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 (Archana Dinesh)

Star of the week 16 ( B.Sai Rohit)

Office Bearers of Senior Wing (2012-13)

Position	Class X
Class Monitor	Potlapally sahiti
Teach Next Incharge	Shreshtha Tiwari
Transport Incharge	Prakeet Reddy
Mess Incharge	Manisha.J
Club Activity Incharge	Deepak.J

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 (Ayesha Nishant)

Theme: West Bengal - The City of Joy

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 (Archana Dinesh)

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 WORK/SPECIAL ACTIVITY
English	MCB   -   1. Education                 2. Science WB – 1. Non-finites, Relatives           2. Connectors, Conditionals           3. Comparison           4. Avoiding Repetition           5. Active and Passive           6. Reported speech	Creative writing:-                      1. Article writing                      2. Letter writing Activity: -                          Group discussions based on MCB
Mathematics	1.  Trigonometry           2.  Real Numbers	Activity – 4 to 9  From Term - I
Social Science	His : –   The making of a global world   Geo : –  1. Mineral and Energy resources               2. Seasons and Crops                           Eco :-  Money and Credit. Pol. Science :-  Gender, religion and caste	Geo : 1. Locate and Identify the major minerals on an outline map of India.           Eco : - A two page report on ‘The relevance of            Micro-finance’.
Science	Phy :  1. Electromagnetism            2. Sources of Energy Che : 1.  Metals and Non-Metals          2.  Acids, Bases and Salts         Bio:  1. Control & Coordination          2. How do Organisms Reproduce	Phy :-  Verification of Ohm’s Law. Che :- Action of Acids and Bases on indicators. Bio:-  1. To study a temporary mount of a leaf peel to                show its stomata           2. To show experimentally that light is                necessary for Photosynthesis           3. To show experimentally that Co2 is given out               during respiration
II language	Hindi –  x|  Hkkx:-  vc dgkW nwljksa ds nq[k esa nq[kh gksus   okys          i| Hkkx:-  euq’;rk e/kqj e/kqj esjs nhid ty vkRe=k.k fngkjh ds nksgs	Ekuq’;rk ij vk/kkfjr fdUgh nks dgkfu;kW ij ifj;kstuk djok;k tk,xkA
	Telugu : - 1. Chenetha Drukpadham                  2. Subhashithalu Non Detail : - Pages   21 to 34.	1. Vyasa rachana       2. Lekha
	French – 1. Chacun Ses gouts                 2. Chez le médecin	Creative writing :- Racontez l’histoire d’un film. Activity:- Ecrire les articles
I.T	1. Using list and images 2. Creative tables 3. Introduction to MS-ACCESS 4. Working with Tables	Activity:- 1. Creating student database management     system. 2. Creating stock inventory and other databases

Events and Celebrations:

1. Vanmahotsav -  4/8/12

2. Hiroshima day - 6/8/12 - Assembly Presentation

3. Quit India Day – 9/8/12 - Assembly presentation

4. Independence day celebration -  15/8/12

5. Eid  celebration – 18/8/12

6. Basket ball final  - (VI - X ) – 25/8/12

7. National Sports day – 29/8/12

8. Field trip (VI - X) – 1/9/12

9. Teacher’s day ₊ Mother Theresa’s day  -  5/9/12

10. World literacy day  - 8/9/12 Assembly presentation

11. World tourism day 27/9/12  Assembly presentation

Assessment:

SA – I (VI – X)  - 15/9/12 to 26/9/2012

Holidays:

1. Raksha Bhandan – 2/8/12

2. Krishnaashtami  - 10/8/12

3. Second Saturday – 11/8/12

4. Ramzan – 20/8/12

5. Vinayaka Chavithi – 19/9/12

6. Ganesh Immersion – 29/9/12

Others:

Revision week -  10/9/12 to 26/9/12

Educational tour – 28/9/ 12 to 4/10/12

A Trip to Cinema

The students from class IV to X were taken to watch the wonderful movie, ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ at Hari Hara Kala Bhavan. It was an exciting and exhilarating experience to watch such an action-packed animated film. I personally loved the adorable character of Po, the dragon warrior and his determination to defeat the evil peacock, Shen. All of us had a lot of fun and enjoyed ourselves throughout. I have to say it was a learning experience with a twist.

Deeksha Pandey

Class IX

NIE Painting Competition