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Science club ’10 – ’11 @ Shankara Rotary Hippocampus
FUNDALABBZ - the year long Science Program
for Sub-Juniors – grades 2 to 4
&
Juniors – grades 5 to 7
Fundalabbz is here, giving you the chance to learn by doing.
Experiment with your own hands like a true scientist and discover various scientific concepts…
Sub-Juniors
find out how fine fiber is made into a piece of cloth by trying your hand at actual spinning and weaving…
understand concepts of Edges, Vertices & Faces by making stick 3-D models…
Figure out the way communication works by
making a model toy telephone…
AND, discover the solar system, dilution, germination, reflection, colour, road signs
& more…
Juniors
Make a switch and use it to build Series & parallel Circuits…
Make models of the lungs and the heart and know how they work…
Build a Periscope that helps submarines and see the laws of reflection of light in use…
AND, explore Air Resistance & Friction, physical & chemical change, Algebra, Transpiration
& more…
Sign up now!
- 10 activities, one back-up session and one assessment session per term
- a practical approach – with hands-on Activities / Experiments (closely based on the School Curriculum CBSE / ICSE / State Boards) every session
- Tool kit, Material for projects, Activity Book - all provided
- Models made by children taken home after each session, and
Regular Feedback – an assessment test at the end of each term giving a comprehensive evaluation of the child’s performance.
Fee:
Members – Rs.2,650
Non Members – Rs. 3,000
Timings : Saturday 10th July onwards Sub juniors 4:00 to 5:30 P.M & Sub juniors 5:30 to 7:00 P.M.
ABOUT BUTTERFLY FIELDS:
Butterfly Fields is an initiative of IIT-IIM graduates to make learning
easy, enriching and enjoyable. They believe in learning by doing.
Their entire program comprises of various kinds of activities and experiences specifically designed to make the child understand the underlying concepts or principles and at the same time, enjoy them. At the sessions, the child is placed in an atmosphere where he is made to work in a team, challenged to take decisions, asked to gather information, posed with questions and encouraged to think laterally.
For more information, log on to www.butterflyfields.com
Limited Registrations on a first-come-first-served basis. REGISTER NOW!
Contact : Kavita, Shankara Rotary Hippocampus,
Phone : 080 – 26678890
email : kavita@hippocampus.in
Add comment July 3, 2010
The Great Tale Chase 2010 Bangalore Results!
The Great Tale Chase 2010, Bangalore came to a grand end on the 29th of May at Landmark, Forum Mall. The kids had blast whether its was rolling on the floor for Bharath’s gooey story, running around playing the drama game ‘Leader and Detective’ or rattling their brains for answers to the Book quiz session.
At the end of the event the grand winners were announced and prizes distributed by the Hippocampus Book Council.
For those who couldnt make it…Replay
*Drum Roll* ……and the winners are….
Age Group 6 to 7
1st prize – Rishi Nambiar from Hippocampus, Koramangala
2nd prize – Vansha from Hippocampus, Koramangala
3rd prize – Aditya Chandna from Kids Kouch
Age group 8 to 10
1st prize – Nayantara Ghosh from Hippocampus, Koramangala
2nd prize – Aarohi Mehendale from Hippocampus, Koramangala
3rd prize – Rohan G from Tailor Bird
Age Group 11 to 14 years
1st prize – a tie between Upasana from Just Books and Aditya Katakol from Hippocampus, Koramangala
2nd prize – Mrinal Ghosh from Hippocampus, Koramangala
Congratulations winners! These kids won Gift Vouchers from Landmark and certificates from Hippocampus.
Thank you!
HOO thanks all those who have helped in making this Summer Reading event a success. Thank you
- Landmark for sponsoring the prizes!
- Participating libraries Kids Kouch, Tailor Bird and Just Books for taking part in this event and giving the children in their libraries a reason to read more this summer.
- Scholastic for the weekend contest prizes
- A big thank you to all the kids and parents for being a part of this event.
Hope you had a great summer kids….All the best for the coming academic year! – HOO
Add comment May 30, 2010
The Great Tale Spin – riddles, contests and fun!
With the participants and winners of the Great Tale Spin for the Age group 6 to 7 years.
Spell B with the kids!!!!
The Spin for 6 to 7 year olds
We had great fun playing Dumb C, Hangman and Spell B. The winners are
1st Prize – Rishi
2nd Prize – Aayush
3rd Prize – Vansha
4th Prize – Aaryan
Congrats kids! The winners won books from Scholastic and a whole load of extra points that went straight into their passports.
The Spin for 8 to 10 year olds
On Sunday the GTC participants battled it out to win books from Scholastic and get extra points loaded into their passports. The first round of Prop up got them down and working to make props that they would use to enact the story of their favorite book from the booklist. the second round was called ‘Not so fairy tale’ where the kids wrote a story from the first line that we gave. The twist – they had to incorporate a bunch of elements like ipod, fire extinguisher etc into their story.
The winners
1st Prize – Aarohi
2nd Prize – Chaitanya
3rd Prize – Karthik
Congrats to all the winners. You all did very well.
- Hippocampus, Koramangala, Bangalore
Add comment May 19, 2010
Soulpen – The adventure of writing.
Soulpen: The adventure of writing
Creative Writing workshop for teenagers
Are you in the trance-like age, between twelve and twenty? Soulpen is getting younger in the last weekend of May.
Anyone can write. If you like to talk, you can surely write. And if you are shy, you will probably write very well.
Writing can be a wonderful tool to understand yourself, to reflect an inner you that is nearer to your real self than you are willing to voice. The paper does not judge, the pen does not interfere.
Focus: The aim of the workshop is to dig out the blocks that hamper the sprouting of the creative juices and fuel the love of writing towards an intense and natural discipline. Every participant will be guided step by step to write a short story.
Low chart:
Day 1: Re-discovering the creative impulse.
Why do we write? Because we need to tell the story. As children, all of us are born creative. When we learn to talk, there is no difference between imagination and reality. Education encourages us to develop our logic and the creative process takes a back seat. The glimpses of the muse are short and sweet: She comes visiting, she leaves a line and takes back the novel.
Missing the muse, the creative angel, is the writer’s block. We shall begin with an exercise, an ice-breaking ritual for overcoming the writers block. Then we get familiar with the source of all the art within: your well. We shall do some techniques to dive in with a torch and unearth the gems, the pearls or the bullets.
All the participants will structure a story.
Day 2: Nurturing the creative impulse.
How do curds set? First of all, you need a pot. The structure of the story. The American classical structure and the Indian traditional original masala formula from the Natya Shastra. The navarasas. Then you need milk.
Characterization. We shall pen three different approaches to creating your characters. The purpose of all these exercises will be for all the participants to complete the story. And to fuel the love of writing towards a natural and intense discipline of sitting with a pen and paper.
Author’s profile:
Ms. Manjushree Abhinav is a recently published novelist of A Grasshopper’s Pilgrimage. This book should be available in most of the Crosswords and Landmarks. You can read reviews of this book on http://baktoo.blogspot.com. Just type the title in the search box. She is also a film maker trained at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune in Film Editing. She has made several documentary films, and taught the various aspects of film making at NID (National Institute of Design), Ahemedabad and also at the FTII.
She has conducted several creative writing workshops at the Srishti School of Art and Design, Times of India: Nalanda group, Bangalore, Mumbai, Ahemedabad and Mcleodganj. she also teaches English in schools.
About her passion for writing she says that she writes for the creative outlet, deep fulfillment and clarity of mind that sometimes comes as a gift with a good session of writing.
Come, find your own voice. Sign up for Soulpen
Contact: Kavita at 080-26678890, kavita@hippocampus.in or Manjushree at 9945192862 or mail manjushree.abhinav@gmail.com
Schedule:
29th May (Sat): 2:00 pm to 6:30 pm
30th May (Sun): 10: 30 am to 2:00 pm
Venue:
‘Hippocampus centre’, Ranga Rao road, Shankarpuram, Basavangudi.
Bangalore
Fees: Rs. 1200/- Last date for registration – 27.05.2010.
Add comment May 19, 2010
