Shimla
Bishop cotton School organised junior robotics and senior sustainability workshops.
The junior and middle school sections had demonstrations given and information discussed on how robots are made and how they are programmed to speak, lift, move and turn while performing simple instructions.
The school will be setting up their own Stem Lab for the Bishop Cotton boys to build and code their own robots in an integrated learning environment – where everything from the technology and furniture to curriculum and assessment support each other to provide hands-on learn.
However, senior Cottonians were called for ‘sustainability superheroes’ of the future when they attended an interesting and interactive workshop held by Ms Subuhi Safvi on climate change and planet sustainability.
As part of the CSR program (Corporate Social Responsibility) at LOHUM (Global Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Company) Ms Subuhi Safvi conducted the workshop on Climate Change for the students of Bishop Cotton School, Shimla on Sunday 10th March.
The workshop began with an energised game to get the students warmed up on the topic, they were asked to mimic the sounds their favourite animal makes. An important aspect of climate change and sustainability is being aware of diverse ecosystems and the impact our actions have on biodiversity.
The objective with such workshops is to keep them interactive and activity based as that encourages and maintains the students’ interest. As a further incentive she also offered chocolates to the students who gave correct answers, and had them run around the hall in an exercise to illustrate how climate change can affect us and how we can stop or control climate change.
Subuhi Safvi, said; “I was very impressed with their knowledge and their enthusiastic responses. We talked about the difference between climate and weather, how our actions impact climate and the steps they can take to reduce their carbon footprint. An essential element in our workshops is ensuring we equip and empower these children with knowledge and actions they can take in their own lives to create a change to the status quo.”
“Cottonians / students are the future of not only our country but the world, many will go onto positions of power where their voice matters. It is important to that those voices are inclusive and aware of different perspectives.“
To elaborate on this: the students played a game that was intended to highlight the unequal impact of climate change on people on our planet. At the end of the day, these children are the ones that will live on the planet, our hope is that they understand it is not just their home but that they share it with other life forms and their lives will impact the lives of their children and theirs after them.
The students are ‘Sustainability Superheroes’ and will inspire others to take up the cause and create a more sustainable world for us all.
One boy said – “it was a very simple and fun way to explain a very complex and complicated subject.”
Bishop Cotton School is an institution rooted in history and tradition, founded in 1859. Over decades, its alumni have included some of the most distinguished men in India and elsewhere. From the uniformed services to administrators, from businessmen and industrialists, to authors and actors, Bishop Cotton School has nurtured nascent talents and helped them come to fruition. This is a school that provides a child with a firm foundation to look capably and confidently to a global role in the years to come.
