Tuesday, December 4, 2018

WHY SUNCITY SCHOOL 37D?


A student who enters the portals of a school today not only desires of academic education but is a tabula rasa ready to be potentially molded and attain knowledge, skills, expertise and varied experience to become a beacon of excellence as a global citizen. It makes imperative that education should not only serve to produce youth on top of modern life but adept at meeting the inherent challenges that will constantly barrage him/her throughout the life- in terms of academic achievements, ever faster upgradation of skills, emotional and social challenges. In short, what is needed is building a 360 o outlook that leads not only to mere academic development, but physical and development of EQ- Emotional Quotient. As the world races to ever faster changes of technologies, space and time compresses with an accompanying overload of information and almost insufferable assailment of messages. Education must not only necessarily ensure mental development but be the instrument to develop all the senses while turning every pupil into a concerned ecological warrior as well as an empathetic individual ready to reach out the disadvantaged. While academics enables mental development in order to enhance of all mental faculties including memory, thinking, reasoning, imagination, and discrimination, education needs to should develop these harmoniously along with moral and emotional development without which mental development may even become harmful to human existence . The heart of a child needs to be so developed as to show exhibit concern, sympathy and consideration for all living beings. This makes, the teacher a role model at the center of the children’s universe that serves as a beacon for these stages of development. Development of conscience too follows under the personal guidance of the teacher. At a young age, the school is the enabler that provides the environment for the child to develop all his latent faculties to the fullest by pursuing subjects and activities that contain elements of creativity and educational expression.

 Hence the Curriculum must be designed so as to
Include those entire subjects which promote mental as well as holistic development.
Motivate children towards pursuing knowledge as deep and wide as possible and through the entire life span
Contain creativity of problem solving to build constructive capacities




Spanning more than five acres, Suncity School, Sector-37D is located in the heart of New Gurugram with easy access from Dwarka and Gurugram - is etching a living path to concretize these ideals. While the state of the art infrastructure acts as a key enabler to ensure the child chooses from diverse choices, it is actively co - educational school- to engender gender parity, as well as mutual respect for every members through the strict non - discrimination policy on the basis of sex, religion, creed or class. The cultural ideology of ‘Collaboration’ enables all the stakeholders- Students, Teachers and Parents as equal partners in the entire process of learning- without the need to learn mechanically. Empowering the students is embedded in every activity to impel them to assume active roles in their own progress and build. All the activities are accomplished within the matrix of encompassing ‘Sanskars’ - the intrinsic ethos of and uniquely engage them while that enables them to engage them with their culture, even while inculcating the joy of lifelong learning that leads to discovering the meaningful in existence.

While being a K-12 school, with ideal teacher student ratio, and following the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) curriculum, Suncity School is essentially a day school, while enabling a diverse range of Co- Scholastic activities during and after school hours for the overall development of the children. Our holistic development is ensured through a plethora of programmes that harmoniously blend meaningful elements of Indian heritage, knowledge and wisdom with cutting edge digital learning- that prepares the child to attain excellence in whichever field s/he chooses.

WHY US?

HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT

1. MENTAL DEVELOPMENT

ACADEMICS

Suncity School stimulates ‘curiosity’, the main source of sustenance to glean knowledge for any human being. Knowledge and skill is a rudderless ship unable to seek direction to the shore. Curiosity needs to be imbued with bedrock of interest to enable learning- as we well understand. The teacher’s plays a critical role here-to arouse interest and develop the rare faculties of reflection - while always being curious enough to explore, investigate and learn. Thus at Suncity, Learning is ‘ASK’
The acronym ASK represents

Application
Learning is embodied and concerned with human experiences -A

Skill
Learning is interactive and social -S

Knowledge
Learning is an integrated cognitive process -K

ALSO - Learning is an amalgamation of ‘observing, analyzing, synthesizing, evaluating and thereby creating’ -U

ASK involves learning through inter-disciplinary and multiple intelligence aided strategies commensurate with the child’s learning style & capabilities.
Worksheets and assignments at Suncity School are designed keeping in mind the differentiated learning aspects of students. CRAB helps in achieving this goal.

CRAB – Challenging, Recap, Advanced, Basic

Each concept is practiced via 3/4 worksheets
Ensures grading of worksheets as per a child’s capability to comprehend, analyze and evaluate

ANYTIME, ANYWHERE LEARNING

E-LEARNING & FLIPPED CLASSROOMS

Extensive e-learning as Technology permeates every academic programme
Each class and lab is equipped with:

             Wi-fi computer connectivity
             Class Room Hi-end Communication Server
             Television & Digitally Controlled Audio System
             Interactive labs for students equipped with smart boards and digital projectors.

With Flipped classroom environment, we have reversed the traditional form of teaching learning. By first expose the students to new materials outside the traditional confines of the class, usually via E - reading material or lecture videos, the roles, pace and rhythm of learning is transformed. Class time is utilized to tackle more challenging work of assimilating that knowledge through strategies such as problem solving, discussion or debates. The grand amalgamation of the humanizing vision and creativity of teacher seamlessly melded with the use of technology enables the child to step beyond a traditional classroom experience, push the boundaries of knowledge and greatly enrich his/her learning experience.

CO-ACADEMICS

SENSORY DEVELOPMENT

While academic development is essential but it is not the essence Suncity School ensures development of “Non - academic” skills and competencies to enable students l to successfully surmount ever rising global challenges. The Friday Club initiative of Suncity School throws challenges to develop innovative thinking, creativity, adaptability, respect, global awareness, mutual co-existence and communication. This is achieved through the Friday Clubs that serve to fulfill a wide array of interests and abilities through participation in. Dance, Drama, Environment, Sculpture, Life Skills, SEWA (Social Empowerment through Work and Action) at all stages of school life
Holistic development of the child is embedded intrinsically in all activities as every year the school focuses throws open a theme to allow the students to choose their stage. All students are expected to participate the events.
 These include:

             Orientation day: Assemblies and activities for the commencement of the new session.
             Investiture Ceremony & Mother’s Day Celebrations.
             Independence Day.
             Children’s Day.
             Saturnalia/Juvenalia – the annual school cultural festival.
             Labour Day Activities.
             Math Mela.
             DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) programme.
             Inter House Competitions – both Academic and Co- curricular.
             Celebrating Diversity – Festivals.
             Visits to NGOs in order to inculcate moral values and a sense of responsibility towards society by visits to The Blind School and Old age homes.
             ARPAN – A student led initiative by Suncity School for the underprivileged.

DIVERGENT THINKING FOR BREAKTHROUGHS

A solution cannot be arrived at with one strand of thought. Diverse strands need to interplay and million thoughts need to bloom. Suncity encourages methodology to generate creative ideas by exploring many angles to arrive at solutions. Hence Divergence is used to explore time and space to reduces the threat of future into something manageable today.


As an integral part of the curriculum Performing Arts enables pupils to imbibe the art of music, dance and develop oratorical skills in order to develop their sensory capabilities. Every genre is taught in music - from Hindustani classical to Western Renaissance music to symphonies and folk music. They also learn instrumental and vocal music to imbibe musical intelligence, in order to develop an ear for music while exploring tone, rhythm and lyrics too. Similarly, at students undergo specialized training in Indian and Western genres including Kathak, Bharat Natyam, Folk and contemporary dance forms as well as international styles taught like Ball Room dancing, Hip Hop, Salsa and other classical and contemporary forms. Multidisciplinary learning like Mathematics with Music, Dance and Social Sciences is ensured through Collaborative and participative performing arts.

VISUAL ART

Suncity develops the visual faculty through Visual art education of drawing, painting and sculpture. Apart from focusing on creating art, on learning to critique they develop motor skills as they experiment and feel good.

EQ DEVELOPMENT
ASSEMBLY

The sacrosanct period in Suncity is utilized to transmit the ethos and core values is theme based Assemblies. Every class must necessarily put up an Assembly to afford every child a space on stage to express and emote in front of an audience.

SANSKAARS-THE CORE VALUES

At Suncity ‘Sanskars’ form the basis of our ethos and philosophy. Apart from preparing pupils for life, these arm them with Life Skills that successfully allows them to navigate life. Life skills transmit the adaptive and positive behaviors that enable them to effectively with every life challenges at each stage.

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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT - THE SPORTS HUB (http://www.suncityschool-37d.com/sports-hub2.php)



Indoor Swimming Pool

We have a semi Olympic size indoor swimming pool with the following highlights
Temperature controlled swimming for year round swimming without worrying about the temperature of the pool.

Clean and hygienic changing and rest rooms with lockers.
Designed with efficient filters and pumps to keep the water clean.
Advanced Technology to keep the PH levels low so that skin irritation is avoided while the water quality is maintained.

Lifeguards to guard our pool keeping safety as a priority.
Dedicated coaching for students.

Gymnasium

A Gymnasium provides for students, time for fun and interactive learning that stimulates a growing child’s mind and body in ways that academics simply cannot. The school boasts of a Gymnasium that overlooks the swimming pool and has equipment with the latest technology. We at Suncity understand the importance of physical fitness and the need to have a strict regimen for the same in the daily routine of the students.

Shooting Range

Aim, Shoot, Repeat

A 10 meter shooting range on the school campus providing a platform for developing well-balanced hand-eye coordination. The sport not only requires that the player possess physical strength to hold the equipment but also the mental focus to see the target clearly. We at Suncity believe in preparing children at an early age professionally for niche sports such as Rifle Shooting.

Squash Court

Suncity has planned for 2 well lit four walled courts where this fast paced sport is played individually. The aim is to provide for the students a facility which:
Increases strength and fitness.

Increases flexibility and strength of the shoulders and backmuscles.
Promotes good coordination, agility and flexibility.

Badminton

A sport that helps in improving physical fitness, mental well-being, enhanced mobility, better coordination, and increase stamina.

Housed inside the huge air conditioned Multipurpose Hall at Suncity School, are 6 badminton courts for an enriching playing experience.

Lawn Tennis

A sport that can be pursued individually and has many benefits such as
Improving hand-eye coordination.
Stimulating mental alertness.
Building concentration and tactical strategy.
The school boasts of a concrete tennis court which is covered with acrylic material to seal the surface and mark the playing lines, while providing some cushioning. This type protects the knee from hard impact. Professional coaching for the sport will also be provided to the students.

Boxing
Boxing helps in building strong bones and ligaments and increases cardiovascular fitness. Suncity School boasts of a modern ring, set on a raised platform, a square with a post at each corner to which four parallel rows of ropes are attached with a turnbuckle.

Skating
Skating rink at Suncity School provides for rich inline skating experience thereby providing another area of sport that works on building focus, concentration and artistic expression among children from a very early age.

Fencing
Fencing, often referred to as physical chess due to the logic, strategy and tactics behind the movements is a sport which not many institutions provide for their students. At Suncity, we understand the need for mental agility and thus the need to provide facilities required for the sport.

Skating
Skating rink at Suncity School provides for rich inline skating experience thereby providing another area of sport that works on building focus, concentration and artistic expression among children from a very early age.

Fencing
Fencing, often referred to as physical chess due to the logic, strategy and tactics behind the movements, is a sport which not many institutions provide for their students. At Suncity, we understand the need for mental agility and thus the need to provide facilities required for the sport.

Soccer, Hockey & Cricket
The school has green spacious play fields for team building sports like Soccer, Hockey and Cricket among others.