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Theme: Our school
Def. A school is a place where we go to learn.
How I come to school
Whole class discussion about how (they)
Children come to school. (orally)
I come to school by car
I come to school on foot etc
Activity
Draw your self coming to school
Things on the way to school
Plants e.g. trees, grass, flowers, banana plants etc
Buildings e.g houses, shops, schools, churches, banks etc
Vehicles e.g. cars, buses, motor cycles etc
Animals e.g. birds, cows, goats, cats, hens, dogs etc
Roads
Activity
Draw, name and colour three things on your way to school
Dangers on the way to school
Car knocks, dog bites, thieves, kidnappers, snake bites, drowning, electric shock and insect stings.
Activity
Draw and colour the dangers on the way to school
People in my class
Name and stream of class
Names of the teachers in the class
Children in the class e.g. boys and girls
Number of children the class
Boys girls
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Things found in the classroom and their use
Chalkboard tables broom bags
Charts class rulers pencils books
Duster shelves wall clock ruler
Tables chalk nature table
Activity
Draw and name four things in your classroom
Uses of the things in the classroom Fill in with the correct words.
We use tables for writing from
Chairs are for sitting on
Teachers use chalk to write on the chalkboard John uses a pencil to write in his book.
We put rubbish in the waste paper basket
We use brooms to sweep our classrooms
Mat, doormat, rags, duster etc
People in our school
Naming the people found in our school.
Headmaster nurses pupils cleaners cooks
Guards administrator matrons librarians
Drivers secretaries bursar watchman
The name of our class teacher is ________________
The name of our head teacher is ________________
Name and colour these people in our school
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Nurse | Teacher | Guard | cooks |
Work of people in our school
Teachers – teach children
Cooks – prepare and serve food
Pupils – learn in class
Nurse – care for the sick people.
Secretaries – type letters, homework and examinations
Librarian – lend school books to teachers and pupils/ takes care of school books
Cleaners – clean the school
Guards – protects school property
Work places of people in school
Teachers | classroom | |
Cooks | kitchen | |
Librarian | library | |
Headteacher | office | |
Nurses | sickbay | |
Secretaries | office | |
Bursar | office |
Activity
Draw and name three people and their places of work
School needs
School needs are things we use at school e.g classrooms, toilets, chairs, tables, compound, chalk, plants, pencils, charts, water, food, books ruler, broom, teachers, electricity, dustbins, waste paper basket, medical care (nurse) , security.(guard).
Activity
Draw and name three school needs
Uses of school needs
- Classrooms – to protect us against bad weather and to study from it.
- Pencils – we need pencils for writing with
- Teachers – we need teachers to teach children.
- Waste bins- we need waste bins for putting in rubbish
- Chairs – We need chairs for sitting on
- Food – We need food to feed on
Activity
Draw yourself using a pencil
Symbols of the school
School symbols are things which make a school different from others.
These are
School uniform, school motto, school flag, school badge, school sign post, school name,
Activity
Name and colour these school symbols
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School uniform | School badge | School flag |
Uses of school symbols
Symbols tell people about our school.
Uniforms make us look smart and different
The school motto encourages us to work hard
Sign post helps people to find our school easily.
School rules
Do not fight
Do not shout in class
Do not got out without permission
Do not steal
Keep the school property safe
Keep the compound clean
Do not come to school late
Different school activities
Writing
Reading
Sweeping
Weeding
Dancing
Playing
Singing
Watching games
Digging
Listening to radio
Watering plants
Activity
Draw these activities done at school.
a) dancing b) reading c) sweeping
Keeping the school clean
How do we keep our school clean?
By sweeping the compound and classroom
By slashing the compound
By weeding flower gardens
By mopping the classroom
By dusting the tables and chairs
By picking rubbish and putting in the waste bins
By burning rubbish
By cleaning the chalkboard.
Arranging the things in our classroom
Proper use of the toilets
Flashing toilets
Removing cob webs
Things we use to keep our school clean
Brooms slashers hoe axe water rag waste bins rake soap basins
Activity
Drawing and naming any three things we use to keep our school clean.
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THEME OUR HOME
Def; A home is a place where people or animals live./ A home is a place where we live.
Things which make up a home
Buildings, people, plants, animals, compound, garden, toilet/ latrine, dishrack, bathroom, kitchen, stored/granary, rubbish/dustbin
Uses of things found in a home
Kitchen, toilet, rubbish pit, dish rack
Things which a clean home must have.
Latrine or toilet, dustbin or rubbish pit, kitchen, bathroom, dish rack
Family
Def. A family is a group of people related by blood or marriage.
Types of families
Nuclear family extended family
Nuclear family
It is a family with father, mother and their own children.
Draw and name members in a nuclear family
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Extended family
It’s a family with father, mother, children and other relatives.
Members of an extended family
Mother, father, children, relatives examples of relatives, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, grandfather, grandmother, cousin.
Needs of a family
Land, houses, education, food, clothes, love and care, shelter, medical, security, land.
Basic needs
Food, shelter, clothes, water,
Draw and name four needs of a family
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Uses of family needs Food – to feed on.
Houses – for shelter
Clothes – for wearing/ covering the body parts.
Land- for growing crops, grazing animals, building houses.
Ways of getting family needs
We grow crops in the garden
We buy food from the market, supermarket and shops.
Houses
We build houses
We buy or rent houses
Clothes
We buy clothes
Education
We get education from school
Roles of family members
Parents
Pay school fees
Buy clothes for the family
Pay bills eg water bills, electricity bills.
Care for the family members i.e. medical care, security and cook food for us
Provide shelter for the family
Roles of children
Children help to wash utensils, clothes
Children clean the houses
Children help in the garden Children clean the compound Children fetch water.
Children cook food
Children help in caring for young ones
A house
Def. A house is a building where people live. Name parts of the house.
Rooms in the house
Sitting room
Kitchen
Bed room
Bathroom
Dining room
Toilets
Store
Reading rooms
Things found in the sitting room
Chairs, radio, tables, television, cupboard, carpet, doormats, table, table mats
Things found in a dining room
Tables, chairs, cupboard
Things found in kitchen
Plates, cups, saucepan, dishes, spoons forks, knives, baskets, jerry cans, trays, jugs, leddle, flasks, mugs, kettles, glasses
Things found in the bed room
Bed sheets, mattresses, bed, blankets, pillow, mosquito nets
Things found in the bathroom
Basin brush bucket sponge water towel soap vim etc.
Activity
Draw and name any four things found in a kitchen
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Types of houses
There are two types of houses.
These are temporary houses and permanent houses
Temporary houses
These are houses built using weak building materials
Examples of weak building materials
Grass, mud, reeds, sticks, banana fibres
Examples of temporary houses are unipot, hut, tent, kiosk, mud house
Permanent houses
Examples of permanent houses are flats, bungalow
These are houses built using strong building materials
Examples of strong building materials
Cement, iron bars, iron sheets, timber, tiles, sand, bricks, blocks
Activity
Draw and name any three weak building materials.
Draw and name any two permanent houses
Uses of a house
- We sleep in a house
- A house protects us from the rain
- A house protects us from strong wind
- A house protects us from too much sunshine
- A house gives us warmth
- A house protects us from dangerous animals.
- A house protects our property.
Building materials
Def: These are things we use to build houses.
Examples of building materials
Grass, wood, mud, stones, sticks, reeds, blocks, poles, tiles, banana fibres, timber , bricks, strings, cement, cow dung, nails.
Weak building materials
These are used to build temporary houses
Examples are: cow dung, mud, banana fibres, reeds, grass, sticks, poles
Strong building materials
These are used to build permanent houses
Examples are: sand, bricks, or blocks, iron sheets, iron bars, nails, timber, cement, stones, tiles etc.
Sources of building materials
Stones quarry
Sand lake side/swamp
Grass bush
Timber forest
Reeds bush
Bricks swamp
Iron sheets – factory
Cement – cement factory
Nails – from the factory
Iron bars – factory
Tiles – factory
Activity
- Draw and name any four building materials
- Write the materials got from these sources
Bush ………………………… factory ………………………… swamp …………………………… forest …………………………
Activity
- Draw and name any permanent house
- Draw and name any two temporary houses.
ANIMALS
Types of animals
- Domestic animals
- Wild animals
Domestic animals
Def: Domestic animals are the animals we keep at home.
Examples of domestic animals
Cats, cow, rabbits, horses, pigs, goats, hens, donkey, ducks, turkeys etc
Wild animals
These are animals that stay in the bush, rivers, lakes, oceans and forests.
Examples of wild animals
Leopard tiger lion zebra elephant frogs snakes donkey etc
Places where wild animals live
Forests, bush, grass, game parks, zoo, jungles, water
Uses of domestic animals
We use donkeys to carry things
A dog guards our homes
A cat chases rats away from our homes.
We get beef and milk, horns, cow dung and skins from cows
We get pork from pigs
We get mutton and wool from sheep. We sell some domestic animals to get money We get eggs from hens, ducks and turkeys.
Draw these things got from domestic animals
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Eggs | Milk | Meat |
Meat got from different animals.
Pork is got from pigs
Mutton is got from sheep
Fillet is got from fish
Chicken is got from a hen
Beef is got from cows
Animals homes
A dog stays in kennel
A pig stays in a sty
A lion stays in a den
A man stays in a house
A fish stays in water
Ants and termites stay in an ant hill
A bird stays in a nest
A cow stays in a kraal/ byre A rabid stays in a hutch A sheep stays in a fold.
A horse stays in a stable
A bee stays in a hive
A spider stays in a spider web
A goat stays in a shed
Animal young ones
Dog | puppy | |
Pig | piglet | |
Duck | duckling | |
Cow | calf | |
Cat | kitten | |
Lion | cub | |
Elephant | calf |
Sheep lamb Bird nestling Fish fry Rabbit bunny People baby Butterfly caterpillars Hen chick Frog tadpole Horse foal | |
Animal sounds | |
A dog | barks |
A duck | quacks |
A sheep/goat | bleats |
A snake | hisses |
A cat | mews |
A bird | whistles/sings |
A bull | bellows |
An elephant | trumpets |
A lion | roars |
A frog | crocks |
A donkey | brays |
People | cry / talk |
A hen | clucks |
A horse | neighs |
A baby
Animal movement | cries |
People | walk |
Cows | walk |
Hens | walk |
Elephants | walk |
Birds | fly |
Fish | swim |
A frog | hops / jumps |
A baby | crawls |
A snake/snail glides / slithers
A caterpillar wriggles
A dog runs / walks
A crocodile/ baby/ crawls lizard
COMMUNITY
Def; Community
Different people in our community
A community is a group of people living and working together.
Examples of people in our community
Teachers, doctors, nurse, builder, farmer, tailor, cooks, carpenter, vendors, driver, cobbler, pilots, police, secretary, police, cyclists, guards, banker
Activity
Draw, name and colour these people in our community
Activities done by people in the community
Teaching, treating, building, growing crops, and keeping animals, making furniture, buying and selling things. Driving cars, lorries, buses, taxis, making shoes, cutting hair, sawing clothes, tying, keeping law and order
People in our community and their places of work
Teachers | school | |
Doctors | hospital , clinics | |
Builder | workshop, work site | |
Traders | shop | |
Police | police station | |
Vendors | market | |
Carpenter | workshop | |
Farmer | garden | |
Pilot | airport |
Needs of people in our community
Food shelter water shelter roads
Security medical care land
Important places in our community
Schools, hospitals, market, shops, religious places, roads, hills
Draw and name these things found in our community
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Church | Mosque | Roads | Hospitals |
THEME IV: THE HUMAN BODY AND HEALTH
Sub theme: Parts of the body
Head neck hands finger ears chest navel toes eyes arms skin mouth stomach knee
Senses and sense organs
We use eyes to see
We use ears to hear
We use nose to smell
We use the skin to feel
We use the tongue to taste
Activity
Match the sense organs with their senses
Nose hearing
Tongue smelling
Skin seeing
Ears tasting
Eyes feeling
Personal hygiene
Personal hygiene is the keeping of the body clean.
Things we use to carry out personal hygiene
Sponge sandals razorblade water toothbrush toothpaste tooth pick scissors
Ears buds nail cutter comb towel basin
Importance and ways of keeping the body clean Why do we keep the body clean?
- To avoid or prevent diseases
- To avoid bad body smell
- To avoid bad breathe
- To be clean or smart
- To remove dirt
Activity
- Why do we brush our teeth?
- How do we keep our hair clean?
- Why do we iron clothes?
Ways of keeping our bodies clean
- we wash our face
- we comb our hair
- we cut our finger nails short
- we bathe our body
- we cut our toe nails short
Common diseases at school and at home
malaria | chicken pox | cough | |||
dysentery | flu | diarhoea |
mumps
Causes of common diseases and spread
Germs causes diseases
- eating bad/ dirty food
- failure to use toilets well
Prevention of common diseases
- keeping our homes clean and free from disease vectors –
covering our food. - Proper waste rubbish dispersal
- Washing our fingers/ hands before eating
- Ironing clothes
- Using toilets/latrines
Childhood disease (immunisable diseases) What is immunization?
Immunization is the giving of vaccine to a person to protect or prevent certain disease
Examples of immunisable diseases
Measles tuberculosis
Tetanus diphtheria
Polio whooping cough
Hepatitis B influenza
Other immunisable diseases are
- Typhoid
- pnemonia
Signs and symptoms of immunisable diseases
Tetanus Measles
- stiff muscles all over the body – red eyes
influenza measles
- runny nose – sore mouth
- runny nose
Whooping cough
- runny nose
- cough
Tuberculosis
- coughing for a long time
- loss of weight
- hard to breath
Polio
- lame legs or hands become thin –
weak and thin legs or hands.
Diphtheria
- swollen neck
- sore throat
- Finds it hard to breath
Other immunisable disease
Typhoid
Pneumonia
Hepatitis B
Importance of immunization
- it reduces on infant deaths
- it promotes good health
- it controls childhood diseases LESSON NOTES FOR LITERACY II P.1 TERM II
THEME: WEATHER
Weather is the change in the atmosphere of a given place at a particular time.
Elements of weather (weather makers)
Sunshine
Rainfall
Cloud cover
Wind
Uses of elements of weather
Sunshine
The sun is the main natural source of heat, light and energy
Uses of the sun
- the sun gives light
- the sun helps our clothes to dry
- the sun gives us heat
- the sun gives us vitamin D
- the sun helps our seeds to dry
- the sun helps our seeds to grow
Dangers of too much sunshine
- Too much sun shine dries our plants
- Too much sunshine dries water sources
- Too much sunshine causes too much heat
- Too much sunshine kills animals
- Too much sunshine causes drought
Rainfall
Rain is the main natural source of water Uses of rain
- rain give us water
- it makes the soil soft for digging
- it helps plants to grow well
- if fills wells, streams, lakes, swamps, and rivers
Uses of rain water
- we use water for cooking
- we use water for bathing
- we use water for watering plants
- we use water for washing clothes
- we use water for mopping
- we use water for drinking
- we use water for washing utensils.
Places where rain water collects
Ponds, rivers, lakes, soil, rivers, wells, sea, pools etc.
Dangers of rain
- too much rain causes floods
- too much rain kills animals –
too much rain spoils roads - too much rain destroys plants –
too much rain kills people - too much rain destroy houses
Wind
Wind is the moving air.
Uses of wind
- wind dries our clothes
- wind helps kites to fly and aeroplanes
- wind helps boats to sail
- winds helps in winnowing seeds
Dangers of wind
- strong wind causes storm
- strong wind destroys our houses
- strong wind destroys crops
- strong wind carries away top soil
- wind spread diseases for example flu, measles.
Clouds
Uses of clouds
- we get rain from clouds
- clouds cool the earth when they cover the sun
- clouds create shade
Nimbus clouds give us rain
Types of weather
There are four types of weather
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Sunny weather | Cloudy weather |
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Rainy weather | Windy weather |
Managing different weather changes
Things we use on a rainy day
Umbrella gumboots hat
Rain coat banana leaves
Things we use on a sunny day
Umbrella sandals
Things we use on a cloudy day | hat |
Sweater | jacket |
Activities done in different types of weather
Sunny weather
- harvesting crops
- watering crops
- preparing plants
- preparing the garden
- drying seeds
Windy weather
- winnowing
Rainy weather
- planting seeds
- weeding (moving unwanted plants from the garden)
- pruning (removing excess branches from the garden )
- thinning (removing excess plants from the garden
- water harvesting
Garden tools
These are tools things used in the garden.
Basket hoe rake
Watering can trowel Slasher
axe panga wheelbarrow Uses of garden tools
- watering can for watering plants
- an axe for chopping
- a rake collecting rubbish
- a hoe digging
- a basket carrying food
- a slasher for slashing
- a panga for cutting small trees
- a wheelbarrow for carrying manure and rubbish.
- A trowel for transplanting.
Seasons
These are periods when farmers carry out different activities
Types of seasons
Dry /sunny seasons
Wet/ rainy season
Dry season
Harvesting
Drying seeds
Watering
Preparing gardens
Wet season
Weeding
Pruning
Thinning
THEME: ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY AT HOME
An accident is a sudden danger that hurts our bodies
Common accidents
Burns fire
Stings Falls
scalds Cuts
Drowning
Poisoning bites
Electricity shock Bites – dogs, snake , dog pierces
Things that cause accidents at home
– | pin | thorn |
– | hoe | coin |
– | safety pin | spear |
– | iron sheets | spear |
– | sharp stones |
- electricity
- medicine
causes of accidents at home
- climbing trees
- playing with electric wires
- playing with fire
- playing with sharp objects
- playing with dangerous animals
common accidents on the way to school
- bites
- knocks
- stings
- cuts
- kidnappers
- falls
- drowning
Causes of accidents on the way to school
- over speeding cars
- playing on the road
- playing with dangerous objects
- playing in the bush
- over loading
- bad driving
- mad people
- playing with dangerous animals
Safety on the road
- road signs : These are things which guide us on the road.
Examples of road signs
- zebra crossing
- traffic lights
- humps a head
- round about
- school a head/ children crossing
- bridge
- parking
- no parking
- danger a head
- no entry
- the teacher will draw the road signs
How to prevent accidents on the road
- avoid playing on the road
- don’t stand near or behind a parked car.
- Use a zebra crossing on a busy road.
- Look at the traffic lights
- Wait for the traffic officer to help you
People who walk along the road are called pedestrians.
How to cross a busy road
When crossing the road look right, look left, right again if the road is clear then you cross.
Accidents at school
- falling
- cuts and injuries
- burns
- electric shock
- fracture
- drowning
- falling in latrines/septic tank
- nose bleeding
- climbing trees and walls
- playing with sharp objects
- playing with electricity
- playing in un safe places
Ways of preventing accidents at school
- don’t run carelessly
- avoid bad plays
- don’t push your friends
- avoid climbing trees and walls
- playing in safe places
- don’t run with hot food
- don’t touch or step on open electric wires
- don’t play with sharp objects
Effects of accidents
- lameness
- blindness
- sickness
- death
Theme III: Living together at home, school and community
Family
Def; A family is a group of people related by blood, marriage or adoption.
Types of families
Nuclear family
Extended family
Examples of relatives
- uncle
- aunt
- grandmother
- grandfather
- cousins
- nephew
- niece
FAMILY RELATIONSHIP
Family tree
Ways of living together in a home
- by helping each other
- by playing together
- by sharing
- by eating together
by working together
Ways of living together in a school
- by praying together
- by sharing
- by working together
- by helping one another
- by obeying rules
- by listening to the trees
Living together in the community
Ways of living together in a community
- by cleaning roads
- by cleaning wells
- by helping each other
- by obeying rules
- by sharing
Ceremonies we do together in the community
- Weddings
- Introduction ceremonies
- Confirmation
- Burial ceremonies
- Funeral rites
- Birthday
- Baptism
- Initiation
- Circumcision
- Twins- Kato, Wasswa, Babirye, Nakato
Theme IV: Food and nutrition
Food is something good we eat or drink Examples of food
Rice sugarcane Millet irish potatoes sweet potatoes cow peas mangoes beans fish oranges pineapple cabbage
pumpkin
the teacher will enable the pupils see, touch and feel the different types of food.
Sources of food
lakes / rivers | super markets | ||
garden | farms | ||
market | swamps | ||
plants | shops |
The …………………………is the main source of food.
Food got from animals
Milk eggs pork beef chicken mutton
Food got from plants
Beans potatoes pineapples
Cassava cow peas rice
Pumpkins sugarcane mangoes oranges
Uses of food
- for strength
- for growth –
for health - for energy
Ways of keeping of food safe
- By covering food
- By washing
By salting
- By smoking –
By cooking - By sun drying
- By refrigerating
- By tinning
Why do we keep food safe?
- To prevent rotting
- To avoid diseases
- To avoid germs
- To keep it for future use.
P.1 TERM III
NEWS LESSON NOTES
THEME: TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
Transport is the movement of goods and people from one place to another.
Types of transport
- road transport
- railway transport
- water transport
- air transport
Defn: Things which move us from one place to another.
means of transport means of road transport
- cars
- bicycles
- lorries
- motorcycles
- donkeys
- camels
- carts
- horses
means of water transport
- ship submarine
- boat yatch
- ferry
- canoes
means of air transport
- aeroplane jet
- rocket helicopter
- paracute
airbaloon
Means of railway transport
- train
- tram
Uses of transport
- to carry people
- to carry food
- to carry animals
- to carry building materials
- to carry water
Places where we find different means of transport
Aero plane – airport
Taxi – Taxi Park
Motorcycles – stage
Ship – port / harbour
Bus – Bus Park
Train – railway station
People who move different means of transport
Pilots – aeroplane, helicopter
Captain – ship,
Driver – car, lorries, buses
Cyclist – bicycles, motor cycles
Riders – camels, donkeys, horses,
The commonest type of transport is road transport
The quickest type of transport is air transport
An aeroplane is the quickest mean of transport
Examples of road users
Pedestrians, passangers, drivers, cyclists, riders Pedestrians:
Are the people who walk on foot along the side of the road.
Cyclists:
Are the people who ride bicycles and motor cycles
Passengers:
Are people who travel by bus, taxi, car, train or aeroplane.
THEME: THINGS WE MAKE
Things we make at home and at school using local materials are called crafts
Examples of things we make /crafts
– Mats | racks |
– Baskets | kites |
Balls | tables |
Drums | chairs |
Stools | puppets |
Hats | table cloth |
Winnowers | door mat. |
Dolls
Toys
Pots
Ropes
Bags etc
Materials we use and their sources
Materials sources
Reeds forest, bush, garden
Banana fibres garden
Sisal sisal plant
Payrus swamp
Clay swamp
Raffia palm trees
Palm leaves palm trees
Banana stalk banana plant
Sticks forest / bush
Wood forest / bush
Importance of things we make. Why we make crafts?
- for domestic use i.e. sitting on, cooking, carrying things, keeping water etc
- for playing with
- for selling and getting money
- for decoration
- for wearing
- for teaching and leaning Ways of making crafts:
By modeling
Tie and dye
Knitting
Weaving
Materials we use and crafts made.
- clay – pots, flowers pots, vase
- banana fibres – ropes, mats, balls
- sisal – ropes
- palm leaves – mats, hats, bags
- sisal – ropes, door mats
- papyrus – winnowers
- sticks – stools
- timber / wood – tables, chairs, desks, bench
- banana stalks – baskets
THEME: OUR ENVIRONMENT sub Theme: Components of the environment what is environment
environment are things around us.
Components of the environment / things which make up the environment –
people
- plants
- rivers
- stones
- lakes
- soil
- animals
- roads
- land
- air
- insects
- birds
Groups
Living
Non living
non living things in the environment non living things are things which do not have life
examples of non living things tables chairs beds blackboards stones pencil pens boxes books Cars
Desks
Water
Hats
Baskets etc
Things which non living things do not do
They do not move
They do not grow
They do not feed
They do not breath
They do not reproduce
Living things
Living things are things which have life
Examples of living things
People
Plants
Insects
Animals
Birds
Main groups of living things
Plants
Animals
Examples of plants
Banana plants
Maize plans
Cassava plants
Mango plants
Bean plants
Examples of animals
Cows
Goats
Sheep
Pigs
Cats etc
Flowering plants
Flowering plants are plants which bear flowers
Examples of flowering plants
Banana plants
Orange plants
Bean plants
Apple plant
Sweet potato plants
Sun flower plant
Maize plants
Coffee plants Cotton plants
Pumpkin plants
Soya bean plants
Tomato plants
Parts of a flowering plant
- flower
- fruits
branches stem
roots
NB: There are three main parts of a plant namely;
- leaves
- stem
- roots
uses of plants
- plants provide medicine
- plants provide food
- plants provide firewood
- plants provide timber
- plants provide building materials –
plants provide flowers –
plants provide shade.
How to care for plants
- by weeding – removal of unwanted plants from the garden
- by watering
- pruning – removal of excess branches from a plant. –
by mulching – covering of the garden with dry materials –
by thinning – removal of excess plants.
A young plant is called a seedling.
SUB THEME: WATER
Sources of water
The main source of water is rainfall
Other sources of water
- lakes
- springs
- rivers
- swamps
- streams oceans seas wells boreholes uses of water
- for washing
- for drinking –
for bathing - for mopping
- for watering plants
- for cooking
uses of things in our environment
- plants gives us food, buildings materials, medicine etc
- animals provide transport, food , protection etc
- houses and trees provide shelter
activities that spoil our environment
- cutting down trees
- building in swamps
- brick making
- poor methods of farming
- hunting
- releasing bad smoke to the environment
- burning bushes
- poor rubbish disposal
- overgrazing of animals
- over harvesting of sand
- leaving uncovered holes
How we protect the environment
- mulching
- by watering plants
- by planting trees
- proper rubbish disposal water harvesting
proper use of available resources covering holes.
THEME: PEACE AND SECURITY
Peace is living in harmony without fighting and quarrelling with one another.
Security is living with protection and freedom
Factors that promote peace and security at home
- love
- obedience
- caring / helping
- good health
- good relationships
- respect
- good feeding
- protection
- reporting wrong doers –
protection i.e.o
keeping dogs at home o
locking doors and windows o
sharing o
working together.
People who promote peace and security at home
- parents
- guards
- elders
- relatives
- children
- maids
Factors that promote peace and security at school follow the school rules loving one another obedience helping others
- sharing with others
- protection
- listening to teachers and friends
- observing children’s rights and responsibilities
People who promote peace and security at school
- teachers
- prefects
- nurses
- guards
- cooks
- matrons
- children
People who keep peace and security in our community
- elders
- guards
- parents
- teachers
- army
- police
- LC – local council
- LDU – Local Defense Unit
- Religious leaders – like pastors, Imam, Sheikhs etc.
How to promote peace and security in our community
- by solving problems (conflicts)
- reporting bad people
- providing security
- loving and respecting others
- obeying rules
Importance of peace and security
(Why do we keep peace and security?) to promote love to promote safety
- to live in harmony –
to care for others.
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People who promote peace and security at school
- teachers
- prefects
- nurses
- guards
- cooks
- matrons
- children
Causes of insecurity in our homes
- stealing –
poverty - violence
- defilement
- poor relationship
- fighting
- diseases
- lack of food
- child neglect
- isolation
- poor houses
- drinking alcohol
- quarrelling
Causes of insecurity in our school
- stealing
- fighting
- teasing not respecting others not obeying rules and regulations How to prevent insecurity
- helping others
- listening to elders
- following school rules
- loving one another
- not stealing
- not teasing others
- not stealing