G.K Quiz

G.K Quiz competition for primary section was held on 30/8/2013.We divided the students into two groups:

First group: Students of classes I &II.

Second group: Students of classes III, IV & V.

We conducted four rounds for each group.

First round was a general round.

Second round was a visual round.

Third round was an audio round

Fourth round was a rapid fire round.

All the groups of students participated with a lot of interest and eagerness. They became aware of the current affairs and enhanced their knowledge after participation in the quiz.

Star of the week 17: Aaratrika Maity

Nehru Centenary Tribal Museum

On 23^rd August (Friday) 2013, students of class I to V went on a field trip to Nehru Centenary Tribal Museum. This was a trip to educate children by throwing light on the tribal heritage and a way of life which is simple yet vibrant.

Located right in the heart of the city near Banjara hills, celebrating the aboriginals who lived on this very hill, is the Nehru Centenary Tribal Museum. It is dedicated to 35 tribes that inhabit the state of Andhra Pradesh and intends to showcase their culture and heritage through various displays. Spread across three floors, the museum has a detailed information kiosk that gives information about all the tribes in India. Adorning the walls inside and outside the museum are trademark with white on red tribal motifs.

The museum brings together culture, lifestyle, customs and beliefs of the various tribes hailing from different districts of Andhra Pradesh. Some of the tribes represented here are Kondareddi, Bagata and Hill Reddi. The tribes constitute 6.59 per cent of the population of Andhra Pradesh. Stories are told through pictures, literature and the figurines that are displayed. The library is well equipped.

It was a memorable and wonderful experience for the students of Orchids – The International School. 

Star of the week 16: Neha Tadepalli

Independence Day Celebration

Timetable and Portion for Summative Assessment – I (2013 -14)

Date	Day	Subject	Portion
10-9-13	Tuesday	G.K	Pg: 1- 30
11-9-13	Wednesday	Mathematics	Chapter : Ch -3: Numbers up to 1000 Ch-4: Addition and Subtraction of 3-digit numbers Ch-5: Multiplication
12-9-13	Thursday	English	MCB: L-3: Echo L-4: The Spider’s Lesson L-5: The three sleepy men Poem: Mr. Nobody W.B: L-3: Echo L-4: The Spider’s Lesson L-5: The three sleepy men Eng. Grammar Book:  Verbs, Pronouns and Punctuation
13-9-13	Friday	Social Studies	L-7 : My Neighbourhood L-8 : Places in the Neighbourhood L-9 : Places of worship L-10: Festivals
16-9-13	Monday	II  Language	Hindi :     Ls-2, Ls-3, Ls-4, Ls-5 Telugu :     Ls-7, Ls-8, Ls-11, Ls-12 French : Ls – 1 Comment Saluer                Ls – 2 Comment Saluer (Suite)                Ls – 3 etre verb
17-9-13	Tuesday	Science	Ls-10: Water for all Ls-5: Bones and muscles * Space * Changing materials

4-9-13  --- Wednesday   ----  Computer (practicals)   ---Usage of pencil, eraser, shape and colour tools in  MS- Paint

Revision Planner

Days/ Periods	1	2	3	4	L U N C H	5	6	7	8	9
2/9/13 Monday	English Ls- 3	Club Activity	Art	Maths Ch-3		Science Ls- 10	II -Lang (H): Ls-2 (T): Ls-7 (F): Ls - 1	G.K Pg. no 1 to 30	Social Ls- 7	Music
3/9/13 Tuesday	II -Lang (H): Ls-3 (T): Ls-7 (F):Ls - 2	Club Activity	English     Ls- 4	Art		Maths        Ch-4	Social Ls- 8	Science       *Space	Library	II -Lang (H): Ls-4 (T): Ls-8 (F):Ls - 3
4/9/13 Wednesday	II -Lang (H): Ls-5 (T): Ls- 8 (F):Ls - 2	Swimming				Maths Ch-4	English Ls-5	Science *Changing    materials	Games	Social Ls-9
6/9/13 Friday	English     Poem: Mr.Nobody	Competition		Science Ls - 5		Maths Ch – 4 Tables	Games	Social Ls - 10	II –Lang                 English (H): Ls- 5              Grammar (T): Ls-            11               Book (F):   Repetition        of all

Star of the week 15: Amulya Samsani

Theme: Kalpana Chawala-The First Indian Woman in Space

The assembly theme for Class II -  ‘Kalpana Chawla – The First Indian woman to go into the space’ was conducted during 5.8.13 – 8.8.13.

On the first day there was a brief introduction of Kalpana Chawla.

On the second day, we had a brief description of  NASA’s Career. On the third day we showed a PowerPoint presentation on her early life, education, and migration to USA, entering NASA etc.

On the final day we conducted a quiz on Kalpana Chawla’s biography.

The assembly presentation was very informative and all the students participated with a lot of enthusiasm and interest.

Eid Celebration

Eid was celebrated in Orchids-The International school, in accordance with the festivity associated with the festival on Thursday, 8/8/13.

The students of VIII and IX classes gave a presentation on the festival and the significance behind it. They informed about the strict penance and the prolonged fasting that precedes the festival. Details were given about how the final day of Ramzan-the holy month of the Muslims, is celebrated after the sighting of the moon. It was followed by an Eid song by the pre-primary.

Boys wearing kurta pyjamas hugged one another, wishing ID-MUBARAK.

The principal, Mrs.Mona Mehdi in her address to the students, told them that religious tolerance and brotherhood are an integral part of the Indian culture and a must for the development of the nation and a healthy soceity.

Guest lecture on ‘Patriotism’

Orchids-The International School organized a guest lecture for grades1 to 5 on 07/08/2013.It was conducted by Ms.Navitha Guru on the topic ‘Patriotism’.

The presentation started with learning about what exactly freedom is and why we need Independence. Independence is a must for every individual and for every country because it gives the freedom to work according to us and teaches how to be self- dependent. Next point in the presentation was, How did India get its Independence? With the help of a small story the struggle for India’s Independence was explained to the students. On the whole it was a very lively and interactive discussion with children.

Star of the week 14: Sujal Thakkar

Talent Show Competition

Every human being in this world is blessed with some special characters. To bring out the special talents of our tiny tots, ’TALENT SHOW COMPETITION’ was organized for kids of I-V classes on 2-08-13 at Orchids-the International school.

Here we have 3 categories Singing, Dancing and Instrument playing. Most of the students participated rocking the stage with their marvellous performances.

Mrs.Sandhya, the daughter-in-law of Mrs.P.Suseela, a very famous playback singer was the Judge of this special event. Mrs.Sandhya herself is a great singer who sang more than 1000 songs in Telugu , Tamil , Kannada and Malayalam. She also worked for A.R.Rahman, ILayaraja and a few more famous music directors in the film industry.

Finally each and everyone enjoyed the Rocking performance of children.

SINGING (I-III)

Lekshnika Thampi- I

Aakash Gupta -II

Smera Nimje –III

DANCING(I-III)

Delisha AnnThomas-I

G.Rajya lakshmi-II

Priya Anshu-II

Sahana Panda-III

Eda Khyati-III

INSTRUMENT PLAYING

Nitin Ramanan-I

Shrinidhi Sampathy-II

Dishita Suresh-III

LEARNING LOG FOR AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2013

Month’s Focus :  Feel proud to be an Indian

Subject	Syllabus	Field trip/ Project work/ Activity
English	MCB: Ls-4. The Spider’s lesson           Ls-5. The Three sleepy men           Ls-6. Andrew and the white horse           Poem: The camel’s hump W.B  : Ls-4. The Spider’s lesson            Ls-5. The three sleepy men Lit    :  Ls-3. The Cupboard            Ls-4. The talking cave	·         Draw / paste a picture of a camel and write five sentences about it. ·         Draw / paste a picture of horse and write five sentences about it.
Mathematics	Ch-4. Addition and Subtraction of                     3 digit numbers  Ch-5. Multiplication  Ch-6. Division  Ch-7. Fractions	·         Activity with corn seeds. ·         Activity with pencils. ·         Equal sharing of chocolates. ·         Activity with orange.
Social Studies	Ls-9.   Places of worship  Ls-10. Festivals  Ls-11. Rest and recreation(project)  Ls-12. Directions  Ls-13. Means of transport  Ls-14. Road safety	·         Paste the pictures of different places of worship. ·         Paste the pictures of festivals. ·         Stick pictures of various means of transport. ·         Write 5 safety rules you follow while crossing road.
Science	v  Changing materials v  Electricity Ls-5. Bones and muscles Ls-13. Rocks and minerals	·         Paste the pictures of parts of body. ·         Paste the pictures which work on electricity. ·         Paste the pictures of monuments based on the type of rocks.
II Lang	Hindi: Ls-4. Bandiya aam             Ls-5. Nayi gullakh   Telugu: Ls-11. Damodaram                                                                                                                         Sanjeevaiah               Ls-12. Panulu               Ls-13. Thidhulu               Ls-14. Chandamama Raave               Ls-15. Cheyakudani Panulu               Ls-16. Virama chihnalu                                                                                             French: (i) LeVerbe(avoir)/e^tre               (ii) Les couleurs	·         Draw and colour a mango tree. ·         Paste the pictures of different types of occupations and write a few sentences about each of them. ·         Write your and your friend’s nationality and name. ·         Basic play on i)   introducing myself and  ii)  greeting others(formally/informally)
Creative Writing skills / English Lang skills / Enhancement skills	·         Write a few lines about ‘Vanmahotsav’ celebrations at school.
Art  and Craft	·         Flag Drawing ·         Thumb art ·         Clay modelling
Computer Science	·         Operating a computer ·         The keyboard and its functions	·         Understanding and working on the steps of operating a System. ·         Understanding and working with keyboard functions.
General Knowledge	Page no 25 to 36
Music	Songs: 1. It’s bubbling             2. The sun comes up
Games	Fitness Circuit, Hungry crabs, dance to the Rhythm, Hoop-a-loop, Horse gallop, Toss and catch, Introduction to physical fitness- Aerobics and Anaerobic, Physical fitness test.
Life skills	·         Buttoning ·         Grooming

Events:                                                                                              Competition:

6/8/13 – Hiroshima Day (Assembly presentation)                         2/8/13 – Talent Show (I –V)      

8/8/13 – Eid Celebration                                                                   30/8/13 – G.K Quiz (I- V)

15/8/13 – Independence Day                                                           20/9/13 – Story Telling

23/8/13 – Field Trip (I – V)                                                                27/9/13 – II language Calligraphy (I – V)                          

28/8/13 – Krishnashtami Celebration                                                                  Note:    

5/9/13 -  Teacher’s Day + Mother Teresa’s Day(Assembly presentation)        2/9/13 – 6/9/13 – Revision Week

14/9/13 – Hindi Diwas (Assembly presentation)                                            10/9/13 – 18/9/13 – Summative Assessment – I       

 23/9/13 – 27/9/13 – USSR week                                                                           20/9/13 – 26/9/13 – Educational Tour (IV – X)

27/9/13 – World Tourism Day (Assembly presentation)                                    28/9/13 – PTM + Book Fair                  

Holidays:                                                                                                               

9/8/13 – Ramzan

10/8/13 – Second saturday  

16/8/13 – Varalakshmi Vratham

20/8/13 – Raksha Bandhan

29/8/13 – Krishnaastami

9/9/13 – Vinayak Chavithi                                                                 

19/9/13 – Ganesh Immersion                                                                                            STORY TELLING COMPETITION