SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – I Time table

                                                   SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – I (2014-15)

                                                               TIME TABLE (VI – X)

DATE/DAY	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
18/09/14 Thursday	G.K	G.K	G.K	Computer (W)	English
19/09/14 Friday	Computer (W)	Computer (W)	Computer (W)	-	-
20/09/14 Saturday	English	III Lang	English	Science	Mathematics
22/09/14 Monday	II Lang	Mathematics	Mathematics	Mathematics	Social Studies
23/09/14 Tuesday	Science	English	Social Studies	English	-
24/09/14 Wednesday	Social Studies	Science	II Lang	II Lang	Science
25/09/14 Thursday	Mathematics	II Lang	Science	-	-
26/09/14 Friday	III Lang	Social Studies	III Lang	Social Studies	II Lang

                                       

                             COMPUTER PRACTICALS TIME TABLE(VI – X)

S.NO	DATE	DAY	CLASSES
1.	12/09/14	Friday	VIII & IX-A
2.	16/09/14	Tuesday	IX-B
3.	17/09/14	Wednesday	VI & VII

Circular

Ref NO 1032/A/PC/2014-15/35                                                                                     20/08/14

Dear Parent,

1.The School  will be working on 23/08/14 and 30/08/14 for Grades Nursery -X, in order to complete the Syllabus in time. Buses will be plying as usual.

2.Friday’s Time-Table will be followed for Grades I –X  on both the days.

Regards

C.Srikanth

Principal

Star of the Week Geethanjali

Holidays Information

Dear Parent,

1. This is to inform you that 18/08/14 and 19/08/14 are HOLIDAYS for the School on account of Krishnashtami and Household Survey being conducted by the Government.

2. Parents are requested to note that 23/08/14 (4^th Saturday) is a normal working day for Classes I-X.

Regards

C.Srikanth

Principal

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

The 68^th Independence Day was celebrated in Orchids ceremoniously. The Chief Guest Dr. Ashwin M. Shah, Head of the Dept. of Oncology, Kamineni Hospitals hoisted the National Flag and the National Anthem was sung. Principal, Mr. C. Srikanth introduced the Chief Guest to the gathering. There were speeches by the students of class X in English, Hindi and Telugu and depictions of the personages of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Subhash Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi and Bhagat Singh with their quotes, by students of class V.

The School Choir rendered ‘Vandemataram’ and saluted the nation with their melody. The Chief Guest in his address emphasized that achievement of Independence was the result of the efforts and sacrifices of many who inspired and united the nation. He also advised the students to pursue their interests and passions to choose their professions.

Sweet distribution concluded the celebration of the day.

             

Inter-House Patriotic Scene Competition

Inter-House Patriotic Scene Competition was held for Grades IV – VII as part of Pre-Independence Day celebrations on 13-8-14.  The students of all the four houses showed a lot of creativity in presenting various important historical incidents. The scenes included – the Swadeshi and Boycott  movements following the partition of Bengal; the important leaders of the Revolt of 1857; the Jallianwalla Bagh incident and the Dandi March of Gandhiji.   

The students’ efforts to understand the historical context and depict the same in the best way possible received the applause of the audience.

Star of the Week Abhinav Karan

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 Samskruthi

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 (2014-15)

Name:                                                                                                                                 Class: VI

Month’s Focus: United we stand                                                                                    

SUBJECT	SYLLABUS	FIELD TRIP / PROJECT WORK/SPECIAL ACTIVITY
English	MCB: A Stormy Day Lit:1.Pandora and the Mysterious Box              2.Wind 3.The school for sympathy Gram: Phrase and clause, Articles,          Punctuation	Interview role – play Finding ways to help animals
Mathematics	L-3 Playing with numbers L- 4 Basic Geometrical ideas L- 5 Understanding elementary shapes L-6 Integers	To prove diameter of a circle is double of its radius, paper folding activity
Social Science	His – 1. The age of Vedas           2. Early Kingdoms Geo – 1. Motions of the earth            2. Globes and maps Civics – 1.Democracy	Map Pointing Showing the model of Globes and maps
Science	Chem: Separation of substances Bio: Living & non-living	To separate a mixture of sand and water by decantation and sedimentation method, experiment on separation of cells in an onion peel.
Computer Science	1.Using mail merge 2.  Microsoft PowerPoint	To create a mail merge and perform various topics  To create a PowerPoint presentation.
Creative writing skills		Writing a newspaper report and Diary entry
II Language	Hindi – 1. Sathi hath bhadana  2. Aisa aisa, 3. Tik aalbam	Aisa-aisa kahani ka abhinay karvaya jayaga
	Telugu – 1. Memu saitham 2.Somanadri 3. Manipoosalu  4. O Koonalamma	Vyasamu
	French – L.9 :Au cafe des Laurent.	Un dialogue au restaurant. Preparez une crepe.
III Language	Hindi – 1.Naya gullak,    2.Chatori timtim	Khagaj ka gutha bhanvaya jayaga
III Language	Telugu – 1. Dhamodharam Sanjeevaya   2. Panulu  3. Thidulu 4. Cheyakudani panulu	Vividha rakala vruthula chitralanu sekarinchi, vari gurunchi rendu vakyalu rayandi.
	French – L.3.Didou a l’eccole. L.4.Vous etes francais?	Les conjugation de verbe<etre>.
	Sanskrit –  1. Pradham purush : Bhahuvachan  2. Madhyam purush : Ek vachan  3. Madhyam purush : Dvi vachan	Activity Sheet
Art	Cartoons sketch
Music	1. Jhanda uncha rahe hamara 2. It’s a small world 3. Sare jahan se accha  4.Jaya jaya priya Bharatha
Games	Basket ball; Cricket

 

Events and celebrations-                                                             Competition -

                                                                   

6/8/14 - Hiroshima Day (A.P)                                                     2/8/14 – Mother & Child Competition

15/8/14 – Independence Day Celebration                            16/8/14 – Patriotic singing Competition

28/8/14 – Telugu Day Celebration                                         6/9/14 – Hindi hasya kavi Sammelen

30/8/14 – Field Trip (VI – X)

5/9/14 – Teachers Day + Mother Teresa’s Day

12/9/14 – Hindi Diwas (A.P)

Holidays-

8/8/14 – Varalakshmi Vratham

9/8/14 – Second Saturday

23/8/14 – Fourth Saturday

29/8/14 – Vinayaka Chaturthi

8/9/14 – Ganesh immersion

13/9/14 – Second Saturday

27/9/14   -6/10/14 – Dasara Break

Others-

9/9/14 - 15/9/14 – Revision week

*7/10/14 -School reopens after Dasara break

Assessment-

16/9/14 - 26/9/14 – SA-I