St Arnold’s School Jhartarang Notice to Parents and Students

12 April 2020

Dear Parents and Students, Greetings from St Arnold’s School! I believe that you are all safe and healthy at home. Coming to school, meeting teachers and friends, taking part in various activities, etc. are all part of true learning, but we miss all that for time being. Because of the current situation we are not able to come together and have a normal class. But learning cannot stop and should not stop. So we have adopted a new mode of learning that is online. We know that online learning cannot replace real classroom learning. It is a new experience for teachers, students and parents. With the limited technology that is available with us we all are taking part in the teaching learning process using WhatsApp and YouTube. We have created WhatsApp groups for the whole school so that teachers, parents and students can remain connected and support each other. Our teachers are always ready to help you during these tough times. Feel free to contact and share your concerns. Now that the learning is mainly through online content we are so much dependent on smartphones. Using smartphones for learning purpose is a challenging one because we can easily get distracted. Calls and messages will come at any time. We may be tempted to spend more time scrolling down the pages of Facebook, Instagram and other websites. Only a disciplined approach can help us to make the best use of time in the present scenario. After discussion with teachers I would like to give the following guidelines to you.

1. Regulate your time online: In the present situation being online is the only way to connect to people outside our homes. This means more time with our smartphones and laptops. WE need to regulate ourselves to attain sustainability in this approach. Teachers will be available to the students and parents for teaching and clarifying doubts from morning 9:00 onwards up to evening 7:00. Students can ask doubts in the group as well as call teachers personally. We recommend students to stop online learning activities and switch to textbook learning after 7:00 pm. It is not good for your physical and mental health to spend too much time with your smartphones and screen learning. We recommend students to go to bed early and rise early. If you don’t keep your screens away at least one hour before you go to bed, it is going to affect your sleep. Let us be more responsible in handling our gadgets and in spending time online for our own good health of mind and body.

2. Sunday - A Digital Holiday: I would recommend Sunday to be considered as an ‘off day’ for all digital

activities. From Monday to Saturday all the students and teachers are engaged in the online platform. It is good to take a weekly break from all such screen related activities. We can spend Sunday in more creative activities such as art, craft, music, cooking, reading, writing, whatever that is non-digital. It will help in bringing some balance between digital and non-digital activities.

3. Publishing ‘The Silver Lining’: We encourage students to bring out their creativity through their

talents in writing stories, essays, poems, reflections, thoughts, paintings, drawings, cartoons, etc., related to the experience that each one as well as the world is going through during this pandemic. We will publish your creative and original works in the book titled “The Silver Lining.” Send your works to your class teacher through WhatsApp. We know that some students are already doing it and we want more students to join.

We thank all the parents, students and teachers for their kind cooperation with everyone. These are the times

we should feel as one Arnold family. We pray for the health and safety of every one of you. God bless you and be merciful to the whole world.

Fr Francis Jos Fr K C Thomas

Principal Manager

ST.ARNOLD SCHOOL, JHARTARANG ASSIGNMENT 2020 (11 April - 18 April)

CLASS-V SUBJECT : ENGLISH GRAMMAR Lesson - Sentence [Instruction :To be written in the grammar copy] (A group of words that make complete sense is called a sentence.) https://youtu.be/rl85jxktfms

EXERCISE 1 I. Rearrange the following jumbled words to make complete sentences.

a) something to father our mother told us about

b) fly bees flower to flower from

c) cheese butter and milk made are from

d) washes and cups saucers she the tea after

e) his bad tools blames a workman

f) here came Ashok ago minutes a few

EXERCISE 2

II. What kind of sentences are the following

a) The boys were swimming in the river.

b) Who has broken these glasses?

c) Peter, shut the door.

d) What a noise they are making!

e) Leave the place at once.

f) They could not attend the meeting

III. Read the story "The tree lover" from the grammar book and try to do the exercises given below

IV. the chapter.

CLASS -5 (Mathematics)

NOTE- Do the following assignments in your Math Note Book

Assignment-1

A data sheet on the geographical areas of different countries is given below.

COUNTRY AREA IN Sq. Km.

India 3287590

China 9596960

South Africa 1219912

Egypt 1001450

Australia 7686850

Indonesia 1919440

Russia 17075200

Iran 1648000

Greenland 2166086

Algeria 2381740

Solve the following questions as per the above datasheet-(show the solutions) a. What is the total area of India and China ?

b. How many more sq. km. Is the area of Australia when compared to the area of Iran ? c. Which is greater : the total area of Greenland and South Africa or the total area of Algeria and Iran ? d. Find the total area of Indonesia, Russia and Egypt . e. Which has more area (Russia or China) and by how much ? Assignment-2 Complete the Exercise- 2.1 (No-1 all the bits) & Exercise- 2.2 (all numbers) Visit the following links for better understanding. https://youtu.be/i_gf_niacv0 https://youtu.be/PLDov5cZ77g

Class : 5 Science Note : Do the following assignments in your

science copy. 1.Read Ch – 2 Animal habitats and adaptations.

2.Learn and write hard words from ch -2 (any 20) 3.Draw or paste pictures of forest, desert, ocean, freshwater, polar regions and mountains animal habitats. ( one each).

https://youtu.be/Fax87RidGRo

SUB : Odia

COMPUTER (12.04.2020 – 18.04.2020)

Note: Do Task No - 3, 4, 5 & 6 on loose paper(s) and staple them.

1. Please follow the given video link https://youtu.be/V4FsPj1KXDQ to learn about

“Algorithm”. 2. Go through the pages from 17 to 20 of the Chapter-2 titled “Flowcharting”. 3. What are algorithms? In which languages can algorithms be written?

(Hint: Refer to Page no-18) 4. Define pseudo code. (Hint: Refer to Page no-18: „You Should Know‟) 5. List the rules for writing an algorithm. (Hint: Refer to Page no-19)

6. Write algorithms for the following: (a) Calculate and print the sum of two numbers. (Hint: Refer to Pg No-19) (b) Calculate and print the average of two numbers. (Hint: Refer to Pg No-19)

(c) Check if a given number is even or odd. (Hint: Refer to Pg No-20) (d) Compare two numbers and print the smaller one. (Hint: Refer to Pg No-20) 7. Activity with parental help: Parents can practically show how to make tea in the

kitchen. Students should observe what are the steps and the sequence in which the steps are carried out. (You may refer to Page no-18 for the purpose, No need to write anything, only observe.)

Class -5(GK) Time period-12th April to 18th April Do the following assignments in your GK copy

Write the name of all the states and Union territories of India.

Their Capitals ,Chief Ministers and Governors.

Follow the given link https://youtu.be/DeWsVZ9dC1A

Drawing- Class-V 12th to 18thApril

Book Young Artist Page no. 13- A sunflower (Do in your drawing book in the given picture)

First draw all outline again with HB pencil (normal pencil).

Then do shading with shading pencil (use 6B or & 8B pencil) .