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The word “curriculum “in Latin meant racing chariot or race course. It suggests vigorous activity wholehearted, joyous, outreaching activity.
The curriculum at SDI is based on the same philosophy, whereby the efforts of the learners are guided towards attaining a goal in life.
It is a blend of national curriculum with international standards of learning.
Building self confidence
Creating a fun filled environment
Visualizing stress
Using Arts, Music, Drama, Dance, Stories, Poems
Inculcating scientific temper
Using VAKTO, Visual,Auditory, Kinesthetic, Tactile, Olfactory approaches
Personal,social and emotional development
Communication and language
Physical Development
Literacy, Numeracy skills, Digitalliteracy, Art&Design, Music, Physical Eduaction,General awareness
Some vocational arts, such as gardening or work with clay, will be introduced in the foundational years (ages 3-8)
Literacy, Mathematics, Digital Literacy, Art&Design, Music, Physical Education, General Awareness
At this stage more emphasis is given on Problem Solving, Creative thinking to grow intellectually, socially, mindfully, emotionally.
At Middle Stage Curriculum offers cross curricular projects and cross phase learning are:
Rich opportunities are provided for collaborative working through engaging topics
Languages and Mathematics are vital and are integrated with Science, SocialScience, ICT,HealthEducation, Dance, Drama,Life Skills
Every student will take a fun course, that gives a hands-on experience of a sampling of important vocational crafts such as Carpentry, electricwork, metalwork, gardening, pottery making etc
The entire school education curriculum will be reoriented to develop holistic learners and develop in learners higher order skills of critical thinking, creativity, logical deduction, collaboration/teamwork, social responsibility, multilingualism, quantitative reasoning, and digital literacy.
For each of the concepts/capacities experiential/play-based/toybased/discovery-based/experiment-based/art based/sportsbased/storytelling based/interactive/less textbookcentric/creative/enjoyable activities and pedagogy is developed that will enable students to acquire these capacities through less rote and greatercreativity and analytical/critical thinking.
An increased focus on foundational literacy and numeracy – and generally, on reading, writing, speaking, counting, arithmetic, and mathematical thinking throughout the preparatory and middle schoolcurriculum, with a robust system of continuous formative/adaptive assessmentto track and thereby individualize and ensure each student’s learning.
The curriculum also integrates digital literacy for all learners at the basic level, with hands-on assessments andworksheets keeping in mind the available digital infrastructure on the ground.
At a more advanced level, curricula is developed for:
Computational thinking;
programming and other computer based activities.
Children are exposed to different languages early on.
All languages are taught in an enjoyable and interactive style, with plenty of interactive conversation.
The teaching of all languages is enhanced through innovative and experiential methods, including through gamification and apps, by weaving inthe cultural aspects of the languages – such as films, theatre, storytelling, poetry, and music – and by drawing connections with various relevant subjectsand with real-life experiences.”
Sports-integrated learning is undertaken in classroom transactions to help students adopt fitness as a lifelong attitude and to achieve the related life skills along with the levels of fitness as envisaged in the Fit India Movement.
Basic training in health, including preventative health, mental health, nutrition, personal and public hygiene, and first-aid is included in the curriculum.
“In all stages, experiential learning is adopted, including hands-on learning, arts-integrated and sports-integrated education, story-telling based pedagogy, among others, asstandard pedagogy within each subject, and with explorations of relations among different subjects.”
“Art-integrated education will is embedded in classroom transactions not only for creating joyful classrooms, but also forimbibing the Indian ethos through integration of Indian art and culture in the teaching and learning process at every level.”
“Sportsintegration is another cross-curricular pedagogical approach that utilizes physical activities including indigenous sports, in pedagogical practices to helpin developing skills such as collaboration, self initiative, self-direction, selfdiscipline, teamwork, responsibility, citizenship, etc.”
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