The Cathedral Vidya School

The Cookery Club is one of the non-curricular clubs run on Saturday’s. These are mentored by teachers of the various departments. The Cookery Club is one of the popular clubs among students, where they learn basic culinary skills, cooking and food hygiene and more importantly how to be independent. Our school, being an international residential school where food is served in a Cafeteria style Dining Hall; Learning to cook the basic variety of platters now, will help these students a lot in the long run. Given the fact that most of the IGCSE / IBDP students continue to join universities and colleges that are residential or are away from home. We at the Cathedral Vidya School understand that a child’s schooling doesn’t begin and end at academics and sports alone. There is so much more a child needs to learn before he or she is living independently. The Cathedral Vidya School, Lonavala implements international hands-on and experiential-based learning and teaching pedagogies....

How many times you have heard the term IB school, and couldn’t grasp what exactly it holds and how well does it really help the students. I am assured the answer must be multiple times, and you ended up scratching your head, as you fail to understand that how come an IB school can bring loads of difference to your child’s future. Yes, this is one of the major benefits you get from IBDP schools near Pune … Am I confusing you further??? Well, you don’t need to, since this post is going to highlight a number of advantages you are likely to receive after sending your child to IB world school. So let’s start… What Is IB? IBO concept was founded in 1968; it stands for the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO). Being a non-profit educational organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, it is not at all associated with any specific country and is free from any national, political or educational agendas. The International Baccalaureate (IB) proffers high-quali...

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 ,...

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...