Upper Primary Section

A visit to the upper primary section (‘UP' - children from nine to eleven years) reveals a slightly more focused atmosphere — still bustling with energy and enthusiasm, as in the LP, but with activities that accommodate a longer attention span and more in-depth curiosity. You may see children working on longer-term projects, building models, planting gardens, presenting plays, undertaking elaborate science experiments, and organizing exhibitions of their work. And because in the UP years the children naturally emphasize their peer relationships and social development, you may also see marathon cricket games, panchayat meetings, and groups of girls in dance practice and earnest discussion.
 
The teachers continue to establish close and trusting relationships with the children. The love of learning and the happiness of the child continue to be the primary aims, but the teachers also put emphasis on social development. Children of this age need to acquire the social traits of respect for others, co-operation, and flexibility, which do not come naturally, and children have to be shown that it is to their benefit to acquire these qualities.

In the classrooms and outdoors, different planned activities are prepared for the children, according to their interests. Homework activities, maths activities, laboratory practicals, computer games, library activities, study habits activities, other subject activities and a special activity for the children in the last year of the UP, take place on a daily basis. The child is free to move where he wishes in the school.

In the UP section, examinations are introduced through “Examfests”. The atmosphere of “Examfest” is lively and enthusiastic. The children themselves submit questions for the exams prepared by the teachers and they can help their friends with the answers. The children also prepare projects and make presentations. The aim is to introduce the children to exams and projects in a fun way, to help prepare the children for the more formal exams they will encounter in the high school section.