Curriculum
Curriculum
GD Goenka emphasises on providing students with a complete education as a combination of extracurricular activities with classroom instruction. We always embrace innovative teaching methodologies and technological advancements. Moral education serves as the and our students' interactions with their peers and other faculty train them towards civic awareness. The goal of GD Goenka, Patel Nagar is to help students become emotionally strong by teaching them life skills and wellness techniques. We focus on the personal development of students and encourage curiosity toward learning.
We, at GD Goenka, Patel Nagar, at this stage work with children through Montessori Curriculum which offers 5 key areas of study: Practical Life, Sensorial, Mathematics, Language, and Cultural Studies. Each area of study is made up of a set of educational materials that increase in complexity. These curriculum areas provide hands-on learning, independent and collaborative play through the Montessori self-correcting material, interactive sessions, experiments and circle time
Pre-primary and Early years( La Petite)
The Pre-Primary section of a school represents the most important stages in the development of a child. . At this stage children enjoy the early implementation of Registration, Phonics, Early Reading, Literacy, and Numeracy. Such early implementation is cleverly disguised as learning through play, investigation and exploration through the exemplary teaching methods and techniques. It also includes social and school-readiness skills, learning to master both gross motor skills and fine motor skills .
Primary Curriculum( I-IV)
The primary curriculum aims to provide a broad learning experience and encourages a rich variety of approaches to teaching and learning that cater for the different needs of individual children. The primary curriculum is designed to nurture the child in all dimensions of his or her life—spiritual, moral, cognitive, emotional, imaginative, aesthetic, social and physical.
The aim is to provide a balanced and coherent program of learning in a child friendly environment. The children’s social, cognitive, emotional, motor and communicational skills are enhanced through various methodologies and pedagogies like experiential activities, role play method, show and tell, learning through smart classes etc. The syllabus at this stage includes the entire spectrum of discipline of the languages-English and Hindi to Mathematics and Environmental Sciences. As per NEP 2022 skill education should be an integral part of child’s learning. At GD Goenka, we have Computer Science, General Knowledege and Life Skills Programme(SEEL) as important components of school timetable.
PEDAGOGY
Teachers play an important role in imparting knowledge to their students and keeping their classrooms engaged. Depending on the age of the children our teachers use different teaching styles to help the students learn in an effective manner. Keeping in mind NEP, 2022, we follow the combination of different teaching techniques to make classroom teaching effective and innovative. Teaching style is chosen to accommodate strengths of the learners to maintain student engagement and keep lessons interesting. A combination of ChildCentric Learning, personalized learning, flip classroom, inquiry based learning and project based learning, experiential learning and learning by doing apporach is used for effective teaching and to make learning interesting
ASSESSMENT
G D Goenka fosters a community of bright minds. Designed on lines of CBSE and New Education Policy, our curriculum fosters the holistic development of our students. We carefully design learning based activities to inculcate 21st century skills at every phase.
Our school curriculum is based on the 7 principles that are:
- Child-centered Education
- Relevance to Actual Life
- Utilization and Creation of Constructive Powers
- A Fine Blend of Work & Play
- Totality of Experiences
- Future Orientation
- Overall Development of Individuality
We seek to offer progressive pedagogical practices with educational experiences. Our futuristic curriculum is based on multi-skill and learner-centric activities. We aim to shape the future generation into responsible creators of the next century.
It aims at developing thinking skills along with an action-oriented approach. Our strategy also focuses on inculcating value-based thinking. A well-designed curriculum at G.D Goenka includes:
- Formative Assessments
- Art Integrated Learning
- Individualized Education Plans
- Internal Assessments
Our creative approach is inspired by legendary thinkers and educationists. We ensure our students become nation-builders and become the change they want to see.
The teaching faculty at GD Goenka, Faridabad is dedicated to creating a comprehensive learning program. We ensure equal attention is given to each student. Everyone is groomed well for different phases of life.
Assessments are as important as imparting education. Formative Assessment, Multiple Assessment and Summative Assessment are conducted through out the year to help students excel in academics and prepare them to take challenges for next academic session