Our Belief
Education is the nurturing and shaping of every aspect of the student: academic, intellectual, physical, emotional, interpersonal and spiritual. A focus on self-esteem, learning of life skills, creative thinking, problem solving and reading with understanding is the nucleus of our educational program. Amber Valley is a welcoming learning space, where students are encouraged to explore and ask. The approach to learning, gaining knowledge and skills is interdisciplinary and interconnected, representative of the real world.
Grades KG–5
Our belief is that learning at this stage deeply influences the ability to learn at later school stages. The teaching methodology is built around the premise that a concept is better understood through a variety of experiences and exploration of the environment.
KG to Grade 2
Kindergarten has an exciting, multi-sensorial phonics programme integrated with art, music, storytelling, math and movement. It lays a solid foundation in listening, speaking, reading, writing and thinking skills, with the expectation that students shift from learning to read to reading to learn by second grade.
Grades 3 & 4
Third graders begin to develop a sense of themselves as scholars. As readers they develop the mastery that leads to enjoyment; as writers they find that they can inform, persuade and entertain; as mathematicians they handle larger and more complex operations than ever before.
Grade 5
As writers they constantly generate and revise new work; as readers they tackle longer, more complex literature. As mathematicians they advance beyond whole numbers to fractions and decimals, converting seamlessly between the two.
Grades 6–8
At this stage of their lives, students are coming into their own as pre-teens, and attitudes to the world around them are being formed. Our students are encouraged to go deeper into social and intellectual issues, life in the time of social media, and to evaluate where they stand as individuals — paving the way to their crucial teenage years.
Sixth grade at Amber Valley becomes residential for all students — the junior-most class of the Boarding School. Still tied to parents over weekend outings, they quickly learn that they are capable of far more than they ever dreamed, building powerful, lasting relationships with caring adults and classmates.
Grades 9–12 · 10:1 student to faculty ratio
Continuing the process of learning to communicate with clarity and precision, sufficient care is taken to prepare students for the ICSE/ISC exams with a well laid-out routine of unit tests, end-term exams and practice exams. The teaching methodology focuses on rigour in writing and thinking — and goes beyond, raising the level of consciousness to lead students towards being self-aware, discerning young adults who thrive as they impact society positively.
Grade 10 — the first public exam is an ensured success through the efforts of teachers to push individual students to put in serious work. Grade 11 — an array of Science, Humanities and Commerce subjects to choose from, alongside stand-alone Elective English, Art and Physical Education. Small class sizes navigate students through emotional growth, building leadership skills and responsibility under a safety net a home or college environment cannot match.
Celebrating Curiosity
At Amber Valley, our focused program develops questioning and independent thinkers — individuals who learn from and interact with the world around them through inquiry and an openness to explore and discover.
Cricket grounds curated by KSCA, football field, 400 m athletic track, basketball and volleyball courts, rifle shooting range, billiards.
Pottery, art, music, dance and drama woven into everyday campus life.
Archery, trekking and outdoor learning in the hills and water bodies around the valley.
The Harvard Certification Program with Harvard Student Agencies builds business basics and entrepreneurial competence.