Cambridge Nursery & Primary School

Our little school is located at No 58, Sayapettai Street in Semmandalam. Cuddalore is a place where everyone knows everyone, and our street is no different. The school is a modest building tucked into a residential area. Because we handle nursery and primary kids, the place is rarely quiet. There is always the sound of children singing rhymes or playing in the small courtyard out front. The rooms are decorated with drawings and alphabet charts that the teachers have made by hand using markers and chart paper. It is a bit cramped sometimes, especially when parents come for meetings, but we make it work. The furniture is mostly small wooden chairs and tables suited for little kids. We have a few cupboards filled with toys and art supplies that have seen better days. The morning starts with the sound of the gate creaking open and the local rickshaws dropping kids off at the door. We do not have a big campus, so we have to be very organized with how we use the space. The teachers are mostly women from the neighborhood who have a lot of patience. We deal with scraped knees, lost pencils, and the usual daily dramas of primary school life. It is a very local operation, focused on the families living right here in Cuddalore. We just try to keep the kids safe and busy with their daily lessons.