Wright brothers
SUMMER CAMPS SO FAR, BANGALORE
We have successfully completed 2 of our summer camps- Time. Travel. and Say Clay! Take a look at the 1st week’s buzz!
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SUMMER CAMP 2011, BANGALORE
The wait is over!
The schedule for our summer workshops are up. Get ready to beat the heat with a whole lot of fun!
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SUMMER CAMP, 2011 – BANGALORE
Welcome to the 9th edition of Camp Yakaboo
– Summer workshops 2011 from Hippocampus!
There’s something for every child… 5 to 14!!
Want to replicate the work of Wright brothers, Leonardo and the like?
Join the ‘Time. Travel.’ Carpentry Workshop!
The little one loves to sing, imitate people, tell and listen to stories?
Come onboard and do the ‘History Hop’!
Bored of the same old art ‘n’ craft?
Surprise them with ‘Art Attack’ this season
Curious about how mysteries are solved?
Know how ‘Blues’ solves the clues, and
Have you tried getting your heart to beat twice as fast?
Try new things in Science
There’s so much to do this summer, so go ahead… pick and choose!
AGES 5 – 7
HISTORY HOPS (CAMP SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED)
Date: 4th to 15th April ’11
Timings: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Hippocampus, Koramangala
Ages: 5 to 7
Description: Get creative, splash some colour, go into the past and discover what each day has in store for you! Peek into the story of McDonalds, why the Titanic sank, listen to stories from the North Pole, write poetry, make a happy meal and do so much more! Don’t miss this 10-day journey into history!
Fee: Members – Rs. 2, 350/-, Non-Members – Rs. 2, 750/-
About the Mentor: Alpa Bansal has been conducting activities at Hippocampus with great enthusiasm for many years. She always brings extra something to a simple art and craft session. Besides this, she has done workshops in USA and in India, and has specialized in Ceramics. She views Art as more than a medium of expression and communicates this in the activities she conducts.
THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK – A creative thinking workshop
(CAMP SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED)
Date: 25th to 29th April ’11
Timings: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Hippocampus, Koramangala
Ages: 5 to 7
Description: The workshop will focus on inspiring creativity through role-plays & activities. The emphasis is on child’s acceptance of change, realization that problems can have many solutions and appreciation of their uniqueness thereby making your children confident thinkers and learners. By the end of workshop children would know how to apply convergent and divergent thinking and surprise you with witty answers!
Fee: Members – Rs. 1,500/-, Non-Members – Rs. 1,800/-
About the Mentor :
This workshop will be conducted by ‘Sparkling Mindz’ who are a team of qualified facilitators who want to inspire children to become confident thinkers. The facilitators for the summer are:
Sreeja Iyer, is an MBA post- graduate from the Indian School of Business and has had a corporate stint in marketing, strategy and technology in large organizations. In the past few years she has focused on education & training. She takes classes on ideation and creativity for students across ages. Most importantly, her emphasis is on learning through fun & play and inspiring children to be confident thinkers & learners.
Saritha Verma, is a teacher, teacher trainer and a corporate trainer all rolled in one. She has conducted sessions for children ranging from kindergarten to Engineering and her classes are always filled with fun & play, simple ways of understanding complex concepts and of course, loads of creativity.
AGES 6-8
ART ATTACK (CAMP SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED)
Date: 11th to 22nd April ’11
Timings: 10:00 am to 12:00 noon
Location: Hippocampus, Koramangala
Description: Create your masterpieces with ceramic, mosaic tiles, marbles, shoes and much more! Spin tops this summer and learn all about the good old games.
Get ready to be art attacked this summer!
Fee: Members- Rs. 2, 250 Non-members – Rs. 2, 650
About the mentor
Sarayu Perumal is a self –taught artist. She has worked for the Times of India (NIE) as an art consultant and conducted art, craft & story telling activities for children in Bangalore.
AGES 6-9
SAY CLAY! (CAMP SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED)
Date: 4th to 8th April ’11
Timings: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Hippocampus, Koramangala
Description: Join the famous artist Pavan Sathya as he’ll teach you all about the art of clay play. Begin with freehand clay art and move up to wheel work. You get to make name plates, piggy banks, forms by hand pots on a wheel.
Fee: Members – Rs. 1, 450/-, Non-Members – Rs.1, 640 /-
About the Mentor: Pavan Sathya is not only a noteworthy artist but also a reformist. He has conducted programs to conserve lakes and promoted the idea of using natural clay rather than plaster clay.
He is trained in advanced ceramics & Raku from Japan, and has also displayed his works in several exhibitions in Japan. His fascination with pottery and firing has motivated him to explore his talents further. He conducts workshops for children in schools and in his studio – Gopni- in Indiranagar.
AGES 8 and above
ADVENTURE AHOY!
Date: 2nd to 6th May ’11
Timings: 7:00 am to 7:30 pm
Location: Outdoors. Departure from Hippocampus, Koramangala
Ages: 8 to 14
Description:
On the rocks! (Monday- 2nd May ’11)
Rock climbing and rappelling at Ram Nagar
Trekking (Tuesday- 3rd May ’11)
Activities include zip Line, flying squirrel, and rope traversing at Savandurga
Terrestrial Adventure Day (Wednesday- 4th May ’11)
Cave exploration and treasure hunt at Antaraganga
Real Adventure begins! (Overnight Thursday to Friday- 5th to 6th May ’11)
Outdoor camping , tent pitching, night trekking, building a raft, tube Rafting, kayaking and many more… at Mascal
About the mentors:
Outback India is recognized to be the finest adventure outfitters in the country and they have been involved with adventure sports for the past 15 years. Their team consists of trainers committed to quality, service and safety.
Dr. Geeta Singh, is a retired professor from Jyoti Nivas college whose passion lies in adventure sports and has been an activist for the same since 1973. At present she’s focusing on promoting adventure sports among young children.
Smriti Singh, is a Graduate in Creative Communication & BA. She’s a national sports climber and has represented India twice in sports climbing. Smriti is also a adventure sports trainer with Outback India.
Keerthi Pais is the Chairperson of Indian Mountaineering Federation for Wall Climbing. Keerthi is the National coach for wall climbing and has won the country several international medals under his training. He also runs ‘Outback India’
Fee: Members- Rs. 7, 250, Non-members- Rs. 7, 650
Food will be provided by the mentors.
TIME. TRAVEL. – A wood-working workshop
(CAMP SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED)
Date: 4th to 8th April ’11 (Batch 1)
25th to 29th April ’11 (Batch 2)
Timings: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Hippocampus, Koramangala
Ages: 8 to 14 years
Description: Replicate inventions of famous artists. Build Da Vinci’s sundial and a plane of the Wright brothers. Learn to chip and polish wood, and do each step right from scratch just like the artists!
Fee: Members – Rs. 3,800/-, Non-Members – Rs.4,200 /-
About the Mentor: Namrata Vora volunteers for Aarti Home, an NGO that works for the girl child, as Member of Board and Director, Programs. Previously she has worked in the hectic world of consultants and multi-national companies, where she landed after a four-year long picnic at an IIT followed by one at an IIM.
A keen believer in the Montessori methodology, Namrata loves working with children. Her carpentry workshops – where she teaches the art of working with wood, bring together several of her passions. She volunteers at her children’s school where she works with children aged 6-12 years. She has also run summer camps at Hippocampus in the past years.
SO… YOU CAN SEW? – A needlework workshop (CAMP SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED)
Date: 11th to 15th April ’11
Timings: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Hippocampus, Koramangala
Ages: 8 to 14 years
Description: Design, stitch and flaunt your summer style. Learn techniques to sewing and designing belts, bags, bandanas and pouches and take home a little kit as a gift!
Fee: Members – Rs. 900/-, Non-Members – Rs. 1,100/-
About the mentor: Ruhaina Khan is a psychologist by profession, but loves to sew.She believes that beginner sewing classes for kids are a great opportunity for kids to learn about self-reliance, ingenuity, resourcefulness and fashion independence. It also helps them to focus, improve concentration and sustain attention. And being capable of making your own anything is considered an environmentally responsible skill, much required in our current times. She hopes to share the art of sewing, so that others can enjoy this wonderful hobby.
FUN WITH SCIENCE (CAMP SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED)
Date: 25th to 29th April ’11
Timings: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Ages: 8 to 12 years
Location: Hippocampus, Koramangala
Description: Come one, come all and let’s explore
The heart of science to see what’s in store
With Physics, Bio and Chemistry too
The fun is in discovering the scientist in you
Wouldn’t you love to…
- Learn how to design like an engineer
- Test out if two reds pens are made up of the same colours
- Make eggs turn a yummy green
- Check whether you can get your heart to beat twice as fast
- Play with Electricity
And so much more…
Fee: Members – Rs.2, 000 /-, Non-Members – Rs.2, 500 /-
About the Mentor:
Curiouscity has been created with the aim of promoting science in our communities. They attempt to get the children to create their own little moments of scientific discovery, their own little moments of WOW. Curiouscity is run by five individuals – Dr. Shonali Chinniah, Dr. Jandeep Banga, Umesh Malhotra, Sukanya Sinha and Utpal Chattopadhyay. This year’s facilitator is:
Nima Lama, is a software professional who has been conducting science sessions at Hippocampus for the past year. Prior to that he has taught science at a school level for several years. He has great flair for working with children. Here’s what one of the kids in his camp had to say this year “This class was better than other science classes because we get to do it and figure it out. I will force my mom to put me back next year.”
THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK – A creative thinking workshop
Date: 2nd to 6th May ’11
Timings: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Ages: 8 to 13 years
Location: Hippocampus, Koramangala
Description: The workshop will focus on inspiring creativity through play & activities. The children will exercise their minds to achieve out of the box thinking, solve problems creatively and learn to apply it in real life as well as in creative expression. Your child will understand lateral and reverse thinking and apply them to solve problems hence coming up with creative solutions
Fee: Members – Rs.1,500/- , Non-Members – Rs.1,800/-
About the Mentor:
This workshop will be conducted by ‘Sparkling Mindz’ who are a team of qualified facilitators who want to inspire children to become confident thinkers. The facilitators for the summer are:
Sreeja Iyer, is an MBA post graduate from the Indian School of Business and has had a corporate stint in marketing, strategy and technology in large organizations. In the past few years she has focused on education & training. She takes classes on ideation and creativity for students across ages. Most importantly, her emphasis is on learning through fun & play and inspiring children to be confident thinkers & learners.
Saritha Verma, is a teacher, teacher trainer and corporate trainer all rolled in one. She has conducted sessions for children ranging from kindergarten to Engineering and her classes are always filled with fun & play, simple ways of understanding complex concepts and of course, loads of creativity.
DESI TREATS FROM THE STREETS! – A cooking workshop
Date: 9th to 13th May ’11
Timings: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location: Hippocampus, Koramangala
Ages: 8 to 14 years
Description: Beat the heat with healthy desi snackes!
The menu for this summer is:
Dahi Bhalla, Lemon Soda and Phirni
Phal chat, Bombay sandwich and rose/pista milk
Aloo tikki with chutneys, kulfi & phaloon ka ras
Jilebi, mango lassi & Indian momos
AND MORE!
Fee: Members – Rs. 2, 000/-, Non-Members – Rs.2, 500/-
About the Mentor: Sruti Kulothungan After 5 years of learning and experimenting with cooking through her college days in Food science, she thoroughly enjoys herself in the kitchen. Cooking is one field that has kept her interest at any point of the day. According to her cooking is a way to creatively express oneself which is why she prefers to deviate from cliches from a cookbook. “COOK LEARN AND HAVE LOADS OF FUN”, is what she says.
AGES 10 and above
THE WRIGHT WAY – An aero-modeling workshop (CAMP SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED)
Date: 1st batch: 18th to 22nd April ’11,
2nd batch: 9th to 13th May ’11
Timings: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location: Hippocampus, Koramangala
Ages: 10 to 14 years
Description: Get to know the history of aviation, learn trimming techniques, build models to fly, win certificates and awards, and take home a FREE RTF wooden model kit!
Fee: Members – Rs.3, 500/-, Non-Members – Rs.3, 900/-
About the mentor: Hobby Master is a team of very enthusiastic people, experts in their respective fields, have come together to work towards a common goal of making learning meaningful and fun. Our Hobby Masters are:
Rajeev Koyal – Founder and Business Manager A firm believer in the ‘overall-development of the child’ concept, he seeks to work persistently with Indian schools and colleges in bringing about, what he likes to call a “Hobby-Revolution“.
Anuradha Koyal – Co Founder and Business Manager Anuradha or Anu, as she is fondly known, is an experienced and passionate merchandiser and buyer. She is an alumnus of the premiere National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bangalore and is a trained sourcing expert.
Julius Gough – Co founder and Business Manager After a 9 year stint with one of India’s best business houses and an entrepreneurial venture into the big bad world, he discovered that most of us were good enough as children but we became average or not so good adults because of the way we learn or worse – because of the way we are taught.
WEIRD TALES – A Literature workshop
Date: 2nd to 6th May ’11
Timings: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location: Hippocampus, Koramangala
Ages: 11 to 14 years
Fee: Rs. 1,250 (Members), Rs. 1,450 (Non-members)
Description:
Surprise yourself with the wonder that Literature holds.
Read plays, short stories, and novels- enact them and create some of your own.
Learn to read deeper and write differently.
Discover new meanings and let the magic unfold!
About the mentor:
Gaurav Monga has been teaching Literature and Theater in schools for the past five years. He is also a writer and has recently begun publishing his own short stories. He would like children to get exposed to Literature which is not traditionally termed Children’s Literature but Literature children can reatd, enjoy and relate to. He has experimented with the film medium as well. He aims to spark the initial inspiration to read Literature by introducing writing.
MAP ON MY LAP – A geography workshop
Date: 28th April to 1st May ’11
Timings: 10:30 am to 1:00 pm
Location: Hippocampus, Koramangala
Ages: 11 to 14 years
Description:
Get from here to there’: Explore your neighbourhood and know about directions
Latitudes and Longitudes, Oh! How boring!: hop on a flat map and move onto the map of the earth
Follow my map: Learn to chalk out a map of your neighbourhood
Explore the Atlas: Understand our world and how we live in it
Fee: Members – Rs.1,400/- , Non-Members – Rs.1,800/-
About the Mentor:
Dr Chandra Shekhar Balachandran has over 30 years experience in geography education in India and the USA. He has taught teachers, students (middle school to post-graduate). He is also a frequent writer for the Young World supplement of The Hindu newspaper on geography topics for kids. He believes that a good geography education enriches everything we do. His research interests are in cultural geography. He is the founder and director of the GeoVidyaa Geography Centre of Excellence, a project of The Indian Institute of Geographical Studies
SUPER SLEUTHS – A crime busting workshop (CAMP SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED)
Date: 18th to 22nd April ’11
Timings: 2:30pm to 5:00 pm
Location: Hippocampus, Koramangala
Ages: 11 to 14
Description: Think differently, think creatively and explore unconventional options! Solve the mystery, and become a ‘Super Sleuth’
A highly interactive workshop that uses role plays and case studies to sharpen detective skills, study body language, collect evidence and put them together to solve a crime!
Fee: Members – Rs.3, 200/- , Non-Members – Rs.3, 600/-
About the mentor: MD Riti is an ex-journalist with over 20 years field experience with leading media organizations including the Times of India, Rediff.com, The Week and India Abroad. She is the founder of this company, writer, communication specialist, game creator and has vast experience in observing human behavior, in maverick politicians, criminals, sociopaths, movies and stars, theatre and big business. She works along with a team who is specialized in varied fields as well.
Registrations open from 15th March 2011 (Tuesday)
Call 080-2563 0206 to book your spot.
Payment to be made within 2 days of booking.
Registration confirmed on payment, made by cash, card or cheque.
Refunds subject to cancellation of workshop.
Please note:
Snacks and a drink will be provided at the Center.
Workshops are subject to cancellation based on registrations
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