Our Curriculum Pathways

At Vasant Valley School, Gurgaon Campus, the curriculum is built around one abiding intention: to honour the whole child and to help every child learn to learn and learn to feel.

In the junior school, the Vasant Valley Primary Years Integrated Curriculum draws on time tested early year practices and is aligned with the National Education Policy 2020. Our curriculum is benchmarked to international standards in literacy and numeracy.

In Class 6, we offer a choice between the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the International Curriculum at our upcoming campus near sector 59 Gurgaon. In Class 8 to 12, our bespoke Vasant Valley Futures Diploma offers self-directed pathways for students to go beyond the curriculum.

Our Curriculum Pathways

Our curriculum is intentionally designed to develop enduring human capacities such as original thinking, mindfulness, curiosity, empathy and resilience that enable children to flourish in an ever-changing world.

Three stages

From joy to curiosity
to mastery

At Vasant Valley School, each stage of school is anchored in a distinct quality of learning and designed to honour where a child actually is.

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Junior School

आनंद · Ananda ·Joy These are the years when learning and delight are inseparable. We protect that. A child who loves learning in Class 1 will still be learning at 40.

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Middle School

जिज्ञासा · Jigyasa · Curiosity These are the years when questions get harder and more personal. A student who knows how to ask a good question will always outpace one who can only recall a good answer.

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Senior School

साधना · Sadhana · Rigour & Grit These are the years when effort becomes deliberate and self-directed. Rigour here is not pressure. It is practice — the slow, purposeful work of becoming someone capable of doing something that matters.

Junior School Middle School Senior School Vasant Valley Futures Diploma
Foundation to Class 5

Celebrating the Culture
of Childhood

Guided by purpose and powered by play, children connect what they learn to the world around them. They ask real questions, solve real problems, while building confidence and strong foundations in language and numeracy. What begins as wonder in Foundation grows into fluency by Class 5.
1 rooted in care and relationships 

Rooted in care and relationships

2 unbridled play

Unbridled play as the soil of childhood

3 joy of learning and being

⁠⁠Joy of learning and being

4 days that breathe in nature 

Days that breathe in nature and natural materials

Vasant Valley Primary Years Integrated Curriculum

Our primary years curriculum draws on the world’s most trusted approaches to early learning. It draws on the rich, inquiry-led environments of Reggio Emilia, the focus and independence of Montessori, and the warmth, rhythm, and imagination of Waldorf. These traditions are woven together with India’s National Education Policy and an internationally benchmarked foundation in literacy and numeracy, giving the child one coherent experience, rooted in how young children actually learn.

Early childhood best practices

We bring meaning and structure together to foster deeper learning through Reggio Emilia, Montessori and Waldorf

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  • Space as the third teacher
  • Learning through play
  • Storytelling and imagination
  • Nature-based learning
  • Practical life and independence
Rooted in the National Education Policy 2020

Aligned with India’s NEP for competency based practice and deep connection to Indian culture

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  • Concept mastery
  • Multilingual learning
  • Competency-based learning
  • Scientific thinking and inquiry
  • Indian culture and heritage
Benchmarked to the world's best

Benchmarked to global standards for literacy, numeracy & teaching practices

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  • Reading, writing & numeracy programs aligned to international standards
  • Inquiry-based learning
  • Interdisciplinary learning
  • Student voice and agency
  • Culture of reflection and critique
  • Balanced, portfolio-based assessment
  • Global perspectives

Early Years Learning
Principles

The pedagogy of listening

Teachers receive a child's questions, silences and gestures as intelligent and worthy of real response.

Reggio Emilia

The hundred languages

Children express thinking in clay, colour, movement, song and the architecture of a block tower.

Reggio Emilia

The environment as third teacher

Light, materials and beauty are arranged with intention, asking questions of children without words.

Reggio Emilia

Making learning visible

Through photographs, drawings and observations, we document not just what a child learns but how they think and grow.

Reggio Emilia

Co-creating understanding

Children think together, disagree productively, and arrive somewhere none could reach alone.

Reggio Emilia

Teachers as researchers

Educators watch, document and revise, modelling for children what it means to stay curious.

Reggio Emilia

The prepared environment

Calm, orderly spaces with hands-on, self-correcting materials sized for the child.

Montessori

Rhythm, warmth and safety

Dependable routines, seasonal celebrations and calm transitions create the security from which confidence grows.

Waldorf

Guarding wonder

Through stories, festivals, nature, music and handwork, we protect the child's natural sense of awe.

Waldorf

Vasant Khet - Our Organic Farm

Children learn the rhythms of nature through gardening, seasonal exploration, storytelling, and creative play at the DLF Phase 2 Campus and through regular visits to our organic farm at the Sector 59 Campus. Children plant, harvest, and cook food, connecting what grows in the ground to what appears on the table.

explore our junior school spaces
Learning Expeditions

Concept to
Creation units

Every learning cycle culminates with creation. Students don’t just study a question, they research it, engage with experts, and build a response that has real purpose and a real audience. This is what the Concept to Creation model looks like in practice.

Here are a few examples.

everyone belongs here
Literacy Performing Arts Wellbeing
Kindergarten

Everyone Belongs Here

How do we make space for everyone, and what must change so everyone belongs?
Disciplines

Literacy & Language Arts · Performing Arts · Visual Arts · Wellbeing · Social Sciences

The Learning
  • Explore greetings, sign language, gesture and braille
  • Read texts to understand identity, difference and belonging
  • Learn from families and inclusion experts
  • Play games that build trust, listening and teamwork
  • Audit school spaces for barriers to access
Concept to Creation
  • Creating an original performing arts/ visual arts piece demonstrating inclusion
  • Implement recommendations on making shared spaces inclusive
  • Design a Kindness Kit that helps everyone feel welcome, included, and like they belong.
Skills

Critical thinking · Communication · Empathy · Collaboration · Creativity · Human-centred problem-solving

healthy choices, healthy lives 
Science PHYS ED Maths
Class 2

Healthy Choices, Healthy Lives

How do our everyday choices about food, hygiene, sleep, and movement keep us healthy?
Disciplines

Science · Health & Physical Education · Mathematics · Literacy & Language Arts . · Design & Maker Engineering

The Learning
  • Investigate how movement affects heart rate, breathing, mood and focus
  • Read informative texts on health and movement
  • Track sleep, activity, hydration and meals using simple logs and identify possible causes and effects
  • Learn from health, fitness and nutrition experts
Concept to Creation
  • Design and build a wellbeing device based on survey
  • Identify a health problem experienced by parents 
  • Design a product that helps solve that problem.
Skills

Research · Self-management · Reflection · Health literacy · Data literacy · Design thinking · Communication

nourishing the future
Science Maths Design
Class 3

Nourishing the Future

How can the way we grow, cook and share food nourish people while restoring the earth?
Disciplines

Science · Mathematics · Literacy & Language Arts · Health & Physical Education ·  · Design & Maker Engineering

The Learning
  • Work alongside farmers on our school farm and explore soil, compost wet waste. Grow and harvest seasonal produce
  • Cook nutritious food in the Nourish Lab
  • Learn from farmers, chefs and nutritionists
  • Explore how food choices shape people and the planet
Concept to Creation
  • Design a regenerative kitchen garden
  • Grow, harvest and cook a seasonal meal and host a regenerative table for families
  • Design a solution that helps reduce food waste at school
Skills

Self-management · Scientific thinking · Data literacy · Oracy · Collaboration · Systems thinking · Design thinking

who thrives, who vanishes 
Science Visual Arts Maths
Class 4

Who Thrives, Who Vanishes

Why do some living things flourish while others disappear?
Disciplines

Science · Mathematics · Literacy & Language Arts · Visual Arts · Design & Maker Engineering

The Learning
  • Study habitats and biodiversity across the school campus
  • Observe plants, birds, insects and changing habitat conditions
  • Investigate food webs, adaptation and habitat loss
  • Gather data, learn from experts and create for biodiversity
Concept to Creation
  • Create illustrated field guides blending science, data and art
  • Design a product, feature, or habitat that helps insects and animals on our school campus thrive
Skills

Research · Observation · Communication · Scientific inquiry · Data literacy · Systems thinking · Environmental stewardship

voices for change
Social Studies Digital Literacy
Class 5

Voices for Change

How can understanding our rights and responsibilities help our communities evolve?
Disciplines

Social Sciences · Literacy & Language Arts · Mathematics · Digital Literacy · Performing Arts

The Learning
  • Distinguish rights, needs, wants and responsibilities
  • Explore children’s rights through stories, case studies, community experts
  • Investigate barriers to safety, education, health and participation
  • Gather and interpret data on access and equity 
  • Examine and debate how systems and institutions protect rights
Concept to Creation
  • Create a ‘Rights in Action’ campaign combining podcasts, data-based visuals and student recommendations
  • Lead a school assembly that informs peers and calls the community to act
Skills

Research · Critical thinking · Self-management · Civic literacy · Data literacy · Persuasive communication · Debating

Dream It, Build It, Pitch It
Social Sciences Digital Literacy
Class 7

Dream It, Build It, Pitch It

How can turning ideas into business create value for ourselves and our community?
Disciplines

Social Sciences · Literacy & Language Arts · Mathematics · Digital Literacy · Performing Arts

The Learning
  • Explore entrepreneurship through stories, case studies and community business experts, mentored by entrepreneurs
  • Generate ideas through survey of customer needs
  • Calculate costs, pricing and profit, and interpret simple sales data
  • Debate tensions between making profit and acting responsibly
Concept to Creation
  • Design a micro-business and branding 
  • Incubate ventures and refine them through a School Shark Tank, pitching to a panel for feedback and investment
  • Launch ventures at a school Business Fair, handling real transactions with peers and community
  • Direct profits towards a chosen cause
Skills

Research · Critical thinking · Financial literacy · Self-management · Creative problem-solving · Persuasive communication · Pitching

DISCOVER

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Future Fluent™ Framework

What your child learns, and who they become.

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Student Life

Where friendships form, character is tested, self is found.

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Lower Primary · nursery - class 2

Wonder before worksheets.

These are the years when the brain builds its foundations for language, curiosity, and trust. Children learn through play, movement, and guided discovery, not through pressure. By Class 2, they leave with genuine confidence, growing independence, and a purposeful grounding in reading, writing, and mathematical thinking.

We focus on

Roots before wings
Play is the work
Two languages from day one
Families as partners

Campus and
Spaces

Our early years spaces have been deliberately designed to offer many different kinds of learning and play so that every child can find the context in which they thrive. Together, these spaces form an environment where curiosity always has somewhere to go.
Explore Our Junior School Spaces
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Jhoola Badi

our landscaped outdoor playground combines active and energetic play with adventure, imaginative play, balance and motion, and discovery in nature.

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Vasant Bagh

a garden where children tend herbs and vegetables, connecting learning to the living world.

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Vasant Rasoi

a mud kitchen for sensory, social, and creative exploration.

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Vasant Angan and Vasant Manch

indoor spaces for play, movement, and shared experience.

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Studio Spaces

a block room, a sensory and art studio, a light atelier, and a makerspace where children build, tinker, and create.

Language-Rich Learning

From Nursery, children are immersed in two languages through stories, songs, conversation, and read-alouds. By Class 1 and 2, this grows into independent reading and purposeful writing. Language becomes not just a subject, but a tool for thinking and expression.

Making, Movement and Discovery

Through sustained studio practice, students develop technique, respond to critique, revise their work, and grow in confidence as performers, makers, and interpreters. Public performance and exhibition give their work real audience, real purpose, and higher standards of quality.

Wellbeing and Belonging

Daily rituals, caring relationships, and age-appropriate choices help children regulate emotions, build friendships, and grow in confidence. Every child is known here: by name, by personality, and by what makes them thrive.

Partnership with Families

Families are active partners from day one. Regular communication, workshops, and shared insight into each child's progress keep everyone connected. We extend this to grandparents and extended family too, so every child arrives at school feeling settled and known.
Upper Primary · Class 3 - class 5

Foundations grow into fluency.

In the upper primary years, curiosity deepens and independence grows. Literacy and numeracy become tools for thinking, not just skills to practise. Through inquiry-based, interdisciplinary learning, students ask better questions, collaborate more confidently, and take increasing ownership of their own progress.

We focus on

Wonder Hours
Learner Portfolio
Three Languages
Exhibitions

Every Child, Seen and Known

Teachers build a precise, nuanced picture of each child's progress through the Tutor-Tutee programme, the Learner Portfolio, and carefully chosen tools. Learning is adapted with care and with human relationships at the centre.

Deeper Learning

Strong foundations in literacy and numeracy grow into something richer, through specialist teaching, fieldwork, and real-world investigation. Students learn by questioning, observing, and making connections across subjects. Learning becomes more vivid, more lasting, and more meaningful.

Language and Literacy

Rich texts, structured writing, and immersion across two languages build fluency and confidence as readers, writers, speakers, and listeners. A third language joins formally from Class 3, so by Middle School, students are thinking and communicating across multiple languages with growing ease.

Design and Innovation

From unplugged activities that build computational thinking to hands-on engineering in weekly Wonder Hours sessions, students learn to use technology with creativity and judgement. They are makers and critical thinkers, not passive consumers.

The Whole Child

Fieldwork, expert engagement, and real-world contexts challenge how students think, pushing them beyond familiar answers. Social Emotional Learning and mentorship build self-awareness and resilience. And through genuine opportunities for initiative, students develop the foundations of leadership long before it is formally named.
MIDDLE SCHOOL · CLASs 6 - class 8

Strong foundation Emerging Independence.

Middle School is where students begin to take real ownership of their learning. Academic work deepens. Study habits sharpen. Students begin to discover the interests and capabilities that will shape their path ahead. Rigour and mentorship sit alongside rich experiences beyond the classroom because who they are becoming matters as much as what they are learning.

We focus on

Spiralling Capstone
Thinking Lab
Learner Portfolio
Wonder Hours

Deep Academic Learning

Students go deeper into every discipline, building the confidence, rigour, and study habits they will need for the senior years. Teaching is adapted to where each student is and where they need to go next.

The Spiralling Capstone

Beginning in Middle School and continuing through to Class 12, the Capstone is one of the most distinctive things we do. Students pursue a sustained, interdisciplinary project starting with guided inquiry, creation, and reflection, and growing year by year in depth, independence, and ambition. It culminates in a public exhibition in Class 12.

Personalised Learning

Close mentoring, regular diagnostics, and carefully chosen tools mean every student's learning is known and adapted with precision. The Learner Portfolio helps students and teachers identify strengths, next steps, and the right balance of stretch and support.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Students learn to think like designers and problem-solvers through design thinking, making, and real-world decision-making. They develop initiative, creativity, and the confidence to turn ideas into action.

Beyond the Classroom

Leadership opportunities, service, clubs, electives, competitions, performances, and specialist experiences help students explore interests, develop strengths, and grow in confidence well beyond the formal curriculum.
SENIOR SCHOOL · CLASS 9 - class 12

Mastery. Meaning. Direction.

Senior School is where students begin to shape a distinct path. Learning becomes more analytical, discussion-rich, and self-directed. There is greater choice, deeper study, and growing independence alongside the structure, mentorship, and guidance students need to make the most of these years. The goal is not just strong results. It is students who know what they are capable of, and what they want to do with it.

We focus on

Spiralling Capstone
Advisory
 Learning to Fail Festival
Global Futures

Academics and Personalised Learning

Students go deeper in their subjects while receiving precise, individualised support. Through mentoring, diagnostics, AI-enabled tools, and the Learner Portfolio, learning is tailored with increasing sophistication so every student is stretched in the right direction, not just pushed harder.

The Spiralling Capstone

What began in Middle School reaches its culmination here. The Class 12 public exhibition is the result: a thesis, prototype, publication, or performance that represents years of genuine intellectual work. It is a signature of every graduating student's portfolio.

Advisory

Every student has a dedicated advisor who knows them: their academic profile, their social world, their personal goals. Through the most demanding years of school, this relationship provides continuity, honest guidance, and the reassurance that someone is always in their corner.

Portfolio and Pathways

Arts, athletics, clubs, service, expeditions, research, and internships help students build a distinctive profile shaped by genuine interests and strengths constructed year by year, not assembled in a rush before applications.

The Learning to Fail Festival

An annual celebration of rigour, iteration, and productive struggle. Students share what didn't work and what it taught them. It is one of the most honest things we do, and one of the most important.

University and Career Readiness

From Class 9, students receive structured, personalised support for the choices ahead like subjects, universities, careers. Through our Global 75 network, they access profiling, exam preparation, personal statement guidance, and interview practice.

Signature Programmes

Vasant Valley Futures Diploma

Grades 8–12: By Selection

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A rigorous, self-directed pathway for selected students ready to go beyond the curriculum. Through deep academic study, creative studios, internships, and mentorship, students build original work with real-world relevance and leave with a distinctive portfolio.

Financial Literacy

Grades 3–12

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From classroom marketplaces to mock stock exchanges, students learn to make thoughtful, informed and responsible financial decisions.

Oracy and Voice

Foundation–Grade 12

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Students are taught to find, shape, and use their voice across four strands: the cognitive (how to structure an argument and reason clearly), the linguistic (vocabulary, register, and rhetorical technique), the social and emotional (listening, confidence, and reading a room), and the physical (projection, pace, and presence).

The Caring School Programme

Foundation–Class 12

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In the early years, students learn to name emotions, repair relationships, and understand how their actions affect others. As they grow, the curriculum deepens into identity, belonging, mental health, and ethical responsibility.

Nourish Lab

Grades 1-8

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Children develop a healthy relationship with food through hands-on cooking, food games, nutrition awareness and joyful exploration of how food supports wellbeing.

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Three Traditions. One Belief

That Childhood Deserves
Our Deepest Commitment

WALDORF

We see each child as a whole human being and we protect the natural pace of childhood with rhythm, beauty, nature, imagination, and purposeful work.

REGGIO

We honour the child's hundred languages as intelligent and worthy, and follow the “wondering child” who is full of theories and questions about the world. Our studios, spaces, and teachers all begin from one belief: that knowledge is never simply taught, but co-constructed.

MONTESSORI

Our classrooms are ordered, beautiful, prepared environments scaled to a child's hands, where children freely choose their own work. We believe a child seeks not the easy path but the worthy one, discovering through real concentration that the effort itself is the reward.