Middle SCHOOL (grades 5-8)

Children at the middle school level are entering the adolescent years; their minds are maturing, and they start to ask more searching questions - about society, about themselves, about social norms, about what is relevant and what is not, etc. It is a stage when attitudes are being formed, in positive and negative ways; children at this age are highly vulnerable to what they see in the media (TV, films, internet). Our teaching method keeps this and the rapidly changing scenario as a backdrop.

In middle school, the intellectual component is greater than it is at the junior level. Children are encouraged to explore and investigate, to think about social and intellectual issues on their own, to refer to printed materials, to make use of Library and Internet resources, etc, and to express themselves articulately, making full use of educational tools like books and audio-video materials. They are encouraged to take responsibility for their work and to ask questions. At this level the dominant teaching style is "active learning" where students learn to think for themselves on a wide variety of issues.