CLASS BOARD DECARATION:

The entire school was filled with enthusiasm and patriotic fervour as the students decorated thier class rooms and soft boards keeping the independence day celebrations in mind. There was intense competitions since the classes VI to X were participating in the best decorated class.

Class X came out Trumps as they won the prize.

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

Star of the Week

Maria

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.

             

Patriotic Song Singing Competition

As a part of Pre-Independence Day celebrations on 13-8-14, to keep the flame of Patriotism burning in our hearts, the students of Grades 1, 2 & 3, at Orchids-Hyderabad participated in the Patriotic Song Singing Competition. The competition offered a chance to all the students to sing melodious patriotic songs and instilled the feeling of Patriotism. It was wonderful to see the little Orchidians sing.

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.

Star of the Week Omkar Mudiraj

DEVELOPING SKILLS

Interests gradually develop into skills through systematized activities and training.

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 I

SYLLABUS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST & SEPTEMBER

English Language	Lesson 5 –Is and are,  Lesson 6 – Verbs
English Literature	Lesson 4 –Let’s have Lunch, Poem- Puppy and I Enrich Reader : The donkey & the cotton, The magic pot, Jankie the rabbit, Naughty Kit
Mathematics	Lesson 5- Addition & Subtraction up to 20
EVS	Lesson 7- Houses we live in , Lesson 8- People who help us , Lesson 9 – My Neighbourhood , Lesson 10– Our Festivals
II Lang	Hindi:  ca sao Z, tk
	Telugu: cha to bandira Two and three letter words
	French: L’alphabet (cont), Les nombers, Les salutations
Computers	Lesson 4 – Parts of a computer
Art and Craft	1.     Flag Drawing 2.     Thumb art
General Knowledge	Pg. 20- Head Wear, Pg.21 – They work  hard, Pg. 22 – A thinking game Pg. 23 – Its different
Music	Songs: ·        Sare Jahanse  Accha
Games	·        Ball dribble ·        Parachute game ·        Magic ball ·        Crazy frogs ·        Bounce ball
Lifeskills	Listening , Speaking the truth

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