The Cathedral Vidya School

The moments cherished most in our life, are generally those from our childhood, where there are friends, there is laughter, pranks, and that unconditional love and promises to stay together always. These days with nuclear families in trend and for security reasons children tend to get isolated with technological gadgets for the company and spending time. We can give our children the best that’s available in the market but children need friends and the learning process which comes from bonding with children their own age to make that one childhood special and fun. At boarding schools, children enjoy the same 24 hours in many more meaningful ways and have so many other people to learn from and grow with. However, there is an ideology, which states, that children are too young to understand the complexities of life, thus they must grow up in the guidance and shadow of their family members to learn the differences between right and wrong, and prepare themselves for their independ...

Education is not at all what it used to be years ago. With the advancement and excellence of human capacities, core basic requirements and priorities of mankind to have advanced at an unimaginable pace. Academic knowledge and children’s capabilities are no longer restricted to the age or genes of a child. In the last decade, we have seen such excellence and child prodigies from entrepreneurs to scientists. The other day, there was an article about a child in Hyderabad, who is teaching engineers to code. So, teaching is also not restricted to age anymore. In such a scenario, we understand that the academic needs of today’s children are beyond comprehension and limits. As teachers, we see the international bodies of education, develop advanced academic programs for children right from their first step at school. International schools are places where children are doing everything very early, right from lab experiments to creating and executing real-life projects in the clas...

A boarding school always comes along with many components unlike day schools; where the academics, the sports, and the extracurricular activities are somewhere given equal considerations. The entire day is filled with a bit of all the components, along with imbibing time management and self-discipline. Let’s take a look at some of the top benefits of boarding schools, as suggested by experts… Boarding schools make children independent: At the fast pace in which life is moving, parents are always on the move working or keeping up with the demanding social life. The need of the hour is all the more essential to make our children not only independent but also accountable for their decisions. This is what boarding schools groom children for.   At Boarding Schools children are taught to keep their rooms neat and presentable at all time,  manage their laundry, set their school bags, get up early in the  morning, go for some sport from the options available, at P...

Day1 - Football The first day of football at Spandan 2018 in the Cathedral Vidya School, Lonavala was fitting for an event of this caliber. It started at nine in the morning with the Under 18 teams of Cathedral Vidya School Lonavala and Oberoi International School, Goregaon facing off against each other. The ball flew from one side to the other, only to be met with a wall of defensive players. Both sides showed great skill in their game. Neither team was better than the other, and the match ended in 1 – 1 tie. The Cathedral Vidya School, an IB world school Pune scored at the last minute to steal a stalemate from the jaws of defeat. Each match was played with similar gusto. Every player in every team showed their passion in smashing the ball from one goalpost to the other. The chants of every school echoed in the hills. Neither wear nor tear could crush the spirits of these intrepid warriors. FOOTBALL – FIELD B The players are all pumped up for the next 3 days ,...

“For myself, losing is not coming second. It’s getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I’ve been in.” – Ian Thorpe The schools participating were Cathedral Vidya School , Kohinoor American School, Euro School Wakad ,B.D. Sonami ,B.K. Birla and Universal World College. The style for the day was freestyle. Boys under 19, 50 metre Moon lead the match and took over. The public screamed “Moon! Moon!” and their screams were justified, as Moon from CVSL, the best boarding school near Navi Mumbai won the first heat. The second heat left everyone confused, as to who would win. Everyone had very high hopes from their swimmers, but Oberoi International School took the lead and showed us what they’ve got in the second heat. Both the heats showed clear winners with no-one else taking over in between but the third heat seemed very tough. Everyone began with the same speed but then beating the tough competition came...

The Abhivyakti commenced with four schools displaying their perception of #Spandan2018CVSL as a whole, via their surreal paintings. The schools were given pictures of various events and happenings of Spandan and were left with their creativity flowing through their minds for transforming their imagination into reality. The intensity of heat and the scorching sun did not burn the spirits of the artists. From bright to dark shades, the participants did not fail to brighten our days. While some participants delineated football, others portrayed Spandan as the overwhelming Gen-X fashion show. With palms painted green and to shirt with strokes of paint, the participants strived to achieve perfection. The teachers cheered the little ones on, along with seniors who had nothing in their minds but to make their school win. At the end, everybody won with flying colours (pun intended). The battle of art finally ended with Yechan Moon from IB curriculum school in Pune . The Cathed...

Do you know what is Brain Training and how it really helps the children and how the best boarding school in Mumbai can really help to be a part of the existing teaching methodology for your children? Well, you must know how the engaging factors of brain training allow the children to strengthen cognitive skills or a specific cognitive skill and through the computerized practice it grows out to be something better than before. Brain Training helps the young children to train the following; Enhanced attention span Processing information quickly Retaining information Enhanced memory and retention of information Ability to shift attention from one place to another effectively Our mind is one of the most valuable tools nature has gifted us, and unless it is being used it would turn sluggish and inefficient enough to analyze the complicated problems, hence the constant training is required. Below mentioned are some of the daily exercises co-ed boarding school in...