The practices that support
learning and wellbeing

On a wall near the entrance of a classroom, there is a panel that invites us to pause on our way in. It begins with a photograph: four children crouched

On a weekday afternoon, a small group of teachers gather around a table. Not for a briefing. Not for announcements. They have brought samples of student writing — the same

It is a little after nine. A classroom of young children sit in a wide circle on the floor, knees almost touching. The teacher sits on the floor too, part

Picture a junior classroom at the start of the day. Students are breaking down the word photosynthesis syllable by syllable, noticing prefixes and roots, not guessing from a picture. Their

Most schools do not think hard about their clothing policy. They inherit it, or imitate a school they admire, or default to tradition. At Vasant Valley School, Gurgaon Campus we