The quest for excellence is not only in academics, but also in all aspects of school life. All students participate in a multi-dimensional curriculum.
Academics
The Academic
Programme provides intellectual stimulation and curiosity,
rational thought and maturity of mind. Students are taught the
value and equality of all subjects, and encouraged to pursue a
mix of the sciences and arts. Regular visits to museums, and
film shows supplement classroom teaching.
Pre-School Education
Springdales is a strong
believer in the value of Pre-School education and has built up a
very attractive Nursery Department that caters for children from age
three to five years. The school has adopted its own curriculum and
methodology, whereby children learn hrough the play way method, with
no formal instruction or text books.
For
details on the School's curriculum for each class, click
here
Co curricular
Co-curricular activities encourage personality development and draw out creativity and talents, and provide opportunities for leadership and character building, with the idea of 'EVERY CHILD A PERSONALITY'. Literary, cultural and artistic competitions are held regularly, and the school participates in a wide variety of competitions and workshops held in the city. A variety of clubs operate within the school.
For more information on the clubs and their activities, click here
Computer Education
Computer education has made rapid strides and both branches
of the school have impressive computer departments equipped with the
best Pentium computers and computer peripherals. All students from
class three upwards have computer
education as an integral
part of the curriculum. The department has a team of professionally
qualified teaching staff, and is in the process of providing
training to all its subject teachers to become computer literate, so
as to introduce computer-aided learning in all
subjects.
Physical Culture
Physical Culture at
Springdales develops the spirit of sportsmanship, cooperation, team
spirit and courage. The emphasis is on SPORTS FOR ALL with the slogan "DO YOUR BEST- WINNING IS NOT EVERYTHING." Sports
facilities include basketball, football, tennis, basketball, athletics,
table tennis, and special coaching for swimming, cricket, skating,
gymnastics, karate and taekwando. The school organises an Annual
Sports Meet and Swimming meet, and regular mountaineering and trekking
expeditions.
The
Arts
The
performing and visual arts develop the aesthetic senses and
appreciation of our national and world heritage. Painting and Art
History are offered upto the +2 level. Folk dancing and choral singing,
drama and street plays are organised to provide opportunities for
students to express their ideas, talent and creativity. No function
is complete without the sets and d?r
produced in the art rooms. Wall magazines on all sorts of subjects
decorate the corridors of the school.
Socially
Useful Productive Work
Socially useful
productive work assures the learning of manual skills, appreciating
the dignity of labour and the value of the working people, resulting
in articles of utility and beauty. At the secondary level, the
school offers a variety of choices like Interior Design, Batik, Tie
and Dye, Theatre Craft, Sculpture, Photography, Commercial Art,
Electronics and Tailoring as socially useful productive work. In the
middle school activities vary from soap and candle making to
gardening, bookbinding and repair of electrical gadgets.
Community Service and Social Work
Community service and
social awareness programmes involve students' participation in linkages with the community. Literacy
campaigns, and work in hospitals and slums, sensitise them to the
life of the community around them, to the deprivations suffered by
others, and the need to contribute to the building of a more
egalitarian and socially just society, and for the eradication of
illiteracy. Senior students visit hospitals, Institutes for Children
with Special Needs and Institutes for the Blind. They become their
amanuensis for their examinations and take them out on excursions.
Students prepare plays on social issues, to bring about social
consciousness, help as Teacher's
aides in the Nursery
classes, and help maintain the school premises. They also carry out
various duties on a rota basis in the school, manning the reception,
office and library. Students keep a record of their work, and are
evaluated four times a year.
Value
Education
Value Education does not
form a separate dimension of the curriculum but is integrally
interwoven into the entire fabric of the curriculum. Stress is
always laid on developing a self disciplined approach to life and
work; to have a discriminating mind, the courage to tread new paths,
and to follow the dictates of one's own conscience even if it means
being different.
Languages
Besides English, which is
the medium of education, a variety of languages are taught,
including Hindi, Sanskrit, Spanish, French and
Russian.
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