Grade 5 - JSS Private School

Dear Parents ,
We are delighted to have you back at the JSSPS campus.
And a warm welcome to the new parents joining the JSS Family.
As a new academic year dawns, we trust that all of you, like us, are
ready for fresh challenges and opportunities that this year brings
forth for your child. Our preparations over the past week, have
helped us teachers come up with fantastic ideas and plans to help
your child bring out the best in them during the coming year. We
shall share our learning, introduce initiatives and discover new
ways, all the year long, for the wholesome development of your
child.
This being the spirit among all at JSSPS, we seek to assure you,
that your child shall take a quantum leap ahead this year,
growing in knowledge and as a good human being. So let’s join
hands and take steps side by side for our common goal which is
your child’s wellbeing.
Teachers, Grade 5

The Month of March in Academic Year 2011-12, was full of
knowledge and fun. The first week of March saw the students
finishing their final assessments . The next 10 days post
assessments were well earned days of fun and frolic and some
learning as well. This is what they did :
At the Bowling Centre they left no pin standing. They had a lot of
fun besides eating, being amazed at magic, winning prizes,
refreshing their minds with joy and laughter………..

This fun was followed by the Science Fair namely “The Everyday
Science” . This brought out the young Einstein's among our
children. Every student of the school participated in this fair by
demonstrating experiments to their peers and teachers. A big
thanks to Mrs. Anjana Irradi, the Science Team and all the
teachers, who organised this fair and gave an opportunity to the
students to showcase their scientific temperament.

The best day though was the day of class party . Children brought
different kinds of food prepared by their dear mums, especially for the
occasion. The ‘cool’ outfits they turned up in, showed how free and
relaxed they were, after the assessments.

The culmination of the year with words of guidance, care and
love, from our Principal Mrs. Chitra Sharma, ensured that the year
ended on a memorable note for all the students,

The first month of this new Academic year ie, April 2012, has
the following learning in store for your child.
English
Lit : 1. The Friendship
2. A Country Childhood
Tom Sawyer ( First Unit)
Gram : Recap of Sentences
Transformation of sentences
Arabic
1. Kaifa tabur Ashara
2. Al Asad Al Harib
Hindi
Parichai – Introduction, Grammar
Kavita – Aavo Sheesh Jukaye
French
Presentation Ge’nerale
Civilization and Culture
Lecture and Comprehension
Grammaire and Conjugaison

Science
Animal Life
Social Studies
1. Our Earth
Activity : Find out the lowest and the highest
point in all the seven continents with the help
of Atlas
2. Latitudes and Longitudes
Activity : Find out the Eastern and Western
Longitudes of all the seven Continents. Also
Identify the Northern and Southern Latitudes
of each continent.
Mathematics
Looking Back – Numbers
Answers to Slide 11 are : 1. John
Banville 2. Christopher Marlowe 3.
Reptiles 4. Chlorophyll 5. Nairobi 6.
Venus

We all know Reading is a very good habit ………
Parents’ Page
Let’s check how well-read we are .................
1. Who won the 2005 Man Booker Prize for fiction?
2. Name a poet belonging to the renaissance period?
3. Which animal group do lizards belong to ?
4. What is the green pigment in the leaves called?
5. Which is the Capital of Kenya?
6. Which planet has the longest day?
Answers on slide 10

Identify the correct spellings :
Students’ Page
1. a. comitted b. commited c. committed
2. a. lightenning b. lightinning c. lightning
3. a. vacuum b. vacum c. vaccum
Brain Teasers :
Imagine you are in a dark room with a candle, a stove and a
lamp, with just one match stick. What would you light first ?
( Check your answer with 5 A teacher)

A few reminders :
1. Kindly check your child’s School Diary everyday for HW and
other important communication.
2. Check the School Website and your Email box daily for
School News updates.
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•Regulate the bedtime.
•Tell stories of your school experience.
•Escort your child to school.
•Shop for new school supplies.
•Read books about going back to school.
•Develop a plan for the first day of school.
• Create an excitement about new teacher, new
classroom and new friends.
•Acknowledge the apprehension and talk to your
child.