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LANCER’S CONVENT
HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
CLASS V (SESSION 2015-2016)
Lose an hour in the morning,
And the whole day you keep looking for it.
Dear children, ensure that you wake up early in the morning and enjoy the cool
breeze. Take exercises regularly and keep good health!
THEME : Tourist Destinations of India
The destinations are divided section-wise, so choose your theme accordingly.
VA – WEST BENGAL
VC – DELHI
VE – MAHARASHTRA
VG – GUJARAT
VB – PUNJAB
VD – KERALA
VF – JAMMU AND KASHMIR
LEARNING OUTCOMES
 To provide them an opportunity to explore about famous holiday destinations of India
 To encourage their creative skills.
 To improve their language skills
 To help them utilize their time in an effective and efficient manner.
INSTRUCTIONS
The entire holiday homework for all subjects to be done in an interleaf notebook.
ENGLISH
1. STATE CUISINE- YUMMY DELIGHT
Write recipes of any two famous dishes of the tourist destination.
2. Create an advertisement inviting people to visit the destination depicting
attractive features of the state.
3. Make a bookmark highlighting some prominent sightseeing
places of the destination.
4. Write 15 pages of English Handwriting.
Thought
on Reading
BOOKMARK
5. SUGGESTED READING: Read a story book by any one of the following authorsa) Ruskin Bond
b) Roald Dahl
c) Enid Blyton
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HINDI
1. ई्वर न इस रकृति की बहुि स्
ु दर रचना की ह | री्मावकाश मं यदद आप रकृति क ककसी भी स्
ु दर ्थल
पर गए हं, िो वहाँ की सद
ुं रिा का व्णन अपन श्दं मं कीजिय .आप अपन कायण को चचरं ्वारा स्
ु दर बना
सकि हं |
2. अपन ममर या सखी को दद्ली दशणन क मलए अपन घर छुदियं मं आमंररि करं |
3. स्िाह मं दो ददन १ - १ पि का सल
ु ख करं |
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MATHS
1. You are planning a visit to ________.
a) Find any two cheapest flights or trains to reach your destination. Show the calculated ticket amount
according to the number of family members travelling.
b) Write the estimated distance between Delhi and ________.
c) Convert the above distance into meters.
2. Using shapes – Circle, Square, Triangle, Rectangle etc. make any three geometrical patterns of your
choice. (Use paper cut outs of the shapes )
3. Find or frame your own two mathematical puzzles.
BRAIN TEASERS
Q4. Replace ?by any mathematical operation (+ - x ÷) to make the following expression true:
18 ? 12 ? 2 ? 3 = 111
Q5. Arrange four times nine using only two mathematical operations + and ÷ in such a way so that the
answer is 100.
 Learn tables 2 - 16
 Solve and paste any 5 Sudoku
 Solve 8 sums per week in Maths P.C. (2 sums of each mathematical operation + - x ÷)
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SCIENCE
Churn your thinking juices and find out the following information on the assigned state:
1. Type of soil found in this area.
2. Science Research Centre (if any)
3. Flora (vegetation- major crop grown) and Fauna (National Park/ Zoological Park-if any)
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SOCIAL STUDIES
1. Prepare a detailed project on the assigned state covering the following aspects (use coloured A-4 size
sheets):
a) Area(in kms)
b) Capital
c) Population
d) Literacy rate
e) Climate
f) Languages spoken
g) Music, Dance, Food, Clothing, Festivals
h) Famous tourist destinations
i) Also paste the political map of that state.
2. Complete the Mind Map (paste pictures wherever possible)
AUSTRALIA
is famous for
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ART
On A-4 size ivory sheet draw margin in the following drawings:
1. Draw a geometrical pattern and colour it very brightly with oil pastel or poster colours. (Refer page-18
from book for this)
2. Draw any famous folk art drawing and colour it brightly. (Example- Kalamkari, Phulkari of Punjab or
Gond art of Madhya Pradesh)
Collect the following material for further activities to be done in class:
1. Long bottles like aqua or oil bottles and holders.
2. Collect an A-4 size spiral diary and some printed paper cut outs or decoration material.
3. One or two coloured beads or folk art prints for Rangoli and wall hangings.
(Take an idea from your colour book page- 11 & 39)
Prepare for Preliminary Round of General Knowledge Quiz on Indian Mythology (Ramayana,
Mahabharata) to be held on July 6, 2015.