INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL WITH A HOLISTIC APPROACH

 Pretty puzzling to pin down an international school in Chennai. Right ???

Maybe what you are reading this minute can provide you with glass door answers. A prelude before the right find is to check on the reasons for getting admission to an International school. This makes the process straightforward and stress-free. A school with perfect premises, blended learning, with the dual luxury of good teachers and mentors is pivotal in developing tomorrow’s Scientist, Astronaut, Medical Professional, Lawyer, Engineer or maybe even be a Politician.

Every child has a way of learning and developing their personality. It could be visual, auditory or via reading and writing and kinaesthetic. Researchers say that this development is inevitable between birth and three years of age. It’s the undeniable part of every parent to look for the right child care that stimulates and encourages their ward’s physical, intellectual and social growth.

Once, these vitals are scanned upon, identification of the right school for your child’s education becomes easy. Just imagine a school with an international curriculum, a multilinguistic course structure, students working with international faculty and staff and most of all better professional development. Great Right!!

 One such International school in Chennai is the Singapore International School which is a group of Private International Schools (Premier chain of k-12) that have been outstanding in their academic excellence and experiential learning worldwide. The Anand Singapore International School Chennai is a partnership between one of  SIS Group of Schools - Kalasalingam and Anandam Ammal Charities.

Einstein said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." Celebrated Psychologists strongly feel that a perfect design revolves around creative thinking and the ability to generate new knowledge and ideas. True to the statement, the initiative has been successfully implemented at ASIS. The school meticulously follows a Singapore-based Pre-school curriculum. The school also explicitly focuses on the development of the learning community including a close partnership with parents. ASIS offers four programs: Pre-School, Primarily school, Secondary School and Junior College.

The school provides a lush and dynamic experience that encompasses methods of acquiring the needed skills in a wide range of domains, vis a vis memory, cognition, learning new languages, societal interaction and ethical behaviour. Classrooms are stacked and positioned to provide a strong connection to the outside, dissolving the known boundaries of what is in and what is out. The school also has a multipurpose sports block with a capacity of a semi-Olympic size indoor swimming pool.

ASIS uses as its core, the Nurturing Early Learners (NEL) Framework. The NEL Framework was developed by local and international researchers and is extensively used by the Singapore Ministry of Education for its Pre-schools. As each child learns differently, ASIS subscribes to the holistic assessment of each learner to build the desire to reflect, learn and communicate.

The unique feature is that contrary to the other schools, the syllabus is nourished with a Pedagogical structure to cater to the developmental needs and interests of the budding minds at different stages of their brain development. Some of the activities would be Continuous monitoring in class (observations), informal interactions, parent participation and more formal avenues like score-tracking, semestral assessments, and international benchmarking.

A strong curriculum and flexible syllabus is complete only with highly qualified and experienced teachers. They need to be passionate and have deep knowledge about children, teens, teaching and learning, and knowledge in a range of subjects. The school has been very clear on this principle and makes sure that the teacher is always clear about the syllabus, teaches the children to obtain specific knowledge and skills and channels them to meet the learning objectives.

ASIS builds up such qualities needed for the 21st century through the PACE initiative (Perseverance, Analytic Thinking, Communication/Collaboration, Entrepreneurism). The ASIS Primary program focuses on the foundations of maths, science, and English, regional languages, music, sports, physical and health education and innovative arts.

ASIS SIS secondary school will have an accredited Cambridge International programme that leads towards an accredited International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP), a high school qualification recognized by colleges and universities around the world. The school also focuses on regional languages and global perspectives to ensure that the students have the skills and dispositions to become good global citizens.