Principal's Message
The illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Wood Blossom School, where we strive to ignite a passion for lifelong learning that helps you overcome this constantly changing and technology driven VUCA world. A world where the true purpose of education and the ambition of schools should be not just to impart knowledge but the critical 21st century competencies that make you want to constantly Learn – Unlearn and Relearn. As the Principal of this esteemed school, I am proud to lead a team of dedicated faculty and staff who are committed to ensuring that our students receive a quality education that prepares them for success in today’s dynamic world.
Education, not for the sake of moving to a new class each year but RELEVANT, APPLICATION ORIENTED, EXPERIENTIAL and INNOVATIVE – that is our challenge that we have taken head on and wish to create for our students. Our students are our co-learners with whom we curate experiences of learning.
Real-life application of knowledge and skills has been the hallmark of the education at WBS. The caring and sensitized ethos at WBS is to rejoice, celebrate the success of its students and provide them with the platform and work hard backstage to applaud our students in all their activities, be with them, behind them and around them. The student clubs at Wood Blossom School including the Cultural and Literary Club, Heritage Club, Sports Club, Debate and Declamation, Toastmasters, Interact Club – Rotary International, to name a few add to the very detailed extra-curricular and co-curricular calendar we have for our students. Our students through the limited resources we have in the rural area of Kairon develop empathy and constantly hone their competencies via our curriculum. We at WBS are a close-knit family of our students, teachers, parents and the local community that works in tandem for the upliftment of our society and students.
Taniya Khurana
Ms. Taniya Khurana holds a Masters in Strategic Branding from the Prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM – B). She has a Masters in Organizational Leadership and Strategy from Alliance University, Bangalore, a Research Fellowship with IIT-B and a B.Ed.
She began her career as a brand consultant with Ogilvy and Mather and then worked as Deputy Director – PR with Alliance University, Bangalore. She has also consulted for Education Technology Brands like CollPoll, a bright start-up which is achieving great stride today.
In the field of Education, Ms. Taniya apart from being a practicing classroom instructor was also deeply involved with the curriculum development and teacher training on the Post Graduate Diploma Program in International Education under the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum.
She has worked in the field of teacher training and her areas of interest include Innovative classroom strategies, inclusion of technology in education; integration of inter disciplinary units in teaching pedagogy. In her last stint with Indus International School, Bangalore and Indus Training & Research Institute Ms. Taniya got the opportunity to work closely with teachers and students of various schools of repute to the likes of Welham Boys School, Dehradun, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington; Legacy International School, Bangalore, Oakridge International School, Bangalore and Hyderabad to name a few.
Ms. Taniya holds workshops on Phonetics, Story Telling as a way of concept introduction; Personalized and holistic assessment practices among many. She relocated to Punjab to join Wood Blossom School and bring to the school her learning and strengthen the school curricula and teaching pedagogy.
Ms. Taniya is also a CBSE Resource Person and has successfully completed the TOT (Training of Trainers) certification by ISTM, Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India, New Delhi. She is a pursuant of Post Graduate Diploma in Guidance and Counselling by ICTRC, New Delhi (Institute of Counsellor Training Research and Consultancy)