Orientation 2019-20 Grade Foundation, LKG & UKG

1. Orientation 2019-20Grade Foundation, LKG & UKG Welcome to early years programme

2. Our Values • All rounded development • Happy and cheerful child • Values driven • Confident • Lifelong learners • Compare child with the child himself/ herself • Together – Let’s nurture the child!

3. Timings • 09:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for Grade Foundation, LKG & UKG (Reporting time: 09:10 a.m.) • School remains closed on second and fourth Saturdays. • School Office Hours – For transport and account information : 8:30 am to 9:30 am / 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. • All Saturdays are holidays for Foundation. Timings to meet the teacher/s with the teachers (WITH PRIOR APPOINTMENT on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday- 12:45 p.m- 1:30 p.m)

4. Arrival & Departure • For safety, students allowed to leave school only at the scheduled time. • Children handed over only after showing a valid collector card. Please get it issued from the school office. • Only authorized persons carrying the school issued collector’s card allowed to pick up a student. • IF PARENTS WISH TO PICK UP THEIR CHILD EARLY, THEY NEED TO inform school at least an hour prior (with registered number) or send a note with the student in the morning, stating the time and reason for pick up; or, call the school office and intimate the same.

5. Uniform • GRADE FOUNDATION There is no uniform for the students of Grade Foundation. They need to be dressed in comfortable clothes and shoes. Toilet training will be carried on over a period of time, please send an extra pair of clothes and diapers, neatly labeled. • GRADE LKG & UKG : SUMMER DRESS FOR BOYS & GIRLS (Check the diary page). On Saturday (1st and 3rd) and all Wednesdays the boys are required to wear their respective house T-shirts and navy blue shorts. • Students are expected to be neatly dressed in full uniform. • Girls are not allowed to apply Kajal, eyeliner or nail paint. • Expensive shoes, bags, stationary, jewellery, lunch boxes are not allowed. • Students are required to wear their I-cards daily. • Wearing of slippers or sandals is not allowed.

6. Birthday celebration • Only one toffee/ candy per child of maximum Rs. 5 only. • Invitation cards to be distributed through the Class Teacher, ONLY if all students in the class are invited. • If only some students are to be invited the invitations cannot be sent to the invites through the school. • Even on their birthdays, students must come to school in their school uniform.

7. Health and Safety • School personnel are not permitted to dispense medication, unless expressly informed/instructed to do so in writing. • If any medication is brought to school, on every occasion, it should be handed over to the Class Teacher along with clear instructions about when it needs to be administered. • If your child shows symptoms of a communicable disease or an infection, the school office should be notified immediately. FIRST AID Well equipped Infirmary for a student to take rest if he/she is not feeling well.

8. Lunch • Will feed them, however, they will be trained to eat independently over a period of time. • Send food of their liking, which they can finish easily. • Don’t send liquid food (dal, curd). • Eggs/ Non Veg./ Stale paneer should be avoidable. • Their water intake would be taken care of.

9. School’s guidelines • Not to enter the classrooms or speak to your child or a teacher during class hours. • No student will be exempted from physical exercise and games without a doctor’s certificate and prior approval of the school authorities. • Routine notices will be sent to parents through the student’s diary. Parents are requested to check the diary every day and they must be acknowledged. •  There will be four PTMs in a year - two in each term. Students have to come to school in uniform during PTMs. • Cameras in classroom and corridors • Never criticize teachers in front of your child.

10. New areas of learning • Life Skills Programme • Values and attributes learning through Theatre • Use of commonly used English phrases according to their age  • Assembly (LKG & UKG) • Storytelling by teachers using props (UKG only) • Handwriting worksheet/ page in notebook every weekend (UKG only) • Library books to home for fun reading (UKG only) • Reading Events (UKG only) • Rhyming words (UKG only) • MentalMaths (UKG only) • Regular assessment through diagnostic test • Monthly General Assessment (MGA) • Word Wall updated every week (LKG & UKG)

11. New areas of learning • Podium : Show and Tell (speaking five sentences about any random thing given) (LKG & UKG) • Dance Programme • Music Programme • Art & Craft Programme • Activity Room • Focus on oral communication • Extensive program for development of motor skills  • Jhoola Bari • Use of theme based flash cards • Skating Rink (LKG & UKG) • P.E classes • Sand Pit

12. Assessment • Continuous assessment – no formal examination • Diagnostic Test • Assessment on parameters other than academics (Monthly General Assessment – MGA)

13. Important notes • Download School App for homework and important messages • Update phone number in case of change by writing an application • Collector’s card – mandatory at bus stop and parents’ area

14. Contact us • For General Inquiries: Mr. SaurabhVerma 98-15-89-72-47 • For Accounts and Transportation Inquiries: Mr. Vishal Rana 99-88-24-02-47, 82-88-00-33-33 • Email ID: info@atsvalley.edu.in • Website: www.atsvalley.edu.in Welcome aboard Pre Primary. Happy Learning!