Star of the week 7: Preksha Bhandari

RAJA RITHVIK, THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS CHAMPION - 2013

RAJA RITHVIK, studying in the 5^th class made Orchids - The International School proud yet another time. He has become the New National Schools Champion -2013 and bagged Gold medal on 11/6/2013 by scoring 7.5 points out of 9 rounds at Chennai. In the 9^th and Final round Rithvik defeated Mehta Naitik of Gujarat in a well fought encounter. Rithvik received the gold medal and Merit Certificate from Indian Grand Master Adhibhan of Chennai. Orchids congratulates him and wishes him all the best in his future endeavours.

Practising for perfection

Orchids – The International School organized a guest lecture for grades 1 to 5 on 12/6/2013. It was conducted by Mrs .Sunanda Rao Kommireddi on the topic ‘Practising for perfection’.

The presentation started with learning about what exactly is practice and why children need practice?  Practice is must and a simple learning method all over the globe. Next point of presentation was, How to practise? With the help of a small story the discussion concluded with, ‘Perfect practice is for perfection’. On the whole it was a very interactive and lively discussion with active participation of the children.

LEARNING LOG FOR JUNE AND JULY (2013)

Month’s Focus: Practising for perfection

Subject	Syllabus	Field trip/ Project work/ Special Activity
English	M.C.B: Ls-2:Stone soup Ls-3:Journey to the moon W.B: Ls-2:Stone soup Ls-3:Journey to the moon Lit:: You and I (Poem) Ls-3:William tell and his great shot	·               Observation of moon
Mathematics	Ch 3:  Multiplication Ch 4: Division Ch 5: Factors and Multiples	·               Multiplication grid ·               Dice game ·               Factors trees ·               Visualizing prime and composite number using grid paper
Social Studies	Ls-3: Major land forms Ls-4: Natural resources Ls-5: Weather and climate Ls-10: E for environment	·      Preparation of a solar cooker ·      Preparing whether forecast for a month
Science	*Investigation of plants  growth *Lifecycle of flowering plant Ls-5:Solid,liquid,gases	·               Dissection of flower ·               Activity to show that plants requires sunlight
II Lang	Hindi: Shardar bhagat singh ki ahinsha ki jyoti	·         Paste picture of freedom fighter
	Telugu:  Ls-3: Shivaji Ls-4: Bhadrachalum Ls-5: devaniryan Ls-6: Sagar yatra darshini	·         Paste picture of Shivaji and write a few lines ·         Paste picture of Sagar and write a few lines
	French: Ls-1:Saluer, demandé, identité Ls-2: Demander I’ identité d un Object Ls-3: Ecrire une lettre a un ami français	·            Listening and speaking skills; skit on greeting in French ·            Writing skills: identify the names of the object with articles
III Lang	Hindi: Wanjan          Bin matra aur matra Wale shabd	·            Words with picture ·            Bin matra aur mata wale shabd par karya patra dijiye
	Telugu: Varnamala                Forming	·            Identification of letters ·            Paste the picture and identify the beginning letter of the picture
	French: Les nombres	·            Asking  the children to carry out the number of action; clapping , nodding, leg tapping
Creative Writing skills/English language/ Enhancement skills	·      Write a  few lines about William tell
Computer Science	Ls-2: Software and its type Ls-3 Windows 7	·         Documentation on software and its type ·         1. Creating files and folders, organizing files ·         2. Customizing the desktop
Art and Craft	1.       Fruit basket drawing 2.       Origami
General Knowledge	Pg: 14 to 30
Music	Songs: 1. I got peace like a river 2.The sun comes up with a great smile 3.Ekta swatantrata
Games	·         Football- dribbling ·         Physical fitness ·         Skill assessment circuit ·         Basketball – ball handling and dribbling
Lifeskills	Tying a shoelace Table manners

Events                                                                       Competition

12/6/13 – Guest Lecture (I – V)                                                            21/6/13 – Coloring Competition (I- V)

14/6/13 – House meeting (I- V)                                                           28/6/13 – One Minute Game (I –V)

11/ 7/ 13 – World Population Day (Assembly presentation)       12/7/13 - English Poem Recitation (I – V)

 15/7/13 – 19/7/13 – USSR                                                                 27/7/13- Mother and child competition (I – X)                                                                  

19/7/13 – Field Trip (I- V)      

21/6/13 – World Music Day (Assembly  Presentation) 

26/7/13- Kargil Victory Day (Assembly Presentation)             

26/7/13-  Van  Mahostav ( Nur – X)                                                                   

Note:                                                                                                       

22/6/13 - Koffee with parents (Nur – X)

12/7/13 – 19/7/13 – Unit test - I

20/7/13 – PTM + Book Fair

Welcome back to school

CBSE SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAM - 2013

Holiday Homework

SUBJECT	HOMEWORK
English	Write 10 similes in the notebook.
Mathematics	Stick the important dates (birthday, your parent’s anniversary etc) in the form of Roman numbers using matchsticks and also mention them in Hindu- Arabic numbers in your scrapbook.
Science	Stick 3 dicot seeds and 3 monocot seeds in your scrapbook.
Social Studies	Draw a circle to denote the earth and stick wool of two different colours to denote parallels and meridians.
II Language Hindi French Telugu	Worksheet on  sankhya Les Pays( countries), Les Professions Write about the greatness of Shivaji and paste pictures based on him.
III Language Sanskrit Hindi French Telugu	Learn and write letters of the alphabet in Sanskrit Practise- varnamala( Aa to Aha) in the notebook Write two words each based on the letters of the alphabet in French. Write and learn Telugu basic letters (Aa to Rah)