Neighbours and Neighbourhood Chapter Notes | Environmental Studies Class 2 ICSE PDF Download

Introduction

The chapter "Neighbours and Neighbourhood" teaches us about the people who live near our house and the area around it. These people are called our neighbours, and the area is our neighbourhood. We learn how to be good neighbours by helping each other, sharing happiness, and celebrating together. The chapter also tells us about important places in our neighbourhood, like schools, hospitals, and parks, and how they help us in our daily life. It is fun to know about all these things and how we can make our neighbourhood a happy place!

The Area Around Our House:

• The area around our house is called our neighbourhood.
• The people who live near our house are called our neighbours.
• We need to have a good neighbourhood to live happily.
• Good neighbours help each other when someone needs help.
• They share happy moments and sad moments with each other.
• Neighbours celebrate festivals and special days together.
• Children in the neighbourhood play with each other.

Be a Good Neighbour

• Be helpful and friendly to your neighbours.
• Help others when they need you.
• Keep the neighbourhood clean.
• Do not disturb your neighbours.

Services in a Neighbourhood

A good neighbourhood has many useful services. These services make our life easy and comfortable.

School

• Children go to school to learn how to read, write, and play.
• They also learn good habits and manners at school.

Post Office

• A post office helps us send letters, envelopes, stamps, postcards, money orders, and parcels.
• We can send our letters through a post office.
• A postman takes the letters to a postbox in a post office.
• The post office sends the letters to different places.
• A postman delivers the letters to us.

Grandma Says...

We do not send parcels or money orders in a postbox. We send them directly through a post office.

Hospital

• A hospital takes care of people who are sick or injured.
• Doctors and nurses look after the sick people in the hospital.
• A hospital has an ambulance to bring sick and injured people quickly.
• The ambulance gives them care right away.

Fun Fact

A nursing home or a clinic is smaller than a hospital. A nursing home or clinic has fewer things than a hospital.

Police Station

• A big neighbourhood has a police station.
• The police help us when we are in trouble.
• They keep our lives and things safe.

Fire Station

• When there is a fire, we call the fire brigade from the fire station.
• A fire engine carries firefighters, water, hoses, and ladders to put out fires.

Fun Fact

Firefighters wear special clothes that do not catch fire.

Market

• A market has many shops.
• Different shops sell fruits, vegetables, books, clothes, and other things we need every day.

Library

• A library has books for people to read or borrow.
• A librarian is a person who works in a library.

Bank

• We keep our money and other valuable things in a bank to keep them safe.
• A bank also lends money to people.

Places of Recreation

Recreation means to enjoy or relax. We can do many things for recreation. We can go to a park, zoo, aquarium, or circus with our family and friends.

Park

• A park is a place where people go to walk, play, and relax.
• Children have fun on swings, slides, and see-saws in the park.

Zoo

• A zoo is a place where many kinds of wild animals are kept.
• The animals are cared for so people can see them.
• A person who looks after the animals in a zoo is called a zookeeper.

Fun Fact

An aquarium is a tank or building where fish and other sea animals are kept for people to see.

Circus

• A circus has a group of people like clowns, acrobats, and magicians.
• They perform to entertain people.

Places of Worship

• We pray to praise and thank God.
• People go to different places of worship like temples, churches, mosques, and gurdwaras.