Our Methodology - Primary School
The syllabus used in the primary school is as per NCERT/CBSE. Primary school curriculum is planned as an extension of pre-primary with focus on all the developmental areas. The curriculum ensures that learning of the students is developed through building up on what they have learned earlier. The curriculum is designed to be Trans - disciplinary; this helps the students to correlate the learning to the real world creating relevance to the learning process in our schools. Focus is also on developing the skill of self-study, which is essential for middle and high school.
In our primary sections the focus is on learning the concepts in core subjects (English, Math Sciences, Art, Music and Physical Education) through activities, projects, and work-sheets.
English curriculum: In our school, the English curriculum has been divided into four areas.
- Listening & comprehension
- Speaking & comprehension
- Reading & comprehension
- Writing & comprehension
This has been done to create clear objectives of developing language skills in students. It enables the students to have competence and confidence in using language.
The tools that we use to enable this learning are guided reading program, show & tell, Role play, drama, songs, poetry story-telling, writing of short stories, essays, etc. language development is a continuous process happening across all the subject classes. Participation in the classroom discussions is a very important tool for language development and it is highly encouraged in our school.
Math curriculum: In our school, Math is taught in a way that is relevant to the children. They are encouraged to apply the concepts taught to real world problems. Math is taught in traditional schools as formulae with no relevance to their application, we intend to change this and teach concepts only after explaining their relevance to solving practical problems. By the end of the primary school, children will be very comfortable in handling problems pertaining to numbers, shapes, measurement and data analysis.
Sciences: Study of self and human surroundings is covered under social studies in our primary schools. The child becomes aware of the community and nation around him and the various roles others play in this setting. In our school, a lot of emphasis is laid on experimentation to teach science, as science understands the interrelationships that exist in the material world. Children spend a good amount of their time in the lab to test out and build their hypothesis about the world around them. BITT is dedicated in bringing out the best of your children at this delicate and important primary school level.
