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he goal of the English Why teach / learn Math?
Department is to develop
Tin students the prime ften questioned, but it is
communication skills of next to impossible to live
listening, speaking, writing Olife independently without
and reading for a wide range of basic math skills. Today’s
purposes, keeping in mind the students will live and work in
relevance of the discipline of the twenty-first century, in an
study in everyday contexts. We era dominated by computers, by
aim to foster critical thinking, world-wide communication, and
creativity and communication by a global economy. Students
skills. Special focus on enhancing must recognize the varied roles
the writing skills of the students played by mathematics in life
through creating awareness of on the whole.We at Springdales
structural and language features
of the text types is a new approach adopted successfully by the are grooming our students for
tomorrow’s world.
Department.
Math teaches logic and order. The discipline of mind that children
Student learning is supported by the use of various resources such develop in math classes can be carried over into everyday life. Math
as dictionaries, thesaurus and online resources which not only provides a vehicle through which critical-thinking skills are put
enhance learning but also generate interest among the students. into practice and refined. Students are groomed to explain how they
Different learning tasks such as debates, presentations, class arrived at a solution to a complex problem or to describe the ideas
discussions, role plays and designing posters help cater to varying behind a formula or procedure, analyze situations and link with real
learning styles and interests.
life experiences. Springdalians learn transferable problem solving
skills. To inculcate this, we teach mathematics in such a way as to
To generate interest in reading, the Department regularly organizes promote the likelihood that students will be able to transfer what
activities such as D.E.A.R. time and Read for Pleasure and Review they learn to other areas. Cross-disciplinary study would be the
for Reward. The Department also organized the Literacy Week to norm, rather than the exception.
encourage involvement in the study of the English language. The
Department is dedicated to continue its journey of helping develop Good mathematics is not about how many answers you know, but
children’s knowledge, skills and understanding in English, and to how you behave when you don’t know!
make learning of English fun and exciting.

Ms. Sangeetha Sreedharan Ms. Sangeeta Chopra
Subject Leader - English (Primary) Subject Leader - Mathematics (Primary)

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