The recent weeklong GAIL Conference, centered on diversity and hosted by Kristin School in Auckland, New Zealand, welcomed 10 student delegates from each school, including Woodstock and its three adult chaperones. All eight GAIL schools representing various regions worldwide participated in a weeklong conference hosted by Kristin School. This conference also...
Talk about a logistical challenge. Four hundred forty students and 76 adult chaperones in 22 activity groups visiting 86 different locations over 5 days. You read that right – no typos. But logistics isn’t actually the story here, as challenging as the logistical numbers appear. In fact there’s no “story” here...
On September 12, we had the privilege of hosting Prof. Y.S.R Murthy, Founding Vice Chancellor of RV University, Bengaluru and former Founding Professor and Registrar of OP Jindal Global University at the Centre for Imagination. In this session, Prof. Murthy discussed what the global landscape of Human Rights looks like,...
Over these last weeks, so many good things have emerged from our Centre for Imagination (CFI), including two fantastic student-led events profiled below The CFI is Woodstock’s dedicated interdisciplinary space, which cuts across different areas of the academic curriculum and aspects of our enrichment programme. Embracing an interdisciplinary approach is one...
On Tuesday, 25 January, all our Middle Years Programme (MYP) students participated in a full-day Research Camp, specially designed to develop their research skills within both the Woodstock School and International Baccalaureate (IB) contexts. The ability to be effective and ethical researchers is one of the key academic skills we aim...
Stage one - Foundation stones In November, a new art project began taking shape on the Woodstock campus. A joint collaboration between the Centre for Imagination, the Art Department, and the whole school community. This multi-phased project aimed to capture and make sense of the two years that we have just...
Mayar from the Class of 2021 is one of the winners of 'Painting Yemeni Perspectives', a competition to find the best work from the country's emerging artists. "I started a series of paintings that explores themes of dystopia, war, and religion, I wanted to express them in a parody-like surrealist/symbolic manner....
Distance learning hasn't put a stop to the school coming together to worship and celebrate, which has always been an important part of the Woodstock School life experience. The school had its third Chapel service of this academic year on Friday 6 November, with staff and students from grades two...
While the pandemic has caused multifaceted problems in all aspects of our daily lives, most of us have been lucky to have access to safety measures and healthcare services during the lockdown. However, there are many communities across the country and the world that do not have access to healthcare...
Tawishi Dogra, from the Class of 2022, has recently started a project to help women and families from low-income communities around her town. The project started with her desire to spread awareness about the safety guidelines put in place during the lockdown, in an attempt to curb the spread of the...
