Ritu Sachdeva The International Exchange Coordinator

A global environment demands the expansion of ones boundaries to reach out and assimilate the best the world offers. Furthering the same tradition, the school has entered into collaboration with Australia, Canada, Germany and U.K Schools and collaborations with France and Denmark are on the anvil. The exchange programmes provide the students with a window to the culture and customs of other countries. Moreover, the participants become more integrated and get to know one another better, thereby learning what it means to be responsible. Exchange programmes help the children to pledge to follow their own dreams and to help others with similar goals .They are also effective ways of opening the doors to new educational opportunities and can help build bridges of understanding among students from a diversity of countries . In addition to this, the Exchange Programmes help in removing prejudices and intercultural communication barriers and in giving students a global exposure and networking possibilities with their respective counterparts.

TIMELINE OF GERMAN EXCHANGE PROGRAMME:
1. 10 students and two teachers from St Emmeram Realschule Aschheim, Munich Germany visited K.R Mangalam World School to participate in the school exchange programme. It was a 21 days trip in the month of October, 2009.The Indian students reciprocated in the month of June 2010 with 10 students and one teacher visiting Germany for three weeks. This challenging experience allowed the counterparts to discover German and Indian education system and also their traditions and culture.
2. 10 students and two teachers from St Emmeram Realschule Aschheim, Munich, in Germany visited K.R Mangalam World School to participate in the school exchange programme. It was a 21 days trip in the month of October, 2010.The Indian students reciprocated in the month of June 2011 with 11 students and two teachers visiting Germany for three weeks. Besides attending regular classes the students also actively participated in a project on Music in India and Germany. The students were also given the opportunity to visit few of the important places of Munich.
3. K.R. Mangalam World School, G.K.II successfully hosted 14 students and two teachers for the third round of The Exchange Programme with Germany in October 2011. The students worked on a project on Water Conservation and gave an excellent power point presentation on the same. The reciprocal visit of the Indian group comprising 15 students and two teachers is due in June 2012.

Three Cheers for Indo- German Bonding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TIMELINE OF AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGE PROGRAMME:

1. In the month of June, 2009, three students of K.R.Mangalam World School, G.K-II and one teacher set off on their exciting journey to Australia to participate in the student exchange program with Woodleigh School, Melbourne, Victoria. At Woodleigh School, the students were given their own individual time-tables with an eclectic mix of classes although they were allowed to attend other classes of their interest too. The students were exposed to a hands-on and interactive way of learning which they really enjoyed. The students were also given the chance to learn about the indigenous people of Australia – the Aborigines .The reciprocal visit was undertaken in December 2009.
2. In the month of June, 2010, four students of K.R.Mangalam World School, G.K-II, with one teacher visited Australia to participate in the student exchange program with Woodleigh School, Melbourne, Victoria. Apart from attending regular classes the students also visited the Melbourne Aquarium ,the Eureka Tower ,the Melbourne Museum ,Cruising through the Great Ocean Road ,12 Apostles and the beautiful Mckinzie Falls. The reciprocal visit was undertaken in December 2010 followed by sight seeing tours of the most famous , scenic and historic places of Delhi and Agra.
3. In the month of June, 2011, three students of K.R.Mangalam World School, G.K-II, set off on their exciting journey to Australia to participate in the school’s on-going student exchange program with Woodleigh School, Melbourne, Victoria. The students were exposed to a more hands-on and interactive way of learning which they really enjoyed. The Indian students presented a small cultural item in both the junior as well as the senior campus which was greatly appreciated by one and all. The reciprocal visit was undertaken in December 2010 followed by sight seeing tours of the most famous , scenic and historic places of Delhi and Agra.

Australia Here we Come    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TIMELINE OF CANADIAN EXCHANGE PROGRAMME:

1. 10 Students and one teacher visited Mount Douglas School, Victoria, Canada in May 2010 to take part in the Canadian Exchange Programme. The whole Indo- Canadian exchange was inexplicably wonderful and a great learning experience for each participant. The counterparts visited the places of Cultural and Historical significance in New Delhi/NCR and Victoria/ Vancouver .

2. 12 students and two teachers set off to Reynold’s Senior Secondary School, Victoria, Canada in May 2011 to participate in the Canadian Exchange Programme with the counterparts reciprocating in December 2011.The counterparts visited the places of Cultural and Historical significance in New Delhi/NCR and Victoria/ Vancouver .The students also played a friendly Soccer and Kho- Kho match as part of the ISA Project.

Let’s go Global    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

U.K EXCHANGE PROGRAMME:

The School has initiated an Exchange with Southfield Technology, Cumbria, U.K with the aim of facilitating an exchange of ideas and concern . Excellence as envisioned by the school is a continuous journey to reach for the skies. Projects on Castles in England and Forts in India and Global Warming have been undertaken through E- mails, Skype and Research.

NASA TRIP

Our team of 58 future Astronauts set off for the trip to NASA, Kennedy Space Centre , Orlando in April , 2011. The students visited Kennedy Space Center (KSC), where young people experience, imagine and interact through space shuttle mission simulations and get a chance to witness first hand the everyday challenges faced by astronauts. The Students were put into the shoes of an astronaut for a day. Using the motion based astronaut training simulators modeled after the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs, students got to experience the training that astronauts do before they launch into space. Some of the motion based simulators included the Multi-Axis trainer, Micro-Gravity Wall and T-Chair (trajectory). They also got an opportunity to meet an actual NASA astronaut Fred Gregory, who made a presentation about his experiences in space and the future of space exploration.