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

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 CELEBRATIONS

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.

             

Krishnashtami Celebrations

Krishna Janmashtami, also known as Janmashtami, marks the birth of Lord Krishna.

On the 13-08-2014, Orchids-The International School, Hyderabad celebrated Krishnashtami with great enthusiasm.

The students, who were traditionally dressed as Lord Krishna and Radha, stole the show with their mind-blowing performances .All the participants of the Pre-primary & the Primary section took great interest and enthusiastically performed various dances .It was a very colourful and informative event.

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 Sai Adhvaith

DEVELOPING SKILLS

Interests gradually develop into skills through systematized activities and training.

Star of the Week Jhanvi

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

GRADE V

SYLLABUS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST & SEPTEMBER

English Language	Lesson 8 : Pronouns, Lesson 7 : Verbs , Punctuation, Comprehension, Informal Letter, Lesson 16 : Verbs & their objects , Lesson 14: Parts of a sentence, Lesson 9 : Adjectives
English Literature	Lesson 4 : The Kitten who barked , Poem : My shadow                                                                   Enrich reader : Grateful Lizard, The traders of Seri, You and I, William tell and his great shot, Hide and seek
Mathematics	Lesson 5: Factors & Multiples , Lesson 6: HCF & LCM, Lesson 7: Fractions
Science	Lesson 5:Rocks & Minerals , Lesson  6 : Animals- Habitat and adaptation
Social Studies	Lesson 6: Land of Dense forests, Lesson 7 :Land of ice & snow , Lesson 8:Land of the hot sun
II Lang	paz­ 11:jaIvana ek saaoca, ,saM&a  ,paz­ 14 :kMPyaUTr ka janmadata ,sava-naama ,paz ­15 :baMdr ka sapnaa, sava-naama ko p`kar ³puÉYavaacak sava- naama´
	Telugu: L-7—Swami Vivekananda ls.8—tagina teerpu ls.9--- kalasumade kalutu ls.5--- ukham 1-10 Chedu Atlaata
	French:  AUG :- Ls.2­--- Il Est Francias                  SEP :- Ls.3--- La Journde Do Mme . Lavigne
III Lang	Hindi : ls.18—Amrai              ls. 3--- Sardar Bhagat Singh ls.11—jivan ek soch
	Telugu : Gunimatala , Ottulu
	French :  2es objects dans la close.                    Les jours de la semaine et les mois de I’anne’e
	Sanskrit : ls.4—pratham purush dwichanam                  ls.5 pratam purush bahuvachan
Computers	Lesson 4 : More on MS-Word 2007 Lesson 5 : Working with Styles & Objects
Art and Craft	Indian Flag & Ganesh Drawing
General Knowledge	Page 21: Words in the news Page 22:Dancing around the world Page 23:Cricket today Page 24:Right and Wrong Pg. 26--- Great India Institutions Pg.27--- Indian Quiz Pg.28---Track and Field Pg.29---Olympics from Athens to London Pg.30---Who Said It?
Music	Songs: Jaya Jaya Priya Bharti
Games	Basket ball dribbling,Basket Ball passing,Touch Rugby -passing and Reserving,Touch Rugby ball

Events:     

6^th August, 2014- Hiroshima Day (Assembly Presentation)

14^th August, 2014 – Krishnastami Celebration

15^th August, 2014 – Independence Day

28^th August, 2014 – Telugu Day

5^th September, 2014 – Teacher’s Day

12^th September, 2014 - Hindi Diwas

26^th September, 2014 – Dasara Celebration

Competitions:

8th August, 2014 – Mother and child

14^th August, 2014- Patriotic Singing Competition                                                                                                                                      

Holidays:

2^nd August, 2014- Varalakshmi vratham

29^th August, 2014 – Vinayaka Chavathi

8^th September, 2014 – Ganesh Immersion

Note:

16^th to 26^th September, 2014 - Summative Assessment

27^th September to 6^th October, 2014 – Dasara vacation

7^th October 2014 – School reopens