Inter-House Basketball Competition

Telugu Language Day (29/8/12)

As a moment of pride, the Telugu students of Orchids – The International School, showed their identity in the morning assembly. The students started off their presentation by performing a small skit. The audience were then greeted with a dance performed by the girls of Class V. This was followed by a rhyme in Telugu that was recited by the students of Class I. A few jokes were shared by some students of Class IX.

The programmes was anchored by Sri Brahmi of Class IX and ended with a speech by Sanjana of Class X who spoke of the origin, development and the need for preserving the Telugu language that has been called the ‘Italian of the East’.

Everyone enjoyed the assembly which had the right amount of humour. Many felt that it was one of the best assemblies of the year.

Umasree. A & Yatisha Rajanala,

Class IX  

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – I

Time Table

Revision Planner

Star of the week 17 (Deeksha Pandey)

Star of the week 16 (Yatisha Rajanala)

Theme: Meghalaya - The Abode of the Cloud

Office Bearers of Senior Wing (2012-13)

Position	Class IX
Class Monitor	Sama Pavan reddy
Teach Next Incharge	Raja Bhanu
Transport Incharge	Naveen Chandra Reddy
Mess Incharge	Renuka Yadav
Club Activity Incharge	Sai Veena Reddy

Independence Day (15/8/12)

‘Orchids’ was in fervour of celebration, commemorating India’s Independence. National festivals reinforce feelings of patriotism and remind us of the need to work harder for the country’s progress.

The festivity began with flag hoisting by the Chief Guest, Mr. Partha Saradhi, Finance Manager, K12 Techno Services, accompanied by the Principal of Orchids, Mrs. Mona Mehdi. The Salute and the National Anthem were followed by the speeches of Orchidians in English, Hindi and Telugu. Patriotic songs were sung with the school choir taking the lead.

The Chief Guest in his address stated that the mighty achievements of our great leaders must always be remembered. We understand through their success that hard work definitely paves way to success and happiness.

The Principal in her address stressed that we can feel the real joy of independence only when we free ourselves of evil influences, in the form of thoughts, words or deeds. The need of the hour is to retain our identity and culture.

The day’s programme concluded with distribution of sweets.

Star of the week 15 (Renuka Yadav)

Investiture Ceremony (8/8/12)

Orchids-The International School organized the Investiture Ceremony, for the academic year 2012-2013, on August 8 with great enthusiasm.

The ceremony began with the address of the Principal of Orchids, Mrs. Mona Mehdi. She spoke in detail of the encouragement given to students to exercise their right to vote in a judicious manner and the democratic elections conducted in the school. The school song sung by the school choir once again reiterated that Orchidians ‘learn to lead through every deed’. The motto of the school, ‘Learning to lead’ aptly applies to the new leaders ready to shoulder their responsibilities.

The Chief Guest of the day, Mr. K. Srinadh Reddy, Inspector of Police, Madhapur conferred appointments on the students and administered oath. The Appointments are at both School and House levels in both senior and junior sections. Archana Dinesh of class X marched gracefully to be appointed Head Girl-a big responsibility and a coveted position. Ankit Malhotra of the same class was appointed Head Boy. K. Sumasri of class X took the appointment of Discipline Incharge and Arpangmen Imsong (Justin) of class IX was appointed Sports Captain. The proud parents watched their kids march confidently to receive the emblems of leadership.

The Chief Guest, in his inspiring speech of guidance, addressed the Office Bearers to perform their tasks and responsibilities with utmost sincerity and diligence and motivated the students to develop qualities of leadership. He stressed on the importance of honesty, integrity and loyalty as vital qualities for positions of dignity.  The prefects of today are future leaders and hence, very important to the nation. However, everybody has a spark of leadership within and it has only to be kindled to get into the limelight.

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Badges and sashes, symbols of appointments added dignity to the Council members reminding them of their responsibilities. With these responsibilities placed on their firm shoulders, the newly appointed office-bearers silently vowed to act as role models for the rest of the school to emulate.

The ceremony concluded with the National Anthem.

Overall, this day gave a feeling of accomplishment to the entire school and everyone was happy to have witnessed the first formal occasion and a major event of the academic year.

Star of the week 14 (Arpangmen Imsong)

VAN MAHOTSAV (4/8/12)

We all know that if there is nature there is future and life is nurtured if nature is nurtured. It is also known that planting of more trees is one of the best ways of preventing earth from global warming. But do we really take the needed care to preserve forests and reduce pollution by planting more trees?
Van Mahotsav, the annual tree-planting festival in India, is meant to make us conscious of our responsibility towards preserving nature. Orchids celebrated the festival in various ways. All the display boards depicted the need to sow seeds and let them grow into trees to serve us. Vegetation that safeguards creation on the earth became the cynosure of the period. There was a brief programme of songs, slogans and skits in which all the classes presented the urgent need to preserve greenery for the welfare of life on our planet.
Later each class planted a sapling of Bougainvillea in the school and it was a pleasure to watch their activity. The Principal of Orchids, Ms. Mona Mehdi and all the teachers were actively involved in celebrating the festival of a significant message. All the students were of the eagerness to ‘Go Green’.

LEARNING LOG FOR AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2012

Month’s Focus: Being Focused

SUBJECT	SYLLABUS	FIELD TRIP/PROJECT WORK/SPECIAL ACTIVITY
English	Lord Ullin’s daughter Villa for Sale MCB – Environment Three men in a Boat – Novel Part 1 WB – Future Tense, Reference, Modals	Talk on Environmental issues
Mathematics	Co-ordinate Geometry  Euclid’s geometry Heron’s Formula Revision for SA 1	Peg board activity to identify the co-ordinates
Social Science	Geo – Drainage; Climate  Disaster Management -  Man-made                                           disasters     Pol. Sc – Constitutional Design                Electoral Politics Economics – People as a resource	Map pointing – identifying and locating dams on a    map of India.  A 1 page report on the recently flooded areas in North-east India Two page assignment on any 1 member of the Drafting Committee A two page report on an Indian political party
Science	Chemistry –Is matter around us pure?          Atoms and molecules Physics – Force; Laws of Motion;             Gravitation Biology– Tissues	Separation of substances Verification of centripetal & centrifugal forces 1To study the slides of a) onion peel and b) human cheek cells 2.To identify parenchyma, sclerenchyma tissues in plants, striated muscle fibres and nerve tissue in animals from prepared slides 3. To test a) the presence of starch in the food sample and b) the presence of adulterant metanil yellow in pulses.
II Language	Telugu: L4 - Parijhathapaharanamu,  L5 – Thummachettu; Non-detail – Swasakhthikinidarsanam ____________________________ Hindi: Tum kabjavogeathithi; Geet-ageet; Vigyanikchethnakevaahak; Agnipath _______________________________ French – 1 Les Saisons  2 Voyages	Vyasarachana, lekha ---------------------------------------------------------- AageybadhteyBharatiyamahilaon se sambandhithchitron ka sangrahkeejiyeavumsanshipthjaankarilikhiye. _______________________________________ 1 Ecrire des messages et les recettes a l’imperatif 2 Poser des questions
Creative writing skills		1 Narration of the story of Lord Ullin’s Daughter          2 Article Writing
Computer Science	L4 Word Processing tools	1 Mail merge formal and informal letters. 2 Making greeting cards and brochures.
Music	Saareyjahaan se Achha; School song
Games	Football
Competitions

Events and Celebrations:

1.Vanmahotsav - 4/8/12

2. Hiroshima day -         6/8/12 - Assembly Presentation

3. Quit India Day – 9/8/12 - Assembly presentation

4. Independence Day celebration -15/8/12

5. Eid celebration– 18/8/12

6. Basketball final - (VI-X) – 25/8/12

7. National Sports day – 29/8/12

8. Field trip (VI-X) – 1/9/12

9. Teacher’s day ₊ Mother Teresa’s day  -  5/9/12

10. World literacy day - 8/9/12 Assembly presentation

11. World tourism day 27/9/12 Assembly presentation

Assessment:

SA – I (VI – X) - 15/9/12 to 26/9/2012

Holidays:

1.RakshaBandhan – 2/8/12

2. Krishnaashtami  - 10/8/12

3. Second Saturday – 11/8/12

4.Ramzan–20/8/12

5.VinayakaChavithi – 19/9/12

6. Ganesh Immersion – 29/9/12

Others:

Revision week - 10/9/12 to 26/9/12

Educational tour – 28/9/12 to 4/10/12

A Trip to Cinema

The students from class IV to X were taken to watch the wonderful movie, ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ at Hari Hara Kala Bhavan. It was an exciting and exhilarating experience to watch such an action-packed animated film. I personally loved the adorable character of Po, the dragon warrior and his determination to defeat the evil peacock, Shen. All of us had a lot of fun and enjoyed ourselves throughout. I have to say it was a learning experience with a twist.

Deeksha Pandey

Class IX

NIE Painting Competition