The British School, Panchkula

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The British School
Image:TBS Pkla.gif
Established	2005
School type	Secondary
Grades	Year 1 to Year 12
Affiliations	IGCSE / IB
Director	Geetika Sethi
Principal	Christopher Martin Arden-Close
Location	Panchkula - Mohali, India
Enrollment	500 students
Badges	Flying goose over sun and water
Colours	Red and Gold (Summers) Blue and Gray (Winters)
Homepage	www.thebritishschool.org

The British School in Panchkula near Chandigarh, India is an international school, affiliated to the University of Cambridge. The second extension of this school in Chandigarh Tricity is located at Mohali. It aims to provide education with global standards. The British School offers the prestigious International General Certificate of Secondary education certification. The IGCSE Examination is conducted by the University of Cambridge International Examination (CIE). It develops successful students, giving them excellent preparation for their next steps towards progression to IB Diploma Programme.

1 Curriculum
2 Teachers as pathway
3 Vision statement
4 Location
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Curriculum

The skill oriented curriculum focuses on the development of the whole child through the use of various learning materials and offers a dynamic individualized learning environment to meet the needs of each student. TBS curriculum caters to the developing mind of the child. The curriculum is so designed as to take the children away from the boredom of the blackboards and introduce them to an interactive world.

Students are taught by a well trained qualified teachers supported by teaching assistants. students are taught with a targeted approach, field trips and experimenting in class-rooms is a regular feature of the studies. This pursuit of excellence extends beyond the classroom. On the sports field and across the huge range of cultural and leisure activities, every child has endless opportunities to discover his/her individual talents and is encouraged to set and pursue his/her personal goals. The basic aim is to develop the child in all aspects of disposition, attitude, self-confidence and self–control.

The methodology is to make the education stress free all while preparing them for a bright future.

[edit] Teachers as pathway

The teaching staff is of high quality. The role of teachers extends well beyond classroom instruction. Children need to be cared for at all times and need to know that someone has an overarching awareness of their lives at school.

Teachers are accessible to parents and pupils alike for one-to-one consultations, are helpful in addressing individual educational needs and eager to help. The comparatively small size of each class enables our teachers to give attention to each student both inside and outside the classroom.

Teaching at key stages is student-centered, project-based, and incorporates the multiple intelligence concept. While the general curriculum is followed by every student, he or she is also encouraged to develop talents and interests in personal areas of academic interest, and in sport, theater music and dance, for which facilities are outstanding. Homework is given to encourage and develop independent study skills and to complement particular fields of study.

The aim is to give students a broader, deeper, richer educational experience by recognizing each student’s strongest talents and building on them in order to ensure that all the areas of talent are developed. Different individuals have different aptitudes. By using the strongest aptitudes or intelligence as a starting point we can educate more effectively by teaching different students the same topic in different ways according to their particular intelligence.

[edit] Vision statement

To foster and cultivate the highest standards in and from every pupil in everything he or she undertakes. To encourage children to be proud of themselves and their achievements, to be proud of their friends and proud of their school.

[edit] Location

At Panchkula, the junior school building and the office is located at sector-8. The senior school buildings are coming up at the school sites at sector-12 and sector-20.