Field trip to Supermarket (31/8/2012)

Field trips provide students with an opportunity to experience various locations in our community. On 31/08/12 our pre-primary students were taken to a supermarket. Not only does such a field trip connect students to their community, it also connects them to the food they eat. Visiting the supermarket also provides an opportunity to teach them about nutrition, math, measurements and occupations. They saw how people help themselves in selecting the articles that they like (self – service). This makes them learn the concept of freedom and responsibility. People can find everything and anything from eatables to canned products. The children enjoyed their journey to the supermarket.

Star of the week 17 (Laasya Kanagala)

Star of the week 16 (Nikheyll Garg)

EID CELEBRATION (17/8/12)

August is indeed a very special month as it brings both religious and national festivals. We celebrated Ramzan on 17/08/12 with a lot of enthusiasm. Ramzan brings a significant message and highlights the importance of fasting. It scorches our hatred and sins and teaches the path of righteousness. 2.5% of annual savings is given as charity and if people cannot afford this, they can give their smile as an act of charity.  As a part of celebration our students depicted the important events related to the festival. Tiny tots wore colourful dresses. Sweets like sheer khurma were distributed. Prayers were offered. The importance of charity and breaking the fast was explained very clearly. The entire atmosphere wore a festive look.  Everybody enjoyed each and every moment. There was truly a lot of fun around.

Independence Day Celebration

‘Orchids’ was in fervour of celebration, commemorating India’s Independence. National festivals reinforce feelings of patriotism and remind us of the need to work harder for the country’s progress.

The festivity began with flag hoisting by the Chief Guest, Mr. Partha Saradhi, Finance Manager, K12 Techno Services, accompanied by the Principal of Orchids, Mrs. Mona Mehdi. The Salute and the National Anthem were followed by the speeches of Orchidians in English, Hindi and Telugu. Patriotic songs were sung with the school choir taking the lead.

The Chief Guest in his address stated that the mighty achievements of our great leaders must always be remembered. We understand through their success that hard work definitely paves way to success and happiness.

The Principal in her address stressed that we can feel the real joy of independence only when we free ourselves of evil influences, in the form of thoughts, words or deeds. The need of the hour is to retain our identity and culture.

The day’s programme concluded with distribution of sweets.

Star of the week: 15 (Millin Yadav)

MOTHER AND CHILD COMPETITON

The moment a child is born, a mother is born. Every mother becomes a child herself in the love for her offspring. Nature entrusted the job of bringing up kids primarily to mothers because of their natural intuitive mind and patience.  To encourage this special relationship, we at Orchids conducted ‘Mother and Child’ competition on the occasion of Janmashtami for our pre-primary students. August month brings lot of joy and fervor because of a number of festivals it brings with it. As a part of this competition, mothers of our students came in special costume. They dressed their child either as Krishna or Radha. There was a ramp walk arranged for them. As a chief guest we invited Ms. Lavanya to judge the show. She is a fashion designer from NIFT, who participated in many shows and is currently working with media. To add more colour to this competition, our esteemed teachers performed a dance. Nevertheless, the best pair was awarded a prize, all the participants have done a commendable job. The atmosphere was very bright, colourful and joyous. Not only had the children enjoyed, even the parents will undoubtedly cherish this moment for a long time.

Star of the week 14 (Anjali D Nair)

VAN MAHOTSAV (4/8/12)

We all know that if there is nature there is future and life is nurtured if nature is nurtured. It is also known that planting of more trees is one of the best ways of preventing earth from global warming. But do we really take the needed care to preserve forests and reduce pollution by planting more trees?
Van Mahotsav, the annual tree-planting festival in India, is meant to make us conscious of our responsibility towards preserving nature. Orchids celebrated the festival in various ways. All the display boards depicted the need to sow seeds and let them grow into trees to serve us. Vegetation that safeguards creation on the earth became the cynosure of the period. There was a brief programme of songs, slogans and skits in which all the classes presented the urgent need to preserve greenery for the welfare of life on our planet.
Later each class planted a sapling of Bougainvillea in the school and it was a pleasure to watch their activity. The Principal of Orchids, Ms. Mona Mehdi and all the teachers were actively involved in celebrating the festival of a significant message. All the students were of the eagerness to ‘Go Green’.

LEARNING LOG FOR AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2012