Dear Parents and
Guardians,
A very warm welcome to the new academic
year of 2014-2015. I hope you all had a refreshing summer break and your
children are just as eager to start the academic session as much as we
are. We will learn about the world
around us. We will talk about problem-solving and working together. Exploring
science, math, social studies, literacy, reading, writing, creative art, music,
movement and much more will fill our busy days.
We at AKAH harness a student’s curiosity
with planned and resourceful facilitation. Through their learning journey, the
students are taken through field trips, interact with guest speakers, research
about their topic of study and at the end analyse and reflect on their own
individual learning. Assessments are primarily aimed to locate the child’s
position in the learning metre and eventually to fine-tune short term goals. We
request your encouragement and supervision when your child needs to use the
internet for their research or conduct interviews at home.
Personal hygiene and appropriate attire
goes a long way in improving one’s self-organisation, so please send your child
in neat and labelled uniform as mentioned in the diary. The school provides for
most of the stationery to each student, however, we would expect students to
get their own geometry-box, pens and folders to carry worksheets/reading books
to school. We request your cooperation to help the students value school
property and use school stationery judiciously.
We believe that parent involvement
benefits a student’s academic achievement, increases motivation for learning
and develops a positive attitude about homework. Homework is not meant to keep
the student occupied with tasks for long hours, but would include reading,
research, reinforcement of concepts dealt in the class, preparing for
assessments and also completion of
incomplete work.
We solicit your participation in your
child’s learning journey at all times. Feel free to mail us at arpita.trivedi@agakhanacademies.org and safura.mubeen@agakhanacademies.org, for any query or concern that you may have. You may also
use the school diary to communicate with us. Kindly fill in the “Personal
Information” in the school diary and sign parent notes that are sent as and
when needed.
You are also
welcome to participate, interact and share in the learning journey of your
child in more than one way.
Looking forward to a fruitful and a productive
year ahead.
Warm regards,
Arpita Trivedi
and Mubeen Safura
Form Tutors,
Grade 6
