FIELD TRIP: GANGAI KONDA CHOLAPURAM It is a place of historic importance. It was the capital of Cholas’s during the medieval period. It is located in Ariyalur. It became the capital of Chola Dynasty in the medieval chola, during the reign of Rajendra Chola I and served as the Chola capital for around 250 years. The name means, ‘The town of the Chola who conquered Ganga’. The temple is a living history of the Cholas in stone from the period of Rajendra-I and a beautiful gallery of Chola art and architecture. Many sculptures were brought from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and...

VISIT TO A WATER PURIFICATION PLANT We believe in learning through observation, introspection and hands on experience. The students of classes VIII to X were taken to Pure Tech a water purification plant. They were treated very well by the staff of the water purification plan. They explained each and very process that takes place in the plant. They also showed them the production unit which produces the following: Water Soluble Coolant , recovery system Oil water Separation Bio-tech testing products Water-oil separation Skid mounted sewage and effluent treatment plant Skimmers Filters Student learnt about Waste water management, Industrial waste...

FIELD TRIP: VARIOUS PLACES OF WORSHIP India is a Secular country. All religion is given equal respect and status in our country. This is value which needs to be imbibed in the children at a very young age only then they are able to develop tolerance for diversity.On sept, 7th, the Kindergarten children were taken to various places of worship; temple, mosque and church. Students were told stories from different beliefs and how people are living happily inspite of their difference. The father at the church, the priest at the temple, the mulavi at the mosque told them about the...

FIELD TRIP: SCIENCE PARK Curiosity, observation, questions, Science and scientific temperament, it appears I am in a science laboratory. Am I? Not at all, the students and teachers of CARE International School are neither in the science Laboratory nor in the class room. They are out of the classroom in the open, this field trip was an action pact, fun filled exercise when children learned science concepts, mathematics concepts in a science park by hands on activity. They saw bell tower and were told how in historic time the bell tower was used to inform the people about any natural...

FIELD TRIP: PUDUKKOTTAI MUSEUM A child learns better not in four walls but when he sees things beyond. At CARE International School lot of emphasis is also laid on experiential learning.  In an effort to help children realize the vitality that history has in our life, students were taken to the Pudukkottai Museum. This museum is the second largest museum in Tamil Nadu. It was a great learning experience for the children as they  saw various tools used by early man for hunting and survival like Neolithic tools, Mesolithic tools, micro lithic tools etc. They also saw various kinds of...

VISIT TO ERUMBEESWARAR TEMPLE It is essential that a child learns what his/her surrounding has to offer him. He/she can learn more about the past from historic monuments than what is offered in books. Grasping ability is enhanced in any child when the child learns through observation. CARE International School believes that certain facts are best learnt by seeing. A step in this initiative is taking children regularly to educational field trips. The students from class I and II were taken to the Erumbeeswarar temple to see how beautifully temples were designed and built. The temple belongs to the Aditya...