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An educator and a child printing leaves with paint
A young student buying vegetables at a classroom market
A student holding up the T-shirt he painted
A young child concentrating on a painting
A young child smiling while playing on the classroom floor
Children climbing a wooden climbing wall
A child laughing as he plays with a ball
Students looking at an old machine on a museum visit
An educator celebrating a student's birthday with him

The campus.

Our kitchen garden, where vegetables get planted before they get studied. Our cricket field, home to matches, training — and, on one memorable Friday, a student-run vending machine. Classrooms built for movement, not rows of desks.

A bright early years room with a climbing wall, soft mats and play corners

Classrooms built for movement.

Our cricket field.

Home to matches, training — and, on one memorable Friday, a student-run vending machine.

A young SOVO student examining leaves beside the outdoor court

Room to explore.

The art room, with pastel walls and small coloured tables and chairs

Art spaces.

A bright early years room with a climbing wall, soft mats and play corners

Classrooms built for movement.

A closer look around campus.

  • A student running out across the school field
    Out on the field.
  • The green sports turf beside the Mohali school building
    Space to play.
  • The Panchkula school building with a lawn and tall trees outside
    Panchkula, from the outside.
  • An Early Years classroom with low tables, shelves and large windows
    Built around little learners.
  • The SOVO reception seating area with its illuminated school sign
    A warm welcome.
  • A student running out across the school field
    Out on the field.
  • The SOVO reception seating area with its illuminated school sign
    A warm welcome.
  • The green sports turf beside the Mohali school building
    Space to play.
  • The Panchkula school building with a lawn and tall trees outside
    Panchkula, from the outside.
  • An Early Years classroom with low tables, shelves and large windows
    Built around little learners.
A student running out across the school field
Out on the field.
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  • Children climbing a wooden climbing wall in a padded school play room
    A little higher, together.
  • Classroom display boards, bookshelves and tables for group learning
    Every wall has a story.
  • The music room with a drum kit, keyboard and seating
    A room for rhythm.
  • An outdoor court surrounded by trees
    Out in the open.
  • A wide view of a Primary Years classroom with small tables and chairs
    A different view of the classroom.
  • Low bookshelves and a round table beside a classroom window
    A corner for stories.
  • Children climbing a wooden climbing wall in a padded school play room
    A little higher, together.
  • An outdoor court surrounded by trees
    Out in the open.
  • Low bookshelves and a round table beside a classroom window
    A corner for stories.
  • Classroom display boards, bookshelves and tables for group learning
    Every wall has a story.
  • The music room with a drum kit, keyboard and seating
    A room for rhythm.
  • A wide view of a Primary Years classroom with small tables and chairs
    A different view of the classroom.

A week
at SOVO.

Four days of focused academics. One day — Friday — where all of it gets tested in the real world.

  1. Monday

    An educator and young children sitting cross-legged in a circle on a classroom mat
    Circle time.

  2. Tuesday

    Children reading together on a rug in the classroom reading corner
    Library hours.

  3. Wednesday

    A child learning the drums with his teacher in the music room
    Music.

  4. Thursday

    Students working through worksheets at their desks
    Focused classroom work.

Monday to Thursday

Four days of focused learning.

Four days to learn.

In between: circle time, snack breaks, library hours, music, art, and enrichment classes that range from chess to filmmaking.

Friday

Apply it in the real world.

Fifth Gear Friday, where all of it gets tested in the real world.

Fifth Gear Friday, in pictures
Students watching garment patterns being cut on a clothing factory visit
A clothing factory visit.
A student preparing a fresh snack at her table
Fireless cooking.
Children holding robotics components while an educator explains them
Robotics, in our hands.
Students watching garment patterns being cut on a clothing factory visit
A clothing factory visit.

Early Years: play and discovery.

  • Children lifting wet stretchy material over a large blue tub
    Stretch, splash, explore.
  • A young child smiling among toys and colourful classroom materials
    Following a new idea.
  • Two young children exploring a wooden tool bench together
    Building with real tools.
  • An educator and young children working around their classroom tables
    Together at the table.
  • Children exploring toy animals in a tray of ice outdoors
    A different kind of discovery.
  • Children lifting wet stretchy material over a large blue tub
    Stretch, splash, explore.
  • Children exploring toy animals in a tray of ice outdoors
    A different kind of discovery.
  • A young child smiling among toys and colourful classroom materials
    Following a new idea.
  • Two young children exploring a wooden tool bench together
    Building with real tools.
  • An educator and young children working around their classroom tables
    Together at the table.
Children lifting wet stretchy material over a large blue tub
Stretch, splash, explore.
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  • Children exploring soft foamy material together at a classroom table
    Learning through texture.
  • Young children lying on a printed play mat in their classroom
    Everyone has something to try.
  • Children sitting together on large colourful play blocks
    Making a place to play.
  • Young children exploring colourful materials around a shared table
    A table full of possibilities.
  • Children exploring coloured foam in trays with their educator
    Texture, colour and curiosity.
  • Children gathered around a covered table for a sensory activity
    Discovery can get messy.
  • A young child examining toy medical equipment during classroom role play
    Trying out a new role.
  • An educator helping a young student with his open exercise book
    One-to-one attention.
  • A child arranging picture cards on the school turf
    Learning can happen outside.
  • A child holding a pink textured material while wearing protective gloves
    Look what it feels like.
  • Young children exploring colourful objects in a classroom tray
    Sorting, moving, discovering.
  • Young students wearing white coats during a classroom role-play activity
    Imagining what we could be.
  • Young students sharing a table during a classroom activity
    A classroom conversation.
  • Children exploring soft foamy material together at a classroom table
    Learning through texture.
  • A child arranging picture cards on the school turf
    Learning can happen outside.
  • Children exploring coloured foam in trays with their educator
    Texture, colour and curiosity.
  • Children gathered around a covered table for a sensory activity
    Discovery can get messy.
  • Young children exploring colourful objects in a classroom tray
    Sorting, moving, discovering.
  • A young child examining toy medical equipment during classroom role play
    Trying out a new role.
  • Young students wearing white coats during a classroom role-play activity
    Imagining what we could be.
  • Young students sharing a table during a classroom activity
    A classroom conversation.
  • Young children exploring colourful materials around a shared table
    A table full of possibilities.
  • Young children lying on a printed play mat in their classroom
    Everyone has something to try.
  • A child holding a pink textured material while wearing protective gloves
    Look what it feels like.
  • Children sitting together on large colourful play blocks
    Making a place to play.
  • An educator helping a young student with his open exercise book
    One-to-one attention.

Primary Years: ideas in action.

  • Students sitting together and building with colourful construction blocks
    Making room for another idea.
  • A classroom word wall covered with colourful word cards
    Words we are discovering.
  • Students sharing paper and drawing materials around a table
    Drawing it out.
  • Children collaborating on a colourful block construction
    Many hands, one build.
  • Two students kneeling beside their colourful block models
    Testing our own ideas.
  • An overhead view of children arranging construction blocks
    From a different angle.
  • Students sitting together and building with colourful construction blocks
    Making room for another idea.
  • An overhead view of children arranging construction blocks
    From a different angle.
  • A classroom word wall covered with colourful word cards
    Words we are discovering.
  • Students sharing paper and drawing materials around a table
    Drawing it out.
  • Children collaborating on a colourful block construction
    Many hands, one build.
  • Two students kneeling beside their colourful block models
    Testing our own ideas.
Students sitting together and building with colourful construction blocks
Making room for another idea.

Art and making.

  • A student holding up a T-shirt covered in her colourful handprints
    Proud of what we made.
  • An educator and a child using leaves and paint at a classroom table
    Printing with nature.
  • Students painting together on a protected classroom floor
    Colour without a script.
  • Children seated together with their paintings spread out on the floor
    Ideas, side by side.
  • Students holding up their painted T-shirts in the classroom
    Our own little showcase.
  • A student holding up a T-shirt covered in her colourful handprints
    Proud of what we made.
  • Children seated together with their paintings spread out on the floor
    Ideas, side by side.
  • Students holding up their painted T-shirts in the classroom
    Our own little showcase.
  • An educator and a child using leaves and paint at a classroom table
    Printing with nature.
  • Students painting together on a protected classroom floor
    Colour without a script.
A student holding up a T-shirt covered in her colourful handprints
Proud of what we made.
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  • A student wearing a T-shirt decorated with his own artwork
    Something to show the world.
  • Children spreading yellow paint across large sheets of paper
    Trying a brighter shade.
  • A young child painting a small object with a brush
    Small hands, new colours.
  • Children exploring artwork displayed on a classroom wall
    Looking at what we created.
  • Students and their educator using leaves and paint together
    A table full of colour.
  • An overhead view of children working with paper and colourful paint
    Making, from above.
  • Children painting large yellow pictures side by side
    Colour is better together.
  • Handmade clay pots displayed along a classroom windowsill
    Work worth keeping.
  • Two students showing their work in front of a school display wall
    Sharing what we made.
  • A young child concentrating on a painting at the classroom table
    A moment with a paintbrush.
  • A student wearing a T-shirt decorated with his own artwork
    Something to show the world.
  • Students and their educator using leaves and paint together
    A table full of colour.
  • A young child concentrating on a painting at the classroom table
    A moment with a paintbrush.
  • Handmade clay pots displayed along a classroom windowsill
    Work worth keeping.
  • Children exploring artwork displayed on a classroom wall
    Looking at what we created.
  • Two students showing their work in front of a school display wall
    Sharing what we made.
  • An overhead view of children working with paper and colourful paint
    Making, from above.
  • Children spreading yellow paint across large sheets of paper
    Trying a brighter shade.
  • Children painting large yellow pictures side by side
    Colour is better together.
  • A young child painting a small object with a brush
    Small hands, new colours.

Food and healthy habits.

  • Students wearing gloves and grating vegetables during a food activity
    Preparing something together.
  • Smiling children in blue food-prep gloves, gathered around a plate of rice in their classroom
    Proud little chefs.
  • Students and an educator preparing ingredients together at a table
    Getting hands-on with ingredients.
  • A child grating a beetroot during a classroom food activity
    Finding out what goes into a snack.
  • Students wearing gloves and grating vegetables during a food activity
    Preparing something together.
  • Smiling children in blue food-prep gloves, gathered around a plate of rice in their classroom
    Proud little chefs.
  • Students and an educator preparing ingredients together at a table
    Getting hands-on with ingredients.
  • A child grating a beetroot during a classroom food activity
    Finding out what goes into a snack.
Students wearing gloves and grating vegetables during a food activity
Preparing something together.

Fifth Gear Friday,
in pictures.

A vending machine business. A farm visit. A real bakery kitchen. A nursery composting kitchen scraps. A doctor, a soldier, and a school gardener, honoured on the same morning.

Students with the boxes they packed in front of their vending machine

A vending machine business.

Run entirely by Grade 3 & 4.

Students climbing onto a tractor during a farm visit

A farm visit.

To see where vegetables actually come from.

Students in hairnets mixing granola in a bakery kitchen

A real bakery kitchen.

Granola bars made from scratch.

A nursery composting kitchen scraps.

And finding earthworms.

A doctor with a headlamp showing students how she examines a patient

A doctor, a soldier, and a school gardener.

Honoured the same way, on the same morning.

Students with the boxes they packed in front of their vending machine

A vending machine business.

Run entirely by Grade 3 & 4.

From making to exploring.

  • SOVO students visiting a radio studio and its mixing desk
    Behind the microphone.
  • Students gathered under a tree and looking into its branches
    Looking up, asking questions.
  • Students examining yellow robotics components with an educator
    A closer look at robotics.
  • A firefighter demonstrating a fire extinguisher to students outdoors
    Learning from a firefighter.
  • Students looking at a museum exhibit on an off-site visit
    There is more to discover.
  • SOVO students visiting a radio studio and its mixing desk
    Behind the microphone.
  • Students looking at a museum exhibit on an off-site visit
    There is more to discover.
  • Students examining yellow robotics components with an educator
    A closer look at robotics.
  • A firefighter demonstrating a fire extinguisher to students outdoors
    Learning from a firefighter.
  • Students gathered under a tree and looking into its branches
    Looking up, asking questions.
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Behind the microphone.
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  • A young student selecting vegetables at a classroom market
    A market for little shoppers.
  • A child exploring the controls of an aircraft cockpit
    Inside the cockpit.
  • Students exploring a tree-filled outdoor space together
    Beyond the classroom walls.
  • Students observing equipment and processes during a factory visit
    Seeing how things get made.
  • A child exploring vegetables and a balance scale at a classroom market
    A market of our own.
  • Students exploring a tall machine exhibit in a museum
    Questions around every corner.
  • Students walking beside dinosaur displays in a museum gallery
    Meeting the prehistoric world.
  • A young student selecting vegetables at a classroom market
    A market for little shoppers.
  • Students exploring a tall machine exhibit in a museum
    Questions around every corner.
  • Students walking beside dinosaur displays in a museum gallery
    Meeting the prehistoric world.
  • Students exploring a tree-filled outdoor space together
    Beyond the classroom walls.
  • Students observing equipment and processes during a factory visit
    Seeing how things get made.
  • A child exploring the controls of an aircraft cockpit
    Inside the cockpit.
  • A child exploring vegetables and a balance scale at a classroom market
    A market of our own.

Moments that
stayed with us.

Some Fridays become more than just a lesson.

A Friday we remember

This Friday, our students learned absolutely nothing — as far as traditional education goes.

  • No math.
  • No science.
  • No reading.

Just how to be human.

And another

A four-year-old learned to compost before she learned to read.

Celebrations, friendship and community.

  • A group of children and educators gathered outdoors in festive clothing
    Celebrating together.
  • Children and adults gathered for a classroom celebration
    A shared celebration.
  • Children in colourful traditional outfits seated beneath festive garlands
    A stage full of smiles.
  • Children and educators posing together during a school celebration
    Colour, joy and belonging.
  • Two young classmates sharing a hug in their classroom
    A friend to lean on.
  • A group of children and educators gathered outdoors in festive clothing
    Celebrating together.
  • Children and educators posing together during a school celebration
    Colour, joy and belonging.
  • Children and adults gathered for a classroom celebration
    A shared celebration.
  • Children in colourful traditional outfits seated beneath festive garlands
    A stage full of smiles.
  • Two young classmates sharing a hug in their classroom
    A friend to lean on.
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  • A young child in festive clothes taking part in a celebration
    Little moments of confidence.
  • Classmates sharing a high five over their classroom artwork
    A high five for a friend.
  • A group of classmates smiling and raising their hands in their classroom
    The joy of being together.
  • A child wearing a handmade fruit-themed hat and playful sunglasses
    A little summer spirit.
  • An educator sitting on the floor with a young child during a school visit
    Getting to know each other.
  • An adult and a young child exploring colourful construction tiles together
    An invitation to build.
  • A young child in festive clothes taking part in a celebration
    Little moments of confidence.
  • An educator sitting on the floor with a young child during a school visit
    Getting to know each other.
  • An adult and a young child exploring colourful construction tiles together
    An invitation to build.
  • A group of classmates smiling and raising their hands in their classroom
    The joy of being together.
  • A child wearing a handmade fruit-themed hat and playful sunglasses
    A little summer spirit.
  • Classmates sharing a high five over their classroom artwork
    A high five for a friend.

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along.

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A little prep. A lot of learning.

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