The City School   

Southern Region

Dear Parents and Students,

As per the directives of Government of Sindh, all The City Schools of Southern Region will remain closed from March 16, 2020 to May 31, 2020. The decision has been taken as the health and safety of students, parents and staff stand first at the heart of The City School.

A set of academic related information for your kind perusal is mentioned below:

·         As per Sindh Government’s decision, school will re-open after summer break on June 01, 2020. Teaching and learning activities will resume to achieve the planned objectives.

·         We have been conducting online sessions using various platforms and will continue to support our students to achieve their academic goals. Each school will be sharing their teaching details according to the class level and academic requirements. Kindly remain in touch with the management of your respective schools.

·         Schools will also be sharing specific reinforcement tasks for Summers to support practice of various skills and concepts.

Early Years (Play Group till Class 2):

It is vital to keep the young learners engaged in healthy home based activities which will not only enhance but also develop their social, personal and emotional skills. We will continue to share interactive and engaging apps, activities and websites with you for the same.

Promotion: The missed syllabus will continue to be taught from 1^st June 2020 and students will be promoted to the next class level keeping in view their continuous academic performance throughout the year.

Classes 3 to 5

Teaching and learning will continue through various online methods till March 31, 2020. Parents are requested to encourage students to actively participate and ensure timely submission of tasks.

Promotion:

Students from Class 3 till 5 will be promoted on the basis of their Mid-year results. The missed syllabus will continue to be taught from 1^st June 2020 along with Formative assessments taken periodically.

Classes 6 till 9

Online teaching will continue till March 31, 2020 and resume back after the Summer break from 1^st June 2020. Schools will ensure to meet the planned objectives and accordingly will reinforce them till 15^th July 2020.

Promotion:

Classes 6 till 8 Examination: Students of Classes 6 till 8 will attempt examination for core subjects i.e.  English, Urdu, Math and Science. The exams will begin from 16^th July 2020. Regular updates will be shared with parents regarding syllabus.

Class 9 Examination: Students will be appearing for Examination from 16^th July 2020 for all the subjects.

O and A Levels (Classes 10 to 13)

For the past 2 weeks we have been conducting online classes for the O/A Levels students. We will continue this routine till the CAIE Examinations commence. Students are requested to actively participate and ensure timely submission of tasks. School management is monitoring the quality of teaching and learning regularly.

Mocks Exams of O/A Levels will be conducted online and will be scheduled from 27^th of March 2020. The details and the procedure for these exams will be shared with students by their respective schools.

Online Topical Tests with variants will also take place to ensure students preparation for the CAIEs. Parents will be kept updated with all the schedules and details of students’ performance accordingly.

We are in touch with Cambridge International’s representatives and will keep you informed if there is any change in CAIE’s schedule for May/June 2020 examination. Likewise, we will keep you posted for all the latest developments and decisions taken by the local Government. 

Thank you for your continued cooperation and understanding. Your ward’s respective school management is always available to support or address any queries that you may have.   

Wishing you good health and safety.

The City School Management