Pop Art! During week three grades 6 and 7 learned about the art movement “Pop Art”. The task was to create a Pop Art collage using shapes, colours and patterns that signify the style. In this picture the students are using coloured paper to cut out shapes and letters before gluing them onto a background. … Continued
Sonali Handa: STEM Grade 8 & 9 In this activity, the students conducted an experiment of static electricity to check the effect of distance between charged objects on the electric force between them. The students rubbed two balloons each with wool to get them charged and then calculated the distance between the balloons. The … Continued
Our first Winter Gathering is complete! It was a very cozy time together in Amritsar where we spent hours at the Golden Temple in the Amrit Vela, meditated and chanted together each evening and explored local gurdwaras and attractions. On the Winter Solstice we invited guests to the Siri Singh Sahib’s home to chant together … Continued
Sajeev, Finance Director Miri Piri, a Chartered Accountant by profession, is a self-taught artist. His body of work speaks as a testament to the spirit of a curious learner. It embodies his progress as an artist. The themes that run through his interesting bodies of work are varied: much loved Pondicherry, rural India where he … Continued
To be Human As we celebrate Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s Gurupurab this month, we share the inspiration behind our Habits of Work and Learning that guide the MPA community in becoming the best version of themselves. When we began the visioning process for MPA 2023, we wanted our design principles to be grounded in our … Continued
Where do I begin? Where do I begin to tell the story of how inspiring a school visit can be? With the first hello… Smiles and greetings welcomed Japjeet Kaur, Prem Kaur and myself when we walked into the XP, Doncaster campus on a warm Monday morning. We were guided to our meeting with Neil … Continued
During their lifetimes, the Sikh Gurus personified the ideal state that human beings could aspire to. We retell their stories and study their words in the hopes that, in time, those same ideals might awaken within us. One of the most powerful concepts developed by the Gurus came from the time of the sixth Naanak, … Continued
When students arrive at Miri Piri Academy (MPA), they look forward to a program which is different from what traditional schools offer. That’s what we promise them – a deep dive into meditation and yoga along with an academic program that will prepare them for life both in and outside school. But was this really … Continued
Every year our 12 graders go for their senior class trip to Malaysia and Thailand instead of winter-break and this is their first-hand report from 12th grade student, Hana Goodkind. The senior class trip is an opportunity for the 12th graders to travel, bond and have fun together, as well as receiving the opportunity to … Continued
This year we decided to go to Shimla for winter break instead of going to Rishikesh. Shimla is the capital of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, in the Himalayan foothills. Once the summer capital of India during the British Raj, it remains the terminus of the narrow-gauge Kalka-Shimla Railway, which connected the summer … Continued
