Dear All,

Welcome Back! I hope everyone is safe and staying at home and we request all of you to be brave and stand together during the unending and recurring waves of pandemic.

This time the severity of COVID 19 has taken the entire human race in a state of shock and all we can do is to stay positive and hopeful that this too shall pass. May being the holiday month for all our students, I am sure that staying home and being safe was a priority for everyone. Having said that, after a long summer break our skilled and devoted staff are all excited to reconnect and engage with students during the virtual classes that are soon going to start.

I feel happy that this summer holiday offered the kids lots of opportunities to discover their area of interest by participating in various activities that further helped them to boost their skills. Students were seen taking interest in various activities suggested by their respective teachers. To utilize the time in the most constructive way, the teachers organised a Car Spa Project where the pre-primary students learned how to do car spa and learned the process of cleaning through this activity. Students also motivated their parents and grandparents to participate in morning yoga sessions to keep themselves recharged, energetic and positive during the summer vacation. The students were quite active and sincerely followed all the instructions wisely as guided by their respective teachers.

Well, learning never stops at GIIS, hence the summer break was effectively utilized to offer various training programmes to our staff and teachers to help them upgrade their skills in order to meet the changing needs of students and evolving classroom environment. Among the many trainings conducted, the one on communication skills was the most sought after as in virtual environment the need of effective communication is more profound and essential. This training helped teachers to enhance their ability to articulate and simplify thoughts into consumable bits which will eventually help teachers effectively support a varied set of students. Likewise, technology skills training helped further transform teachers into resilient users of technology, leading them to be able to make confident and safe use of various teaching platforms and tools, and support students with much advanced and safer modes of online learning platforms. It surely helped the teachers to be more confident, knowledgeable, and proactive.

With a lot of positive thoughts in the mind, we can be calm and practice mindfulness. Our students have always been sensitized about the importance of staying mentally and physically strong. It’s all the more essential nowadays.

Wishing you and your family the best of health always.

Until we meet again at our campus,

Please Stay Home and Stay Safe!

Kind Regards,  

Dr. N.K.P Ashok Raj

Principal - GIIS Smart Campus, Balewadi, Pune