Our
aims: To grow together to build a strong, safe and
happy community where learning and achievement are
valued by all.
Air
Foundation
School
System is a happy caring school with a friendly family
atmosphere. We expect high standards of work and
behaviour. We are committed to the principle of
partnership with parents and believe that children
learn best when home and school are in harmony. Our
current priorities for school development plan are:
·
Priority 1:
To raise standards in English language across the
school and to improve the levels attained by pupils at
the end of Year.
·
Priority 2:
To continue to improve our assessment practice and
understanding so that we can better inform learning.
·
Priority 3:
To align our practice with the requirements of
‘Every Child Matters’.
·
Priority 4:
To continue to develop as an extended school
community.
·
Priority 5:
To continue to develop leadership in depth across the
school.
In
addition to these whole school priorities, we will
continue to maintain and further develop our excellent
and very good practice in areas such as:
·
Curriculum development – led by the
relevant subject leader and by Year Leaders.
·
Workforce reform.
·
Independence
,
citizenship and participation in our community.
·
Continuing to develop our
understanding of meeting the needs of pupils with
global era and to create conducive environment the
talented, able and gifted and other pupils who need
special consideration in our school.
·
The physical and learning
environment.
Air
Foundation
School
System is a co-educational
Junior
School
. It currently has around 500 boys and girls on roll,
aged between 5
and 13 years old. We are a school that is proud to
be at the heart of the local community of
Karachi
,
Lahore
and
Islamabad
. We have special provision within our school to
support pupils with speech and language difficulties.
Air
Foundation
School
System
Islamabad
first opened its doors on
31st August 2002
as a registered private limited company to work for
better education in
Pakistan
. It has got its associate partners that work with few
projects throughout the country, such as Base
Foundation Islamabad, Innovative Solutions (BPO)
Rawalpindi
, Cadet College Murree, Sr. Wing, Kashmir Point and
Cadet College Murree, Jr. Wing, Bhurban. More than
1000 pupils have been registered so far in both the
Colleges. In 2006 the management planned to launch Air
Foundation School System in the country. In the first
phase, it went for major cities in
Pakistan
including
Karachi
,
Lahore
and
Islamabad
.
Air
Foundation School System is now viewed as leading the
field in aspects of leadership and management,
supporting pupils’ emotional and social development
and, most especially, in the curriculum and
opportunities that we provide here at the School.
The
accommodation is spacious, comprising various
classrooms, a group room, a library, science and
activity room. There are networked computers in all
the classrooms, all of which have Internet access. We
plan a fully networked ICT suite as well in near
future. We also plan for one big hall that is used for
PE, music and drama as well as assemblies.
Educational
visits are arranged to places of interest and are
planned to extend and enrich the curriculum. During
every school year, pupils have been out to visit local
places of interest as well as to other educational
sites relevant to the curriculum.