LA FONDATION

ISSUE: 01 JUNE-SEPTEMBER

HYDERABAD “Don’t limit a child to your The Principal’s own learning, for he was born in Message another time”.  Schools lay the Foundation of learning for children who step out of their Rabindranath first and most important classroom, ‘Home’ to be exposed to a world of Tagore learning. ------It is the work of a teacher to awaken joy in acquisition of knowledge, “Education is understanding and creative expression. If teachers can teach children love not received. of learning, learning can be more than absorbing facts. It is achieved.” Orchids - The International School, Hyderabad, aims at giving children the Foundation they need through curricular, co- curricular and extracurricular  activities. They are guided towards ‘how’ to learn and ‘what’ to learn very Albert soon follows……. Einstein

“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”  Martin Luther King Jr.

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PRE-PRIMARY ACTIVITIES

Independence Day Celebrations Mud Day

Yellow Color Day Family Day

Field Trip To Pet Red Colour Day Shelter

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CELEBRATIONS AND FESTIVALS

Eid Guruparv

Janmashtami

At Reliance Fresh Super Market Plantation Day celebrated

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Swimming Activity& International Yoga Day

Poster Making Competition

Habeed Ruchir Class - V (Carnation) Class – V (Daffodil)

Raaga Pari Tamanna Class – IV (Carnation) Class-V(Marigold)

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CELEBRATION OF LANGUAGES

La fête nationale française

French students of Orchids, Hyderabad celebrated the National Day of France on July 14,’16.The morning assembly was devoted to the celebrations of the National Day of France.

Aneesh Panda of class IX and Mirza Abul Hassan Ali Khan of class X compered the programme which began with their PowerPoint presentation. The presentation was quite informative with the details of the first storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789. There was another PowerPoint presentation by Vivek and Raaga of class VIII and Darshini of class VII. They talked about world famous French cuisine also. An informative video was shown as a grand finale. Principal Mrs. Sakina Qasim Zaidi complimented all the performers and the participants who made the eventful day and also had a word of praise for the efforts of the two French teachers of the school, Ms. Anugu Sneha and Ms G. Savithri Devi. ‘La Marseillaise’, the National Anthem of France followed by the Indian National Anthem closed the special assembly of the day

HINDI DIVAS

Hindi Divas was celebrated on 14th September with maximum participation of children. Children expressed their views on Hindi Divas through speech, songs and dances and were very happy to convey the importance of Hindi on this special day

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THE TELUGU LANGUAGE DAY

August 29 is the birthday of Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy Panthulu, who relentlessly fought for the introduction of ‘Vaaduka Bhasha’ or spoken dialect at all levels.

The students of various classes, both from the primary and the secondary sections who are studying Telugu as their second language, participated with a lot of enthusiasm. Several programmes – recitation of nursery rhymes, a ‘kavita’ welcoming the audience to Orchids, folk dances by the students, songs and skits were appreciated by all. The programme was compered by Ch. Navyasree and Nayana Bharathi of class.

Class – l 9th SOF INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH OLYMPIAD Name - Arpika Panda School Rank - 1 State Rank - 1 International Rank- 1 Medal- International Gold medal

Class - l Name - Sreenika Chatterji School Rank - 2 State Rank - 67 International Rank- 73 Medal- School Gold medal

Class - ll Name - S Sravanthi School Rank - 1 State Rank - 4 International Rank- 4 Medal- Zonal Gold medal Class - Vll Roll. No- TSO 765 -07 -007 Arpika Panda of Class I is the winner of three Name - M. Anil Chandra consecutive gold medals in Olympiad examinations School Rank - 1 State Rank – 1390 (Science, Math, English) and she is also the first rank International Rank- 3159 holder in English International Olympiad. Medal- School Gold medal.

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INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS

Inter- House Patriotic song competition was conducted and each of the four houses of lower grades rendered a group song. Senior students danced expressing their patriotic feeling.

The formal occasion of the Investiture Ceremony was organized on 15.8.’16.

The school choir sang the School Song asserting their pride to be Orchidians. Besides the School Appointments - Head Boy, Head Girl and Sports Captain, the four Houses have their House Captain and Vice-Captain to lead their Houses in all the competitions- curricular and co- curricular. The Chief Guest Major Bharath Reddy conferred Appointments on the young leaders by bestowing on them emblems of leadership and also administered oath.

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PREFECTS’COUNCIL: 2016 –’17

Head Boy Head Girl Sports Captain

B.Nishanth Ch.NavyaSree A.Sai Pavan Kalyan

Carnation Daffodil House Captain Vice Captain House Captain Vice Captain

K. Nayana Bharathi Divya Akula N.Abhignya Rao Manojna.G

Marigold Tulip House Captain Vice Captain House Captain Vice Captain

D.SriramVamshi Aneesh Panda K.Sandeep Kethan Jain

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ACHIEVERS

R. RAJA RITHVIK, INTERNATIONAL CHESS PLAYER

Candidate Master R. Raja Rithvik, studying 8th standard, is International Chess Player and brought laurels to the country by bagging several medals/laurels in Common Wealth Chess Championship-2016 held at Colombo, KIIT International Chess Tournament in Elite category- 2016 held at Bhubaneswar, Parsvanath Grand Masters Chess Championship-2016 held at New Delhi, Chennai Open Grand Masters Chess Championship-2016, World Schools Chess Championship-2015 held at Bangkok, Asian Chess Championship-2015 held at Singapore, Asian Youth Championship held at Tashkent in the junior categories. In recent times, he is more often competing in the senior category and achieving commendable results.

P. SAYE SRREEZZA - CHESS CHAMPION

* Winner of 27th Telangana State U-17 Chess Championship

* Participated in 27th National Under-17 Chess Championship and stood in 20th place

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CHAHANA BUDHBHATTI (Grade VII) –TENNIS PLAYER

In 2016, so far Chahana has played 4 major tournaments for national ranking in the categories of U12, U 14 and U16. She stood Runners- up at Talent series U 12 category in the month of May. She reached the quarter finals of Talent series U 14 category in the month of July.

She reached the quarter finals of Championship series U 16 category in the month of September. Recently she has won the Talent Series U 12 category at Sania Mirza Tennis Academy. She was also winner at ISPL (interschool premier league) U12 categories. This was played in the month of Feb'16.

Taekwondo Promotion Test

Taekwondo Promotion Test was conducted in accordance with the Taekwondo Federation of India and World Taekwondo Federation Test Regulations in ORCHIDS - The International School, Hyderabad.67 Students opted for Taekwondo Activity. Among them 36 Students have appeared for the Belt exam. The Result was 100%.

*ANEESH PANDA of Grade-IX achieved BLUE BELT-I. *ANIL, SATVIK & RISHI of Grade-VIII achieved YELLOW - The rest 32 students achieved YELLOW BELT

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EXPRESSIONS

BEAUTY OR BRAINS?

Everyone can have their own perception whether beauty and brains can go together or not. What comes to your mind when I say the word ‘beauty’ is one’s complexion, height and appearance. In my opinion, being beautiful is not about having good looks but it is the way you present yourself. Your integrity, your passion, your knowledge is what your true beauty is. Having good nature with a pleasant personality is what makes you beautiful. A person with creative ideas in his mind will always look beautiful to everyone because with his ideas he can motivate, lead and also help others. So finally he seems to look beautiful to the people around him. If you have a smart brain, you can make your personality very attractive and bold also. Without thought power life is like a day without sunshine. External looks alone cannot excel in life. Beauty with brains is undoubtedly a unique and nice combination to excel in the life arena. Qansa Wasif Ali Grade – X

FRIENDSHIP

A friend is a special person who makes a person’s life beautiful. Friendship is the purest form of relation on earth. Having a true friend is like having a million diamonds. It is the most precious gift to all of us. A friend is the one who's there in our good as well as bad times. Friends love us unconditionally, understand us and do not judge us. They stand with us when we need them. They will do anything to make us smile. The power of friendship is all the magic we need. Qansa Wasif Ali Grade – X First of all, friendship is the best relationship in the world. A friend is someone with whom you can share anything. Friends are the only ones who can even see us cry.We don’t need to be embarrassed in front of them. So never say no to friends because they are an indispensable part of our life.

K. Nayana Bharathi Grade – X

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BEING HEAD BOY

To say I have followed every rule and towed every line would not quite be true. Being head boy is more than just wearing a badge. It is being in charge of prefects and ensuring everyone does their job. It is taking a neutral ground in disputes, no matter who is involved. It is about being polite and friendly and working sensibly with staff. It is listening to the problems of students within the school and taking the improvements they suggest. It is also to maintain proper discipline. Being Head Boy gave me the motivation to do well in school. Now more than ever, thinking before I speak and act is natural, because I have to think how my actions affect others. As Head Boy, I have to set an example, not only to the prefects but to the school. As Head Boy, I have been given the responsibility I needed to push me into putting my everything into my last year of school. B. Nishanth Grade – X La vie Vie, the French word for 'life' was what I called my space settlement project, the one that got me first prize in over 85 countries and the one that I'm incredibly proud of. Doing this project was not an easy job, it took me three whole months to do this project, three months of restless nights and three months of red bull diet (I also had the chance to be a space nerd for three months). Three months might seem like a long time to do a project but trust me it's not especially when you’re contesting for 'NASA AMES Space Settlement Design Contest'. All the hard work was worth it because my project won a prize, which surprised me a lot but thanks to my project I was invited to the International Space Development Conference (ISDC) 2015 which was held in Toronto, Canada. It was an experience I would never forget, I had the opportunity to meet the NSS directors, astronauts, scientists, meteorologists and had the chance to present my project to them in a conference. It was wonderful because not many people can say that they got to experience all of this at the mere age of thirteen or in the eighth grade.

N. Abhigyna Rao Grade - X

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