PRAGATI PUBLIC SCHOOL, DWARKA
HOLIDAY HOMEWORK (2015-16)
Class VI
Holidays are about experiences and people, and tuning into what you feel like doing at
that moment.
It’s time to Relax, Reflect and Recharge!
Dear Parents,
It is summer vacation time again, a time to relax as well as fruitfully occupy the children in various scholastic
and co-scholastic areas. Keeping this in mind, our teachers have designed and framed interesting project work/
assignments to be completed during the summer vacation to encourage in-depth learning, clearing concepts and
preparing ground for improved academic output. As parents, kindly motivate and lend support to your children
and ensure that they complete the given work well-in-time and to the best of their ability. Your encouragement
can actually make a huge difference to the ultimate learning outcome of these projects. .
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Make your child read Hindi and English story books and children’s Science magazines.
Encourage them to practice sums.
To make them aware of their surroundings,tell them to watch various informative T.V.Channels
likeDiscovery Channel, National Geographic Channel,History Channel and Animal Planet.
Last but not the least,make them practice English and Hindi writing to improve their hand writing.
Everyone would be packing and getting ready to travel during the vacation. Here are some tips to following
during your travel:
 Research basic information about your destination
 Leave a copy of your itinerary with a trusted family member or friend
 Make a list of important emergency information
 Go over basic safety information, rules, and procedures, such as what to do if you get lost or sick
 Travel light
 Pack essentials in your carry-on bag
 Take along a basic first aid kit
General Instructions for the homework:
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Submit your work in a file/folder with a cover page.
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Each subject to be submitted in a separate file / folder
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Use ruled or perforated sheets.
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Present your work neatly and as creatively as possible.
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The work should be hand written.
Daily one page handwriting in a separate exercise notebook from F.A II prose syllabus.
Cut out twenty photographs from the Newspaper. Make a new caption for each. Write five sentences of
the story that accompanies it from your own imagination.
Read Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty :
 Write a short summary of the story (100 words).
 Write the character sketch of each and every character of the novel.
 Choose ten interesting adjectives from the book and find their dictionary meanings.
 Find one synonym and one antonym for all the ten words.
 Make interesting sentences using the ten words.
 Present your work creatively in a scrap book.
Make a book cover for the above book. Remember, a book cover has the name of the book, author,
illustrator and an illustration. Use a thick A4 Size sheet and be as creative as you can.
Make a bookmark. Decorate it and write an inspirational quotation by a well-known poet or author.
Fun word games!!
Let’s use technology to improve our English!! Download the application on your parent’s smart phone
and play the game to improve your vocabulary skills.
 4picpics1word
 Word Search
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Make a beautiful chart or a model or a ppt on the following topics according to your roll no.
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Properties of natural numbers/whole numbers (Roll No: 1 to 9)
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Number patterns (Roll no: 10 to 18)
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Symmetry (Roll no: 19 to 27)
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Maths in daily life (Roll no: 28 to36)
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Value of Maths in life (Roll no: 37 to42)
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Take 10 SUDOKO cuttings from newspapers, solve them and paste them in an A4 size sheet.
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Collect data of earthquakes in India from 2001 till date. Note down the intensity of the earthquake on the
Richter scale and represent it in the form of bar graph.
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Estimation Power
Estimation is a powerful skill to develop especially in mathematics.
Here is a link to an online game to test your estimation power. Try it and have fun !
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/math/estimation_word_problems/quiz2066.html
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Assignment 1 (to be done in a scrap book)
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How can we reduce garbage? ( Roll no. 1-10)
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Segregation of waste ( Roll no. 11-20)
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Alternative ways of garbage disposal ( Roll no. 21-30)
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Vermicomposting or Biogas plant ( Roll no. 31-40)
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Assignment 2
Collect leaves and plants of different plants and paste in your science notes copy under habitat , such as
– desert, mountain, grassland. Write three adaptive features of plants found in these regions.
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Assignment 3 – Working model
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Conservation of energy ( Roll no. 1-10)
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Uses of solar energy ( Roll no. 11-20)
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Uses of wind energy ( Roll no. 21-30)
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Any other alternate source of energy ( Roll no. 31-40)
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Interview of any two Neighbours / family friend hailing from two different part of India:
Aim – To learn about the diverse belief, customs, practices, festivals etc
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Occupation
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Region from where he/she belongs to.
What is your region famous for?
Enlighten me about some of the most popular aspects of your regional culture.
How long your family has has been staying in Delhi?
Have you continued to practice your native culture in Delhi?
Has there been any change in the way you practice your culture and tradition since your family started
living in Delhi?
What was the reason for you to migrate from your native place to Delhi?
How often do you go to your native place?
What is the staple diet of your native land?
What is the practical reason behind developing such a eating habit?
Has there been any change in eating habits of you or your family since you have shifted to Delhi?
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Make a small model on the life of early humans using waste material only. (Do not use thermocol)
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Prepare a wall hanging by pasting photographs from magazines and newspapers:
 Roll No. 1- 15
- Diversity of India ( food, culture, dance, traditional costumes)
 Roll No. 16 – 30
- Monuments in Delhi ( Qutub Minar, Humayuns Tomb, Old Fort)
 Roll No. 31 – 42
- Wildlife ( Endangered species found in India – any five species )
1. Paste the pictures of famous French cheese, wines , monuments and French flag in your notebook and
label them .(With the help of Internet)
2. Présentez-vous en 10 lignes . (Introduce yourself in French in 10 lines in your notebook.)
3. Conjuguez les verbes au présent de l’indicatif. (Conjugate the present tense of verbs and write their
meaning in your notebook <<er>> & << ir>> group. parler, visiter, écouter, demander, regarder,
étudier, donner, travailler, jouer, aimer, détester,
déjeuner, chanter, inviter, marcher, fermer, préparer, tomber, préférer, finir, grandir,
grossir, rougir, remplir, réussir.
4. Do Q.14 given on Page No-17 in your work-book. (Lisez le passage et répondez aux questions
suivantes.)
5. Speak in French with your family and friends.
6. Learn 2 French Rhymes.(With the help of Internet.)
7. Revise ‘Les articles indéfinis et les articles définis’.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!