How Oakridge raises resilient leaders of tomorrow!
- 7 March 2023
Leadership skills can be developed and nurtured in students at a young age. By providing opportunities to take on leadership roles and engage in activities that foster leadership qualities, students build confidence, communication skills, and decision-making abilities. Oakridge continuously strives to provide its students with various opportunities to develop and enhance their leadership skills. From student-led conferences to MUNs and leadership camps, Oakridge leaves no stone unturned to cultivate strong leadership skills in its students.
The student-led conference is an occasion where each MYP student presents his/her portfolio of work and discusses progress with family members. It showcases the school culture of engagement and growth and enables students to play an active role in planning their own learning. In the recent Student Led Conference, learning stations were set up for students to show parents what they’ve learned, and parents could observe and ask questions. The teachers also guided students as facilitators and supported them during the presentations.
Oakridge students spent six days and five nights in Andamans as a part of the Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) trip, an essential element of DP. The first day of the CAS activity was assisted by Reef watch, where the students went on an intertidal walk on the beaches of Chidya Tapu and understood the way of life of all the marine creatures and habitats along with a deep knowledge of the mangroves of the Island. Students took notes and photographs of the entire exercise and made a movie along with the other activities. This activity was followed by a trek into the forests of Chidya Tapu in the evening, where the students did a service by picking and clearing plastic from the forest. The trip to Havelock Islands was of great learning as the students learnt raft-making with the available resources and successfully sailed in the ocean on the rafts. Students also spent a day at Port Blair, where they learnt a lot about the Ross Islands and their habitat.
A three-day camp held in Kanakpura, Bengaluru, included team-building activities, ziplining, obstacle races, and time management activities that helped students develop essential skills for leadership. The team-building activities included trust exercises, group problem-solving challenges, and communication exercises. These activities helped students build strong relationships with each other, learn to work effectively as a team and communicate more effectively. The ziplining and obstacle races were great for building confidence and overcoming fears. Students learned to take calculated risks, trust their abilities, and work through challenges to achieve their goals.
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