LEARNING LOG FOR AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2013

Star of the week 13: Kaustubh Annavarpu

‘Mother and Child Competition’

Competitions-co-curricular or extracurricular are common in schools. Some competitions remain unique and noteworthy involving the participation of parents. Parents share the enthusiasm of their children and participate in the activities organized especially for them to the delight of everyone.

One such competition organized for ‘Mother and Child’ at orchids on 27/7/13 was well attended by parents of the children of classes PPI-VIII. It was a pleasure to observe the mother and child at work either at ‘Face Painting’ or at making ‘Best out of waste’.

Their joy of participation and alacrity to wind up their work within the stipulated one hour and admirable coordination they have, make each and every ‘Mother and Child’ team, a winner indeed.

Mrs.Neha, an artist herself who helps many learn art in her Institute of Arts judged the work of the teams. Cheerful participation of all the teams made the event a successful one.

Theme: Bal Gangadhar Tilak -Lokmanya

Class III had Bal Gangadhar Tilak as the theme for the assembly during 22-7-2013 to 27-7-2013

First day - An introduction about Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given.

Second day- Assembly was conducted in Hindi and a video was shown about his early life.

Third day- A skit was performed by the students depicting Tilak's imprisonment in Mandalay jail in Burma.

Fourth day-A PowerPoint presentation was shown about his political career.

Fifth day - The assembly was conducted in French and a quiz was conducted by students.

At the end of the week the students got to know more about Bal Gangadhar Tilak's contribution towards India's Independence.

Field Trip to Dialogue in the Dark

The students of Classes III to X were taken to experience a ‘Dialogue in the dark’ at Inorbit Mall on 25/7/2013. They were divided into groups of nine aIong with a teacher and were guided by confident visually impaired people.  It was a real out of the world incident for everyone as they got a feel of the reality of coping with darkness. They have also realised that perhaps ‘Nothing is impossible’ as long as they are ready to take up any challenge positively.  

eINDIA 2013 Summit

Orchids- The International school participated in eINDIA 2013, the 9^th edition of India’s largest and the most prestigious ICT event, and has bagged the award under the school education sector under the category of ‘Usage of Technology in Teaching & Learning’. It is an immense pleasure and a matter of pride for us, the Orchidians, to get this award. The award ceremony was held on 23.7.2013 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre. The awards were presented by Mr. Ponnala Lakshmayya , Minister of Information and Technology, Govt of Andhra Pradesh and Mr. Sanjay Jaju, Secretary- IT, Govt of Andhra Pradesh. It is a platform which recognizes innovation and excellence in governance, education and healthcare. The summit was attended by dignitaries of all the sectors - Government, public , private, education and Health, from across the nation.

Star of the week 12: Venkata Yesaswi Vempati