Workshops conducted and attended by

Counselling Department

� A workshop was conducted on “Be Smart and Safe: Pre-teen issues”

for parents of class VI & Prerna by Ms. Suman Trivedi on 17.08.13.

� A workshop on “How to talk to your teens” was held on 17.08.13 for

parents of Class VIII & IX including Prerna that was conducted by

Ms. Eve Joshi.

� A workshop on “Self Improvement through Self Assessment” was

conducted by Dr. A. G. Bhalwanker and was attended by Ms. Eve Joshi,

Ms. Suman Trivedi and Ms Varsha Mishra on 17.08.13.

� A workshop on “ADHD and Behaviour Management” for parents of

Prerna, was conducted by Dr. Ajab Primuswala and was attended by

Ms. Suman Trivedi, Ms. Diviya Purohit, Ms. Eve Joshi and Ms. Varsha Mishra

on 07.09.13.

� A workshop on “Dharan Kriya” was conducted by Tanvi Manaas on

07.09.13 and was attended by 18 departmental heads along with Ms.

Suman Trivedi, Ms. Diviya Purohit, Ms. Eve Joshi and Ms. Varsha Mishra.

� To make parenting easier for parents, workshops were conducted by

Ms. Diviya Purohit, counsellor I & II, for the parents of classes I and II on

21.09.13 in Abhivyakti. A research by SEARCH INSTITUTE on

‘DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESTS’ was explained by Ms. Purohit to describe how

the framework identifies and documents positive dimensions of day-to-day

family life that allow families and their members to flourish.

� An orientation programme by SGAI at Baroda was attended by Ms. Bijoya

and Ms. Suman Trivedi on 26.09.13.

� A workshop on “Are you really smart?” for students of grade VIII and IX

was conducted by Ms. Suman Trivedi and Ms Diviya Purohit on 03.10.13.

� SGAI- Advocacy and Orientation Programme was attended by

Ms. Suman Trivedi and Ms. Bijoya Mitra at Navrachna School, Baroda on

05.10.13.

� A meditation Programme for peace conducted by Ms. Kombli Rajagopal was

organized for students of grade VI to X on 30.10.13. It was attended by

Ms. Suman Trivedi and Ms. Eve Joshi.

� A workshop on “separation anxiety” with parents at Calorx Pre-school,

Manekbaug was conducted by Ms. Diviya Purohit on 03.3.14.

� A Conference was organized by IAAP (Indian Association of Applied

Psychology) at Gujarat Law Society from 01.03.14 to 03.03.14. It was

attended by Ms. Suman Trivedi.

� A Conference on “Adjustment as an improvement of quality of life”

organized by ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research) at

Smt. A.S Chaudhary Mahila Arts College Mehsana was attended by

Ms. Suman Trivedi on 22.03.14 & 23.03.14.

Workshops attended by the teachers

� Teachers’ training on “Self Motivation and developing leadership

skills” was conducted by YUVA Unstoppable in three sessions on 12.04.13,

18.04.13 & 03.05.13. A staggering total of 100 teachers participated in the

programme from the Primary section and senior section.

� A team from Eduabroad Consultancy, Mumbai, comprising of Ms. Pratibha

Jain, Ms. Anita Kapoor and Ms. Anita Shah on 18.04.13 visited DPS Bopal.

They were here to counsel and guide the students on education abroad, the

pre- requisites- eligibility, criteria to get admissions in foreign universities,

work permits etc.

� A workshop on “Understanding teaching - learning style” was

conducted by Dr. A. G. Bhalwankar, Provost, Calorx Teachers’ University,

held at CTU on 26.04.13 and was attended by Ms. Hemlata Vaid.

� An enrichment workshop in Economics was held at DPS Dwarka from

29.04.13 - 03.05.13. It was attended by Dr. Mamta Singh (PGT Economics)

� A workshop was attended by Mr. Nishith Raval on “The New World of the

21st Century” by Padma Bhushan Shri Sam Pitroda, held at Gujarat

University Convention Hall on 15.06.13.

� A workshop on “Teachers to Professional Education” was conducted by

Professor Peter DeCosta & Ms. Tarana Patel at A.M.A. on 26.06.13. It

informed the group about the impact of a teacher upon the students like

her conduct, her attitude, sense of dress etc. It also dwelt on “Teachers’ as

a Metaphor”- as facilitator, farmer, mother etc. The workshop was attended

by Ms. Bharti Chhetri & Ms. Kiran Pamnani.

� A workshop on “Social Media In School Education” was conducted at

Calorx University on 06.07.13 by Mr. A. Sethia. It was attended by

Ms. Anju Pachchigar & Ms. Reena Jha. The workshop was about the use of

technology, different websites, and social sites. It also gave ideas on how to

make PPT’s more interesting and how to download online material.

� A workshop was attended by Ms. Sharan Taneja, Mr. Noble Thomas,

Mr. Hukamsingh Verma and Mr. Kehul Purohit on “Educational

Excellence through Team work” on 20.07.13. It was conducted by

Mr. Vivek Randeria at Calorx Teachers’ University, Greenwud.

� A workshop on “Teaching Hindi in an Innovative Way” was organised

at A.M.A. on 27.07.13. It was conducted by Ms. Usha and was attended by

Ms. Simi Arora & Ms. Sushma Pandya. The workshop gave an insight as to

how to make the language more interesting through the use of innovative

and activity based methods. Eg. teaching matras in class 1.

� A workshop on “Effective Classroom Management” was attended by

Ms. Saminder Kaur Guliani and Ms. Rupal Parikh at DPS Dwarka conducted

by DPS Society from 30.07.13 - 02.08.13. It covered various aspects like

How to develop inquisitiveness in Children, Organizing and Managing Class

Learning Environment, Handling Substitution Period Syndrome, Handling

Mixed Ability, Use of ICT Tools in classrooms, Classroom Seating & Designs,

Impact of Right to Education on Classroom Management, Every Child

Matters : Reaching Out to the Whole Class, Compassion for the weak,

Classroom Teacher as a Researcher, Proactive Discipline and Techniques for

Improving Class Discipline and Crisis Management.

� A workshop was attended by Ms Pushpa Nair on mentoring and experience

sharing by Dr. Sadhna P. (Director- Academic and Training-CBSE) at

Aadharshila School, Gandhinagar on 03.08.13.

� A talk was conducted by Mr. Virendra Rawat regarding various green

activities a school can undertake and can also incorporate in their co-

scholastic areas of evaluation on 06.08.13.

� A workshop on “Self improvement through Self Assessment” was

conducted by Dr. Anil G. Bhalwankar at DPS, Bopal on 17.08.13.

Dr. Bhalwankar stressed that the classroom is the best place for research

and that the future of education lies within the four walls of the classroom.

Using visual aids, he explained the concept of Input Indicators, Process

Indicators and Product Indicators; Learning and Teaching style inventory

and various other concepts related to Learning, Teaching, Evaluation,

Research etc. All the teachers of DPS Bopal attended the workshop.

� A workshop on “Swot Analysis” held at DPS Bopal on 17.08.13 by

Dr. Shailendra Gupta was attended by all the teachers.

� Class teachers of Classes I & II and III – V attended training sessions

conducted by Ms. Rupal Parikh and Ms. Saminder Kaur Guliani respectively

on 24.08.13. The topics covered were “Classroom Management” and

“Use of Google Cloud”. It described that teaching is not merely

academics but consists of three aspects: Physical environment, Social

environment and Academic environment. It also explained to teachers the

use of Google Cloud: how to create and share the files online using Google

Drive.

� Regional Summit of School Principals was held at Anand Niketan (Satellite)

on 30.08.13. Lecture on “Substance abuse by School going children”

was attended by Ms. Vandna Joshi and Ms. Eve Joshi.

� A workshop on "Healing yourself through Dharan Kriya" was

conducted by Ms. Tanvi Manhas from Inlighten Global Healing Foundation

on 07.09.13. The purpose of the workshop was to learn the concept of

Mind, Body, Soul and how thoughts affect our well-being.

Ms. Tanvi elaborated that to gain control and access to our positive

thoughts and feeling of well-being we need to borrow energy and

Inlightenment Light and sound vibrations. She also explained ‘Dharan Kriya’

and shared scientific experiments and validations about the same. A verbal

guided meditation session of the participants followed which led to a variety

of experiences that were shared. The participants gained a different

perspective of the world energies through the session. Many teachers from

primary and senior school attended the workshop.

� Ms. Bijoya Mitra & Ms. Suman Trivedi attended the SGAI advocacy

programme organized by CBSE in Navrachana School, Sama, Vadodara on

05.10. 13.

� A workshop on “Effective Communication Skills” was attended by

Ms. Bhavika Narielwala and Ms. Kumud Sharma at Calorx Teachers’

University on 17.10.13. The purpose of the workshop was to explain that

communication, being key to our profession, opened many new arenas to

approach the teaching - learning process.

� A workshop was attended by Ms. Tulika Saha on 21.10.13 to 25.10.13. It

was based on new developments in the English subject especially with

respect to classes IX and XI held in Delhi (English Enrichment Programme).

� A seminar on “Unraveling the Mystery of CCE through

Multimedia" held at Calorx Teachers’ University, Ahmedabad on 26.10.13.

It was attended by Ms. Preetha Nambiar, Ms. Bijoya Mitra &

Ms. Pushpa Nair.

� A Maths workshop on “Fun with Numbers- Concrete to Abstract” was

conducted by Mr. Shaji from ‘Jodo Gyan’ group from New Delhi for all

teachers of classes I and II and teachers teaching Maths of classes III -V on

16.11.13. Teachers from DPS East, Calorx Global School, Prerna and

different Calorx Public Schools also attended the workshop. The whole

workshop was based on doing hands-on activities and not by writing. The

main aim of the workshop was to help the children learn and understand

the concepts of Maths with understanding and joy. All the participants did

many group activities with number-tools, ganit mala, fraction kit,

geometrical shapes etc. and also learnt some magical tricks to make the

topic interesting. The concepts of Number sense and place value, basic

operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, fractions, 2-D

& 3- D, and geometry were dealt with in the workshop.

� A workshop on Neurodiversity was conducted by Dr. Prathma Raghvan

on 20.11.13 in AV Room. Dr. Prathma explained in detail about

Neurodiversity issues such as Autism Spectrum, ADHD and Learning

Disabilities. The workshop was an eye opener to identify the children with

the symptoms of Neurodiversity. All the teachers of primary section

attended the workshop.

� A workshop was organized by ‘All India Educational Testing Services -

AIETS’ at Inder Residency, Opp. Gujarat College Aiets’ on 22.11.13. It was

attended by Ms. Hemlata Vaid & Ms. Suja Jose. The topic was CCE

Implementation: Issues and Challenges and was conducted by Mr.

Avinash Agarwal.

� Ms. Krishna Mukherjee attended a two day workshop in Adani Vidya Mandir

on 27.11.13 to 28.11.13. It was conducted by Central Board of Secondary

Education. It was a Training of Oral Examiners’ Assessment of Speaking and

Listening Skills (ASL).

� A workshop was attended by Ms. Priyanka Kanwar & Mr. Parag Joshipura in

Ahmedabad International School, Bodakdev on 30.11.13. Topic was

communication skills, conducted by Ms. Mora from Ireland (Trinity

College).

� A workshop on “Latest teaching methodologies & classroom

strategies” was held at AMA on 06.12.13. It was conducted by

Mr. John Mason and was attended by Ms. Princy Nair.

� A workshop on “Learning Computer Science through Activity”

organised by Oxford University Press and conducted by Ms. Geeta Zunjiani

was attended by Ms. Kirti Lamba and Ms. Malvika Sharma at AMA on

07.12.13. The objective of the workshop was to incorporate activity based

IT learning in the primary computer education. It was an interactive

workshop with a lot of activities like word association, team building, draw

what you hear, mind map, brainstorming etc. The activities were planned to

encourage the maximum participation, enhance communication and

creativity. Ms. Geeta also elaborated on the need and advantages of mind

mapping and brain storming to teach different aspects of IT. Different audio

visuals were shown for an effective impact.

� A workshop was attended by Mr. Satheesan held at IIT campus, conducted

by IIT Mumbai, Powai from 07.12.13 to 12.12.13. The topic was

“Innovations and technologies in Mathematics”.

� A workshop on Kathak was attended by Ms. Indrani Ganguly from

30.12.13 to 02.01.14 at Hutesingh Visual Arts College, Ahmedabad. The

workshop was conducted by Pandit Shri Birju Maharajji assisted by

Ms. Saswati Sen.

� A seminar attended by all school staff was held at Mahatma Mandir,

Gandhinagar conducted by Calorx Teachers’ University in collaboration with

the State Government of Gujarat on 10.01.14 & 11.01.14. Name of the

seminar was ‘Educating Young India Summit 2014’.

� A workshop on “Listening & Speaking skills through English Lab” was

conducted on 22.01.14 at DPS Bopal by Mr. Jasvinder Singh from Words

Worth. Since CBSE has introduced Listening and Speaking skills within the

syllabus, this workshop introduced the teachers the importance of having

an IT supported English Lab for classes III to XII to enhance the listening

and speaking skills of the children. It also emphasized on appropriate

pronunciation skills and usage of correct grammar. Ms. Princy Nair,

Ms. Bhavika Narielwala, Ms. Aarti Manral and Ms. Nilima Sinha attended the

workshop.

� A workshop on “German Music Instrument (Recorder)” was organised

by Yamaha on 23.1.14 & 24.1.14 at The Calorx School. It was attended by

Mr. Sushim Varma and Mr. Shardul Brahmachari.

� A workshop on “Raising the Bar” was attended by all ACs & DCs of DPS

Bopal on 27.01.14 & 28.01.14. It was conducted by Calorx Teachers’

University at its campus.

� A workshop on “Teaching musically” was attended by Ms. Renuka Pllai at

Calorx Teachers’ University on 14.02.14. It was conducted by

Ms. Chandana Chakravarti to emphasise the importance of music in the field

of education. She explained that having music as a part of all subjects can

increase the concentration of a child.

� A workshop on “Learning disability and assessment” was held at DPS

Bopal on 01.03.14 conducted by Dr. Prathama. It was attaneded by

Ms. Ashu Mathur, Ms. Ruchika Sobti, Ms. Pooja Bachani and

Ms. Nilima Sinha. It was a workshop based on understanding the child’s

performance IQ and verbal IQ.

� A workshop was attended by Ms. Suman Trivedi on 01.03.14 to 03.03.14.

The topic covered the 49th National and 18th International Conference of

the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (IAAP) on Psychology for Holistic

Living Global World. It was conducted by Gujarat Law Society at Gujarat

University Convention Hall, Ahmedabad.

� A Speaking and Listening Demonstration was conducted by resource

persons from Orient Black Swan on 06.03.14 at DPS. An introduction on

how to use the book "A Speaking Listening Course for CBSE Schools" for

classes III to XII, which will be introduced in the syllabus in the next

academic session, was carried out by the resource people. They also

explained the teachers how to use the book and when to begin with the

listening and speaking skills. How to assess the students was also explained

giving Assessment samples which was required for all the teachers to know

and understand. The demonstration was attended by Ms. Princy Nair,

Ms. Ruchika Sobti and Ms. Nilima Sinha.

� Training on Robotics was attended by Mr. Hiren Thakkar, Ms. Alpa Biju,

Mr. Deepak Pithadia, Ms. Malvika Sharma, Mr. Ketan Sharma and

Ms. Kirti Lamba at DPS Bopal from 13.03.14 to 15.03.14 and 18.03.14 to

20.03.14. It was conducted by Mr. Prathamesh from Thinklabs. The training

was conducted to introduce the concept of Robotics as a part of curriculum

of Computer Science where students will have hands-on science

experiments/activities in the classroom using specially designed kits by

Thinklabs. The curriculum focuses on constructive learning, the kind of

education that guides students to interact with the objects around them,

appreciating and interpreting their scientific value.

� Ms. Monita Dash & Ms. Sangita Arora attended a workshop on 22.03.14.

Topic covered was “How to improve Teaching and learning through

Mini observation”. It was conducted by Dr. Bernadette Anand.

� A workshop on “How to improve teaching and learning” was attended

by Ms. Nidhi Sharma on 23.03.14 at CTU. The workshop stressed on the

ways to improve teaching and learning through less observations and also

on the importance of leadership in the modern education system.

� A “Heritage Painting Children Workshop” was organised by West Zone

Cultural Zone on 18.03.14 to 26.03.14 at various heritage spots like Adalaj

step well, Sarkhej Roja, Hathisinh na Dera and Mehta ni Pole (Dariapur).

Mr. Kushang Talati along with 10 students from the school attended the

workshop wherein on the spot sketching was taught.

Parents’ Workshops by teachers

� A positive parent-teacher relationship contributes to any child’s success in

school. To build such a relationship, parents’ workshops for Classes I & II

and Classes III- V were held by the class teachers on 06.07.13 and

20.07.13 respectively.

� Class teachers of classes III- V conducted a parents’ workshop on 18.01.14

to educate parents about certain crucial general points, syllabus,

assessment and preparing their wards for the next class.

� Parents’ Workshop for classes I and II was held on 01.02.14. The meeting

was aimed at apprising the parents about their ward’s progress as well as to

discuss the CCE process and also to prepare their wards for the next class.

Report of Seminars/Workshops

attended by Students

� Earth Day is celebrated worldwide every year. A workshop for the students

of Classes IV and V was conducted on 22.04.13 by Mr. Anand Lall and

Mr. Pradeep Anneparthi from The Fern Hotel, An Ecotel Hotel Ltd.,

Ahmedabad in the A.V. Room.

� An interactive session was conducted by Ms. Rashmi Pant, Deputy GM,

Veeda Clinical Research, Ahmedabad on 20.07.13. She guided the students

of Class XI and XII (Biology sections) on how to make Pharmacy as their

career.

� A workshop was conducted by IDP (International Development Programme)

for the students of Class XII on 30.07.13. IDP creates a platform for the

students where they can meet delegates from different foreign universities

and get idea about the different courses, eligibility criteria, admission

process, duration of courses and career options provided by the foreign

universities especially UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

� A workshop on “Career Guidance”, held at DPS Bopal on 08.08.13, by

Mr. Mohit Mangal, was attended by teachers and students under the Goal

Setting Programme by IQue idea.

� A workshop by Canadian Delegates on courses available in Nova Scotia,

presented by five different Universities was attended by Class XI students

on 16.08.13.

� A workshop on Securities and Exchange Bank of India (SEBI) for the

students of Class XII (Commerce) was held on 27.08.13. It was conducted

by Ms. Alka Baxi, the Certified Resource Person for Financial Education with

SEBI. Concepts like long term and short term plan, time value of money,

investment safety, liquidity and growth, banking-saving, current and term

deposit, E-Banking, compound interest, asset allocation strategy, types of

mutual fund, and equity share were discussed.

� As a part of Word Green Building Week Celebrations, Indian Green Building

Council (IGBC) & Young Indians (Ahmedabad Chapter) organized an

environment awareness session for classes V & VI on 16.09.13. The main

objective of this interactive session was to implant the concept of green in

the minds of school students. The different topics covered in the session

were conservation of oil, food, water and electricity. Students learnt

different tips to save our resources and environment.

� A workshop was conducted by Mr. Neeraj Shah, Director and

Mr. Ankur Wadhawan, Co-founder, ‘Vin college credits’ on “Accelerate

Foreign Education-Save Time and Money” on 21.10.13.

� A workshop was conducted by Indo American Education Society regarding

higher education system in the United States for classes XI and XII on

23.10.13. There was a team of 20 delegates headed by Ms. Le Beth, from

various renowned universities of the US.

� 10 students from class V to XII participated in a workshop from 29.03.14 to

05.04.14 of sketching and painting heritage monuments organised by West

Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur. The paintings done during the workshop

were exhibited at Hutheesing Visual Art Centre.