Monday 24 October 2016

STD-VI Cycle Test 3 syllabus

PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL VADODARA
SYLLABUS of Cycle test 3 – Formative Assessment-4
Sub: English
Name of the chapters
  • Composition: Comprehension 1
  • Prose: The Wizard – Major Dhyan Chand
  • Grammar: Articles
  • Composition: Formal Letter
  • Poem: The Village School Master
  • Grammar: Verbs – Finite Verbs
  • Composition: Email Writing
  • SR: Return to the Wreck
  • Grammar: Verbs – One Word for Many
  • Composition: Article Writing
  • Prose: Machu Pichu – An Engineering Wonder
  • Grammar: Adverbs – Kinds of Adverbs
  • Composition: Dialogue Writing – Revision
  • SR: We Relocate to the Forest
  • Grammar: Antonyms and Synonyms
  • Composition: Descriptive Writing – Revision
  • Grammar: Adjectives – Revision
  • Grammar: Sentences – Revision
  • Error Identification
  • Grammar: Prepositions
  • Grammar: Punctuations
  • Grammar: Determiners – Revision
  • Error Identification

Sub:Maths
Name of the chapters
  • Chapter 6: Decimals
  • Chapter 8: Linear Equation
  • Chapter 11: Understanding Elementary Shapes
  • Chapter 16: Set Theory

Sub: Science
Name of the chapters
  • Chapter 1: Life Needs Food
  • Chapter 9: Life can Adapt
  • Chapter12:The Power of Electricity

Sub: History
Name of the chapters
  • Integrated Project
  • Ch 18: Civics : District Administration
  • Ch 8: History: The Rise and the Decline of the Mauryan Empire
  • Ch 9: History : The Rise And the Decline of the Guptas
  • Ch 19: Civics: Municipal Administration
  • Ch 10: History : Deccan and the South Indian Kingdoms

Sub: Geography
Name of the chapters
  • Ch 7: India-Location and Physical Features
  • Ch 8: Climate of India

Sub: Computer
Name of the chapters
  • Ch4 Introduction to HTML
  • What is HTML?
  • Basic HTML Tags
  • Elements & attributes
  • Creating list

Sub: Hindi
Name of the chapters
  • पाठः कोलंबस
  • व्याकरणः पर्यायवाची शब्द
  • व्याकरणः सर्वनाम
  • व्याकरणः विशेषण
  • रचनाः सार लेखन, अनुच्छेद-लेखन (पुनः अभ्यास) HW
  • कविताः बसंती हवा
  • व्याकरणः क्रिया
  • व्याकरणः काल
  • पाठः पुस्तककीट
  • व्याकरणः लोकोक्तियाँ
  • लहरः नानी का घड़ा
  • रचनाः अपठित गद्यांश, अपठित पद्यांश (पुनः अभ्यास)
  • रचनाः पत्र-लेखन (अनौपचारिक) (पुनःअभ्यास)
  • व्याकरणः पर्यायवाची शब्द, विशेषण, क्रिया (पुनः अभ्यास)


Friday 21 October 2016

Painting competition

With World Food Day around the corner, we are running a pan-India contest 'Podar's Colour Your Imagination' from October 21st, 2016 to October 25th, 2016 for all the students of Podar International Schools in three categories: grade 1 to 3grade 4 to 6 and grade 7 to 10.
Through this contest, students of Podar International School are invited to use their imagination and artistic talent to create a poster on the theme of World Food Day. One winning poster will be selected from each of the three categories and will receive a 10 inch Samsung Tablet as a prize.

Participation:

-          The students from grade 1 to grade 3 have to draw either a fruit or a vegetable and add colour fingerprints to enhance the drawing. 

-          The students from grade 4 to grade 6 have todraw and colour a poster of either their favourite food or their memorable meal. 
-          The students  from grade 7 to grade 10 have to draw and colour a poster on 'How the world will look like when everybody has food'. 

-          The students must create a poster on A3 size drawing sheet. 

-          Posters may be drawn, painted or sketched using pencils, pens, sketch pens, crayons, water paint or poster colour.

-          The students must draw and paint the poster from home only. 

Submission Procedure:
*After the contest, all entrants must ask their parent(s) / legal guardian(s) to photograph the poster. 

*Parent(s) / legal guardian(s) must visit the official Facebook page of Podar International School (www.facebook.com/PodarInternationalSchoolIndia/) and LIKE the page. 

*After the parent(s) / legal guardian(s) have liked the Facebook page, they need to inbox (message) the picture of the poster on the Facebook page with the student's name, roll number, grade and school branch. 

 *The entries will be judged on the basis of the most creative, vivid and detailed art submitted. To qualify, parent(s) / legal guardian(s) of the entrant(s) need to LIKE the Facebook page of Podar International School and submit their entry 
by 25th October, 2016. 

​*We will be giving discount coupon as a consolation prize to every participant. The student or parent need to enter their GRNO in the link that we will be providing them and avail exciting discounts on Samsung Mobiles.




Sunday 16 October 2016

Integrated Project_Science

Topic: Tea                                      - Sips savored over generations
Objectives: The students will be able to:
·         know the health benefits of various types of tea
·         know its negative health effects due to excessive consumption
·         differentiate between the fibrous and tap root system
·         differentiate between the parallel and reticulate venation
·         learn to work in a team

Material Required: (To be sourced out by the student)
·         For written presentation: scrap book, chart paper(for poster making), pen, crayons, sketch pens, relevant pictures, cello tape (or any other adhesive), a pair of scissors, pencils, eraser, sharpener
(Note: materials other than the scrap book may vary as per the students’ or teachers’ discretion)

Preparation prior to session: (Note: provide one week’s time to research)
1.  Draw the given table on the class board and instruct the students to note it down.
Criteria for research
Types of Tea
Vitamins present in it
Minerals present in it
Health benefits
Green tea



Black tea



White tea



Oolong tea



Example: Green tea àVit A, C, K à Fluorine à healthy skin, control diabetes, anti-cancer properties.
(note: the example is given only for the teachers’ reference)

2.  Ask students to find answers of the following questions:
Ø  Which part of the plant is used in preparing tea?
Ø  Which type of roots does a tea plant have – fibrous or tap roots?
Ø  Which type of venation is shown by the leaves of tea – parallel or reticulate?
Ø  Too Much of Anything Is Bad For Our Health’. Write the negative health effects caused due to the excess consumption of tea.

3.  Instruct that each student needs to research on the assigned criteria and collect the related information in their scrap book for poster making with their respective group.
(Note: inform students that they can use books, newspapers or internet sites to research)



Guidelines:
  1. Organize the class into groups.
2.    Instruct each group to prepare the ‘poster’ based on the information collected by them in their scrap book and decorate it.
Viva questions: Ask 1 question per student (1 mark each) based on the presentation given. Questions may vary as per the teacher’s discretion

Monday 3 October 2016

Information related to NIE


Dear Parents,                                                                                                                 Tuesday, 4th October, 2016
Greetings from PIS, Vadodara!
We are delighted to inform that our school will offer subscription to NIE (children’s newspaper by TIMES OF INDIA, available all across India) newspaper to interested students as discussed in the PTM. This is a special children’s newspaper which consists all the news pertaining to school children; they can even submit their paintings, poems, letters etc. for getting published. It would be offered from grade IV to IX at the very nominal cost of 250/-.The editions would be provided from Monday to Friday (1 paper on this each day) from October’16 to March’17. The sample copy is kept in the library for the students. Please send Rs.250/- with your child by 14th October’16.We request you to encourage your child and take the subscription to inculcate reading habit in them.
Warm Regards,
Mr.C.M.Thakur,

Principal-PIS,Vadodara