Class 1 (6 to 7 years)

Learning goals for primary school students

Our curriculum promotes four aspects of achievement:

• The ability to express oneself in oral and written form and, where appropriate, to remember facts accurately and use them constructively.
• The ability to apply knowledge through practical tasks, problem solving, investigation skills, and the use of oral and written language.
• The development of personal and social skills, such as the ability to work with others and take on a leadership role within a group.
• The development of confidence that comes through self-discipline and the commitment to learn and persevere even when tasks seem difficult.

1. How we assess and track progress at the primary school level:

All the students have a baseline assessment at the start of the academic year. Using this information, teachers predict students' attainment for the end of the year and help set individual targets for English and Numeracy. These targets are shared with parents and students then work towards them in class. Gifted and talented students can also be identified at this point, as can those students who need to join support programs.

As the year progresses, we assess our children in the following ways:
- 1. Observing them working in their ability groups
- 2. Asking them questions or giving them complex problems or tasks to solve
- 3. Looking at their completed work
- 4. Regular online assessments using a formative assessment program.
  At regular intervals throughout the term, teachers are asked to review each student’s attainment. This is where patterns and trends are identifies. Teachers then create individual support plans/remedial measures to ensure each student makes optimal progress.
2. Aim of Primary Education:

In the age of globalization and technological advancement, we need to prepare our children to thrive in future. Our schools should build competencies for 21st century while preserving the values of Indian culture. The basic aims of primary education are:
- • To identify his life as an individual
- • Citizen education as one of the main aims of all round education
- • Full and harmonious development of children
- • Promotion of spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils and in school and society
- • To prepare pupils for the opportunities responsibilities and experiences of the adult life
- • Emphasize, in addition to the acquisition of basic skills to literacy, arithmetic and reading; there are other skills that are necessary to live happily and usefully both as children and as adults.
3. Our Curriculum:

Teachers at the primary school level play constructive role in molding the career of young children. A wide range of grade levels encompasses the elementary school. Mostly, elementary our teachers concentrate on a particular grade level, teaching different fundamental subjects ranging from mathematics, social studies, science, music, physical education, and language arts.
Allen Kids dwells on laying the foundation for an all-rounded education. Besides the numeracy and literacy skills, we prepare our children to become:
- • Confident- who can judge right and wrong, can think on his own, reasons and can communicate
- • Active Contributor- who innovates, works well with teams and learns to contribute and exercises, and strive towards excellence
- • Self directed learner- who questions and explores, perseveres and takes responsibility for his own learning
- • A concerned citizen-, who is concerned about his country, has strong sense of civic responsibility and takes an active part in betterment of people around him.
- Our curriculum is based on- fit individual needs, and tailored to age and ability and attitude. Besides gaining skills, pupils are able to understand what is taught, how it is taught, and how it can be applied to the world at large.
4. Our Important Activities :

The following activities form part of our Primary Classes:
- Ø From the day one, primary school students are taught how to move in line, raise their hands, and hear a story.
- Ø Children pick up abilities to read and write.
- Ø The emphasis is made on developing basic academic skills and establishing children’s study habits.
- Ø Teachers pay individual attention to students helping them deal with specific learning challenges.
- Ø Develop and implement classroom rules to teach students about proper behavior.
- Ø Judge the abilities, strengths and weaknesses of students.
- Ø Teachers grade students on the basis of assignments taken by them.
- Ø High principles of conduct, responsibility and efficiency are maintained during the stages of primary school.
- Ø The educational program is centered on involving parents for building their children’s individual growth.
- Ø Apart from formal lessons, children are taught games, crafts and other pleasurable activities.
- Ø Self-views of children and those of the world are given a shape.
- Ø Children stand the chance of taking up classroom-based field experience in diverse settings.