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Our BELIEF

Education is the nurturing and shaping of every aspect of the student: academic, intellectual, physical, emotional, interpersonal and spiritual. A focus on self-esteem, learning of life skills, creative thinking, problem solving and reading with understanding is the nucleus of our educational program. Amber Valley is a welcoming learning space, where students are encouraged to explore and ask. The approach to learning, gaining knowledge and skills is interdisciplinary and interconnected, representative of the real world.

JuniorSchool

Grades KG-5
Our belief is that learning at this stage deeply influences the ability to learn at later school stages. The teaching methodology is built around the premise that a concept is better understood through a variety of experiences and exploration of the environment. The rate of learning is high at this stage, resonating with the playfulness, joy and curiosity in each child. We work with students to holistically connect their practical experiences with academic growth and influence learning in the later classes.
KG to Grade 2:
Kindergarten has an exciting, multi-sensorial phonics programme integrated with art, music, story telling, math and movement. Everyday is a new exploration to develop higher-order literacy skills through language arts and mathematics. This programme builds confidence and capability in multiple areas. It lays a solid foundation in listening, speaking, reading, writing and thinking skills with the expectation that students will shift from learning to read to reading to learn by the time they enter second grade. There is a heavy emphasis on having a good time, teaching the most important lesson of all–that learning is really, really fun.
Grades 3 & 4:
Third graders are beginning to develop a sense of themselves as scholars. As readers, they’re developing the mastery that leads to enjoyment and learning. As writers, they find that they can inform, persuade, and entertain. As mathematicians, they discover that they can handle larger and more complex operations than ever before. They have a multitude of ways to discover that school is fun.
Grade 5
Fifth graders are the leaders of the Junior school.
As writers, they are constantly generating and revising new work. As readers, they tackle more complex, longer works of literature. They use their observational powers, deductive reasoning, and knowledge of scientific principles to apply and solve.
As mathematicians, they advance beyond whole-number calculations to perform operations with fractions and decimals, and to convert seamlessly between the two.

As learners of history they look at the basis of today being the past.

middleSchool

senior School

Grades 8-12

10:1 - Student to faculty ratio

Continuing the process of learning to communicate with clarity and precision, sufficient care is taken to prepare students for the ICSE/ISC exams with a well laid-out routine of unit tests, end-term exams and practice exams. The teaching methodology at Senior School focuses on rigor in writing and thinking. But it also goes beyond that and seeks to raise the level of consciousness to lead students towards being self-aware and discerning young adults, who are ready to take on interpersonal challenges, and can thrive as they impact society positively.

10 & 11 Grade

10th Grade – The first Public exam is an ensured success through the efforts of teachers to push individual students to seriously put in an effort – an effort that they are capable of, and the attitude to put in serious work.

11th Grade – The school has an array of Science, Humanities and Commerce subjects to choose from that can be taken along with stand alone Elective English, Art, and Physical Education. The small class size successfully navigates the students through troubled emotional growth helping their performance for admission into preferred colleges coupled with the development of leadership skills and responsibility under a safety net that a home or college environment cannot match. The logical continuation is 11th Grade after 10th Grade.

Celebrating Curiosity

OVERALL DEVELOPMENT

At Amber Valley, our focused program develops questioning and independent thinkers – individuals who learn from and interact with the world around them through inquiry and an openness to explore and discover.