FAQs

What is special about the CBSE curriculum?

• Completion of syllabus is not the focus but conceptual understanding is the focus
• Personality of the learner developed
• Rote learning is avoided, experiential learning is adopted
• Learning is through activities. Learning is not for facts and knowledge but for life
• Attitudes and skills inculcated through activities
• Learning through cooperation and sharing
• Projects involving society included
• Fieldtrips, guest speakers, theme and activity based teaching used
• Child is involved in the process of learning
• Creative teaching techniques used
• Individual attention provided to child
• Differentiated instruction plan based on child's abilities
• No tuition needed unless child has learning difficulties
• Counselling and reinforcement strategies used
• Extra attention is given to the slow learners
• Regular interaction with the parents so as keep the parents informed regularly

Why should I choose the school for my child?

We believe that a child deserves the most fertile ground to grow. At DIS, we work with you to sow the seeds of success in your child in a safe and friendly environment. We seed within the students the values of compassion, truth, love and respect for our culture and heritage. We teach them to be academically excelled, holistic persons with a scientific temper in an environment of caring and sharing.

What is my role as a parent?

Parents play a vital role in child's learning experience at the school. The success of your child and their future greatly depends on the support that they receive from you and the school.
Parents have to actively support and encourage their child by attending their sports activities, events and other school programs. They have to actively participate in monthly meetings and communicate regularly with your child’s ‘House In-charge’ regarding his/her progress.

What would be the working schedule of the school? Is Saturday a working day or not?

Timings for Nursery, Jr. KG and Sr. KG will be Monday to Friday – 8:30 am to 12:00 pm. Timings for Grade I onwards will be Monday to Friday – 8:30 am – 2:30 pm. Saturdays will be holidays.

Which textbooks would the school follow?

Textbooks of private publications are followed up to middle school level and NCERT textbooks at senior school level.

What kind of curriculum the school has?

The curriculum framework adopted by school is the one which helps students to develop creative thinking skills, effective communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills.
• Learner centred approach
• Based on Indian culture
• Focus on developing values
• Equal emphasis on academics, sports and life skills
• Activity based teaching is adopted
• Textbook is only a guide - we go beyond the textbook
• Relate concepts to real life
• Multiple Intelligence based lessons
• Out of classroom learning - field trips, community surveys, achiever meets
• Worksheets
• Student mentoring
• Teacher mentoring
• Continuous professional development for teachers
• Independent learning skills inculcate among learners
• Various activities and competition like recitation, elocution, debate etc.
• Continuous assessment through oral and written assignments
• Financial literacy

How is this curriculum different and what is special about it?

• Completion of syllabus is not the focus but conceptual understanding is the focus
• Personality of the learner developed
• Rote learning- learning by rote avoided, Experiential learning is adopted
• Learning is through activities. Learning is not for facts and knowledge but for life
• Attitudes and skills inculcated through activities
• Learning through co-operation and sharing
• Projects involving society included
• Fieldtrips, guest speakers, theme and activity based teaching used
• Child is involved in the process of learning
• Creative teaching techniques used
• Individual attention provided to child
• Differentiated instruction plan based on child's abilities
• No tuition needed unless child has learning difficulties
• Counselling and reinforcement strategies used
• Extra attention is given to the slow learners
• Regular interactions with the parents to keep them informed regularly

What is stress-free environment?

The school strongly believes that stress free environment is must for kids in order to develop creative learning, allow young minds to get complete freedom. We do not tolerate physical, verbal abuse or any form of body language that threatens the child's mental state.

Does school offer any kind of extra-curricular activities/such as music/dance/sports/school newspaper/ drama club etc.? How is this integrated with timetable?

The school would offer the following extracurricular activities
Pre-primary - Nursery- KG-II have activities for development of different skills like gross motor, fine motor, cognitive and social. Phonics development plays a pre-dominant role and thus various activities are introduced for the development. Grade-I - V have activities integrated with the timetable. Art and craft, music, dance, phonics, story telling, and reading programs has been developed and is handled by the teacher with giving proper demonstration.

Does the school organize any events for the parents and children?

The school conducts parents workshop, seminar, open house events for the parents along with Annual sports day, Annual cultural day, summer camps, winter camps, Inter school competitions and Adventures camps for the Children as well.

How is the progress measured?

The school maintains class and activity records of each student to measure the progress. The worksheets, grading for all class activities, report cards, and emails inform parents of their child's progress. Grade wise meetings are called and parents are informed. Student portfolio is maintained. A student profile is created at the time of admission and each month it is updated with subjective records.

What would be the role of sports and extracurricular activities in the school be?

Equal emphasis is given on academics, sports and co-curricular activities. Focus on both the scholastic and co-scholastic development of the child by indulging him/her in both areas. While telling about the scholastic and co-scholastic aspect give importance about how the overall personality of the student is polished and nourished as they focus on both the segments i.e. scholastic and co-scholastic.

What are the unique points of schools?

We are different from other schools in many ways, be it teaching, coaching, mentoring, sports co and extracurricular activities etc. Some of the unique points about school are:
• Smart Classrooms
• Wi-Fi and Multimedia
• Arts and Craft
• Music and Dance
• Dramatics
• Composite Lab
• Math Lab
• Language Lab
• Creativity Lab
• Library
• Indoor and Outdoor Sports Complex