education in schools. The workshop was enriching and informative. |
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| Cartoon Network held a workshop for students of Classes I and II on 7 August, 2015 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The aim was to promote the programme, ‘Adventure Time’. Various activities were held and prizes were given. It was greatly enjoyed by the students. |
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| Six students namely, Kabir Singh Khurana (IX B), Jasmine Kapoor (IX G), Sanya Batra (X G), Siddharth Aghi (X B), Sushmit Vaish (XI E) and Jahnavi Seth (XI F) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh participated in a C.B.S.E. Capacity Building Training Program on ‘Personality Development’ at Moolchand Medicity on 4 August, 2015. The workshop focused on importance of personality development, interpersonal skills, conflict resolution, interpersonal communication and anger management. The workshop was interactive with many activities and power point presentation. Students were also given reading material to impart the information in their respective schools as peer assessors. |
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| In association with Mind Box, St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh organized a workshop on Game Development on 3 August, 2015 in the school premises. The resource person Mr. Naveen Pathania shared his knowledge with 50 students of various schools of Delhi. The five hour long workshop was all about the unity and game maker software. The students were taught about various aspects of game development and the options available in Unity Software i.e. theme, assets, player enemy, etc. |
 Three students - Gaurika Gupta (VII-H), Deepank Shokeen (VIII-A) and Gitesh Narang (VIII-A) along with teacher in-charge Mr. N. Gupta of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended Film It Technical Workshop on 30 July, 2015 at Intach Office, Lodhi Road. Mr. Ankit and Shriya leading short Film makers of India gave valuable tips on how to make short films with special emphasis on camera settings and angles, required for the videos. Students were asked to make videos on the spot and a few videos were shown for the students to understand the nuances of film making better.
The resource person also explained the use of the software Windows Movie Maker for video editing.
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  Four students Himank Gupta (IX D), Geetika Jhanji (IX A), Gauri Dev (X A) and Divyansh Singh (X F) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh participated in Pro - Social Peer Moderator Programme on Risk Behaviour Management organized by Department of Mental Health and Behavioural Science of Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh on 29 July, 2015. The students were imparted skills and strategies to identify, analyze, manage and review risks in a way that prevents detrimental lifestyle choices such as drug use, unhealthy relationship patterns, aggression, defiance or self harm. The workshop focused on life skills such as critical thinking, decision making and effective communication skills to resist peer pressure, as well as educate fellow students about healthy self concepts and adaptive coping mechanism. |
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On 28 July, 2015, students of Class XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on ‘Career Counselling’ conducted by Mr. Jitin Chawla. The two hour workshop gave an insight about various career options available after Class XII. These included the more sought after ones like B.Sc., B.Com, BBA, BMS and also, the lesser know but equally well paying professions in the hospitality sector, interior designing, architecture and fine arts.
Information related to free online courses was also shared and attending the workshop motivated the students to correctly choose a career and also to work hard to achieve their goals. |
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| Twenty students of Class VIII along with teachers Ms. N .V. Punj and Ms. I. Barua of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on ‘Making and Breaking Iron’ at the Innovation Space Centre at National Science Centre on 28 July, 2015. The session was conducted by Mr. Dinesh Malik, Education Officer, Innovation Space. The students were supposed to dismantle an electric iron and then put it back together in working condition. The workshop was informative and motivated the students to use memory and handle electric equipments safely. |
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| Three students - Ishan Agarwal (VIII B), Khushi Jain (VIII B) and Mehar Singh (VII H) alongwith teacher incharge Ms. P. Minocha of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended Film It Content Workshop on 24 July, 2015. It was organised by INTACH and conducted by Mr. Feisal Alkazi. Students were given valuable tips on how to make interesting one minute films on various aspects of our heritage. Students were asked to share their ideas on which they would like to make films and some good films made by students were also shown. |
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On 21 July, 2015, a workshop on Career Counselling for Class X was conducted by Mr. Jitin Chawla in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The main purpose of the workshop was to guide the students how to choose their options (Science, Commerce, Humanities) after Class X and then later to choose their Career as per their aptitude and personality. They were explained the wider choice of careers after XII and the various subject combinations for various career. It was quite beneficial workshop for the students. |
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Of the 300 short videos on North east depicting culture, trade, beauty of the region made by students from all over the country, the video An Uncut Diamond made by the students of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh made it to the top 25.
The students, Manav Prabhakar (X C), Himanshu Gupta (XI D), Rohan Garg (XI E), Mandeep Singh (X C), Hardik Bharti (X C) and Mayank Negi (X C) along with teacher in charge, Mr. N. Gupta participated in the screening of the best 25 videos and also in the panel discussion. The team was appreciated for its effort and each member received a certificate for their endeavour. |
 A workshop on Accountancy i.e. “Knowledge Sharing Meet” by CA. (Dr.) G. S. Grewal and Mr. R. K. Khosla was held on 17 July, 2015 at Tecnia Institute of Advanced Studies which was attended by teacher Ms. J. Anand of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh.
Around 125 teachers from different schools of Delhi attended the workshop.
The aim of workshop was to equip teachers with the Changes in the Syllabus and Question Paper for Examination, 2016. Since the Companies Act is changing on daily basis, such workshops are certainly a good teaching - learning experience. |
| On 16 July, 2015 C.B.S.E conducted a workshop in Bal Bharti Public School (Near Ganga Ram Hospital) which was attended by Ms. A. Sapra and Ms. I. Barua from St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The resource person was Mr. V. V. Prasada Rao (Director, Vocational and Edusat). Around 200 teachers from different schools of Delhi and NCR attended the workshop. The main objective of the workshop was to introduce FMM (Financial Marketing Management) so that students are well equipped with Skill development. C.B.S.E. conducted the workshop in collaboration with NSE. |
  ‘Engage Me’ Forum 2015 was held in Hotel Radisson Blue, Paschim Vihar on 3 July, 2015 which was attended by teachers Ms. V. Lamba and Ms. M. Som from St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh.
The main point of discussion was about learning through digital learning content delivered via technology - enabled ‘Smart Learn Class Tablets and After - School solutions as well as the professionally developed interactive content based on curriculum and unique layered pedagogy of 5 Es i.e., ‘Engage, Enquiry, Experiment, Expand and Evaluate’. In this seminar it was stressed that weaving technology into the system would transform the world into a classroom - without boundaries. |
 Ms. B. Taneja and Ms. S. Bhatnagar, teachers with St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the Second India Education Summit 2015 conference organized by Business World on 28 May, 2015.
The Summit highlighted the tactical and strategic initiatives taken by the government in the field of education and the steps taken to make a conducive investment landscape in the Indian Education Sector.
It also focused on the use of technology in the system and putting the Indian higher education on the world map and building, scaling and sustaining skill development in the present generation. |
  Five primary teachers Ms. S. Kaur, Ms. A. Jain, Ms. D.K. Gill, Ms. P. Dhingra and Ms. P. Singh of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop titled “Opening Doors for Education of Children with Special Needs” on 25 May, 2015. The workshop, held at Amity University Campus, Noida, was conducted by Dr. Jitendra Nagpal, Consultant Psychiatrist and Co-ordinator, VIMHANS, New Delhi and Dr. Jayanti Pujari, Director AIRS. The workshop was all about ‘Inclusive Education’ emphasizing that all students, regardless of their strengths or weaknesses, be part of the school community. The teachers were made aware of variety of instructional strategies that can be used as per the child’s needs. The teachers were also guided to collaborate with parents and special education teachers to understand the need of individual children and then provide them the best teaching approach. A short movie “Make a difference” – by Elizabeth Bollard was shown to the teachers. |
 A six day Electronics Workshop was held in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh from 15 May, 2015 to 21 May, 2015. 40 students from Classes VII to X participated in this workshop.
Students learnt major components of electronics and conducted around 46 experiments. They got knowledge of different logic gates and transistors. It was really a wonderful exposure for all the students.
All the students were awarded with CoolJunk Kits and certificate of participation. |
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| A workshop on Memory Enhancement was held on 12 May, 2015 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh for Class VIII. Mr. Deepak Chaubey made the students familiar with the ‘law of association’ and ‘image construction’ for the sharpening of their intellect. He amazed students and gathered a big round of applause for his skill of memory retention. |
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| A workshop was conducted for commerce students of classes XI and XII in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public school, Meera Bagh on 12 May, 2015. The resource person of the workshop was Mr. Vivek Wankede from Edumentor. He discussed various courses which students can opt for after class XII with special emphasis on management courses. He gave the tips to crack entrance exams and motivated the students to prepare for these when they have sufficient time right now. In the end he gave a test to the students to check their aptitude. It was an enriching experience for the students as their queries were also solved after the session. |
  Three students namely Jatin Singh (XI E), Mehak Bansal (IX C) and Saatvik Bhatnager (IX B) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on Aggression Management as a part of Pro - Social Peer Moderator Programme conducted by the Department of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences of Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh on May 5, 2015.
The workshop trained the students to become peer trainers for classmates and junior students by understanding the reasons for their anger and to learn effective techniques to manage and constructively channelize their energies, without being a threat to themselves or others. Effective communication, empathy and assertiveness were the life - skills imparted to students to aid them in their endeavour. |
 Ms. A. Gupta, Educational Supervisor, Ms. G. Rajan, Global Coordinator, Ms. M. Madan and Ms. Rooma, teachers from St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the Annual Conference organised by Forum of Public Schools on 2 May, 2015. The theme of the conference was Visualizing Transformation : Diverse Learning Curve. The key speakers at the conference were Mr. J. S. Rajput, eminent educationist, Mr. R. S. Sharma, Head, CIET, NCERT, Major D. P. Singh, Kargil War hero and Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan, Founder Director, Katha.
Each session at the conference was enriching where each speaker emphasised on the need for out of the box thinking and innovative teaching learning methodology. The session by Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan , which was chaired by Ms. Anjali Aggarwal, Principal, emphasised on giving space and liberty to students while Major D. P. Singh spoke about making every child realise that he was his own boss. |
| On 20th April 2015, Tarushi Pathak (X B), Mankirat Singh (X B), Gorika Pathak (X C) and Rahul Pande (IX F) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh got an opportunity to interact with the famous astronaut Ms. Sunita Williams at the American Centre. During the interactive session, students asked Ms. Williams about her life, parents and how can they become astronauts in future. |
 A workshop on Cyber Crime was organised for students of grades IX to XII in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh.
The resource person was Mr. Rakshit Tandon, an Indian computer security expert.
Speaking extensively on Safe Internet Surfing and the aftermath of the various crimes committed on cyber space, Mr. Tandon held the audience spell bound by citing several real life examples thus leaving everyone thoughtful about importance of safety on cyber space. |
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Education’ in the Air Force Auditorium, at Subroto Park, New Delhi.
The eminent panelists Prof. M. M. Pant, Mr. D. C. Pant, Mr. John Kerr, Mr. Jack Rivers, Ms. Shivani Kapoor and Ms. Pooja Goyal discussed about various issues like learner centric and personalized learning programmes, gaining practical insights for creating plans for implementation of personalized learning framework, removing maths phobia, modern day parenting and handling gifted children.
The workshop concluded with all the speakers agreeing unanimously, that the goal of education should not be only building careers but making the learners ‘good’ and ‘caring’ human beings. |
  A workshop on sex education was conducted on 6 April, 2015 for the teachers of classes VI, VII and VIII. The teachers were sensitized regarding the physical, sexual and emotional maltreatment of the children, which may result in many developmental issues and psychological disorders.
Making a support group structure to reinforce parenting skills and monitoring the child’s well being was the agenda of the workshop. |
| A Smart Class Orientation Programme was organised for the teachers on 30 March, 2015. Teachers were familiarized with the working of the system and its usage in the classroom. The various features of the system were explained and the session was aimed at training the first time users. |
On 21 March 2015, Ms. R. Anand, Educational Supervisor and Ms. K. Razdan, TGT English from St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on “Elements of Sex Education” conducted by Parwarish Institute of Parenting.
The aim of the workshop was to empower teachers to open up channels of communication with their children. It will help the teachers to break the barriers around ‘talking about their bodies’ and make their children confident to deal with issues related to it.
The uniqueness of this program is that it refurbishes the concept of sex education and calls it the workshop or training on ‘Body Science’. The sole idea, in order to educate the children, is to first change the perspective of parents, teachers and society at large. |
 Ms. S. Malik, Ms. P. Arora and Ms. Rooma, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop to mark the ongoing 70th Anniversary Year and to celebrate the World Wildlife Day organized under aegis of United Nations on 27 February, 2015. Ms. Kiran Mehra Kerpelman (UNIC – Director of India and Bhutan) launched a UN days and observances Flyer and also spoke about the necessity of understanding the goals and objectives of United Nations.
The second half of the workshop included a Talk on Tiger Conservation by Raghav Chandra, IAS officer and author of ‘Scent of Game’, a fictional work highlighting the depleting reserves of Tiger population due to poaching and hunting. |
| Ms. M. Pathak and Ms. T. Kant, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a Capacity Building Programme on ‘Inculcating Counseling Skills in Teachers’ organised by C.B.S.E. and conducted by ‘Expressions India’ on 19 February, 2015 The programme aimed to sensitize teachers for the growing need of comprehensive counseling and equip them with creative approaches in areas of counseling. The workshop was certainly a learning experience as they could understand the need of appropriate counseling therapy. |
 A workshop on “Energizing the Leaders of Tomorrow” was held for the students of Class X of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 16 February, 2015.
The workshop was facilitated by Mr. Xavier Rouget and Mr. Victor Denhaze - coach of the Mentally Fit Institute, Belgium. They offered various tools to handle the stress that students face.
They emphasized that one should reinforce ones physical, mental and emotional batteries and stay connected with the sense and direction one wants for his life.
When actions are aligned with our quest, performance becomes energizing. This workshop clarified the essential ingredients for individual growth. |
  An interactive workshop was organised for the teachers of Primary Department by Forum of Public Schools (FPS) on 14 February, 2015 at KIIT World School, Pitampura which was attended by Ms. P. Kharbanda and Ms. S. Kaur, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh.
Mrs. Neera Chopra, the renowned resource person enlightened the teachers about the different strategies for enhancing active learning in class. The workshop also taught ways of engaging the students interest besides giving them the desired information and ensuring that they understand the concepts being taught. |
 Three teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, Mr. N. Gupta, Ms. S. Bhatnagar and Ms. G. Kaur attended a workshop on cyber crime. The resource person was Mr. Rakshit Tandon, an Indian computer security expert who has spoken in major cyber security conferences including those of the United Nations and who is the official promoter of the Safer Internet Day.
The motive of the workshop was to know about the Lax related to Cyber Crime. He discussed about Sections 66 and 67 of Information Technology Act India. The workshop was really enriching as many cyber related crimes done by individuals were cited as examples.
Around 70 teachers from various schools of Delhi attended this workshop. |
 Zuci Junior conducted a workshop “Clean Hands Happy Hands” on 23 January, 2015 at St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh for students of class IV and V to sensitize the students about cleanliness and hygiene.
A Power Point Presentation was shown and a story telling session was conducted to put the message across clearly. Students enjoyed themselves thoroughly.
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 An Economics workshop was organised by V.K. Publications at Hotel Tulip on 17 January, 2015 for Class XII Economics teachers. It was attended by Ms. H. Kaur and Ms. S. Kansra from St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Mr. V. K. Ohri, Associate Professor (Retd.) of Shyam Lal College (Delhi University) Delhi, discussed various problems related to micro and macro economics and the changes in the C.B.S.E. question paper pattern. |
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A Yoga workshop was held for teachers of classes VI to XII on 15 January, 2015 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. It was taken up by Mr. Saket Gupta, a senior faculty of the Art of Living and the coordinator of YES and Art Excel workshops in Delhi.
He talked about the various kinds of stress (physical and mental), and how to deal with it effectively using simple exercises, breathing techniques and relaxing meditation. He also explained how to meditate and the benefits of meditation. He shared some of the ways to handle difficult students and improve the behaviour of various students.
The simple pranayams and techniques taught were extremely effective. Around 60 teachers attended the workshop. The teachers felt relaxed and rejuvenated after it. |
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 A workshop was conducted on Open Text Book Assessment (OTBA) and Problem Solving Assessment (PSA) for around 38 teachers teaching classes IX to XII on 15 January, 2015 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh by Ms. Preeti Ahuja, who is working as a trainer for an International English Language Program - PAN (India State Government Program). The objective of this workshop was to make teachers aware about the latest information regarding OTBA and PSA and to answer their queries, which will help them to promote and assess the skills of analytical reasoning, critical thinking, decision making, etc. of the students.
Ms. Preeti Ahuja discussed the points to be kept in mind for OTBA like Content or Questions can’t be changed in SA - II. For PSA there are no specific books and it is to check the general application skills of the students through Qualitative and Quantitative ways. She answered the queries of teachers through FAQs.
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| St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh organised a workshop on self defence on 15 January, 2015. It was conducted by Mr. Sunny Kumar Choudhary, Black Belt in Judo. He is a freelancer and is a coach in C.R.P.F. Public School, Dwarka. He taught about self defence when a person is unarmed. Around 43 non-science teachers from class VI to VIII of the school participated in this workshop and learnt the technical skills of self defence. Teachers participated with zeal and really enjoyed the activities. |
A workshop for 36 teachers teaching Class I to V and Hindi teachers of class VI to X was organised in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 15 January, 2015. The workshop was conducted by Dr. Piyush Kumar Sharma, a recipient of Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Rashtriya Shikshak Samman, 2013. He served as a professor in Dronacharya Degree College, Greater Noida. Nearly 50 books have been published on different topics, authored by him.
Dr. Piyush Kumar Sharma addressed the problems faced while teaching Hindi. The teachers got an insight into new methods of tackling the issues concerning the language and how the students can be motivated to learn the difficult aspects in an interesting manner. The workshop conducted by him laid emphasis on ‘Matras’ and errors related to spellings in Hindi. It was definitely a good way to enhance the skills of the teachers which in turn would filter down to the students and help them. |
| A workshop on Effective Science Teaching was conducted by Dr. Lalit Kishore in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 15 January, 2015. Dr. Lalit Kishore has researched on mastery learning strategy of physics instruction and has done Ph.D in Education and Masters in Physics. He has been the Director of Jeevan Vigyan Academy, Jain Vishva Bharati. Some of the topics that were discussed were ‘Use of textbook as an effective learning aid, Language of Science, Nature of Science, Visual Symbols of Science, Conceptual pictures of animals using line diagram, How to make science progressive, etc. This was done with the use of blackboard, simple activity using straws, A -4 size sheet of paper. 35 teachers from class I - V and Science teachers of class VI to VIII attended this workshop. Overall it was an effective workshop. |
 On 14 January, 2015, an ELT workshop for English teachers was conducted in St. Mark’ Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh by Dr. Samson Thomas, a well known name in the English fraternity. He is also an author of several course books in English and has contributed articles to leading English Journals. He is presently working as an Associate Professor of the English and Foreign Language University. This workshop was attended by 41 teachers from the primary as well as English teachers of the middle section.
Dr. Thomas covered the Grammar teaching strategies and also laid stress on the features of effective explanation in the grammar class. His objective was to make English grammar an interesting subject and engage students using play way activities. Dr. Thomas made the workshop very lively by conducting activities which included songs related to grammar. By the end of the workshop all the teachers learnt how to create a tension free atmosphere in the class and applaud good effort and also encourage the students to practice grammar on their own.
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 A workshop on ‘Life Skills’ was conducted by Ms. Geetanjali Kumar in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 14 January, 2015. This workshop was attended by 81 teachers (a few primary teachers and teachers of Class VI to XII except the English teachers).
Teachers were divided into groups and were asked to give a name to their group based on a social issue, a slogan, a symbol and write a few lines supporting their selection of names. This activity enhanced the inter - personal relationship, co-operative attitude, creativity, leadership quality, etc. of the teachers. Ms. Geetanjali Kumar also converted the short story of ‘The Thirsty Crow’ into a poem form and asked the teachers some questions which could assess the thinking skills, creative skills, emotional skills, etc. Such activities are of great help in assessing the students in their co - scholastic field. Overall, it was a very informative workshop and was an enriching experience.
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| Ms. R. Anand and Mr. S. Arora Physics teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on ‘Static Electricity’ organised by National Science Centre on 1 and 2 December 2014. A Van-de-graff generator was designed by them. The workshop also aimed at developing ideas to use low cost but effective teaching aids in the classroom. This workshop has added a new dimension to the teaching - learning methodology. |
| Ms. R. Anand, Educational Supervisor (Middle Wing) from St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a Conference on Quality Standards in Education organised by British Council on 29 November, 2014. The objective of the conference was to advance the discussion around systems of quality assurance at the institutional level and to examine the factors which contribute to teaching quality. |
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A workshop on animation was held in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 12 November 2014 by Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC) for students of classes VIII to XI. The team from MAAC shared their knowledge about animation and the children enthusiastically interacted with them. They told the children about many techniques like Visual Effects, 3D, Animation and Stop-Motion. They also guided the children regarding the courses they should opt for if they wanted to take up this profession. The highlight of the event was the stop motion film which the children and the MAAC team made together. Beside this, the people from MAAC also shared their experiences in the film industry with the children. It turned out to be a great fun and learning experience for the children.
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| An English Workshop on Phonics was conducted by Dr. Elaine Higgleton, an International Publisher for Collins Learning on 11 November, 2014 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Teachers from St. Mark’s Janakpuri also attended the workshop. Dr. Elaine highlighted the difference between Phonetics and Phonics and explained methods to help improve pronunciation accuracy and precision. The workshop included listening practice, distinguishing sounds and pronunciation practice. |
 4 teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh went to attend a workshop on “Hand Functions and Writing skills in School Children” at Sensitivity on 8 November, 2014.
The main themes covered in the workshop were “Hand Preference” and “Stages of Writing Skills” and the spokesperson was Ms. Richa Kapoor, consultant occupational therapist. |
  Lead On ! Rise to Power, Power to Rise
The Lead On Conference was held at Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar on 1 November, 2014. It was attended by two students Gaurav Kalra (XII-C) and Nikita Sareen (XII-E) from St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The Chief Guests of the event were Hon’ble HRD Minister Ms. Smriti Zubin Irani and Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Mr. Kiren Rijiju. There was a cross questioning session which was a good experience. The Chief Guests motivated and inspired the young students to becomegood leaders. There were a number of activities like ‘Scavenger Hunt’, ‘If I Were a Leader’, etc. to enhance and test the leadership abilities and communication skills of the students. |
| On 15 October, 2014 Ms. A. Arora teacher of St. Mark’ s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop organised by INTACH at Lodhi Estate. It was addressed by prominent members from the Craft Council of India who wanted the schools to adopt a craft such as kite making, incense making, paintings - madhubani, worli, etc. and thereby the students would learn the importance of crafts to India’s heritage. |
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| The Pramerica Spirit of Community Awardsis an annual nationwide search to identify and recognize school students who have made a positive difference in their communities through voluntary community service. A round 200 students of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh from classes VI to XII attended Orientation Workshop organized by Pramerica on 30 September, 2014. The aim of the workshop was to make students aware about the rules and regulations to be part of the above mentioned community awards. The interested students were given the application forms in which they have to write the details of any kind of community service they are part of. |
A workshop on Career Counselling was conducted by Edu Mentor on 29 September, 2014 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The resource persons were Mr. Ashish Jain who is a Delhi University Topper and a CFA topper as well as Mr. Vikas Jain who is BBS from Sukhdev College.
The workshop was for the Commerce students of Classes XI and XII. The main focus of the programme was on providing expert guidance to children on various career options available for them after Class XII. The workshop created quite a lot of awareness among children. |
| D.A.V. Public School, Pushpanjali Enclave, Pitampura, Delhi organised a Chemistry Workshop on 21 September, 2014 for Chemistry teachers of class XI and XII which was attended by Ms. R. Verma and Ms. A. Bedi from St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Mr. S. K. Munjal, a highly learned person, and also actively involved in question paper and marking scheme, was the mentor of the workshop. The highlight was framing of the question paper and marking scheme. |
(POSCO : Operationalizing the protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act)
A workshop on operationalizing the POSCO (protection of children from sexual offences) Act 2012, was organized in Navy Children School, Chanakya Puri, Delhi on 17 September, 2014. The workshop was attended by Ms. K. Madan and Ms. S. Arora from St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Various members of AISCAP (Association of Indian School Counsellors and Allied Professionals) chaired the workshop wherein they laid stress upon the responsibility of schools in the upkeep of mental and physical health of school children and how to keep children away from the sexual abuse.
The statistics of the reported cases was presented. It was felt that the teachers need to be sensitized along with the other caretakers like peons, ayahs and drivers. The schools should be safe zones with no dark areas and constant vigilance at all corners. Further, the need to identify any traumatized children and immediate reporting was stressed upon. It was an effective workshop which made everyone realize that the school is indeed a very important stakeholder in the well being of a child. |
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A Social Science Workshop was conducted for teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on 16 September, 2014 by Ms. Nidhi Kaushik, an expert in Political Science from JNU.
The resource person stressed on the need of interactive learning which stresses on innovative teaching skills in the realm of Social Sciences. She conducted a series of activities for honing the memory skills of students like using a photograph of related topic and pinning questions on soft - boards to trigger the interest of students. Relating relevant anecdotes, taking help of resources such as Jataka tales to make a topic interesting was suggested. |
| A Creative Writing Workshop was organised for more than 30 teachers on 15 September, 2014 in St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The resource person Ms. Deepa Agarwal, famous author of children’s books made it very interesting and interactive. The seven steps of creative writing were discussed at length and teachers learnt the nuances of effective creative writing and how to incorporate the same in classroom teaching. |
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| The Forum of Public Schools conducted a workshop on “Cyber Safe and Cyber Smart” on 12 September, 2014 at Remal Public School, Rohini, Delhi which was attended by Ms. V. Lamba and Ms. R. Rajan, computer teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The workshop aimed at the emerging social media related issues like Cyber bullying, Cyber Safety, IT Laws and Digital reputation. Its purpose was making our students aware about the possible negativities on internet as the use of technology has become indispensable for students. It is our responsibility to make them Cyber Safe and Cyber Smart so that they can use internet effectively. |
| Three students Shikhar Suresh (X-D), Sujata Mahajan (X-C), Soumya Verhwani (XI-E) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh alongwith teacher incharge Ms. S. Malik attended a training session on Model United Nations at the United Nations Information Centre, Lodhi Estate on 11 September, 2014. The event highlighted the significance of connecting the youth with U.N. which is the largest peace keeping organization in the world. Ms. Rineeta Naik (Assistant Information Officer, UNIC) stressed on understanding the role and functions of U.N. According to her responsible research by students, developing a consensus among members and drafting solutions for myriad problems, confronting our world is a must for model U.N. These simulated sessions develop our personality and give us a world perspective. |
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| Mr. N. Gupta, PGT Computer Science of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on “21st Century Skills for Blended Learning” organized at Maharaja Agarsen Model School, Pitam Pura, Delhi. The workshop was conducted by various partners of Microsoft Corporation. The workshop was all about the easily available tools i.e. Software which are useful for the class room teaching. |
Teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on ‘Capacity Building Programme on Classroom Management’ held at Salwan Educational Trust, Pusa Road on 6 September, 2014. Every aspect of Classroom Management was touched upon. A fruitful discussion comprised of different styles adopted by various teachers to manage the class, qualities of an effective teacher who enhance the teaching learning process and how to create conducive learning environment.
The workshop emphasized on techniques adopted to establish a connect with different kinds of students and how to encourage students to move from rote memorization to critical thinking. A very important part of the workshop was the emphasis on the role of parents in classroom learning and management as students feel more worthy when their parents participate in their educational journey. |
| A workshop on Mathematics was conducted by Jodo Gyan Resource Centre on 27 August, 2014 which was attended by teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The resource persons discussed various interesting problem solving methods which can be incorporated in the classroom teaching. The highlight of the programme was the use of ‘Beads string’ or ‘Ganit mala’ which can be used to teach concept of Ones, Tens and Hundreds, Tables, etc. Various games were designed using number cards, tokens and dice to ensure practice of tables, addition and subtraction which would make classroom teaching fun and effective. |
| A Workshop at Parvarish was attended by teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh on age appropriate Sex Education. The resource persons who conducted the workshop covered the following areas (a) What exactly is
Sex Education (b) Why should adolescents know about sex (c) Child Sexual Abuse (d) How should parentsgive appropriate information to their children and explain the reproduction process. This workshop was attended by teachers, parents and counsellors. |
45 teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a workshop on LGBTQ Awareness, Sensitization and Rights conducted by Ms. Shivanee Sen, Program Coordinator of Tagore International School.
Myriad issues on Gender identities, insensitivity of society and Violation of Rights of people ostracized by the society were discussed. The archaic Act 377 and its implications were also discussed. The general consensus that emerged after the presentation was that we need to accommodate ‘ALL’ people in society; there is a need to sensitize students as well as policy makers. |
| Ms. V. Lamba and Mr. N. Gupta, Computer teachers of St. Marks Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended an Introductory Workshop at The Ashok Hotel on 31 July, 2014 organized by ICDL Asia, on ICT Education in Indian Schools. The discussion included the importance of "International Standards & Frameworks" of ICT Education and the best practices in adopting those standards. The discussion prepared teachers and students in ways to harness the full potential of ICTs. |
| Ms. Rashmi Chopra, (T.G.T. English) of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a five day CBSE-TRINITY- ASL-MASTER TRAINERS WORKSHOP, organized at Salwan Public School, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi from 21 to 25 July 2014 under the CBSE’s prestigious project on Assessment of Speaking and Listening skills. The workshop was conducted by Dr. Julian Kenny, Head of Teacher Development Language, Trinity College, London. The workshop covered all aspects of ASL exam - Communicative language teacher training skills, Classroom management, Peer training sessions, Live and Audio monitoring procedures for ASL. |
Film It Content Workshop was held at INTACH, 71 Lodi Estate on Tuesday, 22 July, 2014 and the technical workshop was held on 24 July, 2014. It was attended by three students of class VIII alongwith teacher incharge Ms. Sunakshi Arora, Ms. Rama Rajan of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The workshop was to encourage students to develop a short film on our culture and heritage which they would share with school children in U.K.
It was a great experience of learning with Mr. Feisal Alkazi and other renowned film makers. The students were given a brief introduction of National Heritage, Cultural Heritage etc. The students were also shown short movies to understand characters, drama, story and entertainment. The students were taught to write a script and then to take shots from different angles to create a good movie. They have been assigned to make a short movie with a good meaningful message. |
 TERI as a part of Project Search organised Phase VI Initiation Workshop at Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar on 23 July 2014. The workshop was attended by seven eco club members of Class VI and Ms. Saranpreet Kaur of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh.
The main agenda of the meet was to sensitize students towards sustainable consumption and production. Green consumerism was also discussed and explained to the students.
TERI also announced the upcoming campaigns - Tetra Pak ambassador programme, City Searchers, Vasundhara and Transition Campaign. |
On 18 and 19 July, 2014, a workshop for teachers was conducted by CAER (Centre for Assessment, Evaluation and Research). The workshop was based on Constructing Quality Tests to Assess The Scholastic Skills of the curriculum. Main objective of the workshop was to train teachers with the best practices for the development of high - quality classroom tests. It was attended by Ms. Arti Sapra, Ms. Neha Kapoor and Ms. Anu Arora.
All the trainees were given final assessment sheets and awarded with the Module I completion certificate. |
| Riya Gupta of X-D participated in ‘National Science Seminar’ at Zonal level held in A – 6, Govt. School on 17 July, 2014. She spoke very well on the topic Innovation in Agriculture for a Sustainable Future : Prospects and Challenges. Initially, there was a written round and finally, Question - Answer session with judges. The result is awaited. |
A Workshop on Accountancy was conducted by Sultan Chand Publishers on 16 July, 2014 at Guru Harkrishan Public School, West Punjabi Bagh. The resource persons were CA (Dr.) G. S. Grewal who is a renowned author and member of projects Development Group (Accountancy) NCERT and Mr. R. K. Khosla who is a Faculty Member of Northern Indian Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and also of NIRC of Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
The workshop was attended by our Commerce teachers - Ms. Manasi Verma Manchanda and Ms. Jyotika Anand. The main focus of the seminar was to discuss the changes in Accountancy syllabus and the pattern of question paper. It was an enriching experience for the teachers for their professional growth. |
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Mathematics Workshop
 An in-service teachers training workshop for Mathematics teachers of Classes VI - XII was arranged by the St. Mark’s School, Meera Bagh, on May 16, 2014 which was conducted by the eminent mathematician - Dr. S. N. Chhibber, retired Principal, Directorate of Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi after 40 years, resource person for NCERT, SCERT, (Delhi), CBSE and many other institutions and author of several school text books on mathematics and is presently the Secretary of DAMT, an association engaged in promoting the subject.
Dr. Chhibber emphasized on instantaneous creation of problems in the class room by teachers, connecting mathematical problems with real life situations, highlighting interesting aspects of mathematics without intimidating the learner and how mathematics can be fun filled at the same time fruitful instead of causing anxiety.
The workshop was very much in agreement with well known the quote “The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple” by Albert Einstein. |
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| A workshop on 'Health, Hygiene and Nutrition’ for students of Class VIII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, was conducted by Enactus group along with PVR team, on 8 February 2014. The purpose of this workshop was to make students aware about the ill effects of junk food and unhygienic conditions. They presented this through a puppetry show along with a discussion by Dr. Mukesh Aggarwal. |
| St. Mark’s Sr. Sec.Public School, Meea Bagh, organized a Mathematics workshop for students of Class XII on 4 February 2014 under the aegis of the eminent educationalist Dr. S. N. Chibber. His enthusiasm and passion for the subject is so contagious that all present were highly motivated towards the subject. Dr. Chhibber with his prowess and skill, was able to make everyone realize the significance of the subject in day to day life. |
Learn Today, a division of India Today organized workshop from 23 to 29 January 2014 at Vasant Valley School, Vasant Kunj, Delhi. The following teachers of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended the same. Ms. B. Taneja and Ms. A. Misra attended the session about ‘Fractured Fairy Tales’ by Ms. Kamini Narasimhan, on 23 January 2014. On 24 January 2014, Ms. A. Arora and Ms. S. Sethi attended the workshop on ‘Choice time making room for everything else’ by Ms. Preminda Langer.
Ms. M. Bose and Ms. M. Madan attended the workshop on 25 January 2014 about ‘Using new media for an inclusive classroom’ by Ms. Deepti Sawhney. On 29 January 2014 Ms. V. Shah and Ms. S. Chand attended the workshop on ‘The World is my Laboratory – Learning from Life’ by Ms. Preminda Langer. All the sessions were interactive and filled with activities. |
Ms. Anjali Aggarwal, Principal, St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended the 'Effective School Leadership and Management Programme organized by TERI in accordance with the Central Board of Secondary Education.
The programme was held in two phases : 3 to 5 October 2013 and 28 to 29 January 2014 respectively. Ms. Aggarwal was a presenter as well as an active participant in the programme. Her presentation on Time Management was appreciated by one and all present. |
On 27 January 2014, six students of Classes XI A & B of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, alongwith Ms. S. Malik attended the International Holocaust Remembrance Day organized under the aegis of United Nations at Alliance Francaise. The theme of the event was “Journeys through the Holocaust”. The holocaust began in 1933 when Hitler came to power in Germany and started persecution and planned slaughter of the Jewish people. It is estimated that 11 million people were killed during the Holocaust. It ended in 1945 when Nazis were defeated by the allied powers.
The representative of Israel through an interactive session and by showing brief films highlighted the travails faced by the Jewish population. The event was also attended by Ms. Kiran Mehra Kerpelman, Director, UNIC, who read out the U. N. Secretary General’s message for the day. The day ended with writing down of peace messages and pinning them on a barbed wire installation symbolic of Auschwitz concentration camp. It was a deeply touching session which convinced us to give ‘Peace a chance in this strife torn world’. |
| An Orientation Programme on Disaster Management was attended by Ms. N. Sharma, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, on 23 January 2014, at Nishkam Sewa Bhawan, Raja Garden. The Orientation Programme was conducted by DDMA for all the private schools. This programme focussed on school safety and measures to be taken in case of any disaster. |
| Dr. Usha Pandey, Ms. P. Kaushik, Ms. Janak and Ms. K. R. Mehta, Hindi teachers of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended ‘Sankalp’ a seminar for Hindi teachers, organized by Saraswati House Pvt. Ltd. on 28 December 2013. It was presided by Dr. R. K. Dabas, visiting faculty of Hindi Academy. The seminar saw a discussion on latest teaching pattern which would be beneficial for the students. |
| Ms. Adit Bedi, PGT Chemistry of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, participated in a workshop for ‘Identification and Validation of Concepts and Concept Maps for National Repository of Open Educational Resources' (NROER) in Science and Mathematics from 6 to 8 November 2013. The NROER is a collaborative platform which endeavours to bring together all digital and digitable resources for the school system. Ms. Adit, alognwith the NCERT experts prepared concept map. This map is a learning resource for teachers and would provide an opportunity for critically assessing the curriculum. The NROER is an initiative of Deptt. of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India. |
 The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) organized the National School Educators’ Conference 2013 at New Delhi from 28 to 30 October, 2013 on the theme ‘Innovation and Leadership for Education for Sustainable Development’. It was attended by around 250 teachers and principals from across India.
This event aimed at encouraging and motivating the educators to bring in innovation in teaching learning process and develop their leadership skills to guide students and enable them to find a solution to problems to bring about positive changes for sustainable future.
Ms. Anjali Aggarwal, Principal of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, MeeraBagh represented our school and was also one of the eminent speakers in the Principal’s Panel Discussion on the topic ’Transformation in school through Effective Leadership’ held on 28 October, 2013 at TERI Gram, GualPahari, Gurgaon.
She enlightened the audience about a “Holistic Approach to School Management”.
The conference was thus an academic enrichment experience for educators and enabled them to strengthen their leadership skills and thereby develop the problem solving skills of students. |
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) conducted the ‘Effective School Management and Leadership Programme’ at TERI, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi from 3 to 5 October, 2013 for School Principals and Senior Administrators under the directives from C.B.S.E which was attended by Ms. Anjali Aggarwal, Principal, St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. This programme aimed at empowering the heads of institutions affiliated with C.B.S.E enabling them to become effective and active leaders. Around 40 Vice-Principals and Senior Administrators from Senior Secondary schools attended this training programme.
The modules covered were in tune with the ‘Common Minimum Course Content’ as laid down by C.B.S.E and were interspersed with sessions like concepts of identity, stereotypes, society, community work, leadership and entrepreneurship. |
| Cool Junks organized a three day ‘Supportive Class’ workshop for students of classes IX to X. The students learnt a number of things related to the working of DC Motors, Gates and made simple models like Blinking LED Lights, Night Lamps etc. It was a very interesting class. |
Ratna Sagar organized an interactive session "An Evening with Ruskin Bond" at India Islamic Cultural Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi which was attended by Ms. Anjali Aggarwal, Principal of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, MeeraBagh.
Ruskin Bond, one of India’s most prolific writers in Englishshared his wisdom and experiences. He read a chapter from one of his forthcoming books and also recited a few of his noted poems.It was a platform for the school teachers, academicians and students to interact with him.In the open discussion many aspiring writers got guidance from him.
All those present at the event, were gifted an autographed copy of At School with Ruskin Bond. |
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| A Career Counselling Workshop was organized for the students of class XII at St. Mark’s Sr.Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, on 27 September 2013, to create awareness on the changing pattern of the Delhi University. It was conducted by Mr. Jitin Chawla, Director of the Centre for Career Development. He brought to light, the various options students have today not only in Delhi but across the country and abroad. They also emphasized on the fact that the students should be clear about what they want to do and not just follow the bandwagon. There was an interactive round after his presentation and students’ queries and questions were answered satisfactorily. In all it was a very motivating and fruitful workshop. |
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A workshop for teachers of classes XI & XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, was held on 20 September 2013, which enabled them to use Educomp modules in their teaching strategy. The modules made the subjects and their concepts seems clearer and fun to learn. They enabled the teachers to give their own input and use various tools like MCQ, tests, diagram maker, assignments etc. to make their subject more interesting.
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In order to give the students a creative exposure, a group of 45 students and 2 teachers Ms. S. Banerjee and Ms.Manprit K. Ahuja of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended a Theatre workshop at Shri Ram Centre, Mandi House on 29 August 2013. They witnessed a play in Hindi ‘Rahasya Pancham Ved Ka’. The play was organized by Ramjas School and was directed by V. K. and Kiran of ‘Khilona Theatre’. The play depicted the birth and importance of the lesser known‘Fifth Veda’. The play revealed the secret of this ‘Fifth Veda’ as children set out on a journey to explore and find out the reasons which may have led to its creation, history, birth, practices and relevance in our lives.
The students learnt the nuances of stage skills - dialogue delivery, music and dance etc. The students look forward to attend many more such enriching. |
| Ms. P. Minocha, Social Science Teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended a workshop organized by INTACH on 19 July 2013. The workshop covered various aspects of heritage including monuments of Delhi, Museums as a learning resource, natural heritage as well as intangible heritage. Overall an enriching experience ! |
 The Heritage Club Incharges Ms. V. Lala and Ms. P. Minocha of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended a training seminar for selected leaders of UNESCO Clubs & Associations in India held at Udaipur, Rajasthan from 25 to 28 April 2013.
Issues like role of UNESCO Clubs in promoting peace and human rights education, sustainable development, gender equality, global ethics, etc. were discussed. The seminar emphasized on the role of students in attaining the goals of UNESCO. Overall it was an interesting and enriching experience. |
| A training workshop on ‘Python’ was organized by CBSE for teachers of Computer Science on 16 April 2013 at Rukmini Devi Public School, Pitampura, Delhi to make teachers comfortable and familiar with this language. Ms. V. Lamba and Mr. N. Gupta, teachers of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended this Conference which was very informative and enlightening. |
Ms. G. Kaur and Ms. V. Goel, teachers of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended the Assessment Training Programme (Module 1) conducted by the Centre for Assessment, Evaluation and Research on 9 to 10 April 2013 at Vasant Valley School, Vasant Kunj, Delhi.
The purpose of the centre is to develop international capabilities and resources for schools, teachers. The idea was to bring about overall improvement in the quality, learning assessment, research and professional development.
CAER has been established to provide a research base for teachers and producing top quality resources for Indian schools and teachers. It will be about improvement in the quality of education. |
| On account of National Science Day, Ministry of Environment and Forests organized a Seminar, on 28 February 2013 at Delhi Secretariat. 5 students and 2 teachers Ms. S. Kaur and Ms. M. Pathak of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, participated in the seminar and the model presented by them was “Waste Management through biotechnology”. Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi Ms. Sheila Dixit was the Guest of Honour. She saw all the models with keen interest and wished the students a bright future. |
| Nexus Education held a workshop on 16 February 2013 to introduce Technology Lab. Mr. Sachin and Ms. Shubhra, teachers of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended the same. It was an interesting workshop which aimed at nurturing the creativity of the children. Hands on activities and creating models was a part of the workshop and it centered around Design and Technology. |
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| On 11 February 2013, Alive Activity Workshop was conducted for students of Class XI at St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The workshop was to create awareness to use this activity in Smart Phones and Androids. A representative from The Times of India addressed the students to demonstrate the application on Smart Phones and Androids. The tech savvy students enjoyed the session as it was something new and interesting for them to learn. |
| The International Conference of Pre - Primary and Primary Principals was held in the City Montessori School, Lucknow from 9th to 11th February 2013. About 186 National and 32 International Schools participated in the event out of 25 schools of Delhi were present. Ms. M. Bose, teacher of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, participated in the Conference, which covered topics like ‘Fostering Global Citizens’ by Dr. Jagdish Gandhi in which he laid stress on giving balanced education to the learners; ‘An Overview of Pre-Primary and Primary Education in Mauritius’ by Mr. Madhukar Narain, Chairman of Early Childhood Care and Education Authority, ‘Use of Story Telling Technique’ by Ms. Maria Laura Fuertes, Fullbright Scholar, Argentina and ‘Sensitizing teachers towards the role of environment in the development of child’ by Ms. Nita Ganguli, a fullbright Scholar in the ‘Climate Project of India’. |
| Two teachers, Ms. A. Mishra and Ms. B. Taneja of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended 5th Edu Convex organized by Planet Edu, affiliated to the University of Cambridge at India International Centre on 8 February 2013. It focussed on ‘Leadership in Education’. This was followed by citations and awards wherein St. Mark’s School, Meera Bagh received the International Award for implementing the Cambridge ESOL Examinations. |
| Ten students of Earth Saviours Eco Club of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended a workshop on “Sustanability” organized by TERI at Bloom Public School, Vasant Kunj, on 24 January 2013. The eminent speakers shared their experiences with the children about practices in sustaining the environment and natural resources. They talked about the extremes where 1000 liters of water is wasted on luxury items like pepsi, whereas the fields of farmers dry up for the want of water. The speakers urged to adopt simpler life styles to reduce carbon footprints. |
| Keeping in mind the increasing learning disabilities amongst school children St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, organized a workshop for parents giving them tips and enlightening them to deal with learning problems. This workshop was in association with Orkids a multidisciplinary clinic dealing with children facing learning issues. An hour long workshop focused on learning disabilities and surrounding implications. It was an eye opener for most of the parents and received a remarkable response from them on getting such an organization to work in school for the benefit of the students. The speakers were Ms. Reena Abbasi, Chairperson Orkids Foundation and Ms. Arti Johar heading Punjabi Bagh clinic and an eminent special educator enlightened the parents with useful information. |
| An interactive workshop on English Language Teaching was held on 22 December 2012 by Ms. Sabina Pillai, an Associate Professor of English, SBSE College, D.U. She gave innovative ideas for teaching English. The session was very interactive and filled with activities. |
Ms. Ritika Anand, Ms. Gesu Chandra and Ms. Manita Mehra of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended a workshop on ‘Multiple Natures’ at Maharaja Agarsen Adarsh Public school on 8 December 2012. The workshop was organized by Forum of Public Schools and the distinguished speaker was Mr. Steven Rudolph. It focused on the challenges schools are facing to enable learning relevant for students. It demonstrated how everyone has unique abilities which when recognized and engaged can unleash their hidden potential and bring learning and teaching at a new level.
They emphasized on how identifying MI and MN in students and teachers is important to engage their talents in a meaningful way. These models can lead to co-operation amongst staff and students, improve discipline, increase motivational level, help students find right learning path and make learning exciting for everyone and also help them find right career. |
Two teachers Mrs. Rashmi Kohli and Ms. Lisha Manoj of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, attended a workshop conducted by Cambridge University Press on the topic ‘Teaching and Testing Language Skills Effectively’ at India International Centre on 8 November 2012. The workshop was conducted by two eminent educationists Mrs. Rajni Badlani and Mrs. Urmila Guliani.
The workshop focused on the strategies English teachers need to use to enable their students to communicate effectively in English. It also addressed the issue of how the wash back effect of teaching impacts on the tasks and activities to be used in the classroom. Wash back effect is the influence that a test has on the way students are taught (e.g. the teaching mirrors the test because teachers want their students to pass).
Details of the Cambridge ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) for students and TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test) for language teachers were provided to the participants. |
| 32 students of Class V of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh actively participated in AWIM workshop conducted by SAE on 12th October 2012 in our school. The students designed skimmers with different shape of sails. The judgement was made on different parameters like the speed and the distance covered by the skimmer. It was a fun filled activity for the children where they worked independently using their logical skills and creativity. |
| A workshop was organized by Jodo Gyan at the Heritage School, Rohini. Ms. Saryu and Ms. Monita, teachers of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, attended the same. It focussed on guiding teachers to teach Maths especially ‘Numbers’ and ‘Number Sense’ through activities and play-way method. Use of various tool kits like Ganit Mala, Dice, Ganit Rack and Blocks were demonstrated. |
| Around 25 students of class X of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh accompanied by their teachers attended a workshop on the US Presidential Elections on 4th October, 2012 at the American Centre, New Delhi. It was hosted by Mr. Donald Maynard, who is the cultural officer, working at the US Embassy in India. It was an interactive session in which many schools participated which threw light on the upcoming US Presidential Elections to be held on 6th November, 2012. The electoral process was explained in detail, with the help of videos and presentations. Time to Time, Mr. Maynard highlighted the differences between the way political leaders are elected in India as well as the U.S. The session stressed upon the role of Vice Presidents, the political campaigns, presidential debates etc. Students were rewarded with T-shirts and bags for their thought provoking questions and answers. It was a wonderful experience for all. |
| On 14th August, 2012, a workshop on Vedic Maths was organized for the students of science and Commerce stream of class XII of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec School, Meera Bagh. A great scholar in Vedic Maths, Mr. Rakesh Mishra was the resource person who headed the workshop. It was a one hour funfilled workshop where various tricks to ease out the calculations, to increase the speed and accuracy were discussed. This was then followed by a mini aptitude test. In the end a short career guidance session was also conducted which helped the students to identify, plan and pursue their career ambitions to a great extent. |
| 12 Youth Forum on Protection of Biodiversity was organized by the Department of Environment in association with the Indian Environment Society on 8 August 2012 at Delhi Secretariat. Saumya Verhwani (IX-E), Sanya Kumra (IX-E), Mayank Rawal (IX-C) and Sanyam Oberoi (IX-A) of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, had the unique opportunity to share the common platform with many scientists and discuss the various environmental issues with special reference to the biodiversity of Delhi. It was very informative and interactive session. |
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| SAE AWIM (A World in Motion) – Society of Automotive Engineers, organized a Master Teacher Training Program on 4 August, 2012 in Sanskriti School Chanakyapuri which was attended by Ms. Shimpi Kalsi and Ms. Sudha Chand from St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The workshop aimed at inculcating interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. They got firsthand knowledge of making a balloon - powered Toy Car and a Skimmer which runs by harnessing Wind Energy. They got hands on experience of creating and presenting these toys which travelled fast, carried weight and travelled a substantial distance. It was a unique and fun filled experience. |
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| “Economics Interaction Programme” was conducted by V. K. Global Publications, on 24 July 2012, at St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. Mr. V. K. Ohri, Retd. Associate Professor of ShyamLal College, DU, was the resource person. The session was attended by many teachers from schools of West and North Delhi. Prof. Ohri clarified various concepts of Micro & Macro Economics and removed many doubts of the teachers. The interaction between the teachers and the expert Prof. Ohri was excellent. The workshop was very illuminating and helpful. |
A workshop on “How difficult can it be- A workshop on Understanding Learning Disabilities” was attended by Ms. Sakshi Saddi and Ms. Nitika Kumar, St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, on 20th July 2012. The workshop was headed by Dr. Samir Parikh and his team of expert Psychiatrists, Department of Mental Health and Behavioral sciences, Fortis healthcare.
The workshop also announced the launch of “School Counsellors Forum” a unique initiative conceptualised to provide a platform for practicing counsellors and school teachers working in school settings to be able to exchange, discuss and formulate ways of working with children and adolescents.
The session was aimed at addressing the clinical aspects and management of individual cases brought by counsellors of eminent schools from West Delhi. |
On 6th July 2012, the school organized an interactive workshop for all the Hindi teachers to help them combat classroom teaching issues and acquaint them with new teaching techniques. It was organized in collaboration with the publication house ‘Goyal Brothers‘.
Dr. V. K. Singh, a known Hindi laureate and Ms. Shiksha Kaushik, a senior teacher were the esteemed guests of the workshop who enlightened the audience with their words to strengthen the roots of Hindi language.
The teachers found great motivation and help from Dr. V. K. Singh who emphasized on the Role of Hindi in Modern Times. |
The nation is celebrating 125th birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan in 2012 which has been declared as the Year of Mathematics as enunciated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister.
The National Progressive School’s Conference organized a Maths Workshop for developing practical skills essentially needed for Maths education in schools. The workshop was conducted by Dr. Hukum Singh, a pioneer in setting up Maths Lab. in schools all over the nation. He emphasized that according to CCE pattern the problem of the child should be observed and the remedial measures should be immediately implemented. Activity based teaching should start from Class I itself which should be joyful for which he used 3 H’s, Heads on, Hands on and Hearts on. Ms. Rita Mathur and Ms. Monica Som attended this workshop which was very informative and productive. |
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A comprehensive mathematics workshop was organized by St. Mark’s Senior Secondary Public School Meera Bagh for all the mathematics teachers teaching classes IX to XII of the St. Mark’s School New Delhi. Fifteen mathematics teachers along with Vice Principal Mrs. Veena Wahi and Vice Principal of St. Mark’s Girl’s Sr. Sec. School, Mrs. Sabina Shergil, attended the workshop conducted by the eminent Mathematics expert Mr. M. L. Aggarwal, who has authored several books in the subject.
The topics taken up were Real Numbers, Tangents to a Circle and Probability. Extensive analysis, elaborate explanations with examples and stimulating exercises were the salient features of the event. The four and half hour session turned out to be an enriching and refreshing experience to all concerned. |
A teacher can be a good guide to the students when she herself is in a continous learning process.
A workshop was held on ‘Innovative Teaching of English language’ on 5th July 2012. It was sponsored by the Maduban Publications. The resource person was Mrs. Shobha Sidder. She has 30 years of teaching experience and is also a soft skill trainer. Indeed, a learned person with spiritual bend. The whole atmosphere was abuzz with vibrancy and interesting activities. Everyone seemed to be fully charged and enjoyed the session to the fullest. Overall, it was a great learning experience and motivational too. |
“Time Management is directly proportional to our goals” said Mr. Bhaavesh Suryakant, who has a Masters degree in Applied Psychology and is the founder member of EXCELLENCE Educo, a program partner with HT PACE since 2004, on his visit to St. Mark’s Senior Secondary Public School, Meera Bagh on 5 July 2012 during his workshop on Time Management.
The event attended by 65 teachers was well received by all present and was appreciated for its rich content, clarity and context. Salient features of the workshop were the “paper boat making” activity to self assess significant aspects of Time Management like, delegation, quantity along with quality, collaboration and clarification of role / goal, how to take maximum time out for oneself, to know when to be ‘unperfect’ and to strike a balance between ”How Much” and "How Well”. High light of the session was the 80 - 20 rule wherein one realizes that no one is perfect (100%). Successful Time Management depends on four criteria, namely, ‘Decide’, ‘Start’, Finish’ and ‘Accept’. While quality is important “Effective Time Management is the ability to know when “Good Enough” is good enough.
An unexpected non teaching working day was utilized well which again is one more aspect of effective Time Management. |
| Ms. Saranpreet Kaur, Ms. Manisha Pathak and two children Veronica Kapoor and Aagosh Saluja went to IIC Lodhi estate on 4 July 2012 to attend a seminar on ‘Beej Swaraj’. The objective was to make people aware of the hazards of using hybrid seed and food products and promote indigenous seeds. |
A workshop on memory enhancement was organized for teachers of St. Mark's School, Meera Bagh on the 4th of July 2012. Teachers were taught various skills to help students learn to memorise their lessons in a more constructive way.
The teachers were told to associate their lessons with other day to day objects. They were also told to relate to humorous instances or other anecdotes as such associations lead to better retention in the students. The resource person for the workshop was Ms. Vandana Tandon, Consultant , TOI. |
| A workshop for science teachers was organized by Oxford publication. Ms. Arti Sapra of St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh attended this workshop. The resource person who handled the whole program was Ms. Champa Banerjee. She gave the innovative ideas of teaching in a class room. She told the teachers to use different life skills and following a method of doing and learning. All the teachers were given different worksheets to be completed during the workshop. Overall it was a wonderful experience to be a part of workshop. |
Five students of St. Mark’s School, Meera Bagh : G. Anubhav (X-D), Abhay Sharma (X-D), Pranav Verma (X-D), Vaibhav Baweja (X-E) and Rishabh Kohli (VIII-C) attended an Astronomy Workshop at Gyan Mandir Public School, Naraina Vihar on the 1st of June 2012.
The main focus of the workshop was to orient the students on astronomy, the special features of the planets, their positions in the night sky and prepare to witness the dramatic event of the Transit of Venus across the face of the sun on June 06, 2012.
The students asked various questions regarding this astronomical phenomenon from the resource person, Mr. Deepak Sharma, Dept. of Science and Technology. |
| 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’. |
| N- Computing and Omni organized a workshop on 28th April 2012 for Computer Teachers at Mahavir Senior Model School. It was attended by Ms. Vaishali Lamba and Mr. Naveen Gupta. The seminar was on “Cost saving trends in Technology“. It focused on emerging trends in technology using which schools can save on hardware investment. |
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. Sudha Chand and Ms. Manisha Pathak attended a two day seminar organized by Navdanya about Biopiracy and seed patents wherein the perils of using hybrid seeds were discussed by eminent persons of related field. They told how the indigenous seeds kept and preserved by farmers are superior to the seeds provided by big MNC’S. |
| As a part of climate eduxchange program a national level seminar was organized by Teri, it was attended by Ms. Saranpreet and Ms. Arti Sapra of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh. The seminar showcased the importance and relevance of ICT in formal and non formal education. There were participants from various sectors including academic institutions, colleges, NGO’S and corporate. Amongst various speakers were CEO of DELL and Director of TERI Dr. Pauchari. |
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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