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Junior students seated on the floor facing the smart board at a school programme, three teachers seated at the side, a garlanded portrait of Maharaja Hari Singh and painted clay pots on display
Campus life

A day inside Oriental Academy.

Classrooms, the courtyard, the stage and the labs: the places where the school day happens.

One campus

The school is arranged in three wings.

The junior, middle and senior wings all stand on the same campus on Afghan Street. A child moves up from one wing to the next without ever changing schools.

Junior Wing

Middle Wing

Senior Wing

The school day

Spaces children use every day.

The classrooms, courtyard and rooms your child uses, from morning assembly to home time.

The entrance at Oriental Academy: a Welcome to Oriental Academy Senior Secondary School banner over the yellow verandah, a board reading Est. 1960, 66+ Years of Excellence, and the junior play area beyond

Walking in

The gate on Afghan Street opens onto a covered verandah the whole school crosses twice a day.

1A teacher standing beside the smart board as a senior class follows a map of the rivers of north India

Classrooms

Regular lessons and revision happen here, with the teacher at the board.

2A school assembly in the courtyard at Oriental Academy, Jammu, children seated before the stage

Morning assembly

The day starts with prayer and assembly in the courtyard. The school also gathers here to open the school year.

3The garlanded secondary stage before a function

Secondary stage

Children perform and speak here at school functions through the year.

4Senior boys in the middle of a game of kho-kho on the paved courtyard, the chasers crouched in a line

Outdoor games

The courtyard is also the games ground, used for kho-kho, circle games and practice.

5A teacher helping a student at a terminal in the Oriental Academy computer lab

Computer lab

Students work at their own terminals, with a teacher alongside them at the keyboard.

6Junior-wing children in their classroom at Oriental Academy, Jammu, in front of the painted tree and the Grow Learn Thrive wall

Junior Wing classrooms

Younger children learn through play, activities and classwork, with a teacher guiding them.

7The junior play area on a green play floor: rocking horses, a slide and climbing frames, with the attendance board and the accounts office behind

Play area

The youngest children have their own covered play area, with slides, rockers and a soft floor.

Through the year

Outside the classroom.

Children take part in assemblies, sport, stage events, Scouts & Guides, Earth Day activities and school competitions through the year. Games include football, volleyball, cricket, kho-kho, kabaddi, badminton, chess and carrom, with athletics on sports day. On stage children learn Kathak, bhangra and Bollywood dance, and the school holds quiz, storytelling and essay-writing competitions.

The whole school gathered in the courtyard for the Baisakhi celebration
Baisakhi celebrationThe whole school turns out
Students taking on the push-up challenge on the green turf, with their coach
SportPush-ups on the turf
Girls in white salwar kameez pull hard on a tug-of-war rope while a teacher referees and a line of boys watches
SportTug of war
The Earth Day parade with handmade placards
Earth DayThe placard parade
Scouts and Guides holding the school crest banner
Scouts & GuidesCarrying the crest
Students, Scouts and Guides and teachers in tree pose on International Yoga Day
Yoga DayEveryone in tree pose
Two senior boys in white school shirts playing chess on a wooden board
GamesA game of chess
This year

The school, this year.

Photographs from this year: the junior wing, the stage and school culture.

The junior wing
Please, thank you, and a wave for the mascots
Little StarsPlease, thank you, and a wave for the mascots
Bubbles, and the scramble for them
PlaytimeBubbles, and the scramble for them
A class singing together behind their music teacher at the harmonium, the Oriental Academy banner behind them
MusicSinging with the harmonium
Stage & cultureThrough the year
A Dogri dance, mid-turn
Special assemblyA Dogri dance, mid-turn
In costume, with the mic
Folk performanceIn costume, with the mic
The Independence Day march-past in the school premises
Independence DayThe march-past in the school premises

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On film

The school year, on film.

Short clips of assemblies, stage programmes, sport and celebrations. Tap to play, and follow us on Instagram for more.

Watch our reels on Instagram@orientalacademy1960
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Call the office and we will fix a time for you. Visits are by appointment, so that classes are not disturbed.

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