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Discovering New Perspectives

“A parent is a teacher at home, a teacher is a parent

in school and the child is the centre of our universe”

Session on ‘Mindfulness’ for students of Class XI by school counsellor.

Introspection helps in self-contemplation, self-
examination and holistic development. This is the
guide or tool for self transformation. Keeping the
same in mind, Delhi Public School, Greater Faridabad
aiming at the holistic development of the learners
conducted one week workshop for students of
Class XI in order to develop self awareness, inner
strength hence making them stronger, confident
and independent. The school conducted one
such enlightening session on 8 April, 2019 on
“MINDFULNESS”. School counsellors, Ms. Mukta
Chhabra and Ms. Isha Pahuja emphasised on the
importance of self awareness, self evealuation, self
motivation and a set of practice and skills which
center around four qualities: attention, intention,
presence and openness. It was a journey of reflections and experiential learning for students to exhibit
their happiness through this wonderful tool. More experimentation and innovation also took place through
various exciting and joyful activities. All the students participated with zeal and enjoyed various activities
which in turn helped them to check their attentiveness, alertness, mental awareness and attention span.
They were made aware about physical presence and mental presence. They were educated about various
tools to focus their attention. They also practiced meditation through guided visualisation to energise
themselves and to relax their brain and body.

Workshop on Digital Detox

The Internet has revolutionized human life, and it
has many positive aspects that can enhance youth
learning and empowerment. It is a common sight
- mobile phones in the hands of people, especially
adolescents. The younger generations are growing
up with and making Internet an integral part of
their lives, however, in a few instances, Internet
use becomes problematic. Notwithstanding its
usefulness, excessive use of this device has various
negative impacts. Keeping the same in mind, a
workshop was conducted by Ms. Isha Pahuja (School
Counsellor) and Ms. Ranu Ahuja (Special Educator)
for students of Class VIII on 14 October, 2019 to get
information on the factors influencing adolescents
to use mobile phones and to understand the level
of Problematic Mobile Phone Usage among them.
The students were asked individually, what is their

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