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Indus House
House Colour: Skylark Violet
Named after the Constellation of Indus.
Location: Northern Hemisphere
Right Ascension: 03h
Declination: +45º
Indus, the Indian (Native American)
Indus, the Indian (Native American), is completely visible in latitudes south of 15 degrees North from July - September.
Indus was invented by Pieter Dirksz Keyser and Fredick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597.
Native Americans (American Indians, Amerindians, Amerins, Indyans, Injuns, or Red Indians) are indigenous peoples, who lived in the Americas prior to the European colonization; some of these ethnic groups still exist. The name "Indians" was bestowed by Christopher Columbus, who mistakenly believed that the places he found them were among the islands to the southeast of Asia known to Europeans as the Indies.
Indus House is set up in the same manner as all of the other Houses, with each of the twelve House groups containing a selection of students from across the five year groups. This helps to encourage all of the different year groups to mix, and certainly helps our new starters to settle into College. Of particular note is our excellent punctuality record, which has improved over the past couple of years.
Within each of the twelve Indus house groups there is a nominated prefect who is a representative of the Indus House around the College. They are there to help KS3 students with any problems and help with any tasks that form tutors may need help with.
This year saw a massive rise in the number of shoe boxes collected for the Samaritan's Purse charity appeal across the whole College, and Indus was no exception. The House managed to collect 194 boxes across the twelve tutor groups, which was an increase on last year's total of 145. Both Indus 11 (52 boxes) and Indus 12 (40 boxes) made significant contributions to this tally.
Continuing the charity theme, Indus house joined forces with the rest of the College getting involved with the sponsored walk. Money collected was split between two local charities. Every one of the twelve houses in the Indus house had representatives who got involved in the spirit of things. There has been a notable contribution from tutees with representing Indus House within Inter-house competitions.
The Endeavour Award 2007-2008
Each year one student from each House receives 'The Endeavour Award', in recognition of their outstanding contribution to TBEC during the College year. After much deliberation, the Indus award for 2007-8 went to Kirstie Armitage (IN6) due to her hard work and commitment to day-to-day College.
