Independence day program at Inventure Academy

Inventure Academy hosts Model United Nations

Inventure Academy held its first ever Model United Nations(MUN) on its campus last week and Ms. Sudha Subbharaman, one of the pioneers of MUN, Bangalore was the chief guest.

MUN provides an opportunity for students to tackle global issues and find solutions to the most pressing international issues that we face as a global community. ‘Diplomacy’ is the watchword for any debating exercise. The best Delegate award for the session was given to Nischal Nadhamuni.

MUN is a platform for students to develop and practice their skills in research, debate, and negotiation, which helps them come back with a greater understanding of the world's problems and the diverse perspectives that can help solve them.

Inventure Academy Investiture

Investiture Ceremony at Inventure Academy was held on July 21st with Mr Aditya Sondhi, the lawyer of the Supreme Court, Karnataka High Court and founder of ‘Aditya Sondhi Law Chambers’ as the chief guest.

 

Mr Aditya on the occasion underlined the importance of identifying leaders not only among the elected few but among other peers, elders and even younger ones around us as leadership ,among many other responsibilities, is about setting examples

 

Also present on the occasion were CEO and the Managing Trustee of Inventure Academy, Ms Nooraine Fazal and Inventure Academy Principal, Inventure Academy, Mrs Mallika Sen.

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The elected student council of Inventure Academy 2011-12



The elected student council 2011-12


Results for Middle & Secondary School Student Council 2011 are as follows:

School Captain: Surya Nimmagadda

Sports Captain: Nihal Aarons

BA Captain: Akshay Rao

BA Vice Captain: Anushri Pendiala

Community Outreach Captain: SaiTushar Goteti

Adventurers Captain: Duruvan Saravanan
Adventurers Vice Captain: Namratha Narayanan

Inventors Captain: Payal Kela
Inventors Vice Captain: Nischal Nadhamuni

Nurturers Captain: Akshay Kulkarni
Nurturers Vice Captain: Nakul Jajoo

Venturers Captain: Dipali Bajaj
Venturers Vice Captain: Sriram Goteti

Inventure Academy celebrates its 6th Birthday

Inventure Academy releases the School Magazine ‘The Inventurer’ -Vol 2

Inventure Academy magazine 2010-11 was released on July 4th 2011. This volume zooms in to articles, activities, timelines and reports.  Full enjoyment comes from zooming out to look at the wider picture; at how we are growing, in thought word and deed.  It will prove to you how seriously we believe in our School motto and seize each day!

Student Elections results are out!

The results of the 1st round of student elections were declared on July 5, 2011. It is as follows:

Venturers: Rahul Menon (Captain-Primary)

Dipali Bajaj (Captain-Senior)

Adventurers: Tanvi Amba (Captain-Primary)

Duruvan Sarvanan ( Captain-Senior)


Nurturers:
Rivka Smiti Aarons (Captain-Primary) 
Akshay Kulkarni (Captain-Senior)

Inventors:
Ananya Parthasarathy (Captain-Primary)
Payel Kela (Captain-Senior)

Student Elections @ Inventure start tomorrow

With the student elections at Inventure Academy round the corner, students declare their symbols. The votes will be cast on July 5 2011 for vantage post of house captains.


 

 Adventurers (Primary)

1. Neileshwar Pramodh
2. Sehar Panesar
3. Sohum Shenoy
4. Tanvi Amba

Inventors (Primary)

1. Ananya Parthasarthy
2. Inika Kandwal
3. Mukul Kandwal
4. Roshni Ganesh




Nurturers (Primary)

1. Armani Vikram 
2. Bharatha Ramaswamy
3. Rivka Aarons
4. Shivam Kapila

Venturers (Primary)

1. Adrein Lee
2. Pragnya Ramprasad
3. Rahul Menon
4. Sanjana Bakre

Inventure Academy Teachers' Outbound Trip





Inventure Faculty during an INME activity on teamwork



Inventure Academy team participating in `MoonWalk' -A tribute to MJ





Teachers engaged in Bull Ring game underlining significance of focus & team work



Ms.Mallika Sen- Principal Inventure Academy

Dear Inventure Community,

It gives me great pleasure to welcome Ms. Mallika Sen as the Principal of Inventure Academy.

All of you already know her as a member of our Management Team. She brings to Inventure and the position a wealth of experience, accolades and expertise which we will all benefit from tremendously. These include:

• Independent Consultant (2008 – 2010): In this capacity, she has conducted teacher training, academic audit and whole school improvement programs for various private schools in India and the Gulf

• Head of Education, Aga Khan Education Service (2004 – 2008)
• Principal, The Valley School, Bangalore Krishnamurti Foundation (1990 – 2004)
• Trustee: The Krishnamurti Foundation India (1998)
• Education Secretary: KFI (2000 – 2004)
• Member of the Standing Committee on Examinations of the Council for Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi (2001- 2004)
• She has received the National Award for Teachers from the President of India in 2001

Ms Sen has a B.Ed. (English and History) and Masters in English Literature (awarded gold medal), from Calcutta University. She has also trained in Effective School Management at Xavier Labour Research Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur.

In her role as Principal, Ms. Sen will be overall responsible for converting into reality Inventure Academy’s core purpose and vision. More specifically, she will be responsible for the entire Academic function and day to day administration of Inventure Academy, including making actionable our school development plan and policies.

In this role, she will report to me in my capacity as the CEO & Managing Trustee of Inventure Academy. In a little over five years, Inventure Academy has grown from a start up to a tremendous success as evidenced by our many achievements, be it in academics, sports or co-curricular activities:

• We are ranked in the top 25 day schools all India in the September issue of the 2010 EducationWorld C-Fore survey
• Our academic results at the Grade 10 IGCSE & ICSE exams and in the ASSET tests
• Our various achievements in the sports arena at the inter school and all India levels
• Our excellence in inter school events across life skills, art, dance, music and drama events

With the growth that we have evidenced, the school management (headed up by me as the Managing Trustee) felt the need for a different kind of leadership and organization structure, one that would consolidate our talent – both faculty and student- and propel us forward to being one of the best schools in India in almost every way possible. I am confident that Ms. Sen shares our vision, and has the wisdom, and the expertise to make this happen.

We are delighted that Ms. Sen has accepted the role as she commands tremendous respect from every member of the learning community, at Inventure and beyond. I am sure you will join me in wishing her success and extending her every support in her new role.

Thanking you & best regards
Managing Trustee & CEO
Nooraine Fazal

INVENTURING- A unique foundation program at Inventure Academy

A new academic session at Inventure Academy does not start with books, uniforms or in classrooms but with Inventuring - a unique foundation program aimed at cementing bonds between teachers and students, making new students comfortable and setting the key note for expectations at Inventure Academy.

Students engage in projects – both single and in groups – and experience first hand, the creative process, thinking-out- of- the- box and being active participants in a team. The hidden agenda is helping students realize their inner potential, making them believe in themselves, understanding ways of true learning and respecting interdependence.

“It is because there is no `One Way’ to get the best out of the children,’’ states Inventure Academy Head of Kindergarten and Primary, Shaheen Shafi, who has been the architect and part of this tradition of Inventuring since inception.

Designed on Howard Gardener’s theory of Multiple Intelligences and Inventure’s core values , the 2010-11 ‘Inventuring’ started with a daily schedule of students participating in four broad categories- Outdoor, Classroom Projects, Choice Time and Golden Time.

During Inventuring, each day started with an outdoor activity, like dance or sports, to kick-start mental and physical agility and facilitating team bonding. This was followed with classroom projects based on exploring Multiple Intelligences (MI) of students.

The classroom projects on multiple intelligences had larger themes like Colors Of Our World, Creative Sparks, Think-a thon under which students were tasks specific to their grades.

In Colors of Our World, students of grade 1 and 2 created pictures using cardboard shapes, grade 3 and 4 created a family using balloons, wool, paint, fabric and cotton. Grades 5 and 6 students created a chandelier using empty bottles, straws and paper cups. Grade 7 and 8 painted their groups to create a “people sculpture” based on a few topics/themes, and grades 9 and 10 had to create an installation based on the topic of the cityscape using the fabrics & card board.

Similarly under creative sparks, each class was divided into groups of five students who made an advertisement either on washing powder, shampoo, dog food, energy drink, tooth-paste and sell it in the most convincing manner to their peers and teachers!

Think-a-thon was equally fun as students in primary section were either asked to make a toy using plastic glasses and straws, make a card game and define its rules and demonstrate how to play, make a 3-D model of a house from a given floor plan.

``The activities of project, were designed to judge their logical thinking, functionality, creativity, variety, co-ordination, rhythm and stage presentation,’’ adds Shaheen.

``It was amazing to see the creative ideas in students and their conviction in presenting it as the best,’’ exclaims Ekta Bhasin a teacher of grade 5B.While students from smaller grades designed telephone, bells, bouncing balls and juice set for Barbie by using only five plastic glasses and straws, the higher grades students designed different phases of a space ship prior to its launch.

Classroom projects were then followed by Choice Time which would give students a choice of activity from options like sketching, climbing wall, mosaic art, gardening or cooking. The aim of having a Choice Time as part of Inventuring is to nurture individuality and give students an opportunity to explore different choices before zeroing in on what they are best at.

The Inventuring day wrapped up with Golden Time- an integral part of learning, where students’ reflected on their day’s learning and sharing related experiences.

`` My project on choosing natural elements to create music during Wild Wide World has changed my view towards my surrounding. I realized that even a few pebbles in a plastic bottle can create a beautiful beat,’’ says new student Aishwarya Hirve, grade 4 summarizing her understanding facilitated by Golden Time.

Curtains came down on Inventuring with a Sleepover for grades 3 and above during which students along with teachers stayed back in school for a night, a once-in-a year event. ``It was sports, bonfire, music, dance and good food on offer. Most of the arrangements were made by our school and it was only fun and activity for us,’’ says Tarang Shah of grade 5 B.

Students and teachers went around the campus, collected wood for the bonfire, and danced around on music, played games. ``While some used mattress provided by school, others got their sleeping bags and chatted till late in the night.

``This is what the aim of Inventuring is, to notice one child amongst many and to look at the world through his eyes,’’ summarizes Shaheen.

Inventure Academy Annual Awards Day

Success is not coming first in the race but giving your best no matter what place. The true spirit behind these lines authored by our student was celebrated on, the 5th Annual Awards day of Inventure Academy held on March 28.

It was also a day for students to showcase their multi-talents on stage be it dance, play, or music in front of the cheering audience comprising of parents, teachers and peers.

Our guests of honor on the occasion were Associate Director of Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) Professor N Balakrishnan and CMD of Prestige group, Irfan Razack, who inspired children with their speech on need for holistic knowledge to be a future ready.

The event started at around 4pm with Professor Balakrishnan, Mr Razack along with CEO and Head of Inventure Academy, Nooraine Fazal lighting the candle of knowledge. Professor Balakrishnan inspired the students, parents and teachers alike by his speech on significance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) where there would be growing need for people with holistic knowledge more than specialists in a field or two. Recalling his young days, Professor Balakrishnan, said, “While 30 years ago, when I joined IISc, a computer had a main memory of just 32 kb, today even a pen drive can carry 320 gigabytes!.”

One of the founders of the world’s largest digital library, Professor Balakrishnan, emphasized the need for integrated education, where there are no borders in acquiring knowledge from subjects of science, engineering, social science or arts. He congratulated Inventure Academy for having nurtured inventive thinking in five years of its formation and also the parents for having chosen this school.

Irfan Razack, also the Chairman and co-founder of Inventure Academy, underlined the changing face of Indian education and the need for freedom of space for young minds to think, grow and excel as individuals and as human beings.

Nooraine Fazal, proudly presented the `harvests’ of the academic year 2009-10 and the audience cheered as much to Inventure excelling in academics, with 100 percent of IGCSE students scoring distinction or merit and Titan Genius kids APJ Abdul Kalam Awards National Awards for Maths, as they did for the school being overall champions of Multiple Intelligence Xplored, an inter-school competition, for the third consecutive year.

Later the students who displayed winning attitudes in varied fields of academics, sports, culture were felicitated by an Inventure Academy cap and badges on their the guests followed by a colorful cultural evening.
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India Day at Inventure Academy

On the 20th of March, India Day, each class was assigned a state (or states) of India. For example, 3A did Himachal Pradesh and 3B did Rajasthan. In the weeks before India Day, the entire class studied various aspects of the state they were assigned. For India Day, my class prepared a skit, a dance, facts about Himachal Pradesh, about the culture, religion, handicrafts, language and food. We also made a mind map for all we had done about Himachal Pradesh. Each child’s parent was invited to the class to see the presentation. Some classes, like 5A which was doing Gujarat, had some stuff to sell and they also allowed everyone to do Tie – Die. It cost money, though ! In 1B, which was doing Punjab, you could take a picture with a tractor ( not a real tractor though! ) . There was also pottery where you could make a pot and take it home or buy a previously made pot. This was truly a day I will remember for a long time.

Varun
Grade 3A

The India Week-A Visual Treat of Indian Splendour

Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people,
dispenser of India's destiny.
Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sind,
Gujarat and Maratha,
Of the Dravida and Orissa and Bengal;
It echoes in the hills of the Vindyas and Himalayas,
mingles in the music of Jamuna and Ganges and is
chanted by the waves of the Indian Sea.
They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise.
The saving of all people waits in thy hand,
thou dispenser of India's destiny.
Victory, victory, victory to thee.

Reveberating the meaning of our National Anthem, the Primary section of Inventure Academy celebrated the India Week.Here is a glimpse of the colourful plethora of Indian Culture.

Grade 1A celebrated the unique features of Tamil Nadu.




Grade 1B toured the fields of Punjab:







Karnataka Darshanam with Grade 2A




Delhi Darhsan with Grade 2B

Chatpata chat stalls of Delhi

Grade 3A rolled down the slopes of Himachal


The Himachali Caps

The Apple Orchards

Rajasthani View with Grade 3B


Made by our Learning Lab Students

Indira Gandhi Canal,the boon for Rajashtan

Jai Maharashtra with Grade 4A

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Garba with Gujarat-Grade 5A

Nagaland, the land of hills and warriors-Grade5B

Tournament of Minds-Views and Verdicts

The Tournament of Minds, the Interhouse cultural competitions were conducted in two consecutive weeks,20th and 27th February 2010.

The colour, the vigour,the zeal and the zest witnessed was awesome.

Here are the views and the verdicts:



The Group Song-Winning Team


Surya,the Beat Boxer,the runner-up in the Solo-Instrumental Category.

Creative Writing:
Primary School:

Division 1
I Place :Agastya Thoppur Inventors
II Place:Pranav Mishra Adventurers
III Place:Nikhil Niranjan Venturers

Division 2
I Place :Neha Misra Nurturers
II Place:Varun Ramakrishnan Nurturers
III Place:Dhruv Bhatia,Tarang Shah Adventurers

Division 3
I Place :Annirudh Bakre Adventurers
II Place:Brandon George Venturers& Madhumita Gupta Adventurers

One Act Play
Primary School:
I Place :Venturers
II Place:Inventors
III Place:Adventurers

A few moments from the One Act Play




Group Song
Primary School:
I Place :Inventors
II Place:Nurturers
III Place:Venturers


A Musical Trance


Ouiz

Division 1
I Place :Adventurers
II Place:Venturers
III Place:Inventors

Division 2
I Place :Adventurers&Inventors
III Place:Nurturers

Division 3
I Place :Adventurers
II Place:Inventors
III Place:Venturers


Logical Thinkers

Recitation

Division 1
I Place :Amisha Deb Inventors
II Place:Agastya Rana Adventurers&Bhadra Bejoy Venturers


Division 2
I Place :Karan Buntval Adventurers
II Place:Vedav Varadarajan Inventors
III Place:Tarang Shah Adventurers

Division 3
I Place :Kaveri Nadhamuni Inventors
II Place:Rehan Choudhuri Venturers
III Place:Madhumita Gupta Adventurers

Solo Instrumental

Division 1
I Place :Agastya Rana Adventurers
II Place:Pranav Mishra Adventurers
III Place:Neha Ganjur Inventors&Sahil Kuchlous Nurturers

Division 2
I Place :Prateek Bhargava Venturers
II Place:Freya Stamets Venturers
III Place:Vedav VaradarajanInventors

Division 3
I Place :Anarv Mathur Adventurers
II Place:Asha Iyer Adventurers
III Place:Megha Srinivas Inventors

Solo Dance

Division 1
I Place :Eashan Tripathi Inventors
II Place:Aashna Ibrahim Nurturers
III Place:Anjali MallampootyInventors


Division 2
I Place :Riddhi Bhatt Venturers
II Place:Prateek Bhargava Venturers
III Place:Vedav Varadaraja Inventors


Division 3
I Place :Rehan Choudhuri Venturers
II Place:Uthara Bejoy Adventurers
III Place:Prateeksha Rout Nurturers


The Judge in action.Senior School:

Creative Writing

I Place :Parthiv Shah Inventors
II Place:Rohan Desai Venturers& Anusha Ramji Adventurers

Art

I Place :Anu Shree Inventors
II Place:Rebecca George Inventors
III Place:Dhriti Reddy Adventurers


Group Song

I Place :Nurturers
II Place:Adventurers & Venturers

Quiz

Division 4
I Place :Inventors
II Place:Nurturers
III Place:Adventurers

Division 5
I Place :Venturers
II Place:Inventors
III Place:Nurturers

Elocution

Division 4
I Place :Tanya Sharma Venturers
II Place:Parthiv Shah Inventors
III Place:Namrata Ramesh Inventors

Division 5
I Place :Pushkal Mehrish & Shalaka Kurup Inventors
II Place:Surya Nimmagadda & Bharat Sekar Venturers
III Place:Marcos Wille & Ishaan Pujari Nurturers

Solo Instrumental

Division 4
I Place :Tristan Stamets Venturers
II Place:Rohan Desai Venturers
III Place:Vaishnav Varadarajan Adventurers

Division 5
I Place :Ishaan Pujari Nurturers
II Place:Surya Nimmagadda Venturers
III Place:Vinay Ramkumar Venturers


Dance Solo


Division 4
I Place :Payal Kela Inventors
II Place:Jasmeen Kaur Nurturers
III Place:Ankur Kela Nurturers

Division 5
I Place :Akriti Bhargava Venturers
II Place:Tanushree Taneja Nurturers
III Place:Sanaa Bano Adventurers

Group Dance

Division 4&5
I Place :Nurturers
II Place:Inventors
III Place:Adventurers

Multi Media Debate

Division 4
I Place :Venturers
II Place:Inventors
III Place:Adventurers


Behind the scene

Anthony,Suman and Tushar trying out a new step for their dance.


The adventurer dance troop maintained a minute of silence before their dance commenced mourning the technical error