Oakridge International School

Health & safety

We at Oakridge enable different avenues to give students a more accepting and compassionate approach to talking about health. We support them to deal with difficulties that they are facing with the understanding that a chronically stressed brain is in survival mode and not in learning mode.We have recently started a meditation room at Oakridge International School, Bengaluru to integrate a more mindful approach to working around difficult emotions. We also had a successful campaign on body positivity to create awareness of physical health and mental health and how both are important. We have a dedicated primary and secondary counsellor who takes individual counselling sessions and classroom sessions to develop the skill set of students to help them become resilient during difficult times.“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” — Albus Dumbledore. This light can be relaxation techniques, diffusion techniques from difficult thoughts or techniques of self-acceptance. This can only be learned if one remembers that any difficulty is an opportunity for the students to learn skills that can be implemented for a lifetime.