Learning at this stage is experiential, fun & activity based. The pedagogical processes followed are based on developmentally appropriate methods with multiple teaching and learning strategies. The child is the central figure and an active participant in the teaching learning process. Children enjoy the freedom to explore, express, create and interact within their environment and gain knowledge.

Children at this stage:

1. identify self by specific abilities, characteristics and preferences (e.g., by gender, age, as part of a family, friends, colours, food etc.)

2. develop a sense of balance and physical coordination through play.

3. learn language through activities like role play, storytelling, poetry recitation, singing and reading age appropriate and level based books.

4. understand to analyse their actions as right or wrong.

5. learn to be friends with children from diverse backgrounds, celebrate various festivals, sing and dance together.

6. learn to live in harmony with their environment, make observations, enquire and ask questions – what, how & why.

7. relate a numeral to its respective quantity, associate value to a number and Identify shapes by names: curved and straight lines, circle, square, triangle and understand spatial relationships.

8. learn to manage their feelings and emotions and learn appropriate behaviour.

9. demonstrate the ability to begin to assume responsibility for their own safety within their environment.

10. learn values, life skills, build relationships and grow up as confident and responsible citizens.

At this stage, there is no system of formal assessment.

At this stage too, the curriculum supports experiential learning, focuses on conceptual clarity by relating learning to everyday life, developing thinking and analytical skills. The curriculum also aims at nurturing the affective domain of the learners through subjects and activities which will help develop the basic life skills in the learner – self-awareness, effective communication skills and emotional strength. The pedagogy at this stage is not absolutely fixed, structured or prescribed but it is multi-dimensional and flexible, which gives the learner ample opportunities to explore and discover.

The learning areas include:

1. Languages (English, Hindi) – Acquire the skills of listening, speaking, reading & writing, acquire varied range of vocabulary, develop interpersonal communication skills and express meaningfully. Third Language is introduced in Class IV. These languages are taught through activities with an aim to initiate the language in a fun way. However, a more structured syllabus is followed in the upper primary stage. Students can opt for one of the languages out of Sanskrit, French, German and Spanish.

2. Mathematics – Performing operation of numbers, understanding shapes, similarities and differences, collecting data, representing and analysing the data, identifying patterns in shapes and numbers etc.

3. Environmental Science – To make them aware of their surroundings, appreciative of and sensitive of environmental issues (natural, physical, social and cultural)

4. Information & Communication technology

5. Visual Arts & Performing Arts

6. Physical & Health Education

7. Life skills & Value Education

Children also get opportunities to join various hobby clubs as per their interest and aptitude. They participate in intra-section and inter-section competitions, class assemblies, annual days, celebrations and social awareness campaigns. The scheme of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE), as designed and laid out by the CBSE & NCERT, is followed in the Junior School. Formal test & Exams are introduced in Class IV.