Devika Kar
When a child is asked what he would like to change about his school, invariably the answer will be that he would like to have a huge playground. This kind of a response brings into sharp focus the need for open spaces and playgrounds for a child’s healthy development and growth. Five principals from different schools talk about integrating the physical with the intellectual and the need for open spaces.
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A place for health in the PE curriculum
Krishna Kumar
Health in the PE curriculum resides mostly in the margins and reform is necessary if it has to find a higher and better designed place. Many new concepts and appropriate material are available to infuse spirit and energy into the health curriculum and this will be a first step in the long chain of reforms.
A road map for schools
Suheil F. Tandon
How has physical education in the country fared and what is the roadmap for the future? So far, the ‘sports for excellence’ approach has blurred the lines between sport and PE in the education system. Now, however, the wide-ranging benefits of physical activity needs to be driven through primary and secondary schooling. A good start would be to make PE compulsory like all other subjects. It must also be recognized as a distinctive subject separate from sports, and its parameters clearly outlined, encompassing best practices globally while remaining culturally and locally relevant.
Playing outside school spaces
Anirban Ghosh
Physical Education needs to be redefined from its present idea of regimented drills, marching and annual sports days. Children must have access to proper play spaces to engage in rigorous physical activity either through games, free play or any other sport. A look at how sports can be taken out of the confines of school spaces.
Re-imagining the role of play
Usha Raman
Physical education is often not seen as a subject and is something that is attended to on special occasions. This issue is an attempt to set right that perspective and explore the different ways in which schools might re-imagine the role of play and movement in education.
Understanding corporate schools
Ankita Rajasekharan
Teacher Plus talks to Asiya Shervani, Education Consultant, to try and understand what a corporate school means.
A whole-school plan to support student wellbeing
Shivani Mathur Gaiha, Sneh Verma, Yashu Kumar
A healthy mind is one of the necessary requirements for learning to take place. But this aspect is not really given the importance that it should be in schools in India. Schools are home to emotionally vulnerable adolescents and if we are to help them stay focused the entire school needs to work towards keeping our students emotionally healthy.
Storybook delights!
Bhasyati Sinha and Jayshree Murali
A beautiful story, excited children, passionate readers and fun activities completed a delightful reading session for the children of this government school in Mazgaon.
Postcard lessons
Nabanita Deshmukh
Postcards, a popular communication tool once upon a time are now forgotten relics. Dust out your old postcards or buy new ones and use them to plan creative lessons in your geography and language classes.
Why study birds?
Adithi Muralidhar and Anand Krishnan
It is the International Year of the Bird, so what better time to learn more about birds. And what can we learn from birds? Apparently a lot from innovative designs to studying the weather.