What is it?
Design thinking is a creative approach to problem-solving. Creativity is harnessed through continued practice and providing opportunities to apply it. We believe that by providing Design Thinking at the school, we harness our student’s creativity and provide the capability to go beyond adapting to normal routines and ordinary thinking practices. Design thinking starts with people. It’s about putting human needs at the centre of what we do. It’s about simple mindset shifts and new ways of looking at problems through Empathy and Collaboration.
For an idea to be both meaningful and successful, our students would be exploring things around them with Empathy, Ideation, Prototyping and Application with feasibility, desirability and viability. Making their way through this path, children can naturally design processes that will make lives better for the whole human race.
The Design Thinking practice at the school is embedded in the Co-Curricular activities and in timetabled classes. Students, with their interest groups, explore the various phases of design thinking and come up with creative solutions to problems that they are passionate about. The skills of design thinking will help students take the biggest of their challenges and build their creative competence with the support of caring and creative mentors.
STEM Club
To encourage and inculcate scientific temper among students, the STEM Exhibition served as a platform for young minds to depict implementation and advantages of using real-life working models through Design thinking which is our leading framework in ABLE. In addition to helping children understand the skills for the STEM club, we also incorporated the development of empathy, defining a problem, ideation, prototyping and testing. Students presented work on various projects like making stairs for bus students, pollution catcher, walker for disabled people, making pen organizer out of waste materials, LED working model (wooden house), air pressure with balloon car and many more which was highly appreciated by parents who came to witness the work done by our budding Einsteins.
Along with the presentation of working models, display of Innovations toolkits and materials made by students, they also organized different stations for their parents to solve and unlock the mysteries. These activities for parents was to enhance their problem and critical thinking skills such as mystery puzzles, matchsticks, stop-animation videos and drop the pompom ball.
Students enthusiastically engaged and displayed innovation and creativity inculcating a sense of pride among themselves, as they get an opportunity to hone their scientific talents and work on their problem-solving skills. These activities helped them in understanding why certain phenomena appear a certain way and how useful they can be in one’s daily routine. The exhibition was indeed fun and a successful learning journey for our PYP STEM children!
Leadership Club
The Leadership Club explored the principles of Leadership, the meaning of leadership, and the skills and types of Leadership this semester. They also learned about famous leaders around the world and reflected on what they learned from them.
They also explored how to manage events, design and implement an action plan and reflect on our Design Projects. They organised the Friday Storytelling sessions with our parents.
Young Artists
Visual Arts
Students in the Young Artist Visual Arts Club explored Mindful Art, Abstract Art and landscape drawing this semester. They wanted to beautify the school so we decided to decorate our school library with a mural that will inspire other students and will stay for a long time.
They developed their thinking, research and communication skills.
School Orchestra
The Choir students learnt so much about the elements of music and how vocalisation exercises help improve our singing voices. They also learnt about pitch, reading musical notes and the dynamics of music.
Students picked their own songs and the coach helped them deliver them very well. The students have started producing their own music as part of their Design Projects.
Indian Music
Dance and Drama
This semester, the students explored important dancing skills. They learned locomotor and non-locomotor movements, the elements of stage production, and the explorations of stage properties.
Students also explored creative dance movements and presented their own movements and scripts through their design projects.
Entrepreneurship
When students begin learning about Entrepreneurship, they begin to manage their resources early on.
This semester, the students learned the basics of finance, capital and gains, and practical money skills. They began exploring classroom economy and started learning about financial independence.
We are very proud to announce that we were able to generate over Rs. 15,000 for our school services and action projects.
Media and Technology
The Media and Technology Club explored the various types of media available to enthuse people. They learnt what they are for and how they inspire people in multiple ways.
As part of the student's Design Project, they explored various social issues and used media to communicate their message. They emphasize Digital Citizenship to make sure to be more responsible while using technology.
Public Speaking
Confidence is key in public speaking.
Students of Grades 3 to 5 spoke on global issues around the world and came out with a possible solution. Grades 1 and 2 students spoke about experiences around them that they witness on daily basis.
In this exhibition, students placed value into the development of the character. Students have viewed leadership as one of the fundamentals of becoming the best possible that they can be. Through this platform, students have attained an opportunity to discover their unique potential as an effective speaker. They were fully prepared with a thought which says "Speaking in front of others is inevitable". They have also developed different skills throughout their journey in the first semester of Public Speaking Exhibition. They now are good communicators and motivators. Through, this display place, they are free to share their thoughts and knowledge.