Academics

Department Levels & Functioning

Lower Primary Department

One of the most important “events” of your child’s life is his or her first day of school. At BPS we take the responsibility of providing a safe and nurturing learning environment very seriously. Our teachers work together to create a welcoming environment that is developmentally appropriate, fosters independence, and encourages a passion for learning through authentic exploration and hands-on experiences. Early childhood students rapidly develop foundational capabilities on which subsequent development builds so in addition to their remarkable linguistic and cognitive gains, they will exhibit dramatic progress in their emotional, social, and moral capacities. All of these critical dimensions of early development are intertwined, and each requires focused attention by our staff.

As a parent at BPS you play a key role in your child’s educational development. You will have many opportunities to support, celebrate, and partner in the learning process. Just wait until you see your child up on the stage performing with their class or grade level to a musical performance, or listening to your child begin early stages of their literacy development in both Deen and Duniya. These are all events that will not only make you proud but continue to nurture those stages of early childhood development.

Our enrollment in the Lower Primary Department hovers between 100 and 200 students LKG- UKG.

Primary Department

at Primary level we strive to ensure that each year at BPS is the best year in every child’s life. This hope, is what guides our practices and programs on a daily basis. As educators we find joy in our work each day. Joy is what sustains our passion as educators and ignites learning for children. We make decisions based on the understanding that we are not only guiding children towards learning but building experiences and creating memories that will serve to inform futures not yet imagined. At BPS our goal is for children to love school and for this love to translate into life-long learning.

The Primary Department includes grades one, two, three, four and five, and is designed to help students to be successful through this period of adjustment. Class sizes are small enough so that students are able to receive individualized attention from our brilliant teachers

Middle Department

Introduction: The Middle School years are often signalled by significant physical, emotional, and social changes for young adolescents. The Middle Department includes grades six, seven and eight, and is designed to help students to be successful through this period of adjustment. Class sizes are small enough so that students are able to receive individualized attention. Parents are frequently contacted with updates of their child’s progress. Report cards are issued quarterly, with progress reports sent to parents mid way through each marking period. Parents-teachers meet are scheduled twice a year, and parents are encouraged to keep in close touch with teachers via e-mail, telephone calls, or personal contact. Teachers meet frequently to discuss the needs of individual students as well as to plan course content so that transitions are as smooth as possible.

Program Description: Our Middle School program is based on the NCRET system, but with an Islamic flavor.

Core subjects include Mathematics, Science, Social Science and Languages including English, Urdu, Arabic and kashmiri. We have strong programs in the Islamiyat, computing, and health and physical education.

Co-curricular activities include interscholastic volleyball, basketball, track and field, cricket, cross-country, Table Tennis, Badminton and Athletics. Students are also encouraged to join in the Quran Recitation, Story Narration, Workshops, Seminars, Exhibitions, Debates, Quiz, Ijtimas, Speech, play, group discussion, chorus, band, Painting, Crafts and flower arrangements.

High Class Department

Introduction: Welcome to The BPS High Class Department. we invite you to become an active member of our learning community. It is our collective goal to ensure that the BPS learning experience achieves our Mission, to provide educational excellence in a nurturing environment.

For a school of just over students from the Kashmir Valley, our High Class Department offers broad learning choices and diverse experiences. All students work towards Matriculation.

We pride ourselves in ensuring that students have opportunities to pursue their interests and explore new ones. Most importantly, BPS students share a terrific bond with their teachers. Our faculty, well qualified in their subject fields and teaching, genuinely care about and for their students. A mix of long-term teachers and recent hires provides both consistency of values and program and vibrancy of new ideas and pedagogy. BPS places students and their learning at the core of our service.

Program Description: Our High School program is based on the JKBOSE system.

Core subjects include Mathematics, Science, Social Science and Languages including English, Urdu, Kashmiri. We have strong programs in the Islamiyat, computing, and health and physical education.

Higher Secondary Department

Introduction

Welcome to The BPS – Higher Secondary Department community of learners. we invite you to become an active member of our learning community.

BPS will suit your purpose, whether that is CET preparation or university preparation for India, here in Kashmir or anywhere in the world. Students learn here with passion, challenge, respect, and support.

Program Description: Our Higher Secondary Department program is based on the JKBOSE system.

Core subjects include English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and optional subjects including Information Practice & Functional English. We have strong programs in the Islamiyat, computing, and health and physical education.