The school has been a strong voice for equity and empathy and on 14 October 2025, it brought that vision to life through a powerful Gender Sensitisation Session at St. Mark’s World School, Meera Bagh. Conducted by the Breaking Barriers team of Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar, the session featured Mr. Sahil and Mr. Deepanshu from Naz Foundation (India) Trust. With thoughtful dialogue, experiential activities, and student-led reflections, the session explored gender roles, stereotypes, and the importance of allyship. Insightful, engaging, and reflective—this collaboration truly inspired change and understanding.
The school has been nurturing voices of compassion and understanding. On 13 October 2025, students from Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar and East of Kailash joined hands to conduct a Gender sensitisation session for the caregivers of Salaam Baalak Trust. Through engaging activities and reflective dialogue, participants explored themes of respect, diversity, allyship, and inclusion. The session encouraged open conversations around acceptance and the importance of creating safe spaces. This meaningful collaboration offered powerful insights, reaffirming the shared commitment to building a more inclusive, empathetic, and united community—one conversation at a time.
The school organised a session ‘Building Awareness – Teacher Training on Adolescent Guidance’ on 29 September 2025. It was conducted by Pratisandhi Foundation for the teachers. The workshop focused on building sensitivity and understanding around gender, identity, and adolescent development. Teachers explored the influence of gender norms in classrooms, ways to identify unconscious biases, and methods to promote positive and inclusive behaviour. The session also emphasised calm and appropriate responses to concerning situations while adhering to guidelines under the POCSO Act. The interactive session was appreciated for its relevance and practical approach.
The school organised a session ‘Building Awareness – Teacher Training on Adolescent Guidance’ on 29 September 2025. It was conducted by Pratisandhi Foundation for the teachers. The workshop focused on building sensitivity and understanding around gender, identity, and adolescent development. Teachers explored the influence of gender norms in classrooms, ways to identify unconscious biases, and methods to promote positive and inclusive behaviour. The session also emphasised calm and appropriate responses to concerning situations while adhering to guidelines under the POCSO Act. The interactive session was appreciated for its relevance and practical approach.
On 8 October 2025, students of Classes IV and V participated in an engaging story session by author Mr. Kanav Agnihotri, who narrated his latest tale, ‘Super Sharkaru and the Solar Storm.’ The adventurous story combined imagination with awareness about space phenomena and environmental concerns, encouraging students to think about the impact of pollution beyond Earth. A screening of the animated images brought the story vividly to life, while a fun role-play activity allowed students to step into the characters’ shoes. The session ended with excitement and curiosity about Sharkaru’s future adventures.
As a part of Breaking Barriers under the We Care initiative, the students conducted a Gender Sensitization Session at Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute, Subroto Park on 8 October 2025. The session aimed to foster awareness, empathy, and equality through interactive discussions and reflective activities. Participants from Class XI explored stereotypes, examined unconscious biases, and shared insightful perspectives on inclusion and respect. The engaging dialogue concluded with the message that every individual deserves equal opportunities and dignity. The facilitators were appreciated for their confident communication and meaningful interaction.
The Science, Social Science, and Math departments of our school, along with the faculty of Tagore International School, East of Kailash, attended a special workshop held at Tagore International School, East of Kailash on 16 September 2025. During the session, teachers carried out the excavation of choco chips from cookies. The activity began with pre-excavation observations, such as estimating choco chip distribution and calculating areas. During the excavation, participants identified patterns and recorded data. Post-excavation discussions included applying ratio, proportion, and pattern recognition, exploring scientific aspects of ingredients, and examining excavation processes from a Social Science perspective.The workshop concluded with reflections on how such hands-on, interdisciplinary activities provide meaningful learning experiences and serve as an effective approach to experiential learning in classrooms.
A stimulating Arts Integration Workshop was conducted for teachers on 17 September 2025. The resource persons were Ms. Neera Chopra and Ms. Gauri Sen. They demonstrated how art forms like dance, music, theatre, painting and drama can enrich classroom experiences. The session gave teachers hands-on opportunities through activities such as the Rivers Web Chart , Weave a Story and Collaborative Lesson Design. Teachers were guided to select topics and pair them with suitable art forms and develop creative instructional strategies. The workshop showed that integrating arts improves comprehension, nurtures imagination and makes learning joyful. It was an inspiring professional development initiative. It equipped teachers with new methodologies to promote student engagement and holistic growth.
Our school was delighted to host an engaging author talk for classes III and V on 17 September 2025. Ms Sudhamahi Regunathan, an author and a translator, brought alive timeless tales from the Ramayana, weaving stories of courage, wisdom, and problem-solving. She shared anecdotes of Lord Ganesha, highlighting the importance of finding solutions rather than dwelling on problems. The interactive session kept students spellbound as they eagerly asked questions and received thoughtful answers. The joy was doubled when students purchased books signed by the author. It was an enriching experience that left young learners inspired and smiling.
A Capacity Building Programme on Artificial Intelligence in Classrooms was successfully conducted at St. Mark’s World School on 30 August 2025. The session was expertly led by Ms. Neha Dhyani, a CBSE resource person from Tagore International School Vasant Vihar. Teachers participated in interactive activities, explored practical applications of AI, and gained strategies to create personalised, future-ready learning experiences. The programme concluded with positive feedback, highlighting increased awareness and readiness among educators to embrace AI tools in education.
