User:Marshini Ganesh/Primrose school, Chennai

Primrose Schools is a Co-Ed English-medium  private academic school in Injambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.The school is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), New Delhi, for Indian Certificate of Secondary Education ( Tenth grade ) and International General Certificate of Secondary Education

Affiliation
The school is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), New Delhi, for Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (Tenth grade). It offers a course on Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Examination which is a K-10 public board examination for students in India who have just completed Grade 10 (equivalent to the first two years of the 4 year High School programme). The affiliation number of the school CISCE/TN079/2014.

The school is also affiliated with International General Certificate of Secondary Education and

The school is certified

The school applied for accreditation with the British Council's International School Award in 2014. It was awarded the International School Award for the year 2015- 2018.

Curriculum
The school follows the syllabus prescribed by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), New Delhi for classes I- X.

The school follows the Maria Montessori's and Dr. Glenn Doman's methodologies to ensure a positive attitude towards learning. These methodologies include flash card method, teacher- student interactive programs, etc

For classes I to V, the school follows the XSEED program. It is a program that uses experimental and research based methodology to help in the narrative learning about a concept.

To prepare the students for the the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Examination (Tenth Grade), the school follows text books prescribed by the board along with various project activities and practical classes.

The school also offers IGCSE curriculum to students in Grade 11 and 12, thus benefiting students who want to pursue higher education overseas.

Academics
The school adheres to the scope of syllabus provided by the Council for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education for Grades I- X and International General Certificate of Secondary Education for Grades XI- XII. The school has Kindergarten (Pre- KG, LKG and UKG), Primary School (Grades 1-4), Middle School (Grades 5-8) and High School (Grades 9-12) classes. English is the medium of instruction. Therefore, the quality of English is stressed upon (both aural and oral). The school follows the trimester system, which is a three- termed system.
 * The school offers Tamil or Hindi as the choices for the Second as well as Third language. Students who choose Tamil as their Second language have to pick Hindi as their Third language and vice versa.
 * Value education is compulsory for all grades from I- XII.The school believes in the ideals of The Mother "Mirra Alfassa" and Aurobindo Ghosh. The students in high school are exposed to the principles written by The Mother and Sri Aurobindo Ghosh in their books.
 * The school also offers a compulsory foreign language German to students from classes grades VI - IX.
 * The subjects offered to students in Grades I- IV are English, Science, Social Studies, Value Education and Second Language.
 * The subjects offered to students in Grade V includes all the subjects mentioned above along with Third Language.
 * The subjects offered to subjects in Grade VI- VIII includes English, Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History & Civics, Geography, Computer Application, Second Language, Third Language, German and Value Education.
 * The subjects offered to students in IX- X includes English, Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History & Civics, Geography, Computer Application, Second Language, Value Education and Elective (Physical Education or Computer Applications).

GCE AS and A Levels
The school offers the following subjects:
 * Physics
 * Chemistry
 * Biology
 * Mathematics (Pure Mathematics, Statistics and Mechanics)
 * European History
 * Business Studies
 * IT
 * Global Perspectives
 * Art & Design
 * Accounts
 * Economics

Smart Class
Each class in Primrose Schools is an audio visual room, which makes it easier for students to learn abstract concepts effectively and efficiently. The school is powered by Edurix content by HCL technologies. Edurix content comprises of audio visual presentations pertaining to the curriculum.

Library
The school library has more than 3000 books that cater to the needs of the students, ranging from periodicals to novels.

Laboratories
The school has Physics, Chemistry and Biology laboratories along with a computer lab, with full time access to internet.

Transportation
The school has its own transport facility in compliance with the latest RTO regulations. Each van has a helper to help the students board in and out of the bus. Attendance is taken every day by the teachers before the vans leave the school to ensure safety of the children.

Instant SMS Updates
All intimations are sent by SMS briefly. Detailed circulars are posted on the school websites and printed circulars are also sent to the parents.

Canteen
The school has a canteen that sells snacks ranging from samosas to doughnuts and juices.

CCTV Surveillance
The school has CCTV cameras in the class rooms and the corridors to ensure the safety of the students.

Co-Curricular activities
The school offers dance, Rhapsody music, keyboard, skating, yoga, karate, Helen O'Grady Theatre, Aniguru's animation and Edusports.

The ratings of pupil's performance in the co-curricular activities is rated on a scale - Beginning(B), Developing (DV), Securing(SC) and Exemplary(EX).

The school provides specialized training in the game of football to students studying in classes V and above. There is a mandatory Edusports (P.E.) class every week for all the classes.

Celebrations
The school celebrates festivals from Onam to Diwali and commemorates Teacher's day, Children's day, Grandparents' day,etc with different competitions and assembly programs.

Inter school competitions
The school conducts Vasudha Vatsalya, an interschool event that includes creative writing, debate, declamation and quiz for ICSE schools.

The students participate in Albert Barrow Memorial All India Inter School Creative Writing Competition and Frank Anthony Memorial All-India Inter-School Debate that is conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations.

Annual Sports Meet
Annual Sports Meet is the sports event conducted in the school grounds, which involves the compulsory participation of each student in demonstrations and track and field events. The Rolling Cup is given to the team with highest points, while the Individual championship is given to a male and female student with highest individual points both in junior and senior category.

Olympiads
The students of the school participate in Olympiad examinations organized by Science Olympiad Foundation, (SOF) and Silver Zone. SOF organizes the National Cyber Olympiad (NCO), the National Science Olympiad (NSO), the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) and the International English Olympiad (IEO). The students also participate in Spell bee competition conducted by I.N.D.I.A. Trust.

Project Day
Project work is conducted once or twice a year and includes mime, debate, dance and skit. The school project's theme varies from Internationalism to Remembering the Sacrifice.

Newsletter
The school's newsletter- Prim Buddies is published every month that includes contributions from students of all classes in the form of articles, poems, drawings, etc. It is published in the school's website and is managed by the Student Editorial Team.

Event of the month
Event of the month is conducted every month by the school that includes a competition a month ranging from origami to show and tell, etc.

Field trips
The school takes all the classes to field trips once in each of the three terms according to the class in which the student studies. The high school students are taken on an adventure based program conducted by Youreka that includes rock climbing, back packing, mountain biking, out door survival, astronomy, theatre, music and other such activities for four or more days.

Pratyutpanna
Pratyutpanna is a student -run business inspired by the "School Enterprise Challenge". It is a company that takes reusable items and transforms them into gifts and decorative articles like bags, key chains, photo frames, accessories, etc. The profits earned from this business is either contributed to charity or used for improvising school education. Website:www.pratyutpanna.com

House System
The students are divided into four houses- Red Rose (red), Ivy(green), Blue Bells (blue) and Marigold (yellow). Each team has a captain, vice captain and a house teacher in charge of the team. The team with the highest number of points is awarded the Rolling Cup at the end of the year.