Senior Programme (Grades 8)

“Pedagogy must evolve to make education more experiential, holistic, integrated, inquiry-driven, discovery oriented, learner-centered, discussion based, flexible, enjoyable”. - NEP,2020

Experiential education in the senior grades fosters the holistic development of learners by immersing them in an experience and then encourages reflection about the experience to develop new skills, new attitudes, or new ways of thinking. The pedagogy includes Outbound programmes, Excursions, Interdisciplinary projects, Science experiments, Role playing, Reflection and journaling, Interactive classroom games and so on. The educators use Learning Outcomes (Los) as a tool for ensuring that education is an interconnected process and not only a means of simply ‘completing’ a topic.

The focus during the Senior Programme is continually on key concepts, ideas, applications, and problem solving. To build on pedagogical and curricular style, teaching and learning is conducted in a more interactive manner encouraging questions/dialogue with fun, creative, collaborative, exploratory activities, arts-integrated and sports- integrated education, storytelling etc. Classroom transactions shift towards competency- based learning with assessment tools aligned towards engaging learners with enjoyable and inspirational pursuits for students at all levels. All this is amalgamated with state-of-the-art technology to boost dynamic, practical and vigorous learning therein, creating a wider consciousness of the world. To augment aesthetic, moral, ethical and emotional dimensions, various co-curricular activities form an integral part of the educational journey. The school’s ‘morning circle’ and ‘afternoon circle’ are initiatives which help the learners to manoeuvre their thoughts and emotions in the desired direction. Fundamentally, the ambience is rampant with the enthusiasm and creative drive of the learners.