Leadership camp

On Dec 1-3, 2010, Grade 4 students left for the hills of Yellagiri to Indus' own Leadership Camp. It was an experience in independance and self reliance as well as peer reliance for our students and an opportunity for experincing life with only the important neccessities.
The rain added an extra element of complexity which most students took in their stride in an impressive manner.
The trek, climbing structures, group games, bonfire, survival cooking demo, dormitory style sleeping arrangements, generally elicited an enthusiastic response from students. The pictures are testimony to that fact:)
Overall the experience was fun, very different from normal routines of most students, and close to nature. We saw many students reaching out and helping their peers in very touching ways.

Click on the following album to view Leadership camp Photos

Leadership Camp

ANNE FRANK

In connection with our Novel - The Diary of ANNE FRANK by Johanna Hurwitz, which was well integrated with our 1st unit 'Rights and responsibilities'

Ben Shaibe, parent of Grade 5 parent Nadav Shaibe, came into share his family's experiences during the WW2 on November 10th 2010. Through his talk, students gained a deeper understanding of the hardships faced by the persecuted communities and the shortages of rations. We thank Ben for, yet again this year, helping braoded our students' horizons on so many related topics, including what is meansto be Jewish.

Leadership Camp Updates

Day1, December 1st: The students arrived later than expected. It was a bit wet and sleeping area was moved indoors. Students spent the evening settling into the area.

Day2, December 2nd: The weather was a bit better. The children took part in trekking, survival cooking, climbing cargo nets and fire cracker structures. They ended the action packed day around a bonfire followed by dinner and then it was off to bed. It was nice to see the day had gone as planned.

Day 3, December 3rd: After breakfast there was a debriefing and the bus headed back to school departing at 10:15. The expected arrival time back to campus is between 2-3 PM.

Grade 4B communication Tree

As discussed in the PTM, here is 4B's communication tree to pass on the message if needed.

HW links (Nov 16th - Nov 22nd)

Math Links:
Practice at least 10 problems from each of the following links and send the report totals via email to your teacher
http://www.aaaknow.com/g4_34ax1.htm
http://www.aaaknow.com/g4_27cx1.htm
http://www.aaaknow.com/g4_28cx1.htm
UOI Link
http://www.absorblearning.com/media/attachment.action?quick=9a&att=660 - Labelled diagram of the eye

Math HW links for Nov 9th - Nov 16th
Task 1: Practise times tables 1-10
http://www.mathsisfun.com/timestable.html
Practise according to the questions asked on the following websites
http://www.kidsnumbers.com/apple-baskets-multiplication.php
http://www.kidsnumbers.com/times-tables-games.php
http://www.kidsnumbers.com/multiplication_regular.php
Risk takers:
http://www.kidsnumbers.com/multiplication_missing_number.php

UOI HW - 'Through the lens'
Choose any one photograph that appeals to you, from a media of your choice (newspaper, magazine, internet, your personal photo album, etc). In your UOI HW notebook, write a paragraph of about 75-100 words on :
‘When you see an image, what moves you? Why do you feel what you do? What attracts you to that image? Does it bring back any memories? etc.’
You may find pictures of animals, places, people, etc at: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/photos/