6 Pillars of Excellence for Odisha’s No.1 CBSE School

HIGHLY STANDARDIZED SYLLABUS

• We teach more challenging concepts, right from the beginning, and we train children with a competitive rigour.

SCHOLARS SECTIONS & PERFORMANCE-BASED SECTION

• These are special sections with selected students for higher-level preparation to ensure a different approach for different categories of children.

EDUCATIONAL TRIPS

• To reinforce the experiential learning that allows students to apply their lessons to the real world.

DOUBT CLEARING MECHANISM

• Have a doubt outside of school hours? Post your doubt on the doubt clearing portal. Our best teachers pick it up and share clarifications and explanations virtually.

SUBJECT ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES

• With a purpose relating to every subject to promote critical thinking, problem-solving, improving student’s ability to concentrate, and make learning more meaningful, valuable, and rewarding.

EXHIBITIONS

• An organised presentation and display of different subjects through which students can represent their learning and hidden talent in front of others.

IN-HOUSE MATERIALS

• Question Banks, Study Notes, Worksheets, Materials for JEE/Medical, Teachers PPTs, and Pre-Recorded Teachers Videos are ODM’s customised in-house materials that are provided across all grades.

CLASS MAGAZINE

• Class magazines provide students with self-contained learning segments that infuse the art of creativity in them thereby developing their writing skills.

LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT: TELL-A- TALE & READING CARNIVAL

• The potential of language skills is central to the learning process, without it the learners cannot make sense or communicate the understanding of any subject.

OUTSIDE CLASSROOM LEARNING

• “Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach us more than we can ever learn from books.”

PROGRAMS AND MODEL CLASSROOMS

• Learning by doing. By giving students something to do, not something to learn, and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking, understanding and solving that produces results.

STUDENT-TEACHER COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY

• Teachers encourage students to use their knowledge to ensure that they master and share the learning strategies.

GRADUATION CEREMONY

• Celebrating milestones and educational achievements gives the children a sense of accomplishment and pride. We celebrate a gradution ceremony as children cross levels.

EVENING DOUBT CLEARING CLASSES (HYBRID MODEL)

• For underperformers and students struggling with particular chapters or concepts, we launch special evening programs with children.

STRICT ATTENDANCE MONITORING

• We take attendance seriously. Students need to attend at least 85% of classes and grades are linked with the attendance.

ORIENTATION PROGRAMS

• Educating parents on child psychology in order to enable them to understand and guide their children appropriately thereby helping the child to connect with academics and develop and cultivate relationships with their peers.

WELCOMING TODDLERS

• Early childhood care and education goes beyond mere preparation for primary school and has implications on lifelong learning and well being.

PEDANTIC ACTIVITIES: QUIZ, GAMES, CREATIVE WRITING

• Well-targeted, tailor-made quizzes, where pupils can challenge themselves, explore beyond the known horizon and boost their self-esteem and confidence.

MENTORING AND ONE TO ONE INTERACTION

• Each child has a personal mentor. Each mentor has a personal goal for each child. That is how we look for growth for all our students at a personal level.

OUR VERY OWN SUBJECTS

• We customise our own subjects to address the need of the age. Subjects like Global Studies, Value Education and Business English Curriculum are our tailor-made subjects.

CONTINUOUS STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENTS

• Weekly Tests, Quarterly Tests, Mid-Year and Annual Assessments. Continuous Tests and Assessments to monitor the progress of a child throughout the year and feedback about the same to the parents and the children.

EXPOSURE TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIADS

• We prepare a child for all national and international olympiads. Be it PRMO, RMO, ICMO, or NTSE, we ensure our students come on top in each of these exams.

PERSONALIZED LEARNING APPROACH

• Personalized learning is an educational approach that aims to customise learning for each student’s strengths, needs, skills, and interests.

GUIDED CLASSES, REMEDIAL CLASSES & PRACTICE HOURS

• With the concept of rigorous practice and making the child learn every concept, such courses are designed to meet the learning needs of every child

MODEL CLASS / CREATIVE URGE

• Teacher-student relationship where the students showcase the different teaching methodologies taught by the teacher in a very innovative and creative way.

PARENT MEETING AND INTERACTION

• An opportunity to share academic progress and growth based on classroom observations, assessments, and assignments

ICT INTEGRATED LEARNING

• ICT exposes students to the modern world through searching, reading, and connecting with resourceful people across the globe with the help of the internet.

COLLABORATIVE ART INTEGRATED CURRICULUM

• Art integrated projects should be transdisciplinary. The project work can include more than one subject, and carries weightage for Internal Assessment in the topics concerned.

PARTNERSHIPS

• Our current partners in global outreach programs are the British Council and AFS. Under their patronage, a number of year-long programs are conducted.

ROUND THE YEAR ACTIVITIES

• Apart from academic activities, round the year calendar activities help explore new interests, new skills, socialize, and develop leadership qualities.

TRAINERS

• Along with in-house trainers, experts are invited. Special workshops are organized for the club members.

SCHOOL CABINET

• The school cabinet comprises of the School Captain, Vice-Captain, House Captains, and House Vice-Captains, Sports Captain & Sports Vice-Captain.

INTER-HOUSE COMPETITIONS

• Four houses- Ahimsa, Maitri, Preeti, and Shanti. Inter-house competitions every month for all grades develop team spirit, leadership skills, empathy, and a sense of belonging.

REGULAR CLASS ACTIVITIES

• Mandatory training in art, music, and dance for all grades and additionally swimming till grade V is provided in the weekly schedule.

CERTIFICATION COURSES

• Vocal and Instruments have certification courses through Torrins music schoo

COLLABORATIONS FOR NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE

• ODM has collaborations with schools in India and abroad. International collaborations span over several countries like the U.K, Egypt, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan for nurturing global citizens.

HEALTH CARD

• Updated twice a year, along with the personal checkup of every student. These health cards track the essential body metrics of child and do provide a report to parent.

PREPARATION FOR NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS

• Extensive training, additional coaches, beyond school practice hours, and infrastructural support mark the preparations.

STANDARDIZED SYLLABUSES

• Highly standardized syllabus approved by professional trainers to train club students and regular activity classes.

ASSESSMENT

• Continuous assessments throughout the year help us to analyse our students standard & help us prepare a plan for their growth.

SPORTS ORIENTED APPROACH

• Sports facilities like volleyball, basketball, T.T, cricket, kho-kho, kabaddi, swimming, gateball, chess, badminton, and billiards are provided under the coaching of trained professionals.

GENERAL SESSIONS FOR ALL

• Workshops related to a healthy life, campus etiquette, soft skills, gender sensitivity, substance abuse, etc.

PARENTS ORIENTATION

• School rules, regulations, examinations, parenting tips, health, nutrition, and other related topics.

OBSERVATIONS AND CELEBRATIONS

• A calendar of yearround observations and celebrations helps appreciate diversity, recognize the roots of traditions, and build moral ethics.

TRIPS AND TOURS

• A number of field excursions, trips, and outings throughout the year for learning, cultural exchange or simple team bonding exercises and pleasure; be it local sights, national spots of interest, or cross country exchanges through international trips.

SELF DEFENCE

• Martial arts- Taekwondo is practiced and assessed at different levels.

PUBLICATIONS

• Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual publications manifest the expressions of young minds.

WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

• Workshops, orientations, seminars, and talk shows throughout the year virtually and physicallysubject-based workshops, career guidance, life skills, psychological counseling, motivational talks, soft skills, alternative modes of living, art, photography, dance, musical ateliers, etc

CLUBS

• The school has different clubs like Literary, Media, STEM, Quiz, Vocal, Instrument, Photography, Dance, Art, and Sports

FOCUS ON DISCIPLINE

• Discipline committee headed by Director (F &A), Academic Counselor, Vice Principal, and teacher representatives. Based on the seriousness of indiscipline - counseling, parents undertaking, warning, fine, suspension, or ultimate expulsion.

COMPULSORY HEALTH EDUCATION

• For Primary studentsSportathon that brings the best in gross and fine motor development. For Senior classes- weekly physical education and Yoga periods, Gym activities, Workshops and sessions on a healthy lifestyle.

HOBBIES

• A hobby is an activity, interest, or pastime that is undertaken for pleasure or relaxation, done during one’s own time

ODM 360-DEGREE MENTORS

• Each child is alloted multiple mentors. Mentors are tasked to ensure that each child grows. If a child faces any issue or underperforms, the mentors provide strategies for the individual child to excel in that particular field.

PERFORMANCE BASED SECTIONS

• PERFORMANCE BASED SECTIONS

PARENT COUNSELING (INDIVIDUAL)

• In certain situations when a student does not get a good score even after sufficient effort, Teachers of the section sit together to find the real issue with the student. The parents are called for direct interaction.

FOCUS ON UNDER-PERFORMERS (SUBJECT-WISE)

• Teachers counsel under-performing students to know their weak areas in a particular subject. A separate group is made for the students who need intensive guidance from that particular teacher. They are provided with a special curriculum transaction program and the and the teacher goes the extra mile to guide them beyond school hours.

CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE REPORT- INDIVIDUAL

• Every month, each subject teacher shares a feedback on each student that they teach. So, the parent gets an overall report on the performance of their child in school across all subjects. Reports also include the discipline aspect, child’s behavior with other classmates and performance in CoAcademics. This keeps the parents informed.

HIGH END IT INFRASTRUCTURE

• High speed internet, Secured VPN and Intranet, 24x7 Automated CCTV monitoring, Smart TVs in Classes and Biometric based Attendance & Entry.

ODMCONNECT - ODM’S IN-HOUSE ERP

• ODMConnect provides the children and the parents with all the information about academic curriculum, materials, transport, hostel, admission and other depts.

ONLINE ASSESSMENT PRACTICES

• We are initiating online assessment practices where we conduct some exams in a year through our IT Labs. System generates the weak areas and strong areas of each child.

TAB LABS & E-LIBRARY

• E-library with over 30,000 e-books of various categories and a tab-lab with all lessons and videos of classes. It solves the problem of missed lessons in case of any absence.

VALUE BASED LEARNING | OUR THREE PILLARS

• A student will only excel in the future, if the value system of the student is held intact. To address that, ODM strictly focusses on value based learning and discipline. We provide Value Education in the curriculum, we provide continuous counseling and development sessions.

ANY GRIEVANCE | REACH OUT TO TOP-MANAGEMENT

• With your name not being revealed, our topmanagement driven by our COO, provides an open door grievance management forum to all parents. If you ever face any issue, you just drop a grievance and the ODM Managament strives for a 48-hour resolution to your problem at any cost. Any delay due to unforseen circumstance is clearly communicated and more time is sought for.