Primary Grade 3-4-5 Experiencing the world through learning
Experimental Learning where students learn through exploring & experiencing, creating, discovering , relating to and interacting with the world around them.
- Our learning environment consists of physical, psychological & social environment. Where teaching takes place in the most effective & productive manner.
- Our methodology for the primary years is student centric to ensure creative & holistic value based education.
- Our curriculum encourages students to learn & absorb information by providing them with tools & strategies that facilitates learning in the most effective, fruitful & productive manner.
Evaluation System for Grade 1 to 5
An ongoing informal assessments & evaluation system is followed keeping in mind the basic purpose to give feedback on a regular basis to the child, parent, educator and school. Evaluation is also a learning tool and a preparatory exercise for “real life” exam situations. A mix of methods projects, activities and assignments, surprise and announced tests.”Exams” in the sense of high pressure, strenuous tests which are pre-announced and have significant weight age, tend to create undue strain are avoided.However,. The evaluation system tests the abilities of the child, and not rote memory, which is why questions focus less on “lessons” done in class and more on the skills acquired from them.
The basic purpose of not having announced tests is to encourage an ongoing & continuous learning & doubt solving of concepts. This helps our students overcome ‘exam fear’. Surprise evaluations help in gauging the level of internalization and understanding of concepts learned at a given point in time. Similarly, projects help students to develop an ability to learn on their own, by locating information and not depending on just memorizing the facts. In English, for example we never teach “grammar” Students are given tasks where understanding of nouns and verbs is evaluated through a project or a game. Likewise, in Math’s to evaluate the concept of money a market situation is created where students actually get the chance to negotiate and buy objects. Class participation, attention, interest, regularity and quality of home assignments and class work and educator’s observation are also an integral part of the evaluation process. They give an estimate of the quality and consistency of performance over a period of time. All these elements ensure that evaluation is objective and not based on any one particular skill or ability.