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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1975-02-20, Page 13SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20,.19x5. SECOND SECTION•PAGES sA. HOME EC AT SPS — Happiness is"' "A baby-sitter who will play with you!" In the top photo, Lori Little and Corrie Wygna entertain kindergarten children in • Honle Economics room. COOKING AT SPS — Cooking is not necessarily the privilege of senior g irls at Seaforth Public School. As this photo attests, the Grade six classes having been cooking too. David Hulley and Bryce Hendersdn are sampling freshly ground corn meal flour as they prepare to mak01.94tillas. The Social Studies-class is studying Aztec lie, AS well as authentic tortillas, the children experimented with Rice Paella. For both recipes there were no leftoVers! stage—for the session. This was folloWed by "activity" days" with primary children visiting the t-inmo Fennomics' room. The senior girls planned and carried out excellent programs including learning games, active games andr- quiet individual activities. The next week, the same youngsters returned for a day in the kitchen. The senior girls became teachers or helpers and let the kids •make their own happy face cheese sandwiches, yummy pudding and juice. Table setting. manners and 'Clean-up were all pert of the fun. The senior girls enjoyed the sessions as much' as.:the-yo'tinger children and they gained valuable experience as well. Need a baby sitter anyone? Home Economics The grades 1 2, 3 and kindergarten go to the Home Economics to have fun so that the teachers can get work done for us to do. Mainly it is to give the grade 7 and 8 girls a chance to - keep a group of children occupied: The grade I goes on Monday. the .grade 2' goes on Tuesday and the grade 3 goes on Thursday and the Kindergarten goes on Friday. While we are there.. we do games and activities: - that teach us about nutrition and -food; • Tortillas Anyone? The Grade Six classes in Soc. I Studies have been trying to re-create original AZTEC recipes. We have made tottillas and aella. For the first recipe, we started ith corn kernels which were dried and had to be ground into a mealy flour. Lacking a primitive grindstone, we decided that it might be, all right to use an electric blender to do the • grinding, It worked very well. We simply added water, an egg (substituted a hen's egg for turkey egg) and some spices. Wl made the resulting dough into patties and fried them up. Not having a clay stove, we decided that an electric fry pan would do the job for us. Bpsides, an open fire in the classrobm was not very safe! For the paella, we Started with dried rice, dried corn, dried beans and other dehydrated vegetables which we boiled together in a pan. We had to add a pound of fish chunks and seasoned with chili -pepper. We topped it off ° with fresh peppers and tomato chunks at the end of the cooking' and - Wow! - was it ever great. We ended up well nourished and had a better idea of how these primitive peoples prepared their food. Public Speaking Wednesday, February 5 was a „ very exciting day for Grades 1-4. \--4 Two pupils had been chosen front' each class to tell their story, from the platform. That afternoon. Mrs. Brady, Mr. Buist and Mr. Plumsteel were the judges. Susan Ball, Linda Ellis, David Mcllwain and Scott Driscoll spoke for. Grades 1 and 2. Sherri Bachert, Todd Doig, Doug Hulley. Cathy MeGavin, Patricia Rimmer, Bruce Morton and Karen McNairn spoke for Grades 3 and 4. The winners from grades I and 2 were Susan Ball first and Scott Driscoll second, 'From grades 3 and 4 the winners were Bruce Morton first, and Cathy McGavin second. In the Junior Division, Jeff Henderson, Rob. Smith, Marion Hunt, Greg Riley, Jane Norton, Brian' McGavin. Neil Johnston and Jane Robinson competed. Jeff Henderson was first and Rob. Smith placed second. The intermediate division was represented by Stephen Hilde- brand. Anne Ribey, Joanne Boven, Bob Thompson, James VanVliet, Sharon Thompson, Dianne Godkin and Tessie Malkus. The winners were Stephen Hildebrand first and Tessie Malkus second. Congratulations to the winners! all the contestants deserve credit for their well-presented speeches. by Keith McClure. Spring Concert Plans and preparations are well underway for the Spring Concert in May. Classes have listed pupils with special musical talent or dancing abilities. From these lists, students will be chosen to participate in , the programme and provide entertainment between scene changes. There will also be choirs picked to- • present some fitting songs: We were fortunate to have Prof. J., Scott come in for an afternoon to discuss the history of the area. Outdoors Club On Wednesday, January 22 the outdoors club had a workshop after school. We brought our lunch so we could try out some of the things we had learned. We also saw a film on "How to Build a Snowsheltcr". Mr. Bishop . brought in his cross-c,ountry skis and some snowshoes so we could practice. At about 8, fon. everyone went home all practiced up for an up coming winter trip. by Steve Hildebrand Exams Grade seven and eight students are all studying hard/ for the exams coming. Most regard them as gruesome but they are really only enlarged tests. The days of the exam, will b e 19th, 20th, 21st and •24th of February. The exams are to give us alt example of the exams at the High 'School. Everyone study„ exams are coming. by Joanne Boven Grade 4 Assembly On Friday, February 14t h, Miss Little's Grade 4 class.put on the Assembly. Julie Habkirk announced the different numbers. To open the programme, everyone stood and joined in the singing of "0 Canada". The Scripture ,,w,as read by Elaine Dennis and Michelle Driscoll led in prayer. Piano solos were given by Mark Fischer. David Rimmer, David Scott and Patricia Rimmer. Patricia and David 'Rimmer played a pian duet. Julie Knetsch told the story of St. Valentine's Day. A group of six boys formed "The Merry Maidegt Club". Everyone enjoyed this and the skit "Miss Popularity" and the • dialogue "The New Pupil". Difteing added-- to the pro- gramme. Step dancing was done by Lisa Beutenmiiler and Janette Rock. A group of boys and girls danced to "Alley Cat". -T„his brought' a very successful assembly to a close. by Greg Humpries On Monday, February 17, the grades 7 and 8 had a visitor from Mississippi show slides and talk about his plantation. Our guest was Mr. John McPherson who was born and raised in Texas and now owns a plantation in Mississippi. Mr. McPherson showed us slides of his plantation "Little Texas. Plantation" in normal years and in flood years. He also had cotton plants at various stages that he demon- strated for us. Everyone enjoyed his southern accent and we hope that "you'll all come back back again". Baby Sitting is: kids • -getting kids to like you' -being trusted„hy.,ad•ults •- •-- ,gaining responsibility -making your own spending. money. Family living is a very important segment of the Home Economics program and the girls in grade 7 and 8 have had terrific learning experiences in a recent unit on Baby Sitting. Films-and filmstrips on child behaviour, discipline and fire safety set the DOWT CHEW — with your mouth full and keep your-elbows off the table. Girls from Huron Centennial School serve hot chocolate and cookies to primary children. Fashion Show helps trip to Mexico SDHS TRAVELLERS PRESENT FASHION SHOW. — Students at' SDHS, all girls from Grades 9, 1,0 and 11 'presented Flight into Fashion at the school Monday night, under the direction of Home Ec teacher Karen Teskey, left. Models all wore outfits they had made in their Home Ec classes.(Staff Photo) ' Flight into Fashion TheS.D.H.S. Travellers with the help fo..the—liome Economic classes presented a fashion show Monday and Tuesday night. All fashions from winter coats and wedding dresses to every day dresses were presented.' The girls put a lot of work into the fashion show but unfortunately they didn't get as good a responsefrom local people as-they had expected. Certainly there were not as many in the audience as the girls had hoped. Their trip to Yucatan will certainly be a pleasure and a real experience for them.. Proceeds from the show will help finance the trip. Mike Moser Benefit Game The baqctbail game regularly scheduled for Thursday, was held on Friday. The teachers played the basketball teams and all had a wonderful time. The students Were asked to 'give a 25 cent donation towards the Mike Moser fund. The teachers were all given special names for example, Mr . Proctor was Doc, Miss Teskey was Teskey Peskey and all the other teachers were named according to their names or occupations. All the funds from the game and a bake sale sponsored by the school goes towards the Mike Moser fund at the University of Waterloo. Linda Smith. FASHION SHOW AUDIENCE — The audience at the SDHS Travellers Club fashion show Monday night was not as good as the club members had hoped for but the parents and friends who attended enjoyed the made-in-school- fashions with Club members as models. The girls will use the proceeds from the shoW to help finance a trip to Yucatan, Mexico that they plan during the Spring break. (Staff Photo)