Upper School

OUR PROGRAM

Welcome to Upper School,

Grades VII to X

Rato Bangala School incorporates class 7 to class 10 under the Upper School section.

OVERVIEWS

As the students move to Upper School, our program builds on the skills developed in Middle School with supportive teachers who guide them as they are moving from childhood to adolescence. The rich curriculum with hands-on project-based learning continues and their skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening get more complex and well-developed. Role plays, simulations, debates, and dramas make learning meaningful and real. The curriculum is stimulating, rigorous, and appropriately challenging for students and provides students with opportunities to excel in and out of the classroom. Assignments reinforce concepts and techniques taught in class and foster independent study habits and time-management skills.

The school's progress report is a record of the social and emotional growth of learners as well as their academic growth. Each student's development is carefully monitored and evaluated continuously.

In Grades VII-VIII, the classroom teacher teaches the core subjects, Language Arts, Social Studies, and Character Education. The specialist teachers support the teaching of all the remaining subjects. Teachers are qualified to handle adolescents and enjoy them.

CURRICULUM

Activities that Rato Bangala prompts

1. Social Studies

The primary goal of the social studies program is to create concerned and socially committed citizens. As the students move up to Upper School, they study carefully curated units. Project-based learning continues and eighth graders engage in a mock federal parliament of Nepal where they play the roles of elected parliamentarians and confront dilemmas drawing on several relevant current issues. Students get opportunities to discuss real-life ethical and social dilemmas. In classroom discussions they learn to negotiate solutions and make choices that are fair to all; then, they exercise their decisions.

2. Language Arts in English and Nepali

In-depth study of Literature is an intrinsic part of the RBS curriculum. Highly rated books of a wide range of genres are carefully curated as class books across the grades. Students explore and move beyond comprehension to interpretation and analysis. The writing program consists of students engaged in different genres. The five components of Language arts namely reading, writing, listening, speaking and thinking and oral, visual and technological communication, word study and vocabulary development, and language skills all work towards a rich and stimulating program of study.

3. Mathematics

The goal of the Math curriculum is to make Math accessible and enjoyable for all. The Math Program strives to support learners to become confident in understanding and fluent in mathematical computation. Learners develop a holistic understanding and are enabled to relate and apply math to real-life situations.

4. Science

Building on the foundational skills from Middle School, the program in Upper School focuses on developing lifelong learners who are keen to seek scientific explanations of the natural world and questions they may have about it. Practical skills, knowledge, and understanding enable them to develop scientific thinking which helps them to make sense of the world around them.

5. Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Computational thinking, design thinking, and programming skills help students develop oral, visual, and collaborative technological skills. They learn to present, document, and communicate digitally. Media Literacy is a key component of the ICT curriculum. Harnessing technology to use as an effective tool responsibly and wisely is encouraged.

Extra Curriculum

Rato Bangala School always encourages students to stand out in every sector.

Music

The Music curriculum aims to develop a love for music, encourage creativity and build students’ confidence. It promotes self-expression and connection as students engage with different audiences and musicians. The students learn to read notations, understand beats, and play musical instruments of their choice. The curriculum also focuses on helping students to appreciate, experiment with, and respond to music. By singing songs curated by the teachers and themselves to composing some of their own, they learn the skills to listen without discrimination and appreciate musical works. The musically inclined move on to more specialized work with their selected instruments in the extra activities classes and beyond.

Drama and Dance

Students explore drama by reading and writing plays. Students are exposed to the best published classical works. Drama activities and games, self-composed spoken word poetry, puppet shows, and culmination performances are highlights of the drama program. Professional Theater experts work with students alongside their class teachers. The dance program enables students to explore a wide range of dance forms from modern to classical.

Character Education

Character education is taken into consideration when every unit of the curriculum is planned across the subject areas. It is also a scheduled period where discussions focus on developing core values such as respect, responsibility, and social commitment.

Social Emotional development is an important focus area. In addition to the grade teachers, we have a guidance counselor who works closely with the students.

Physical Education

Physical education works on promoting the enjoyment of sports, physical fitness, physical endurance, mental stamina, discipline, teamwork, and cooperation. Football and basketball are the most popular sports. Students engage in athletics, tennis, volleyball, dodgeball, yoga, martial arts, aerobics, physical training drills, and so on. Team sports are encouraged to develop lifelong skills of teamwork, collaboration, and empathy.

Visual Arts

Exploring a wide variety of mediums, the Visual Arts program works to engage, inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create, design, and craft their own work. Students explore the landscape and experiment with watercolor, collage, papier mache, woodcraft, clay and pottery, and more.

ECA

In addition to the subjects above, there are some extra activities offered as choices to the Upper School students such as Theater, Robotics, Public Speaking, Music, Dance, Table Tennis, Football, Basketball, Tennis, and Badminton. These classes are conducted by experts in their field.

Digital Literacy

As an essential skill, digital literacy is an important part of the curriculum.

EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS

Basic Education Examination (BEE)

The Basic Education Examination (BEE) is a government-mandated Examination taken at the end of Grade VIII.

SEE

In grades IX and X, the students prepare for the external government-mandated SEE. The Secondary Education Examination (SEE) is the final examination in the secondary school system of Nepal which is taken by the National Examination Board.

A-Level and College Preparation

In grades XI and XII, Rato Bangala follows the Cambridge International Examinations GCE A Level curriculum and prepares the students for College. Students graduate with the Cambridge GCE A level which is a two-year course after the SEE. Rato Bangala’s college placement is considered to be among the best in the region.

The school has been an independent University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) center NP704 since 1997. Rato Bangala's independent CEEB 689010 facilitates communication with educational testing centers and colleges in the United States. Rato Bangala is also a testing center for the PSAT, Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), and the American College Test (ACT). Rato Bangala's excellent academic results testify to the effectiveness of its student-centered curriculum.

Results of the External Examinations

The SEE and the GCE A-level results have been excellent with RBS students getting the Cambridge awards for securing the highest marks in the world and in Nepal every year for the A-level final.

Phone:

01-5447618, 01-5422614, 01-5447620

Email:

rekhap@ratobangala.edu.np

Coordinator:

Ms. Rekha Pandey

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