Best CBSE Schools in Chennai | Orchids The International School

Our cutting-edge infrastructure across all the 8 branches in the city of Chennai positions us among the top schools in Chennai. At each branch of OIS, our focus is to provide a 360-degree development to every child which includes academics, sports, arts and personal development. 

The academic wings feature smart classrooms, advanced labs for robotics, science, maths and computers. For sports, our students have access to artificial turfs, swimmings pools and indoor playgrounds. We also nurture creative expressions through our music, art, dance studios. For every child, Orchids have created a space where they can explore their potential.

• Smart classrooms: Orchids premises boasts digital classrooms with smart boards, multimedia projectors and content and interactive tools.

• Science/computer labs: At Orchids, our STEM labs bolster the comprehensive understanding of subjects. We offer them advanced coding and scientific labs for hands-on discovery and practical learning.

• Sports complex: Integral to our balanced approach, we emphasize physical education in our curriculum. We have professional turfs and vast swimming pools, maintained under the supervision of mentors and strict security protocols.

• Arts & music studios: Students delve into creative and artistic expressions at our art studios. They have access to dance rooms, music labs, pottery-making studios and theatres.

• Library, infirmary, cafeteria: We also encourage intellectual curiosity with our library full of age-appropriate books. Our hygienic cafeteria provides nutritious meals and a comfortable environment for social interaction.
  
  

Orchids offers a diverse range of extracurricular activities and sports programs designed to nurture talents, build life skills, and promote physical fitness among students. 

The extracurricular activities include:

• Music

• Dance

• Visual arts

• Theatre

• Robotics

• STEM-based projects

• Horticulture and eco-clubs

• Textile making

• Pottery 

• Public Speaking

In Sports, Orchids offers professional training in:

• Basketball

• Football

• Cricket

• Swimming

• Taekwondo (martial arts)

• Chess

These co-curricular programs are highly engaging, and the students learn valuable lifelong skills while enjoying these activities.

Orchids The International School primarily follows the CBSE curriculum, seamlessly integrating international teaching methods to offer students a global perspective and prepare them for global opportunities and challenges.

Here’s how our curriculum is segmented: 

Foundational and Preparatory years:

NEP classifies ages 3-8 as foundational and grades 3-5 as preparatory. Pre nursery, kindergarten 1 and kindergarten 2 comes under our early years program. As part of EYP we lay a strong foundation in literary and numeracy. The students in early years learn - Literary, Numeracy, Dance, Arts, Circle time and Sports.

Through a highly engaging and hands-on learning curriculum developed exclusively for Orchids.

Primary Program:

It covers grades 1-5, we give a wide exposure to the students across our curricular and co curricular and extra curricular programs. As part of the core curriculum, students learn- English, Math, Science, EVS, Interdisciplinary program (IDP), 2nd language , 3rd language, Coding and Robotics.

Secondary Program:

In grades 6-12, the focus is more towards academics which builds on the learning in the foundational and Preparatory years. We offer- English, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Languages, Advanced Coding and Advanced Robotics 

All of these are based on the CBSE curriculum and a customised learning program which focuses on depth of conceptual understanding and practical knowledge.