BENCHMARKS for different ACTIVITIES 

                   Art 

PP1 &2

 BEGINNING- Students will be able to hold crayon properly, which helps them to develop their grip levels.

DEVELOPING - Students will be able to hold crayon and concentrate on their eye hand coordination. 

COMPETENT - Students will be able to colour within the given space in an appropriate way. 

Grade 1 & 2

BEGINNING - Students will be able to use their time well and focus on the given task and also will be able to use the elements of art and balance the artwork well on the paper.

DEVELOPING - Students will be able to create their own ideas and implement them in their artwork to make a unique piece to present their work.

COMPETENT - Students will be able to add more details to their artwork and show quality in creating an art piece.

Grade 3 & 4 

BEGINNING - Students will be able to focus on artwork by using the elements of art and a variety of tools for balancing the artwork. 

DEVELOPING - Students will be able to create 2D and 3D to make a unique piece to present artwork. 

COMPETENT - Students will be able to explore the elements of art like color, form ( 3D form) and space (linear perspective) to present their artwork. 

Grade 5 & 6 

BEGINNING - Students will be able to focus on 2D and 3D works by using elements of art. 

DEVELOPING - Students will be able to explore the principles of designs like color(complementary), line(expressive), and shape to create their artwork.  

COMPETENT - Students will be able to apply knowledge of principles and elements of design like color(tints and shades), valve(highlight), to present their work of art. 

PP1 & PP2 

BEGINNING - Learned the basic moves of freestyle. 

DEVELOPING - Learned basic moves with expression.

COMPETENT - Learned  dance with basic steps, tempo, rhythm, and expression . 

Grade 1 & 2 

BEGINNING - Learned the basic moves of locomotor with beat. 

DEVELOPING - Learned basic moves of locomotor movements with space with beat. Learned the expression with music.

COMPETENT - Compose dance with basic steps, tempo, rhythm and expression. 

Grade 3 & 4 

BEGINNING - Learned the basic moves of folk with beat.  

DEVELOPING - Learned basic moves of locomotor movements with space with a beat. Learned the expression with music.

COMPETENT - Compose dance with basic steps, tempo, rhythm, and expression. Choreographed full dance.  

Grade 5 & 6 

BEGINNING - Learned the basic moves of hip hop with beat. 

DEVELOPING - Learned basic moves  of locomotor movements with space with beat. Learned the     expression with music.

COMPETENT - Compose dance with basic steps, tempo, rhythm, expression. Choreographed full dance.  

Grade 7 to 10 

BEGINNING - Students will develop their fitness and basic skills of grip, standing, toss contract, and follow-through action. 

DEVELOPING - Students will develop overhead toss, liftings, forearm, background, and front court footwork practice. 

COMPETENT - Students will learn forearm long service,  defenses, side court footwork, and full court match practice. 

Grade 7 to 10 

 BEGINNING - Students will learn the ball passing skills of the game.

DEVELOPING - Students will learn the skills of attacking the basket along with the ball passing skills.

COMPETENT - Students will learn to play a match with all the ball passing and attacking skills. 

Grade 7 

BEGINNING - Students will be able to understand the basic rules of cricket and acquire knowledge about the game. 

DEVELOPING - Students will gain an understanding of basic cricket rules.

COMPETENT - Students will learn a few basic skills of batting, bowling and fielding. 

Grade 8 

BEGINNING - Students will be able to understand the basic rules of cricket and acquire knowledge about the game. 

DEVELOPING - Students will learn a few basic skills of batting, bowling and fielding. 

COMPETENT - Students will learn a few advanced techniques of batting and bowling. 

Grade 9 & 10

BEGINNING - Students start practicing with hard balls.

DEVELOPING - Students play proper net sessions wherein they apply taught techniques. 

COMPETENT - Students will play practice matches and apply rules and regulations.

Grade 7 to 10 

BEGINNING - Students will learn how to control the ball.

DEVELOPING - Students will learn to control the ball while dribbling, attacking, and defending the ball from opponents.

COMPETENT - Students along with all the skills will learn to shoot the ball and have a gameplay.

Grade 5 & 6 

BEGINNING - Learned to identify the Scale, Rhythm, and Tone of the song and continue till the end of the song with proper presentation. 

DEVELOPING - Learned to show different variations in the Scale, Rhythm, Tone of the song and continue through the song with proper presentation. 

COMPETENT - Learned to be independent in singing without making any mistakes in Scale, Rhythm, Tone, and presenting with good body language and facial expression. 

Grade 1 & 2 

BEGINNING - Students will gain water confidence and safe entry and exit from the water.

DEVELOPING - Students will learn how to float and land with support.

COMPETENT - Students will begin to swim up to 5meterss of distance.

Grade 3 & 4 

BEGINNING - Students will gain water confidence and safe entry and exit from the water. They will also learn to float on water.

DEVELOPING - Students here will learn to push off from the wall, prone to float, tap, and land without support.

COMPETENT - Students here will swim up to 10 meters of distance continuously.

Grade 5 & 6 

 BEGINNING - Students will gain water confidence and safe entry and exit from the water. They will also learn to push off from the wall, float, and tap on water.

DEVELOPING - Students here will start to walk in the water and do freestyle.

COMPETENT - Students here will swim up to 25 meters of distance continuously. 

Grade 1 & 2 

BEGINNING - Students will start walking on the spot with skates by themselves without any support and they can balance.  

DEVELOPING - Students will learn how to walk forward on skates with small steps and they will know the basic posture and how to glide. 

COMPETENT - Students here can push the leg with proper body posture with the execution of crossovers at turns( stepping) 

Grade 3 & 4 

BEGINNING - Students will learn how to walk forward on skates with small steps and they will know the basic posture.   

DEVELOPING - Students will learn how to glide forward on skates with small pushes and they will know how to balance on skates. 

COMPETENT - Students can execute breaks, turns by using crossovers and they can skate properly. 

Grade 5 & 6 

BEGINNING - Students will start walking on skates by themselves without any support and they can balance. 

DEVELOPING - Students will learn how to glide on skates with small steps and they can stop while skating using breaks.

COMPETENT - Students here can push the leg with proper body posture by doing scissor pushes with the execution of the crossovers at turns. 

Grade 1 & 2 

BEGINNING -  Students will learn to tap a tennis ball up and down. 

DEVELOPING - Students will learn forehand and backhand drive. 

COMPETENT - Students will learn forehand and backhand volleys. 

Grade 3 & 4 

BEGINNING -  Students will learn to tap a tennis ball up and down. 

DEVELOPING - Students will learn forehand and backhand drive. 

COMPETENT - Students will learn forehand and backhand volleys and service.

Grade 5 & 6 

BEGINNING -  Students will learn forehand drive. 

DEVELOPING - Students will learn backhand drive and volleys.

COMPETENT - Students will learn to play rallies. 

Grade 7 to 10 

BEGINNING -  Students will learn forehand and backhand drive.  

DEVELOPING - Students will learn service and volleys. 

COMPETENT - Students will play rallies and rally points. 

Grade 7 to 10 

 BEGINNING - Students will develop basic skills of underarm passing, basic service and ball setting skills.

 DEVELOPING - Students will develop man-to-man passing, group passing, service and defense skills.

COMPETENT - Students will be able to play rotation games along with libero rules.

Grade 7 to 10 

BEGINNING - Students will develop basic skills of Catching, throwing and ball handling skills.

 DEVELOPING - Students will develop full court throwing, catching and service skills.

COMPETENT - Students will be able to play rotation games.

Grade 1 

BEGINNING: Students understand what is yoga and why we should do yoga. Students learn alphabet YOGA poses.  They can demonstrate 5 poses.

DEVELOPING: Students can demonstrate at least 10 poses out of 26 alphabet yoga poses.

COMPETENT: Students can demonstrate at least 15 poses out of 26 alphabet yoga poses.

Grade 2 

BEGINNING: Students understand the basic asanas and mudras.

DEVELOPING: Students can demonstrate asanas with help.

COMPETENT: Students can demonstrate asanas without help.

Grade 3  

BEGINNING: Students understand the basic asanas and mudras.

DEVELOPING: Students can demonstrate asanas with help and develop skills.

COMPETENT: Students can demonstrate asanas and explain benefits without help.

Grade 4  

BEGINNING: Students understand the basic asanas and mudras.

DEVELOPING: Students need help in demonstrating asanas and explanations.

COMPETENT: Students can demonstrate and explain asanas. They show their curiosity.

Grade 5 & 6  

BEGINNING: Students understand the basic asanas and mudras.

DEVELOPING: Students understand how asanas help in diseases.

COMPETENT: Students develop curiosity in learning asanas and they do research. They come up with their points and share them in the class.