LEARNING LOG FOR FEBRUARY - MARCH 2014

LEARNING LOG FOR FEBRUARY - MARCH (2014)

Name :                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Class : II

Month’s Focus :  The Creative Journey

Subject	Syllabus	Field trip/ Project work/ Activity
English	MCB: Ls-10. The Monkey on the mango tree                       (Cont….)           W.B  :Ls-10. The Monkey on the mango tree                       (Cont….)            Composition – My School	·         Draw / paste a picture of a monkey and write five sentences about it.
Mathematics	Ch-12. Data Handling	·         Creating a list of toys.
Social Studies	Ls-21. A True Friend   Ls-22. The loving mother	·         Paste the picture of your best friend and write about him / her. ·         Paste the picture of ‘Mother Teresa’ and write 5 sentences about her.
Science	Ls-9. Air everywhere	·         Paste the picture of a weathercock and write three uses of it .
II Lang	Hindi:  Ls-13. Kamaal ka kamaal             Telugu: Ls-23. Neti prayana vahanamulu                 Ls-24. Purusha vachaka sabdhamulu               Ls-25. Neethi padhyallu                                                                                             French: (i) Quelle heure est-il	·         Worksheet ·         Paste the pictures of different means of transport . ·         Working with images.
Creative Writing skills / English Lang skills / Enhancement skills	·         Write a small composition about your participation in Annual Day function.	‘INCREDIBLE INDIA’
Art  and Craft	Origami – Dog
Computer Science	·         Tux paint	·         Introduction to Tux Paint
General Knowledge	Page no. 56 to 62
Music	The God will make a way.
Games	·         Chase, dodge and flee ·         Skill Assessment circuit ·         Football – stopping the ball ·         Introduction to physical fitness - strength and flexibility ·         Football - dribbling
Life skills	·         Cleaning of a room

 Events:                                                     Competition:

 1/2/14 – Annual Function         7/2/14- Reading competition (I- V)      

28/2/14 – National Science Day

8/3/14 - International Women’s Day

20/3/14 – World Forest Day (Assembly presentation)

Holidays:             

27/2/14 – Mahasivaratri

17/3/14 - Holi

31/3/14 - Ugadi

Note:    

24/2/14 – 4/3/14 – Revision week                                                       

5/3/14 – 15/3/14 – Summative Assessment - II   

22/3/14 – PTM

*2/4/14 – Academic Session 2014-15 commences                                                                                                                                                                                            

Annual Day Celebrations

‘Incredible India’, the programme incorporating a unifying skit, songs and dances articulating the typical art forms of the various states, conveyed the astounding  unity in diversity of our country. Each and every student of the school became a joyful participant involved in contributing his/her best to the mighty event, enthralling the audience.

 The Principal of Orchids, Ms. Mona Mehdi gave the welcome address highlighting the achievements of Orchidians during the year. The Chief Guest of the function was Prof. Faiz Ahmed Khan, Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Hyderabad and the Guest of Honour was Mr. M. Venkata Narayana, Chairman of Orchids and Gowtham Educational Institutions. They emphasized the role of educational institutions in making students global citizens with human values.

Merit certificates (to Archana Dinesh and B. Sai Rohit of the academic year 2012-13) and House trophies were given away by the Chief Guest who also released Chrysalis-2014, the school magazine.

The participants in the skit were from classes IX, VIII, V and III. The whole theme was interlinked with their conversations which unified all the events into one major event. The songs of the Annual event included the School Song, Songs in French and Chhattisgarh and the song ‘We are the world’. Dances began with a prayerful, traditional dance of invocation ‘Ganesh Stuthi’ continued with a dance of the pre-primary section and folk dances of Andhra, Goa, Bengal, Gujarat, Punjab and Kashmir. Fashion Show and Qawali formed the other attractions of the day. The Grand Finale, ‘Mile sur mera tumhara’ conveyed the most incredible ‘Unity in Diversity’ of the country.

The programme was well attended by dignitaries, parents, grandparents and guardians of Orchidians and sustained their attention from the beginning to the National Anthem which concluded the day’s programme.

Theme Har Gobind Khorana - Indian-born American Biochemist

The assembly theme for Class II is ‘Har Gobind Khorana – Indian-born American Biochemist’ was conducted from 27^th January 2014 to 31^st January 2014.

On the first day there was a brief introduction of  Dr.Khorana’s childhood and early life.

On the second day, a brief information was given about his research and achievements. On the third day, a video was shown about Dr. Khorana’s life. On the fourth day, a PowerPoint Presentation was given highlighting Dr. Khorana’s research. On the final day, a quiz was conducted on Har Gobind Khorana’s biography.

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

Star of the week 37 - P.Neshma

Star of the week 36 - Hassaan Mohammed Khan

Book Covering Competition

Generate excitement. Grab attention. The main goal of every book cover is to generate excitement. The book cover is the hook that will help you to look at your book.  It explains how to create and use a template for placing text and graphics on the cover. You will learn about image placement, interesting things you can do with text and how to incorporate hand drawn graphics into the cover. Book covering competition was organized for classes I-II at Orchids – The International School on 3rd January. The students were all very enthusiastic to showcase their ideas and creativity on the books.

Winners:

Class II

1. P. Aakash

2. Rajya Lakshmi

3. Aaratrika Maity.