St. Thomas Academy Senior Secondary CBSE School

St.Thomas Mount, Chennai-600016

CBSE Affiliation No: 1931108

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KINDER GARDEN SCHOOL

Classes LKG, UKG have one sections each with a maximum strength of 40 students per section. The focus is on all-round development and the teaching is child-oriented. The KG section follows the play way method of instruction. 

PRIMARY SCHOOL

The Primary Section, Classes 1-5 have two sections each with a maximum of 40 students per section. To make the classroom experience interesting and stress-free, no exams are conducted for Classes 1-5. The system of Unit tests is followed to monitor conceptual understanding.

As per the State Government directive, Tamil has been designated as the 2nd Language in all the Classes. The School has phased out the transition upto Class 3 in the year 2017-18. Hindi is the 3rd Language.

MIDDLE SCHOOL

The emphasis is on strengthening of concepts and providing bridgework for a comfortable transition into High School. Medium of Instruction is English.

Language Offered

Two Periodic tests will be conducted per Term. There will be 2 terms, with a Terminal Exam in September and an Annual Exam in March.

As per the CBSE guidelines, the syllabus for the Annual Exam will be 100% for Class 8, 90% for Class 7 and 80% for Class 6. Computer Science classes are undertaken as part of the Work Experience syllabus.