Star of the week 35 - Potluri Saye Srreezza

Kids' Carnival Dec 2013

Kids’ Carnival – 2013 of Orchids – The International School was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Mr. Z.H.Zaidi who was Director and Head of the Institute of Vocational Rehabilitation Centre for Handicapped under Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of India, Mumbai. The special guests of the day, 28.12.13, were Mrs. Z.H.Zaidi and Mrs Shakeba Principal, FIITJEE World School. The Chief Guest addressed the gathering and commended the organization of events like Kids’ Carnival, the funds of which are used for assisting a noble cause. Mrs. Mona Mehdi, Principal of Orchids – The International School informed in her address that Social work  ought to be given due  importance by the educational institutions so that students learn to do their share of work for the society.

Kids’ Carnival had the stalls of the four Houses of the school Carnation, Daffodil, Marigold and Tulip put up, besides the stall of Nachiketa Tapovan and that of Art and Craft.

It was a day of fun and frolic with music, games, horse and camel rides, bouncing arena and a lot to shop at each and every stall. It became a chosen day for the former students of Orchids to meet and interact with one another and with their juniors.

The highlight of Kids’ Carnival always remains ‘ The Treasure Hunt’. It was conducted by Mrs. Mona Mehdi who gave interesting clues to the students to find who the person is. The excited, and active student found the treasure to his delight. With the announcement of the lucky winners of the Lucky draw and Principal Mrs. Mona Mehdi distributing the prizes the Carnival – 2013 drew to a close.

Christmas Celebrations

Christmas Celebration is a much – awaited event in Orchids. Though a lot of preparation takes place in the depiction of ‘The Nativity Play’ the anticipation is full of pleasant surprises like the arrival of Santa Claus amidst a lot of cheer and a wagon of gifts. ‘The Nativity play’ was a marvelous presentation of the birth of Jesus Christ. The school choir continued to render sonorous Christmas Carols throughout the celebration.

This year’s Santa indeed decided to teach the audience the quality of patience. No one knew who was arriving as the beloved Santa till they heard the voice of Santa. Patience is fruitful. It makes us reap the rewards.

Mrs. Mona Mehdi, Principal of Orchids – The International School addressed the gathering and thanked all whose ardent efforts went into a wonderful celebration that ended with cake cutting and hearty wishes for a  ‘ A Merry Christmas’ reverberating.

Star of the week 34 - N.satvik Rosham

Theme: Srinivasa Ramanujan - An all - time great Mathematician

The topic for this week’s school assembly was Srinivasa Ramunujan- An all time great mathematician.

Day I- The information was an insight into his life. Without any formal training in Mathematics he made an extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory and infinite series.

Day II- A skit was enacted about his childhood education in which he discovered the trigonometric functions.

Day III – Ramunajan math magic square was demonstrated by the students.

Day IV- A skit related to famous ‘Hardy Ramanujan taxi number’was depicted by the children.

Day V- A quiz on Srinrinivasa Ramunajan was conducted.

Card & Poster Making Competition

Card making competition for classes I to V and Poster making competition for classes VI to X were organized on 20.12.2013 on the occasion of the fast approaching Christmas and New Year. The students of all classes gave vent to their imagination to present appropriate and colourful scenes to wish all ‘A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year’.

Winners:

1: Ayesha Naaz

2: G. Sairam

3: Nikhila.T & Sameeksha

Star of the week 33 - Ayesha Naaz

Book Fair

‘Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as the latter.’

Orchids highlights the benefits of reading books by organizing USSR (Uninterrupted Self Sustained Reading) week periodically to enhance students’ reading skills. Each student of every class gets engaged in reading during a specified time during the week.

As one of the attempts to promote reading habit among students, the school organized a book exhibition which was inaugurated by the Principal Mrs.Mona Mehdi, who herself is a voracious reader. She encouraged the students to take up reading as a hobby. The fair would last for 3 days.

USSR Week

Orchids highlights the benefits of reading books by organizing USSR (Uninterrupted Self Sustained Reading) week periodically to enhance students’ reading skills. Each student of every class gets engaged in reading during a specified time everyday reading story books / novels, etc.

Star of the week 32 - Shiv Lekha.K

Circular no.33 - 5/12/2013

Ref: 1032/A/PC/13-14/33                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Date: 05/12/13

Dear Parent,

1.       This is to inform you that 7/12/2013 will be a normal working day for classes I to X, due to forced holiday on 5/12/2013.

2.      For classes I to V, the exam scheduled on 5/12/2013, will be held on 7/12/2013.

3.      For classes VI to VIII, the exam scheduled on 5/12/2013, will be held on 10/12/2013.

4.      For classes IX and X, the exam scheduled 5/12/2013, will be held on 9/12/2013.

5.      Circulated for information please.

             Regards

Mona Mehdi

Principal

School will remain closed on 5/12/13 as a precautionary measure. Test date will be informed later.

INTERHOUSE ICT COMPETITION (2013-2014)

On November 29, 2013 Interhouse ICT Competition  was held for classes VI – X to make the students aware of the  happenings in the field of Information technology which would enhance students’ interests from the  grass root level in  software and hardware related issues and would also inculcate the spirit of team work and competition.

This Competition was held for two days which included:

1.      Preliminary test on the 27^th November.

2.      Quiz, Hardware Connectivity and identification of internal Hardware parts were the different rounds held on the 29^th November.

For the Quiz, there were five rounds namely: Cryptology round, Visual round, Abbreviation round, Who’s who round and Quick Bytes Round. All the higher class students participated with great enthusiasm in the event.

Learning Log for December- January 2013 -2014

Learning Log for December- January 2013 -2014

Name: _____________________    

                                                                                                                                                                     Month’s Focus:   Working for a purpose                                                                                                  Class: VII                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

                               

Subject	Syllabus	Field Trip/Project work/Special activity
English	MCB- 1. Building bridges 2. Pictures of the past Lit – 1. O Captain! My Captain 2. William and the Early Romans	Essay writing
Mathematics	1. Simple Equations 2. Comparing quantities 3. Congruence of Triangle 4.Symmetry 5. Visualizing solid shapes	Comparing quantities related to heights, weights, marks. 2 –D representation of a 3-D solid
Social Science	History:  1. Religious Communities 2. The flowering of Regional Centre Geography: 1.Life in tropical and subtropical regions 2. Life in temperate grasslands Civics: 1. Market around us 2. Role of gender	A note on any religious faith about humanitarian grounds. Mark and label temperate grasslands on outline map of the world.
Science	Chemistry: 1. Water   2.Wastewater management Biology: 1. Transportation    2. Reproduction Physics: 1. Light  2.Electric and Circuits	List of waste material that chokes the drainage system causing environmental hazard. Measurement of pulse rate after exercise. Drawing circuit diagrams.
II Language	Hindi: 1. Bhor aur barkha 2.Veer Kunwar Singh 3. Sangarsh ke karan mein tunak mijaj ho gaye4. Aashram Ka Anumanith vyay Telugu: 1. Telugu velugu 2. Balya kridalu 3. Guswam 4. Seeta istalu	Veer mahapurush ki jeevani parnibandh lekhan karvaye jayaega. Essay writing on importance of Telugu literature.
III Language	Hindi: 1. Saapoot 2. Hamare Chacha Nehru Telugu : 1. Sarojni Naidu 2. Aikamatyam 3. Tapala karyalayam 4. Okekutumbam 5. Sumathi Neetulu French-1. La maison  2. Le temps libre	Nehru ke vykyteth  ke bare me lekh likkhavaya jayega. Aikamatyam –Story writing A project on vocabulary and verbs.
Creative writing skills		Poster making, Writing an interview
Computer Science	1.Graphics in QBasic 2. Looping statements	Programming using graphical commands and looping commands
Music	1. Deck the halls 2. Joy to the world 3. We wish you a Merry Christmas
Games	Cricket for boys ; Throw ball for girls

 

Competitions:

1.       21/12/13: Poster Making Competition(VI-X)

2.       02/01/14: Throw Ball Competition(VI-X)Preliminary Round

3.       04/01/14: Throw Ball Competition(VI-X)- Final Round

Events and celebrations:

1.       09/12/13-13/12/13 : USSR Week

2.       10/12/13 : Human Rights Day(Assembly Presentation)

3.       14/12/13 : PTM+ Book Fair

4.       24/12/13 : Christmas Celebration(Assembly Presentation)

5.       26/12/13 : Boxing Day(Assembly Presentation)

6.       28/12/13 : Kid’s Carnival

7.       11/01/14 : School Picnic(II-X)

8.       22/01/14 : Subash Chandra Bose Jayanti (Assembly Presentation)

9.       30/01/14 : Martyr’s Day (Assembly Presentation)

Assessments:

01/12/13-09/12/13 : Formative Assessment III.

Holidays:

1.       21/12/13 : Holiday

2.       25/12/13 : Christmas Celebration

3.       31/12/13 : New Year’s Eve

4.       01/01/14 : New Year Day

5.       12/01/14-19/01/14 : Pongal Holidays.

*School  reopens on  20 /01/14 after the Pongal holidays.