The middle school curriculum is well linked to the school’s graduate profile and works towards attaining the long term goal of building world class citizens out of every JSSPSite middle schooler. The curriculum enables students to explore, innovate and inspire thus ensuring the holistic development of the children.

We believe that, when we encourage our students to train their minds and eventually examine their line of thoughts, it brings a more positive impact on the learning outcome. Considering this fact, the elements of Habits of Mind (HoM) and Metacognition have been identified as an indispensable aspect of the middle school curriculum.

We embolden our students to be actively engaged in their learning, become risk takers, confront the challenges, imbibe life skills and enjoy new experiences. To ensure the same, apart from the core subjects, we provide a wide variety of co-curricular activities and opportunities for experiential learning which plays a predominant role in the comprehensive development of the students.

Academic Program

The Middle School academic program focuses on meeting the individual needs of every learner through an innovatively designed curriculum.

The following are the set of courses and study requirements that a middle schooler is expected to successfully complete, before moving to the senior section of the school.

• English
• Second Language options – Hindi and French
• Arabic
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Studies
• Islamic Studies (only for Islamic students)
• Computer Science

The goals and objectives

• Languages: Studying languages in Middle school aims at achieving functional proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing of the particular language, decode, analyze, and interpret authentic texts of different genres and produce organized coherent discourse in oral and written modes.
• Mathematics: Studying mathematics aims at developing mathematical curiosity and use inductive and deductive reasoning when solving problems, become confident in using mathematics to analyze and solve problems both in school and in real-life situations through art integrated and self-reflective lessons.
• Science: To cultivate ‘scientific temper, know the facts and principles of science and its applications, consistent with the stage of cognitive development, relate to the environment, local as well as global, and appreciate the issues at the interface of science, technology and society, nurture the natural curiosity, aesthetic sense and creativity in science.
• Social Studies: Social Studies teaches children their roles and responsibilities particularly in relation to social and civic affairs, develop critical thinking abilities, prepares them to participate competently and productively as concerned citizens and teaches them to address societal and global concerns through experiential learning.
• Islamic studies: To understand that Islam is a comprehensive, balanced and perfect way of life; to learn the foundational Islamic beliefs, ideals, ethics, obligations, injunctions, and prohibitions, to put Islam into practice and to gain the knowledge that is necessary to live a God-conscious life.
• Computer Science: Aims to acquire the grade level proficiency in problem-solving techniques using the computer, in the analysis of complex problems and the synthesis of solutions to those problems, comprehension of modern software engineering principles and demonstrate a breadth and depth of knowledge in the discipline of computer science.

Experiential Education – Innovative Programs

Experiential education provides the student with the opportunity to translate the didactic and theoretical knowledge of the classroom into the skills necessary to function proficiently in the practice setting. Experiential learning (ExL) is the highlight in Middle School. Through ExL we ensure that the students are able to transform the academic concepts into transferable competencies and develop the ability to articulate the same in real life situations.

The following programs and competitions ensures ExL in middle school

JSSPS READs: A wide range of learner centric events, programs and activities to arouse interest among students to read both for purpose and pleasure. Library activities,

Reading programs with Parent collaboration, reading based competitions etc are a few to mention.

Vocational Educational: Skills for Life (S4L): The subjects offered include Artificial Intelligence, Marketing, Mass media and Financial Literacy. Through VE Course modules the learners are exposed to learning and skill development beyond the regular subjects.

Maker’s Hub: A place where innovative and creative interdisciplinary lessons are conducted focusing on developing their application and investigative skills.

Math O Mania: A yearlong program highlighting mathematical curiosity, investigation and real life application of the mathematical concepts through monthly competitions and activities.

Scinovation: A competition where science meets innovation and provides an opportunity for the young innovators and explorers of middle school to showcase their scientific talent and skills.

Wordsmith: A monthly writing competition where students are encouraged to explore their writing skills through a variety of tasks thus encouraging them to think as a writer and realize that the words are the most inexhaustible source of magic

Social Mindcraft: A competition which promotes experiential education in Social Studies through a plethora of cross curricular activities.

JSSPS MUN: Model United Nations where JSSPSites adorn the attire of international delegates and become the game changers of the future by giving solutions to global problems.

Physical and Health Education (PHE): This program apprise students on their physical and mental growth and educate them on the healthy lifestyles to be adopted.

I read Arabic: I Read Arabic is a language learning app that helps children learn Arabic the right way through fun educational games, videos and stories. Personalised recommendations, In-app progress tracking and weekly progress emails leads to enhancement of Arabic language skills.

Achieve 3000: Accelerate learning growth for all students with Achieve3000 Literacy’s differentiated content and instruction. An adaptive reading platform that helps students to improve their literacy skills through effective engagement.

ASA – JELP (After School Activities – JSS Enrichment Learning Program): JELP includes both Sports and Club activities. These are designed to help develop a child’s talent and skill. These clubs are recreational and educational in nature. They have been created to help keep children active, interested and take learning beyond classrooms.

Student Well Being

Learning is embedded in emotional states and wellbeing and stress management directly affects students’ outcomes at school as well as their ability to thrive in later life. A confident, responsible, reflective, innovative, and engaged learner reason and make decisions on the basis of positive personal values and an understanding of their emotions. Hence Middle School puts in a conscious effort to nurture these skills and develop positive individuals.

Mind Beats: A plethora of activities involving art, music and sound therapy, and meditation with the core aim of developing the emotional well-being of the students making them resilient and responsible students.

Shape n Shine: A program to encourage students to take care of their physical health through specially designed physical- game-based activities that ensure physical/mental well-being and encourage students to have fun.