Star of the week 32: Zainab Khan

They fare well in GESE

The students of Orchids have been appearing for GESE – Graded Examinations in Spoken English conducted by Trinity College, London, in association with Orient Blackswan, India, for many years. It has become a matter of routine for the students of Orchids to expect GESE in the month of Nov/Dec, to have one-to-one conversation with the native, English-speaking examiner, to experience success and gain confidence.

The examinees take pleasure in progressing through levels appropriate to their individual abilities, appearing for GESE, which definitely helps them to improve their communicative skills. Eleven students appeared for the levels I-IX of GESE on 27.11.12 in Fitjee World School. The examiner was Ms Jill Coch from London.

The school feels proud that all of them have secured good grades, Distinction/Merit.

ON THE WINNING SPREE

R.Raja Rithvik studying in class IV in Orchids The International school carved a niche for himself once again. He bagged Silver medal in the Commonwealth Chess Championship – 2012, in under-8 category held at Chennai from 22/11/12 to 1/12/12. Around 300 players including top players from all the commonwealth countries participated in the prestigious International event organized by Commonwealth Chess Association.

Raja Rithvik received silver medal and Merit Certificate from Sri. J.C.D prabhakar, President of All India Chess Federation at Chennai in a prize distribution function in which Sri Krishna Machari Srikanth, Former Captain of Indian Cricket Team also Participated. He has international rating (ELO rating) of 1536 and is being trained by reputed coach Sri.K.Narshimha Rao for last two years.

Though winning has become a matter of routine to Raja Rithvik, his success makes everyone proud. The school wishes him all the best in his future endeavors and we hope he would bring credit to the country in the forthcoming  Asian event.

LEARNING LOG FOR DECEMBER - JANUARY 2012-13

Month’s Focus:  Sharing and Caring

SUBJECT	SYLLABUS	FIELD TRIP/ PROJECT WORK/SPECIAL ACTIVITY
English	Drama: Julius Caesar Prose: Virtually True Poem: Snake	Article writing                       Diary entry                       Grammar Continuation
Mathematics	1. Constructions 2. Probability 3. Areas related to circles. 4. Volumes and surface areas. Lab Activities Activity – 1 to 7  From Term - II	Activity: Construction of direct and transverse common tangents.
Social Science	Geo: Life lines of national     economy Pol. Sc : Challenges to democracy; Outcomes of democracy Eco: Consumer awareness History: Rise of nationalism in Indo-China	Geo : Marking and labeling of  few important National Highways.       Eco : A poster on Consumer awareness
Science	Phy : Human Eye and World of               Colours          Chem :  Periodic Classification of               Elements Bio:  Our environment. Lab activities 1. Finding focal lengths of concave mirror and convex lens. 2. Refractive index of slab and prism. 3. Binary fission in amoeba and budding in yeast. 4. To determine the percentage of absorption of water by raisins.	Phy : Tracking the path of the light through glass slab and prism. Chem :- Action of soaps and detergents on hard and soft water. Bio:  To distinguish between biodegradable and non-biodegradable substances.
II language	Hindi – Sanchayan – Topi Shukla; Sapnon key sey din Vyakaran; Patra lekhan; Nibandh lekhan	Priya lekhak par ek anuched likhiye
	Telugu - Prose :  Ambedkar Poetry :  Street children Non-Detail :- Chpt 6 and 7	Letter writing  Guru poojosthawam.
	IT  -L- 9 Introduction of XML L- 11 Social Impacts of IT	Designing HTML using Tables.
	French – L. Nos 9 & 10 - Vive la République; C’est bon le progrès	Récapitulation de la grammaire
Games	Basketball; Football
Competitions	Poster making – 22/12/12 IT Quiz – 5/1/13

Events and Celebrations:                                               Holidays-

1/12/12-World Aids Day (A.P)                                           24/12/12 and 25/12/12 – Christmas holidays

10/12/12 -Human Rights Day (A.P)                                   31/12/12 - Holiday

10/12/12 to 14/12/12 – USSR                                           1/1/13 – New Year

15/12/12 -PTM + Book Fair                                               12/1/13 to 20/1/13 – Pongal holidays

22/12/12 – Christmas celebration                                      25/1/13 – Milad- un- Nabi

26/12/12 – Boxing day (A.P)                                             Assessment-

29/12/12 – Kid’s Carnival                                                 1/12/12 to 6/12/12 – UT-II ( F.A – III)

11/1/13 – School picnic ( I – X)

21/1/13 – School reopens after Pongal holidays.

23 /1 /13 – Subash Chandra Bose Jayanthi (A.P)

26/1/13 – Republic day celebrations

30/1/13- Martyr’s day (Assembly presentation)        

Theme: Nagaland - The Land of Festivals

Class 10 presented the assembly on the theme ‘Nagaland-The land of festivals’. It lasted for six days. On the first day, we spoke about the history of Nagaland and on the second day we continued by speaking about the language and culture of the Nagas. The third day was on food and clothing. The next day we showed videos on the Naga tribal dances .The fifth day was about the hornbill festival. On the last day we conducted a quiz on what we did in the past few days. It was a very educational and informative assembly.