Class 5 Lesson 4 School is a Temple

School is a Temple

Do you like wearing clean or dirty clothes?

Do you like sitting in a clean room or a dirty room?

If you find there is some rubbish (waste paper, wrappers of candies, etc.) lying on the floor around you what would you do?

Aclassroom…

Students are sitting. Raju, the class monitor, notices some bits of paper lying on the floor near Manjeet.

Let’s read

Raju Manjeet! Who has thrown these bits of paper in the class?

Manjeet: don’t know Raju. May be, some boy has thrown these scraps.

Raju No. You are telling a lie. When went out of the class. you were writing on a paper. I am sure these are the bits of that same paper.

Roju Manjeet: didn’t throw them here. I threw them in the dustbin. (loudly) No! No! No! You throw them here. Now, clean the floor.

Manjeet: When didn’t throw these bits of papers, why should clean them?

(Both start quarrelling Just then, the class teacher enters) TiBoys Why are you making a noise?

Manjeet: Sir, Raju is blaming me. He says that I have thrown these pieces of paper here. He is telling me to clean the floor also. It’s not my job!

Teacher: Boys! At first be quiet and listen to me patiently. Tell me, if your body becomes dirty, who cleans it?

All : We do it ourselves, sir!

Teacher: If your room is dirty, is it only your mother’s duty to clean it? Don’t you clean your room?

Raju : Yes sir, I clean my room myself.

Teacher: Good, Raju! Neha Bittu :Sir, I also sweep my room. I fetch water with my mother from a well. I help her in the kitchen also. Sir, I also help father at our shop.

Teacher: Very good, my children!

We work at home ourselves and help family members. There we don’t think whether our household activities are our jobs or not. In the same manner, our school is also like our home. We live here together and study in a friendly atmosphere. Shouldn’t we think of its cleanliness also? If we make it dirty, who’ll clean it? I think we should do it ourselves

Manjeet: All Yes sir, gatit We’ll all make our classroom and school clean

The school is ours, Let’s clean it carefully, my friend. we won’t leave a bit.

(They all start arranging the tables and benches. Then they wipe the doors and sweep the floor.)

Raju : I will remove all,

The cobwebs on the wall.

Using a stool,

I’ll clean my school.

Neha I’ll sweep the floor,

And wipe the door.

Using a broom, I’ll clean my room.

All :We’ll grow flower plants,

With teachers and aunts. School is our temple, Knowledge is ample.

Government Primary School

Teacher

You are all right,

Let’s make our school bright

If we are dutiful.

Bharat will be beautiful.