Message from Director's Desk

Dear Parents,

The high energy academic festival popularly known as final examinations has started with the practicals and I am confident the students will and are doing well.

The next big milestone is the theory papers as part of the board examination and the competitive exams which is stressful for both students and parents.

A few thoughts for parents to enable them to keep themselves and their kids at low stress levels.

• Have a supportive chat with your children on how is their preparation and do they want any help from you

• Children during this period might be irritable, moody, at times over reactive, sensitive and argumentative:

  • Give a lending ear or a shoulder to lean on
  • Listen to them and don't interrupt or give your ideas...LISTEN ONLY
  • Don't have a discussion which can irritate them or make them go into a shell
• Help them with their planning/scheduling of time given to each subject
• Guide them to be perfect in their strength areas and areas in which they are weak help them to work on what is doable in that
• A sudden treat of what they like...ice cream, coffe, tea, red bull...surprises are great motivators especially when they are under stress
• Whichever parent is closer to the kid be with them when they are doing late night or early morning studies
• Seeing series together or any such programs once in a while helps
• Let the home environment be bright and NOT gloomy. Dont keep nudging/probing ONLY SUPPORT
• On and off let the entire family be together and ensure the chat is not about exams
• Dont go backward
• Don't be tensed or stressed. These exams are not everything. God has a plan for all
• Don't compare and don't bribe...if you get so and so you will get......
• Examinations are for the purpose of evaluation not to undermine
• Good quality sleep is important-during these times keep it flexible *Food should be light and nutritious

From The Director's Desk

Mr. S B VIKRAM