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Vasant Valley School
The New Calendar for 2016
The Department of Education has increased the number of working days and the hours per week
RTE Act Will have to work 214 days vs. 190 days earlier
Students: Will have to work 220 days vs. 210 days earlier
Teachers: Can meet up with teachers every Wednesday during Open House
Individual meetings for detailed discussions by appointment
Parents
2016 Calendar
• School Reopens: Wednesday January 18, 2016
• Summer break: Saturday May 14, 2016 to Wednesday July 6, 2016
• Mid Term Break Saturday October 8, 2016 to Sunday October 16, 2016
• School Closes Friday December 23, 2016
empowering learners to actualise their potential and become architects
of their own growth
Catalysts to Activate Potential
Purpose
Teachers Students
Students
Teachers
Parents
Empower students
The Porous School Universe
Cerebral
Social
Emotional
Physical
Spiritual
In all areas of development
Achieves Potential
Every pixel
The Original Thinker
The Conformist
Turbulence
Growth of Pixels
Growth of universe
Channelised Turbulence
Forward Movement
Creation of Positive Energy
Rigour
Responsibility
Resourcefulness
Creativity
Motivation
Choice
Rigour
Responsibility
Resourcefulness
Creativity
Motivation
Choice
Well Planned Growth
Unplanned Growth
Leap of faith Growth
Synaptic Leap Growth
Individuals control their ‘centre court’
The Calendar controls the
school universe 2012 has 214 working days
Divided into 10 cycles
Each cycle has a core of
16 days
In these 10 cycles:
• Each child from class 5 to 12 will create 8 plans to showcase her creativity
• Each plan will focus on one area of growth - emotional, social, physical, cerebral and spiritual
• Cerebral
• Social
• Emotional
• Physical
• Spiritual
• + any three from the above
Choose Area of Interest
• Create a proposal and articulate it clearly
• Set Measures of Success
• Creates assessment rubric
Plan • 2 interim days to plan, set
goals, evaluate outcomes
• 16 day cycle to complete
• 8 cycles out of the 10
• Non Seat time
Logistics Can be Serious or
Fun
Cannot be Trivial
The 9 Cycles Cycle Period
Cycle I 18-1-16 to 3-2-16
Cycle II 8-2-16 to 29-2-16
Cycle III 3-3-16 to 29-3-16
Cycle IV 4-4-16 to 28-4-16
Cycle V 11-7-16 to 1-8-16
Cycle VI 8-8-16 to 1-9-16
Cycle VII 5-9-16 to 27-9-16
Cycle VIII 3-10-16 to 3-11-16
Cycle IX 9-11-16 to 1-12-16
Execute
• Individual
• 2 should be collaborative
• Demonstrably by the student
Assess
• Children will set tangible parameters for success
• Self assessment
• Demonstrate to peers/ staff
Grow
• End is greater than the Start
Cerebral
Social
Emotional
Physical
Spiritual
Areas of Development
Responsibility
Resourcefulness
Rigour
Choice
Creativity
Motivation
720 children from class 5
to 12
8 creative endeavours per school
year per child
5,760 pieces of work to celebrate
5,760 pieces of work to
celebrate
12 pieces of work
480 celebrators
Assessment The process of assessment is as important as the end product and will see the 'birth' of good judges, evaluators and celebrators
Motivation Children will be motivated to give their best to achieve their chosen goals, when there is enthusiastic and interested response to their efforts
Showcase & Present
Each child will have the opportunity to showcase her creations to: Parents (120), teachers (120) and students (240)
There will be 480 celebrators
• The student is the facilitator in her own learning process
Role of student:
• The emergence of constructive and structured "non- seat " time
Practical impact of this design:
• To empower children to become the architects of their growth in all areas
Purpose of this design:
Role of Parents and Teachers
Will be available to the children as sounding
boards, guides, sources of information,
consultants
Interactions with children will be an enjoyable process
Will celebrate both the created product and the creative process as well, in order to do justice to the
celebration
It will mean a more intensive engagement
with the children
Yet, it will let children take ownership over
their own growth
Raising the Bar
Students in the new year will get opportunities to become architects of their own growth
This is the system of 9 cycles where students set their own goals in all areas of development and have 16 days to achieve these goals
For teachers too, it is important to raise the bar and take on self empowering roles
The calendar has now been modified to reflect this
Review and Co-ordinator Meetings
Review meetings:
• Will be replaced by the Open House every Wednesday morning in the senior school
• The Foundation and Nursery Open House, and the Junior School Open house will continue as before
• Class teachers will have to take on a proactive role in making these meetings effective and purposeful
Coordinator meetings will take place once a month on Fridays after school, all staff will stay back
• One of the items on the agenda for these meetings will be the class teachers report on the open house interactions
Monthly Saturday Meeting
Once a month, on a Saturday, Heads of Departments and Coordinators will meet with school heads
• Heads of Department and Coordinators will present a review of the month past and their plan for the month ahead
• Heads of School will present a social and emotional report on the students
Each presentation will last no longer than 5 minutes, followed by questions and answers and a discussion
These presentations will be collated into an end of the year report on all aspects of the school
Key to School Calendar Working Day: • A school day from 7:25 am to 3:15 pm
Staff Meeting: • All staff meet
Saturday Meeting
• Heads of departments, coordinators and heads of school meet with Mr Kapur one Saturday a month
Coordinators Meeting
• Meet one Friday a month after school
Staff retreat: • 3 day break in May
Holiday:
• Weekend
• National holiday
• Extra days added on to National holidays, to ensure a sizeable break
Great institutions are built on the hard work of stakeholders
Vasant Valley School has always set the bar high
We stand tall today as the pioneers of many systems: CCE, MI Grade cards, Pastoral Cards
We take pride in the fact that we have become role models