The Integral School
Plot #43, Jayabheri Four Seasons,
Q City Road, Gopanpally Gachibowli,
Hyderabad - 500032
Time | Activity | ||
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09:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Physical Education |
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10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Fruit & Quiet Time |
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10:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Project Work / Study |
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Afternoon |
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12:30 PM - 01:30 PM |
Lunch Time & Free Play |
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01:30 PM - 03:00 PM |
Skill Based Activity / Subject Specific Activity |
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03:00 PM |
School Ends |
The importance of dialogue and discussion cannot be overstressed. It is through dialogue and discussion that the learner is made to participate in the learning process.
Children at The Integral school learn through project-based learning where enquiry and self-exploration is encouraged. Intelligent learning happens when the learner senses that whatever s-he is learning is real and of significance to him or her.
The Integral School does not have a pre-set curriculum or syllabus, at best a skeleton structure that can be filled according to the need of the child. The focus here is on the naturally evolving rhythm of learning. As teachers, we have to be alive and sensitive to the child so that, at every point, we are in touch with the child’s learning needs. Out of this will grow the curriculum. Our curriculum remains open-ended and flexible, always reflecting the dynamism of learning and growing; however, children must learn the facts and figures that will equip them to enter what is called the ‘real world’. And these they must learn in a specific time frame. Hence, in spite of being open-ended and flexible, structure or a framework will not be entirely missing from the curriculum.
A child growing in an Integral environment of free progress education may end up with the following categories of achievements and outcome:
The most important stakeholder in education are parents. Any change in school and schooling will have to be demanded by parents for it is the parents who spend maximum time with their children and therefore have the onus to provide an environment where the child can blossom into a truly independent and psychologically resolved human being.
It is difficult to be “good” parents in such an age of rapid transition. None of us can be sure of what we are living for—the old values are in flux, everyone seems to be questioning, exploring. Societies across the globe are in crises—west or east, it makes no difference any more.
As parents, are we prepared to relearn what it means to be children in an age such as this? As parents, can we ourselves return to learning?
Parenting does not follow naturally from parenthood. Many, if not most, become parents by sheer chance or default. Few choose parenthood. Choosing parenthood is a conscious choice. It is choosing to look at your child as an individual with his or her own unique destiny, his or her unique truth of being; choosing to step aside and allow another life and being to blossom into its fullness. And these are not easy choices to make. The responsibility of nurturing and bringing up a child seems enormous. How to bring up my child? What to do? More importantly, perhaps, what not to do?
Integral Parenting is an attempt at opening new pathways to parenting, an adventure of learning for those parents who want to create challenging yet beautiful spaces for their children to grow up in; for those parents who understand that the richest gift they can give to their children is the gift of consciousness—infinitely greater than all the wealth and property that they can possibly leave behind.
The Integral School
Plot #43, Jayabheri Four Seasons,
Q City Road, Gopanpally Gachibowli,
Hyderabad - 500032
A nature lover, and backpacker who likes to indulge in different arts, travel, adventure and sports, with a keen interest in learning about the indigenous tribes and their way of life. He dwells in the vast curriculum of Nature, Culture and Adventure as a pathway to holistic learning.
With over 24 years in heading operations, and Learning & Development engagements across diverse fields of IT, Telecom, Green Energy Solutions and NGOs, he has modelled his career in experiential and holistic learning. In the last decade and a half, he has designed and conducted experiential learning programs for schools and corporations.
Sonia comes across as very affectionate facilitator at The Integral school. She works on developing English language with children and the way children read, write and express themselves. She does it through engaging in conversation with them and making them come up with creative ideas. The easy and natural way in which all this is done results in the children culminating their thoughts into written words and verbal expression.
Kaveri brings lot of positive energy when she interacts with children. She has a knack of bringing the best in the little ones. She brings unique skills in art and craft and works on developing gross and fine motor skills in children. Kaveri is the go to person when it comes to learning the local language – Telugu.
Kaveri has a bachelor degree in arts and brings more than four years of experience working with children.
Nova comes to school every now and then to have fun with children and to follow her nose at the school. She is as fun loving as everyone at school and is been taken care of by one and all. Amongst the little ones, Nova is very well pampered.
Sanjay takes care of everyone’s belly at the Integral School. Extremely meticulous in managing the Kitchen and diligently aware of everyone’s taste. He doubles up as a keen learner at the school, so whether it is morning games or any event at school, he would be happy to volunteer. Basically, Sanjay is available for anything that requires help at The Integral School.
Ankush is a go to person at The Integral School. He is an administrator and manages everything at School. He is very fond of everyone at the school and gives his heart out to everything that he does at the school. His connection with the children is exemplary and he is slowly identifying the hidden facilitator in him.
Sunita is a very passionate outdoor person. Adept in rock climbing, river crossing, Trekking and many other sports like volleyball and basketball, Sunita loves to engage children in play activities. She has four years of experience in teaching and administration-coordination at an alternate school and brings with her bundle of joy and energy to contribute to The Integral School’s journey.
Sunita is a bachelor’s in physical education and a bachelor’s in arts. She has done foundation and advance course in Yoga science for wellness and other vocational courses.
Subathra loves engaging herself with nine-ten years old children at The Integral School. Her passion lies in offering a variety of learning options to her children covering various subjects like mathematics, geography, history, sciences etc. She does not believe in ‘one size fit all’ learning approach and therefore gives lot of personal attention to each of her children in her group.
Subathra did her graduation in civil engineering at Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu and has worked as auto cad designer in Chennai for few years. She has also worked at Tata Bluescope steel at Pune.
Subhatra did a certificate course in pre-primary education in 2012 and that created interest in education.
Bismay plays different hats at the Integral School. He is primarily a facilitator for age group ten and above, however, he is also a physical education facilitator and a teacher-educator for all project based learning at The Integral School.
Bismay brings nine years of teaching experience on the lines of Integral education. He has taught at the Mirambika school, Delhi for three years and has also led the growth of New Creation school at Jangoan, Telangana ever since its inception.
Bismay loves teaching Mathematics and Physics apart from being an outdoor sports enthusiast. He has pursued degree of National Standard Examination in Physics and in Mathematics. He has been personally mentored by Shekar Babu (Famous Mt. Everest Climber) and has completed a degree course in rock climbing.
Bismay has also pursued a degree in adventure course in National Adventure, Hyderabad along with a degree in parasailing under the guidance of P. Koushik-Wind Commander IAF. He is also a certified snake catcher with Reptile friend Org.
Munisha doubles up as a facilitator and an administrator at The Integral School. She engages herself with age group seven to eight years. Apart from teaching, she works closely with integral facilitators and the core team to establish sound systems and processes.
Munisha brings fourteen years of diverse work experience of consulting, teaching and administration out of which she has spent eight years teaching at Mirambika, Delhi- a free progress school based on Sri Aurobindo’s and The Mothers Integral Education.
She is a Post- graduate in Public Health Nutrition from Lady Irwin college, New Delhi and has been a nutritionist by profession before exploring Integral Education at Mirambika.
Granthali’s quest to find alternate teaching and learning styles led her to Integral Education. She is a facilitator at The Integral School and engages herself with age group four to six years. She has a keen interest and an aspiration to be a facilitative, enabling and a nurturing facilitator so that she could share with the learner the joy and the passion of learning and not merely the content or the information.
She holds a Master’s degree in Bio-informatics and a PG diploma in Food Analysis and Quality Assurance from DFRL. She has worked as a research assistant and designed various bio-informatics projects for interns at a Biotechnology Research company.
Lavlesh has been brought up in a free-progress, Integral education learning environment at Mirambika school, Delhi. This has a special and all-important mention about his work and life. His contribution to The Integral School is based on his own practice of integral education as an integral education student, teacher-educator and a parent. His role at The Integral School is to lead the school to its next evolutionary stage.
Lavlesh is a post graduate in Business Management and brings with him more than twenty three years of work experience. Last ten years has been exclusively dedicated to working with schools and teachers. Apart from committing full time at The Integral School, he is a faculty at IIT-Delhi teaching Professional Ethics in Engineering and also follows his passion as a researcher and an analyst covering various topical issues.