A virtual exchange interactive session between students of Tagore International School, New Delhi, India and Meikei School, Japan was conducted today. The topic for the session was ‘Why sky is blue?’ which was discussed in relation to the present Covid-19 pandemic situation. Related topics like the colour of sky, how pollution affected the sky and how it has improved during this pandemic due to various human activity restrictions were also discussed. Students from both the schools made wonderful and informative presentations on these topics.
The topic was divided into three sub-topics -Colour of Sky (as perceived especially in Metro cities, rural areas and hilly terrain) in four seasons, Air Pollution & Environment – how pollution affected the sky and how it has improved during this pandemic due to various human activity restrictions and Solutions for correcting air pollution situations after the pandemic is over. Emphasizing on one to one interaction, students from both the schools formed groups of 4-5 each, exchanging their presentations and discussing one topic each in a separate link created. An interactive question and answer session was followed after these presentations where students shared their perception of colour of sky in different places and season, air pollution and how situation has improved during the pandemic and the measures taken to control air pollution in their respective countries. Post this exchange, all the participants once again joined together and shared their experience followed by informal conversations discussing Diwali and Children’s Day celebrations in India.
A video demonstrating how to make a pollution catcher by students of Tagore International School was also shared which was much appreciated by our Japanese counterpart. A Padlet page was created wherein the students posted their feedback from this session.

A virtual exchange interactive session between students of Tagore International School, New Delhi, India and Meikei School, Japan was conducted today. The topic for the session was ‘The cleaning action of the soap’ which was discussed in relation to the present Covid-19 pandemic situation. Related topics like the current situation in both the countries, how life has changed due to the pandemic and health education practices were also discussed. Students from both the schools made wonderful and informative presentations on these topics.

An interactive question and answer session followed after these presentations where students shared their perception of Covid-19 and current situation of their respective countries. They also shared various health education practices adopted by both the countries like importance of washing hands, immunity booster herbs and spices available in kitchen, usage of masks etc. Videos of our students showing correct way of washing hands and making immunity booster concoction were also shared. Demonstration of live yoga was done by our student Jini, which was much appreciated by our Japanese counterpart. A presentation on ‘The cleaning action of the soap’ was presented by Mr. Shintani, Biology teacher, Meikei School which helped students understand how soap worked on the virus. A Padlet page was created wherein the students posted their feedback from this session.

I would take this opportunity to thank all the students, teachers, coordinators and heads of both the schools for their participation. Looking forward to more such wonderful and fruitful interactive sessions.