Prefects' Council Election (30/6/2012)

With June ending and July just round the corner, the school is buzzing with excitement. What for? Well, elections of course!

 For the second time in Orchidian history, democracy reigns and the Prefects’ Council elections are taking place at the School and House levels. Over the course of the last ten days, prospective Head Girls and Head Boys of class X persuaded the students to vote for them through speeches, while nominated House Captains spoke to their Houses- Carnation, Daffodil, Marigold and Tulip- about the same. Along with the Captains, Vice-captains of Class IX are also voted for. Other important appointments include Cultural Secretary, Sports Captain and Discipline Incharge.

  30^th June, 2012, Election Day, has finally arrived. Pictures of the nominees have been taken and ballot boxes have been readied. All that’s left is the final casting of votes. Students of classes VI-X of Orchids-The International School are eagerly waiting to vote and welcome the Prefects’ Council of 2012. However, we also know that more than the outcome, the enriching experience of elections is important.

 Suma Kolamala

  Class : X

Awareness of Music and Musical Instruments

Presentation by Academia, International music foundation (28/6/2012).

The students of classes VI - IX had the privilege of participating in a very interesting and interactive presentation on an awareness of music and musical instruments by Mr Marthand and team, from Academia International music foundation.

He gave a detailed presentation on the types of musical instruments besides speaking about the importance of music. He also specified that students who learnt classical music improved by 20% in their academics as observed in the past 20 years.

The session ended with a video of orchestra by TED in Venezuela, which was played by orphans under 18 in CARACAS – Venezuela .  Students could identify the instruments that were listed earlier in the session through this video.

A flyer and an enquiry form were given to all students to be filled and returned to respective class teachers, in case the child is interested in learning any of the musical instruments.

Koffee with Parents (23/6/2012)

23.6.12 was a day of ‘KOFFEE with Parents’ at Orchids. Parents who really make a lot of difference attended the programme which was meant to be an Interactive session. Principal, Ms. Mona Mehdi gave an introductory address which was informative and promising. All about Orchids- from its Mission and Vision, its Philosophy, Policies and Rules, to its activities and endeavours to progress constantly were elaborated. Parents were also motivated to encourage their children to grab opportunities and participate in all the programmes, activities and competitions which gradually improve their skills and performance. Orchids exists for the children and their all-round development.

Mr. Sri Ram, Head of Shree Sahasraa Foundation who handles Abacus and Vedic Math classes at Orchids demonstrated how the subjects make children excel in Maths.

The Interactive Session impressed the audience and closed with Parent Representatives nominated for all the classes. Another beginning again!

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT – I [Timetable]

Date	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
02/07/12 Monday	Computer Science (W)	Computer Science (W)	Computer Science (W)	Computer Science (W)	Maths
03/07/12 Tuesday	Mathematics	English	Science	Mathematics	English
04/07/12 Wednesday	III lang (H/T/F/S)	Science	II Lang (H/T/F)	English	Social
05/07/12 Thursday	Social	II Lang (H/T/F)	English	Science	II Lang (H/T/F) / Computer Sci
06/07/12 Friday	English	Social	Mathematics	II Lang (H/T/F)	Science
07/07/12 Saturday	Science	III lang (H/T/F/S)	III lang (H/T/F/S)	Social	----
09/07/12 Monday	II lang (H/T/F)	Mathematics	Social	----	----

LEARNING LOG [JUNE & JULY]

Month’s Focus: Being Tolerant

SUBJECT	SYLLABUS	FIELD TRIP/PROJECT WORK/ SPECIAL ACTIVITY
English	MCB –Unit-1 Pledge to protect 1. Flying away forever(revision) 2. Where are the cubs?(revision) 3. Saving the baby Unit- II Friends are forever 1. Spotty friendship 2. My friend and I Lit- Birds of paradise ( poem ) Grammar- Types of sentences Adjectives, Syllables.	1.Making Friendship collage
Mathematics	Whole Numbers, Basic Geometrical Ideas Understanding elementary Shapes, Playing with numbers	1. An activity on whole numbers 2. An activity on factors
Social Science	G: 1. The Earth and the solar system (Revision) 2. Latitudes and longitudes 3. Motions of the earth H: 1. Studying the past, 2.Early humans – I & II C:1. Unity in diversity, 2. All human beings are equal	1. Making Milky way and Galaxy 2. Making posters on abolishing untouchability
Science	B: 1. Components of food 2. Living and Non Living P: 1. Measurement and motion. 2. Light Shadows and reflections. C:1.Sorting material into groups 2. Seperation of substances.	B. Testing for starch To Observe onion cell slide. P: To demonstrate Solar and Lunar eclipse. C: To study density of solutions. To make a saturated solution.
II Language	H : 3. Naadaan Dosth 4 Chand se thode se gappe 5. Akshron ka mahathva 6. Paar nazar ke T: L6 Kothaga vachina vaarini nammaradhu L2 Subhashithalu ( 2 padyalu) L7 Jaanapadha Kalalu L1 Nannayabhattu (Nondetail) L2 Kandukuri Veereslingam (nondetail) F:Legon :8 . Demander des renscignements sur la famille de qqun Legon 9 Donner orde inviter a faire qqch	H : Aksharon ke mahathva par do vakya likhiye. F : Experimez votre opinion Donner l ordre (‘e’) imeralife
III Language	F: Legon9: Les jours de la semaine, Legon 10 ; Les mois de l’annde, Les raisons	Les chansons Question and answering in French
Creative writing skills/English Language Enhancement skills		Writing a composition pretending to be a tiger
Computer Science	Lesson2 : Working with windows Lesson3 : More on windows Lesson4: Review of power point	Making a presentation on ‘save wild life’
Music	You are my all in all Colors of day. French song Manavta ke mann mandir mein (Hindi)
Games	Volley Ball (Level 1): Basics, basics of ball contact, basics of serve, passing.
Competitions	Mother and child competition (I-X )	14/7/2012

Events and celebrations:

1.     Guest lecture (VI-X) - 14/6/2012

2.     House Meeting (VI-X) -  16/6/2012

3.     Koffe with Parents (Nur – X)  - 23/6/2012

4.     Prefects’  Council elections  - 30/6/ 2012

5.     World Population Day (Assembly  Presentation)- 11/7/2012

6.     USSR (I-X) – 16/7/2012 – 20/7/2012

7.     PTM + Book Fair – 21/7/2012

8.     Investiture Ceremony + Kargil Victory Day – 26/7/2012

Assessment:

FA-I (VI-X) – 2/7/2012 – 10/7/2012

Holidays:

1.     Holiday – 23/6/2012

2.     Varalakshmi vratham  - 27/7/2012

Holiday – 28/7/2012