8th Kids' Carnival (30/12/2011)

Star of the week - 34 (Vidhi Malpani)

CHRISTMAS CHEER AT ORCHIDS (23/12/2011)

Christmas is in the offing. It’s the time to rejoice and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

The Christmas celebrations in Orchids started with the colourful display boards with  bells, stars, candles, Christmas tree and all that go into the celebration of the festival. The depiction of the nativity scene, the enchanting decoration with golden drops, silver stars and the ever-green Christmas tree were of warmth and welcome in Orchids, ushering the Christmas season.

The choir enthralled everyone with sonorous Christmas carols during the one-hour special programme. The wondrous nativity play depicting the birth of Christ was the cynosure of the event. The benevolent Santa Claus arrived with all the much-awaited gifts to the delight of everyone. Principal of Orchids, Mrs. Mona Mehdi, reminded the message of Christmas -love, faith and peace, sharing and caring and universal brotherhood. Wishes for ‘Merry Christmas’ filled the air and augmented the spirit of Christmas.

Students Development Society – National Handwriting & Colouring Contest 2011 (Shreya Anil – VII received Kala Gaurav Award 2011 for excellent colouring)

Kalabharati Child Art Institute- Essay Writing Competition

Participation in co-curricular activities are very important for a competitive spirit. Orchids always encourages students to take part in various competitions for a learning experience.

Nearly a hundred students of classes II – X participated in English/Hindi Essay Writing Competition organized by Kalabharati Institute on 21.7.11.

The topics given to them were:

 II – V                                                    1.     My Class Teacher 

                                                              2.     My Parent

                                                              3.     My School

VI – VIII                                                1.     Pet Animal

                                                              2.     A Religious Festival

                                                              3.     Cricket

IX -  X                                                    1.     My Favourite National Hero

                                                               2.    Education

                                                               3.    How you spent your last vacation

Their essays were collected and sent to the Institute in Aurangabad. All of them received participation certificates. Pratham of IV, Kaushiki of VIII and Shahera of X received Gyanganga Award (medals) for their compositions.

Star of the week - 33 (Zainab Khan)

Guest Lecture on Sharing and Caring (13/12/11)

Orchids – The International School recently organized a guest lecture for the students of Classes VI to X on “Sharing and Caring” - the theme for the month of December. Mr Pramod Chandrasekhar, Head of Learning and development, Wells Fargo India Solutions, Hyderabad was the resource person. He has a rich corporate experience as a Human Resources executive for the past 22 years.

It was an interactive session in which the students enthusiastically participated. While making the children aware of the connection between both the words, Mr. Chandrasekhar also made them realize the importance of having a personality and building character.

Star of the week 32 (K.Sumasri)

They fare well in GESE

Students of Orchids have been appearing for GESE – Graded Examinations in Spoken English conducted by Trinity College, London, in association with Orient Blackswan, India, for many years. It has become a matter of routine for the students of Orchids to expect GESE in the month of December, to have one-to-one conversation with the native, English-speaking examiner, to experience success and gain confidence.

The examinees take pleasure in progressing through levels appropriate to their individual abilities, appearing for GESE, which definitely help them to improve their communicative skills. Six students appeared for the levels IV- VI and five students appeared for the levels VII and VIII on 2.12.11 in Phoenix Greens School of Learning. The examiner was Mr Guy Command from London.

The school feels proud that all of them have secured good grades.

Star of the week 31 (Deepak Joel)

Essay writing Competition (3/12/11)

Corruption has become rampant and turned into a social evil. Measures have to be taken to combat it for a good society and a prosperous country. TATA NANO gave an opportunity to school students to express themselves on this current concern of every citizen of the nation. Students of classes VI-X participated in the essay writing competition initiated by Tata Nano on 3.12.11. Students of the best two essays of the classes mentioned will be given the certificates.

Winners are:                                                                                                

I - Sumasri Kolamala                                                                      

II  – Archana Dinesh

LEARNING LOG FOR DECEMBER 2011-2012

Month’s Focus: Sharing and Caring

SUBJECT	SYLLABUS	FIELD TRIP/PROJECT WORK/ SPECIAL ACTIVITY
English	Best Seller (Lesson) Song of the rain (poem) The Bishop’s Candlesticks ( play) 4    Sports and games (MCB)	Debate                   Role play
Mathematics	1 Constructions  2 Probability  3 Statistics (Introduction)	1 Tossing a coin and counting the outcomes. 2 Throwing a die and counting the outcomes.
Social Science	Geo – Population      His – Clothing      Pol. Sc – Democratic Rights	1. Mark and label (state wise) the density of the population of India 2 A chart on “The changing trends in clothing” 3 A two page assignment on any one democratic country.
Science	Che –Structure of atom Phy – Sound Bio – Why do we fall ill?	1.  Demonstrating the law of conservation of mass. 2.  Finding velocity of sound. 3.  To distinguish between acute and    chronic diseases.
II Language	Telugu:   Pilupu        Kanupurthi Varalakshmamma ___________________________ Hindi:  gkfen [kkW      /keZ dh vkM+      “kqdzrkjs ds leku      vfXu iFk French: Faire des achats            Les loisirs et les sports	Rakthadana Avasyakatha (lekha) ---------------------------------------------------------- fofHkUu /keksZ ds egRo dk o.kZu djsaA ,drk esa vusdrk ij fuca/k fy[ksaA Compréhension Dialogue writing
Creative writing skills		Essay writing  Writing a descriptive paragraph
Computer Science	L5 – Presentation tools L6 – Spreadsheet tools	Designing and working with sales database and employee database
Music	Christmas song God’s love
Games	Volley Ball, Formations, Cricket, Rugby

Events and Celebrations:

a) World Aids Day – 1/12/2011 – Assembly presentation

b) World Human Rights Day – 10/12/2011

c) Guest Lecture – 14/12/2011(Classes VII – X)

d) Vijay Diwas – 16/12/2011 - Assembly presentation

e) Christmas celebrations – 23/12/2011 (Classes PP – X)

f) Kid’s Carnival – 30/12/2011 (Classes PP – X)

Holidays:

   a) Muharram – 06/12/2011

   b) Christmas – 24/12/2011

   c) Holiday – 31/12/2011

Others:   

a.     FA3 – 30/11/2011 to 07/12/2011

b.    First Saturday 03/12/2011 & Second Saturday 10/12/2011 are working days.

        PTM - 17/12/2011  - 9:30 am to 12.30 pm + Robotics workshop