Virtual School
In March 2020, Reliance Foundation Schools transitioned to virtual teaching and learning, rising to the challenge of continuing quality education for students, in the face of COVID-19 pandemic. The virtual school model has been designed to meet the needs of students by providing innovative learning pathways in an online setting. To make online learning seamless, our teachers integrate the latest academic practices with user-friendly advanced technology tools adroitly.
Reliance Foundation Schools steadily moved to the Hybrid Mode of Education for ensuring that students learn in the best possible way and no learning gaps are created during these challenging times. Virtual Booths are set in every classroom and classes are streamed LIVE for students who attend classes in the online mode. The experiments are streamed LIVE from the Laboratories for the students to have a better understanding of the processes involved.
Our teachers' commitment and the steadfast support of parents have enabled us to provide students with personalised learning experiences and embrace the new mode of learning. Hybrid learning has been an enriching and transformative experience for students and teachers alike.
- Curriculum and pedagogical planning by teachers overcome challenges of hybrid classes and avail benefits of virtual teaching.
- The school has been offering virtual classes using Microsoft Teams for Education, which provides a large number of applications and tools to every teacher and student.
- Every classroom is provided with required set-up for hybrid teaching.
- The school has successfully conducted Periodic Tests and Unit Tests, Assessments and Term Examinations for all students using Exam.net, a secure virtual examination portal and Microsoft Teams. Teachers provide timely and effective feedback to students by using these tools to reinforce the learning process.
- Students have been actively engaged in learning through a suite of virtual learning tools such as OneNote, Class Notebook, Sway, Adobe Spark, Stream, Yammer, SharePoint, Flipgrid, Polly, MindMeister, Prezi, Quizizz, Kahoot, Socrative, Whiteboard.fi, etc. The teachers use diverse tools like Karma, No Hands, Classkick and ClassDojo to improve classroom engagement and peer learning. The virtual environment has also enabled teachers and students to explore creative content development by using Adobe Spark for Education.
- Apart from online classes, the school also promotes asynchronous learning by posting pre-recorded lessons, PowerPoint presentations, audio-visual resources, supplementary reading material, assignments, and worksheets.
- Morning assemblies, dance and music classes are held virtually and participation in online cultural festivals and competitions are encouraged and supported by the teachers.
- Sports, Physical Education and Yoga classes and interhouse competitions are regularly organized virtually. Sessions on Food and Nutrition are conducted by the Physical Education teachers to help students understand the importance of nutrition on health to remain fit while attending virtual school.
- The school library has transitioned to digital format within no time. The library takes special efforts to share relevant resources with teachers and students across all grade levels.
- The school celebrates important events and special days virtually through enriching and thought-provoking activities. Virtual events such as Earth Day, International Yoga Day, Model United Nations, Independence Day, Teachers' Day, and Reading Week are organised so that students imbibe the core values and retain their interest in extracurricular activities.
- Student Care Services department organises regular sessions for providing support to students with differential needs, counselling for social-emotional health and well-being of students and organises career oriented talks and fairs for the students of secondary and senior secondary sections.
- Microsoft Teams platform is being used to conduct the Parent-Teacher Meetings, Web Seminars and Education Fairs for the students and Professional Development Programmes for the teachers.
- Our teachers are continually trained and mentored to use the technology solutions effectively and provide a seamless learning experience to all students.