Extra Curricular Activities

Fine Arts :

The performing and visual arts develop the aesthetic senses and appreciation of our national and world heritage. Drawing and Painting are offered to all the classes at all level. Folk dancing and choral singing, drama and street plays are organized to provide opportunities for students to express their ideas, talent and creativity. No function is complete without the sets and dance and drama’s produced in the art rooms. Wall magazines on all sorts of subjects decorate the school.

Value Education :

Value Education does not form a separate dimension of the curriculum but is integrally interwoven into the entire fabric of the curriculum. Stress is always laid on developing a self disciplined approach to life and work; to have a discriminating mind, the courage to tread new paths, and to follow the dictates of one’s own conscience even if it means being different.

Physical Education and Training :

Physical Culture at Spark School ignites the spark and develops the spirit of sportsmanship, cooperation, team spirit and courage in our students. The emphasis is on SPORTS FOR ALL with the slogan “DO YOUR BEST- WINNING IS NOT EVERYTHING.” Sports facilities include basketball, football, tennis, basketball, athletics, table tennis, and special coaching for chess, cricket, skating, gymnastics, karate and kalari. The school organizes an Annual Sports Meet and regular mountaineering and trekking expeditions for the students.

SUPW (Socially Useful Productive Work) :

SUPW assures the learning of manual skills, appreciating the dignity of labour and the value of the working people, resulting in articles of utility and beauty. At the secondary level, the school offers a variety of choices like Interior Design, Batik, Tie and Dye, Theatre Craft, Sculpture, Photography, Commercial Art, Electronics and Tailoring as socially useful productive work. In the middle school activities vary from soap and candle making to gardening, bookbinding and repair of electrical gadgets.

Curriculum

We have tailored our curriculum based on the National Curriculum prepared by the National Council for Education Research and Training – New Delhi and have designed the programme framed by the Central Board of Secondary Education to prepare the students for the ISCE examination. The same is taught through Trans – disciplinary approach with stimulating methodologies that allow students to develop their talent and realize their full potential. The school also offers Tamil and Hindi as the second language for the students coming from other states however English is the core language and the medium of instruction for all other core subjects like Mathematics, Science and Technology, Social Studies and Environment Education. Besides the fundamental subjects the school also bids to enhance the work experience of our students for which subjects like Computer Science, Value Education, Physical Education, Yoga and Meditation, and orientation towards Vedic Mathematics will be offered. In addition to these Tamil and Hindi are also offered as third language for the benefit of our students coming from other states. SIOL’s (General Knowledge & current affairs updates) have been introduced to make our children to compete with confidence.

We prepare the students to meet the challenges of the future, by imparting in them a holistic learning rich in social, theoretical and practical knowledge in line with the growing demand of the future and to enhance their life skills. We are devoted to provide the best education upon which each child can build a resilient and unforgettable educational experience, fostering competent outlook in becoming a responsible citizen, who will not only become problem solver in life but also solve the problems faced by fellow human beings there by enriching the lives of others in the country.