Infrastructure

Smart Class Advantage

The integration of conventional learning with Smart Class learning is a path breaking revolution that has transformed the way teaching and learning has taken place in classrooms in the past. Smart class enabled rooms provide tools and content mapped to the curriculum for interactive self-paced learning by students, along with rich multimedia presentations for teacher led classroom learning. The content repository consists of thousands of highly animated, lesson specific, 3D and 2D multimedia modules built with an instructor-led design that allows the teacher to effectively transact the lesson in a typical classroom of diverse set of learners. Educational videos from Eureka and Discovery Channel help in providing further conceptual clarity. Each module presented is given a personalized touch by the teachers through the usage of the interactive board displaying the module.

Library

Research provides compelling evidence that school libraries and library staff have a positive impact on student achievement. It improves reading test scores, higher academic achievement and positive attitudes towards learning. The school library at Queen’s Valley School creates and develops motivating, flexible physical and digital learning spaces. It equips students with the skills necessary to succeed in a constantly changing technological, social and economic environment. It collaborates with teachers to plan, implement and evaluate inquiry-based programmes that will ensure students acquire skills to collect, critically analyse and organise information. The library at QVS provides and promotes quality fiction to develop and sustain in students the habit and enjoyment of reading for pleasure and to enrich students’ intellectual, aesthetic, cultural and emotional growth. It caters for differences in learning and teaching styles through the provision of, and equality of access to a wide range of curriculum resources – fiction and non-fiction, digital, print, audio and video.

Laboratories

The laboratories at QVS are well designed to support the curriculum related needs of the children. They offer a rich learning environment that embodies all the principles of children’s growth and learning that are derived from the philosophy of progressive scientific education.

Computer Labs

“Computer the wonder machine helps bringing in technological revolution in education” With an aim of achieving the said objective the Computer Lab at QVS is equipped with advanced infrastructure in terms of hardware and software to cater to the requirements of students, teachers and the curriculum. Availability of broadband internet connection and regularly updated software, facilitate the students as well as teachers to research for their projects and presentations. The computer lab is integrated with the Smart Class System.

Web & Smart Class Resource Centre

Also called the QVS KNOWLEDGE CENTRE it is a hotspot of teacher innovation, presentations, projects and regular research, where technology, curriculum, fun and learning are blended and integrated to use in SMART CLASSROOMS OF QVS to create SMART GENX. Through a dedicated server at this web centre, our enterprising faculty of QVS accesses the internet for their knowledge up gradation.

Mathematics lab (Learning by discovery)

The laboratory approach to teaching mathematics enables learning through a technology integration. The primary objective of this approach is to make mathematics truly applicative and to focus on new intrusting ways of routine problem-solving. This enriches the spirit of research among the students. It can fill the gap between the textbook and application by providing students with a better understanding and ability to explore the relevance and beauty of the discipline. The activities of the laboratory can be broadly classified as – Integrating Modern Maths and Vedic Mathematics and also bringing the Chinese technique of Abacus to the classroom. The subdisciplines of mathematics such as Algebra, Trigonometry, Algorithm and Geometry are better understood through the 3 – dimensional lab materials and puzzles.

General Science Labs

This lab plays a key role in laying down the foundations for ‘Learning by doing‘ and for ‘developing scientific temperament‘ amongst our girls. After their tuning with this lab, the students move up to the Secondary & Sr. Secondary levels to more sophisticated, technologically upgraded specific labs, namely –

• Physics lab
• Chemistry lab
• Biology lab

The experiments conducted and done in these spacious and well equipped labs will not only provide our girls with intricate scientific foresight, but will also remain in their scientific young minds for the future times, to provide a base for their career ahead.

Work Experience Lab

The Work-Ex. The lab is a spacious and well-equipped room for fun-filled activity. The Central Board Secondary Education has introduced Work Experience as an integral part of the school curriculum with a view to providing a corrective step to the predominantly bookish nature of education. It also aims at developing the ethos of the dignity of labour in the school atmosphere and the children are drawn closer to the community and become conscious of their social responsibilities. It is essential to qualify in this in order to get a pass in the Secondary School (Class X) or Senior School Certificate (Class XII) Examination. Keeping in mind the spirit of Work Experience, which requires every activity to be purposeful, socially useful, productive and manually oriented the school has made provisions for a large number of activities. Work Experience Options Offered at various Levels Classes VI-XII

• Science & Electronics Club
• Personality & Knowledge Enhancement
• Connoisseurs’ Club (Cookery, Salads, Candle Making, Tie & Dye etc.)
• Fine Arts
• Craft
• Western Dance
• Folk Dance
• Music – Vocal
• Music – Instrumental
• Yoga

Social Science Lab

Social Science Lab brings technology, cultural heritage and environment together in an interesting way, where students learn the various geographical, historical and socio-economic concepts by adopting the experimental, practical approach. The multifaceted lab has a wide range of equipment and aids for making Social Sciences more scientific and practical.

Audiovisual Centre

The 50 seater AV Centre/Studio with its serene and quiet ambiance, is the venue for Workshops, Power Point Presentations, Group Discussions, Quizzes, presenting documentaries to guests, parents, faculty and students. This room is equipped with a state-of-the-art projection system and an extensive software library.

Conference Room

This spacious and prestigious room at QVS takes us down the memory lane reminding us of the times of Round Table Conferences. The state-of-the-art round conference table provides a platform for individual as well as group expression and discussions. At the Conference Room – meetings, presentations, group discussions and workshops are conducted.

Sports @ QVS

‘A healthy body supports a healthy mind’. Physical activities help to channelize the energies of young girls. For the same QVS complex provides:

• An elaborate Play Station and swings for the primary classes.
• State-of-the-art Basketball court
• A Volleyball court
• A huge Playground for athletics and sports like kho-kho etc.
• A Badminton court
• A long skating rink

Aerobics Room

A Magical Room where the walls are covered with mirrors is the technologically equipped Aerobics Room. Here the young girls learn graceful movements to gain flexibility and vigour in their body as well as the mind.

Table Tennis, Chess And Carom Rooms

Table tennis, Chess and Carom Rooms also add variety and spark to the wide range of sports offered at QVS.

Yoga Room

India’s heritage has Yoga in its roots, so, how can these roots be ignored? This venue for yogic asanas and introspective meditation is instrumental in generating bliss, peace and serenity amongst the Queens.

Infirmary

The well-equipped Infirmary at QVS provides medical attention to unwell students. The school has a full time qualified and experienced nurse. The medical staff periodically carries out medical checkup of all students and maintains records/findings for future references. We also have a well-qualified doctor on call. Parents are informed in case the child is advised special medical attention. Free medical aid is provided for minor ailments.

School Reception

With hues of white and blue, in the heart of QVS, is located its very majestic and spacious reception. The huge wood crafted reception counter is technologically equipped and is the nerve centre of the school. It calls out loud and clear ‘How can I Help you, Please!’ The glassed reception back is a peep into the gracefully sliding capsule lift and majestically seated marble Idol of the Goddess of Knowledge- ‘Saraswati’.

Staff Rooms

QVS has individual staff rooms for the faculty on each floor. Keeping the convenience of the faculty in mind the staff rooms are equipped with separate chest of lockers, book racks, Computer systems, resource materials etc.

Activity Rooms

The Activity Rooms at QVS, are the magic juke box of the school which brings the Lil’ queens, i.e. the children of the primary section into full action. The rooms are equipped with a wide range of performing arts and logical-reasoning, games and puzzles. The small blackboard easels, the mini theatre, huge variety of puppets – (finger, glove, mask and eye) help in giving creative expressions to the inner potentials of Lil’ Queens.

Dance And Music Room

This huge and spacious room is a source of relaxation for one and all. The wide range of musical instruments pulls the heart of everybody. The rhythm and beats from this room lift the spirits of everyone who visits it. It is the venue for Art Education Activities.

Aerobics Room

A Magical Room where the walls are covered with mirrors is the technologically equipped Aerobics Room. Here the young girls learn graceful movements to gain flexibility and vigour in their body as well as mind.

Table Tennis, Chess And Carom Rooms

Table tennis, Chess and Carom Rooms also add variety and spark to the wide range of sports offered at QVS.

Yoga Room

India’s heritage has Yoga in its roots, so, how can these roots be ignored? This venue for yogic asanas and introspective meditation is instrumental in generating bliss, peace and serenity amongst the Queens.

Assembly Ground

Amphitheatre

– Stage: The Amphitheatre Stage of QVS stands out majestically at the head of its lush green lawns. Its structural beauty adds to the grandeur of QVS. It is used for all outdoor stage presentations, competitions, house and club meets. It is also a favorite haven for budding young artists, where they enhance their theatrical skills.

Botanical Garden

Flora-The Garden of Five Senses’ is a beautifully landscaped and maintained botanical garden. It gives a visual peep into the diverse world of flora and the fauna as – butterflies, lady birds, bees, caterpillars etc who make their habitat among the flora. Maintenance of the terrace garden on one side of the central hillock and the cactus – rock garden on the other, as well as the artificial channel flowing through this diversity is a great source of joy, aroma and knowledge for the Queens.