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 10/11/14

Shivani IX B

Star of the Week 10/11/14

Hrishi Vardhan- IX A

Star of the Week of 3/11/14 is Rabab in 9-B

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 OCTOBER- NOVEMBER 2014-15

ORCHIDS – THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

LEARNING LOG FOR OCTOBER- NOVEMBER 2014-15

Name:                                                                                                          Class: IX

Month’s Focus: Being considerate

SUBJECT	SYLLABUS	FIELD TRIP/PROJECT WORK/SPECIAL ACTIVITY
English	The man who knew too much The Seven ages I wish I’d looked after me teeth Keeping it from Harold Song of the rain	Letter writing Diary entry
Mathematics	1 Circles 2 Constructions 3 Statistics	1Sum of opposite angles in a cyclic      quadrilateral is 180o 2 Angle in a semi-circle is 90o.
Social Science	Geo–Climate Natural vegetation and Wildlife  History – Peasants and Farmers Economics – Food Security in India Pol. Sc – Electoral Politics Working of institutions	Collection of weather details of Hyderabad for a month. Map activity - Marking of wildlife sanctuaries in India.   A report on the student population of the school
Science	Che –Atoms and molecules Phy – Gravitation          Work, energy and power Bio –Diversity in the living world	To verify the reflection of sound To identify common infectious diseases and to know about their contagiousness. Practicals – To study the given specimens - spirogyra, moss, pinus and mustard; earthworm, cockroach, bony fish and pigeon.
II Language	Telugu: Seetakkapelli; Rubailu; Acharya Bhadriraju Krishna Murthy; Chudamane kala; Eepsa ____________________________ Hindi: Sparsh gadya – Vygyanik chetna ke vaahak; Keechad ka kaavya; Padya – Ek phool ki chah; Geet-ageet; Sanchayan – Mera chota sa niji pustakalaya   ____________________________­­­­­­ French – Un diner en famille; La mode ; L’argent de Poche;faire des achats	Vividha matala vivaha karyakramula vishaya sekarna ; Pakshulu, jantuvulu lakshanalu pratekyatulu _____________________________ Write an article on C.V. Raman _____________________________ Redigez une carte postale Lisez le conte et entourez la bonne reponse.
Creative writing skills		Book review
Computer Science	Spreadsheet tools	Designing a sales database and performing calculations, geographical analysis and incentive calculation.
Music	Teri hai zameen; Showers of blessing;Tum hi ho maata; Hum honge kaamyab; There in the sky
Games	Basketball
Competitions	1. Swimming Competition (VI – X) – 1/11/14 2.Spell Bee (VI-X) -15/11/14 3.ITC(VI-X) – 29/11/14

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

Others:

PTM – SA 1 –11/10/14

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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                        

Star of the Week in 9 - B is Sri Laya

Star of the Week in 9- A is Ashwini

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.

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 

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.

Star of the Week in 9- B is Rabab Fatima

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.