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 The school is primarily for the children of British
expatriates and diplomats living and working in New
Delhi. We also have quite a few other expatriate
children and Indian nationals as well. This all
makes for a wonderful mix of cultures, languages and
personalities and the lives and interests of our
student body are so much richer for it. The Primary
School community comprises of marginally fewer than
260 students from over 40 different nationalities
and backgrounds. As many families are new to Delhi
and some children have had a number of changes in
their education, we place importance on the
provision of a happy and understanding atmosphere in
which new children can quickly feel at home and
secure.
The Primary Curriculum has its foundation in the
National Curriculum for England. We mix an academic
foundation with the enjoyment of learning. We aim to
ensure that students coming from and returning to
Britain are able to do so easily, whilst benefiting
from their Indian experience. Our children get a
healthy submersion in the arts with a couple of
music lessons, drama, art and plenty of sport.
We have adapted parts of our curriculum to our
special circumstances, especially where our
programme relates to History and Geography, which
are taught as a cross curricular subject called,
Topic. Students work in the normal range of English
subjects with an emphasis on honesty, pride and
integrity. The knowledge, skills and attitudes of
religion and DT are included with other areas of the
curriculum. Students begin to learn Hindi in Year 2
and, once they reach Year 5 are given a choice
between Hindi and French. All students begin to
learn violin when they are in Year 3. One of the
areas for which the primary school receives many
compliments is its programme for afternoon
activities. The school day starts from 7.55 am ,and
finishes at either 2 or 2.10 pm when our children
have the choice of going home or continuing
until 3.15 within an afternoon activity programme.Students
can choose from a variety
of different options of their own interest. We have
many craft, music, sport and dance classes to choose
from which may involve an extra payment based on the
cost of teacher (if employed from outside on an
hourly basis) and materials. Use of the building and
facilities during the evenings for parent activities
is in its early stages. Children are grouped within
the class for different purposes either in ability
groups or mixed ability groups depending on the
objectives of each particular lesson.
 The school is structured into the three National
Curriculum key Stages known as The Foundation Stage,
Stage One and Stage Two. The curricula and teaching
practices of each of these stages is currently under
review with some variations likely in the coming
year. In our Foundation Classes, there are no
distinct subjects, rather our students are helped
and encouraged to develop their skills and
understanding in several areas of learning . As they develop as learners
some of these areas need slightly more focused
teaching. Children in Stage One of their British
School education begin to learn through the core
subjects of English, Maths and Science plus ICT and
Topic. (a cross curricular approach to History,
Geography, Art, Personal, Social, Health Education
and Citizenship) These subjects continue into Stage
2 of the curriculum which presently culminates with
students taking the DfEE Stage 2 Standardized tests
from England.
All of our Primary students go to specialist
teachers for Physical Education, (100 minutes each week) Music,
(40-80 minutes each week) drama, (40- 80 minutes each
week) and Library. (1 hour each week) Children
receive lessons in Hindi from Year 2 upwards. In
Years 5 and 6 our students receive lessons in French
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