Q1.
Spot a tree, bird, animal, flower or object near your school. Choose one as your school symbol. Draw it and write one line on why it can be your school’s symbol.
Answer
Choose something that anyone standing at your school gate can actually see. That is what makes a symbol yours and nobody else's.
How to do it, step by step:
- Stand at the school gate. Look around slowly — up at the trees, down at the ground, along the walls.
- Note down three things you notice: perhaps a big neem tree, a well, a pair of sparrows on the wall.
- Pick the one that has been there the longest and that everybody knows.
- Draw it big and simple, in the middle of the page. Do not try to draw every leaf.
- Below it, write one line: this can be our school symbol because…
| What you spotted | The one line you could write |
|---|---|
| The old neem tree in the yard | It has given shade to every child of this school for forty years, and it teaches us to grow slowly and stay strong. |
| Sparrows nesting above the corridor | They are small and busy and they build their home here, just like us. |
| The school bell | Its sound calls all of us together, whoever we are. |
| A lotus in the pond nearby | It grows out of mud and still comes up clean, so it tells us not to give up. |
| The hand pump at the gate | Everyone drinks from it, so it stands for sharing. |
Sample answer: I chose the neem tree beside the school gate. My drawing shows its thick trunk and its round green top, with two children sitting in its shade. My line is: The neem tree is our school symbol because it gives shade and clean air to everyone who comes here, and it asks for nothing back.
A symbol is not decoration. Before you finish, read your one line aloud. If it says something true about your school, the symbol is right.