Workshop on STEM Education

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — in an interdisciplinary and applied approach. Rather than teach the four disciplines as separate and discrete subjects, STEM integrates them into a cohesive learning paradigm based on real-world applications.

A workshop on STEM Education was organised on 6th July, 2019 in the school auditorium. The resource persons were Dr. Amitabh Sharma and Deepti Agarwal who made the sessions interactive and interesting. 54 teachers participated in the workshop from various schools in Delhi and NCR.

Dr. Amitabh Sharma organised few innovative activities for instance: building a lung model, creating a pollution mask and also an electrical circuit. These activities were undertaken to make us understand the importance of including STEM in the curriculum and easing the understanding of the concepts mentioned in the textbooks. The pollution masks created by the participants were even tested against smoke and dust. Another interesting activity was the designing of helmets and testing it by dropping it from different heights. Thus the practical aspects of the concepts in science were diligently discussed as well as demonstrated.

Our students are already getting practical knowledge through the Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL). We plan to further integrate the ATL with STEM methodology and give our students a practical overview of all theoretical concepts. It will help to create an innovative teaching, learning and assessment environment. This would further enable them to become critical thinkers. We plan to introduce Environmental issues and ask students to find out solutions for those. Such activities will be introduced to create critical thinking among students and also make them a problem solver.

Our school is already working on activities based teaching, but STEM gives us idea to mix various concepts of different subjects together to come out with something useful and new. Our labs are also in association with Atal Tinkering lab which is giving exposure to students about new technologies and their implementations.

Commerce faculty Mrs. Esha Goya of Red Roses Public School, Gurugram attended five days workshop on ‘Financial Markets Management Program’ for classes XI and XII organized by CBSE in association with NSE from 21st May,19 to 25th My,19 at Bal Bhavan Public School, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi.

The aim of the workshop was to provide the awareness to expore the FMM as career option. The session was initiated by Mr. G.C. Sharma, Education Advisor, NSE. He discussed about the future prospects of financial markets management program.

The session was taken over by Mr. Rishi Mehra and Ms. Monica Sachdeva, visiting faculty of NSE. They threw light on the investment opportunities available and returns associated with them to facilitate comparison. Later they highlighted on the importance of investing in financial markets to achieve one’s life goals. Different techniques and strategies in this regard were discussed with the teachers. Further they explained the important concepts covered in the curriculum of Financial Market Management subject.

On the last day, Mr. Abhishek Dave, Chief Manager, NSE academy, explained the NLT software meant for trading in stock exchange. He also discussed about the benefits of the subject in career building of students. He then explained the procedure to get enrolled with NSE and NCFM exam which will enable the students to qualify for career in financial markets.

This five days workshop was very informative and gave the blue print of the subject to upgrade the skills and proficiency of the young generation.

Mock Fire Drill
Date 21 December 2018

A fire drill was conducted in the premises of Red Roses Public School, Palam Vihar on 21 December 2018 in which evacuation mock drill was performed. The faculty, staff and students were trained in handling the basic fire fighting extinguishers. They were educated about different types of fires and selection of fire extinguishers.

The course was intended for all working staff and students to understand their responsibilities in case of fire to safeguard themselves and others and control fire at its incipient stage as the first few minutes of the fire breaking out is considered crucial for dousing the fire.

The training also made us aware how to orderly evacuate in case of any emergency, making us aware of escape routes and designated assembly area. The training was conducted under the supervision of Mr. G D Devgan. Students asked many questions and even tried their hands on the fire extinguishers.

Japanese style Non Cognitive Skills Development
Date: 15th December 2018

A workshop was organised for teachers and students on Japanese style non cognitive skills development on 15th December 2018. This was conducted by Shin Edupower, a Japanese firm specialising in learning solutions. This was mainly for primary math teachers and students.

During the workshop, teachers and students were made to participate in many fun filled activities. It included creating different shapes using cards e.g. shapes of animals, vegetables, fruits, geometrical patterns and playing with dices to build three dimensional objects. The children enjoyed the activities immensely and were in full spirits. Even the teachers turned into kids and participated with full enthusiasm.

Finally, they divided us into two teams and played a mathematical game. The teams competed with each other in every question and this was an enjoyable team activity. The idea was to make the children learn about shapes, sizes, calculations in a fun manner. The Japanese ideas were indeed innovative and not only stimulated the minds of children but also the teachers.

Mind Map Learning Technique
Date: 15th December 2018

A workshop on Mind Map Learning Technique was organised for teachers on 15th December 2018, in order to get them acquainted with mind map learning techniques. The resource person was Mr. Sandeep Solanki from Orange Education Pvt Ltd.

Mr. Solanki took us into the wonderful world of mind maps and how it could help imparting lessons in a structured and simplified manner. How children learn and how their mind perceives the complex theories and phenomena was an interesting topic. It facilitated better understanding of relationships and connections between ideas and concepts. Teachers tried making mind maps related to their subjects and got a hand on approach.

They drew different shapes with branches and tried colouring and linking them. Teachers also discussed different challenges they faced while teaching their subjects and how they could be tackled efficiently through mind maps. Mr Solanki addressed and different queries gave a mind map perspective to all problems.

A Career in Shipping
‘Merchant Navy’

Date – 27-07-18 Day: Friday
Time 8:00- 9:00 AM

Red Roses Public School, PalamVihar organized a seminar offering career option in Merchant Navy on Friday (27-07-18). The event was hosted by Ms. Rupali Bakshi Jr. Manager at Anglo Eastern Maritime Academy.

Our Students of classes IX, X, XI and XII (Science Stream) with their respective class teacher attended the seminar. The workshop was conducted to impart guidance on Merchant Navy, as a career option. Students were also informed about adventurous life on ships.

She highlighted various courses like-:

• Diploma in Nautical Science
• Graduate Marine Engineering
• Electro Technical Officers

Students can peruse these courses to work in Merchant Navy.

The eligibility criteria and future prospects of Merchant Navy aroused interest among the students. In the end students got the opportunity to put their queries regarding the same. The workshop was very informative and gave clarity about why and how to pursue Merchant Navy as a career. School is committed to organize such kind of career oriented seminars in future also.

Date – 31st JULY 2018
8:25 AM-9:50 AM

The Workshop was held on 31-07-2018 in the School mini auditorium. Mr. UDAY BEDI addressed the students of classes IX-XII. It was basically an overview to know about law as career for students, Mr. Bedi gave important information about law and the essentials about how to be a Lawyer. He further shared his experience about life as a lawyer. He went on to explain about the legal and non-legal career options, the procedure, cost, documents required etc. He emphasised that after class XII students can directly apply to be a Lawyer but before that students have to pass class XII with good marks.

They would need to qualify an entrance test of a reputed university to achieve their goal. Mr. Bedi guided us about how to practise Law, enrolment and the subjects we would study in Law. He further guided the students on how to enrol with the Bar Council and Association. He answered all the questions which were asked by the students like:-

• LLB (Lebum Baccalaureus) 3 Year Course
• LLM (Latin legume Magister) 5 Year Course
• WRIT (Formal Written Order Issued By A Govt.)
• PIL (Public Interest Litigation)

Mr.Bedi added that one can pursue law alongwith some other Job/Business at the same time. He spent his precious 85 minutes with us. The students participated with keen interest and their relevent questions made the workshop a healthy discussion as opposed to a monotonous lecture.

GET ACTIVE

To promote good nutrition and active life style among our school children, a workshop was conducted on 14th August, 2018 for Classes –II toVIII. The resource person was Dr. Vishwas katyal and Mr. Suman Singh, Project Manager –Swashrit (NGO) conducted this workshop to educate our children about the importance of iron rich foods in daily diet for the formation of Hemoglobin which carries oxygen to different parts of the body. The students were informed that low hemoglobin level causes iron deficiency i.e. anaemia. They also talked about the symptoms of IDA and stressed upon the preventions to be taken to avoid IDA as listed below.

Preventions of IDA

• Include a variety of iron rich foods in daily diet like yellow dal, rajma, 4-5 dates, spinach and mutton.
• Include iron absorption enhancers like foods rich in vitamin c. example- orange, guava, amla and lemon.
• Limit iron absorption inhibitors. Example- tea and coffee.
• Consume iron fortified foods and snacks.

• Who is most likely to have iron deficiency?
• What happens to the body with iron deficiency?
• Why should we not take tea or coffee along with the food?

The children were satisfied and all their queries were answered well. They concluded the work shop with rapid fire round of question-answers to the students and instructed them to take food rich in iron to remain fit, active and healthy.

Mrs. Pratibha Kaushik and Mrs. Gunjan Pathak volunteered themselves to be the Health and wellness coordinators to continue with IDA programme and conduct various activities with the students in the current session.

Red Roses Public School under the aegis of Health and Wellness Club organised a workshop on Adolescent Issues and importance of Health and Hygiene during young age for classes 6th to 12th on 14th August, 2018. The motive for organising this workshop was to educate girls on how to look after their personal hygiene.

The session was conducted by Ms. Isha Malhotra (Direct Marketing Executive) from Procter and Gamble. The instructor provided them with the thorough knowledge regarding the biological changes that take place during this age.

The workshop effectively focussed on various problems faced by girls through video clips and demonstrations. All the doubts were cleared by the resource person.

The workshop proved to be highly fruitful for the girls as they got the opportunity to ask their queries and now they are more confident to deal with and take care of their personal hygiene regarding all biological issues of this age.

For Fostering scientific learning in childhood active hands-on approach is very important. What would be more creative than science and what better way to explore science than by working with student’s own innate creativity.

The workshops are the juncture of sharing knowledge, expressing ideas and problem solving. To make learning of physics more interesting and easy through a variety of simple yet concept driven experiments, a week-long physics workshop was conducted by our school in conjuction with Innovation lab “Atal Tinkering lab”, from 6thto 10th August 2018 for classes I to X.

Mr. Ashwini kumar the resource person in association with our Science teachers introduced various innovative methods of learning different concepts of physics in a fun-filled manner.

During the workshops all students were provided the access to materials by the school and were effectively guided to perform various experiments.

Students of classes I and II learnt the relation between light and shadow by making shadow images on the chart papers stuck on the walls.

Class III students prepared a working model of Solar and Lunar eclipse and understood the difference between the two eclipses and how they are caused.

Kaleidoscopes using mirror strips were formed by the students of class IV. They understood how the combination of mirrors could form multiple images and how beautifully they combine. This activity helped in enriching their knowledge about the light mirror and reflections.

To make students understood the concept of illusion students of class IV and V made two separate pictures and learned how the two can be combined in single image by varying the speed. This helped them to learn how persistence of vision can create illusion.

Similarly students of class VI created a magic box which helped them to understand how positioning of mirror at different angles creates illusion.

In order to make the students of class VII understand the concept of light and refraction, they were guided to make a 3D hologram. Students were amazed to know how light can convert 2D objects into 3D.

Using the concept of multiple reflection class VIII students formed an infinite magic tunnel. They learned how reflection can create illusion.

To provide the students the real life experience and enhance their conceptual knowledge students of class IX to X created magic box and magic tap respectively. They learned in a fun-filled manner that illusion can be created by refraction.

The objective of the entire workshop was to enhance their conceptual knowledge by giving them practical exposure which was effectively achieved.

Venue: Red Roses Public School, Palam Vihar, Gurugram
Date: 27 and 28 November 2018

A capacity building programme for Career Guidance was organised at Red Roses Public School, Palam Vihar on 27 and 28 November 2018. Its main objective was to enable teachers understand, make aware and guide students about the various career options available after class XII. The resource person was Ms Archana Narain, Principal, Indian Heights School, Dwarka. The occasion was also graced by the presence of Ms. B Aruna Kumari, ex Principal, DPS, Vishakhapatnam, as a participant.

The first day started with a session on guidance and counselling elucidating how they both were different. The career development process was discussed. The importance of self understanding, self accepting and self directing was stressed upon. Different kinds of team activities were organised which helped the participants in understanding the details about choosing the right career paths for students.

Day two began with a discussion on the major steps in career planning namely - know yourself, explore options, get focussed and take action. Amongst a plethora of activities, each team was shown a movie clip related to one particular career and were made to brainstorm and present various aspects related to that particular career such as educational and personal requirement, method of entry, nature of work, working conditions, challenges in the work, remuneration, advancement/employment trend. Later they were also allotted various job titles and made to perform either a role play or a nukkad natak which further clarified our doubts regarding those career options. The importance to blend life skills with daily teaching to help students learn to function independently in the society also got contemplated.

The lunch and refreshments arrangement were duly taken care of and this turned out to be a nice learning experience for each and every participant.