We at San Academy have always believed in delivering right ideologies in the right time and right manner to all pupils whom we consider as paramount asset. Every day is a fresh journey for us in the pursuit of knowledge learning and enlightenment. Mentoring young minds is no easy task. It is completely designed to the needs and requirements of the children and our duty towards them. We at SAN are completely equipped with state of art apparatus and equipment and energetic team of teachers. Our teachers play an extraordinary role in the life of children during the formative years of development and the importance of teachers is something which cannot be understated. Our teachers enhance their roles with zeal and passion and involve themselves wholeheartedly in sculpting the students into responsible citizens of this country.
We take this moment to share with you all the honors bestowed on our esteemed director Ms.R. Archana. Following are the accolades won by her. Leadership award for education and excellence by the leading business organ Asian One, Best brand award for women and child development from our former cabinet minister Ms. Menaka Gandhi, Women Empowerment in Education award from Ace Tennis player Ms. SaniaMirza and Best women Edupreneur award from Economic growth society of India.
Our typical day of learning begins with the school assembly. We at San completely understand the significance and importance of this particular element. School Assembly is important for both students and teachers. Assemblies are designed to be informative on various topics, current affairs and special world days or can be entertaining with cultural performances that showcase and encourage the talents of the children.
Children are facilitated to involve themselves in various activities encircling different subjects during their academic tenure. These activities aim at providing a platform for the children to practically experience the concepts, perception and significance of the theories being taught in the class rooms.
The school takes pride in the efficient and effective functioning of its in-house clubs namely painting club, Health club, Indian art club, Eco club, Origami club and English club. These Clubs endeavor and aspire to instill in the children an assortment of practical life skill, directives and guidelines on an array of games and hobbies, enhance in creative and speaking skills and make them aware of humanity and also mould them into becoming good Samaritans and better citizens of tomorrow.
Our children are given exposure to various extracurricular activities in-house as we understand the need and significance of shaping the children into multifaceted personalities, in simple words a successful all-rounder. Dance forms namely Classical and Western, Martial arts which include Karate and Silambam and not to forget Aerobics for good health and inspiring fusion music add credit to our students.
San edifices children about the importance of celebrating various festivals and special days. Such days are filled with fervor as we ensure that our children disregard the barriers of age, caste and creed and embrace the feeling of mutual love, respect and brotherhood.
Competitions play a role in motivating students to perform and excel and offer a lot more rewards than just the winning prize. It is a chance for the participants to gain substantial experience, showcase skills, analyze and evaluate outcomes and uncover personnel aptitudes. Competitions also encourage students to adapt innovative techniques and develop their ideas and skills. We at SAN promote the same and guide them to take up such opportunities to showcase their talents.
The world peace day was celebrated with much pomp and flair. The aim of the day coordinated annually by the UN and observed globally is to strengthen ideals of peace and promote unity. Students and staff celebrated the event with speeches and skit.
International Yoga Day was celebrated at San with a great flair. Special Yoga session was conducted in the school. A special assembly was organized to commemorate the occasion, various benefits of Yoga was enumerated along with demonstration by students. This was beneficial for the students to overcome stress, stiffness, anxiety, improve concentration and combat obesity.
The main objective of conducting a field trip for students is to reinforce experiential and contextual learning. San understands that field trips are a way of enhancing classroom learning by making real world connections. The trips give the students the opportunity to observe a particular environment that enables the students to understand concepts in a better manner. In addition they evaluate their own learning with what they are exposed to and they are able to modify their knowledge based on their personal experiences. They were taken on field trips to places like Guindy National park, Birla planetarium, Egmore Museum, Vivekananda house, Railway Museum and Crocodile Park.
The importance of sports and games in school encompasses more than just the benefit of physical activity. It increasesself-esteem and mental alertness. We at San facilitate our children to indulge in various games and sports and get to showcase their talents annually during our sports day celebrated with fun flair and grandeur.
At San Academy , we believe project based learning is a non-traditional education model that seeks to prepare students for solving real-world problems and issues while teaching them what they need to know to succeed in school right now. The amazing ingenious inventions recreated by our little masterminds set a platform for multiple learning techniques to research, logical reasoning and team work. The students displayed an array of models, charts and activities which gave them confidence to think out of the box.
Every child is born with artistic sensibilities. It is only patronage from a tender age that helps a child emerge as an artist or have a mind that can appreciate beauty. Very often, it is said an artist is born not made. To throw light to the above saying San Picasso; a grandeur art contest was organized at SAN to ignite the passion of anindividualto showcase their talent in colorful and innovative Art. Instilling a love for artistic activities in school children would pave the way for creating creative adults and it was accomplished through San Picasso.
Pongal is an agricultural festival that brings happiness and enthusiasm. At San the Pongal thiruvizha was enlivened by a series of interesting events with a chance to visualize, enjoy and cherish the village life. The parents, students and people from the neighborhood had a wonderful opportunity to take a detour from their routine and hectic city life to a world of fun and excitement .The traditional folk dances of Tamilnadu, the setup of a village fair with rides, savories, games to express valor, magic show,puppet show, etc. added flavor to the celebration.
Chess enables a child to learn how to strategize the aspects of the game and life. In addition a child can also learn the importance of foresight and planning. San Academy hosted The First Tamilnadu State Level Children Chess Tournament. The participants showed great enthusiasm and exhibited strategic planning in their moves. Students in the age group of 6 to 14 years participated in this mega event. It has assured us that chess is a game wherein children learn to be responsible for their actions.
We have successfully completed the first academic year of our Tambaram Branch. A special mention of thanks to dear parents for your constant support.