Inquiry based learning through activity takes place at Aristo Public School. Experimental learning is the key to understanding the depth of the subjects.
Inquiry based learning through activity takes place at Aristo Public School. Experimental learning is the key to understanding the depth of the subjects. The primary students learn with hands-on activities in all subjects. The middle school does research based projects in English, Language, Mathematics, Science and Social Science.
We realize that the importance of reading, speaking and listening has been forgotten in this electronic age. These skills are necessary not only for language but for the entire subjects that are learnt.
Phonics is teaching children the sounds made by individual letter or letter, groups and teaching children how to merge separate sounds together to make it one word. Phonics instruction teaches children how to decode letters into their respective sounds. It is essential for them to read the unfamiliar words by themselves. Effective phonics instruction is important because letter sound knowledge is the foundation needed to build up reading and writing abilities. We follow “Jolly phonics” to educate the phonics sound in kindergarden children enjoy the sounds and actions made for each letter in the classroom. The repeat the sounds and enjoy. They also need to learn the relationship between letters and sounds due to the fact that English relies on letters to represent sounds. We use flash cards, actions related to the sounds to teach phonics to the children to develop their reading skill for the future.
Gross motor skills involve whole body movements.It is the co-ordination of the muscles and the neurological system which impact balance & coordination of the body.Gross motor skills are used to ove the arms,legs and torso in a functional manner.
All these opportunities for full body movement develop good core strength ,balance,proprioception and stamina.It involves bigger movements using large muscle groups like arms,legs,feet and trunks like sitting,crawling,running,jumping, climbing stairs,throwing,catching and so on.
Few actvities that we follow are,
Fine motor skills involve the ability like grasping, reaching and releasing an object, turning the wrist and to make small movements with the hands, fingers and arms. Those actions are co-ordinated with the eyes.
Few activities like
Cutting with scissors
Holding and using crayons
Colour and scribble using pencil
Play dough manipulation
Stacking cups, blocks etc.,
Drawing using crayons
Puzzles (involve flepping, turning and placing)
Opening and closing (bag, bottles, box, etc.,)
Holding and drinking from a glass
Balancing, Beading, Buttoning, Clipping, Cutting, Painting, Poking, Sweing, Sorting, Weaving and so on.
Fine motor skills are necessary for self care for children eg. Putting on shoes feeding themselves, cleaning their own teeth, grasping objects, writing and dressing, it involves the use of the small muscles that control the hand, fingers and thumb. The ability to complete selfcare and everyday tasks helps a child self esteem and confidence to increase. We focus on three ways to develop fine motor skills like,
Academic Activities
Free Play Activities
Self Care Activities
We always make sure children enjoy these activities and through these activities, they build their find motor skills.
In the junior & secondary school we recognized that school must be a safe and encouraging environment that fosters risk taking necessary for the full development of a child. Realizing that children are motivated to learn when they experience success and develop understanding, teachers include finding and using information, making connections across the curriculum, and organizing learning around new concepts.
We believe that children take responsibility for their learning when they understand what it means to learn, to be reflective, and to set and personal learning goals. Knowing that children have their own unique learning styles, lessons are structured to meet the needs of all learner’s in the classroom with ongoing assessment strategies and timely feedback to support continuous learning.
These are subject-specific activities aimed at enhancing the understanding and skills of the students. These activities are to be carried out throughout the term; however, they should be evaluated at the term-end. Life skills, such as social skills, thinking skills and also Non- Scholastic skills are graded. Hence, it is very important to show interest and participate in competitions and other extra-curricular activities.
Cognitive Development used in our interactive learning environment. This includes the engagement with peers, adults, and activities.
Socio Emotional Skills are essential for school readiness, like paying attention to teachers, transitioning easily from one activity to another activity and cooperating with other children in class. Teachers play vital role inside classroom like,
The activities that use follow school is
1.Ball games – It builds relationship for young children. Co-operatively rolling a ball back and forth build a good relationship among children.
2.Stories – Reading a stories with emotional content gives them the opportunity to develop empathy as well as to use their own experience of emotions.
3.Puppets – similar to stories using puppet to act out social situations and emotions is a good way to develop children’s recognition and emotions.
4.Listening games – it helps to recognize, understand and respond to appropriate boundaries and behavioural expectations. It helps to improve listening skill, attention and focus. Finally children also learn by imitating, watching and observing and responding to social behaviours of others.
All the pupils should come in prescribed and neat uniform every day during the school hours and to all the school functions. Pupils should not come with ornaments or valuable articles to school and they are responsible for the safe custody of their books and belongings.
During school hours parents / guardians are not allowed to see their wards or their teachers in the class room without the permission of the principal. Any communication, request or complaint made by the parents / guardians should be addressed only to the principal and not to the class teacher. In exceptional cases and in emergencies they may visit their wards after obtaining written permission from the Principal. Only parents are allowed to take the children out from the school.
There will be no local guardian nominated for any student. Only for those living abroad, a guardian has to be a blood relation and should be authorized by the parent, to interact with the school and the student. The school reserves its right to reject a guardian.
Chewing gums, perfumes, gel, electronic items and costly items are banned in the school. Such things will be confiscated from the student and in addition, the students will be suitably punished. The items confiscated will not be returned to the parents or to the students.
Smoking/ Drugs/ Alcohol are strictly banned within the school premises for the students, parents, guardians and visitors. The school reserves the right to expel a student at any time for indulging in misconduct or any case of indiscipline. Such students, depending on the severity of the offence, may be escorted home and handed over to the parents at their expense and the TC will be issued immediately with the remark “expelled for misconduct”.
A student will be detained only once in a particular class. If the student concerned does not make substantial improvement to be promoted to the next class in the next promotion examination, he/she will have to be withdrawn from the school.
Any willful damage caused by the pupil to the building, furniture, apparatus or any other school property is liable to be made good by the parent /guardian. Irregular attendance at school, habitual laziness, disobedience, dishonesty or conduct injurious to the moral tone of the school within or without is sufficient reasons for the dismissal of a student.
Although the school is not responsible for the behavior of its students outside its premises, due notice will be taken of reports of misbehavior and disciplinary action will be taken against them if the report is substantiated on proper enquiry.
Students are not allowed to conduct any celebration or party within school premises without consent from Principal. They are not permitted to distribute any gift on any occasion like Birthday\winning game\passing exam\farewell etc. Giving money or gifts to the staff members is strictly prohibited.
The School takes adequate care about the safety of the pupils. However, the school will not be held responsible for any injury or accident met by the pupils.
The complete medical records of the child / ward must be furnished for perusal at the time of admission. The medical report that is submitted must invariably contain all the relevant medical information related to the child since birth.
Pupil who is ill for a long period must produce medical certificate. Absence without proper information or prior permission will be considered a gross breach of discipline. The names of students who are absent for one month without informing the school authority will be removed from the register. Pupils will be eligible to sit for examination only if he/she gets 80% of attendance.
Pupils are expected to be punctual. Late comers are liable to be sent home at the parent’s own risk.
Absence on the re-opening day will be viewed strictly.
The school reserves the right to strike the name of a student off the Roll or stop him/her from appearing for any examination including external examinations for non-payment of fees and other dues before the commencement of such examinations.