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
ABOUT
SCHOOL (www.suncityschool-37d.com)
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.
PERFORMING
ARTS (http://www.suncityschool-37d.com/performing-arts.php)
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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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.