Olive Public School

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Olive Public School
Olive Public School

We are living in an accelerating world of transformation in every area of life. Olive Public School believes that such differences call for new ways of learning and thinking if we are to thrive in the world during the eras to come. The directions our society is taking and our planet's future demands new minds able to explore creative alternatives for problems that cannot be anticipated.

We educate for understanding. We define understanding as the capacity (knowledge, skills, concepts, and facts) learned in the school context, that SHOULD be used in a new context in a place where the kids have not been forewarned that they should make use of that knowledge.

Hence Olive public school strongly believes and thrusts teachers to identify rich ideas, explore them in multiple ways and give students much opportunity to assess their learning, that there is a chance for education for understanding. The opportunity for education for understanding will not be seized unless we people think differently about what school can be like, what can be studied, how it can be taught, and how it can be learned. After all, the important goal of education is to help children use their intellects better and their intelligence for good.

About

Olive Public School, is a community where parents, faculty, and staff join to provide a nurturing environment that allows kids to grow and uncover their place in the world. The mission of Olive Public School is to encourage independent, self-directed wisdom for life in a child-centered community valuing peace, respect for others, and pride in individual differences.

Philosophy

The most important “things” in a child’s environment are steadiness, loving, and attentive adults. Olive Public School's stimulating environment and a scientifically based curriculum nurture the roots to lay the foundation to help every child excel in all phases of life.

Vision

The Vision of Olive Public School is to enable, energize and teach every child to acquire new skills and to help the child along to the next step in development.

Mission

The Mission of Olive Public School is to make a child feel successful by cultivating attitudes and capacities for future learning thereby enabling young minds to explore their true possibility.

Objectives

The Objective of Olive Public School is To help your child develop emotional and social skills by providing personal care that fosters a sense of security and well-being. To partner with parents to enable them to experience their child’s delight aiding them to come back to their adult world with a new mindset.

Mission

Olive Public School tries to live out its mission and test its success in doing so regularly. So what does it mean, if you are a guest to the school, or a family considering enlisting your children here?

Olive Public School is a hardworking community, proud of its cultural tolerance and its ability to respect diversity. The students are the main strength of the school, followed by the staff. Olive Public School strives to be international in its outlook, though selective in its curriculum. The aims and values of Olive Public School reflect those, though They are distinctively different. They think, in their affiliations, to schools and have staffs that are multi-cultural in outlook and continuous professional development and training. Their curriculum, from the Foundation Stage via to the Secondary level, draws on practical contexts. Their pedagogy lines up with the best of inquiry-based learning and critical thinking.

Olive Public School follows the CBSE from primary to the end of secondary. The School uses the NCERTs assessments to monitor students’ progress, support and challenge them, recognize potential and any under-achievement, and benchmark ourselves against leading private and state schools in India. The School's staff frequently goes on training programs to learn the latest trends in the field of education. All such training is made to benefit the students.

Our mission would be in helping students to transfer to leading colleges in India

Olive Public School is Indian in Soul which has a closely-connected and vibrant feel to it, one that is akin to the Indian extended family at its best. Olive Public School supports the development of its diverse country for all who wish to study amongst a community that promotes Indian cultures throughout the school as well as the best traditions of participation and democracy. their Indian staff as well as a core of local students from various states ensures that the values, culture, and traditions of India are always at the fore.

Syllabus

The Olive Public School follows the widely acclaimed CBSE Syllabus as recommended by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)

Status

The school has been granted affiliation from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) New Delhi. Up to GRADE XII. The CBSE Affiliation No is 1931179.

Facilities

The Olive Public School has air-conditioned classrooms; both for the Nursery and the Primary School. In July 2010, the Nursery block was refurbished and was connected to the main block providing more space for the school. The Primary School is situated in the main campus together with the Nursery School (for 2- 3 1/2-year-olds).

The main campus

Spread across an area of more than an acre, the main campus is set amidst a calm and serene atmosphere with playing fields which includes a Tennis court, Skating track, Basket Ball court. It is home to the secondary classrooms; a library; two newly-equipped science laboratories; facilities for learning support, a large multi-purpose auditorium/common room for senior Grade students; cafeteria; as well as a new administrative office.

The Primary School

There are spacious and well ventilated and air-conditioned classrooms catering for class group sizes of 30 to 40 students. In addition, there is a well-equipped library for Learning Support. The students have controlled access to multimedia and the internet. The Primary School makes active use of the auditorium and playing fields in the main campus for games and assemblies. The School provides students with a supportive yet challenging learning environment. It has air-conditioned classrooms which have recently been refurbished with new furniture and an external covered play area for outdoor activity. The use of Smart Boards (Interactive Promethean Boards) enables teachers to skillfully incorporate experiential learning into classroom teaching.

The School facilities also include

• The multi-purpose auditorium hosts assemblies, stage performances / rehearsals, parent evenings and indoor sports.

• Air-conditioned computer rooms allow every student access to terminal during classes and enable effective learning across the computer curriculum. It is planned to have the entire school campus as fully wi fi to allow for easy access to information by students and staff.

• The auditorium is also a creative hub and provide space for a wide range of activities including drawing, painting, artwork and design.

• The library houses a variety of books, reference texts, magazines and journals.

• Sports facilities include playing field for handball, netball and softball. In addition, there are courts for skating, basketball, tennis and volleyball.

Healthy Safety and Security

Student’s Health

The health of each student is a priority to us. Not only as a concern for their general wellbeing but because the health of a child is an important factor in the learning process.

The Nursery and Primary Schools have an arrangement with the Bethesda Children Hospital which is fully staffed with child specialist doctors and Nurses are available during school hours to administer first aid and basic nursing care to any student injured or feeling unwell. The Hospital also undertakes height, weight and basic visual acuity tests of each child on an annual basis. In addition to their routine nursing duties the Hospital is actively involved in all aspects of school life, including school trips, sports days and health education.

In case of emergency

The First Aid Kit available in the school carries emergency medicines for use in case of minor illness. The school has an arrangement with Bethesda Hospital for the immediate treatment and/or admission of both students and staff in case of a medical emergency. The hospital is located five minutes away from the school and an ambulance is available at the Hospital premises at all times.

Student’s Security

We take the security of our school and students very seriously. As a result we regularly review our security practices, both inside and outside the school grounds and building. Whether our students are in class, on a school trip or at a sports day, we implement strict security measures to protect them at all times.

The security services are outsourced to registered security group. The building and the perimeter wall is of maximum height permitted by the local authorities to prevent unauthorized entry to any part of the school.

Regular supervisory visits from the security organization as well as regular local Police visits are made at a regular period. It is planned to conduct Regular fire drills inside the school building.

Security entrance passes

All parents and visitors must sign in the entry register kept at the security office. There are no exceptions.

Visitor rules

All visitors are required to wait at the office and are met by the person responsible for the appointment, if the guards have previous information about an appointment, visitors are asked to proceed to the Reception area where they are picked up and escorted by the relevant staff. No-one is allowed entry without an appointment and the guards only allow anyone in after checking with the concerned staff.

Entrance areas

Both the gates remain locked throughout the day. One guard is posted at the main entrance at the main school building. One guard is posted at the Gate near the Nursery block. Regular daily and night patrols take place, both inside and outside the grounds.

Parking

To avoid suspicion parent vehicles parked outside the school shall avoid parking for any lengthy period of time (i.e. more than a few hours). Staffs vehicles if parked inside the school grounds are also required to have the same parking pass. The parking passes are issued by the School Office in the main school building, upon completion of a form that identifies the car or vehicle registration number and personal contact details of the owner. Generally we do not allow any vehicles inside the campus unless it is a school authorized vehicle transporting children of the school.

Safety measures

• In case of an emergency, the following facilities and resources (outside the school) will be used:

• Bethesda Specialty Hospital (5 minutes’ drive from the school).

• Police Department.

• Fire Department.

• Random checks are conducted daily by representatives of the Security Organization and feedback is given to the Security Manager.

The facilities and resources inside the school are:

• Restricted entry into the school premises.

• ID cards for employees.

• Sign-in registers for staff and visitors.

• Entry passes.

• Alarms.

• Release of Nursery students to listed/ authorized caregivers.

• Fire extinguishers for each floor at strategic locations.

Our Commitment to the Environment

We aim to develop the next generation to become responsible, influential and inspiring leaders. One of the greatest challenges we are facing as a population is environmental change. It is our aim to instill a sense of awareness in children today, from the youngest Nursery to the oldest Primary student, so that they can start to reduce their carbon footprint and help to protect the earth for tomorrow. We believe that awareness needs to be accompanied by the ability to take informed action, both locally and on global issues.

We have introduced a new initiative called "MOTHER EARTH" which will allow for a stronger and more sustainable commitment of students across the Secondary School to a genuine outreach program. The initiative will be led and planned by students of the school who will be interacting with NGOs that deal with environmental issues.

Conscious of our carbon footprint, we are committed to making the Olive Public School an environmentally sustainable or 'green' school, as far as we can. We aspire to get associated with NGOs and passionate environmentalists to run the Environment Club at school. The environment is about people, places, and spaces, not just the physical environment. We believe in the power of education in helping young people to shape their future environments in an informed and socially just manner.

Strategic Plan 2019 – 2025

The School's five-year Strategic Plan 2011– 2016 (SSP) is a distillation of work done in 2008 by the previous Board and working group. The aim in presenting the SSP using this straight-forward framework is to enable the six key work areas, and their objectives and indictors, to be seen simultaneously. This structure allows a clear view of the linkages within a work area, as well as across work areas. It also shows how all the work areas carry equal priority and will require concerted focus by the Academic Board and the Leadership Team to continue the school’s development over the next five years.

‘Governance’ has been added as a new work area. This is a normal and important feature in strategic planning as it holds those implementing the plan accountable for transparent decision-making and actions, in this case to the Society. Our strategic planning includes effective objectives and indicators against which those doing the governing can be held accountable.