Training Sessions, 2018

A Workshop on Phonics

Reading is essential for a child’s success. Since the beginning of childhood parents and teachers start to train their children to read. All too often, the barriers faced by children, who find difficulty in reading, prove a hurdle in their desire to read and, without proper guidance; they can never overcome this hesitation.

Learning to read is a sequential process; each new skill builds on the mastery of previously learned skills. To build a strong base in reading, Jolly Phonics is a highly successful and effective method of early years. Jolly Phonics is a fun and child centered approach for teaching literacy through synthetic phonics.

In order to equip our teachers at Lawrence College, with this multisensory approach we invited a professional trainer Mrs. Sadaf Asif from Islamabad. She conducted a three days’ workshop from 6^th to 8^th of April 2018. All the teachers of Junior School and English teachers of Prep School attended the workshop. These sessions were very colourful, interactive and lively. Our teachers lauded the new technique and the comfortable style of the resource person.

British Council held Conference

British Council held Conference on English Language and Digital Blended Learning with Social Capital in Organizational Culture. It was held on 27-03-18 at Ramada Hotel Islamabad. It was attended by the English faculty members of all the three schools led by:
1- Mrs. Uzma Afzal      DOS
2- Mr. Asghar Malik     HOD English Department Senior School
3- Mr. Mansoor Malik  Senior School
4- Mrs. Noreen Tufail   Prep School
5- Mrs. Bushra Rizwan  Prep School
6- Mrs Faiza Kibrya        Junior School
7- Mrs. Bushra Sajjad    Junior School
The Conference aimed to draw together the researchers in the field of English Language providing an interdisciplinary forum to share their findings in the field of socio-political contents of language acquisition and its impact and influence on power structures and social structures and language as means of developing social capital. Proficiency in English Language heightens the sense of self-esteem, confidence and improvement in relationships with colleagues and seniors. So highlighting the value of fluency and literacy in English Language in any organization was the sole purpose of the conference.

Workshop on Teaching of Chemistry by OUP

Oxford University Press organized a workshop on GCE O level and IGCSE Chemistry on 24^th of February, 2018. Mrs. Nadia Zulfiqar from the Department of Chemistry attended the workshop. The workshop comprised of two sessions which were conducted by Mr. Aamir Umair Kayani, an experienced Cambridge teacher.

The first session focused on syllabus content, scheme of work, assessment components and objectives. Session two aimed at finding authentic resources and planning an effective lesson to ensure active learning. The importance of examiners’ report published by Cambridge was also highlighted for the evaluation of teaching learning process.

The workshop was very useful as it provided an opportunity to listen to experienced professionals who shared different techniques to cover various aspects of Cambridge syllabus effectively.

Faculty Training Schedule, February – March, 2018

Matrons’ & PTI’s Training Schedule, February – March, 2018