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(ii) Draw a vertical timeline showing important events in your school in a year.
(For this activity, work in groups.Your teacher will guide you in making the timeline)
(Guidelines for drawing the timeline: Inquire and record the following information in your
copybook).
- The beginning and end of the three terms in the school calendar.
- Important events that will take place at school such as
•The National day Celebration
•Music day
•Sports day
•Prize giving day
- You may also include the following:
•World Environment Day
•World Book day
•Mother’s day
•Important festivals celebrated in Mauritius
- As you proceed with your timeline, you may as well record the revision and
examination dates which will help you and your friends to plan your learning.
Enrichment activity
7. Drawing a Time Line
(i)You have learnt how to record information on a timeline.
Now draw a timeline to show the important events of your life.
On your timeline, mark events you wish to record.
You may use pictures or drawings that will show important events in your life.
Before you begin to make your timeline, you may inquire for the following information
from your parents or any older person in the family.
The year you were born
First step
First word
The year you went to pre-primary school
The year you went to primary school
Current year at school
(You may add on the timeline events that are important to you, such as your rst
time on an aeroplane, the year you met a family member for the rst time, visit
to a relative, holidays in Mauritius or abroad.………..)
You may use different
colours, pictures or
drawings to illustrate
the events on the
timeline.