USSR Week

Orchids highlights the benefits of reading books by organizing USSR (Uninterrupted Self Sustained Reading) week periodically to enhance students’ reading skills. Each student of every class gets engaged in reading during a specified time everyday reading story books / novels, etc.

Star of the week 32 - Varshitha Reddy Badvela

Circular no.33 - 5/12/2013

Ref: 1032/A/PC/13-14/33                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Date: 05/12/13

Dear Parent,

1.       This is to inform you that 7/12/2013 will be a normal working day for classes I to X, due to forced holiday on 5/12/2013.

2.      For classes I to V, the exam scheduled on 5/12/2013, will be held on 7/12/2013.

3.      For classes VI to VIII, the exam scheduled on 5/12/2013, will be held on 10/12/2013.

4.      For classes IX and X, the exam scheduled 5/12/2013, will be held on 9/12/2013.

5.      Circulated for information please.

             Regards

Mona Mehdi

Principal

School will remain closed on 5/12/13 as a precautionary measure. Test date will be informed later.

INTERHOUSE ICT COMPETITION (2013-2014)

On November 29, 2013 Interhouse ICT Competition  was held for classes VI – X to make the students aware of the  happenings in the field of Information technology which would enhance students’ interests from the  grass root level in  software and hardware related issues and would also inculcate the spirit of team work and competition.

This Competition was held for two days which included:

1.      Preliminary test on the 27^th November.

2.      Quiz, Hardware Connectivity and identification of internal Hardware parts were the different rounds held on the 29^th November.

For the Quiz, there were five rounds namely: Cryptology round, Visual round, Abbreviation round, Who’s who round and Quick Bytes Round. All the higher class students participated with great enthusiasm in the event.

Learning log for December and January (2013-2014)

Learning log for December and January (2013-2014)

Name:                                                                                                                                                             Class- VI

Month’s focus : Working for a purpose.

Subject	Syllabus	Project Work/Special Activity
English	MCB-Unit 5 & 6. Lit-L7- The Man Who Drew Faces, L9. Huck Saves the Life of Widow Douglas, L11. Silver. Workbook:Unit  5 & 6.	Story writing, composition(poem)
Maths	12. Ratio & Proportion, 13. Symmetry,  14. Practical Geometry.	1.Comparision of heights and weight of the students 2. Leaf and face activity.
Social Science	Geo:India –8.Physical  Features, 9. India- Climatic Conditions. Hist: Growth of New Ideas Civics:7. District Administration, 8.Rural Livelihoods.	Geo:1.Map Pointing 2. Make a list of the hill stations of northern and southern India Hist: Map pointing Civics: Group discussion on the right of women to their parental property.
Science	Bio-1.Living Organisms & the Surroundings. 2. Garbage In Garbage Out. Che:1. Water, 2. Air Around Us. Phy: 1. Fun With Magnets, 2.	1. Project on adaptation of plants and animals in different habitats. 2. A report on estimation of water used  by a family in a day, a month and a year.
II Language	Hin:15. Naukar, 16. Van Ke Marg Mein, 17. Saans Saans Mein Baans, 18. Hamare Jungle.	Baans ki bani vastuye ke chitra va naam likhvaye jaayenge.
	Tel :Nenaithe, Manipoosalu, Ettukupaiettu	Reading moral stories
	Fre :Unit 13 and 14	Exprimer une opinion favorable ou défavorable
III Language	Hin: 1. Asli Dhan,2. Atal Dhruv, 3. Akbar Birbal Vinod, 4. Devta aur Danaav, 5. Kashmir Ki Jhalak, 6. Penguin Ki Duniya.	Apne pasadinda paryatak srhal ke vibhinna tasveere chipka kar us jageh ki khas baatein likhiyein.
	Tel: 21.Sumati Neetulu, 22. Cheyavalasina Panulu, 23. Neti Prayana Vahanamulu.	Collect and paste pictures of different modes of transport in your notebook.
	Fre: 9. Les jours dela semaine, les mois de l’ année	Preparing a  calendar.
	San :Laut Lakaar : Prathampurush-Divravachanam, Vahuvachanam, 20. Mam Vidhyalaya, 21. Deshya Raksha, 22. Vigyansay Chamatkar.	To read out moral stories.
Com. Science	8. Log on to Flash CS3, 9. Working with Flash CS3.	1. Understanding Flash Workspace & creating a Flash document. 2. Creating animations, motion tween and shape tween.
Games	Basketball, Throwball and Cricket
Music	1.Deck the halls.., 2. We wish you a merry Christmas…, 3. Joy to the world…

Competitions:

1.       21/12/13: Poster Making Competition(VI-X)

2.       02/01/14: Throw Ball Competition (VI-X)Preliminary Round

3.       04/01/14: Throw Ball Competition(VI-X)- Final Round

Events and celebrations:

1.       09/12/13-13/12/13 : USSR Week

2.       10/12/13 : Human Rights Day(Assembly Presentation)

3.       14/12/13 : PTM+ Book Fair

4.       24/12/13 : Christmas Celebration(Assembly Presentation)

5.       26/12/13 : Boxing Day(Assembly Presentation)

6.       28/12/13 : Kid’s Carnival

7.       11/01/14 : School Picnic(II-X)

8.       22/01/14 : Subash Chandra Bose Jayanti (Assembly Presentation)

9.       30/01/14 : Martyr’s Day (Assembly Presentation)

Assessments:

01/12/13-09/12/13 : Formative Assessment III.

Holidays:

1.       21/12/13 : Holiday

2.       25/12/13 : Christmas Celebration

3.       31/12/13 : New Year’s Eve

4.       01/01/14 : New Year Day

5.       12/01/14-19/01/14 : Pongal Holidays.

*School  reopens on  20 /01/14 after the Pongal holidays.

Star of the week 31 - Manojna.G