School reopens for Nursery to IX on 10/6/2013

Summer Vacation (27/4/2013 - 9/6/2013) for classes Nursery - IX

Admin office Timings: 9:30am - 4:30pm during summer vacations.

Cultural Fest

Cultural Fest-2013 of Orchids, organized on the 26^th of April was a real feast to the eyes.  Classes from I-X staged their shows separately. The Fest combined entertainment provided by songs and dances and a social awareness depicted by skits. The songs and dances, ‘Heal the world’ by class IV and ‘Conserve energy’ by class III are message-oriented. ‘Dandiya’ of VIII A and Rajasthani folk dance of VI were cheerful with rhythmic beat and light- hearted melody. The kids of I and II were in high spirits, jumping to the beat and dancing delightfully.

‘Orchidian band’ of VIII A, a group song by the girls of X, and ‘Magic show’ of VII were unique with vocal and instrumental music and many puzzling tricks of magic. Class V gave the spectators some much needed tips to tackle summer.

The skits ‘Hara bhara paryavaran’, (in Hindi) by class IX, ‘Saving girl child’ by VIII B, ‘Indian culture’ by V and ‘Unity and diversity’ by X drew a lot of applause depicting environmental and social awareness and conveying strong messages for a good environment and an ideal society.

Principal of Orchids, Mrs. Mona Mehdi congratulated all the classes on organizing the Cultural Fest, a true showcase of sincere efforts and inherent talents of all the participants. 

Star of the week 3: Anugrah Dileed

Theme: Rabindranath Tagore - Guru dev

The students of Class IX were assigned ‘Rabindra Tagore - Gurudev’ for their thematic assembly. On the first day, they shared information about his birth and the various aspects that influenced his life. On the second day, they presented a skit on his famous short story, ’Kabuliwallah’. On the third day, they discussed his works. On the fourth day they shared information about ‘Shantiniketan’. On the last day, they presented another skit, ‘The wish fulfilling fairy’and also conducted a short quiz.

CALLIGRAPHY COMPETITION

Good handwriting makes a good impression as face is the index of the mind. Cursive handwriting needs to be given practice in the primary years of schooling so that it becomes a habit which constantly improves with years.

Calligraphy Competition in English was conducted for classes VI-X on 20/4/2013 and students participated with rejuvenated enthusiasm. Two students of a class would be given certificates for good handwriting.

RUBIK’S CUBE COMPETITION

Raja Bhanu of class X organized a Rubik’s Cube competition for all the interested students of classes VII to X on 18/4/2013. The competition comprised three events. These were 3x3x3, 3x3x3 OH and 4x4x4.

The winners of the first category (3x3x3) were Samar Simha Reddy and Ghaneshyam D. of class IX and Roshith Bhanu of class VIIIB. The winners of the second category (3x3x3 OH) were Samar Simha Reddy and Ghaneshyam D. of class IX and Roshith Bhanu, class VIIIB.

The winners of the second category (4x4x4) were Ghaneshyam D. Class IX, Roshith Bhanu class VIIIB and Raja Bhanu, class X.

The competition was very well organized and the participants showed a lot of enthusiasm.

Microsoft Certification Exam

As scheduled, Microsoft Certification Exam was conducted on 15^th April, 2013 at Microsoft Certified premises. It was attended by 45 students from  VII to X. The examination was conducted online. Though it was a tough one, all the students fared very well in the examination. Two students, Sri Brahmi from the 10^th class and Vaishnavi from the 8^th class excelled in their performance and scored 100% by getting 1000/1000 points. These students are qualified to attend the national round of Microsoft Certification Exam which will be held in New Delhi. Orchids – The International School is very proud of their achievement and wishes them success in the National round.

Star of the week 2: Saloni Bhatia

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM (9/4/13)

There was an educational program on Animal Welfare initiated by Blue Cross of Hyderabad, in Orchids on April 9, 2013. It aimed at advocating prevention of cruelty to animals while helping to understand nature and animals. The organization really raises its voice for those who can’t speak asserting five freedoms the animal friends deserve- Freedom from hunger and thirst, pain and suffering, fear and distress, injury and disease and freedom to express normal patterns of behaviour. The program also clarified the myths and realities of snakes.

It was a humane education exemplifying compassionate treatment of animals.

‘We can stand up for animals every time we sit down to eat’.