Alpha CBSE School Chennai | Curriculum, and Assessments | Sembakkam

Curriculum

At Alpha, the aim is to develop global citizens who are self-confident, responsible, and aware of their duties towards the community. Students are encouraged to cultivate skills that help them face the challenges of the dynamic global village.
The curriculum at Alpha International School supports a developmental, student-centric approach, engaging them in classroom activities. Constructive feedback is given to students to encourage and motivate them.
Alpha International School aims to make learning relevant and meaningful to students by adopting an inquiry-based, integrated curriculum, which focuses on the child as a highly inquisitive learner. At Alpha, children are recognized to be individuals with unique experiences, backgrounds, abilities, and interests. Teachers, at Alpha, promote a curriculum framed to meet students’ varying needs, abilities, and learning styles. A balanced education programme within a safe, stimulating environment is maintained so that every child learns and grows to its greatest potential.
The school adopts a holistic approach to develop students’ personality, which includes Sports and Performing Arts (SPA), integrated into the curriculum. Some of the methods followed, at Alpha to ensure all-round development of children is:

• Alphians are taught with multiple intelligent and innovative methods, with individualized attention and guidance to develop their inherent potential
• Students are taught to uphold their moral and spiritual values by affirming the worth and dignity of each individual and instilling in each student a caring attitude towards society
• Children, at Alpha, are taught to respect cultural diversity, beliefs, and values of all people and to work with a sense of commitment, social responsibility, and open-mindedness
• Students are encouraged to build life skills such as team spirit, learning to work in groups to achieve a common goal, develop a winning attitude by accepting the loss as another step to success
• Students are also motivated to express themselves using different forms of art like music (instrumental, vocal), drama and dance.

The curriculum is designed to have a two-term structure with the syllabus split to ensure that all subjects and topics are delivered in the right chronological order.

Assessments

While the major objective of the assessment is to measure progress and achievement of learners that reflect the effectiveness of the classroom transaction, it also serves as a feedback mechanism for the learner. The assessment pattern helps highlight areas where performance can be improved, in concurrence with the concept of holistic development of the learner.
At Alpha, the methods of assessment differ based on the choice of board and the learner’s grade.
Kindergarten follows a non-formal, continuous and comprehensive assessment pattern based on the worksheet system.
The Primary level (Grade I to V) has a series of Formative Assessments (FA) aimed at measuring progress and achievements of students through practical assessing activities, subject-specific skills. Pen and paper assessments spread over the academic year are conducted informally for the understanding of learning levels achieved. The skill gaps are observed and the necessary remediation is undertaken. The Summative Assessment (SA) is a formal written test, which is conducted at the end of each term. The student is graded based on the sum total of FA and SA conducted over the two terms.
The Cambridge Primary Progression tests and Checkpoint examinations are standardized assessments that provide clear insight into learners’ strengths and areas of improvement.
At the end of Grade V, the students appear for the Cambridge Primary Checkpoint exam.