SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – I (2014-15) Time table

                                             SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – I (2014-15)

                                                               TIME TABLE (VI – X)

DATE/DAY	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
18/09/14 Thursday	G.K	G.K	G.K	Computer (W)	English
19/09/14 Friday	Computer (W)	Computer (W)	Computer (W)	-	-
20/09/14 Saturday	English	III Lang	English	Science	Mathematics
22/09/14 Monday	II Lang	Mathematics	Mathematics	Mathematics	Social Studies
23/09/14 Tuesday	Science	English	Social Studies	English	-
24/09/14 Wednesday	Social Studies	Science	II Lang	II Lang	Science
25/09/14 Thursday	Mathematics	II Lang	Science	-	-
26/09/14 Friday	III Lang	Social Studies	III Lang	Social Studies	II Lang

                                       

                             COMPUTER PRACTICALS TIME TABLE(VI – X)

S.NO	DATE	DAY	CLASSES
1.	12/09/14	Friday	VIII & IX-A
2.	16/09/14	Tuesday	IX-B
3.	17/09/14	Wednesday	VI & VII

Circular

Ref NO 1032/A/PC/2014-15/35                                                                                     20/08/14

Dear Parent,

1.The School  will be working on 23/08/14 and 30/08/14 for Grades Nursery -X, in order to complete the Syllabus in time. Buses will be plying as usual.

2.Friday’s Time-Table will be followed for Grades I –X  on both the days.

Regards

C.Srikanth

Principal

Star of the Week Bajju

Holidays Information

Dear Parent,

1. This is to inform you that 18/08/14 and 19/08/14 are HOLIDAYS for the School on account of Krishnashtami and Household Survey being conducted by the Government.

2. Parents are requested to note that 23/08/14 (4^th Saturday) is a normal working day for Classes I-X.

Regards

C.Srikanth

Principal

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

The 68^th Independence Day was celebrated in Orchids ceremoniously. The Chief Guest Dr. Ashwin M. Shah, Head of the Dept. of Oncology, Kamineni Hospitals hoisted the National Flag and the National Anthem was sung. Principal, Mr. C. Srikanth introduced the Chief Guest to the gathering. There were speeches by the students of class X in English, Hindi and Telugu and depictions of the personages of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Subhash Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi and Bhagat Singh with their quotes, by students of class V.

The School Choir rendered ‘Vandemataram’ and saluted the nation with their melody. The Chief Guest in his address emphasized that achievement of Independence was the result of the efforts and sacrifices of many who inspired and united the nation. He also advised the students to pursue their interests and passions to choose their professions.

Sweet distribution concluded the celebration of the day.

             

Inter-House Patriotic Scene Competition

Inter-House Patriotic Scene Competition was held for Grades IV – VII as part of Pre-Independence Day celebrations on 13-8-14.  The students of all the four houses showed a lot of creativity in presenting various important historical incidents. The scenes included – the Swadeshi and Boycott  movements following the partition of Bengal; the important leaders of the Revolt of 1857; the Jallianwalla Bagh incident and the Dandi March of Gandhiji.   

The students’ efforts to understand the historical context and depict the same in the best way possible received the applause of the audience. 

Star of the Week Varshitha

LEARNING TO COMPETE

Orchids- The International School represented participation in Glendale Academy’s ‘Literary Fest 2014’ organized on August 4, 2014. Shuchitha gupta and Mourya Sappa of class X participated in senior’s Elocution and Essay Writing Competitions, respectively. Nikhila.T and G. Sai ram of class VIII participated in the same competitions held for Juniors.  

Star of the Week Aneesh Panda

Mother and Child Competition

Mother and Child Team at Orchids

Competitions, individual or as a team, offer immense pleasure of participation combined with learning experience. Some competitions remain unique and noteworthy involving the participation of parents.  One such is the competition organized in Orchids on August 2, 2014.

‘Mother and Child’ formed quite an understanding team and students of classes I-VII participated in the contest cheerfully with mothers beside, guiding them to implement their plan of work efficiently on time.

Themes given for the classes: I&II – Hat making

                                             III – V - Mask making 

                                             VI & VII - Collage making on ‘A famous woman’          

Parents shared the enthusiasm of their children and participated in the activity organized especially for them to the delight of everyone. Joy of participation, alacrity to wind up the work within the stipulated one hour and admirable coordination they had with their children made each and every ‘Mother and Child’ team, a winner indeed.

Lunch Timings

Dear  parent,

This is to inform you that school has rescheduled the lunch time.

Entire school will assemble at the same time for lunch.

Lunch time: 12:30 p.m to 1:05 p.m with effect from Monday  4/08/14.

Kindly note the change.

Learning logs for the month of Aug-Sept 2014-15

                                        Learning Log for August – September (2104-2015)

Name-

Months Focus-  United we stand                                                                                    Class- VII

Subject	Syllabus	Field trip /Project work/Special activity
English	MCB- 1. The making of a champion 2. Don’t die ,Graham !Don’t Die Lit-1. Seventeen Oranges 2. My brother, My brother Grammar – Transitive/Intransitive Verbs. Write a speech	Writing a story, Poem of a challenging event.
Mathematics	1. Lines and Angles 2. Triangles 3. Congruence of Triangles	An activity on exterior angle of a triangle and angle sum property.
Social Science	History – 1. The regional Kingdom   2. The Great Mughals Geography- 1. Composition and structure of Earth 2. Weather and Climate Civics- 1. Democracy in action 2. State government	List of Chief ministers and Governors of all Indian states. Studying the precautionary measures during thunder and lightning.
Science	Chemistry- 1. Physical and chemical change 2. Soil Biology – 1.Our forest Physics- 1.Weather and Climate 2. Motion and Time	Simple Pendulum experiment. Samples of forest products.
II Lang	Hindi – 1. Papa kho gaye 2. Shyam ek kisan 3. Chidya ki bacchi   4.Apoorva Anubhav Telugu- 1.Shilpi 2.Bhoodanam 3.Pillalo vuttaram 4. Prakatana   Ftench- L 3. La vie d’un mannequin Estelle Facile L 4. La vie d’in mannequin	Ek Kisan ke samasyaeen par lekh likhvaya jayaega. To make any statue with clay. Repondez  n’e gativernment
III Lang	Hindi – 1. Chota Bhaiya  Chota Bhaiya   2. Riya ka Sapna  3. Ghamandee ka sar niche  4. Titli aur phool Telugu- 1.Deepavali 2, Dur bai  Deshmukh  3. Vemmana neetulu 4. Lekha French- 1. 1 Les copains   2.Devinez Sanskrit –1. Swasthya raksha   2. Krida shetram   3.Thray matsya	Vibhinn titli ki tasveer chipkayeng Drawing on Diwali festival. Professions et /  Les nombres cardinaux. Worksheet.
Creative writing		Poster making.
Computer Science	1. Formulas and functions   2. Using Excel as Database	Creating and formatting chart.
Art Syllabus	Cartoon sketches
Music	1. Jhanda uncha rahe hamara 2. It’s a small world 3. Sare jahan se accha 4. Jaya jaya priya baratha
Games	Basket ball; Cricket

Events and celebrations-                                                             Competition -

                                                                  

6/8/14 - Hiroshima Day (A.P)                                                     2/8/14 – Mother  & Child Competition

15/8/14 – Independence Day Celebration                            16/8/14 – Patriotic singing Competition

28/8/14 – Telugu Day Celebration                                         6/9/14 – Hindi hasya kavi Sammelen

30/8/14 – Field Trip (VI – X)

5/9/14 – Teachers Day + Mother Teresa’s Day

12/9/14 – Hindi Diwas (A.P)

Holidays-

8/8/14 – Varalakshmi Vratham

9/8/14 – Second Saturday

23/8/14 – Fourth Saturday

29/8/14 – Vinayaka Chaturthi

8/9/14 – Ganesh immersion

13/9/14 – Second Saturday

27/9/14   -6/10/14 – Dasara Break

Others-

9/9/14 - 15/9/14 – Revision week

*7/10/14 -School reopens after Dasara break

Assessment-

16/9/14 - 26/9/14 – SA-I