EuroSchool
EuroSchool is a network of 10 schools spread across 6 cities and headed by Eurokids International. The school offers K-12 education as prescribed by various education boards like CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE. All EuroSchools offer curriculum as per the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) or The INDIAN Council of Secondary Education (ICSE). Their distinguishing philosophy is to offer education that extends beyond merely providing infrastructure, educational amenities and schooling facilities to young children. The school’s aim is to educate young minds, mentor children and build the fabric of our students within their schooling premises.
Pursuing a ‘Balanced Schooling Ideology’, the school enables its students to explore a variety of activities that suit their interests. The curriculums and academic programs are designed to enable children to hone their skills through physical education, sports, dance, music, arts and crafts etc. Students are also encouraged to participate and become ACTIVE members of different co-curricular clubs.
EuroSchool is founded on the belief that each child is an ocean of undiscovered traits that get discovered and refined when exposed to the appropriate schooling.
The school’s teaching methodology and academia are designed to be engaging and interesting in a way that moulds students to develop 21st century skills and adapt to a rapidly changing work environment. With the emphasis being on the ‘Learning ability’, the school sharpens the aptitude of the child, transforming them into evolving learners.
Pedagogy
The EuroSchool curriculum is designed to be student-centric with strong emphasis on effective teaching methods and delivery by the teacher. Based on Bloom’s taxonomy, the educational practices are based on a four-pronged approach called LRPA. L-R-P-A or Learning, Reinforcing, Practice & Application, signifies Learning of the concept in the class room, Reinforcement with Audio Visual Media, Practice with experiments and projects and Application of the Concept in real life. This particular teaching approach ingrains academic concepts in a more effective way.
Cerebrum
Cerebrum is the research wing consisting of a consortium of K-12 education experts at EuroSchool, responsible for propelling the ‘Balanced Schooling’ approach. Located in Mumbai, Cerebrum is one of the few research wings committed to maintaining academic excellence. This team of educational experts, keep the curriculum contemporary, while consistently innovating to make learning engaging and exciting for children.
Educators
The school also aims to cater to young minds by structuring their growth in the formative years through mentoring programs. Teachers work in close sync with the students and the engagements are structured to focus on a child’s inherent strengths and enhancing them thus enabling the students to cope with future challenges.
Additionally, the school provides teachers with suggestive teaching strategies, teaching aids like relevant audio-video stimuli. They are given the freedom to draw from their professional and personal experience to make the schooling experience interesting, contemporary and relevant. The teachers also undergo a 60-hour teacher training program so that they have updated skills which in-turn ensures the holistic development of the children.
Beyond academics
EuroSchool’s vision includes equipping children to become global citizens of tomorrow while retaining their Indian culture. The school focuses on creating all-rounders who exhibit Learning skills, Literacy skills and Life skills. It provides one of the best platforms to children in the area of co-curricular activities. Additionally, students are encouraged to participate in after-school club activities such as Robotics, Aero-modelling, Astronomy, Performing Arts, Theatre, Music and Dance.
The school is one of the few in the country to offer a structured curriculum for sports that include indoor and outdoor sports experiences assisting in the physical development of the students. EuroSchool’s curriculum balances academic pursuits with sports and cultural activities, and believes these to be life enhancing experiences. Through sports, it aims to expose the child to varied sports facilitating the development of kinesthetic and spatial skills.
Safety & Wellness
The school is the 1st school to be awarded with a ‘Safe School Certification’ by Bureau Veritas – an International body into certification audits – which recognizes the importance given to create a safe learning environment.
The school premises are secured with CCTV cameras so authorities always have a watchful eye over the child.
With a growing emphasis on child development, safety and wellness; EuroKids International has entered into a strategic association with Surya Hospitals to create an ecosystem that provides access to premier healthcare services and specialist medical opinions for students and parents of EuroKids and EuroSchool.
This association is to ensure that the learning environment is not only safe and secure but also fosters the well-being and holistic development of young children at EuroKids preschools and EuroSchool campuses.
This association goes beyond just enabling students, parents and school staff to avail of medical services. It enables them a gamut of health and wellness services like general health check up by pediatricians including ENT; dental and eye examinations; height, weight, BMI analysis; maintenance of health records and health cards to avail special discount offers on OPD consultations. Teachers and staff are trained to be primary caretakers and deliver simple medical services like first aid for immediate assistance. Additionally, specialized medical services are available at Surya Hospital centres in Mumbai, Thane, Pune and Jaipur.
Sick bay
As part of the student safety and health care, the school has a sick bay in each school to handle medical emergencies. It includes an on-duty nurse to provide first aid and emergency medical care. The sick bay also prevents the spread of infection by isolating children who are ill until they are completely cured.
Doctors on Call
EuroSchool has tie-ups with doctors and reputed hospitals to conduct regular health check-ups for children, and attend to medical emergencies, either in the school premises or in the hospital, depending on the nature of the emergency.
Infrastructure
The EuroSchool infrastructure setup corresponds with international standards and includes the following elements:
1. Classroom: Classrooms are designed to be relaxed, open, airy and conducive of sustaining a good frame of mind that is attentive and ready to absorb information and knowledge. The seating systems are ergonomically planned to promote good posture and comfort. EuroSchool classrooms are connected with high-speed broadband and feature the latest audio-visual systems in the form of the Smart Class System.
2. Sport: EuroSchools are equipped with huge playgrounds, indoor stadiums and a swimming pool to conduct various sports. The infrastructure for multiple sporting activities is backed by professional coaching for outdoor sports such as cricket, football, lawn tennis, basketball, table tennis, carom and floor ball. The school encourages students to participate in district, state and national level competitions.
3. Cafeteria: Cafeterias are an optional facility available at most EuroSchools, details of which can be obtained from individual schools. The school only permits vegetarian food and has an evolved Nutrition Policy which emphasizes that parents should send good and nutritious food for their children and refrain from fast foods, fried snacks or aerated drinks.
4. Transport: Organizing transport for students is an optional facility. Charges differ from student to student based on the pickup point and logistical distance of the same from the school.
5. Library: EuroSchool libraries provide students with good quality books to enhance the student’s level of thinking and stimulate cultural, intellectual, and emotional growth. The school also provides teachers with a wealth of reference material to enhance teaching and learning outcomes.
6. ICT Laboratory: Students are encouraged to make use of computers in their learning processes. The curriculum infuses substantial involvement of technology and computers at every stage thereby enabling students to appreciate and apply these skills in real time.
7. Science Labs: EuroSchool has state-of-the-art laboratories for Mathematics, Physical Science, and Social Science complete with the latest tools and equipment. The school exercises the necessary precautions to ensure lab safety & avoid accidents. These laboratories enable students to achieve a deeper understanding of concepts taught in the classroom by way of demonstrations, applications and processes based on these concepts.
Technology
The school believes consistent use of the digital mediums is essential for improving the learning experience for the child, as long as the usage of technology is supervised. At EuroSchool, classroom teaching is augmented through digital boards, computer labs, science labs and the smart class system that uses 3D animation and multimedia to aid teaching outcomes.
The school classrooms feature the latest digital interactive solutions that are backed by the world’s largest repository of curriculum-based digital content. It enables teachers to use age-appropriate multimedia content including diagrams, videos, animated experiments and demos, right inside the classroom.