DAYCARE AND SCHOOL IN GURGAON- THE SIXTH ELEMENT

DAYCARE AND SCHOOL IN GURGAON- THE SIXTH ELEMENT

  November 20, 2018    Sixth Element School

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As a parent – I’m looking for a solution for preschool & day-care in Gurgaon, As in Gurgaon

– most of the schools/campuses are “just schools” or “just day-care” centres.

·         So I’m left with figuring out how to handle the transition of my child – during midday- from the school to the daycare center- as I and my spouse are both working and need the child to be taken care & engaged/schooled through the day.

·         Ideally I’m looking for a campus which is both a school & daycare  where my child is fully taken care of through the entire day, has been engaged, has played in, has been taught, provided nutritious meals, safely from 9 am to 7 pm – so that I can concentrate on my work – and not worry about my child through the day.

Who provides this integrated solution?-the Sixth Element school & day-care in Gurgaon!

·         For the preschoolers, nursery & primary classes – we provide a complete schooling & daycare solution through the day - 6 days/week.

2004 – 14 years back when we started out @ Gurgaon – we were the first in the industry to understand the needs of working parents & accordingly developed/invented our full day child focussed, engaging daycare in Gurgaon. So we have a history of developing solutions trailered to the needs of parents in Gurugram!

Also our whole day daycare is comprehensive.

•        Some of the key features of our daycare include:
• ·         story telling & discussion on the story
• ·         tactile garden
• ·         music garden
• ·         logical thinking & problem solving
• ·         various project work on the environment & exploring/understanding the world around us
• ·         music & dance
• ·         art & creativity
• ·         theatre
• ·         homework finishing support
• ·         home cooked organic & pure meals
• ·         fitness building & regular exercise
• ·         confidence building by various activities
• ·         balancing, risk management & strengthening
• ·         roller skating & few other outdoor games

·         Games, fun & social interaction with other children & care giving counselors.

And all our campuses have green infrastructure in touch with the elements is a hall mark of the sixth element best preschool in Gurgaon…with lots of plants grown all over the centre…often with 80% being air cleaning plants….so we consciously build an eco-friendly green sustainable environment with much cleaner air & positive charged environment than many parts of the city.

Each day at our school & daycare -  is a day of igniting & joyful, continuously learning leveraging experiential learning practices, in a safe, green & engaging environment-  i.e. the “joy of learning “– i.e. the Sixth element!

If you are looking for top 10 schools in Gurgaon then sixth element is one of them.

Thoughts? Questions? Suggestions? do share/let us know ….we look forward to hearing from you

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Future of schooling- The Sixth Element School

Future of schooling- The Sixth Element School

  November 13, 2018    Sixth Element School

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Innovation is a buzz today - with fast paced change in technology & disruptions in business/organizations  now endemic the 4th industrial revolution, is on !

Everything is changing - volume has gone up exponentially &  is freely available (on tap) online & as a result lots of innovation is on ; and it seems as though nothing is the same anymore…new organisations(start-ups)/products/versions are launched every few months (from years/decades earlier)…and simply put innovation & change is all around us - and we are living in the information age...with data/information/ opportunity to learn easily accessible all around us.

While knowledge has become a commodity- the need for continuous learning is even more necessary today, as learning needs to become a habit to deal with all of this change around us. So learning needs to become a  joy & not a pain to endure.

So should education & schooling remain “as is “or should schools & schooling practices change with all this change in this new era?

the answer to this important question is both a  “yes” and a  “no”.

consider browsing this independent thought provoking article here  that summarizes some of the changes on some aspects of schooling that are needed  in our schools.  These include

(i)            rote learning,

(ii)          end of term marking & evaluation system,

(iii)         respect for broader learning across all streams including sciences & arts,

(iv)         system of tuition classes and

(v)          the dislike that many kids usually have for school

While kids love theme parks & adventure rides, where they often experience & learn new things, why can’t school also be a place where they are enjoying & experiencing new learning every day?  Learning is natural urge in any human being born - but most schools do a great job in making learning a pain & making children dislike learning..

Hence the need to make schooling a joy & learning enjoyable.

While the joy of learning approach to education is great - the same needs to be equally tempered and buttressed with building the following core competencies & behaviors - as they build the very foundation:

1.    values, ethics & character

2.    discipline & perseverance

3.    respect for environment & sustainability

4.    risk taking ability & the spirit of adventure

5.    enjoying self-learning & capability of lifelong learning.

Impactful future ready schools need to thus provide the intellectual, creative & green ecofriendly physical infrastructure to catalyze the above - and a good school needs to be an institution that children look forward & are inspired to go to, every day!

The teacher is critical as the guide and inspirational role model & coach - who catalyzes amongst other aspects self-learning in students - and class room is a forum, for not academic knowledge dissemination, but a place to reflect, learn deeper aspects, gain insights -by engagement, reflection, discussion, debate, to build a solid foundation & core life skill strengths, which will be useful in the future, when areas like robotics, 3D printing, artificial intelligence, block chains, machine learning, etc will be common place.

All of this also needs to be reinforced with development in the playground (i.e. via sports), repeated testing in a competitive setting (to develop the spirit of excellence & the joy of winning), creative endeavors (to develop respect for the arts), social impact projects (to develop the desire to give, compassion & humility) as well as by influences at home with the family.  

Here’s an interesting article published in CNN illustrating a few case studies on schools of the future.

Are these the schools of the future?

So apart from core baseline academia curated by inter alia above practices, sports (for individual excellence, perseverance & teamwork), extra-curricular activities; parent(s) & family, green ecofriendly environment, amongst many others influence,  shape the strength, character, capabilities & competencies of the child - which anchor their onward journey & development, preparing them to navigate the challenges of tomorrow & succeed in the emerging era.

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