Events
Inventure Academy Fifth Annual Sports Meet 2009-2010 It was a bright, sunny day in December, ideal weather for a day of sports, sun and fun. As a commentator, I had the opportunity of seeing sports day from a different perspective. For once I was glad I didn’t have to march, I didn’t have struggle for breath after an event, and I didn’t have to sit on the floor in my house tent. So you see there are benefits to breaking a leg. The best part of it all, was, that I got to make rude, biased comments on every race, though I have to admit the death threats were coming in pretty fast. As the second Sports Day I have witnessed in Inventure, I must say the standards have definitely gone up. The sports Day was an ideal showcase for the faculty, and students to show the parents how much they had achieved during the year. From the tiniest tots in their 60 meter races, to the older students in their 400 meter races, everyone put on a great show. However there must be winners, and in a shocking upset, the underdog houses of Inventure, the Nurturers and Inventors came first and second respectively, knocking of the Venturers and the Adventurers off their pedestals. Each individual champion really pulled his house through, hearty congratulations to them all! The relays in my opinion were the prime events of the day, simply because, in no other race, do competitors from other divisions get to compete with one another, it is a true test of speed, strategy, and teamwork. There also needs to be a special mention for the dance/drill for both the kindergarteners (because they’re just cute, and they did their best) and the students who participated in the finale drill, which was fantastic to watch, congrats to the all the students, and the dance teachers who choreographed the dance/drill. What I really like about the Inventure Academy Sports Day was the fact that there was all round participation, from the students, parents, teachers, and faculty. Each group had their own races, and each group did very well, I especially liked the teacher’s’ races, because for me it was a role reversal of sorts, where I got to sit in the shade, and they got to sweat it out in the sun. All in all a grand day, made even grander by the presence of our eminent, and good looking chief guest, Sharmilla Nicollette. Thanks to you all for coming, and hope to see you again next year. By Suman Sridharan Click here to view the photographs
Inventure Team Wins the Headstart Music Fest
Inventure Team has won the Head Start Music Fest ,an Interschool music competition conducted by Head Start in the English Group Song/Band Category.Mallya Aditi International School,Ebenezer International School,Head Start and Vibgyor High were the other participating schools.
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What an amazing Sunday!! A big day for me. I woke up on that Sunday morning, nervous as I had barely studied but excited as this was my first Spelling Bee with people participating from all of India’s bigger cities in the major states. The format of the competition was like this: Within an hour all of us had to answer a hundred questions varying from fill-in-the-blanks to multiple choices. The written round was followed by a short break and we were treated to Horlicks Nutribar and Biscuits by the sponsors. There were 30 schools and 693 participants. We were told that we would get our participation certificates and that took almost an hour.The Inventure team sat with thier fingers crossed and they also cracked jokes that 9 out of the top 10 will be from Inventure.So, that is the Inventure Spirit:-)Jokes apart we all knew that it was very difficult since the number of particpants was huge.The Inventure parents and our teached supported and cheered for us all throughout the Bee. Our fears were proved wrong as not only one, but three Inventure students got into the finals: And wow!We were the largest team from a single school at the TOP 10!Are'nt we elated!!!An MC from Radio Mirchi came to hold the final rounds. The audio-visuals had 5-6 rounds. The above were some of the main rounds we had. In the end we were sitting down in nail-biting suspense waiting for the results. Akila of 9th grade in Sri Kumarans School had secured twenty-two points! She was awarded a cash prize of twenty thousand rupees in a cheque from HDFC and she will be representing Bangalore in the finals in Mumbai. What about Inventure?Anusha Ramji(Hey! that's me:-)) of Inventure Academy came third with 17 points. Then we were informed about our individual performances.Of course Akila of Sri Kumarans got rank 1 because she got 22 points in the audio-visuals and 100% in her test! Anusha Ramji (ME,ME,ME), secured rank 3 with 97% in the written round with 17 points in the Oral round. At rank 5 was Aditya Parekh,of course from Inventure grasped a total of 14 points in oral and 97% in his written round. Kriti Varghese of grade 7 (no prizes for guessing-an Inventurer) secured 9th rank with a whopping 98% (second only to Akila) and 10 points in oral round. Overall all of us had a great time as this built up our confidence levels and gave us great exposure. Anusha Ramji, Inventure Academy Wins the National Kellogs INME Championship!! Eleven teams from across India converged on picturesque Tons, Uttaranchal, to pit their brains and brawns against each other in a bid to emerge All India Champions at the Kellogg’s Cup inme Challenge. Through two days of intense, grueling competition, the teams were put through a variety of tasks. The events fell under two main heads: Adventure and Helter Skelter. The Adventure tasks involved rock climbing, back packing, trekking, rafting and off road-biking. Helter Skelter had the teams making movies, performing songs and calling on their team building skills. Helter Skelter also had points for team discipline and attitude. In short, this competition tested not just the teams’ physical endurance, but also their creativity, their ability to think on their feet and pull themselves together as a team. Other Competing schools were: Army School – Jodhpur, Cambridge School, Doon International School- Dehra Dun , Heritage School – New Delhi, Maharani Gayatri Devi School – Jaipur, Modern School – Barakhamba, New Delhi, Pathways World School – New Delhi, Vasant Valley School – New Delhi, Vidya Devi Jindal School – Haryana. Team Inventure emerged victorious with a total of 506 points out of 600 (333 points in Adventure and 173 points in Helter Skelter) in a hard fought battle that had just two and half points separating them from second place. Anthony Shek set the fastest time of 1 minute 46 seconds cycling uphill for a distance of 900m, while Srinivas Naidu ( both of Inventure Academy) set the record in the Slow Cycling race! Team Inventure had perfect scores in rafting and biking. The spirit with which this team excelled in even the events they were trying for the very first time is a definite testimony of the culture at Inventure which encourages creativity, excellence in co-curricular activities and independence. The victory was sweeter still for the fact that we triumphed against schools established for far longer than Inventure and with teams known for excelling in these activities. Inventure Academy is an initiative of the India Learning Foundation, and is situated over 20 acres on Sarjapur Road. With a teacher-student ratio of 1:15, and access to a wide array of extra-and co-curricular activity, students are inspired to realize their full potential and aspire for excellence in all their endeavours. The school aims to provide the best of what both conventional and modern schools offer – focus on academic excellence and inclusiveness; while nurturing individuality and inventiveness in every student. Inventure Academy’s Promise to its parents, faculty and students is to: Team Inventure went, they played hard and they definitely conquered! They truly are champions. Click here to view the report with photographs Media Team Kashvi wins the 3-Peel Art Award Kashvi Bajaj's art work has been selected for the 3-Peel art award among 6000 artworks from 35 schools.She was presented the award on 21st Nov 2009 in a Prize Function at Alliance Française de Bangalore. Media Team Inventure Students at the Bangalore Model United Nations 2009. Model United Nations (informally abbreviated as Model UN or MUN) is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about civics, effective communication, globalization and multilateral diplomacy. In Model UN, students take on roles as foreign diplomats and participate in a simulated session of an intergovernmental organization (IGO).Participants research a country, take on roles as diplomats, investigate international issues, debate, deliberate, consult, and then develop solutions to world problems. The Bangalore Model United Nations is being conducted on the 19th, 20th and 21st of November at Vidya Niketan School, Bangalore, India. Our First Day at the Model United Nations. The first day at M.U.N was an interesting experience, we were all herded into the General Assembly hall. The inauguration speech was given by the eminent professor Dr.Sitaram Kakrala of the National Law School Bangalore. His speech encouraged us to wear our thinking caps and think out of the box. After the lighting of the lamp, the inaugural ceremony was completed with speeches by various Heads of committees. I was the press delegate of Japan which allowed me to gain a new perspective on the M.U.N. Basically we were given unlimited power to question, criticize, and approve of anyone we wanted to, and I mean anyone, every country, delegate, even the secretary general, overall it was a fun experience,.I even thought of asking the delegate of Kazakhstan what he thought of Borat. The food was a pretty decent affair. we got chat for lunch, dahi puri, and chole batura to be specific. A moderated caucus is a debate, in which a specific item pertaining to the agenda is discussed. The bulk of the debating at MUN conferences, happens during this free-flow form of debate. An unmoderated caucus is used to lobby, form alliances and table resolutions. Once the motion passes, delegates are free to move from their seats, and form groups.. The moderated caucuses(discussions and debate on agenda concerning the committee) were very formal (people talking in third person, not making eye contact). The unmoderated caucuses added a very interesting twist to the otherwise somber proceedings. All in all, a very insightful day. We learnt a lot about the current political history, speeches and statements of political leaders, resolutions of the member countries etc. Second Day at MUN The second day of the BMUN was no less interesting than the first, the agenda for the day looked pretty dry; it’s hard to think that any discussion on the “reduction of agricultural dependence on the erratic nature of South Asian weather conditions” would be very interesting…how wrong I was. The agenda presented some brilliant opportunities to do a bit of investigative journalism, one instance that I remember well, was when the delegate of Tuvalu (a small island nation) blamed the erratic weather conditions on global warming, global warming was sinking Tuvalu, which at its highest point 4.5 meters above sea level. With some help from the delegate of Tuvalu, I found out that the U.S which has one of the world’s highest carbon footprints, so technically the United States was actually sinking a country. The delegate of the U.S defended his country admirably, saying that Obama was taking steps to cut down emissions. However he did indirectly admit that in the present the U.S was sinking Tuvalu. The Grand Finale
Suman Sridharan
Inventure Academy Wins The Ryan International 5 a-side Tournament The downcast, drizzly weather didn’t prove enough of a bother for Inventure Academy as we conquered the football field through the two days of the Ryan International 5-a-side Rolling Trophy Soccer Tournament 2009-’10. On the first day of the tournament, Inventure Academy overwhelmed DPS 6-2 in their first foray. Our next match against Ryan International (the team we lost 6-0 two years in a row previously!) proved more of a contest and ended 2-1 in Inventure’s favor, taking them into the semi-finals the next day. The Proud Team with its coveted possession. Media Pod Team,
Mr.Srinivasan, the Editor of Bangalore Mirror addressed the Middle and Senior School Students at Inventure. We waited eagerly in the Amphitheatre to meet the Editor of a renowned English Daily,Mr.Srinivasan of Bangalore Mirror. As a student journalist and a member of the Media Pod, a long list of questions waited to be clarified by him. Our Head of School, Nooraine Fazal, introduced him and also told us about his credentials and achievements. It was’nt hard to notice that , he was the first guest who stood really close to us while he spoke and he also rolled the ball into our court by asking us what we would like to know from him. When it comes to situations like these, our Inventure Students show their prowess by asking interesting and informative questions which address the interest of a large audience. The first question came from Marcos of Grade 11 on the favourite story of the editor. Mr.Srinivas narrated the interesting newstory about a Defence Minister who chose to celebrate his birthday by taking his family in a fighter planed to New Delhi. He later got threats from the better half of the Minister but could not deter him from writing about the saga and also the threat in his Daily. The students had asked him to speak about his choice of news coverage. A grade 6 student, Sahana, asked him about his first news story. He shared with us the details on his story on the Water Crisis in Chennai and as a result of this article the problem could be solved since help came from several quarters to address the crisis. As the interesting session progressed, the students sat battling the harsh rays of the Sun. Looking at the situation, Nooraine Ma’am, suggested that we could move into the cooler quarters of our Music Room. Eager to keep the session rolling, we settled in quickly and continued. The thought process of Inventure kids is very interesting. One of our students had the audacity to ask him if he had been to the prison to taken an interview. He said that he did not come across such a situation yet. Varun, of grade 6A enquired about his greatest achievement in his journalistic career. He opined that his profession is his duty. Then, we drifted to a very interesting topic of News coverage undercover. The details and anecdotes given by him were very interesting and informative. Mr.Srinivasan gave his golden advice which were much appreciated by the students. He holds the view that Team work is of utmost importance for the success of any journalistic group. He also pointed that a good journalist will never run out of ideas. Thus we had a very interactive and informative session with him. Click here to view the photographs Nihaal George and Siddharth Saxena
Rajyotsava Assembly Every year on November 1st, the whole of Karnataka celebrates as it is Rajyotsava. Our previous celebrations were not as mesmerizing as this one. We started this wonderful day in pomp along with our friends from Gunjur School, who were as excited as us. They never really got opportunities like this and their visit was a pleasure. Our Kannada teacher, Nagashree ma’am gave us a delightful speech all about how Rajyotsava came to be. In 1973, they joined all Kannada-speaking districts and renamed it as Karnataka. Jagrithi ma’am translated this interesting speech into English for the rest of us. Finally the performances began. Some men, from different districts in Karnataka danced the Chauriaat accompanied by Ganapathy sir enthusiastically. Soon, us kids from Inventure, sang a melodious tune that went “Aaa Swantantra swargake…” and was taken well. Next in line was the Kattiyaat dance “Katti” meaning sword and “aat” meaning dance. The dancers showed their war-like side and astonished us with uses of their weapons. Then came the “Bolakaat”, a dance around ceremonial lamp. We all found these very rhythmic and their co-ordination was amazing. This troup was called Kaveri Kodava Samaj. Then girls from Bramari Art Academy displayed eye-pooping acrobatic feats in a dance form called “Kamsale” which used tiny symbols. The girls made human pyramids and were very flexible. I for one was amazed at how many different dance forms there are and found the show very educational. Click here to read more about it and to view the photographs Gunjur Experience Little did we know how much we could learn from them ourselves. You must be wondering who is this 'them' I am referring to. Well 'them" is the kids we helped to learn verbs and nouns. Well how could they have taught us anything at all? We were all boarding the bus pondering about what was to happen next and not expecting much. We had prepared flashcards, worksheets, charts and many more teaching aids. In a few minutes we arrived at the Gunjur Government school. Many thought about how our school was much better and bigger. A bunch of children were their awaiting for us with an eager hunger for knowledge. All of them were ready to learn. My grade 6A, taught them the concept Verbs through activities of our own creation. Grade 6B taught them Nouns and even taught them to sing a few English songs and they filled us with awe by singing rather making us sing Kannada songs. Their speed at which they grasped everything we showed them was remarkable. Many thought they deserve better schools to study and learn. Like I said what could we have learnt from those kids? Something you should have and use everyday of your life that we all forget or rather fail to do – Being sensitive to others woes and the basic values of life . Each kid displayed so many that I can't keep track. It is this that is very important to succeed in all our endeavours. I felt very thoughtful after meeting them and happy too. Happy because we, as a school had done more and thoughtful because of how their lives can be so different from ours. I’ve explored this to all explorable limits and have realised that we should respect all for what they do and for what they are. It doesn't matter whether you are a maid or a company's head. No matter what work you do, big or small, in the end it does make a difference of what you contribute to the society at large. Anusha Ramji
Quenching The Thirst of Minds: SUPW at Inventure Academy Curiosity in minds and twinkle in eyes; that exactly how I found each of my 40 prodigies on 22nd October when they came in all set to learn about cells from me. Trust me, I learnt much more from than they did from me! Their attention span lasted forever which really amazed me. Their smiles and friendliness will always be remembered by me. The students of a nearby Govt. School were my source of inspiration during my SUPW. My lesson plan was to give them a set of worksheets and then gradually, referring to their course, I showed them modules on the facts about cells. Then I chose to go the manual way and because of time constraints I quickly told them about the cell organelles. But my presentation would have amounted to zilch if Chandrika ma’am and Nagashree ma’am wouldn’t have been there to explain to the children in their language and in an interesting manner according to their temperament. They were thrilled to see the diffusion and osmosis demonstrations in the classroom. Then I took them to the Biology lab to make them prepare onion peel slide and to observe them under a microscope so that their imagination could get a real for. The lab was well set before we reached by Chandrika ma’am and Nayak sir, which made the experiment so very convenient for us. This proved to be the most exciting session. Everyone was very responsive and excited. After a demonstraton of the experiment by Chandrika ma’am, Nida , Dipali and I with all the other students were amused to perform the experiment ourselves and that too successfully. Just as everyone finished experimenting, the bio lab specimen grabbed the attention of all and they clustered around them. It was my pleasure to give them a closer look at them and tell them their names. They too taught me that the scorpion in kannada was called “chieru”(as I heard). Then sadly, the session had to end. So we all took then on a half-tour of the school and took them for snack. Then it was time to say goodbye. They waved to me graciously and I waved back to them with a happy heart and loads of inspiration. Akriti Bhargava, Grade10 ICSE Montfort Tennis Tournament-Alisha Kalyanpur made us proud by securing the Third place in the under 12 category The Montfort Tournaments were held at the Montfort School, Yercaud, Tamil Nadu over the August 15 weekend. Set in the Shevaroy Hills above Salem,about a 4 hour drive from Bangalore, Yercaud is a picturesque hill resort centered around a small lake, sometimes referred to as the 'poor man's Ooty'. It has several scenic points with spectacular views and some pleasant hiking trails. Montfort school is a stately residential school, established in 1917 by a French order of priests. The Montfort tournaments have been held annually for over 40 years and have been growing year on year. This year the tournament was well attended with over 400 students from 50 schools throughout Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, playing tennis, TT, soccer, and basketball. Inventure Academy was ably represented in the Tennis tournament by Alisha Kalyanpur (7B) and Adil Kalyanpur (4A). Adil also participated in the Table Tennis tournament. Alisha secured 3rd place in the girls under 12 tennis tournament, while Adil reached the quarter finals of the under 12 boys tennis, playing in a tough draw. Both Adil and Alisha playing together reached the semifinals of the under 12 doubles tournament.At the awards ceremony, Alisha was presented a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 400 by the chief guest, Retired DG of the Tamil Nadu Police, Mr Devaram. We look forward to a larger delegation from Inventure attending next years tournaments! More victories for Alisha-Click here Dr.Arjun Kalyanpur.
Not Swiss Chocolates, But Swiss Education!! Earlier, whenever I heard of Switzerland, all that came to my mind was chocolates (yum yum!!), Alps and the best of summer camps. But it wasn’t until an encounter with the Swiss Educationist and a Swiss education Minister Ms. Sandra Hutterli who had visited the Aditi Mallya International School on 9th of October , that I got to know about Switzerland’s unique and well-thought education system. It was the occasion of completion of 60 years of India and Switzerland’s friendship and the year of Science and Education of Switzerland Year, that Ms. Hutterli chose to grace. It proved to be a great opportunity to open the window of prejudice and let the light of opportunities in. However, due to the large no. of immigrants, the students of India wouldn’t be the lone foreigners around and will find Ubringe, Turks, Ex-jagoslavians, Portugese and Spanish as well! So.... here is how the Swiss education system goes. The 11th and 12th graders from India would be Swiss Upper Secondary students. Thus they either would have an option to attend the special middle schools, which are very popular, or go for Matura schools which come with the option of full time studies or Professional Matura schools which pay special attention to after school Apprenticeship for early experience. After Matura and High school one is eligible to go to University. Switzerland has brilliant universities, Universities of Applied Sciences, Federeal Institutes of Technology and research Institutes You must be wondering by now that usually, English management and Economic education, Indian technological education, Australian Medical Education are the famous ones, but what about Swiss education’s Strength? Actually all the big car company’s of Germany that we hear about are full of swiss people designing their most minute ofall parts . Besides who hasn’t heard about the Swiss watches? They are all about intrigue technology and design. Thus, the Swiss technology education is qute popular and specialized. The federal institutes of technology have even yielded Nobel Prize winners! For Management patrons the IMD at Lausanne comes in the top five management colleges in the world! For more information on the best of universities for Law, Economics and Humanities feel free to Google. Gauri Billore,
Investiture Ceremony-2009 Ms Sinduja started the day with an introduction and sang a song as an Invocation, for the rise of the new Student Council leaders. It was a very calm song and so was her voice with that great tone. Next, our two School captains, junior and senior, came and read a poem. After that, Divya stood on stage and told us the reason this Investiture ceremony is held.
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Independence Day at Inventure Academy |