Circulars

Dear Parents,

We hope you and our Baby Walnut students are in good health and spirits. As we gear up for the start of a new academic year, we extend a warm welcome back to school to you and your children.

New year – exciting plans!
At Walnut School, something new and exciting is always brewing for our students! Our faculty and staff have been working tirelessly to make sure that we are providing our students with a well-rounded education that promotes both academic excellence and personal growth – something which no other educational institution can provide. 

As you know, our curriculum inspires and challenges our students. We have a range of programs and activities that help develop skills and interests that help them both, inside the classroom and outside it too! The programs are systematic and meaningful – and you can actually see each child progressing with life skills that are of great value  in the long run.

So – What’s going to happen, you ask?!

Oh – so so many things! Details in the communication to follow, but here’s a bird’s eye view. 

A new milestone for our Nursery students!

Can you believe your little one is all grown up and ready to go off to school? This is the first of so many more milestones to follow in this schooling journey – and what a journey it is going to be, at Walnut! Don’t forget to capture a lot of photos and videos this year. 

Events galore!

As Walnut parents, you know that the events which we have at Walnut School, differentiate us from any other school by a huge margin! Believe it or not, parents never have to go through any hassles for any of our events! We promise you that you are going to LOVE LOVE LOVE all of them!

First Unit

Some interesting competitions planned out in this first unit, as students settle into the school routine. We have the Fancy Dress (Nursery), Poem Recitation (Junior KG) and Shlok Recitation (Senior KG) competitions. Dates and details to follow soon!

We have board game competitions for middle school students and debate competitions for secondary students, which you are most welcome to attend.

Second Unit

Students learn the practical application of concepts in their Hands On periods in school. We would be having demos of these by our KG students. There is a dahi handi party in August and a Ganesh idol making workshop in the second unit too! 

We have the STEM-a-fair, our annual science fair, planned in the second unit for students of Std. 3 onwards. We also have debate competitions for middle school students and board game competitions for secondary students. 

Third Unit

The unit starts with a grand navratri party with garba and bhondla celebrations.

Learning how to converse in fluent language, and keeping it interesting is a skill that our students learn through their SPEAK periods. We would be having open mic sessions of these, presented by our KG students. 

There is also a lantern making workshop arranged for our students and parents, just before Diwali. 

Fourth Unit

Here we have the Christmas party. 

Following this, we have special Reading Theatre demos planned here, where they will wow you with their fluent reading skills. Students are taught to read fluently using the Phonics method, in their READ periods. We use Cambridge recommended banded books that have age – appropriate literacy levels. 

That’s it!

No way! We are obviously kidding!

Did we miss a really big event?

The Walnut Carnival – our MEGA event happens in the fourth unit. ALL students take part in this eclectic extravaganza, where you can get all your friends and family to see our students perform in a grand arena!

We’re not done!

Then come the “funtrepreneur” fairs where ALL our students from Std. 3 onwards apply the entrepreneurship lessons like marketing, branding, finance, strategies and other ideas that they learn in their regular school hours. 

And of course, our sports days, where ALL our students participate in races and demonstrations.

We would also be having a Petting Day and some Fireless Cooking sessions planned after the unit tests are done!

OK, now we’re done with our events list You can find more information and photos of our events on our website and social media channels (have you followed us yet?!)

 

EVEN NORMAL SCHOOL DAYS ARE GREAT AT WALNUT

Every day in school the students have a day split of 55% core subjects and 45% activities. There are so many things that they do even on a daily basis as a part of regular school. Every day and every period is a step ahead towards making our students tough outside and smart inside – which is the very ethos of Walnut School!

Meetings

In the course of each quarter, we have two rounds of online PTMs (Parent teacher meetings) with the teachers, and one in-person round as well. This is in addition to the regular updates of what your child has learnt in all subjects, readily available to you via our own Wal-Sh app!

Super support

We are also very available on our email address, where we resolve queries and problems quite systematically and effectively. We believe that a strong partnership between parents and educators is essential for the success of our students. Walnut School is committed to providing clear and transparent communication with you throughout the year. We encourage you to reach out to us with any questions or concerns you may have. It is better to ask us directly than discuss it on whatsapp groups – after all, we are the ones with the answers and solutions, aren’t we? 

The usual exams

We have practice tests and exams that mark the end of each quarter. Another unique feature of Walnut School, at the end of each quarter, because of our learning system, we have many practice tests before the unit test. This is right up to Std. 10! In fact, Std. 10 has 5 rounds of prelims before the board exam and amazing preparation. Our students absolutely do not fear examinations because of this. Practice takes away all the mental stress, for our students, and you – our dear parents!

Too much to remember?!

Worry not, details of all of these things will be shared with you again over the course of the year – as we get closer to each event. 

We encourage you to stay updated and engaged with your child’s education and to communicate with us regularly about their progress and any concerns you may have. We also request you to additionally encourage your child to take part in all the activities that happen throughout the year – as this is how your child will STAND OUT from the rest of the children. They are fun and provide amazing opportunities to learn more and sharpen their skills in front of a different audience and in different settings! 

Whoo! So let’s get the year started

We look forward to welcoming all our children back to school and to working together as a team to ensure their success.

In the initial material that you’ve collected from school (if you haven’t, do refer to the email titled : KG – Starting the Academic Year 2023-24 for the collection schedule + material list), you will have received the School Calendar. Since it is the school calendar for the academic year 2023-24, it shows only those months when school is in session.

You see various symbols on the calendar and it is explained on the calendar itself what they mean. If there is a class mentioned below the icon, it means that instruction is for those specific classes only.

Here is a quick overview :

 

	School reopening : The class is mentioned below this icon on the calendar. The reopening dates are staggered as per class. That is the first day of the new academic year, for your child. You also see this icon when the school reopens after any long break.
	Tests : There is a written test for the WRITE subject and oral exams for LEARN and READ. You will be shared a portion circular roughly mid – unit, with the details of the syllabus and exam plan. We also conduct practice tests before the Test week in school, so that students revise everything they have learnt during the unit. For our KG students, the exams are conducted in such a way that the students don’t realise they are being tested! You can read more about the philosophy behind exams at Walnut here.
	Electric Saturdays : These are fun days for the students and even the parents. Competitions, reading and speaking demos, sports demos and races, workshops and lots of other exciting activities! You will get emails about this from time to time. Different classes will have these events on different Saturdays.
	Parties : These are days with regular school hours where the students have a fun day, based on a specific theme. Detailed instructions on dress code, activities, what to bring etc. will be shared closer to the dates.
	Holiday : This is for holidays / no school days.
	Offline PTMs : We will be having two rounds of ONLINE PTMs in every quarter, to discuss the overall progress of your child. This icon is specifically if you wish to meet the teachers in-person. These have been arranged once per quarter, but aren’t compulsory to attend. You can always catch the online PTM, because isn’t that more convenient? Detailed instructions about the teacher availability schedules, timings, etc. will be shared closer to the date.
	Office + School Closed : Our school offices are working on most Saturday mornings (even when the students are on break). If you see this icon in the calendar, the school office would also be closed on that particular date. In case of weekdays, this icon also highlights the days when BOTH – the students and all our staff – will be on leave. There will be no team answering the phone either.
	Fees Due : The dates for our four installments are mentioned on the calendar. Do refer to the dates based on your installment plan and make sure you pay the fees as per the dates given on the calendar.

We have a BIG EVENT that is not mentioned in the calendar – the WINTER CARNIVAL. It will be held in the fourth quarter – which means sometime between 16th January 2024 and 2nd Feb 2024. The reason it is not being put on the calendar is that this is an OUTDOOR event across a couple of evenings. With the changing weather patterns and winter rain that we have been seeing over the last few years, we will have to wait till we are closer to the time, look at the weather forecasts and then declare the dates and take our chances !

You will get emails about all events and more details from time to time. The calendar is just to give you the year’s overview.

We also add our calendar events to Google Calendar. You can go ahead and add the calendar to your personal calendar list on Google, so that you can organize schedules better.

Here are the links to the Google Calendars :

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Dear Parents,

Unit 1 has almost come to an end…and time has flown! The Unit exams begin from 27 July. CLICK HERE to access the portion circular for this unit.

Our Baby Walnut students have exams in two formats :

• Written : Based on the topics covered through WRITE
• Oral : Based on the topics covered through READ and LEARN

The exams will seem like a normal activity for the children. They will not realize that they are being tested. Here is some more information about how these exams are conducted during school hours :

Written exam :

• Since Nursery students have just learnt to write, there will be NO written exam for Unit 1.

Orals :

• Orals will be conducted only for the subjects LEARN and READ, during regular school hours between Thursday, 27 July and Wednesday, 2 August.
• The oral topics have been mentioned in the portion circular (link mentioned above). There would be three sets of orals conducted for these students.
• The shlok and poems will also be included as part of the orals, since they are a good way to check their pronunciation skills. There are video links given in the Portion Circular as well, in case you want to listen to the shlok / poems taught in school.
• Refer to the PowerPoint presentations shared with you, for the revision of the concepts.

SICK / ABSENT CHILDREN :

• If your child is sick and misses out on an exam, it is absolutely fine! Kindly do not send your child to school under such circumstances.
• As mentioned above, the oral exams are conducted during the entire exam week. For example, if the teacher conducts the orals on 28 July and the child is absent on that day, the orals for that child will be taken whenever the child is back in school. This is valid till the last day of the exam week, in this case, until 2 August.
• If your child is absent for the entire duration of the exam week, again – it is absolutely fine. Students will be promoted to the next class even if they do not appear for any exam all throughout the year.

If you agree with all of this, you can stop reading at this point

CAN SICK CHILDREN COME ONLY FOR THE EXAM?

• No! We recommend your child takes some well – deserved rest and gets well soon.
• Exams keep happening. The child can always catch the next one.
• These exams are important, but not more important than your child’s health and well – being. सिर सलामत तो पगड़ी पचास!
• We suggest you save this जोश for when your child is in Std. 9 and 10 – for that is when we really need your support in making sure students don’t miss out on exams!
• We have seen parents send their children to school even when the children are so sick that they cannot stand properly or even concentrate on what’s going on in school. This causes a lot of stress for the sick child as well as for the school staff.
• Please do not bring your sick child to school, and argue with the office team. We will NOT be accepting sick children.
• If a sick student still comes to school, the student will only be released as per the regular pick-up timings. Students will not be allowed to leave before the school is over for the day.

Wishing all the students good luck for their exams!

Dear Parents,

Unit 1 has almost come to an end…and time has flown! The Unit exams begin from 27 July. CLICK HERE to access the portion circular for this unit.

Our Baby Walnut students have exams in two formats :

• Written : Based on the topics covered through WRITE
• Oral : Based on the topics covered through READ and LEARN

The exams will seem like a normal activity for the children. They will not realize that they are being tested. For the entire duration of the exam week, school will function as per regular school hours.

Here is some more information about how these exams are conducted : 

Practice Tests :

• Students solve one practice test each for WRITE (English skills) and WRITE (Math skills).
• These are checked by the teacher and sent back home.
• Teachers anaylse the performance and revise the concepts that they observe students may be struggling with.
• A second practice test per English and Math skills is sent home, in case you want them to solve one more. This second practice test is specially created so that you, as parents, do not need to spend time curating a list of questions as per the exam pattern (especially since their exams include so many images!)
• Refer to the worksheets shared with you, for the revision of the concepts.

Written exam :

• These are written papers that the students solve in class, under teacher supervision.
• Students solve the exams like a regular worksheet, so there’s no exam pressure for them

Orals :

• Orals will be conducted only for the subjects LEARN and READ, during regular school hours between Thursday, 27 July and Wednesday, 2 August.
• The oral topics have been mentioned in the portion circular (link mentioned above). There would be three sets of orals conducted for these students.
• The shlok and poems will also be included as part of the orals, since they are a good way to check their pronunciation skills. There are video links given in the Portion Circular as well, in case you want to listen to the shlok / poems taught in school.
• Refer to the PowerPoint presentations shared with you, for the revision of the concepts.

Here is the exam schedule that will be followed for the Unit 1 exams :

What?	When?	Which?
Practice Test – 1	Monday, 24 July 2023	WRITE : English
Practice Test – 1	Tuesday, 25 July 2023	WRITE : Math
Orals	Thursday, 27 July to Wednesday, 2 August 2023	DURING REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS
Unit Test	Monday, 31 July 2023	WRITE : English
Unit Test	Tuesday, 1 August 2023	WRITE : Math
UNIT 2 BEGINS	Thursday, 3 August 2023	REGULAR SCHOOL

 

SICK / ABSENT CHILDREN : 

• If your child is sick and misses out on an exam, it is absolutely fine! Kindly do not send your child to school under such circumstances.
• As mentioned above, the oral exams are conducted during the entire exam week.
  For example, if the teacher conducts the orals on 28 July and the child is absent on that day, the orals for that child will be taken whenever the child is back in school. This is valid till the last day of the exam week, in this case, until 2 August.
• Similarly, if your child is absent for the written exam scheduled on 31 July and / or 1 August, the exam will be conducted in school on 2 August. If your child is absent on 2 August as well, do not worry.
• Students will be promoted to the next class even if they do not appear for any exam all throughout the year.

If you agree with all of this, you can stop reading at this point

CAN SICK CHILDREN COME ONLY FOR THE EXAM?

• No! We recommend your child takes some well – deserved rest and gets well soon.
• Exams keep happening. The child can always catch the next one.
• These exams are important, but not more important than your child’s health and
  well – being. सिर सलामत तो पगड़ी पचास!
• We suggest you save this जोश for when your child is in Std. 9 and 10 – for that is when we really need your support in making sure students don’t miss out on exams!
• We have seen parents send their children to school even when the children are so sick that they cannot stand properly or even concentrate on what’s going on in school. This causes a lot of stress for the sick child as well as for the school staff.
• Please do not bring your sick child to school, and argue with the office team. We will NOT be accepting sick children.
• If a sick student still comes to school, the student will only be released as per the regular pick-up timings. Students will not be allowed to leave before the school is over for the day.

Wishing all the students good luck for their exams!

Dear Parents,

Unit 1 has almost come to an end…and time has flown! The Unit exams begin from 27 July. CLICK HERE to access the portion circular for this unit.

Our Baby Walnut students have exams in two formats :

• Written : Based on the topics covered through WRITE
• Oral : Based on the topics covered through READ and LEARN

The exams will seem like a normal activity for the children. They will not realize that they are being tested. For the entire duration of the exam week, school will function as per regular school hours.

Here is some more information about how these exams are conducted :

Practice Tests :

• Students solve one practice test each for WRITE (English skills) and WRITE (Math skills).
• These are checked by the teacher and sent back home.
• Teachers anaylse the performance and revise the concepts that they observe students may be struggling with.
• A second practice test per English and Math skills is sent home, in case you want them to solve one more. This second practice test is specially created so that you, as parents, do not need to spend time curating a list of questions as per the exam pattern (especially since their exams include so many images!)
• Refer to the worksheets shared with you, for the revision of the concepts.

Written exam :

• These are written papers that the students solve in class, under teacher supervision.
• Students solve the exams like a regular worksheet, so there’s no exam pressure for them

Orals :

• Orals will be conducted only for the subjects LEARN and READ, during regular school hours between Thursday, 27 July and Wednesday, 2 August.
• The oral topics have been mentioned in the portion circular (link mentioned above). There would be three sets of orals conducted for these students.
• The shlok and poems will also be included as part of the orals, since they are a good way to check their pronunciation skills. There are video links given in the Portion Circular as well, in case you want to listen to the shlok / poems taught in school.
• Refer to the PowerPoint presentations shared with you, for the revision of the concepts.

Here is the exam schedule that will be followed for the Unit 1 exams :

What?	When?	Which?
Practice Test – 1	Monday, 24 July 2023	WRITE : English
Practice Test – 1	Tuesday, 25 July 2023	WRITE : Math
Orals	Thursday, 27 July to Wednesday, 2 August 2023	DURING REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS
Unit Test	Monday, 31 July 2023	WRITE : English
Unit Test	Tuesday, 1 August 2023	WRITE : Math
UNIT 2 BEGINS	Thursday, 3 August 2023	REGULAR SCHOOL

 

SICK / ABSENT CHILDREN :

• If your child is sick and misses out on an exam, it is absolutely fine! Kindly do not send your child to school under such circumstances.
• As mentioned above, the oral exams are conducted during the entire exam week.
  For example, if the teacher conducts the orals on 28 July and the child is absent on that day, the orals for that child will be taken whenever the child is back in school. This is valid till the last day of the exam week, in this case, until 2 August.
• Similarly, if your child is absent for the written exam scheduled on 31 July and / or 1 August, the exam will be conducted in school on 2 August. If your child is absent on 2 August as well, do not worry.
• Students will be promoted to the next class even if they do not appear for any exam all throughout the year.

If you agree with all of this, you can stop reading at this point

CAN SICK CHILDREN COME ONLY FOR THE EXAM?

• No! We recommend your child takes some well – deserved rest and gets well soon.
• Exams keep happening. The child can always catch the next one.
• These exams are important, but not more important than your child’s health and well – being. सिर सलामत तो पगड़ी पचास!
• We suggest you save this जोश for when your child is in Std. 9 and 10 – for that is when we really need your support in making sure students don’t miss out on exams!
• We have seen parents send their children to school even when the children are so sick that they cannot stand properly or even concentrate on what’s going on in school. This causes a lot of stress for the sick child as well as for the school staff.
• Please do not bring your sick child to school, and argue with the office team. We will NOT be accepting sick children.
• If a sick student still comes to school, the student will only be released as per the regular pick-up timings. Students will not be allowed to leave before the school is over for the day.

Wishing all the students good luck for their exams!

Dear Parents,

We are halfway through Unit 2…and time has flown! The Unit exams begin from 2 October. CLICK HERE to access the portion circular for this unit.

Our Baby Walnut students have exams in two formats : 

• Written : Based on the topics covered through WRITE
• Oral : Based on the topics covered through READ and LEARN

The exams will seem like a normal activity for the children. They will not realize that they are being tested. 

Here is some more information about how these exams are conducted : 

Practice Tests : 

• Students solve one practice test each for WRITE (English skills) and WRITE (Math skills). 
• These are checked by the teacher and sent back home.
• Teachers anaylse the performance and revise the concepts that they observe students may be struggling with.
• A second practice test per English and Math skills is sent home, in case you want them to solve one more. This second practice test is specially created so that you, as parents, do not need to spend time curating a list of questions as per the exam pattern (especially since their exams include so many images!)
• Refer to the worksheets shared with you, for the revision of the concepts.

Written exam : 

• These are written papers that the students solve in class, under teacher supervision.

• Students solve the exams like a regular worksheet, so there’s no exam pressure for them 🙂

Orals :

• Orals will be conducted only for the subjects LEARN and READ, during regular school hours between Monday, 2 October and Friday, 6 October.

• • The oral topics have been mentioned in the portion circular (link mentioned above). There would be three sets of orals conducted for these students. 
  • The shlok and poems will also be included as part of the orals, since they are a good way to check their pronunciation skills. There are video links posted on the Announcements Classroom and also given in the Portion Circular, in case you want to listen to the shlok / poems taught in school.

• Refer to the PowerPoint presentations shared with you, for the revision of the concepts.

Here is the exam schedule that will be followed for the Unit 2 exams : 

 

What?	When?	Which?
Practice Test – 1	Monday, 25 September 2023	WRITE : English
Practice Test – 1	Tuesday, 26 September 2023	WRITE : Math
REGULAR SCHOOL	Wednesday, 27 September 2023	DISCUSSION OF PRACTICE TESTS
HOLIDAY	Thursday, 28 September 2023	NO SCHOOL ON THIS DAY!
HOLIDAY	Friday, 29 September 2023	NO SCHOOL ON THIS DAY!
REGULAR SCHOOL	*Monday, 2 October 2023	REVISION FOR UNIT TEST
REGULAR SCHOOL	Tuesday, 3 October 2023	REVISION FOR UNIT TEST
Unit Test	Wednesday, 4 October 2023	WRITE : English
Unit Test	Thursday, 5 October 2023	WRITE : Math
Orals	Monday, 2 October to Friday, 6 October 2023	DURING REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS
UNIT 3 BEGINS	Monday, 9 October 2023	REGULAR SCHOOL

*Since 2014, the day of Oct 2 is Swachch Bharat Diwas / Clean India day. It is not a holiday. The students attend school and proudly participate in a cleanliness activity.

SICK / ABSENT CHILDREN : 

• If your child is sick and misses out on an exam, it is absolutely fine! Kindly do not send your child to school under such circumstances.

• As mentioned above, the oral exams are conducted during the entire exam week. For example, if the teacher conducts the orals on 3 October and the child is absent on that day, the orals for that child will be taken whenever the child is back in school. This is valid till the last day of the exam week, in this case, until 6 October.
• If your child is absent for the entire duration of the exam week, again – it is absolutely fine. Students will be promoted to the next class even if they do not appear for any exam all throughout the year.

If you agree with all of this, you can stop reading at this point 🙂 

CAN SICK CHILDREN COME ONLY FOR THE EXAM? 

• No! We recommend your child takes some well – deserved rest and gets well soon.

• Exams keep happening. The child can always catch the next one.

• These exams are important, but not more important than your child’s health and
  well – being. सिर सलामत तो पगड़ी पचास!

• We suggest you save this जोश for when your child is in Std. 9 and 10 – for that is when we really need your support in making sure students don’t miss out on exams!

• We have seen parents send their children to school even when the children are so sick that they cannot stand properly or even concentrate on what’s going on in school. This causes a lot of stress for the sick child as well as for the school staff.
• Please do not bring your sick child to school, and argue with the office team. We will NOT be accepting sick children.
• If a sick student still comes to school, the student will only be released as per the regular pick-up timings. Students will not be allowed to leave before the school is over for the day. 

Wishing all the students good luck for their exams!

Dear Parents,

We are halfway through Unit 2…and time has flown! The Unit exams begin from 2 October. CLICK HERE to access the portion circular for this unit.

Our Baby Walnut students have exams in two formats : 

• Written : Based on the topics covered through WRITE
• Oral : Based on the topics covered through READ and LEARN

The exams will seem like a normal activity for the children. They will not realize that they are being tested. 

Here is some more information about how these exams are conducted : 

Practice Tests : 

• Students solve one practice test each for WRITE (English skills) and WRITE (Math skills). 
• These are checked by the teacher and sent back home.
• Teachers anaylse the performance and revise the concepts that they observe students may be struggling with.
• A second practice test per English and Math skills is sent home, in case you want them to solve one more. This second practice test is specially created so that you, as parents, do not need to spend time curating a list of questions as per the exam pattern (especially since their exams include so many images!)
• Refer to the worksheets shared with you, for the revision of the concepts.

Written exam : 

• These are written papers that the students solve in class, under teacher supervision.

• Students solve the exams like a regular worksheet, so there’s no exam pressure for them 🙂

Orals :

• Orals will be conducted only for the subjects LEARN and READ, during regular school hours between Monday, 2 October and Friday, 6 October.

• • The oral topics have been mentioned in the portion circular (link mentioned above). There would be three sets of orals conducted for these students. 
  • The shlok and poems will also be included as part of the orals, since they are a good way to check their pronunciation skills. There are video links posted on the Announcements Classroom and also given in the Portion Circular, in case you want to listen to the shlok / poems taught in school.

• Refer to the PowerPoint presentations shared with you, for the revision of the concepts.

Here is the exam schedule that will be followed for the Unit 2 exams : 

 

What?	When?	Which?
Practice Test – 1	Monday, 25 September 2023	WRITE : English
Practice Test – 1	Tuesday, 26 September 2023	WRITE : Math
REGULAR SCHOOL	Wednesday, 27 September 2023	DISCUSSION OF PRACTICE TESTS
HOLIDAY	Thursday, 28 September 2023	NO SCHOOL ON THIS DAY!
HOLIDAY	Friday, 29 September 2023	NO SCHOOL ON THIS DAY!
REGULAR SCHOOL	*Monday, 2 October 2023	REVISION FOR UNIT TEST
REGULAR SCHOOL	Tuesday, 3 October 2023	REVISION FOR UNIT TEST
Unit Test	Wednesday, 4 October 2023	WRITE : English
Unit Test	Thursday, 5 October 2023	WRITE : Math
Orals	Monday, 2 October to Friday, 6 October 2023	DURING REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS
UNIT 3 BEGINS	Monday, 9 October 2023	REGULAR SCHOOL

*Since 2014, the day of Oct 2 is Swachch Bharat Diwas / Clean India day. It is not a holiday. The students attend school and proudly participate in a cleanliness activity.

SICK / ABSENT CHILDREN : 

• If your child is sick and misses out on an exam, it is absolutely fine! Kindly do not send your child to school under such circumstances.

• As mentioned above, the oral exams are conducted during the entire exam week. For example, if the teacher conducts the orals on 3 October and the child is absent on that day, the orals for that child will be taken whenever the child is back in school. This is valid till the last day of the exam week, in this case, until 6 October.
• If your child is absent for the entire duration of the exam week, again – it is absolutely fine. Students will be promoted to the next class even if they do not appear for any exam all throughout the year.

If you agree with all of this, you can stop reading at this point 🙂 

 

CAN SICK CHILDREN COME ONLY FOR THE EXAM? 

• No! We recommend your child takes some well – deserved rest and gets well soon.

• Exams keep happening. The child can always catch the next one.

• These exams are important, but not more important than your child’s health and
  well – being. सिर सलामत तो पगड़ी पचास!

• We suggest you save this जोश for when your child is in Std. 9 and 10 – for that is when we really need your support in making sure students don’t miss out on exams!

• We have seen parents send their children to school even when the children are so sick that they cannot stand properly or even concentrate on what’s going on in school. This causes a lot of stress for the sick child as well as for the school staff.
• Please do not bring your sick child to school, and argue with the office team. We will NOT be accepting sick children.
• If a sick student still comes to school, the student will only be released as per the regular pick-up timings. Students will not be allowed to leave before the school is over for the day. 

Wishing all the students good luck for their exams!

Dear Parents,

We are halfway through Unit 2…and time has flown! The Unit exams begin from 2 October. CLICK HERE to access the portion circular for this unit.

Our Baby Walnut students have exams in two formats : 

• Written : Based on the topics covered through WRITE
• Oral : Based on the topics covered through READ and LEARN

The exams will seem like a normal activity for the children. They will not realize that they are being tested. 

Here is some more information about how these exams are conducted : 

Practice Tests : 

• Students solve one practice test each for WRITE (English skills) and WRITE (Math skills). 
• These are checked by the teacher and sent back home.
• Teachers anaylse the performance and revise the concepts that they observe students may be struggling with.
• A second practice test per English and Math skills is sent home, in case you want them to solve one more. This second practice test is specially created so that you, as parents, do not need to spend time curating a list of questions as per the exam pattern (especially since their exams include so many images!)
• Refer to the worksheets shared with you, for the revision of the concepts.

 

Written exam : 

• These are written papers that the students solve in class, under teacher supervision.

• Students solve the exams like a regular worksheet, so there’s no exam pressure for them 🙂

 

Orals :

• Orals will be conducted only for the subjects LEARN and READ, during regular school hours between Monday, 2 October and Friday, 6 October.

• • The oral topics have been mentioned in the portion circular (link mentioned above). There would be three sets of orals conducted for these students. 
  • The shlok and poems will also be included as part of the orals, since they are a good way to check their pronunciation skills. There are video links posted on the Announcements Classroom and also given in the Portion Circular, in case you want to listen to the shlok / poems taught in school.

• Refer to the PowerPoint presentations shared with you, for the revision of the concepts.

Here is the exam schedule that will be followed for the Unit 2 exams : 

 

What?	When?	Which?
Practice Test – 1	Monday, 25 September 2023	WRITE : English
Practice Test – 1	Tuesday, 26 September 2023	WRITE : Math
REGULAR SCHOOL	Wednesday, 27 September 2023	DISCUSSION OF PRACTICE TESTS
HOLIDAY	Thursday, 28 September 2023	NO SCHOOL ON THIS DAY!
HOLIDAY	Friday, 29 September 2023	NO SCHOOL ON THIS DAY!
REGULAR SCHOOL	*Monday, 2 October 2023	REVISION FOR UNIT TEST
REGULAR SCHOOL	Tuesday, 3 October 2023	REVISION FOR UNIT TEST
Unit Test	Wednesday, 4 October 2023	WRITE : English
Unit Test	Thursday, 5 October 2023	WRITE : Math
Orals	Monday, 2 October to Friday, 6 October 2023	DURING REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS
UNIT 3 BEGINS	Monday, 9 October 2023	REGULAR SCHOOL

*Since 2014, the day of Oct 2 is Swachch Bharat Diwas / Clean India day. It is not a holiday. The students attend school and proudly participate in a cleanliness activity.

SICK / ABSENT CHILDREN : 

• If your child is sick and misses out on an exam, it is absolutely fine! Kindly do not send your child to school under such circumstances.

• As mentioned above, the oral exams are conducted during the entire exam week. For example, if the teacher conducts the orals on 3 October and the child is absent on that day, the orals for that child will be taken whenever the child is back in school. This is valid till the last day of the exam week, in this case, until 6 October.
• If your child is absent for the entire duration of the exam week, again – it is absolutely fine. Students will be promoted to the next class even if they do not appear for any exam all throughout the year.

If you agree with all of this, you can stop reading at this point 🙂 

CAN SICK CHILDREN COME ONLY FOR THE EXAM? 

• No! We recommend your child takes some well – deserved rest and gets well soon.

• Exams keep happening. The child can always catch the next one.

• These exams are important, but not more important than your child’s health and
  well – being. सिर सलामत तो पगड़ी पचास!

• We suggest you save this जोश for when your child is in Std. 9 and 10 – for that is when we really need your support in making sure students don’t miss out on exams!

• We have seen parents send their children to school even when the children are so sick that they cannot stand properly or even concentrate on what’s going on in school. This causes a lot of stress for the sick child as well as for the school staff.
• Please do not bring your sick child to school, and argue with the office team. We will NOT be accepting sick children.
• If a sick student still comes to school, the student will only be released as per the regular pick-up timings. Students will not be allowed to leave before the school is over for the day. 

Wishing all the students good luck for their exams!