Children's Film Festival

Indus World School had organized a Children’s Film Festival on 19^th May 2012. Yes a movie show… Movies are not only a great source of enjoyment but also a great source of learning. Parents can have various discussions with children on and about the movie which would be a good learning for children. Indus World School is consistently in an effort to make learning a fun experience, whether it is learning in academic, sport, music, values or emotions. Children’s Film Festival is one of such effort.  

The movie scheduled for Saturday was “Finding Neemo”. The show was for the children of age group, between 3 yrs to 8 yrs, with their parents. The objective was discussion between children and their parents on following points:

1. As children we must heed advice given by our parents as they talk out of experience yet sometimes we learn only when we experience events on our own.

2. We should help others whenever we can, sometimes even going out of our way to do so

3. Parents support their children even if it causes agony and trouble

4. Everybody loves their freedom and as humans we should respect other living beings too.

5. Under-water experience of knowing the animals, types of fish, colours and patterns.

A drawing competition was also organized after the show, in which children had to draw something related to the movie. The drawing competition was also enjoyed by the children a lot. Each child was engrossed in putting down his colourful imagination on parents. All the children were given a token of participation and the winners were:

I prize: Aarna Nandecha

II prize: Krishna Garg

IWS is planning more such film festivals for the children of other age groups.

This is what Trainees and Trainers shared after the Training at Aurangabad....

Mentor Training Workshop at Indus World School

While children take a summer break, what do the mentors of Indus World School do? Being continuous learners they dedicate time and effort  to upgrade themselves so that they can  deliver the 21^st century curriculum frame work which is the base on which Indus World School stands. 

Ongoing mentor training is the core at Indus World School and this is done in two modes – on location and through video conferencing.  This year IWS, Aurangabad is playing host to 60 mentors from IWS Raipur, Hyderabad,  Ahmednagar ,Pune who are putting their heart and souls to make the  learning process a very enriching experience for the children across all levels. This training started on 1^st May and concluded on 10^th May 2012.

The mentors are challenging themselves to  self-growth which reflects in the growth of the children and the organization. The training is being conducted by renowned and well qualified trainers of the organization

Dr. Anju Khanna  (M. Phil & PhD with a ‘Gold Medal’)comes with over 25years of experience of education both in India and in the USA, She is a valued trainer, speaker and an author of textbooks and value based stories for children. She is also on the panel of NCERT authors for Primary education. She is a consultant with Indus World School and has developed and contributed to the syllabus designed for Ananda level (Play group – Sr. Kg).

R. ShivKumar, is a co founder CL Educate and Chairman IWS Indore, is an alumnus of IIT and IIM and comes with a decade of experience of teaching mathematics and science for engineering and medical entrance examination. Highly popular among students for his enthusiasm and tutoring approach, thousands of students continue to woe their success in part to Shivku’s personal touch. His ultimate goal in Indus World School is to make science easy and understandable at the primary level.

 Uma Ramchandran, armed with M.Tech from IIT Delhi and experienced in companies like Cipla and Ranbaxy, Uma plays a key role in academic curriculum design and training for mentors. She has conducted extensive research on trends in emerging careers and designed the IWS curriculum to map it to various career options after school. Uma heads the Academic Team across the IWS chain, she has done extensive research in the domain of early childhood development. Her expertise includes experiential math and science teaching at the primary level. She works closely with Jodo Gyan, a government empanelled organization working in the area of teaching Math and science as an active activity.

Sujit Bhattacharya, an IIT/ IIM alumni comes with an successful stints at Telco and Wipro before moving to US to set up operations for an upcoming software firm. Having set up a successful software business, Sujit returned to his passion- technology in education. He joined Career Launcher in 2000 and he has been the driving force behind CL’s technology and HR initiatives- developing academic support solutions, ERP solutions, HR management Systems and sophisticated Student Information Systems. Sujit currently is overall head of the IWS chain of Schools. He has a special interest in School Leadership Development, Parental Guidance Programs, Education Technologies and Organizational Development.

During the training , the mentors were given several tasks, which helped them understand the child’s prospective to learning. The purpose of the training was to equip the mentors to make learning an enjoyable experience for the children. In fact this training has been very essential as it helped to bring out a mentor out of every teacher.

Summer Camp Grand Finale at Indus World School

Summer camps are an opportunity for kids to learn, make new friends and share new adventures. Indus World School had organized a summer camp Bonanza in the school premises between 16^th April to 30^thApril, 2012. The Grand Finale was held on 30^th April’12.

 With 2^nd year of excellence, IWS summer camp maintained a low ratio for added safety and fun. During the camp we integrated a review of exploring and enhancing their vocabulary, visualising numbers through basic concepts of Vedic math, music, dance, art and craft activities keeping in mind that children are on vacation and fun is a must. The above activities were designed keeping in mind the skills required for the 21^st, century.

The Summer Camp gave all the children the opportunity to push boundaries to explore the world around them and to imagine their own greatest possibilities. Campers were asked to step out of their usual comfort zones as they learnt how to live amicably with others. They developed important life skills, independence, honesty, helpfulness and self-esteem because they lived with children from different schools and learnt to get along with the peers and respect one another. IWS is a place where all the kids are valued no matter what their talents or differences are.

Children took part in a combination of challenging multiple activities with stimulating mental abilities in the fields such as arts, crafts language, music, dance, and Vedic maths. It also groomed their unexplored hidden talents and personalities. Kids benefited through their own effort, they learnt and grew from the experience.

“It was indeed remarkable to see these children settle down so well and become comfortable with all of us. They were all open to the given opportunities and have done extremely well during the camp. We at Indus believe that every child is unique and blessed with lot of skills. The need of the hour is to give opportunities to them and let them discover their hidden talents and showcase them” said Head Mistress Ms. Namita Parathasarty. 

The activities done by the campers during the summer camp were put for display and sale, the proceeds of the same were donated to,”Navjeevan Society for Research and Rehabilitation of the Mentally Retarded”.