The power of education can bring about great social change. An interactive and impactful Gender Sensitization Workshop was conducted by Breaking Barriers for DPS Rohini on 19 October 2022 for Classes X and XI , with almost 400 students attending this session in twobatches.The entire team worked together with much enthusiasm to deliver a very informative presentation. The campaign team members discussed various concepts related to the LGBT+community and human rights. The audience was keenly engaged and asked many questions and made note of key points. They expressed interest in having more sessions like these and so that they may initiate Breaking Barriers campaigns in their own campus.
In a continuous endeavour to provide the right guidance to students, Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar is proud to announce an association with Jitin Chawla’s Centre for Career Development. A counsellor from the organization will be available in school every Wednesday from 9.00 A.M. to 2.00 P.M. to assist students in finding and walking on the right career path for them. To introduce the benefits of the Career Resource Centre, Mr Jitin Chawla conducted orientation sessions for the students of Classes X-XII from 11-13 October 2022 where he guided them on how to make the best of the opportunity.
The Primary wing of the school celebrated the Junior Sports Meet on 21 October 2022. Grandparents were specially invited to be a part of this exciting day. Dr. Sunita Godara, the 1992 Asian Marathon Gold Medalist, was the Chief Guest at this mega event.The air was vibrant with energy and cheers as the audience watched the much awaited athletic events where competitiveness among the students was at itspeak. The young athletes participated in various races; flat race, fun races and relay races. In between there were graceful aerobics presentations and a scintillatingdisplay of yoga and taekwondo. The races organized for the grandparents and the teachers saw an impressive participation. The ceremony ended with the declaration of results and encouraging words from the chief guest. It was a very special day for all the little ones, featuring sportsmanship, unbridled enthusiasm and happy memories to cherish. Click here for more photos
Students of Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar, successfully participated in The Fit India Freedom Run 3.0 organized by the Government of India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports from 2nd October to 31st October 2022. The Sports department encouraged the students to inculcate fitness in their daily routines to maintain their health.
The Inter-house sports activities organized for classes IX-XII in the month of August included Basketball, Football and Volleyball. In each of these events, players showed improving levels of skill and definitely put their best foot forward , determined to help their Houses reach the top. The teams played to win and didn’t want to settle for anything less. True sportsmanship was seen on all fronts during the matches. Result Sports Activity FIRST POSITION SECOND POSITION Football Sr Boys Shanti House Shakti House Volleyball Mix Sr Category Ekta House Pragati House Basketball- Sr boys Pragati House Disqualified Basketball- Sr Girls Pragati House Ekta House
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Educational Institutions Breaking Barriers celebrated the 4th anniversary of the repealing of Sec 377 on 6th September 2022 by organizing and conducting an Educators Workshop on “Inclusion Matters” – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Educational Institutions. Close to 40 educators including counsellors , teachers and Vice Principals attended this workshop which was supported by the High Commission of Canada. The session had opening remarks by Mr Colin Shonk, Counsellor and Head of Advocacy Program from the Canadian Embassy, and talks by Atindra, Counselor and Legal Advisor for NAZ Foundation and Kiran, Transgender Model and Actress.As educators are the catalysts of change so the aim of this workshop was to engage educators in discussions on greater inclusion in classrooms via activities, social experiments, class discussions, art, films, and more. Educators brainstormed ideas, asked questions and took these thoughts back to their schools. We hope that they now work on creating inclusive school policies and create comfortable, safe space for their students and staff in their campus. All the educators gave positive feedback and wanted our campaigners to visit their schools to initiate the Breaking Barriers campaign in their schools. That students conducted the workshop and that lgbt+ guests shared their experiences was what impressed them most.All participants received certificates from the Canadian Embassy and from our school.
National Sports Day, which is celebrated on 29th August every year, is dedicated to the memory of renowned hockey player Major Dhyan Chand . He was known for his extraordinary ball control and goal-scoring feats, in addition to earning three Olympic gold medals, in 1928, 1932 and 1936, during an era where India dominated field hockey. His influence extended beyond these victories, as India won the field hockey event in seven out of eight Olympics from 1928 to 1964. Our school celebrated National Sports Day with much enthusiasm this year, starting with a speech about Major Dhyan Chand in the Assembly by Krrish Vikram Jain, the Assistant Sports Captain, who spoke about the significance of the date and also encouraged students to inculcate physical activity in their daily routine to keep themselves fit and healthy. Later, we had an exciting volleyball match between the teachers and the school volleyball team in which the teachers proved to be more sporty than our school team and thus won the match! For students of Classes III to XII , we had various fun activities throughout the week starting from 24th August to 29th August. The activities included a lot of games like kho-kho, head shoulder knee toe, seven stones, balance the ball, air hoopie, giant tic-tac-toe. We ended the celebrations with a hard fought tug of war between Classes XI and XII. The Sports Department planned and organized these activities and said that sports should be a part of everyone’s life.
ANON Global Foundation, an initiative to develop Mental Health and Lifestyle, organized an event called ANON Utsav on the 29th of July 2022 as they turned three. The event was organized at Apparel House, Gurgaon where our school’s Team Awaam was invited to perform a street play on one of the life skills. We chose Khrod (Anger, an act on how anger affects one mentally and physically) The three hour long event also saw dance, music, poetry and more from 14 other schools across Delhi. The guest of honor was Mrs Rema Alex Daniel, recipient of Delhi State Award & CBSE National Award and the Chief Guest was Mr J.P Saini, Vice Chancellor of Netaji Subhash University of Technology. The founder of ANON, Ms Aarti Girdhar praised our performers for their efforts and shared some insightful thoughts on how schools can contribute towards mental and physical well-being.Our student performers were Parthivi Bhatia and Viniti Sabharwal of VIII-B, Kavya Anand and Angad of class X, and Aarav Suri of class XII. The students were also felicitated with gifts and certificates of participation.
The Inter-House Sports Activities organised for classes IX-XII in the month of July included Badminton, Table Tennis and Cricket. In each of these the students showed excellent team spirit, competitiveness and well thought out strategy in order to advance their House points. RESULTS Sports Activity FIRST POSITION SECOND POSITION Cricket – Sr Boys Ekta House Shanti House Table Tennis – Sr Girls Shanti House Ekta House Table Tennis – Sr Boys Pragati House Shakti House Badminton – Sr Girls Shakti House Ekta House
The Inter-House Sports Activities organised for classes VI-VIII in the month of May included football and volleyball. The teams put in their utmost to make their House win. In volleyball too, each participant tried their best to not let the ball touch the ground and thus lose points. RESULTS Sports Activity FIRST POSITION SECOND POSITION Football – Jr Boys Pragati House Shakti House Volleyball – Mix Jr Category Shanti House Shakti House