The Orchid School

Baner, Pune

                                                Circular No. TOS/FRO/CIR/SS/11-12/27

Date: 17-11-11

Subject – Rural Camp for Class VII-Jade

Dear Parents

As a part of the integrated curriculum, our Class VII students are going for an overnight rural camp. Here they stay and visit organizations working for the rural community, an initiative towards experiential learning. We look at this camp as an experience where they not only learn about science and social science-politics, civics, economy, culture but also in that process are sensitized to realities.

For this purpose, this year, Jades are visiting -Gram Pawarwadi 30 minutes drive from Baramati. This village has been selected on the basis of the fact that Mr. Shinde, one of the school trustees has a permanent residence there. Hence, the students’ and teachers’ lodging and boarding arrangements have been made at his house. Since his family has been involved with working for the village in different capacities, students have the opportunity of interacting with the Gram Panchayat, learning about agriculture and so on.

Children will be accompanied by their class teacher, Subject teacher and a service staff.

They need to carry-

Packed breakfast and lunch for 24^th November 2011
The students need to wear long pants/jeans , house T-shirt with sports shoes on 24^th and long pants , traffic campaign T-shirt with sports shoes on 25^th. They would have to carry their luggage and walk from the stop to the campus so please send only what has been asked for in a rucksack. The students should not carry-chewing gum, soft drinks, packaged junk food, I-pods, mobile phones or cameras. The teachers will carry cameras.

Travelling by local transport has been a conscious choice towards learning through experience. Moreover we won’t look like “social tourists!”

Departure –

Please drop your child at The Orchid School. - 6.00 am sharp on 24^th Nov Thursday. We will depart for Swargate PMPML bus stand at 6.20am.

Pickup-

Friday 25^th Nov 2011, 1.00pm, The Orchid School

Contact numbers- Netre – ­­­­­­­9765805865,  Jainita 9823785990.

Attendance for this trip is compulsory. Learnings from this experience will be incorporated into the classroom teaching, assessed and graded through projects and presentations.

Orientation for parents on 19^th November 2011 at 10.am in the Multi Purpose Hall

Prepared by                                                                                                          Approved by

Jainita   Batra                                                                                                      Shilpa Solanki

Unit Head Secondary                                                                                             Principal