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Playgroup through Grade 3, on one campus, with the same people looking after your child the whole way.
The first year of school is mostly about feeling safe without a parent in the room. We keep the group small, the routine predictable and the day short. Children play with sand, water, dough and blocks; they learn to hang up a bag, wash their hands, sit for a story and say what they want.
There is no writing and no homework at this stage. What we are building is language, independence and the willingness to try.
Themes arrive. A fortnight might belong to water, or our market, or festivals, and it shows up in the story, the song, the art table and the outdoor game. Children begin pre-writing patterns, sorting and matching, and recognising letters and numbers by sight and sound.
Show and tell starts here, which is where most children first speak to a room.
Reading and number work become deliberate. Children use the Montessori lab and the writing corner, work with phonics, and start writing letters and numerals properly rather than tracing them. Small-group work means the teacher sees each child’s book every day.
English and Nepali both run through the day. Children are not corrected out of Nepali; they are given reasons to use English.
The year that prepares a child for Grade 1 without turning into Grade 1 early. Children read simple sentences, write short ones, handle addition and subtraction with objects, and take on small responsibilities — leading the line, helping a younger group, running an errand for a teacher.
Public speaking class and project work start in earnest, and children present to the whole school at least once in the year.
Our primary programme follows the national curriculum, taught the way we taught the early years: theme work, group projects, field visits and a great deal of talking. English, Nepali, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Computer, Health and Physical Education, and moral education.
Because children come up through our own kindergarten, teachers already know how each one learns. Assessment is continuous rather than a single terminal exam, and parents receive a written report each term alongside a face-to-face meeting.
A day at Kovida
Timings shift a little by level — the youngest children go home earlier — but the rhythm is the same across the school.
Buses arrive, bags go away, and the whole school gathers on the ground for the national anthem, news and the day’s notices.
The teacher introduces the day’s topic to the whole class, then children move into small groups.
Montessori lab, writing corner, library corner, art table. Children rotate through them across the week.
A hot meal in the cafeteria, eaten together at the table.
A helper travels on every bus route and hands each child over at the gate. Photograph to be replaced.
Additional programs
Every one of these is part of the school fee. Nothing here is an optional extra, and no child is left sitting out because a separate charge was not paid. They run through the year for all levels, adjusted for age.
Discipline, balance and a great deal of noise, out on the ground.
Folk and modern, building through the year towards the annual programme.
From show and tell in nursery to a prepared speech, on a real stage.
Visits are welcome on any working day between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm. Call ahead and we will keep a teacher free to walk you around.
