RAJA RITHVIK, THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS CHAMPION - 2013

RAJA RITHVIK, studying in the 5^th class made Orchids - The International School proud yet another time. He has become the New National Schools Champion -2013 and bagged Gold medal on 11/6/2013 by scoring 7.5 points out of 9 rounds at Chennai. In the 9^th and Final round Rithvik defeated Mehta Naitik of Gujarat in a well fought encounter. Rithvik received the gold medal and Merit Certificate from Indian Grand Master Adhibhan of Chennai. Orchids congratulates him and wishes him all the best in his future endeavours.

Star of the week 7: Adyan Ayub Khan

Practising for perfection

Orchids – The International School organized a guest lecture for grades 1 to 5 on 12/6/2013. It was conducted by Mrs .Sunanda Rao Kommireddi on the topic ‘Practising for perfection’.

The presentation started with learning about what exactly is practice and why children need practice?  Practice is must and a simple learning method all over the globe. Next point of presentation was, How to practise? With the help of a small story the discussion concluded with, ‘Perfect practice is for perfection’. On the whole it was a very interactive and lively discussion with active participation of the children.

LEARNING LOG FOR JUNE AND JULY (2013)

Month’s Focus: Practising to perfection                                                                                       

Subject	Syllabus	Field trip/ Project work/ Special Activity
English	M.C.B: Ls-2 The magic pot Ls-3:The little pine tree Poem: This is the key W.B: Ls-2 The magic pot Ls-3:The little pine tree Lit: Ls-2:Stan and the dragon Ls-3:Trip to heaven Poem :Where after comes before	·             Enactment  of magical pot
Mathematics	Ch 2: Addition Ch 3:Subtraction Ch 4: Multiplication	·               Find the cost of your text books. ·               Find the cost of 1litre Pepsi and that of Real juice and find the difference. ·               Find the product of numbers whose product is 45.
Science	Ls-6: Parts of plants *Life processes Ls-2: Safety and home(project) *Flowering plants	·   Make a nature album with different leaves. ·   Write safety rules. ·   Draw traffic signal and write what it shows.
Social Studies	Ls-3:The earth and its neighbor Ls-4: Our environment Ls-5:The air we Breathe Ls-6:The water we drink Ls-7:This is my India	·   Make a model of solar system. ·   Write a few tips on how to keep your city clean. ·   On political map of India mark the states and capital and color it.
II Lang	Hindi: Ls-3:Pyare ped- Hamaare ped Ls-4:Bhijukha Ls-5:Bandar ki shaadi Ls-6:Ria ka sapna	·         Stick different types of trees and write 3 lines about it. ·         Stick different types of wild animals.
	Telugu: Ls-3 Ls-4 Ls-5 Ls-6	·            Collect the pictures of Tortoise and Rabbit and write a story about them. ·            Stick a few pictures of butterfly.
	French: Présentez-vous                Présenter quelqu’un?	·            Calling out each to introduce themselves. ·            Splitting two students in a group, and asking them to introduce each other. ·            Translating a sentence into French. ·            Writing the nouns with correct gender.
Creative Writing skills/English language/ Enhancement skills	Write a few sentences on Clean and Green city.
Computer Science	Ls-2-Hardware and Software Ls-3-TuxPain	·         Identifying all the external hardware parts. ·         Working with grass effects and designing flowers.
Art and Craft	1  Fruits 2 Origami
General Knowledge	Pg: 13-26
Music	1. I got peace like a river. 2. The sun comes up with a great big smile. 3.Ektha swatantratha
Games	·         Football, ball control and dribbling ·         Run unto physical fitness test ·         Skill assessment circuit ·         Basketball cross the river
Lifeskills	Tying shoelace\Table manners

Events:                                                                                                       Competition:                        

12/6/13 – Guest Lecture (I – V)                                                            21/6/13 – Coloring Competition (I- V)

14/6/13 – House meeting (I- V)                                                           28/6/13 – One Minute Game (I –V)

21/6/13- World Music Day (Assembly presentation)                      12/7/13 - English Poem Recitation (I – V)          

11/ 7/ 13 – World Population Day (Assembly presentation)        27/7/13- Mother and child competition (I – X)

 15/7/13 – 19/7/13 – USSR                                                                                                                                  

19/7/13 – Field Trip (I- V)                                                                   

26/7/13- Kargil Victory Day (Assembly Presentation)             

26/7/13-  Van Mahostav ( Nur – X)

Note:                                                           

22/6/13 - Koffee with parents (Nur – X)

15/7/13 – 19/7/13 – Unit test - I

20/7/13 – PTM + Book Fair

Welcome back to school

CBSE SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAM - 2013

Holiday Homework

Subject	Homework
English	Write a short story on ‘Sharing’ .(In class work notebook)
Maths	Write any four digits and using these digits form 4-digit numbers (at least 5).Find out the largest and the smallest number; shade the largest with red and smallest with blue. Make 5 sets .(In C/W) Ex   3,5,2,1   Numbers – 2315, 5132,5312,2135,3512
Science	Collect pictures of herbivores (plant -eating animals) and make a collage of it in the scrapbook .
Social :	On a world map locate seven continents and five main oceans , shade it with different colours(colour neatly ).Below the map mention the largest and the smallest continent ,the largest and the smallest ocean.(Stick in scrapbook)
II Lang :Hindi Telugu French :	Worksheet on grammar. (given ) Collect pictures of Sri Rama and write about his greatness . Write the letters of the alphabet using the names of animals or some of your favourite words in French(other than those in the text )