Annual Sports Day

The Annual Sports Day, 2013 of Orchids-The International School was held on February 5, 2013, at the GHMC Stadium of Chandanagar. Mr V.V.S.Laxman, the Padma Shri award recipient was the Chief Guest. The dignitaries present were Chairman, Mr M. Venkatanarayana, Executive Director Mr M.Sc. Srikanth and Secretary Mr K.R.K.Reddy,

The programme started with the ceremonial Guard of Honour and March Past by the four Houses of the school- Carnation, Daffodil, Marigold and Tulip. The Chief Guest hoisted the school flag, declared the Sports Meet open and administered oath to the students. The torch-lighting ceremony inaugurated the Sports and Games of the day.

The Principal of Orchids, Mrs Mona Mehdi submitted the Annual Report and emphasized that the objective is to make all the students of the school participate in all the events. It is enthusiasm which makes participation successful.

The classical dance depicting the birth of Lord Vigneswara enthralled the audience and lent beauty and charm to the major event of the school. The displays of Yoga, Gymnastics and Taekwondo kept the audience spellbound.

Events such as Drill, March Past, track-events which included 100m, 200m, 400m, 4x100m relay for boys and girls of V-X were some of the highlights of the day. The children of classes PP I- II took part in Elephant race, Rabbit race, Cinderella race and Santa Claus race. The students of classes III & IV entertained the audience with Joker race. Flower pick-up race of class V students was a delight to watch with girls in Kashmiri costumes.

‘Fusion’ of classical and western dances ultimately focusing its attention on the trauma and agony females are presently subjected to was spectacular and message-oriented. It culminated in optimism that girls and boys, men and women will enjoy equal rights and privileges in the society which allows everyone to live with dignity.

The school’s new Logo, ‘Indian education, International approach’ was released with balloons and fire-works.

Prizes were given away by the Chief Guest. R. Raja Rithvik, the Asian Chess champ, a student of class IV in Orchids, was honoured on this occasion. Alka Paturi of class X, 2012 was given ‘Meritorious award’ for securing GPA of 10 in X Board Examination. The House Trophy was won by Carnation House for its performance during the year and on the Sports Day.

The Chief Guest addressed the students and gave an inspirational speech. He laid emphasis on the importance of sports and games and on cherishing the inherent passion which if practiced helps to reach the goal.  

The Closing Ceremony which included the lowering of the School Flag was attended by the Principal, Head Boy and four House Captains.

That which begins has to come to a close for it to begin again.

 

Spell Bee (15/2/13)

Orchids – The International School always has a number of activities to enhance English language skills of the students and spelling bee is one such activity, to improve English spelling.

Spelling bee is a contest where a student is asked to spell challenging English words within a stipulated time limit. It was a spectacular show with a dazzling backdrop.

It was conducted at various levels for different age groups of classes I to V. Firstly, the contest was held at the individual class level for preliminary screening and then the selected students were divided into 4 groups comprising children from different classes.

The idea behind such grouping is to develop mutual cooperation and team spirit which is very much needed in the present day competitive corporate social scenario.

The groups were named as honey bee, bumble bee, queen bee and busy bee.

Four rounds were conducted beginning with Round 1-Write Right Magic, where the words were spelled out and the students had to write the spellings ,then Round 2- Jumble Tumble in which the words were scrambled and the correct word had to be told orally by the team representative followed by Round 3-Tic-Tac-Toe where the team gets to select a letter and words starting with that letter are spelled and the team representative had to spell out the word and finally Round 4 Look –o-meter in which pictures are shown and the word has to be spelled out.

The spelling bee was widely appreciated and showed a lot of excitement and enthusiasm among the students.

Dental Check-up Camp (13/2/13)

Orchids continues in its endeavour to create awareness towards health and dental hygiene among the students. A dental camp was organized on February 13, 2013 for the all the students from PP –II to the IX. It was conducted by Smiline Dental Hospital, Srinagar Colony; a panel of doctors and assistants were present to examine and advise the students about their dental health. They also showed a powerpoint presentation on the process of brushing for the PPII students.

THE FRENCH VISITORS (12/2/2013)

The 12^th of February, 2013 was a remarkable day in Orchids. Not every day we can have the French interacting with the students studying French as a second or third language. Mrs Monique Dattrino, Mr Rene Dattrino, Mrs Ghislaine Gomes and Mr Michel Gomes visited the school, attended the morning assembly and spent some time interacting with the students of classes I-V and VI- IX separately. They explained to the students their food, their monuments, festivals and their tour in India. They visited several places from Benares to Goa and expressed their delight. They responded to the questions posed by the eager students who were thrilled to meet the French natives. The French also expressed their happiness of interaction with Indians and Indian students of French.

Star of the week 41: Dhanush Reddy

Reading Competition (8/2/2013)

Kids who read often and widely get better at it. Practice makes a man perfect and reading is no different.

Reading exercises our brain, improves concentration, clarity and fluency .Reading leads to more highly developed language skills and improves the child’s ability to write well. Children not only learn new words as they read but also unconsciously absorb information as they read. They learn to use words and language effectively.

Keeping this in mind our school conducted reading competition on 08/02/13 for the students from class I –V. All the students participated in this competition.