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.

• Micro Schedule
• Monthly Planner
• Practicare
• Cursive Writing

• Worksheets
• My file – My almanac
• SAAR’s Knowledge pack

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

• 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

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.