10th September, 2019, Tuesday was a working day for teachers at Podar World School, Sherkhi while students had a holiday on account of Muharram. The day began with a workhop on ‘Lifeskills’ with the Principal, Ms Preeta Pillai as the resource person. It was an attempt to reinforce the lessons on the lifeskills through pragmatic methods adopted by her. She started her talk on the three broad lifeskills, thinking, social and emotion skills. Then it gradually moved on to the subskills under the three main skills. The session started at 9:30 a.m. with the teachers assembling at the atelier and the Principal dividing them into groups of five. They were then given the task to make a logo and name for their group and justify the same. Every group quite creatively designed a logo and gave a name and as the whole process was a very thoughtful one, each group could justify their work through various skills. They were then shown a PPT on all the life skills and the teachers were made to fill certain worksheets that highlighted interpersonal relationship, effective communication, self awareness, critical thinking, empathy, problem solving skills etc as a part of the workshop. Activities that reinforced the importance of Empathy, critical thinking and creativity were carried out enabling the session to be one, that of ‘learning by doing’. On the whole it was a great learning experience.
Lastly the ISA Coordinators, the team of dedicated team of teachers who were a part of the ISA Project were duly appreciated by the Principal, Ms Preeta Pillai, the actual motivator and driving force behind any accomplishments.
