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Best Schools on Sarjapur Road
Sarjapur Road, which is located in the heart of Bangalore city, is a bustling and happening place. It is an important road for all kinds of businesses, offices and residential areas. The road is known to have the maximum number of shops, markets and malls. This is why...
Aurinko Sports Day
The Aurinko Sports Day came and went this weekend. Aurinko does it again! The format of the Aurinko Sports Day is unlike any other I’ve personally seen. Children are led on the path of enjoying recreational sports, as the first requirement in being skilled at sports...
Importance of Arts in life
Art is magical, but it is not magic - Charles Lamb Art is a crucial factor that can help us to improve our life. There are no arts without colors. Colors are everywhere in our surroundings, but we don't enjoy them as we are ignorant and are engaged with so many other...
Assessments at Aurinko
Before every summative assessment-there are three of them every year- we receive an email from the school reminding us of the philosophy of assessments at Aurinko. I read the email every time to remind myself how different things are at Aurinko and act accordingly....
Financial literacy
At Aurinko Academy, children had classes recently on financial literacy. That got me thinking about how as a child growing up in a lower middle-income household, I didn't need a class or a workshop in school to understand the value of money. As a child, I understood...
Ma’am I didn’t understand
"Ma'am, I didn't understand" Today, my fourth grader was attending school online since physical classes were cancelled due to heavy rains in the city. Suddenly in the middle of his class, he unmuted himself and said this, "Ma'am, I didn't understand" He said the above...
Good pride and bad pride
What is pride? Why do we feel proud? When should we feel proud, and how can we express pride in a positive manner? Are there different kinds of pride? These are deep questions to ponder for a fully grown adult, and yet Aurinko approaches them, as always, in true...
Class 9 to 12 (Secondary Stage) are the most crucial years for college-preparation
At every teacher-parent connect program, I hear parents bragging about their children and their accomplishments. If one parent talks about her son playing the guitar, then another parent brags about her daughter can play the piano and also enrolled in a math camp. In...
Building Blocks of Quality Education
According to a recent UN report on quality education - Quality education empowers individuals, gives them a voice, unlocks their potential, opens pathways to self-actualization, and broadens perspectives to open minds to a pluralist world. There is no one definition,...