Prefects' Council Election (30/6/2012)

With June ending and July just round the corner, the school is buzzing with excitement. What for? Well, elections of course!

 For the second time in Orchidian history, democracy reigns and the Prefects’ Council elections are taking place at the School and House levels. Over the course of the last ten days, prospective Head Girls and Head Boys of class X persuaded the students to vote for them through speeches, while nominated House Captains spoke to their Houses- Carnation, Daffodil, Marigold and Tulip- about the same. Along with the Captains, Vice-captains of Class IX are also voted for. Other important appointments include Cultural Secretary, Sports Captain and Discipline Incharge.

  30^th June, 2012, Election Day, has finally arrived. Pictures of the nominees have been taken and ballot boxes have been readied. All that’s left is the final casting of votes. Students of classes VI-X of Orchids-The International School are eagerly waiting to vote and welcome the Prefects’ Council of 2012. However, we also know that more than the outcome, the enriching experience of elections is important.

 Suma Kolamala

  Class : X

Awareness of Music and Musical Instruments

Presentation by Academia, International music foundation (28/6/2012).

The students of classes VI - IX had the privilege of participating in a very interesting and interactive presentation on an awareness of  music and musical instruments by Mr Marthand and team, from Academia International music foundation.

He gave a detailed presentation on the types of musical instruments besides speaking about the importance of music. He also specified that students who learnt classical music improved by 20% in their academics as observed in the past 20 years.

The session ended with a video of orchestra by TED in Venezuela, which was played by orphans under 18 in CARACAS – Venezuela .  Students could identify the instruments that were listed earlier in the session through this video.

A flyer and an enquiry form were given to all students to be filled and returned to respective class teachers, in case the child is interested in learning any of the musical instruments.

Koffee with Parents (23/6/2012)

23.6.12 was a day of ‘KOFFEE with Parents’ at Orchids. Parents who really make a lot of difference attended the programme which was meant to be an Interactive session. Principal, Ms. Mona Mehdi gave an introductory address which was informative and promising. All about Orchids- from its Mission and Vision, its Philosophy, Policies and Rules, to its activities and endeavours to progress constantly were elaborated. Parents were also motivated to encourage their children to grab opportunities and participate in all the programmes, activities and competitions which gradually improve their skills and performance. Orchids exists for the children and their all-round development.

Mr. Sri Ram, Head of Shree Sahasraa Foundation who handles Abacus and Vedic Math classes at Orchids demonstrated how the subjects make children excel in Maths.

The Interactive Session impressed the audience and closed with Parent Representatives nominated for all the classes. Another beginning again!

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT – I

Date	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
02/07/12 Monday	Computer Science (W)	Computer Science (W)	Computer Science (W)	Computer Science (W)	Maths
03/07/12 Tuesday	Mathematics	English	Science	Mathematics	English
04/07/12 Wednesday	III lang (H/T/F/S)	Science	II Lang (H/T/F)	English	Social
05/07/12 Thursday	Social	II Lang (H/T/F)	English	Science	II Lang (H/T/F) / Computer Sci
06/07/12 Friday	English	Social	Mathematics	II Lang (H/T/F)	Science
07/07/12 Saturday	Science	III lang (H/T/F/S)	III lang (H/T/F/S)	Social	----
09/07/12 Monday	II lang (H/T/F)	Mathematics	Social	----	----

LEARNING LOG [JUNE & JULY]

Month’s Focus: Being Tolerant

SUBJECT	SYLLABUS	FIELD TRIP/PROJECT WORK/ SPECIAL ACTIVITY
English	MCB –Unit- 2 Art and culture Sections 3 and 4 Work book – Units 1 and 2 Literature – The Party                    More about people                    My father and I	Formal letter
Mathematics	Square and square roots Cube and Cube roots Algebraic expressions and identity	1. Diagonal method to get squares and soya beans to get roots 2. Column method to get cubes of a number and estimation method for cube roots. 3.  Activity for (a+b)2 and (a-b)2.
Social Science	Geo:1. Land, Soil and Water, Natural vegetation and wild life.2. Mineral and Power resources	1. Mark and label Ganga, Narmada, Kaveri and Brahmaputra rivers on India map. 2. Mark and label Iron ore centres on the world map
	His/Civics: 1. The expansion of British power. 2. Life in the rural areas 3.The constitution and the need for law 4.Tribal communities 5. Crafts and industries 6.Ideals of our constitution 7. The Parliamentary system	1. Mark and label important countries come to India for trade on an outline map of the world 2.Discussion in the class 3.Project on tribal community 4. Compare hand made and machine made textiles. 5. Mock parliament in class
Science	Phy: Force and pressure Friction	Graphical representation of motion.
	Chem: Synthetic fibers Plastics Metals and non- metals	Action of acids and bases on metals.
	Bio: Crop production Micro organisms	Demonstration of, how milk will be converted to curd through an activity.
II Language	Telugu:Mathi heenudu Veera Nari Jhansi Lakshmi Bhai Chaldularagimcuta, Louis Braille, Hasyam
	Hindi:Bus ki yatraa,Divanom ki hasti,chidiyom ki anootti dhuniya, Bhagwan ke ttakiye	Ekalavya ke bare mei dhas vaky likhenge.
	French:Lesson 2.Jeanne d’art Lesson 3.La vie d’un mannequin, est-elle facile ? Parler de votre famille	Décrives vos vacances
III Language	Telugu:2.Ratname/3.Eshwarachandrudu/18.Vemana neethulu(2poems)/4. Durasha/5. Eiddhu	Worksheets
	Hindi:Vaani ki visheshatha,Swachhatha,Veer tum bade chalo,Guru Nanak.	Swachhatha par chitru sahith panch vakyu likhenge.
	French:Ala cantine-Le Pluriel desnoms Le de’menagement-Voila’ la rponse,pose la question
	Sanskrit : Computer yasholipsju karna, swathanthratha sangram(A) & (B) Nruthya Kala
Creative writing skills/English Language Enhancement skills		Class debate Paragraph writing
Computer Science	Trouble shooting Tips and Tricks	Detecting the trouble shoots and fixing them.
Music	You are my all in all Colours of day. French song Manavta ke mann mandir mein (Hindi)
Games	Volley Ball (Level 2): Basics, basics of ball contact, basics of serve, passing.
Competitions	Mother and child competition (I-X )	14/7/2012

Events and celebrations:

1.     Guest lecture (VI-X) - 14/6/2012

2.     House Meeting (VI-X) -  16/6/2012

3.     Koffe with Parents (Nur – X)  - 23/6/2012

4.     Prefects’  council elections  - 30/6/ 2012

5.     World Population Day (Assembly  Presentation)- 11/7/2012

6.     USSR (I-X) – 16/7/2012 – 20/7/2012

7.     PTM + Book Fair – 21/7/2012

8.     Investiture Ceremony + Kargil Victory Day – 26/7/2012

Assessment:

FA-I (VI-X) – 2/7/2012 – 10/7/2012

Holidays:

1.     Holiday – 23/6/2012

2.     Varalakshmi Vratham  - 27/7/2012

Holiday – 28/7/2012.