What does it mean for a species to have a purpose? Is that different from the purpose of an individual? And is purpose something that already exists, or something we create for ourselves? These were some of the questions explored in a recent Philosophy for Children session at Sunnyside, using the story Ephemere.

Namma Chennai: Reimagining Our Neighbourhoods presents the work of our High School learners at Sunnyside as part of a Localised Climate Resilience learning module facilitated by Aram Thinai. While the module itself unfolded over a few months, for our learners, this work was really the culmination of a learning journey that began nearly three years ago, when they were in Middle School. Over these years, they have engaged with climate change and environmental issues in many dif

In light of Independence Day, we began with a question: In which situations should we not use voting as a means to decide? We started by asking the children what Independence Day signifies. They spoke about British rule and India gaining freedom. We then asked what happened after British rule. One of the responses was that we began choosing our rulers through voting. This took us into a conversation about voting itself. Voting is one way of making decisions collectively. It a

Our Philosophy for Children (P4C) session began with a deceptively simple question: When can we say that two things are the same? The children brought pairs of objects they considered identical; pencils, coins, pins, toys, paper cups and sticky notes and we began by asking what exactly made each pair “the same.”

Our Philosophy for Children (P4C) session began with a simple prompt: “To be brave is to ______.” The children spoke about facing fears, believing in oneself, taking risks, helping others, speaking the truth and doing difficult things. But very quickly, we realised that defining bravery was not quite so simple.

Over the past three days, I had the opportunity to conduct a geography-based learning session with the Bloom Primary group (ages 5–7). What began as a simple exploration activity soon turned into an engaging, energetic, and deeply insightful learning experience, for both the children and me. Introducing the 29 States of India Using the book on India’s 29 states, we explored what makes each state unique; its food, clothing, monuments, art forms, and cultural identity. I provid

Sunnyside may come across like a place where children do a lot of outdoor learning , more exploration and fun stuff. Naturally, questions may pop up in a parent's mind “But what about academics? Do they think it is important or do they completely ignore it ? “

It all began rather simply with Abdullah, one of our senior high schoolers, a handful of planks, and a small idea that children could make real things with their own hands. Abdullah has always been a tinkerer; fixing cars, taking apart computers, and figuring out how things work just for the fun of it. Carpentry was one more thing that caught his curiosity, and soon he found himself spending hours experimenting with wood, tools, and design and loving every bit of the process.

Every journey begins with a single step—or in our case, a single pencil line. What started as a quiet exploration of pencil shading soon unfolded into a rich, layered journey through the many mediums and methods of visual art. It has been as much about discovery as it has been about discipline.

Over the past two weeks, our elementary group explored India's freedom struggle leading up to the Web of Independence activity.

Who knew a simple Talking Topics board game by the British Council could turn into such an exciting way to review our lessons on...

For us, Tamil and Math are not two subjects but two skills that beautifully weave together to help children thrive. Over the last two...

What an exciting day we had at the beach! Our young explorers brought their wind vane prototypes for a real-world test, and guess what ?...

In a world full of screens, where attention is always pulled in different directions, sitting with a book can feel like something from...

This debating workshop was conducted at Sunnyside in collaboration with the Indian Society for Universal Dialogue (ISUD).

The questions we set out to explore in our latest hands-on experiment as part of our ongoing MDP on mangroves.

When we decided to take on a multidisciplinary project (MDP) centered on mangroves, we knew we wanted to integrate different subjects.

Recently, I facilitated a session with our Elementary cohort using the Think, Feel, Care thinking routine from Project Zero at Harvard.

At Sunnyside , we embarked on a transformative journey to address climate change education with a refreshing perspective. Recognising...

A rainy Tuesday morning saw the Sunnyside students shuffle into a bus and set off for Kotturpuram. The bus was filled with chatter, and...