LUMBINI AAWASIYA MADHYAMIK VIDHYALAYA (LAMV) recognizes that all students are uniquely talented. Within our exceptionally supportive Lumbini AMV community, students develop positive relationships and relish the opportunity to realize their individual potential to the full. Learning at Lumbini AMV is highly student-centered, engaging and inquiry based. Through a broad range of experiences in and beyond school, students become confident, optimistic, compassionate and internationally-minded young adults, ready to find their place in the world.
A Modern School grounded in traditional values
I. PHILOSOPHY
A school that offers the best of both worlds – Integrating the essence of Nepalese Core Values and International education
Lumbini Aawasiya Madhyamik Vidhyalaya is a forward-thinking school that integrates the essence of Nepalese Core Values and International education. We provide an exceptionally caring and learning-focused environment for our students.
LAMV offers a progressive curriculum uniquely designed to meet 21st Century global needs through the aspirations and goals of the current Nepalese Educational diaspora.
LAMV is authorized to offer Secondary Education offered by the Ministry of Education, Nepal.
Our curriculum is designed to foster students’ inquiry skills, interdisciplinary learning, communicative and self-learning abilities, skills which are much needed for 21st century’s globalized world of work and life.
While encouraging students to strive for academic excellence, they are also guided individually to develop their individual potential and talent to the full. The school encourages students to develop good character and global citizenship through action and service embedded in the rich and multifaceted co-curricular programs. These characteristics are strongly promoted by the school’s ‘LAMV Learner Attributes’. Students learn to appreciate positive universal human values including responsibility, honesty, integrity, humility, commitment, perseverance, respect for others, compassion and valuing learning.
The school thus aims to enhance students’ awareness of their own cultural identity and heritage, whilst deepening their understanding and respect for other peoples, nations and cultures.
II. STRATEGIES
Quality teaching team & small classes
Native English-speaking teachers and bilingual overseas-returned teachers are the asset of Lumbini AMV. When recruiting teachers, the school places much emphasis on selecting and matching the teacher’s vocational aspirations and professionalism with the philosophy of the school. This ensures that teachers joining the school are fully committed to the educational values and mission of Lumbini AMV.
A structured professional development program, as well as training, are implemented on a regular basis to ensure that staff members continue to reflect on their practice and grow professionally so that they can excel in their teaching and team working. Training takes the form of workshops, training courses, seminars, mentoring, professional reviews, networking and teacher exchange program.
Students also benefit from a small student to teacher ratio that ensures that every student’s academic advancement and personal growth are best looked after and their talent and potentials are developed to the full.
The school adopts a holistic language approach, so that effective use of language is expected in every aspect of teaching and learning in all subjects, not just in language lessons. In this way all teachers are responsible for students’ language development.
A rigorous and stimulating reading program is implemented, together with special support strategies to help all students to raise their literacy skills to the required levels.
House and Club system to enhance Co-Curricular Activities:
To enhance co-curricular activities of our students, the school has a house and club system in which every student and teacher is a member of one of four houses under Senior Division and Junior Division.
House and Club activities, such as camps and inter-house competitions are held regularly to enhance team spirit, develop leadership and social skills as well as compassion for others.
Progress and Achievement team and Personal Growth Program framework
In line with the exceptionally caring, student-centered ethos of the school, Lumbini AMV has a Progress Achievement team with designated responsibilities to plan, implement and periodically evaluate the Personal Growth Program framework of the school.
The framework includes the design of special activities, courses in life skill education, conduct, personal, career counselling services to support the personal growth and well-being of every student in the school.
In addition, the team will lead teachers to monitor and review the development of students, providing further challenges for talented students whilst offering individualized support to those in need.
III. SCHOOL LIFE
School life and Experiential Learning
Students of Lumbini AMV describe school life at LAMV as happy, purposeful and fulfilling and learning at school is enjoyable, creative, meaningful and relevant to daily life.
To enrich students’ life at school, widen their horizons and realize the potential and talent to the full, the school runs a comprehensive and diverse co-curricular activities program that embraces disciplines of Sports & Action, Creativity, Music, Drama and other Performing Arts, Technology, Craft, Academic Clubs and Community Service.
Learning outside the classroom
Every year the school runs a structured program of camp activities to extend learning outside the classroom. Camps activities include field expeditions; environmental, adventure and leadership training camps; as well as study visits and service camps overseas.
Physical learning environment and facilities
To promote inquiry-based and multi-media teaching and learning through information and communication technology (ICT), an extensive school-wide network has been installed to match the growing needs of the school, including wireless access and an intranet for collaborative learning and communication within the school community.
Full network facilities and equipment have been installed throughout the school and a total of 30 computer in computer laboratory have been set up so far for students and teacher use throughout the school.
The school also provides guidance to students on the social impact and ethical dimensions of a globalized electronic media. Other facilities provide for students’ learning and leisure use include our spacious library and associated computer equipment for reference and research, multi-purpose sports and drill activities, hall for musical and dance performances and exhibitions, gardens, canteen.