WHAT IS SHARPER?

SELF-DISCIPLINE

“Self-discipline is the key ingredient to success”

Our philosophy of ‘SHARPER’ for a perfect curriculum begins with understanding the academic mindset. ORCHIDS aims at making students independent of monitored discipline. They need to learn to take responsibilities for themselves. This allows a child to gain a perception of himself/herself. The child can then check his own progress and begin to work on himself.

SHARPER theory makes a student self-sufficient and composed in his ways. It helps him learn to deal with basic stress and monotonous routines. Children who are able to build self-control are happier and less stressed. Through these little details, we encourage a child's belief in the value of education.

• Student Motivation Programmes

• Monitored Innovative Assemblies

• Guest Lectures

• Special Skill Workshops

• A spectrum of competition opportunities

• School Management Software

• Student Council

• Various Internal & External Assessments/ Competitions

Various Internal & External Assessments/ Competitions help build a child’s persona, polishing his learning skills as well as life skills.

HARD WORK AND ACADEMIC RIGOR

“Hard Work always pays off”

We try to inculcate a culture of 'you reap what you sow' in our classrooms. Sprinkling the essence of hard work in our schedules, we ignite academic rigor in every child. This theory focuses on honing the sharp minds and training them for excellence.

• Inter-ORCHIDS Competitions - Competitions such as Language Quest, Tech Quest, Junior Einstein etc keep the students on their toes, creating a proactive and efficient environment for the students to attain credibility in their learning process.

• External Exams for Orchidians - Students should not become complacent; for which they need to continuously keep a check on their progress not only at an Inter-ORCHIDS level but also with external competitions. This gives them a sense of boost and motivation to keep working on themselves, hence generating an academic rigor in them.

• Homi Bhabha

• Gray Matters

• SOF

• ASSET

• Spell bee

• The Learning Purpose

This theory is not just limited to a student’s life. We give a lot of importance to our Teacher Training Programs as well, motivating hard work and rigor in their efforts.

APPLIED SCIENCES

“Knowledge is of no use unless you put it to practice”

A child can easily mug up what is being taught and forget what he learnt very soon after his or her exams. Imparting practical knowledge is extremely crucial. ORCHIDS have introduced the most efficient and modern ways to deal with this issue. Every subject, at ORCHIDS, is taught with an emphasis on real world applications.

To spark their interest in innovations and ideas, our in-house team of engineers has designed

• Science Kits

• Maths Kits

• SST Kits

• Robotics Programming and Coding

• Visual Programming Languages

• English - Public Speaking, Creative Writing, Reporting.

We intend to stimulate originality in their efforts and vision. To make them fearless of science and typical topics, we have introduced them in a more engaging and attractive manner.

RESEARCH

“ Research is formalized curiosity”

This concept emphasizes the importance of learning in depth rather than in width. Attempting to cover every topic disturbs the orientation of a child. A child needs to explore the boundaries of a subject that interest him. This will lead to an instant rise in student engagement and attendance.

Teaching shouldn’t be a one-way process, where a child consumes knowledge mindlessly. A child must be able to understand the concepts of his topics, should be made capable to touch the depth of the subject, question rigorously and explore fearlessly.

Motivation plays an important role in a child's life. Our program attempts to inculcate reading and research habits in our students. This focuses on

• Academic Growth

• Personality Growth

• Perspective Building

Today’s generation highly lacks individuality, a personal voice, because they forget to research and question. Only researching will help a student form personal opinions and conclusions on issues since it ignites a culture of questioning.

PHYSICAL FITNESS

“A healthy mind resides in a healthy body”

In keeping with our holistic development approach, we feel a child’s health is as important as his academics, if not more. After all, if a student’s health doesn't permit, his academic life might get disrupted. To achieve excellence in Physical Fitness programs, ORCHIDS consistently thrives in contributing to their necessities through the following.

• Individual progress records to determine the development of the child

• An array of sports to keep them on their toes

• Health and Nutrition Program

Health and Nutrition Program includes the ABCD Assessments:

• Alpha Fitness Assessments

• Biochemical Assessments

• Clinical Assessments

• Dietary Assessments

SPORTS PROGRAMS including Special Talent Encouragement Program and After School Sports Program. We tend to facilitate new sports activities such as racquetball, archery, taekwondo etc. to add some exposure to our fitness curriculum. Several sports continue to be a part of the curriculum, such as swimming, archery, taekwondo, racquet football, and many more. These are divided into the following divisions:

• Team Sports

• Combat Sports

• Aquatic Sports

• Individual sports

EXPOSURE

“What is experienced on the street can never be learned in the class”

An ideal school never misses out on the right exposure required for a child to experience. We incorporate the following:

• International visits and tie-ups

• Student Exchange Programs

• National and International Educational Trips

• Museums

• Aquatic Parks

• Zoo visits

REFLECTIVE AND INDEPENDENT THINKING

“Free thinking cultivates innovative learning”

ORCHIDS is bent on building next generation leaders. We wish to nurture our children in a way that is reflected in their words, thoughts and actions. In order to cultivate independent thinking in a child, he must be made capable of thinking critically. Our models focus on application-based learning.

The kind of person the student turns out to be, is a reflection of his upbringing, both at home and in his school. We aim for an out come worth appreciable.

• Field Trips

• Speakathons

• Public Speaking

• Student Magazine & Newsletters

• Student Election Council

• Theatre