Facilities

A four-acre campus on the Gotri–Sevasi road, built round a courtyard and an old banyan.

Campus
16,200 m²
Classrooms
42
Laboratories
5
Books in the library
11,000

Plate I

The pictures are watercolour sketches, made for this site. No children are shown.

Around the campus

  • Watercolour sketch of a large banyan with pillar roots and a round stone platform in a school courtyard

    Everyday

    The old banyan and the courtyard

    About 90 years old

    Assembly, stories and lunch happen under it. Its aerial roots have grown into a dozen pillars around the stone platform.

    Ficus benghalensis · vad (વડ)

  • Watercolour sketch of a preschool room with low tables, wooden blocks and leaf paintings on the wall

    Learning

    Balvatika rooms

    6 rooms, on the ground floor

    Low tables, a sand tray, blocks, a reading corner and doors straight onto the garden. Toilets are inside the wing.

  • Watercolour sketch of a classroom with grouped desks and windows open onto trees

    Learning

    Classrooms

    42 classrooms, 36 students at most

    Desks in groups, louvred windows onto trees, a cupboard of books in every room.

  • Watercolour sketch of a library with low shelves, floor cushions and a window onto a neem tree

    Learning

    Library

    11,000 books, English, Gujarati and Hindi

    Open all day; Classes I to V have a library period every week, and anyone can borrow at break.

  • Watercolour sketch of a science laboratory with benches, glassware and microscopes

    Science and making

    Science laboratories

    3 labs: physics, chemistry, biology

    Plus a composite lab for Classes VI to VIII and a computer lab with 40 machines.

  • Watercolour sketch of an art room with a potter's wheel and clay pots on shelves

    Arts

    Art and pottery studio

    2 potter's wheels, one kiln

    Painting, clay and printmaking; children's work is shown in the corridor each term.

  • Watercolour sketch of a music room with a harmonium, tabla and a keyboard

    Arts

    Music room

    Harmonium, tabla, keyboard and a choir that practises twice a week.

  • Watercolour sketch of a school playing field with a goal, a running track and a banyan at the edge

    Sport and play

    Playing field

    A 200 m track and a football ground

    With a basketball court, kho-kho ground and a covered yoga hall beside it.

  • Watercolour sketch of raised vegetable beds with watering cans and a papaya tree

    Science and making

    Kitchen garden

    12 beds, one per class from III to VIII

    Each class grows vegetables through the year and weighs what it harvests.

  • Watercolour sketch of a small sick room with a bed, a curtain and a first-aid cabinet

    Care and safety

    Sick room

    A nurse on campus all day

    First aid, a quiet bed, and a call to parents for anything more than a scraped knee.

  • Watercolour sketch of a yellow school bus parked under trees inside a school gate

    Care and safety

    School buses

    5 routes

    GPS on every bus, a woman attendant on board, and buses leave only from inside Gate 1.

Plate II

Safety on campus

  • One way in for visitors (Gate 2), with a register and a visitor badge.
  • CCTV at the gates, corridors, stairs, labs, library and grounds, as CBSE requires; never in toilets.
  • Fire and building safety certificates are current; see the disclosure page.
  • Every member of staff is police-verified before joining, and again every two years.
  • Children leave only with a parent or a person on the pick-up list.

Child safety, who to tell, and our photo policy