Education at Indus International School Hyderabad places high emphasis
on overall development of the child. This article captures some of the extra
curricular activities that were conducted recently at Indus International
School, Hyderabad.
Students of Grades 9 and 11 attended a
Shakespearean play, Hamara Shakespeare. This
play was hosted by the British Council
Library, to commemorate four hundred years
of William Shakespeare. This play helped
the Grade 11 students understand stage craft
and, indeed, better appreciate
Shakespeare’s genius.
Ms Lilia Dassine Belaid
from France, a Computer Science engineer and currently working as a freelance
App developer, had a session with the Grade 11 Computer Science students
and informed them about
the requirements of the industry, the computer languages used
for the same, the
requirements at the front-end and the back end. She has developed apps
for iOS earlier and is
currently developing an app for a fashion industry.
The students of Grade 5 went on a field trip
to Oakridge International School to attend a
PYP Exhibition. The
students had an opportunity to interact with the students and
teachers of Oakridge
International School. The visit mainly focused on the the importance
of collaboration,
cooperation, role of students. The students enjoyed the exhibition a lot.
On Saturday, Jan 7, Grade 8 Art students went
to attend a Puppet workshop by Jagadish
Bhatt and his troupe.
Students enjoyed the event by watching a demonstration and
experienced making
Rajasthani string puppets. One of our students, Abhinaya had an
interview with NDTV.
Students of Grade 3 went
on a field trip to Sudha Car Museum in connection with their
unit of Inquiry
‘Technology –an important part of man’s life’. Here they observed how
different materials are
used to design cars in different shapes and sizes. It was indeed a
great learning for the
students.
A Math Ted Talk was
organized by the 8th Graders; the students spoke with confidence and poise
about the application of Mathematics in real life, the Fibonacci Sequence and
the
Golden Ratio, and how to
overcome the fear and anxiety of Mathematics.
