Music Activities & Elim Melody

Co-Curricular Music

We understand that music is an integral part of the lives of the children and therefore Elim is committed to make music part of children’s school curriculum. We do so with the following purposes:

(a)  To introduce to children rhymes and action songs.

(b)  To introduce to children various musical instruments, such as traditional piano, keyboard, guitar, violin, flute, drums, etc.

(c)  To cultivate a desire for music and identify musically talented children at an early age by teaching them elements of music through music notations.

(d)  To introduce to selected children elements of instrumental music training.

 

In order to accomplish this, the school has acquired a brand new traditional piano, keyboard, guitars, and drums. In order to handle these instruments, the school has musically trained teachers, and our Principal herself is a trained pianist.

Extra-Curricular Music

In addition to co-curricular music, the school also offers extra-curricular music, especially instrumental training. This is done in the evenings 3.00 – 6.30. Children who are musically talented can be enrolled for this program. Following are the details:

Elim Melody

Elim Melody is the initiative of Elim Montessori Childcare and Preschool with the purpose of providing extracurricular instrumental music training to our students as well as other students who would join for learning instrumental music.

Courses Offered

Piano – Elementary and grade levels

Guitar – Elementary and grade levels

Aim

Our aim is to prepare children for ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) exam grade after grade. We also prepare children for taking part in concerts organized by ourselves in our centre and in other places so that children can build up confidence and showcase their God-given talent.

Teachers

We have trained teachers for both piano and guitar classes. Many of our teachers have gone through the grade by grade learning of Piano and guitar and have taken the ABRSM (Associated Board of The Royal Schools of Music) exams. Therefore they are in a position to prepare the children for ABRSM exams.

Course Materials for Piano

Elementary Level 1: Howard Kasschau, Teach Me To Play: A Preliminary Book for the Earliest Beginner, revised edition. New York: G Schirmer, 1969.

Elementary Level 2: Howard Kasschau, Piano Course: Step-by-Step to Mastery of the Piano, revised edition. New York: G Schirmer, 1969.

Grade 1 and above:  John Thompson’s Modern Course for the Piano or Michael Aaron’s Piano Course series

For Theory and Exercise,

John Brimhall’s Theory Note Book (3 Levels)

John Thompson’s Note-Speller: A Music Writing Book

Instruments

We have acquired a brand new traditional Piano which will be used for the lessons along with Keyboard for the little children. Those children who sign up for guitar classes are required to bring their own guitars when they come for lessons.

Time

3.00 – 6.00 pm (Monday – Friday); 9.00 am – 12.00 noon (Saturday)

Age

4 and above

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For more details: Visit our Campus between 9.00 am and 6.00 pm

Call us: 9590737342 / 9590737352 / 9845794495

Email: contactus@elimmontessori.com, elimmontessori@gmail.com

Website: elimmontessori.com

Health and Safety

Clean and Safe Environment

For Elim, “cleanliness is next to holiness.” This is not just a slogan for us, but we literally mean it. We take utmost care for the safety of the children committed to our care and nurture. Therefore, we take special initiative to keep the premises clean and safe. Our school is closed on Saturdays mainly to do the weekly thorough cleaning of the premises and the facilities. All our facilities are neatly arranged and properly maintained. School has strict measures to keep up good hygiene of the place. 

Following are some of those measures:

(a)  Boys and girls have separate restrooms with multiple WCs and bathing space with hot water facility.

(b)  Children have easy access to soap for washing their hands after using the toilet.

(c)  Single use disposable tissues are provided for children to wipe their hands. Children are also encouraged to bring their own hand towel to school.

(d)  All children are trained to observe proper and regular hand-washing, especially after visiting the toilet. Each helping staff is assigned with few children to assist them in this matter.

(e)  Toys are washed regularly and put under the sun to dry. We do not let the children play with stuffed toys as these are difficult to clean when soiled.

(f)   Proper instruction is given to parents regarding illness and infectious diseases.

(g)  Children are unwell will be asked to go home.

(h)  Children who are sick must not be sent to school.

(i)    Each child is assigned with a low level cot, linen, and pillow. (Parents are asked to provide the linen, and towel).

Dealing with Emergency Situation

In order to deal with emergency situations, the following measures are taken:

(a)  Our teachers and support staff are trained to deal with emergency situations, especially on how to perform CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) on an infant or child on rescue breathing; and how to give First Aid to a chocking infant or child. We have demonstration videos of these and other First Aid measures and we screen to the Staff through our LCD Projector during their compulsory basic training sessions to let the Staff know what to do during emergency situations.

(b)  We also let the children watch these videos when they first enroll to our school so that they would know what to do in emergency situations and should not panic. During the first few days of their enrollment, children are required to go through a series of instructions regarding the basic steps they need to take to keep themselves clean and protected, and to prevent any unforeseen incident while they are on our premises or even in their life.

(c)  Parents are requested not to send any food items, as snacks or meals, that would chock the children, such as, banana, fish or meat balls, chocolate balls, etc.

(d)  The school is equipped with a well packed and maintained First Aid Box for emergency medical need.

(e)  The building is fixed with two fire extinguishers, one next to the kitchen and another in front of the office.

(f)   The building is equipped with an alarm system and in any emergency situation, the alarm would sound and the responsible people would get into action immediately.

(g)  The building has multiple entry and exit points.

(h)  For any emergency medical attention other than First Aid Box, the school has a tie-up with Karunalayam Hospital, Carmelaram.

(i)    For sleeping purpose, the school uses only low level single cots which have been specially designed by the school, and made by our carpenter for this purpose.

Individual Health Measures

To ensure the highest quality of care for children attending the School, it is essential that parents inform the staff of any health related problems upon enrolment.

Parents will be asked to fill out an ‘Individual Health Plan’ form which outlines the medical history, medical conditions, management plan, doctor’s contact details and a photo of the child. Furthermore, if a child has been diagnosed with asthma or anaphylaxis, parents are asked to fill out separate action management plans.

Allergies or chronic conditions which your child has should be discussed with the school Principal or Supervisor so that they are familiar with how they should attend to your child if necessary. 

Children who have been diagnosed with autism, developmental delays etc, may be eligible for specialized care within the school.

Illness and Infectious Diseases

Should your child become ill whilst at the School you will be notified and asked to collect your child immediately. It is important that you collect your child promptly to minimize your child’s discomfort and to reduce the possibility of cross-infection with other attending children.

Your child may return to the School providing that he/she is not contagious and is not undergoing the first two days of anti-biotic treatment.

Children suffering from infectious diseases (eg diarrhea, measles, mumps, chickenpox, etc) or if vomiting must be excluded from the service of the School for a period of time until the child is fully recovered. If the child is diagnosed as having an infectious disease, it is your responsibility to inform the School immediately. 

Moral Emphasis

Training up Children in the God-honoring Way

When the school aims for academic excellence with all the modern facilities and well researched and planned curriculum, there is a danger of neglecting another important aspect of education, that is, character formation. It is important to equally emphasize the character building of our children so that we not only produce intellectuals, but at the same time, people who are with a heart, who are morally upright as well.

Elim is guided by the Proverb of the ancient wise King Solomon, saying, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” This reflects in our motto: Engaging Minds, Molding Lives. Our goal is academic excellence and character formation in our students. We believe that the students need to be morally groomed to be ethically sound to become responsible and upright people of the society.

With this in mind, we have planned for a series of weekly and occasional activities, and following are just a few of them:

Weekly Moral Lessons: We plan for weekly 45 minutes lessons with activities. Each lesson centers around a theme. It comes along with its own activities such as art and craft, puzzle, etc.

Video Shows: We have a series of videos on the lives of various people who have contributed to the society and impacted the lives of many through their upright character and selfless service to the society. These characters are taken from spiritual books, history books, and the contemporary society.

 

Special Programs: Occasionally we organize special programs and activities, such as, puppet shows, field trips, group games, with the idea of communicating to the children of the importance of loving one another, caring and supporting for one another, showing compassion and love for others, helping and encouraging the needy ones, etc.

Seminars for Parents: Occasionally the school organizes seminars for parents, bringing in experts of this field, to help the parents understand their parental responsibilities in upbringing the children in the correct way. 

Welcome to Elim Childcare and Preschool

Main School Building with the Adjacent Playground

Elim, which symbolizes Springs of Life, offers plenty of life for the little ones through committed care, genuine love, fun and games, quality education, and moral instructions; all these come with a world class infrastructure set up.

We are guided by the Proverb of the ancient wise King Solomon, saying, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6). This reflects in our motto: Engaging Minds, Molding Lives.

View of the Playground

Front Porch

Classroom 1

Low Level Bed for Daycare children

In order to introduce to children plenty of activities which are being practiced in preschools in different parts of the world we also include materials from other international sources as part of our curriculum.

Library and Reading Room

Music Room with Piano and Guitar

This integrated curriculum helps us to introduce to our children the best concepts which have been time-tested and proven internationally for leaning language, mathematics, science, geography, culture and arts, music, principles for social and moral behavior, and many other things which would help children to grow in almost every aspect of life.

Part of our educational program, we are also aiming to inculcate good moral and cultural values and principles in the lives of the children and to help the parents and families understand the importance of the same, so that the society and the nation as a whole would be benefited through our educational system.

Safety Measures

Boys' Washroom

Girls' Washroom

Elim is setup on a 10,000 sq ft of land, of which 5,000 is built up area, with world class amenities, including big in-door halls for play and activities, separate care rooms for toddlers, LCD projector and PA System for audio – video activities, a brand new traditional piano, key board, and other musical instruments for the music room, a well equipped children’s library, modern kitchen and dining area, separate toilets and washrooms for boys and girls, sand pit, water play, and water painting areas, an adjacent playground for outdoor fun, bicycling and tricycling, ball games and other activities, etc. This makes Elim truly a place every child craves for!

Boys' Toilet

Moral Emphasis

Office and Reception

Inside View of Elim (Preschool Section Class Rooms)

Inside View of Elim (Children into Activities)

Inside Vew of Elim (Childcare Section)

Newly Done Sandpit and Play Items

Newly Done Adjacent Play Ground and the Main School Building 

Playground

Playground

Main Building from the Playground

Children's Basketball Court at the Playground

Play Items at the Ground and the Pole for the Badminton Net

Flowers of Elim from the Playground

View of the Front Porch and Entrance with the Flowers of Elim

We are located on Sarjapur Main Road, after Wipro Corporate Office and before Mantri Premero Apartments, adjacent to V V R School, just 50 meters away from the main road, in a safe and serene residential enclave, away from the noise and pollution of the main road. 

Admissions Open For:

Age: 2 and Above (Playschool, Nursery, and After School Care)

        1 and Above (Daycare)

Time: 8.00 am – 6.30 pm (Childcare and After School Care)

          9.00 am – 12.00 noon (Playschool, Nursery, Junior & Senior KG)

For More Details: Call Us: 9590 7373 52, 9590 7373 42

                           Visit our Websites: elimchildcare.org

                                                            facebook.com/elimchildcare

Visiting hours: Mon – Fri: 9.00 am – 6.30 pm

                        Sat:          9.00 am – 5.00 pm

Our Motto:

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old,

he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6)