Independence day program at Inventure Academy

My Hiccups have to go away

I want my hiccups to go away.

But it seems that they want to play.

So I stood upside down,

And with a big frown,

I said hiccups go away!!!!!

I want my hiccups to go away.

But it seems that they still want to play.

So I drank some water,

Which I bought with a quarter,

And I said hiccups go away!!!!!!

I want my hiccups to go away.

But they seem to still want to stay.

So I scared them all out,

And then I shouted out loud,

My hiccups have gone away!!!!!!!

-Rahul Menon
 Grade 5

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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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)

School scribes closely scrutinize the student leaders prior to voting



Ananya Parthasarthy



Ananya's speech was very good. She was a bit nervous in the beginning but soon got used to speaking and spoke the rest with a lot of confidence and was very calm. She spoke about her logo which was a light bulb inside the sun. She said she chose it because ‘the sun represents warmth and light and the light bulb represents great ideas, inventions and efforts’.

She said she would help the house participate in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities; she would be kind and encourage everyone to make sure no one was left out. She was very believable and she had convinced the audience.

She got a great ovation. The audience asked her some difficult questions but she answered them well. For example, when someone asked what would she do if she was Vice captain, she replied that she and the captain would work together as a great team as it was the house’s victory that was more important. I think she deserves to be elected as she came across as someone who would stand by her promises.

Ritu Alapat, 5A



Adrein Lee



Adrien appeared to be a confident candidate from the Blue House (Venturers), in my opinion second best among the Blue House candidates. He made a number of promises, the ones that I captured were

– that he would be kind to everyone

– he would give everyone a fair chance to participate in house events

– he would try to lead Blue house to victory.

He started off well and with confidence, but then lost audience interest because he just read from the paper, without making any eye contact with them. Expressions from the speech were also somewhat missing. Being one of the last few candidates to give his speech, it was but natural that the audience was tired and impatient. He could have sustained the interest of the audience by being livelier. He got almost the same number and kind of questions as the other candidates. Adrian answered all the questions extremely well.

On a scale of 1-5, I would rate Adrien’s speech at 2.5

-Abhishek Jain, 5C


Q1. Was the candidate nervous?


I could sense that Sanjana was nervous, but she did a good job by not exhibiting it. She looked quite confident and calm. She was not fiddling with anything, unlike some other candidates. In fact, she was composed. She spoke her lines very clearly and did not get stuck anywhere while making her speech.

Q2. Did the candidate convince the audience enough?

Well, her speech was very short, not giving enough points to convince the audience. So, I feel she may not have she convinced the audience enough. The audience was not looking that satisfied with her speech.

(Did he/she get an ovation or a good response?)

Sanjana didn’t get a standing ovation but many people clapped for her. When people asked her questions she gave a sensible answer. For example, when people asked her what her logo meant she had a meaningful explanation for it and said she will help everyone shoot up and shine.

- Aisha Nikita Singh, 5B



Shivam Kapila

 Shivam appeare
d confident in the beginning but failed to keep the audience’s attention as he was not very audible. He was also very reluctant to show his logo & symbol to the audience probably because he felt it wasn’t very creative.


He could not convince most of his audience he was reluctant to answer questions. His strategies to bring his house to victory were good & but he wasn’t convincing enough. He did not get much applause from the audience. He put in a fair amount of effort to campaign but could have campaigned better.

ADVAIT Rao-5A

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

Olympiad state rank holders from Inventure felicitated by SOF

Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) recently felicitated the top 3 state rank holders for various Olympiads, out of which two were from Inventure Academy!


Agastya Samya Rana of Grade 3 held 2nd in the National Cyber Olympiad and Karnataka State ranked 3rd in the National Science Olympiad.

Anusha Ramji of Grade 7 stood 10th International rank and Karnataka State ranked 3rd in the International English Olympiad.

The function was presided over by Dr. Y.S Rajan and the guests of honor for the occasion were P. Balachandran Warrier, CEO- Manipal Foundation and Dr. K. Shreekrishna Kumar, Director- All India Council for Technical Education, Bengaluru.

Inventure Academy Principal among the top 28 school principals in India- EducationWorld June 2011

An English literature postgraduate of Calcutta University, Mallika Sen is a former principal of the Valley School, Bangalore, head of Aga Khan Education Services and currently principal of the Inventure Academy, Bangalore.

Purpose of school education. To prepare children to meet existential challenges. It must equip them with the knowledge and skills to innovate, excel in their chosen fields and contribute effectively to building a better society.

Most admired education thinker/philosopher. J. Krishnamurti, a leading thinker and educator of the 20th century who encouraged the awakening of intelligence out of observation, self-knowledge and compassion.

Differentiating characteristic of Inventure Academy. We have a set of core values which acknowledges every child’s uniqueness and potential. We believe in harnessing that potential for the common good. Our emphasis is on fair play, accountability and trans-parency, cultural sensitivity, consciousness of the envir-onment and institutional development through cons-tant review and refinement.

Leadership style. I look upon myself as a leader of competent and committed educators. I maintain a collaborative and consultative style of leadership, empowering faculty members at all levels.

Education philosophy implementation success. Inventure Academy has been set up along progressive lines of thinking. While achieving academic excellence is the focus, other aspects of students’ development are given equal importance. The vision and mission statements of the school are incorporated into the curriculum.

For or against the RTE Act mandating 25 percent quota for underprivileged children in private schools? Private schools can contribute towards providing high-quality education to economically weaker sections of society by adopting neighbourhood schools, building capacities of teachers in such schools, helping develop meaningful and relevant curriculums. Reservation of 25 percent seats for underprivileged children is not necessarily the sine qua non.

Future plans. Sustained faculty development. We also intend to address environmental issues that immediately impact our campus as well as create awareness in students to look at the big picture and strive towards reducing their carbon footprint.

Unwind/de-stress. Long walks, reading fiction, and listening to instrumental music.

To read the issue online click below:
http://www.educationworldonline.net/index.php/page-article-choice-more-id-2742

School Re-opening Information

SCHOOL REOPENING DATES

6 Mon-School Reopens Grade 1 to 12, Inventuring grades 1 to 12
& Student Orientation Grades 1 to 12

7 Tue- Parent Orientations - Pre KG and KG& Inventuring Grades 1 to 12

8 Wed-Inventuring Grades 1 to 12

9 Thu- School Reopens Pre-K and K1 (8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
& Inventuring Grades 1 to 12

10 Fri-Sleepover Grades 3 to 12
& Inventuring Grades 1 to 12

13 Mon-School Reopens K2 (Pre K and K1 timings 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.)

17 Fri-Parent Orientations for grades 1 to 12 - For Parents who are New to Inventure and for ALL parents of students entering Grade 1

25 Sat-AWARDS DAY

27 Mon- School Reopens 11 AS & A2 & Student Orientation

As usual we will kick off the year with Inventuring - our unique foundation-orientation programme. Students need to wear hardy casual clothes, sneakers or trainers, and bring cap, water bottle, notebook and a writing implement. Please note: uniform is not required for the first week of school.

INVENTURING the Foundation Programme: 6 – 10 June 2011 for Grades 1to 12. For more information, please click on http://www.inventureacademy.com/inventuring.htm. For Inventuring- it is suggested that students wear casuals that are okay to get paint and mud on. Includes a Sleepover at school for students of grade 3 up. Once school starts, your child will bring home a consent slip including a list of things to be brought for the sleepover. Faculty members stay also, and it is a tremendous bonding experience.

PARENT ORIENTATION SESSIONS Parents are encouraged to attend the orientation sessions if they have not been to one before. Information is shared, expectations are set and clarity achieved.

Kindergarten Orientation – 7th June 2011 at 9:00 a.m.

Primary School Orientation – 17th June 2011 at 2:00 p.m.

Middle and Secondary School Orientation- 17th June 2011 at 9:00 a.m.

SCHOOL BUSES will run on last year's timings for morning pick up on 6 June 2010. It would be best if new students were dropped off at school by parents in morning, and they could home on the school bus - thereby verifying pick-up/drop points and timings. Please expect bus routes by 3 June 2011 via email. The new routes will be effective from 6 June 2010 afternoon route. Please note that timings will take some time to settle down. You will have the phone number of the bus and can check time of arrival on that number. Eventually there will be a GPS alert signaling arrival of the bus.

Those who will not be using the bus services need to inform the school of the driver name/car registration number.

SCHOOL TIMINGS: 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday to Friday.

BOOKS & STATIONERY Will be delivered to students in the first week at school .

UNIFORMS for the academic year 2010-11. UNIFORM IN A BOX will be doing our uniforms this year. While the basic look remains the same, the vendor will be different. You will be required to make one trip to their outlet in Whitefield / Bellary Road to get the sizing done. Your order will be delivered to your home by courier. Subsequent orders may be placed online.

Once classes start on June 13th, it is expected that students will observe the uniform code.

Section allocations will be intimated by the end of Inventuring.

Inventure Academy celebrates Ancient Civilisations

Can you name the civilization that used silk as its currency? Were you aware that the Chinese civilization was the first to use paper money? Would you believe that Egyptians used two sticks joined together as a compass to get geographic directions?

Inventure Academy on Saturday celebrated “Ancient Civilizations week” by showcasing the students’ extensive learning on the evolution and history of mankind.

The event which had participation of all students from grade 1 to 5, hence named ‘vertical project’ chose Early Man, Stone Age, Harappa, Mesopotamian, Indus Valley, Ancient China and Egyptian civilizations to showcase.

It involved a month of extensive research, brainstorming for the best of ideas and exploring interesting ways to present it.

“The learning opportunities were many as we learnt everything about the civilization our class was to present, from culture, geography, social practices, inventions to the contribution of each civilizations to mankind,” says Karan Buntval, a grade 5 student, whose class worked on Egyptian civilization.

“Reliving history is impossible but students experienced it through this project by exploring and researching extensively about the theme,” says Sambit Basu, a parent of Grade 1.

“Even the get up of the classrooms, their costumes, and the food they served was woven in the theme for them to roll back time, and my child enjoyed it. The icing on the cake was the cultural program which gave an overview of history of mankind in a very entertaining way,” he adds.

“The learning at Inventure Academy is open ended and dynamic both for the teacher and the taught and the presentations on Ancient Civilizations was just an example,” says Principal of Inventure Academy, Mallika Sen.

Get set go... for Summer camp at Inventure Academy

Summer Camp 2011

April 4th-24th 2011
Age: 6 years onwards
Time: 8:00am to 10:00am
Days: Monday to Friday
Venue: Inventure Academy
Cost: Rs 3000/ package(includes juice and snacks)

Package 1: Athletics 2 hours
Package 2:Soccer 2 hours
Package 3- Athletics 1hour+Soccer 1 hour
Package 4- Tennis 1 hour

For more details please click on the image to enlarge.

Inventure Academy raises Rs 80,000 for Camlin School boy

Inventure Academy students were touched by a recent report in a newspaper daily on Aditya, a grade 10 student of Camlin School suffering from Guillain Barre Syndrome, a rare form of progressive muscle dystrophy.

What was even more unique was the attitude of his friends, who were knocking each door possible to raise funds to save the life of Aditya over their board exams.

“We too wanted to do be of some help to Aditya hence started a fund raising campaign in school under the guidance of our teacher Anuradha mam,” says Anika Desai, Grade 5 student.

For the campaign to be successful, our class put posters on the notice board spreading awareness about Aditya and disease he was suffering from. “We also went to each classroom reminding the students to contribute towards the cause,” says Karan Buntval, also a grade 5 student.

The school successfully raised Rs 83,000 in around a week! The fund raised was handed over to the parents, which eventually went for his treatment.
                                                                                   -Media Pod

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              



Media applaudes Inventure's win against Vibgyor High to claim Viva Cup

Inventure Academy students win `Best Robot Design' at Lego League

Inventure Academy students were at their creative best at the First Lego League Tournament 2010 and won the award for "Best Robot Design, a robot designing competition held at tech-major SAP Labs on Saturday 29th January.

‘Robomaniacs’ as they called themselves chose ‘Slipped disc' as their theme. The team comprised of three students from Inventure Academy namely Karan Buntval of Grade 5, Tejas Rao and Pranav Jai Singh of Grade 8.



The competition was open to children aged between 9-16 and work in teams which could have a maximum of ten members. The teams were given special kits by SAP Labs. The kits contained Lego bricks, programmable processors, sensors and motors using which a robot can be built to accomplish predefined missions and a specially designed mat on which all the action takes place.

Robomaniacs', had seven participants in the age group of 9-14. Karan Buntval, a 5th standard student of Inventure Academy, felt the tournament was an exciting opportunity to learn and have fun at the same time. "We were under no pressure and we had a lot of fun and it was exciting to work in a team and coordinate on different aspects of the project", he said.

Karan says that ‘Robomaniacs' used an ultrasonic, light and touch sensor, and 3 motors to build the robot. The sensors and the motors were all fixed in their position, but one motor was left to change the attachments for the different tasks. "Our robot was stable but slow, we are definitely looking forward to the next edition of FLL and we will improve our design", adds Karan.

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Inventure Academy students won Vibgyor VIVA Cup

Inventure Academy students won the Sub Juniors VIVA Cup in a basketball tournament by beating the host school Vibgyor High 14-2. The tournament was conducted in Vibgyor on January 31st 2011.

The team comprised of Anjali Kapadia, Shrishti Vyas, Armani Vikram, Asha Sarvanan, Pratusha, Sanjana Bakre, Melini Kallar, Shreya Guntunoor, Roshini Sethil Kumar, Ashna Parekh and Tanvi Amba.

Also seen in the photograph is Managing Trustee and CEO of Inventure Academy Nooraine Fazal and school's basketball coach, Somu Kumar.

Inventure Academy Math and Science fair 2011

The Math and Science Fair 2011 put up by students of Inventure Academy on January 28th  in the school campus was indeed a collage of knowledge that each student from grade 1 to 9 put on display. From puzzle with dominos and generating electricity from vegetables to how to create a dry volcano and  detect the soil is acidic or base, the students worked hard to put up an impressive show. 

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Sleep- Why tennis players need it by Dr Sunita Maheshwari

How often do tennis players do 500 rallies, 1000 skips, 200 serves and then come home and watch TV until midnight? And then wake up in 5 hours to begin the routine all over again ?

How often have you 'crashed all day' on a holiday 'making up your sleep'?

Sleep is one of the most under-studied, undervalued. Kids fight it, teenagers feel they don't need it, adults are so busy handling the stresses of life that they don't use it either.is used to help muscles grow.

Anabolic hormones such as growth hormones are secreted preferentially during sleep which help with overall growth. Tennis players need to grow...height for serve, muscle mass for stroke power. So, sleep is of the essence.

Interestingly, children who get enough sleep also find it easier to focus on school work. Their memory tends to be better, they grasp concepts faster. All this for tennis players is essential as they have limited time periods in which to do homework and school work catch up.
Interestingly too much sleep is also hazardous and there appears to be an ideal number of hours of sleep that one needs.

Age Average amount of sleep per day

3-5 years 11-13 hours

5-12 years 9-11 hours

Adolescents 9-10 hours

Adults 7-8 hours

Recent studies in adults, publicised in the medical community, have shown that 7-8 hours of sleep reduces blood pressure. Interestingly people who are sleep deprived take time losing weight..

In children the sleep is even more important - it is during sleep that muscles rest and the bones and muscles grow.Food consumed during the day is converted to protien which helps the muscles grow. Anabolic hormones such are as growth hormones are secreted preferentially during sleep which help with overall growth.

So start puuting your kids( and yourself) to sleep early. You will need to stop TV by 7 pm (you can turn it on once they have slept!!) and change your lifestyle to be able to give them their dinner earlier. If they haven't completed their homework, keep it for the morning.

Don't try to teach them at 10 pm, they will not retain anything and will just land up being sleep deprived leading to further lack of concentration the next morning.

On school nights:

1)Feed your kids dinner early ie by 7-7.30 pm, have them wash their feet and brush their teeth

2) Lights and TV and all noise except soft soothing music off by 8-8.30pm.

3) A nice oil leg message may help in-duce the zzzzzzzzzzz time or a cosy

cuddle in bed!

Contributed by Sunita Maheshwari , a parent of Alisha ( Grade 8) and Adil Kalyanpur ( Grade 5) of Inventure Academy.

Sunita is a US Board certified Pediatric Cardiologist who did her training at Osmania Medical College and then at Yale University in the US. She was the winner of the 'Young Clinician Award' from the American Heart Association and the 'Best Teacher Award' at Yale University.

She was Head of Department at Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bangalore for a decade. She was nominated one of the Top 20 women achievers in medicine in India in 2009