Maa Tujhe Salam…

Childen making cards for their mothers

Happy Mother and Child

  

Motherhood is the most beautiful experience in every woman’s life. Nurturing and shaping a life needs endless efforts and unlimited love. To salute this feeling of womanhood, this unconditional love, and endless efforts of a mother Indus World School Pune, celebrated Mother’s Day on the 11^th of May.

Children made cards for their mothers on this special day. The game was that the child makes the card and the mother observes the child and helps the child at the same time. Every child was engrossed in making the most beautiful card for his/her mother, because his/her mother is the best mother of the world. Children came out with colourful cards for their mothers. Happiness could be seen in the eyes of every mother as they got the most beautiful card of their life which was made by the little hands of their toddler.

Mothers also shared an experience which was the most touching moment of their life with their child. It was an emotional moment for every mother to share her experience about her child. The experience given by IWS Pune to all the mothers was of immense joy and pleasure. Every mother then hugged her child and thanked god for this wonderful gift.

This was followed by dancing, singing and fun with the mother and child. Everybody enjoyed a lot. It was wonderful to see mothers and their children enjoy to the fullest.

Chota Bheem at IWS Pune

Chota Bheem at IWS Pune

Indus world school- a chain of professionally managed schools by IITs/IIM alumini, with over 20 branches all over India continues its journey by starting another school at Pune. IWS Pune was launched on 31st March 2011. Popular cartoon character Chota Bheem was in the city for the first time to mark this event. The local corporators Mrs. Nandatai Lonkar and Mr. Prashant Jagtap, also supported the event with their gracious presence.

Children enjoying Potter's Wheel.

It was a two day event where several games were planned for the children in the set up of their favourite village ‘Dholakpur’. Children enjoyed Camel ride, Potter’s wheel, Puppet show and Magic show. There were other fun activities like Jumping jack, Merry go round and hitting a target.

A child shaking hands with his toon hero Chota Bheem!!

All these games and enjoyment was on one side and excitement to meet their cartoon hero Chota Bheem was on the other. Children were so excited to meet Chota Bheem that it is inexplicable. Children loved dancing with him, joined him in singing and also played with him. Chota Bheem also gave gifts to the children.

Chldren eager to get a photo clicked with Chota Bheem

For two days it seemed as really the village Dholakpur was in the premises of IWS. Over 1100 children walked in with their parents to meet Chota Bheem. Parents also enjoyed equally with their children. Both the days were full of fun for children, parents as well as mentors. Presence of Chota Bheem made everyone kids once again.

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”.

“How to get your child co-operate without conflict?”

Dainik Bhaskar and Indus World School  conducted a seminar on “How to get your child co-operate without conflict?” especially for parents having their children between the age group 9 to 13 years. The seminar was conducted on Monday - 23^rd April 2012.The speaker Mr. Sujit Bhattacharya - an IIT & IIM Alumnus,Chairman Indus World School, is a renowned educationist who has spent around 15 years in the field of education, setting up of a chain of schools, curriculum development, teacher training and child psychology.

Talking about Preadolescence Mr. Bhattacharya said that it is a stage of human development following early childhood and prior to adolescence. In terms of age in years, preadolescence is generally defined as the period from 9-13 years. Preadolescence can bring its own challenges and anxieties. Preadolescence (preteen) Parenting is a time of transition. This is followed by the teenage years starting at age 13 and going through age 19, with the finale and logical conclusion being the creation of a newly minted adult. These Preteen Parenting years must be done correctly or your child may never really grow up. Laying down solid Parenting Roots is essential for healthy preteen growth and development. Preteen Parenting is parenting children through the process of growing up. With that definition some parents may view this task as never ending since some children seem to never really grow up. The goal of Preteen Parenting is to help your Preteen child navigate waters that are choppy, chilly, full of dangers (both real but mostly imagined), and which are ever changing with the level of complexity required of their growing worlds said Mr. Bhattacharya.

The seminar was followes by question answer round, where parents came up with lot of questions. This seminar helped parents to understand their children better in terms of how their personalities are shaped. It will also gave them an exposure on techniques to engage co-operation of children.

Debate Competition using Video Conferencing

With growing technology, the world no doubt has become a small place, where distances are no bar and knowledge has no limit. This is what Indus World School also believes and is preparing its students for the same. Generally Video conferencing is used by corporate or companies, but in today’s tech world, Indus World School has given exposure to the students to showcase their talent with the help of video conferencing. Debate competition on “Children should be a part of social networking sites or not” was recently organized by Indus World School in which students of Aurangabad, Indore and Raipur participated with the help of video conferencing. Topic was given them two days before and students of grade 5, 6 and 7 prepared by referring different books and websites. Students were divided into 2 groups and asked to debate on the topic. Students were guided by the mentors on how to counter at talk and answer.  

Technology is the future, so what better way to amalgamate technology to their learning. We are preparing children for their future and for sure technology cannot be left behind. IWS leaves no stone unturned to make sure that technology becomes a part of school learning. For this it will have robotics classes from coming session, it has visual programming from class three and above and planning for tablets in higher classes any much more to make technology one of the friends of children.

Indus Math Challenge at IWS Indore

Indus World School organized its second Math Challenge on 18^th of March 2012 at its Chhawani  Campus. The purpose of organizing Math Challenge is to make children test their concepts of Math. The challenge was organized for the students of classes III to IX. All the participants were granted the certificate of participation. There were three winners from each class.

Along with the Math Challenge a seminar was also organized for the parents. The topic of the seminar was “How to make Math your Child’s Best Friend”. Speaker for the seminar was Mr. R. Shiva Kumar who is one of the founder members of IWS. In his seminar Mr. R. Shiva Kumar gave tips on making math interesting. He said that Math should be taken up through different games and should be connected to child’s real life. He said that children are not afraid of math they are afraid of x and y’s which are there. Why can’t we connect these unknown variables of Maths to the known objects of child’s life to make Math more comprehensible and interesting?

Kumar also said that it is not necessary for children to study 5-6 hrs. they should also be given ample time to play. He also told several sites through which children can learn Math in a while enjoying it.

Many children participated in the Indus Math Challenge. Overall the Math challenge was fruitful for  both, children and their parents.