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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-01-31, Page 13Lueknew Why, J*n ry 31, 1000----t.13 Hast a foreign student Teddy Bear Picnic TEDDY BEAR PICNIC - It may have been ,cold outside last Thursday, but Nancy Cameron's Brookside Kindergarten I class were oblivious as they enjoyed their Ted- edb�el���acoh their n���rbears aere lyneBoereach to broglthe�tfavourite bea part in the picnic. Picnickers include, left to right, Kevin DeBruyn, Karina '1'hompson, Adam Smyth, Heather McGugan; Melissa Taggart, Sara -Mae Taggart, Rase .Vance, Graham Cook, Marcel Facchinato, Cody Alton, Wayne Fielder, James deBoer;Sarah Paddy and Daryl MacDonald. (Pat Livingston photo) Grade one students enjoy:being 'scientists by Jonathan McKiimon Grade 1 The flu bug has hit Grade 1, again we .. hope we are soon all healthy. In our weather unit we learned about evapora- tion and condensation by doing ex- periments. xperiments. We like being scientists. We are reading many books, and writing our own stories. We are dramatizing our favourite fairytales. Grade one is fun! Grade 1/2 The Grade 1-2 class love Mercer Meyer's books. They have received many certificates for their good reading; In connection with our Inuit unit, we have had two special events. We were privileg- ed to have Peggy Kinsman as bur guest speaker. She shared her experiences as a nurse in the North West Territories. Con- servation onservation Authority taught us some Inuit Games. After taking part in these activities, we realized the Inuit must develop their strength in These competitions. Jaime Pritchard is our birthday girl this month.. Kindergarten January has been, a very busy month. We have learned many new things. We have been learning about fun things that we can do in the snow. We have painted snowmen and made our eery own snowmen books. We enjoyed ..sharing these books with many other classes. We • went outside and slid down our snow hills. What fun! 1 ! Wei found outthat we are becoming good readers. There are many words we can read, all by ourselves. January birthdays are Amy and Ashley. I wonder what February will bring? • i • Grade 4/5 "0 Canada" las been the main topic in grade 4=5 this past week as everyone has been involved in. researching an aspect, either provincial or regional about our Country. Puzzles, crosswords, computer games etc. have challenged everyone's knowledge on the provinces and. • their capitals. Grade 2/3 Grade 2.3 have started a Unit on Brace County and finding it a very interesting place to Hive. We enjoyed Mr. Green- wood's reenwood's visit to share his "Horse" stories with us and show us his saddle and bits. Think -you Mr. Grenwood: Many boys and girls are busy getting a speech prepared for February. We are quite excited and trying to do our best. Jeff Havens was our Lucky Library Lotto ;winner, May to .ainnumsnegagg• go, Jeff! Grade 8/4 CPS- INSIDER -During the first part of January the class finished up the poetry centres that they started before Christmas. This week we began our new Language Arts centers that are based on the theme of Friend- ship. riendship. We have many centres to complete such as "What is a • friend" and allow to be a friend". Also, Mrs.Maclntyre found bookefor us on such topics as friendship, consideration, kindness and cooperation. In math the grade threes are learning to regroup in subtraction and the grade fours continue to work on the times .tables up to 8. `. Grade 8 Various forms of literature such as autobiographies and historical fiction are currently being examined by our class. In addition to these studies, a number of our students: are preparing for, the =public speaking competition soon to be held. All: students are actively involved at this • time selecting courses for grade nine. Thistruly is a difficult task because life's Many., of the students in the class. are choices are now'being made. Tt �"s so dif- writing speeches to say for the class the ficult to knowwhat tomorrow will bring. first part of February. The class also has and we wish to be prepared for all a book report due .on . February 28th. eventualities. Another themethat we are studying is "Snow" Experiments, stories, word studies and artwork centre around this topic. We: ,have:. learned what types of . crystals make snow • and where snowflakes are born. We were surprised to find that we have more snowfall in --Lucknow than they do near the North Pole. • • Grade 5/6 The grade 5/6 has started a floor hockey tournament from. grades, one to five. There. are. 12 teams. Some . of the names are the Allstars, Silversticks, Puckhandlers, and Slicksnakess. The 5/6 class is going . to read to the Kindergartens .and the grade one once a week. In ES. we are working on indepen- dent ndependent projects. The topic is plants. Grade 6/7 In the past two weeks the grade 6/7 class have been working hard on volleyball. The grade sixes have been multiplying and dividing decimals. The grade sevens have had a geometry test. Both classes have been doing Inuit soap; sculptures for the last two weeks:. The classes have been doing public speaking too. Grade 7/8 While our afternoon teacher Mrs. Forest was gone we had a supply teacher, Mr. Greenwood. We had a lot of fun with him but we are anxiously awaiting the return of Mrs. Forest to our class. Next week we will be switching our groups in Family Studies and Design 'and Technology. By welcoming a yon person from another country through Intereulture Canada's yeashosting ane area families can look forwerd to a whole new world, while rediscovering their own. .tnteereuiture Canada, a not-for-profit, charitable organization administering in= ternatioual exchange programs, has of- ficially f ficiallyplaunched its 196491 family finding ca�gn. Close to 250 students are on their way to Canada for an entire school year, from as far away as Frances Japan, the USSR and over twenty other countries. These ambassadors of friend- ship, aged 15.18, wish to fully experience Canada's lifestyle by living with a Cana- dian host fanuly and studying at a local high school. Thanks. to Interculture Canada, those who welcome a student into their home can ez.pect to live an itttercultural adven- turetailored to their family profile. Inter - culture Canada carefully selects students from a targe pool of applicantsand, through sensitive family matching pro- cedures, makes every effort to ensure a harmonious climate , for exchange. This way families and students .not' only discover their similarities, but also grow from the'richness, of their differences. The program is open . to all family types: two is with children, single - parent families,childless couples all are welcome. The pleasures of hosting largely rest on the acceptance of the student as a true member of the , family ;explains one parent hosting a Brazilian student, "She's really become a part of the family, almost as if she had always been with use. It's - wonderful how we've broken all barriers. She goes home in July, but part of .her will stay .forever." Host families are not asked to adsorb any • outstanding ese xpenfor the student beyond the food,'housing and incidental expenses they would for . their own teenager, .Both student and family benefit from the support of Interculture Canada staff and volunteers througout the ex- perience. xperience.To allow time . for all the ' ar- rangements r-rangements related to the program, families are encouraged to apply as soon `. as possible. As a member of AFS Interculture Pro- grams, Interculture Canada is part of the world's largest network of high school ex- change xchange programs. Established in 1947 and operating in 55 countries, this educational movement promotes intercultural understanding and international developinent. Families wishing more information about hosting a student may contact Gloria & John Bottcher at (519) 5242366 or, toll- free, 1-800-361-7248. VOLUNTEERS AT WORK - Volunteers checked the heads of the whole student body at Brookside Public School last week for head lice. Area health units no longer do "mass screening", but have taken on the role of educating parents and teachers on what to look for and how to treat the parasites. The change was made so that health units 'would become more effective. Lice are considerer' a nuisance rather than a disease. Volunteers are given a crash training course in detection. Pictured are volunteers in the back row, left to 'right, Mr. Cober, Linda Culbert and Cheryl MacLeod. Students sitting, left to right, are Melissa Taggart, Sara -Mae Taggart and Karina Thompson. Pamphlets on the detection and treanient of head lice are available from your health unit. (Pat Livingston photo) •