The Elementary

Learning

at Lavender School

The

Education should no longer be mostly imparting of knowledge, but must take a new path, seeking the release of human potentialities." Maria Montessori

  • We’ve designed a space where kids may learn at their speed based on what they’re good at and interested in. Students will engage in independent, collaborative, and collaborative group work.
  • We make a special effort to meet the child’s developmental needs by creating a setting that is beautiful, graceful, purposeful, diverse, well-organized, and easy to navigate.
  • The intellect uses the hand as an instrument, as stated by Maria Montessori. Children can better grasp complex concepts because of the concrete learning materials available in our environment.
  • Students develop into proactive, autonomous, and self-motivated people when they can choose their work and move freely across the surroundings. Students are given a lot of independence, but they also have responsibilities within the community.
Elementary (6-12 Years)

The elementary school environment is for children ages 6 through 12. We currently have Lower Elementary which is 6 to 9 Years (1st to 3rd Grade)

Elementary aged children typically can be characterised by their curious minds, their ability to abstract and imagine, their moral and social orientation and their energy for research and exploration. Elementary children work in small, mixed-age groups on a variety of projects which spark the imagination, engage the intellect, and develop their reasoning abilities.

Elementary studies build knowledge through an in-depth study of the world and how it works. Studies are integrated across disciplines that include

1. Geography
2. Biology (Botany & Zoology)
3. History
4. Languages (English, Hindi & Tamil)
5. Mathematics
6. Geometry

Exploration of each area is augmented by the children, who organise visits beyond the confines of the classroom to gain real-life knowledge from community resources, such as the library, planetarium, botanical garden, science centre, factory, hospital, etc. This approach fosters a feeling of connectedness to humanity and encourages children’s natural desire to make a contribution to the world.