Pre-Primary Section – AN AGE TO EXCEL
OVERVIEW
Every child is special with his/her unique capabilities. At Iris, Pre-Primary learning is relevant, child-centered & an innovative pattern, help the child with one-self & realize his/her own optimal potential.
- At Iris, by taking part in the structured play situations, the kids are given a chance to try out new skills as well as practice familiar ones.
- Here, the children enjoy learning through play, hands on activities & interaction with others. The teaching of concepts through activities, poems, songs, dance & games enable children to explore & learn about the world around them is indeed effective.
VISION
- Creating a second home for children, where they are nurtured with affection, care, responsibility & happiness.
- Developing a comprehensive learning environment for every child.
- Imparting through knowledge to parents, about the total development of their kids.
- Educating & evolving all stakeholders associated with early child hood education.
- Contributing in the larger vision of crafting a better & brighter future of our kids.
MISSION
- Providing a well researched compre -hensive framework of quality standards.
- Combining best global practices of early – childhood education.
- Ensuring smooth physical, mental & emotional development in children & acquisition of positive habits.
- Supporting the psychomotor, linguistic & cognitive development of the child, build in self – care skills & prepare the child for primary education.
- Support in developing their imagination, creative & critical thinking skill, communicative & self – expressive powers.
AIM & OBJECTIVES
- To provide a broad & balanced curriculum with strong focus on teaching & learning to enable each individual kids to achieve their full potential.
- To create an environment in school which is attractive, calm, ordered, stimulating & one that promotes independent learning & equality of opportunity.
- To nurture children to be highly motivated, well behaved, fully involved in the life of the school, to be independent, to show initiative & self-discipline.
- To combine a variety of successful teaching methods in providing a rich learning environment for all the kids in our care.
CLASSROOM SETUP
- Classroom setup instills learning atmosphere where children learn the concept with unconscious efforts which is called as ‘emergent literacy’.
- I variables (Birthday chart, Weather chart, Kids corner, Time Table Chart, Theme board, Rhymes Chart, Story Chart, Ground rules-placards & Sight words) are displayed on wall.
- At Iris, the audio-visual aids help children to build a strong learning base & make learning more permanent. Science student use more than one sense here.
- Pictures, slides, videos, flash cards, toys & various other audio visual tools are used by teachers to teach topics.
Learning Periods
- General timings from Monday to Friday 8.30 am to 1:00 pm
- Assembly 8:30 am to 8:45 am
- Session starts from 8:45 am onwards as per the micro schedule.
Assembly
- Pre-primary school assembly provides young students with an opportunity to exhibit their talents & knowledge with the school community.
- It provide the opportunity for the champs to develop their confidence by speaking up & sharing their ideas. We, at Iris make sure every child has a chance to get involved in all daily practices in school.
CURRICULUM
- Education at Iris is an integrated process that takes into account the heterogeneity of the learner & learning styles. The innovative curriculum for the Pre-primary is in use with the objective of reinforcing values, concepts, ideas, skills & activities.
- Areas of Growth & Development : Physical, Language, Personal, Emotional, Social, Intellectual / Cognitive, Aesthetic development etc.
- Preschool Math provides Academic Building Blocks : At Iris, skills like number sense, math concepts & simple application of ideas like addition, subtraction are being applied to classroom activities.
CORE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
- Micro Schedule
- Monthly Planner
- Practicare
- Cursive Writing
- Worksheets
- My file – My almanac
- SAAR’s Knowledge pack
WORKSHEETS
Preschoolers have a highly receptive brain & are quick learners. Young kids have great abilities of learning & learn faster through experiential exercises.
At Iris, innovative worksheets can be used to teach English, Maths & EVS to make the foundational concepts easy & intriguing in an enjoyable format.
FEATURES OF MICRO SCHEDULE
Self – explanatory curriculum which includes the activities that are taken up in a month for example :
- Home Assignments
- Events & Celebrations
- Month’s Activities
- Conversation Questions
TEACHING – LEARNING STRATEGIES
- Activity based : Learner – Friendly activities
- Creative Art & Craft activities
- Puppets : Use of puppetry for better learning
- Songs, Rhymes & Stories
- Excursions
- Outdoor activities : Games, Swings, Ball Pool
- Stage activities : Dancing, Enacting, Rhymes, Skits
- Conversation questions : To enhance communication skills among students
SKILLS
At Iris, we equip our students with the following skills & design our activities to promote them
- Classification skills
- Conversation skills
- Drawing conclusion
- Experimenting
- Identifying patterns
- Motor skills
- Social behavior
- Observation & recognition skills
- Observing & relating skills
- Ordering & sequencing skills
- Sorting & classifying skills
- Thinking skills
- Understanding concepts
- Vocabulary enhancement
VALUE – BASED EDUCATION
At Iris, education is knowledge imbued with wisdom & ethics which mould the behavior & personality of the learners.
- Day begins with morning assembly where prayers, rhymes, exercises & celebration of special days are conducted.
- Moving on to the daily snacks time were cleanliness, hygiene & manners are focused.
- The story time at the end of the day has a moral for each story that is told.
EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT
- On the basis of individual growth & development of the child.
- No home work, no exams. Only remarks are given.
- This covers the psychological, physical & emotional growth of each child.