Students explore gymnastics as part of the ‘active living’ strand of Personal, Social and Physical Education of International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program (IB PYP). The IB PYP is governed from Geneva, Switzerland and is the best curriculum in the world for student development.
Excerpts from the Hindustan Times, 06 June, 2013. (To view the full article online, click here.) LUCKNOW: The ‘Rank No.1’ holders in UP Board class 12 exams have one more thing in common apart from sharing the top slot — their belief in self-study. The three joint toppers -Harshit Srivastava of Lucknow, Arjita Verma of…
Some assessment tools that the IB proposes: Rubrics: An established set of criteria for rating students in all areas. The descriptors tell the assessor what chara???? cteristics or signs to look for in student’s work and then how to rate that work on a pre-determined scale. Rubrics can be developed by students as well as…
“A rendezvous with the mothers” was organised at the Modern school.This event was conducted to familiarize parents with the teaching techniques and ways of the newly introduced IB PYP programme. The IB progrmme aims to teach children in a creative and activity based environment. What children do and see is much better understood and retained…
Grade 2 students of The Modern School, went on a road trip to explore different types of buildings and structures of the city as part of the current class unit of the same name (Buildings & Structures). The students travelled to Gomti Barrage, GPO, Vidhan Sabha, Hotel Clarks Avadh,Charbagh Railway station and at Bara Imambara,…
There are various teaching learning processes practised in schools. Some of these impart imitation learning and others a real learning. Imitation learning occurs when the child does not understand the concept as it is and so cannot apply learning to other processes and systems of life. Imitation learning is for pretending to know enough…