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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-05-06, Page 12Page 12—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 6, 1987 Many kind continents received after LOPS By Russell Sutton and Lyndon Johnston Mr. Pike's Comments I hope everyone is planning on coming to the band concert on Friday at 8:15 p.m. in the community centre. Thanks is given by the staff for all the kind comments offered by the parents dur- ing the recent open house. I am pleased that you are so supportive of our efforts. Congratulations are in order to our Junior Choir on their third place finish at the Rotary Music Festival in Walkerton last week. Kindergarten Bears! Bears! Bears! This week the Kindergarten pupils have been doing some research on bears. They learned many facts about bears. They made a book about bears and later read these books to the other classes so they could know about beats too! Next week they get to bring their Teddy Bears to school to visit and learn with them. Grade 1 Grade 1 students have enjoyed having some of their parents in to the school dur- ing Education Week to watch and help them work at their math and language centres. They planted their pumpkin seeds from their Jack -o -Lantern. They helped look after 12 cute chicks. On Monday, they made Heather MacDonald's "Special Me" book. Grade 2 , • This week Grade 2 had great fun with "Peter Rabbit". George Carter brought Peter in so so the class could observe him during their study on "bunnies". A special thank -you also goes to Sonia Jones who brought in a nice hone for Peter to stay in while he was in their class. Grade 2 really enjoyed the Grade l's puppet play. They thought they did a super job and they says thanks to the Grade l's for inviting them. Grade 3 Grade 3 had an exciting morning last Monday as 12 baby chicks were born. The chicks have attracted lots of love and at- tention. On Friday, the class said good-bye to the chickens as they went to live on a farm. The class is proud of its Music Festival singers - Doug Johnston, Jeremy Smith, Adam Morrison, Kerrie Skillen and Angie Ward. Grade 4 Grade 4 was pleased to welcome several parents to their classroom this week. Thansk for your interest! Some parents watched the students conquering long divi- sion, others saw their "peek-a-boo" pic- tures in art, or their yak book -making pro- cesss, as well as many other daily activities. The class is pleased to learn that Katrina Abbott received third prize in her division at the Walkerton Music Festival. Congratulations! The class has begun their Australian Centres. Many thanks to Mrs. Maclntyre for her help. The class are learning about the climate, animals, history, customs, and the agriculture of Australia; as well as the use of the atlas, glossary, and index. A trivia game is also in the making. Grade 5 This week in Grade 5, the class has started a new unit in Environmental Studies entitled, "The Atmosphere". In math, the class has started fractions and things are going well. The Music Festival people in the Grade 5 class are _Shawn Bellmore, who placed first, and Carissa Redford and Jimmy Miller who all. did very well. Grade 6 The Grade 6 class continues to find each day filled with activity. Some events were: singing solos at the Music Festival, writing the first draft of a book as part of the Young Authors' Conference, learning how to divide with fractions, working through a series of Canadian Tests of Basic Skills, competing in a school chess tournament, practising for the Track and Field Day and enjoying seeing their stories and ads in their own copy of the Lucknow Sentinel= this week. Grade 7 It was a wet, cold three days, but even adverse conditions such as these did not dim the Grade 7 student's time at the Out- door Education Centre. All programs went ahead as usual with the addition of rain gear. The activity en- joyed most was the "Survival Game". In this game, each student assumes the role od one of the woodland creatures. The ob- ject of this game is simply to survive. Un- fortunately, many of the students learned they couldn't make it in the wild. All in all, a great time was had by all! Grade 8 Many students from the Grade 8 class brought honor to LCPS this week. mark Anderson placed first at the Music Festival in Walkerton. Karen Miller also represented the school well at the festival. All students in Bruce County from Kindergarten to Grade 13 were given the opportunity to submit a piece of prose or poetry to a County Literature Committee. (If a student's work is chosen it's publish- ed in the County's Prose and Poetry Publication.) Grade 8 is proud that two students from the class, . Carl ,MacDonald and Cailin Clarke, were honored by having their poems published. It is indeed a tremen- Invest in Ontario's Fisheries Buy an Ontario Resident Sport Fishing Licence Today As of January 1,1987, anglers aged 18 to 64 are required to purchase a $10 annual licence or a $5 four-day licence. These can be obtained from local licence issuers or from Ministry of Natural Resources district offices. Your licence will support projects like habitat improvement, stocking programs and fisheries research to make fishing in Ontario better for everyone. The Ontario Resident Sport Fishing licence a sound investment in the future of Ontario's fisheries. Ministry of Natural Resources CD Ontario Minister, Hon. Vincent G. Kerrio Premier, Hon. David Peterson open house LOPS •,r:44, dous honor as hundreds of pieces of writing were judged. Industrial Arts In industrial Arts this week, the students are doing many interesting projects such as making book stands, copper foil pic- tures and letter -holders. The class has just. changed groups this week. Also, Daniel Jones has finished his bowl and Mike Schlosser has finished his beautiful wall bracket. Library The Grade 7 class is doing an extensive research projects on animals. They have to study land, sea and air. It is important to use the index and record information in "jot note" form. Grade 8 is also using the same method to learn about Native tribes in the southern continents. The Grade 3 class is exploring the topic of "bees". The next step is to classify all the information collected. Concert Band The band members have been very busy selling band tickets these past few weeks. They are also getting ready for the Band Concert which is coming your way on May 8. The proceeds are going towards the an- nual band trip. We need your support! ! Poinsettias are the flowers most often found in homes on Christmas day. Ac- cording to Statistics Canada, hor- ticulturalists produced some 3.9 million poinsettia plants in 1985. A real feast for the eyes. 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