Ever seen a bicycle with square wheels

In the Math Week celebrations at the school, one of the most intriguing sights was the Indus Square Wheel Bicycle. Most people were amazed to see the cycle. But making it was actually the easiest part. The difficult part was to design its road! It looks like a speed breaker, but has to be very accurate in terms of the shape and size of the curves.

Can you think of a road for a triangular wheels? And what if the triangle was not equilateral? What if it was a right-angled isosceles triangle?

There were quite a few interesting and exciting questions answered in the Math Week that we don't really come across in our Math books. But that's exactly what makes us so different in our approach, isn't it?

Celebrating Math: The Indus Math Challenge-2011

We believe in posing hard questions to ourselves, and Math is no exception. Last week we concluded our annual ritual of celebrating Math in our daily lives.


We will post a lot more about the Math week, but right now, it is time to throw the Math Challenge Test open to all of you. This written test was followed by a uniquely designed Active Learning Test (ALT). While the Written Test tested a student on the theory and its applications, the ALT combined Math with the real learning environment by asking students to "perform" Math. We will post the ALT components very soon.

The results of the test are as below:

Indus Math Challenge Top Performers
School	Class	Roll No.	Name		Written Marks (60)	ALT Marks (40)	Total Marks (100)
Progressive	3	305	Om	Gogwekar	28	32	60
St Paul	3	309	Baibhav	Padhy	23	24	47
NDPS	3	328	Jaskeerat	Singh	28	16	44
Agarwal Public School	3	302	Sourabh	Karara	19	24	43
Agarwal Public School	3	312	Parth	Goyal	26	16	42
DPS	3	321	Harsh	Asawa	25	16	41
St Paul	3	316	Prakhar	Jain	22	16	38
St Raphels	3	325	Chitrashri	Bhargava	20	16	36
SICA	3	307	Manas	Burman	19	16	35
SSRVM	3	315	Harshool	Makhar	15	16	31
St Raphels	3	303	Alkha	Parida	23	8	31
School	Class	Roll No.	Name		Written Marks (60)	ALT Marks (40)	Total Marks (100)
Shishukunj	4	415	Utkarsh	Gupta	36	32	68
Satya Sai	4	412	Khushi	Vaswani	25	32	57
Satya Sai	4	411	Sakshi	Agrawal	41	16	57
Shishukunj	4	402	Adnan	Kambhati	29	24	53
Shishukunj	4	401	Fatima	Malik	21	24	45
Shishukunj	4	407	Tanishq	Goyal	14	24	38
Shishukunj	4	419	Ayush	Karwa	13	24	37
St Raphels	4	406	Shivangi	Naberia	20	16	36
St. Arnold's	4	425	Atharva	Narwane	20	16	36
Shishukunj	4	409	Devraj	Sahu	19	16	35
School	Class	Roll No.	Name		Written Marks (60)	ALT Marks (40)	Total Marks (100)
Choithram	5	510	Samyak	Shah	51	24	75
DPS	5	530	Aman	Agrawal	43	8	51
Choitram Manik Bagh	5	522	Rishwajeet	Singh	26	24	50
St. Paul	5	519	Ayush	Singh	28	16	44
St. Paul	5	520	Bhoumik	Parmar	27	16	43
Choithram	5	526	Anoushka	Acharya	27	16	43
Shishu Kunj	5	516	Himanshu	Lunia	33	8	41
NDPS	5	539	Nitish	Makhija	24	16	40
NDPS	5	535	Garv	Sawlani	19	16	35
Choitram Manik Bagh	5	531	Harshwardhan	Bhatnagar	25	8	33
School	Class	Roll No.	Name		Written Marks (60)	ALT Marks (40)	Total Marks (100)
Emerald	6	621	Sanjeet	Padhy	31	24	55
Choithram	6	619	Sarthak	Khoche	29	24	53
Vidya Bhavans	6	620	Anany	Sharma	44	8	52
Choithram	6	622	Tanmay	jain	33	16	49
St Raphels	6	624	Sommya	Naberia	39	8	47
Shishukunj	6	613	Shivang	Agrawal	45	0	45
Choithram	6	614	Archit	Gupta	26	16	42
Satya Sai	6	617	Mansi	Agarwal	21	16	37
Choithram	6	618	Prathma	Chowksey	21	16	37
NDPS	6	602	Aditya	Dilliwal	20	16	36
School	Class	Roll No.	Name		Written Marks (60)	ALT Marks (40)	Total Marks (100)
Queens college	7	709	Divya	Goyal	33	24	57
NDPS	7	720	Harsh	Mangwani	24	24	48
NDPS	7	713	Aditya	Bansal	38	8	46
Shishukunj	7	714	Parth	Chhaparwal	27	16	43
Shree Vaishnav	7	719	Jasdeep	Chhabra	33	8	41
SSRVM	7	722	Jaideep	Verma	24	16	40
St. Norbert	7	710	Chaitra	Jaori	31	8	39
Vidya Bhawans	7	711	Atharva	Rangnekar	29	8	37
St Raphels	7	705	Isha	Mudgal	27	8	35
Keshav Vidhyapeeth	7	703	Karnika	Mohta	10	24	34
School	Class	Roll No.	Name		Written Marks (60)	ALT Marks (40)	Total Marks (100)
DPS	8	808	Ayushman	Bindal	38	16	54
DPS	8	810	Abhigyan	Bindal	35	8	43
Choithram	8	802	Prakhar	Saxena	35	8	43
NDPS	8	801	Amay	Jain	34	8	42
Mata Gujri	8	813	Gunjan	Sachdev	31	8	39
Shree Bal Vinay	8	811	Mahima	Kumawat	29	8	37
Shri Satya Sai	8	804	Avani	Mangal	29	8	37
St Paul	8	805	Anushuman	Patankar	27	8	35
Shri Cloth market	8	809	Komal	Goud	24	8	32
SSRVM	8	817	Sangmitra	Bhatia	32	0	32
School	Class	Roll No.	Name		Written Marks (60)	ALT Marks (40)	Total Marks (100)
Shishukunj	9	920	Devang	Agrawal	55	16	71
Shri Satya Sai	9	925	Aishwary	Soni	41	24	65
Choithram	9	917	Ravish	Kothana	29	16	45
St Paul	9	916	Pranay	Shah	32	8	40
CDPS	9	908	Ayush	Mundra	23	16	39
Little Wonder	9	918	Deepali	Garg	30	8	38
SICA	9	909	Suyash	Bhutada	29	8	37
St Joseph	9	902	Aishwary	Shrivastava	20	16	36
Brilliant Higher	9	922	Kishore	Bindrani	28	8	36
Cloth Market	9	914	Shailendra	Rajawat	27	8	35

Top 3 students in each class will be awarded the medals. Medals can be collected from Indus World School Chhawani Campus.

Indus World School students, being the hosts, didn't participate in the tests. But they took the tests yesterday. We should be able to get their results very soon.

If you want to write the Written Test, please download the right paper, and print it. Each paper includes a set of instructions. There are 3 subsets of 5 questions each with 3, 4 and 5 points each.

Class III
Class IV
Class V
Class VI
Class VII
Class VIII
Class IX

Once you have solved them, you could come back here for any doubts in questions. We will be glad to solve them, provided you have put in your best effort!

All the best!

The Indus Mentors

INFINITY 2010-11

Albeit a bit late for the post, I thought it better to post now than never!

INFINITY, the annual event at IWS, Indore, had to its credit a few firsts. We did the event at our new Campus at Jhalaria. It was held on 2 days for the first time, to ensure participation from all students (as is the norm at our school) while making the program short enough to endure the cold winter evenings.

The first day for Ananda group had the children taking the stage right from anchoring to showcasing their talent. Little children boldly coming on to stage to anchor their respective programs was a heartening sight. Mentors could be seen trying to motivate them all the time, while parents were busy shooting with their cameras. The pictures of the first day are available for viewing here.

The second day for Jigyasa and Sadhna groups witnessed children taking on the act more seriously than we could have imagined. The choice of programs, right from the Karate Show, Mime Act and Panna Dhay Play to the Art Finale reflected the Indus Way. Children performed their part most diligently and made all of us feel proud! Please view the pictures of the second day event at our Picasa album here.

Your comments on the function are always welcome and invited!

Contribution to the Society

Indus World School is proud to present the Official Website of the Indore Zoo, www.zooindore.com. Our children contributed to the content for the site, while the technical expertise was provided by www.indore360.com, the complete web portal of Indore.

Please do check out the site and give your feedback. We are happy with the humble beginning, but would want the city to get involved in maintaining the site. We hope that this will also generate renewed interest in the Zoo, and help make it better and better.

A Poem on Mentor Training

मध्य प्रदेश है राज्य जिसका
शहर है इंदौर
उसके इंडस वर्ल्ड स्कूल में
शुरू हुआ ट्रेनिंग का दौर|


पहले दिन जब आये थे
सहमे कुछ घबराये थे
आदत नहीं थी बैठने की
चढ़ा नींद का ज़ोर|

ट्रेनिंग देने स्मिता आयीं
गाने सुनाये, मन को भाई
"core values" की जब दी दुहाई
झटका खा गया मन का चोर|

Vygotsky, Erikson और Piaget
बदले सब विचार हमारे
चल पड़ा हमारा मन
अब तो बाल-जगत की ओर|

कलाकार बने और मूर्तिकार भी
puppets से खेले बनकर बच्चे
अपनी कृति देखी जब
फिर नाच उठा ये मन का मोर|

संगणक के सुप्रयोग ने
दिखाई नयी राहें हमें
२०२५ में स्कूल की
कल्पना में मचाया खूब शोर|

गणित की पढाई ओ बंधू
हमको तो बहुत ही भाई
कहानी कहने की कला ने
पकड़ा फिर और भी जोर|

व्यायाम, योग और संगीत के
बने प्रशंसक हम सभी
थाठ, ताल और तोडे फिर
कत्थक से चला नृत्य का दौर|

देखे जो हमने तबले, सारंगी
दुनिया हुई रंग-बिरंगी
आंकलन का समय बीता
चढ़ा फिर प्रदर्शन का जोर|

--स्वप्ना (a New Mentor)

Countdown to the new Session

We didn't realize it, but the holidays are almost over. Its been a hectic period of work to be done at the school, to make it ready for the new session. The first set of parents arrived at the school yesterday and today for an orientation session.

The parents, especially those of the newly admitted students, wear that curious and apprehensive look on their faces. They are probably too much under the pre-conditioned impressions of a school atmosphere. An atmosphere where the Principal is that stern-looking woman/ man who doesn't want to be disturbed or talked to. Where the teachers want the parents to behave as if they have committed a grave mistake bringing up their children till date.

Thankfully, at our school, it was just a matter of the first impression that changed the perspective. The informal seating arrangement followed by an introduction to the group put them at ease with each other. Though some of the parents surely got a little psyched with the "Expectations from the Parents" slide, it didn't really make them unduly alarmed. There was an understated balance between what was expected from the parents and what would be delivered from the school.

There were, of course, a few concerns by parents about the buses not coming to their doorstep, and hence causing inconvenience. But these, I guess, are healthy regular requests that can be resolved amicably. We consider ourselves extremely fortunate to have highly understanding parents with us.

Last, and the most important bullet point about the session beginning this month. We have decided to go paperless in the true sense, when it comes to our school communication. If I remember correctly, we sent more than 50 sheets of paper to each parent last year! That's about 17,500 sheets or 35 reams sent to you. As per conservatree.com, it takes one tree to make 17 reams. That's 2 trees last year! With the number of students going up, we are bound to kill more trees this year. So we decided to do something about it. This year onwards, we will communicate only through the SIS, Email, sms and phones.

Please do your bit in saving our trees. Better still, plant a few in the city too. Indore surely could do with more trees!

Happy start for the new session...

Grandparents' Day at Indus World School!

Grand Parents’ Day was celebrated in Indus World School today. This day was celebrated by classes Nursery to Class II and the activities were conducted classwise. In all the classes, children performed several activities like dance, role-play and songs. In some classes grandparents took the initiative in creating cards as tokens of love for their grandchildren. It was indeed a very exciting experience to watch some of the Dadajis, dadijis, nanajis and nanijis to enter the class with animal masks on their faces and in some classes they also shared stories, songs and their experiences. In one of the classes, the grandparents went out of the way to touch a child’s heart by attending his class as his grandparents since his own grandparents were not present!

Our Principal, Mrs. Smita Rathore, said that Indus World School believes in creating a learning environment by involving the child’s own world of parents, grandparents, and friends for a holistic growth and development. It is very rare that we acknowledge the contribution of our loved ones in our day-to-day life. Hence we took this opportunity to thank the grandparents on behalf of the children by making them perform activities of their choice.

This is what we call ‘Building relationships’ and strengthening them with bonds of love and gratitude!