The 12th Junior Leadership Contest,

The 12^th Junior Leadership Contest, the novel and unique interschool competition of Orchids, once again attracted participants from leading schools of Hyderabad on 7.11.14.Each school was represented by six students of VIII and IX classes, ready to compete with others and take the lead. They were all leaders in their own right, leading their school from the front with their commitment, confidence and competence.

The assertive and motivational School Song by the School choir befitted the significant Opening ceremony which was graced by Principal of Orchids, Mr. C.Srikanth and teachers of the contesting schools. 

The Chief Guest of the Valedictory Function,  motivated the students to dream big and aspire and conveyed her good wishes to all the participants and winners of the contest. She asserted that Honesty, Confidence, Compassion and decision making skills shape them into future leaders. The lessons learnt are more valuable than the awards. Every participant is a winner as the Chief Guest asserted.

  

 ‘If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then you are a leader.’

The Junior Leadership Contest definitely offers its participants a platform of opportunities to explore, experience and excel in skills of leadership. The prize winning teams were Orchids- The International School, Delhi Public School, Secunderabad, and Jubilee Hills Public School, Hyderabad. Rayyan Asif Khan of Orchids, P.V. Nishit of DPS, Secunderabad, Sai Ram G. of Orchids bagged the first, second and the third prizes respectively.

Orchids extends its best wishes to the Individual and Team prize winners.

Children's Day Celebrations

Childhood is a memorable phase in everyone’s life. A day for children coincides with the birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first P.M. of India.

Children’s Day celebrated on Nov 14 was a spectacular show. The morning assembly was a special one conducted with all its regular features by teachers. Later the one- hour programme presented by  teachers for entertaining children incorporated songs, skits, PowerPoint presentation, jokes and Magic Show. Students were immensely pleased and applauded each and every programme.   

star of the Week 3/11/14 is Sri Ram

Swachh Bharat National level Campaign on 18.10.14.

Orchids-The International School organized an event in connection with the Swachh Bharat National level Campaign on 18.10.14. Principal of Orchids Mr. C. Srikanth welcomed the Chief Guest, Mr. V. Jagadeshwar Goud, Corporator 113 Division, Mr. Tagore, President, Kavuri Hills Society and Mr. Ishwar, Zonal Head, Orchids-The International School. Classes of VI, VII and VIII presented a cultural programme including a Telugu folk dance, songs in Hindi and Telugu and a skit in English. An interesting PowerPoint presentation was shown to create an awareness to work for clean surroundings which makes a clean nation possible.

Mr. Ishwar and Mr. V. Jagadeshwar Goud  emphasized that if every citizen of India feels the responsibility and contributes his share for a clean nation, the objective of achieving Swachh Bharat is sure to materialize. Memento presentation by the Zonal Head to the Chief Guest followed the pledge taken by everyone to make the Swachh Bharat mission a success.

The area in front of the school was swept, weeds were taken out near the plants in the school compound and there was also a plantation programme in this regard.

Learning log for the month of OCT -NOV 2014

Learning Log for October – November (2104-2015)

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Months Focus-  Being considerate                                                                                   Class- VII

Subject	Syllabus	Field trip /Project work/Special activity
English	MCB- 1.Michael goes 2. The Too -many professors 3. The muddle head 4. The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius Lit-1.The night we won the Buick 2.The adventure of the three students.  Grammar-  Modals, Prefix ,  Suffix	Story writing
Mathematics	1. Data handling 2. Congruence of triangle	Graph
Social Science	History – 1. Religious beliefs towns 2. Towns, Traders and craftsmen Geography- 1. Major land forms 2. Composition and structure of the atmosphere 3. Weather and climate 4. Water Civics- 1.Media and Democracy  2. Local self –government in urban areas	Map pointing Discussion on topic to save water. Collect information on different types of media.
Science	Chemistry- 1. Physical and chemical change 2. Soil Biology – 1.Respiration Physics- 1.Winds,stroms and cyclones	Experiment to prove that air expands and contracts during cooling. Collect information about annual rainfall of different regions.
II Lang	Hindi – 1. Kancha 2. Ek tinka   3. Khaanpaan ki badltee tasveer  4. Nilkant Telugu- 1. Prakatana 2. Edu cetula rakasi chettu  3. - ? 4. Telugu Velugu French-  1. La vite d’un Mannequin est –elle facile 2. On voyage	Apne priya pashu va pashi ke bare mein apne vichar abhivyakth karvaya jayega. Collect some art pictures and write about them. Parler des vusges faire une r’eservation.
III Lang	Hindi –1. Shisha  2.Bijukha 3.Bandar ki shaadhi 4.Topi 5. Park 6. Bhay se chutkara Telugu- 1. Vishal bharatham 2. Raitu  3. Gurubhakthi 4. Sumithi neetulu 4. Jatipita 5. Sarojni nayudu French- 1. Dan la classe  2. Le amis de caxoline Sanskrit-  1.Tray malay 2. Shriram 3. Jantu shala  4. Nal damayanti 5. Gardhbhasy gitam 6. Bhuddh 7. Mushak	Karyapatr diya jayaga. Raitu cheyu Panulu Ghandhiji – Vyasamu  De’crire une persomne Parler de la nationalite Worksheet
Creative writing		Formal and informal letters
Computer Science	1. Using excel as data base 2.Advance features of excel 3. Working with flash CS3
Art Syllabus	Diwali  sketch
Music	Teri hai zameen; Showers of blessing;Tum hi ho maata; Hum honge kaamyab; There in the sky
Games	Basketball

Events and celebrations-                                                 

                                                                  

1. World Elders’ Day - 8/10/14 (Assembly Presentation)

2. Junior Leadership Contest – 7/11/14

3. Children’s Day Celebration– 14/11/14

                                                                                               

Holidays-

1. Diwali – 22/10/14 – 25/10/14

2. Muharram – 4/11/14

3. Second Saturday – 8/11/14

4. Fourth Saturday – 22/11/14

Competition -

1. Swimming Competition (VI – X) – 1/11/14

2. Spell Bee (VI-X) -15/11/14

3. ITC (VI-X) – 29/11/14

Circular 53

Ref. No: 1032/A/PC/14-15/53                                                                                Date: 9/10/14

                                                       

                                                                     SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – I

                                                                  RESCHEDULED SCHOOL TIMINGS

Dear parent,

1.       Keeping in view the Summative Assessment – I for Grade I to V which will be held with effect from 13/10/14 (Monday), the school timings would be as under for the entire school. (Pre- Primary to Class- X) from 13/10/14 to 16/10/14.

                    a) Reporting time: 8:30am

                    b) Dispersal time: 01:40pm

2.       As per the instructions of management students who have cleared all their school fee dues would be permitted to appear in the exam. ( Kindly ignore, if fees is already paid).

3.       The school will revert back to normal timings from 17/10/14 (Friday).

4.       Keeping in view the Summative Assessment – I for grades I to V, Academic Fair scheduled on 18/10/14 is postponed. The new date will be informed shortly.

Regards

C. Srikanth

Principal                        

Hindi Diwas Celebrations

Hindi is the official language in India. 40% of the population speak the language. In an endeavour to create awareness and showcase the  talent of the students of Grades I – X who have opted for Hindi as their II Language, Orchids  - The International School celebrated ‘Hindi Diwas’ on 12-9-14.

The programme began with a welcome dance by the students of the senior classes.  It was followed by a rendition of a song in which the importance of Hindi as a language was expressed.  The numbers 1-10 were creatively displayed by the junior students through a dance. There was a unique PowerPoint presentation highlighting the significance and relevance of the language.  The event was concluded with a hilarious skit that was presented by the students of Grades IX and X. The audience enjoyed the programme thoroughly.  Our Principal, Mr.C. Srikanth, appreciated the efforts of the teachers – Mrs Swati Saxena, Mrs Ratna Devi and Mr Shyam Kumar in making the programme successful.

Chess Tournament

Six students from Grades V – VIII of Orchids participated in The Children Chess Tournament on 7/9/14 at Shivani Function Hall, Gachibowli. The tournament was organised by Impact Chess Academy. The school is proud to state that Pranav Katpatal of Grade  V won the Third prize in the Under – 9 category.

Gymnastic Competition

Five Students were selected by the schools’ gymnastic coach Mr. Bramha to participate in the Greater Telangana Artistic Gymnastic Competition on 07/09/14. The competition was held in Green Gables School, Madhapur. The students were selected to participate the floor Exercise Category.

All of them performed well. They were happy as they got an opportunity to exhibit their skills.

The participants were

1.     Affan Mohammed Khan – IX

2.     Amulya – IV

3.     Hassan Mohammed Khan – III

4.     Yuvraj Bhatia – III

5.     Sania Bhatia - III 

Star of the Week Kethan

Hindi Hasya Kavi Sammelan

Humour is a very essential part of our life – it can be in any language. This fact became evident when Orchids organized its first ever ‘Hindi hasya kavi sammelan’ on 7/9/14. Thirteen students from Classes VI – X who have opted for Hindi as their II language, were selected to present a variety of anecdotes  that kept the other students of Classes III – X in splits.   All the speakers showed a lot of confidence and enthusiasm and were eloquent in their expression. However, since it was an Inter-House competition,   Farhanalluh Farooqui and Shuchita Gupta of Class X won the first prize. The second prize was bagged by Kethan Jainof Class VII. Khadija Khan won the third prize.

Teachers' Day Celebrations

Teachers’ Day is a day when all the students get an opportunity to express their love and appreciation for their teachers. The students at Orchids – The International School are no different! They planned meticulously and celebrated Teachers’ Day with a lot of enthusiasm.

The students of Class VI presented a skit depicting Dr.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and his wish to celebrate his birthday as Teachers’ Day in an endeavour to represent and honour the teaching community.

The students of Classes IX and X put up a short but interesting cultural programme.Most of the senior students represented teachers. The teachers who were called onto the stage to walk the ramp were felicitated and given gifts by the Principal. 

A game of Musical Chairs was also organised for the teachers before the cutting of the cake which marked the end of celebrations by the students. The teachers, later, went out for a lavish lunch hosted by the school management.