CHAPTER 02 : LOVING OUR SCHOOL

Schools are part of a society. Their role is to give the best care to children. A good school has good teachers and pupils. A school should have classrooms, toilets, teaching and learning materials, as well as a clean environment. A school with a good environment is important for learning. In this chapter, you will learn about activities that will make you like your school and be proud of it. Taking good care of the school environment is one of such activities. Others are working hard and showing good behaviour.

Knowing your school

There are things that you need to know about your school. They are school boundaries, the school emblem and the school uniform. Others are the school motto and the school song.

Look at the following picture and then answer the questions that follow.

Figure 1 The school environment

Questions

l . What is the picture about?

2. What do you see in the picture?

3. Why is the area important to the community?

4. What activities are done in a school environment?

A song

Sing the following song and then answer the questions that follow.

We like our school, we like our school. x 2

We like our teachers, they teach us well.

We like our leaders, they lead us well.

We like our school emblem, it is our identity.

We like our uniform, it makes us look smart.

Academic commitment, discipline and the environment . constitute our school motto.

We like our school, we like our school. x 2

Questions

l . From the song above, which things tell us about the school?

2. Which other things can tell us about your school?

3. Write your school song.

Activity 1

List the things that show your school boundaries.

Taking care of the school environment

The school environment includes everything found in the school compound. It consists of buildings, playgrounds, flower gardens, trees and desks. Others are roads and toilets. Your school environment can be attractive If you keep it clean.

Every pupil must therefore keep the environment clean. You must clean the school grounds and plant trees and flowers. Furthermore, you should throw rubbish into dustbins. It is our duty to keep our environment clean.

Figure 2 Cleaning the school environment

Questions

l . What activities do you see in the picture?

2. Which actions can you take to keep your school environment clean?

3. How do you feel when you study and play in a clean and safe environment?

Activity 2

After class, cooperate with your classmates to clean the classroom.

Making your school well-known

Have you ever done anything good to make your school well-known? When pupils do good things, they make their school well-known. Good things include passing examinations, maintaining a clean environment and having good behaviour.

Read the following conversation. Then, answer the questions that follow.

Questions

l . What have you learnt from the conversation?

2. What things make your school well-known?

3. What other things can be done to make your school wellknown?

4. How do you take part in different activities that make your school well-known?

Activity 3

Explain the things that have made your school well-known.

Exercise

l . Mention the symbols in your school emblem.

2. Mention the activities you do to keep your school environment clean.

3. List the things found in your school environment.

4. What things make you feel proud of your school?

Ask Yourself

What have you learnt about liking and being proud of your school? How can you use what you have learnt in your daily life?

Vocabulary

Boundary a real or imagined line that marks the limits or edges of something and separates it from other things or places

Emblem a drawing or picture that represents an institution, for example a school

Environment the natural world in which people, animals and plants live

Motto a short sentence or phrase that expresses the aims and beliefs of a person, a group, an institution, etc.