Azeemi Model School

At AMS, we emphasize continuous assessment throughout the year based on assignment/class tests, bimonthly tests, term exams and final exam.

SCHEDULE

First Term

• 1^st Monthly Test: Third Week of April
• Term Exam: Last Week of May

Second Term

• 2^nd Monthly Test: Third Week of August
• Term Exam: Last Week of September

Third Term

• 3^rd Monthly Test: Third Week of November
• Term Exam: Last Week of December

RULES FOR EXAM

The syllabus for each term exam will cover the entire syllabus covered prior to the commencement of the exam for the respective term.

The question papers of the final exam for each subject will be set approximately from 10%, 20%, and 70% of the syllabus covered in 1^st term, 2^nd term and 3^rd term, respectively.

No student will be retested in annual examination except in case of genuine absence on account of circumstances beyond the control of the student/parents and sickness of the student on provision of medical certificate from a registered medical practitioner. Parents are required to inform the school about student’s absence in advance in writing.

Grace marks “5” for single subject as well as for aggregate marks in case the student who is failing by “5” marks in the subject or in aggregate.

All term exams / annual exam will be conducted according to the date sheet prepared and issued in advance.

No student will be allowed to leave the exam center before half of the given time has passed.

All cheating cases, as soon as detected, will be reported to the principal for necessary action.

PROMOTION POLICY

1. All students from the Play Group will be promoted. The teacher, however, indicate the specific strength and weaknesses of the students in the assessment report.
2. All students (except Play Group) must secure 45% marks in all subjects for becoming eligible for promotion to the next higher class.
3. A student who has failed only one subject (at least 30% marks) with 45% aggregate marks, can be conditionally promoted to the next class, provided his/her parents give an undertaking that the student will be demoted, if he fails in the First Term exam of next class.
4. There will be no double promotion or promotion on conditional basis.
5. The student who fails to meet the promotion policy will be detained. Warnings will be given to weak students during the bimonthly reports.
6. Student’s progress or the lack of it will be discussed with the parents in the PTM. These warning will prepare the student for a detention in case no progress is made.

RESULTS

The Class Teacher shall enter the record of all Continuous Assessments, 1^st Term, 2^nd Term and 3^rd Term Examination on the prescribed Forms. It will contain:

1. Continuous Assessment based on Class Work, Oral Work & Projects.
2. Bimonthly Assessment Test Results
3. First Term Examinations
4. Second Term Examinations
5. Final Examinations

The Consolidated Result at the end of the Academic year will decide:

1. Recommendation for promotion
2. Position in the class
3. Academic prizes / certificates
4. Subject prizes for every class (one only)
5. Special certificate for social works.

Certificates of Honor (Merit / Excellence) will be awarded for:

1. Attendance
2. Co-curricular activities
3. Progress in academics
4. Conduct
5. Crises management

Examination Result Cards are sent/handed over to the parents after every exam. These cards contain detailed reports on the academic performance in various subjects in the class, the curricular and co-curricular activities as well as development of their personality traits.

Our academic session is divided into three terms and may change as per government policy. Timeline for academic plan is as below:

1. First Term: 1^st March to 31^st May
2. Second Term: 1^st July to 30^th September
3. Third Term: 1^st October to 31^st December

Exact dates for the beginning to the end of term vary from year to year and parents are informed accordingly. The school office may be contacted for further information.

Holidays

Under normal circumstances AMS is closed only on Govt. Gazzeted Holidays. School remain closed for summer and winter vacations according to following schedule:

• Summer Vacation: 1^st June to 30^th June (1 month)
• Winter Vacations: 1 January to 28^th/29^th February (2 months)

Exact dates of these vacations may vary from year to year and parents are informed accordingly. The school office may be contacted for further information.

During these period of vacations, training for teachers are arranged which is compulsory for all teaching staff.

School Time Table & Morning Assembly

We have five working days. On Saturday and Sunday, the school will remain close.

March to October (Summer)	November to March (Winter)
Monday to Thursday Pre-School: 08:15 am to 12:15 pm Class 1 – 8: 08:15 am to 02:15 pm Friday Pre-School: 08:15 am to 12:15 pm Class 1 – 8: 08:15 am to 12:15 pm	Monday to Thursday Pre-School: 08:30 am to 12:30 pm Class 1 – 8: 08:30 am to 02:30 pm Friday Pre-School: 08:30 am to 12:30 pm Class 1 – 8: 08:30 am to 12:30 pm

Attendance in the assembly is mandatory for all. By rotation, students of all classes/sections conduct the assembly. The assembly starts with the recitation of Holy Quran followed by a translation in Urdu/English and concluded by appropriate prayer. After the prayer, Naat is offered with love and devotion by a student. Students then present current, national, international issues. At the end staff and students sing the National Anthem, collectively.

On every Friday a special assembly is held in which students also present small skits or make short speeches regarding morality.

At AMS we pay special attention to the continuous training of our teaching staff. Training sessions are arranged for teaching of newly recruited staff on priority basis. During summer and winter vacations training programs and refresher courses for all teachers are routinely arranged.

There are different societies and clubs for co-curricular activities in each school. They provide opportunities for all students to develop their life-skills through events and activities arranged on a regular basis during the academic year. In addition to learning life-skills, children are taught to be leaders with capabilities of planning, organizing and executing events. Co-curricular activities may include:

1. Qira’t and Hamd-o-Naat Competition
2. Study Trips
3. Urdu Literary Association
4. Young Writer’s Club (Urdu)
5. Music and Drama Society
6. Senior Debating Team (Urdu)
7. Junior Debating Team (Urdu)
8. School Debating Team (Urdu)
9. Orator’s Union (Urdu)
10. Science Association; Mathematicians’ Club
11. Young Painter’s Society
12. Arts & Crafts; Islamic Association
13. Computer Club
14. Quiz Master’s Club
15. English Association
16. Senior Debating Team (English)
17. Junior Debating Team (English)
18. School Debating Team (English)
19. Orator’s Union (English)
20. Young Writer’s Club (English)
21. Commerce Society
22. Environmental Society
23. Social Services Society
24. Taekwondo/Karate

The convergence of collaborative constructivist ideas and instructional technology are transforming education systems all over the world. Instructional technology broadens the scope of education beyond textbooks and the integration of ICT in the teaching and learning process recognises the need to have a seamless flow between learning at school, at home, at work and at play.

AMS has a well-equipped computer lab where students are introduced to the use of computer through educational Presentations/Audios/Videos. We follow a computer course which is student friendly and allows them to enjoy working on their assignments individually. By the end of Class 8, our students have developed skills such as touch typing, word processing, spreadsheets, power point presentations and databases.

Our younger learners enjoy Math, English and Science related activities which enhance their classroom curriculum in these subjects. This class not only allows student to learn a skill to be useful in practical life, they also enjoy exploring and working in a relax environment.

Students and their experiences are at the heart of Azeemi Model School and this vision defines our ambitions. Students deserve a high quality education with an accessible and innovative curriculum. We believe that education should enhance students’ abilities to explore and question the nature of phenomena in the world around them.

For all school years we provide a knowledge and skills-based curriculum framework. Our curriculum builds a sound foundation for future learning. The curriculum delivery methodology in the classrooms encourages a student-centred approach. Our expectation, therefore, is that when students have completed their school studies, they do not have just a mastery of content but are also able to analyse, look at texts critically, make connections between subjects, and write effectively. With such skill sets and values as our students will be valued highly by universities and employers in Pakistan and abroad.

AMS curriculum documents for various subjects adopt a skills-based approach to teaching and learning. The curriculum, as such, is spiral in nature, i.e. the same concepts and skills will be taught at various times across the grades, but with increasing levels of complexity and sophistication as we move up.

Early years of education represent the unfolding of life; it is the foundation for future learning and success. AMS is committed to ensure early years’ experience to be happy, active, exciting, fun and secure. We aim to provide richness and quality of the experiences to contribute child’s development as a lifelong learner through consistent expert support.

Our beliefs:

• Children are whole people who have feelings, ideas and relationships and need to be physically, mentally, morally and spiritually healthy.
• Young children learn in a holistic and an integrated manner, not in separate and compartmentalized way.
• Play is the child’s work and focus for learning. Children in the Early Years learn by playing and exploring, and being active through creative and critical thinking.
• Imagination, creativity and all kinds of symbolic behaviours develop and emerge when conditions are favourable.

Quality Early Years Education is about three things: the child, the context in which learning takes place and the knowledge and understanding which the child develops and learns.

Characteristics of TCS Early Years Educational programme:

1. A safe and secure environment to meets children’s needs.
2. A place with lot of activity which stretches and challenges all children. At their learning places, children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates, and that all areas of learning and development are equally important and inter-connected.
3. A balance between teacher-initiated and child-initiated activities.
4. Equal emphasis is given to social and emotional development as much on academic achievement.
5. EYE practitioners exhibit commitment, alertness, enthusiasm and reflective practices, possessing breadth and depth of knowledge, skills and understanding of the diverse ways in which children learn.
6. Ongoing observational assessment to inform planning for each child’s continuing development.
7. A place where involvement of parents is always encouraged and valued.

Learning Areas of Development:

1. Personal, Social and Emotional Development;
2. Communication, Language and Literacy;
3. Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy;
4. Knowledge and Understanding of the World;
5. Physical Development;
6. Creative Development (Art/ Craft/ Hobby);
7. Innovation in Curriculum through Technology/Theatre/Story Telling.

The title Azeemi Model School suggests one school – where children are encouraged to take pride in their culture, yet through school environment a uniform set of acceptable values are instilled in them. Indeed, the education that the School provides, with its politically liberal ethos, enables its pupils to integrate within their home communities in Pakistan and in the countries and communities abroad.

Azeemi Model School maintains a balance of western and Asian best practice and, by so doing, provides a curriculum meeting the needs of children and young people in the modern world. Our philosophy aims to encourage students, in the best learning environments we are able to provide, to be confident, articulate, aware and actively engaged with the world around them. We want them to achieve their maximum academic and social potential, to be engaged and responsive learners – in other words, to be the best they can be. At the same time, the education we provide must enable our students to respond positively to the opportunities and challenges of the rapidly changing world – including the need to make the best of what they know and to keep on learning.

Our students today need to be prepared to engage with economic change including the continued globalisation of the economy and society and with the rapid expansion of communication technologies. Our education must also reaffirm our commitment to the traditional values – to the virtues of truth, justice, honesty, trust and a sense of duty.