Meru International School

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Preparatory Stage (Grade III-V)

At Meru International School, we follow a blend of Cambridge primary programs with CBSE primary learning outcomes to ensure that children are exposed to international primary programs without missing the essence of the national curriculum. We emphasize learning through active enquiry and aim to develop a well-rounded child to meet certain competencies and attitudes.

We start learners on an exciting educational journey, setting out what they should be able to know and do at each stage of their primary education. The programme is designed to help learners develop the skills they need to succeed in their primary education and progress to Middle School by finishing their Cambridge Achievement test.

The main focus of the curriculum during these formative years revolves around:

Literacy- First language English
Numeracy
Science and Environmental education
Global Perspective
ICT and Digital Literacy
Second and Foreign Languages
Arts – Fine Arts and Performing Arts
Personal, Social and Physical Education

The main focus of the curriculum during these formative years revolves around:

INTERNATIONAL CURRICULUM

Cambridge is the most renowned in 168 countries of the world for its teaching and curriculum quality. Children learning primary programme at Meru are par with the best of international schools across the world.

TEACHING AND LEARNING

Quality teaching leads to quality learning. The introductory, extension and enrichment training from Cambridge plays a very important part in the teacher’s planning, practice and assessment skills at Meru.

ASSESSMENT

Formative Nature of Classroom assessment:

There is a baseline and endline assessment in subjects in the classroom through discussion, observation and lesson outputs. Meru uses all assessment guidelines provided by both Cambridge and CBSE Assessment to help to give formative feedback on the skills for learners to develop so that they can reflect on and improve their performance.

Baseline Assessment

At the beginning of the school year, every child at Meru is given an opportunity to appear for a diagnostic test to identify the strengths and areas for improvement.

Endline Assessment

At every term and year end, the endline assessment reflects the evidence of the continuous progression in a child’s learning, providing data to support further progress.

Formation/ Continuous Assessment and Monthly tracker

On the basis of the baseline assessment, every child at MERU is supported with continuous ability wise support to progress towards full potential through additional support and effective feedback. At the end of every month, a student led, teacher and parent conference is conducted to discuss the child’s progress and action plan for the upcoming month is decided keeping the child in confidence.

Mindspark and Asset

Nationally acclaimed Mathematics and external assessments program to boost the mathematical and spatial ability of students. Asset is a nationally acclaimed assessment platform to test the abilities in math, english and science for students in South Asia. Regular Olympiads are conducted to gauge the learning levels of children.

GLOBAL COMMUNITY

Being an international curriculum, our teachers participate in international subject forums with teachers from more than 100 schools.

The benefits for teachers are:

Helps to host interesting discussions on different aspects of teaching
Supported by expert primary moderators
Provides opportunities to talk to over 30,000 Cambridge teachers around the world

Glimpse of Grade III-V at Meru International School

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Preparatory Stage (Grade III-V)

Preparatory Stage (Grade III-V)

The main focus of the curriculum during these formative years revolves around:

Baseline Assessment

Endline Assessment

Formation/ Continuous Assessment and Monthly tracker

Mindspark and Asset