Alert today – Alive tomorrow.

The Road Safety Week was observed from Sunday, 5th  to Thursday, 9th May 2013,it was an innovative effort by the Students Voice Group of the Winchester School, student community has joined their hands to spread the awareness and messages to the parents on the need of Safe driving on roads and around the school premises. Truly appreciate the effort taken by the students and staff to reduce the number of road accidents by creating mass awareness. The SVGs, involving students from year 1 to Year 10 took the initiative, a first of its kind in our school, the students mainly focused on creating awareness among parents and students through posters competitions and special assemblies, objective of the assemblies were to share and carry the awareness messages to parents. Videos and presentations were compiled by the SVGs and shared during the registration time.

The Key Stage 3 students were in full vigour of celebrating The Road Safety Week , their enthusiasm has taken them to the next step of spreading awareness through parades with posters. Despite of the extreme heat outside during the school dispersal time , these students urged to spread messages with their lovely messages and awareness posters to mums and dads who had come to pick their children. We could see the sparkles of joy in the eyes of the parents, they were proud to see their children showing concerns for the community and for their family itself. This was indeed the icon of the week.

Winchester firmly believe that TOGETHER WE Can. Students are the best instruments for creating such awareness in parents, so let’s all live with their dreams.

Nirmal Rani- Head of Key Stage 3 (2012-2013)

　

 A word from one of our Winchester PD champions (This article was published in the Winchester PD News letter) 

The PD Programme in Winchester is designed to foster the personal and professional development of teachers, to enhance their teaching effectiveness and the effectiveness of students’ learning. I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to the Head of PD, Mr. Rohan Roberts for his enthralling training sessions.

I am lucky that I enrolled myself for the Cambridge International Certificate for Teachers programme . We, the cohort-2, would wait eagerly for Thursday afternoons just so we could attend these trainings. We were enriched with the practical, theoretical and ICT learning experiences we had in an active learning environment. I wish I could bring back the great time I had with a great team and a great teacher, Mr. Roberts.

But I am thankful that the CPDs we have on Wednesdays are an ongoing process in Winchester. It’s wonderful to be part of the Winchester PD sessions. Teachers gain a lot through attending and conducting the PD sessions. Teachers have immense opportunities in Winchester; it’s the choice of the teacher to be a trainer or a trainee.

 

I have remarked that Winchester school is a platform for all the teachers who have a keen desire to enhance their teaching skills. I earlier discussed my desire to conduct a PD on Creative Displays and was encouraged enthusiastically. This gave me an opportunity to share my experience and to work with a wider team as there were teachers from both the secondary and primary. In April, I also led a PD for the Transport Department on the etiquettes and responsibilities of the drivers and conductors. This gave me a new experience of working with another department. The next PD I will be leading will be on Purposeful Play to Inspire Learning for the 21st Century Global Society.

It’s not only the teachers but our students too who benefit from these opportunities. Next week we have student-led ICT training for teachers, I am so excited to work with them as a co-facilitator. Winchester has groomed my career. I’m confident that I will continue to learn, explore and create a new spirit for education. - Nirmal Rani

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The Continuous Professional Development Programme in Winchester is designed to foster the personal and professional development of teachers, to enhance their teaching effectiveness and

the effectiveness of students’ learning. Before moving to testify my golden experiences in Winchester, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to the Head of Professional Development, Mr. Rohan Roberts for his baffling training sessions.

Luck was beside me as I got a chance to enroll myself for the CICT training sessions, we the cohort 2 waited for Thursday afternoons to happen. It would have been a great loss, if one could have missed out this opportunity. We were enriched and chiseled with the practical, theory and blog experiences. We had to successfully wind up our training in three months’ time. I wish I could have stopped the time machine as it grabbed away the great time with a great team and a great teacher, Mr. Rohan.

But thankful to the Wednesdays-CPD’s as it an ongoing process in Winchester. It’s a bliss being a part of the Winchester PD sessions. Teachers draw an insight of their skills and potentials through attending and conducting the PD sessions. Teachers have immense opportunities in Winchester; it’s the choice of the teacher to be a trainer or a trainee. Teachers are so confident in themselves, creating a stimulating learning environment, designing or planning lesson plans and resources to cater the multiple intelligence.

I have remarked that Winchester school is a platform for all the teachers who have keen desire in enhancing their teaching profession. I just revealed my desire to conduct a PD on, Creativity. This gave me an opportunity to share my experience and to work with a wider team as there were teachers from both the secondary and primary. I have never missed out these golden chances; I have also led a PD for the Transport Department on, the etiquettes and responsibilities of the drivers and conductors. This gained a new experience and working with another department was real excitement. My next PD is on -Purposeful play to inspire learning for the 21st century global society.

It’s not only the teachers but our students too benefit these opportunities. Next week we have student led ICT training for teachers, I am so excited to work with them as a co-facilitator. Winchester has groomed my career. I’m confident and I will still learn, explore to create a new spirit for education. And moreover these in-service trainings will help to raise student progress and create fun-filled and active learning classrooms.

 PD for teachers on Creative       Displays

Presentation for Winchester School Drivers and Conductors on -Etiquettes and Responsibilities.

Engaging The Shy Learners

Great experience

For a successful interactive lesson most of the teachers, including me very often focus to pick and involve smart students. It often happens during a lesson observation, we tend to incline towards smart students. So it gives a good impact on how we deliver the lesson and we come up with a failure comment or feedback that some students were ignored or not noticed. So I wanted to change my attitude towards this belief and start believing that a success of a lesson is achieved when every member of the class has an equal and balanced contribution towards the topic. Moreover to give a platform for all my shy learners so that they will develop confidence, boost up their energy and become life long, independent learners.

Team Spirit

United we stand,divided we fall

Team spirit or team effort is attained with mutual understanding and support.Great minds work together.The success of a team is based  on the trust of the group members.

Every member should have a clear idea on the aims and targets of the group.Before setting anthing new,we need to consult with the team members for approval.Praise the team members for their hard work and contributions.Teams should revisit the aims and targets to reinforce them.Have a clear planning on who does what,when why and how?Never blame each other while flaws happen,consider it as the fault of the team.And work together to recover them.Have open discussions and clear objectives.Find the right ways to achieve the outcomes.Celebrate the success together.Sweet are the seeds of hard work .Ensure we earn these seeds together and taste it together.

VAK

Catering Multiple Intelligence
Learners prefer using different learning styles.It's the duty of the teacher to analyse the learner and cater according to the ability.

Visual -Most of the learners prefer learning through images,flash cards,films,displays,handouts,etc.

Auditory-The learner prefers or learns better through listening to sounds,noises,speeches,spoken words of self or others.

Kinesthetic -Learning through physical experience.Activities inculde-hands on activities,model