“To Understand life Is To Understand Ourselves And That Is Both The Beginning And The End Of Everything”

J. Krishnamoorthy

The whole task of education is to awaken the individual and to prepare them for life. That is done by making children feel FREE. Children are taught what to think And Not How to think.
Our educators are free from established patterns of thought. The teacher”s life is not only in the classroom but is involved with the whole outer world as well as inner struggles, ambitions and relationships. The aim of our education is not merely educating the child to read and write- to awaken their intelligence, to awaken the sense of responsibility, to encourage each one to find out their inner strength and develop it as fully as possible.

Active learning (Grade 1 & 2):

Active Learning is a form of learning in which teaching strives to involve students in the learning process more directly than in other methods through play, technology-based learning, activity-based learning, group work, project method. It is not teacher-centered, and it requires more than just listening; the active participation of each and every student is a necessary aspect in active learning. Students must be doing things and simultaneously think about the work done and the purpose behind it so that they can enhance their higher order thinking.

The Principles of Active Learning:

1. Purpose: the relevance of the task to the students’ concerns.
2. Reflective: students’ reflection on the meaning of what is learned.
3. Negotiated: negotiation of goals and methods of learning between students and teachers.
4. Critical: students appreciate different ways and means of learning the content.
5. Complex: students compare learning tasks with complexities existing in real life and making reflective analysis.
6. Situation-driven: the need of the situation is considered in order to establish learning tasks.
7. Engaged: real life tasks are reflected in the activities conducted for learning.

Constructive Framework (Grade 3 to 6):

1. Learning through meaningful reception – emphasizes the previous knowledge the learner possesses and considers it a key factor in learning.
2. Learning through discovery – where students learn through discovery of ideas with the help of situations provided by the teacher.
3. Conceptual change: misconceptions takes place as students discover knowledge without any guidance; teachers provide knowledge keeping in mind the common misconceptions about the content and keep an evaluation check on the knowledge constructed by the students.
4. Social Constructiveness – collaborative group work within the framework of cognitive strategies like questioning, clarifying, predicting and summarizing.

Non-academic Activities :

We have an array of Celebration Days throughout the year–and that’s how we like it! From Color Days, religious celebrations, get together parties with parents and grandparents, we have a lot to celebrate!

Extracurricular Activities :

A complete education is impossible without sensorial learning and encouraging various forms of expression. In school, students learn a wide variety of skills to express themselves creatively. Students opt for activities which include Art, Clay work, Home-craft, Dance, Yoga, Chess, Silambam, Karate, Skates and Sporty beans.

Field Trips :

Our concept of Field Trips has been taken to the next level. Field trips give students educational experiences away from their regular school environment. Popular field trip sites include farm, nature centers, fire stations, petrol pumps, restaurant, departmental store, religious places and science museums. The purpose of the trip is usually observation for education, non-experimental research or to provide students with experiences outside their everyday activities.

Culture Classes :

Our concept of Field Trips has been taken to the next level. Field trips give students educational experiences away from their regular school environment. Popular field trip sites include farm, nature centers, fire stations, petrol pumps, restaurant, departmental store, religious places and science museums. The purpose of the trip is usually observation for education, non-experimental research or to provide students with experiences outside their everyday activities.

Traditional Games that are Now Forgotten:

Looking at the modern children, one striking difference between the childhood that the previous generation had and the one that this generation is having is the lack of Indian or native games. Traditional Games act as learning aids. They teach us many things while playing like to learn to win and lose, develop sensory skills, count, add, improve motor skills, identify color, improve hand-eye coordination and finally to have fun, naturally one play or watch a game to have fun.