Current Happynings

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  We're thrilled to be a Top 3 finalist for the World's Best School Prize for Innovation 2023! 🌟 Follow these three easy steps to vote: 1. Click on the link https://lnkd.in/drxghvdY; 2. Vote for Riverside School 3. Confirm your vote with the link sent on your email Together, WE CAN!
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  Lead. by Design! RLC was happy to host 12 leaders from MGM, Aurangabad, and Anand Niketan, Ahmedabad, embarking on a 4-day Leadership Program at Riverside, marking the inception of their transformative journey focused on Self. During this immersive Module I, these visionary leaders embarked on a profound voyage of self-discovery, gaining keen insights into their unique attributes, strengths, and areas for growth.
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  An esteemed 8 member team of Heads of Primary and Secondary School from DPS visited us again on their progressive round of immersion at Riverside. Over the course of two insightful days, the team engaged in profound classroom observation sessions, aimed at enhancing their grasp of design thinking processes and practices for integration into their own educational sessions. The immersion concluded with insightful debriefing sessions, fostering a holistic learning experience.
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  A team of 18 educators from TVS School, Mumbai visited Riverside for a school tour to understand the systems approach Riverside inculcates in each and every process in the school. The educators were excited to have a CANversation with Kiran Bir Sethi and left encouraged to share and implement their learnings.
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  An inspired group of 30 principals from Gujarat state Schools of Excellence were part of a five-day training at Riverside. Right from candid ice breaking sessions, rigorous design thinking workshops on processes, to CANversations with students, educators, champions and Kiran Sethi, they engaged with Riverside pedagogy to empower themselves as leaders and enable student agency and growth. See full video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7it7vZ7F9s
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  A group of 10 educators from Somaiya School, Mumbai, visited us on a dynamic four-hour immersion at Riverside. Their engaging visit encompassed the invigorating I CAN challenge, a comprehensive school tour, insightful classroom observations, and enriching CANversations with our teachers. The team left thoroughly inspired by our daily practices, with a particular emphasis on the profound impact of relationship-building that permeates all facets of our processes.
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  A team of four people from MuSo (Museum of Solutions), the Experiential Museum for Children, Mumbai, participated in an extensive 17 hours training to observe, experience and learn about the 5Es that builds our school culture, and HumanE framework to understand the facilitation strategies, and prototyping at Riverside. The team left inspired and gained valuable knowledge on innovative approaches and strategies for conducting their own workshops.
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  Amrutvahini has a longstanding connection with Riverside School. A team of five members revisited Riverside to gain a deeper understanding of the school's processes and their practical applicability. They also explored the process and procedural aspects of AS and A levels in the Cambridge board during their visit.
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  7-members from Akanksha Foundation visited Riverside School to explore its practices and vibrant culture. The inspiring experience left them enriched, sparking new ideas to implement within their own team.
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  RLC team was excited to host 30 principals from State Council of Educational Research and Training, Delhi, for a two day immersion at Riverside school. The principals were heartened to observe our innovative approaches that combine content and character in every session, practice and process.
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  A group of 10 members from Naranpura Cluster of Schools from Government of Gujarat experienced a school tour and engaged in a classroom observation. They also had a conversation to identify their specific needs and determine the most suitable processes and practices which can be adapted in their schools.
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  5-member team from Kindity, Malaysia visited RLC. The 5-day immersion program included insightful discussions, observation of processes and practices and demonstrations. The experience enabled them to put together the pieces which they picked up during the training.
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  A three member team from Kindity, Malaysia, immersed in a five-day training at Riverside School. They revisited Key Stage 1 processes and practices and were onboarded on the learning standards of Program of Inquiry, Logical Mathematical Thinking, and Language beacons to create their own.
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  We are elated!!! Drum rolls...we are among the Top 10 shortlisted schools for World’s Best School Prizes for Innovation. Also, we are the only school from India in the Innovation category. Thank you to the Riverside community for making us achieve this big feat. Here is the link to our school profile showcased at World's Best School Prizes website: https://t4.education/prizes/worlds-best-school-prizes/home
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  A team of 6 officials from the Ministry of Education, Bhutan visited Riverside for a day's immersion programme where they were taken on a school tour, followed by class observation and various innovative practices we follow at Riverside everyday. The day culminated with an engaging talk with Kiran. The Bhutan Ministry team showed keen interest in exploring ways for a long term collaboration.
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  Ms. Hiral and Ms. Hetal trained a team of 11 participants at CIS, Surat. It was an extensive four day training on planning with purpose, sports programmes and buddy interaction processes developed by RLC. The educators were all set and enthusiastic to implement the processes in their school.
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  “This is not a school, it’s Riverside where we can learn, share our experiences, and enjoy every moment” - Teacher, Ekayanna School, Indore A three day immersion was organised for six educators from Ekayanaa school, Indore. The educators took away different experiences of what Riverside is, and they descirbed the. in one word - joyous, energy, relevance, transparency, architecture, organised chaos, loyalty, honesty, belongingness, and acceptance between teachers, children and as a community.
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  A coterie of 100 school principals from SCERT, Delhi, visited Riverside School for a one day immersion. The principals were curious to understand the balance Riverside creates between 'content' and 'character', and parent partnership. They observed our novel processes and practices culminating in the immersion with Koffee with Kiran and Deepa.
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  It was our pleasure to welcome Hon'ble Education Minister Grace Grace and her team from Queensland. She was delighted to meet our students, teachers, support staff, champions and parents who gave her a quick yet insightful peep into the humanE culture and I CAN mindset that we are creating at Riverside every single day.
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  The Kindity team visited us yet again with more members to get inspired and equipped to begin their own new venture in Malaysia. A five member team immersed in the best practices and processes undertaken at Riverside. The new members in the team were happily surprised by our students leading the school tours with confidence.
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  It was an honour to have Andreas Schleicher visit Riverside and interact with the Leadership team and Teachers on 6th February 2023. He is the Director for Education and Skills, and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris
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  A power packed three day Edu-tour was conducted for 18 school leaders and teachers and a training for 5 master trainers from Vietnam. The group deep dived into Riverside school's processes, workshops, interactions, challenges and experiences to take with them the teacher's agency to empower their students with both 'Content' and 'Character'. We can't wait to see how this enables them to create an I CAN mindset.
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  An empowering 5-day training session was conducted with school leaders and HoDs from DPS Nashik, Varanasi and Lava Nagpur. The goal was to facilitate them with effective tools to enable cultural transformation at their school.
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  Launched the first I CAN Early Learning Center in December at Vastrapur, Ahmedabad
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  Dr. Vinod Rao, Secretary (Primary & Secondary Education), State of Gujarat, India
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  RLC made it to the papers!!! 30 Master trainers trained for phonics programme from Andhra Pradesh State Council of Educational Research(APSCERT) at Kadapa