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EW SPOTLIGHT FEATURE

ATS Valley School, Dera Bassi focuses

on children’s overall well-being

s a school, it has been our belief that a child’ s emotional 3. Special reading sessions: To meet their lost reading habits,
and social well-being is as important as her/his academic ‘ Reading Sessions’ were initiated even in some primary
Aperformance. There are 5 of these areas mentioned in classes.
our diary- Cerebral, Emotional, Physical, Social and Spiritual 4. Speaking sessions: In order to develop speaking skills and
development. to overcome shyness and the fear of public speaking, we
Past two years have been testing for entire humanity, conduct “ speaking on podium” activity for our children every
especially for young children. Being away from real schools, month by giving an added period in the timetable.
taking virtual sessions, loss of physical activities, being away
from their friends and much more. And now, when the schools 5. Storytelling sessions: Storytelling audios on topics such
have reopened after a long time, it behoves us to make up for a as optimism, teamwork, honesty to help build the skill of
child’ s lost learning in each possible way. listening and imbibing the values.
At ATS V alley School, we aim to provide each child with a 6. Teaching Language: Before reading a chapter in H indi or
tailored environment which could meet their specific needs. For English, children are given new words from that chapter and
instance, ‘Sharing and Caring’, ‘Optimism’ and ‘Teamwork’ asked to Google search their meanings and pronunciation
- special activities are planned to help bring them back their and make sentences using them. This way, when the chapter
confidence, bond with peers and learning the joy of sharing with reading is done, children already know the meanings of
and caring for others. those words and hence, can relate better and easier.
From transitioning back to in-person classroom learning to 7. Pride of India: The school regularly shares with students
ensuring their mental well-being and socialization skills, we have some interesting facts about our country’ s growth and the
initiated various programmes as mentioned below. strides it is making around the world in various fields like
1. Crash Course: The first month (April’22) of this session was science, engineering, this builds in them a sense of pride
completely dedicated to provide them for their lost learning in their country- a first step towards becoming responsible
during the lockdown. Previous years’ syllabus was revised citizens
in specially built modules to enhance the concepts that were
lost due to online learning, especially in Maths and English. 8. Honesty- One of the farthest reaching of our programmes is
2. Handwriting: To improve their handwriting skills, we have Non-invigilated testing, where students take their class tests
started a ‘ H andwriting Programme’ where children are without an invigilator present. It does wonders for their self-
divided into 4 levels and will be helped accordingly.This esteem, work ethic and all-round wellness.
programme starts in LK G so that the development starts in We do all this in the hope that our efforts will build thinking,
the early years. caring, responsible, proud and honest citizens and adults.

EDUCATIONWORLD AUGUST 2022