School and Community

12 Grade 6 Social Studies questions on School and Community, with worked marking schemes. 12 questions are available on this topic in full.

1. Question 1

   1 mark

   During a community clean-up day, learners from a school join residents to collect litter. This activity mainly helps to:

   A. Make the school fees higher

   B. Reduce the number of teachers

   C. Keep the environment clean and healthy

   D. Increase the amount of rainfall

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2. Question 2

   1 mark

   Which value is a learner practising when they help an elderly neighbour carry water on the way home from school?

   A. Responsibility and caring

   B. Dishonesty

   C. Selfishness

   D. Laziness

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3. Question 3

   1 mark

   A school allows the community to use its hall for meetings and the field for games in the evenings. This shows that the school is:

   A. Sharing its resources with the community

   B. Wasting its property

   C. Competing with the community

   D. Ignoring the community

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4. Question 4

   4 marks

   Explain two ways in which the community can support the running of a local school.

   (4 marks)

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   Any two x 2 marks. Providing security/guarding the school (1) so property is safe (1); contributing labour or materials for building/repair (1) to improve facilities (1); paying fees and levies (1) to buy learning materials (1); serving on the Board of Management (1) to help make decisions (1); acting as resource persons (1). Accept other valid points.

5. Question 5

   1 mark

   Which of the following BEST shows how a school can help the community around it?

   A. Keeping all its resources locked away

   B. Refusing to share its playground

   C. Charging the community high fees to enter

   D. Teaching adults to read and write during holiday classes

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6. Question 6

   1 mark

   Which of the following is a way the community can support its local school?

   A. Providing security and repairing the school fence

   B. Removing all the desks from classrooms

   C. Stopping learners from attending

   D. Closing the school during exams

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7. Question 7

   1 mark

   Which of these people would MOST likely be invited to a school as a resource person to talk to learners about staying healthy?

   A. A fisherman from the coast

   B. A tour driver from another country

   C. A nurse from the local health centre

   D. A miner from Magadi

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8. Question 8

   1 mark

   A good relationship between a school and its community is important because it:

   A. Stops parents from visiting the school

   B. Makes learners fear the community

   C. Ends all school activities

   D. Creates harmony and helps learners get support

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9. Question 9

   3 marks

   State three ways in which a school can benefit the community around it.

   (3 marks)

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   Any three (1 each): offering adult literacy/education; sharing facilities (hall, field, library, water); passing on knowledge on health/farming/environment through learners; organising community clean-ups and tree planting; providing a venue for meetings and functions; creating employment. Accept other valid ways.

10. Question 10

    3 marks

    Identify three resources that a school and the community can share for the benefit of both.

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11. Question 11

    4 marks

    Give two reasons why it is important for a school and its surrounding community to have a good relationship.

    (4 marks)

    Marking scheme

    Any two x 2 marks. It creates peace/harmony (1) so learning goes on smoothly (1); the community supports the school with resources/security (1) improving education (1); the school serves community needs (1) so both benefit (1); it builds trust and cooperation (1). Accept other valid points.

12. Question 12

    3 marks

    Nafula's school has organised a tree-planting day and invited parents and neighbours to take part.

    (a) Give one benefit of this activity to the community.

    (b) Give one value learners show by taking part.

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