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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-06-24, Page 15Page 14—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 24, 1987 Today last day of school for Brookside students By: Janine Helm, Trisha MacDonald, Adrian Rau, Jason Cameron Kindergarten 1 We are busy making crafts for Lucknow and Dungannon Fairs. Our graduation is on June 22 at 1:30 p.m. We are practising our songs and nursery rhymes for our programs. Mrs. N. Cameron Grade 7 Some people m our class have started the countdown for when we get out of school. We have one more class of Family Studies and Industrial Arts. The two -pitch teams were picked this week and we seem to have some pretty good teams. We have a correction to make from last weeks news. Mr. Culp is the coach for the junior boys. Not Mr. Liddle. Our class is really enjoying the last full w eek of school. We are proud to announce that our junior girls and boys and our senior boys teams brought back championship pennants from the 2 -pitch tournament in Ilolmesville. The senior girls also played, well. Next, Tuesday our class is having a game day. We will be playing different games all afternoon. This year has been very interesting and exciting. We are all looking forward to summer holidays but we're looking forward to coming back and being grade 8's. The reporters are.: Matthew Sproul and Rhonda Dickson. Grade 1, Room 5 Miss. Mathers' Grade Ones have been talking about dinosaurs. We made shoe box dioramas and are busy doing dinosaur Centres. On Wednesday, June 17th, we went to the Wingham Zehrs and the Wingham Hospital. It was interesting to see these important Community Helpers at work. Miss Mathers' Grade One students are very excited because they have recently started their last Grade One reader - Fly Away Home. They are also learning about money and are keen to help° Mom and Dad spend their pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Grade 2 Room 3 This week we are doing activities for the fair, .such as printing, pop up books, and puppets. On Thursday, accompanied by several mothers, we took a tour of the jail in Goderich, then went to Saint Christopher's Beach for a tour of the harbour and a picnic lunch. We had a great time. We would like to welcome a new boy named Martin who BROOKSIDE came to our school from Switzerland. Reporters are: Caley Moore and Jassi Dhaliwal. Grade 1 and 2, Room 1 Mrs. Young's grade 1-2 group is working on a KGR Spring Unit. Mrs. Blake works with '/2 the class too! This week's "All About Me" are Cherianne D'Aoust and Paul Chisholm Next Week's "All About Me" are Tommy Brindley and Keith MacKenzie. We went to Goderich with Miss Jewitt's Grade 2 class. On Thursday, June 18, several mothers went too. It was very in- teresting and lots of fun too. Grade 4, Room 9 On June 2, Mrs. MacKenzie brought in her dog called Teddy and Mrs. Daily brought in her dog called Winston. On June 16, Grade 4, Room 9 went on . a field trip to West Wawanosh Conservation area to explore pond life, Mrs. Scott taped them with her video camera. The students of Grade 4 thanked the ten volunteer mothers who went with them and puddled in the stream as well. Class reporters are: Chris Button and Jamey Snow. Grade 5, Portable 1 On Wed., June 17, 1987 Mrs. Worsell's Grade 5 class hosted their reading partners from Mrs. Young's Grade 1-2 class for lunch. All enjoyed hotdogs, Kool-Aid and dessert together, and they played some song games too. Grade 6, Room 7 Congratulations to our Junior Girls Two - Pitch Team on a job well done at. the recent tournament held on June 16th at Holmesville. Our girls won all their games and played very well. They also brought home the Jr. Girls Pennant. On June 18, Constable Marshall and Tony McQuail presented Grade 6 students from Mr. Liddle's room and Mrs. Tebbutt's room, with certificates and pins for their suc- cessful completion of the V.I.P. (values, in- fluence, and peers) program. Congratula- tions on a job well done! The reporters are: Janice Webster and Heather Jefferson. 1 Grade 6, Room 8 Students from Room 8 were presented with V.I.P. certificates and pins at an assembly on Thursday morning Mr. Mc- , Quail presented the stickers while Mr. Mar- shall gave each student a pin. Letters were received from our Prince Edward Island penpals. A special package of P.E.I. pro- ject booklets was delivered as well. Research projects are being completed on a special aspect of the overnight camping trip. Grade 4-5, Portable 2 Mr. Culp's class has just returned from an enjoyable visit to Larnbton Heritage Museum. We'd like to thank our group leaders Barbara Snowden, Debbie MacGillivray, Barbara Bakker, Hazel Hackett and Kathleen Nicholson, and our other helpers Margaret Bakker and Judi McMichael. Since it's nearing the end of the year we've been doing some activities such as Stamporama. In this activity we are working with stamps from all over the world. In our class we've been working on a Travelling Time unit. Mr. Culp is putting us in gear for summer. What an excellent way to end the year. The class would also like to say "get well soon" to Duncan Mowbray. The reporter is Diane Ross. The band from Robertson School, Grade 7 and 8 students, led by Marion Stagmire, came to Brookside on Thursday, June 18. Their presentation was much' enjoyed by all and also the question period and demonstra- tion of putting a clarinet in its case. Survey The survey for the Grade 6 class is "What is your favourite radio station?" Mrs. Tebbutt and Candice Kay said F.M. 96. Jodi Riley's favourite is CJBK as is Kim Farrish's and Janice Webster's. The question for Gr. 7 and 8 this week is, "What is your favourite magazine?" Seven people, including Vanessa Alton, Tanya Hodges and Dawn Hogan, chose "Seven- teen", Rob Ireland and Warren Andrew like Superteen. Tim McNee, Greg Bauer and Doreen Debold like Metal Edge. Derek Turner likes Hot . Rods and Kevin Webster prefers American Trucker. Kindergarten 2 The graduation exercises for K2 were held in the gym on Friday, June 19 at 11:00 a.m. with parents, grandparents and friends in attendance. Mrs. Blanchette welcomed everyone and led the children through a pro - HAVE YOU GOT YOUR COPY? Some Reader Comments: "Great Book - Send Me 10 More" "Couldn't Put It Down" "Our Teenagers Are Reading & Discussing It" "I Bought 20 For Business Associates" 5'9 ...A collection of 175 Focus articles & Radio Programs by Bob Shrier he response to "Let's Think For A Minute" has been beyond ex- pectations. The first printing was sold out and the second printing is now available. Reader comments about the book are encouraging others to get their copy. Readers who received one as a gift at Christmas are buying or order- ing books for friends, family and business associates. Get your copy today! Books Available at: gram of songs, choral reading and games. Three Grade 6 girls who helped at lunch time and at bus time through the year were presented with gifts by the children. These helpers were Dawn Hogan, Julie Mac- Donald and Barb Nivins. Mr. Tremeer presented the graduation students with their certificates after Mrs. Blanchette put on their mortar -board hats. Play Day Grade 8 organized a Play Day Program at Brookside on Friday afternoon, June 19. Gr. 7 students captained the various teams. Games played were Log Lift, Water Pass, Flags, Baseball Swing, Popcorn Machine, Coconut Bounce, Obstacle Course, Sponge Toss, Neck Pass, Lemon Roll, Dress Me Up, Dog and Bone, Water Brigade, Circle Dodgeball, Spoons, Three Legged, and Catch. Signals for moving from game to game and starting were given by blowing a car horn. Miss Alton and Jackie Pentland were in charge of this. Everyone enjoyed a good time while cooperating on the teams. The least favourite game was Spoons and one of the most favoured was Water Pass, a game us- ing balloons. Room 4, Krakatoa has been busy with fall fair centres this week. We've created some wonderful stories - "The Whirlpool of Time" by Steven, "A Toronto Mystery" by Jane - and Grant found a talking Swimsuit! Debbie also designed a lovely peacock on a nest. A time collage was created by Tanya, and Erin made a beautiful flower collage. We're looking forward to a horse farm trip next week ! We're introducing Tammy Up- thegrove on Monday. The Grade 8 survey question was `What's your opinion of male earring wearers?" Greg Bauer thinks it is cool and Trisha Mac- Donald says it's up to the person wearing it. Jeff Storey's comment was "Metal heads!" The Grade 7 survey this week is "What's your opinion of guys who wear earrings!" Linda Hayden thinks it's "extremely un - cool". Shawn Woods thinks its "very cool" and Joel Wright says "People who think they are cool are total geeks!" Robert Ireland and Matthew Sproul say it depends on looks and personaltiy. The majority of those questioned were against guys wearing earrings.. Local team on plus side On June 2, Lucknow lost to Goderich with the final score being 20-8. Goderich scored 11 runs in the sixth inn- ing to clinch the win. Clint Murray pitched for Lucknow with Jeremy O'Neill relieving in the last inning. Jesse Foster led Lucknow with three hits, Chris MacDonald two and singles to Clint Murray, Steve Porter, Adrian Helm, Joel Sutton, Jeremy O'Neill and Chad Hiller. On June 3, Lucknow defeated Mildmay 11-3 to make their record three wins and two losses. Keith Todd pitched five innings and Clint Murray pitched the last two inn- ings. Chad Stanley, Chris MacDonald and Keith Todd had two hits each for Lucknow. Singles went to Ryan Middlekarnp, Chad Hiller and Joel Sutton. LucknoW's home games are Tueday night at 7. On June 5, Lucknow defeated Walkerton 31-6. Clint Murray had six hits, Keith Todd five, Chad Stanley and Steve Porter four each, Joel Sutton threem Jesse Foster two and Chad Hiller one. Murray and Todd shared the pitching duties, On June 9, Lucknow defeated Paisley 6-1. Keith Todd pitched a very good six in- nings with Clint Murray relieving in the 7th. Steve Porter, Clint Murray and Chris MacDonald had two hits each for Lucknow. Keith Todd, Chad Stanley and Joel Sutton had singles. On June 12, Goderich defeated Lucknow 13-12 by scoring five runs in the last inning. Lucknow out hit Goderich but a bad last inning was their downfall. Chria Mac- Donald has a hot bat as he homered and had two other hits. Adrian Helm, Keith Todd and Steve POrter had two hits each while Jesse Foster, Chad Hiller and Jeremy O'Neill each hit one.