Life at Wellsprings

There's more to aday than lessons.

A day here should be a happy one. Your child will think, make things and look after the people around them — and go home wanting to come back.

Children in a closing circle at the end of the day
BelongClosing circle, end of the day.

How school feels in the early years

Wonder·Play·Belong

The shape of a day

A day here, hour by hour.

Every day follows the same simple order: come in, meet, learn, eat, make, talk, go home. Tap any time below to see what happens then.

  1. 8:00 · Arrive

    Breakfast first

    Children come in, eat and talk. Nothing is asked of them for the first half hour.

  2. 8:40 · Assembly

    The whole school meets

    One thought for the day, one song, and one child speaking in front of everyone.

  3. 9:00 · Lessons

    Classes begin with a question

    What did you see? Why did it happen? What will you try next? Children work it out, then explain it.

  4. 12:15 · Lunch

    Hot food, cooked at school

    Children from different classes sit at the same table, so they make new friends.

  5. 1:00 · Make & move

    Afternoons are for doing

    Labs, art, music, the field and the court. Work you can hold or show at the end of it.

  6. 2:40 · Circle

    The class talks about the day

    What went well, what did not, and who helped. Five minutes, every day.

  7. 3:00 · Home

    Home by 3 o'clock

    Notes for parents, a quick word with the class teacher, and out of the gate.

The morning

The day starts with breakfast.

Children eat first, and they are noisy about it. Then the whole school meets for assembly — one thought for the day, one song, and one child at the microphone. Lessons start only after everyone has settled in.

Children arriving and eating breakfast together at school
  1. 8:00

    Gates open

  2. 8:20

    Breakfast

  3. 8:40

    Assembly

Settling in · the youngest children

No child is rushed into class on day one.

  1. 1Day one

    A quiet corner and one known adult

    No child is pushed into the classroom. There is a place to sit and watch until they feel ready.

  2. 2First week

    A little inside, a little outside

    A story, then a break. A song, then a break. The day is given in small pieces.

  3. 3Within two weeks

    They walk in on their own

    Some children do this on day two. Some take two weeks. Both are normal here.

In class

Lessons here start with a question.

What did you see? Why did that happen? What will you try next? This takes longer than giving the answer, but children remember it for much longer.

  1. 01

    Start with a question

    The class is given something to think about before it is given a method.

  2. 02

    Try, get it wrong, try again

    Children work in pairs and small groups. A wrong answer is still useful here.

  3. 03

    Explain what you found

    Every child says their answer out loud. That is what makes it stay.

Every child, every year

Every child has a mentor teacher who knows how they are, not only what they scored.

So if something is wrong on a given day, someone notices before you have to ask.

What is taught, stage by stage, sits on the curriculum pages.

Two children working through a problem together in a Wellsprings classroom
Lunch

Everyone eats together.

Half an hour, one kitchen, and hot food cooked here every morning. Children from different classes sit at the same table, so they make friends outside their own class.

ONE TABLEFour classes,one meal

Seats change through the term, so no child eats alone.

Children eating lunch together at a shared table

Kitchen

In school, cooked fresh every morning

Menu

Vegetarian, changes weekly, sent to parents

Tables

Classes mixed, and seats changed each term

Outside the classroom

Learning trips, planned often.

Farms, parks, museums and workshops. Every trip is linked to what the class is studying at the time. Each year group also spends one night at school — games, stories, a late snack, and a first night away from home, safely looked after.

School

Class starts here, and goes outside too

Farms
Parks
Museums
Workshops
Village visits
A night at school
Children and their teacher on a field visit to an organic farm

How often

Once a month in the early grades, twice a term after that

Night at school

Once a year, one year group at a time

Where they go

Farms, parks, museums, and places around the city

Home time

Home by 3 o'clock.

Before the bags are picked up, the class sits together and talks about the day: what went well, what did not, and who helped.

Then notes for parents, a few minutes with the class teacher, and out of the gate. Children leave the way they came in — known by name, and with something to tell you about at home.

A class sitting in a closing circle at the end of the day
The year

One idea runs through the whole year.

Every year has a theme. This year it is Roots to Wings. You will see it in the morning assemblies, the monthly celebrations, the trips, the competitions and the stage shows.

Theme of the Year · 2026–27

Roots to Wings

Roots first — the habits and values a child stands on. Wings after — the confidence to go further. The events of the year are planned around this one idea.

Read about the theme
Roots to WingsSage roots gather into a gold stem that opens into coral wings, with a bird and motes rising.
Some of what fills a year
  • Environment Day
  • Student Council elections
  • Yoga Day
  • Investiture
  • Community Service Day
  • Market Day
  • Grandparents' Day
  • Dandiya Night
  • Children's Day
  • Annual Function
  • Sports Day
  • Open House
  • Graduation Day
Filter by strand

June 2026

Strong Roots · Integrity

10 events
Parent communication

Your child's school day, in your pocket.

Wellsprings runs on one parent app. Lessons, homework, attendance, assessment reports, fees, leave requests and school notices sit together in one place and update through the day — so you never have to ask twice to know how school is going.

  • Lessons and homework

    What was taught today, what is due tomorrow, and the worksheets that go with it.

  • Daily attendance

    Marked in the morning and visible to you the same day, along with the term's record.

  • Assessment reports

    Unit tests, term assessments and the teacher's written remarks, term by term.

  • Fees, paid online

    Term invoices, payment history and receipts — settled from the app, no queue at the office.

  • Leave requests

    Apply for planned leave or report a sick day; the class teacher and office see it at once.

  • Circulars and events

    Holiday lists, PTM slots, event notices and last-minute changes, pushed as they happen.

  • One thread with school

    Message the class teacher, book a meeting, and keep the whole conversation in one place.

Wellsprings · Parent App

Today

Your child · Grade 3

Lesson

Mathematics

Introduction to fractions

Homework

Worksheet 4

Due tomorrow

Notice

Annual Sports Day

Friday, 29 August

Fees

Term 2 invoice

Now available

Available on Android and iOS. Login details are shared with parents at admission.

Talk to us

Schedule a campus visit.

Pick a time that suits you.

Talk to admissions
Call