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 (Bhavana Vanumu)

Star of the week 16 (V.Meghna)

Office Bearers of Senior Wing (2012-13)

Position	Class VI
Class Monitor	Saivik Roshan
Teach Next Incharge	Sairam. G
Transport Incharge	Nayana Bharthi
Mess Incharge	Rishik Gupta
Club Activity Incharge	Sameeksha

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 (K.Surya Teja)

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 (Nayana Bharati)

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 /  Special Activity
English	MCB	1. F for family 2. Precious friend (poem)	Making a friendship collage
	Literature Reader	1. Foreign lands 2. Making friends 3. Gift for a king 4. The kitten at play 5. Monkey trouble
	Workbook	Unit II
Mathematics		1. Playing with numbers 2. Integers 3.Fractions	1. An activity on integers 2. An activity on prime factors
Science	Biology	1. Living and Non-Living 2. Getting to know plants	1.To see onion cells under a microscope. 2. To study the structure of a flower.
	Chemistry	1.Separation of substances 2. Changes around us	1. To separate a mixture of sand and water by sedimentation and decantation. 2. To classify and study some changes .
	Physics	1. Electricity and circuits	1. To show different types of cell.
Social Science	Geography	1. Globes and Maps 2. Major domains of Earth 3. Major landforms of Earth	Research and collate different types of landforms on Earth.
	History	1. The age of vedas 2. Early kingdoms
	Civics	1. All human beings are equal 2. Forms of government
II Language	Hindi	1. Sathi haath badana 2. Aisa Aisa 3.Ticket album 4. Jhansi ki Rani	Milkar kaam karne wale ke chithra apne kithaab mein chipkayenge.
	French	L-10,L-11, Se Situer dans le temps La revision de SA1	French song. French conversation.
	Telugu	1. Manipoosalu (2 poems) 2. thyagam(non detail) 3. Sneha bandham 4. Mrogina Gantalu 5. Kreeda Vartha	Snehamunu gurinchi thelipe kadhalu cheppinchuta
III Language	Hindi	1. Budhimaan bandar 2. Hum kyan Kayen 3.Sahasi shaili 4.Mehnath ka phal 5. Mausam char	Stick pictures of all the seasons.
	French	Lecos : Les Saisons, La famille Grammaire : Possessive adjectives ( comme: Mon, ton, son ….) Le Verbe <<avoir>>	Charts, Devoir Contole (worksheets)
	Telugu	1. Damodaram Sanjeevayya 2. Podupu kadhalu 3. Chandamama rave 4. Cheyakoodani panulu
Creative writing skills/English Language Enhancement skills		Letter writing
Computer Science		1. Review of Power Point 2. Applying formatting effects 3. Modifying slides	Presentation on 'Save wild life' and 'deforestation'.
Music		Sare jahan se acha School song - Proud to be Orchidians
Games		Football
Competitions		Basket ball final : VI - X
Events and Celebrations:			Assessment:
4/8/2012	Vanmahotsav		SA - I : VI - X
6/8/2012	Hiroshima day - Assembly presentation		15/9/2012 to 26/9/2012
8/8/2012	Investiture Ceremony		Others:
9/8/2012	Quit India Day - Assembly presentation		Educational Tour  : IV - X 28/9/2012 to 04/10/2012
15/8/2012	Independence day celebration		Holidays:
18/8/2012	Eid  celebration		Raksha Bhandan – 2/8/2012
25/8/2012	Basket ball final  - (VI - X )		Krishnashtami  - 10/8/2012
29/8/2012	National Sports day - Assembly presentation		Second Saturday – 11/8/2012
1/9/2012	Field trip (VI - X)		Ramzan                    – 20/8/2012
5/9/2012	Teacher’s day + Mother Teresa’s day		Vinayaka Chavithi – 19/9/2012
8/9/2012	World literacy day - Assembly presentation		Ganesh Immersion – 29/9/2012
27/9/2012	World tourism day - Assembly presentation