Key Takeaways from Academic Session 2020-2021

from the Academic Year 2020-2021

The past one year has been like no other. The challenges have been unprecedented, but so has been the resilience shown by the Winchester community members in overcoming them. It is paths never taken before that lead to the most pronounced growth curves. Kanchan Kumar Palakode of Year 12, the Secondary Head of Wellbeing, lists down the five key takeaways which stood out during Academic Session 2020-2021.

1. Connection

The importance of solidarity and connectedness in the school’s community was so much more important and highlighted for this academic year. More opportunities, activities, and events contributed to the sense of community and helped provide a more wholesome and connected atmosphere. I was able to feel all the more connected and all the more together in an online landscape. It was one of the most important and influential aspects of the current academic year in my opinion.

2. Creativity

The increased implementation of technological initiatives and activities for the academic session of 2020-21 helped streamline education in many ways. The innovation and creativity that the use of technology inculcates in students is something marvellous and I believe it should be something that should be explored more in-depth to make teaching and learning a more efficient process as a whole.

3. Communication

4. Responsibility

One of the most important aspects of this year was the collaborative and effective channels of communication with students and teachers. I feel the extra communication and being able to talk freely with one another is very important to a student’s learning process. Therefore, the increased communication and unity with one another in the school was an important highlight too.

Responsibility was extremely important as teachers and students both experienced increased levels of responsibility. However, this led to a fulfilment of the analogy ‘diamonds are made under pressure’ as students and teachers both flourished under this responsibility, and I am sure that it only furthered the progress of the school as a whole and contributed to making better learners and more responsible human beings.

5. Extraordinary Circumstances,

Extraordinary Experiences Finally the biggest highlight for me was the fact that even in the extraordinary circumstances that the year brought with it, I was able to experience or go to school and even be able to interact with friends with safety measures in place. That was an extremely special and wholesome highlight. Sometimes, people may take the experience of school and all that comes with it for granted, however, it is something that is truly great and something that should be appreciated more, especially for the Academic Session 2020-21.