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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

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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. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 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

 

 

 

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

  1. Classrooms – to protect us against bad weather and to study from it.
  2. Pencils – we need pencils for writing with
  3. Teachers – we need teachers to teach children.
  4. Waste bins- we need waste bins for putting in rubbish
  5. Chairs – We need chairs for sitting on
  6. 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

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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

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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

 

 

 

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

  1. We sleep in a house
  2. A house protects us from the rain
  3. A house protects us from strong wind
  4. A house protects us from too much sunshine
  5. A house gives us warmth
  6. A house protects us from dangerous animals.
  7. 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

  1. Draw and name any four building materials
  2. Write the materials got from these sources

Bush ………………………… factory ………………………… swamp …………………………… forest …………………………
Activity

  1. Draw and name any permanent house
  2. Draw and name any two temporary houses.

 

ANIMALS

Types of animals

  1. Domestic animals
  2. 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

 

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

 

 

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

  1. Why do we brush our teeth?
  2. How do we keep our hair clean?
  3. 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


razor blades  

pin  

thorn


broken bottles

hoe  

coin


snakes    

safety pin

spear


cars    

iron sheets

spear


knife    

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

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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

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  • 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.

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

 

 

 




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