Star of the Week in 9-A Affan Khan

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 in 9-B pinky Chowhan

Star of the Week in 9-A Sahithi

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 2014

Name:                                                                                                                        Class: IX      

Month’s Focus: United we stand

SUBJECT	SYLLABUS	FIELD TRIP/PROJECT WORK/SPECIAL ACTIVITY
English	Lord Ullin’s daughter Villa for Sale MCB – Environment Three men in a Boat –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 –  Electoral Politics              Economics – People as a resource	Map pointing – locating dams on a map of 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 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 the presence of a) starch in the food sample and b) adulterant metanil yellow in pulses.
II Language	Telugu: Prabodham ; Sasaymira ; Gidigu Ramamurty ; Vyakaranam ____________________________ Hindi: Tum kab javoge athithi; Geet-ageet; Vigyan ki chethna ke vaahak; Agnipath ____________________________French – 1 Les Saisons  2 Voyages	Vyasarachana, lekha ---------------------------------------------------------- Aagey badhtey Bharatiya mahilaon se sambandhith chitron ka sangrah keejiye avum sanshipth jaankari likhiye. _______________________________________ 1 Ecrire des messages et les recettes a l’imperatif 2 Poser des questions
Creative writing skills		1 Narration of the story Lord Ullin’s Daughter  2 Article Writing
Computer Science	L3 – Input and output devices L4 – Basics of computer system	To scan text, graphics and photographs
Music	Jaya jaya priya bharatha; Jhanda ooncha rahey hamara; Saarey jahaan se achha; It’s a small world
Games	Football
Competitions	Mother  & Child Competition (I-X) – 2/8/14 Patriotic Song Singing Competition – (VI – X)   - 16/8/14   Hindi Hasya Kavi Sammelan - 6/9/14

Events and Celebrations:

1Hiroshima day -- Assembly Presentation -

                                                       6/8/14

2 Independence Day celebration -15/8/14

3. Telugu Day Celebration– 28/8/14

4  Field trip (VI-X) – 30/8/14

5 Teacher’s day+ Mother Teresa’s Day -                

                                                    5/9/14

Assessment:

SA – I (VI – X) - 16/9/14 to 26/9/2014

Holidays:

1. Varalakshmi  Vratam – 8/8/14

2. Second Saturday – 9/8/14

3. Fourth Saturday – 23/8/14

4. Vinayaka Chavithi – 29/8/14

5. Ganesh Immersion –8/9/14

6. Second Saturday – 13/9/14 

7. Dasara Break -27/9/14 – 6/10/14

Others:

Revision week - 9/9/14 to 15/9/14

School reopens on – 7/10/14