Concept & Status Report

 

Empowerment through spoken English

The Awake & Shine Pre School was started on 01 Feb 2007 and is functional.

General "Jimmy" Singh’s vision for setting up the school is to empower rural children through spoken English.

The School Mission is to help the young body and mind to grow and learn in a joyous environment, enabling all round development of the child.

The School objective is to lay the foundation for English medium education, to enable admission in English medium schools after our 3 years foundation course. The focus throughout is on proficiency in spoken English and the balanced development of mind and body. The inculcation of self confidence, spirit of adventure, good manners, personal hygiene, environmental values, pride in manual labor, and development of skills through hobbies have been kept in mind whilst devising the syllabus.

 

 

 

Infrastructure has been created through a partnership with the local community. Local families have provided land, stones, wood, and unskilled labour. In return they have been provided resources to set up homestays. Funds were provided by General Jimmy Singh for skilled labour, building hardware, educational toys, class room furniture and fittings, . The family providing the land retains ownership of the land and buildings have been donated to them.

Setting 2

Setting 3

Nursery entry Play

The foundation course is of 03 years duration. The child progress through three stages – Nursery, Lower Kindergarten, and Upper Kindergarten. Age of entry is at 03- 04 years.

The School started with a single nursery class with 15 Children. Currently the school has three classes Nursery, Lower Kindergarten and Upper Kindergarten with a total of 50 children.

The teaching staff of 4 teachers is backed by two assistants and a caretaker. The Child to Adult ratio is 1:8.

The School charges a nominal fee and provides text books, toys, and work books free of charge. The three class rooms are well equipped with furniture, white boards, learning toys, a multimedia computer ( donated by The Unwin family), TV with VCDs. A generator has been provided

Nursery class of 08

Multi- media learning Creativity Personal attention

Learning for all round development has been evolved. The syllabus comprises subjects such as English language, numbers, nursery rhymes, stories, sensory development, manipulative skills, song and dance, creative arts and crafts, social awareness and good habits, gardening and Nepali language. Learning through play and experiences is practiced.

Pre School Ploughing Ploughing Clean up Making friends Nature study Nature song

Two innovate subjects have been introduced. The first is a Nature walk – which introduces the child to, flora, agriculture, farm animals, birds, the family and community, respect for elders, homesteads, farm implements, pets, colours and numbers- All with a focus on English words.

Balance

Blindfold crossing

Rope & Ladder High bar Ladder

The second is a Confidence course. This comprises various obstacles and a sand pit; to build self confidence, agility, balance, strength, and coordination; whilst removing fear of heights and darkness. The child learns to run, jump, climb, crawl, and balance- all the time there is opportunity to increase the English vocabulary. In addition the child learns numbers and colours, team work, leadership and follower-ship.

The School welcomes offers for sponsorship of children, donation of educational toys, work books, class room fittings and furniture, The School is in need of volunteers for teaching English. Please contact us.

With trekking group

Dancing

Pre School Camping Dancing steps Play time



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