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GENESIS (Highlights)

Indian Development

Foundation

Indian Development Foundation conducted a special assembly for

thGrades 4, 5 and 6 on 9 November 2016 in the morning. The spokesperson for the foundation, Dr Geeta Mohan and Dr. Mohan addressed the students. The foundation plans to start a club in the school for making the students aware of the various problems faced by the people in general. The chief guests presented videos and PPT slides for the

introduction of the foundation. The club

was officially inaugurated by lighting the lamp. The honour of lighting the lamp was done by the chief guests along with Principal ma'am and Vice Principal ma'am.

T h e I n d i a n D e v e l o p m e n t

Foundation was founded over by A.R.K. Pillai. The foundation deals with three majors issues namely health, education and development. The foundation started by helping the society eradicate leprosy and gradually moved in to cure tuberculosis. Today, it focuses on a lot of issues including education and women empowerment. The foundation wants to educate the students from an early age. The foundation also wishes to

ISSUE December 164

ORCHIDSCONNECTNigdi, Pune

Chief Editor : Principal Editor : Palasha Bakre Designed by : Rohini Peshave

Blood Donation CampThe Indian Development

Foundation as a first step to associate

with Orchids the International School, Nigdi organised a blood donation

thcamp in the school premises on 10 November 2016. The foundation had sent a medical team comprising of around 12 members in association with Sassoon General Hospital, Pune. The teachers, admin staff and a few parents were seen voluntarily donating blood within the school

hours. The drive was successfully

conducted. This was the first ever blood donation drive conducted in the school.

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conduct a student leadership program (SLP) for the students of grade 6. It was an informative session for all those who attended it. The students of Grade 5 also

contributed by performing a drama on the topic Save Environment. The performance was enjoyed and appreciated by the chief guests.

Karadi PathLearning process doesn't stop

with students graduating. It is an on-going process. Teachers of Orchids the International School firmly believe

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doesn't stop. And hence the English teachers were sent to attend a workshop organised by Karadi Path in Pune. The teachers were trained on the various techniques that they could use in their classes. This training was further handed over by these three teachers to the others in the school.

Motivation Training

for Teachers

Assembly on Dr. Maulana Abul Kalam

Azad

On 11 November a special assembly was conducted on account of

N a t i o n a l Educat ion Day. T h i s d a y i s celebrated as the birth anniversary of Dr Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

To celebrate this day a short assembly

was conducted in Orchids the International School, Nigdi. The assembly started by the principal ma'am speaking about the great day. This was followed by a student of grade 5 delivering a speech. The children were

s h o w n a video about the whole life of Dr. M a u l a n a Abul Kalam Azad. The s t u d e n t s

were glued to the projector and loved to know about this great educationalist.



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Lekha Farm Picnic

The annual picnic of Orchids the International School, Nigdi was held last

thSaturday, 12 November, 2016 with great enthusiasm and merriment. This year the venue was Lekha farms. About 220 students joined the picnic.

The students who travel by the school bus were dropped straight to the venue. The parent-pick up students were asked to gather in the school and were taken by the teachers to the venue in the school bus. The day was fine and everyone was delighted mentally. The

picnic started at 8.30 AM. There were great enjoyment and pleasure in the

lawns. After reaching the venue the attendance was taken. The children were asked to come to the dining area for breakfast. The breakfast contained poha and idli sambar. The children could eat as much as they wanted. After breakfast the students were allowed to play the sports of their choice till around 11 AM.

The students were then divided into two groups. Grades 1 and 2 were together and grades 3 to 6 were in the other group. The groups then moved from one point to the other to get their tattoos and the mehendi done.

and the puppet show. The show went on for half an hour. The students thoroughly enjoyed the show. After the show the students were again left free to play the games of their choice. The students took complete advantage of the open space in the farm to play

various games like hide and seek, catch me if you can, football and cricket. They were seen to be thoroughly enjoying themselves. After this they were served lunch. After lunch the children were taken to the disco room to dance. The children danced for an hour. It was a surprise to see them dance.

The picnic came to an end at around 3.15. The bus transport children were made to get into the respective buses and the parent pickups were taken back to the school. The picnic thus came to an end.



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Report on Kalpana Chawla

Space Science club

Activity: Apollo 11 Remastered video shown

Students from grade I to VI were thshown a video on “Apollo 11” on 11

November '2016 during the school hour. Vice Principal ma'am briefed them about the complete process of the

mission in detail which was indeed very informative. The students witnessed the entire mission with the help of the

video with lot of excitement. Ma'am also shared lot of information related to space with the students. At the end of the session the students shared their doubts with Vice Principal Ma’am and the Co-ordinators.



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Annual Sports Day The annual sports day of Orchids

The International School, Nigdi was held on 26November, 2016 at Morya Gosawi

Krida Sankul for both, the pre-primary as well as the primary students. The sports meet was declared open by the trustee of the school, Mr. Amit Gorkhe. The program began with unfurling of school flag by the chief guest. It was followed by the march past of all the students in their respective houses.

Final athletic events for the pre-primary and primary were held on the

ground, whereas the elimination rounds happened in the school a week prior to the sports day. The pre-primary students presented a drill and a parade based on the theme of “Fairy tales”. These students mesmerized the

audience with their colorful and vibrant performance.

The athletic events for the primary section included 50 and 80 meters races, relay, zigzag race and obstacle race. For the pre-primary section the races included follow the trail, find your sandal, make your house pig, aim the ball princess and blow the blower.

The students of the primary section presented a dance drill. The highlight of the day remained the races for the mothers and fathers and the tug-of-war between the mothers and the teachers.

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best house. The best athlete boy award was given to Shivam Pal and the best

athlete girl was given to Sanjivani Jat.

Principal Ishita Ghoshal and Vice Principal Seema Sharma congratulated and encouraged the winners and

applauded the efforts of all the teachers, students, admin and support

staff for making the event a huge success. The school saw hundred percent participation of students in the march past, the drill and the parade.

Luminescence

Luminescence (Teacher enlightens from her experience)

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Knowledge is far more

valuable when shared. Thus

t e a c h i n g i s e s p e c i a l l y

important as i t imparts

knowledge to others. I can still

clearly remember that I started

enjoying teaching at a very

young age.

After I learnt something new, I

was always trying to share my new

discovery with my little companions.

My teaching experience of 11 years

hasnot only helped me to improve my

teaching sk i l l s but a lso has

encouraged me to pursue a lifelong

career in teaching.

I remember when I started

teaching grade 4 students for the first

time, I was very excited but at the

same time a little nervous. Luckily,

m o s t o f m y s t u d e n t s

understood my teaching methods

very fast but a few of them were not

interested in Mathematics subject at

all. I took up the challenge and with

thorough preparation for each

concept and constant thinking of how

to improve my teaching methods; I

could make my subject lively for all

the students in my class.

Eventually they started enjoying

math a lot. That was just the

beginning of my career as a

teacher but this experience

made me more confident and

passionate about my work.

I strongly feel that great

teachers are not just ones who

transmit information, teach skills and

help students earn the best grades

but are those who share their

passion for knowledge and curiosity

with their students. As a teacher I

learnt that every day I should be

prepared to accept a new challenge

and be challenged by the students as

every student possesses unique

perspectives. I am grateful that I

chose teaching as a career as this

has made me what I am today.

Stu e e t d(Articles written by students)

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Benefits of reading

A book is our best friend. In our

society we have friends and foes. Even

the so-called friends can cheat us in

times. However, books are our never-

failing friends. Just like a good friend, it

gives us company during free time. A

good book guides us in our lives. A book

is a window to the outside world. They

help us understand all that happens in

the other parts of the world. Books take

us to a world where we could only

dream of going. For eg., Harry Potter

series takes us to another world. Books

by Enid Blyton

h e l p u s t o

i n c r e a s e t h e

vocabulary and

also take us to an

imaginary world

where she talks

about climbing

trees that have

no end, people

who live on trees

and sleep on

clouds. There are many books that are

available to read but since we cannot

read all, we need to select wisely.

Vaishit Varma

Grade 6

If I were a teacher If I would be a teacher, I would be

different. I would teach all with a

passion in my heart. I would be the

teacher of my favourite subjects

Mathematics and English. I would give

them enough homework, even if that

would make the children sad as it

would surely help them to get good

grades in their exams. I would not

teach them using the boring ways but

use interesting ways like how my

teachers use to teach me. I would

never lose my temper and never ever

beat them. I would ensure that they

participate in maximum activities in

the school.

And the way

I would be

as a teacher,

I know their

well wishes

will be with

me and my

blessing with them even when they go

to the higher grades.

Avani Varma

Grade 4

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Save Girl Child

Who says we, Indians are living in a free world or in a modern world? I don't agree with this at all. As even today we see the girl child being killed. Female foeticide is still prevalent in India. Parents and society consider a girl child burden over them and understand that girls are consumers whereas boys are producers. There are lots of myths in the Indian society about girls from the ancient time that girls always take and boys always give. This happens because the parents are not educated and the society that they live in firmly believes that it is okay to kill a girl child.

But a question for all, who would marry the boys you save if you kill the girls? How would the families move ahead? So it is now time to prevent the brutal killings of the girls and eliminate female foeticide from India. So, we all

should work together to build a country that is proud to give birth to girls and not kill them.

Kristy Jain Grade 5

Diwali vacations

This Diwali vacations my father gave

my mother and me a surprise. He came

back from the office and announced at the

dinner table that we were finally going for a

much awaited trip to Ooty. My father loves

adventure and hence he decided to travel

by bus rather than by flight. While travelling

we were feeling very hot, but when we got

down from the bus it was very cold. The

climate was very good. Father had booked

a room in a hotel. So we went there and

freshened up. I was getting restless as I

didn't want to wait in the hotel but wanted

to go and do some sightseeing. And in the

sightseeing I saw the real beauty of India.

The place was amazing. There were a lot of

places to visit in Ooty. We went to visit the

rose garden, shooting point, Pykara Lake

and falls. They were just wonderful places.

We also went to visit the famous Ooty

lakes. For the first time I ended up clicking a

lot of selfies. This was a trip I would never

forget. When the trip ended I was in tears.

But I cheered up when my father promised

us another trip in the next vacations. Nikhila Sri

Grade 4


(Art and craft work of students)A Deft SPLASH

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Aadhya Agarwal

K1 D

Aarav Jungare

K1 D

Ankita Dhote

Pre-Nursery

Anushree Bhingare

K2 C

Arna Mittal

Pre-Nursery

Arna Sagar

Nursery

Aziel Mulla

Pre-Nursery

Daniyal

Grade 1 A


Arnav Kashid

K1 D

Deepshika Adhikari

Nursery

Jinisha Oswal

K2C

Kabir Yadav

Nursery

Namish Mehra

K1 C


Prabhav Pande

Nursery

Pratiyush Tyagi

Nursery



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Shlok More

K1 C

Tanushree M

Nursery

Swaraj Bhatkar

K2C

Uzier Shaikh

Grade 1A

Sanvi Srinawale

K2C

Eva Abhijeet

Grade 5



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Akanksha Bhambre

Grade 1 B

Arshiya Shikalgar

Grade 5

Aliza Hussain

Grade 5

Harshal

Grade 4

Muttusam

Grade 5

Asheer Shinde

Grade 6

Kritika Pillai

Grade 4

Pranav

Grade 2 C

Mahi Ranka

Grade 2B

Namish Patil

Grade 6

Sanskruti Gaikwad

Grade 2 B

Pari Kanskar

Grade 4

Sameera

Grade 4

S. Nikhila

Grade 4



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Prachi Ghogare

Grade 5

Shivam Pal

Grade 6

Swarnima

Grade 1

Tanish Waghamre

Grade 5

Shivam Pal

Grade 6

Vedant Shetty

Grade 4



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Vennila Aditi

Grade 5

Accolades and Awards

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Accolades and Awards (All students who won awards)

Best House Trophy

Daffodil

Best Athlete Boy

Shivam Pal - Grade VI

Best Athlete Girl

Sanjivani Jat - Grade VI


Bits and Bobs from the

Students, Teachers and Parents were seen in

action with their sportive talent displayed on

Sports Day.

The Blood Donation Camp, Science Week

celebration with science experiments and the Science

Olympiad were some of the mixed bag of events that saw us

through this month in November.

Happy reading!


Expert Opinion(An eminent personality writes)

Expert Opinion

"Learning Difficulties: An Awareness".

Expert's :

About Her: She is basically an Engineer but did post-graduate diploma in Learning

Disabilities from KPAMRC, Bangalore. She has been teaching learning difficulties

children and children with other special needs for last 12+ years,

in Bangalore & Pune.

Ranjana Desai.

Learning Disabilities

Poor performance of school children has always been a cause of concern. We teachers often find some children read very slowly, some others make obvious mistakes in reading and some others get confused in spellings and make careless mistakes in writing common words.

The teachers and parents may know that the child is 'struggling' but might not be able to tell why. Often times, this is attributed to either low intelligence or sheer laziness on part of the students. These children have problems either in the areas of reading, writing, spellings or maths or combinations thereof. Surprisingly, these children are very smart at everything except academics. So, parents fail to understand this discrepancy between what parents think they are actually capable of and how they finally perform in exams. Therefore, the parents and many a times the teachers themselves see these problems as “intentional' acts and put the blame on the children.

So what may be the actual problem? It might be just that these children have a “Hidden Handicap”- a handicap that is not as obvious as other physical disabilities. These are the children with “Learning Disabilities (LD)”.

Children with LD face a significant challenge primarily in reading ('Dyslexia'), writing ('Dysgraphia') and even Mathematics ('Dyscalculia'). Undiagnosed, these children may become de-motivated in school, may become frustrated with their own lack of academic progress and more importantly, may lose the joy of learning. Most of them lose their confidence at early stages. These internal tensions may manifest as behavioural or adjustment problems at home or in school.

But the prospects are bright for these children. Early identification and remedial education thereafter is critically important for these children and can prevent accumulation of problems ending in failure and frustration. It is important to remember that a child with LD can LEARN. Learning Disabilities should not impair a child's potential to lead a happy, normal and successful life. For the teachers, the key is to remember “If I can't learn the way you teach, will you teach me the way I can learn?”.

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