The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-06-18, Page 7Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 18, 1997 -- Page 7
New curriculum for Gr. 7, $Hugon students
by Trish Wilkinson
Huron County students
going into Grade• 7 and 8
in September will be. the
first to try a new curricu-
lum that replaces text-
books with technology:‘arid
hands-on activities. •.
Deb Homuth, principal
of Goderich District'
Collegiate Institute and
-Bluewater Secondary
c d, y
'School, stated at last
. week's Huron County •
Board of Education meet-
ing that two. -writing teams
• of about 20 •teachers':have
completed the creation of:
a curriculum for math, sci-
ence •and, technology,
cience•and,technology, as..
well as Canadian studies
for Grades 7 and 8.. •
tItt• is' independent of
textecto S. It uses: the .
world -wic . web, it use.s
• CD-ROMs, at uses a lot of
hands-on," Homuth said in
a. later interview. "It i&
highly activity orientated.
Every day .thereis .an
•
•
activity that kids are
involved in:" •
Hornuth said that the
new curriculum• not only
clarifies program expecta-
tions in the transition
years, but will also help
prepare the students, fdr
the eventual loss of OACs.•
"We wrote. it in antici-
pation of the loss of the
fifth year," she noted.
The principal added
that although the level of
expectation ;will be higher
'for the students in Grades
7 and 8, they -have taken a
lot of time to plan a •pro
• gram that is suited for
their age group, "This • is
not about mushing every-
:thing together," Homuth
' noted..
. She stated' that in the'
past, .subjects like the
working .of . governments.
were reserved° for high
sehool: However, now
they will be taught earlier.
"Anything can be
taught at. any grade level,
it's a matterof how you
teach it," she said,. adding
that she hopes the students
will become "enchanted
by those subjects," captur-
ing enough excitement' .to
keep the young teenagers
-interested throughout sec-
ondary school.
Other highlights from
the new program, which
was designed using the
. outcomes. for Grades 7-8-9 '•
as : presented in the
Resource Document for
Transition Years, is that
Canadian studies, which
includes geography, histo-
ry, civics and economics •
as well. as the science and
' technology., arefully inte-
• grated. • Homuth explained '
that this Means instead of
having science from 9;
a.m.' to 11 'a.m., science.
jests will be taught in con-'
cert:with:each other.
She"noted that only
math will be taught sepa-
rately, although :it too will
be hands on and indepen.
dentof any one specific
textbook.
According to the.princi-
pal, the next step for her is
to choose a Grade 9 writ-
ing team this month so
they can hopefully have a
new "curriculum in place
for them by September.
• "The (Huron County
•.Board of Education) is
eager on moving forward
and not letting this pro-
gram be lost in the shuffle
of amalgamation (between.
• "Huron. and Perth Boards),"
she said. "We're going to
keep going."
Huron -Society cifiti:sts planing ,for
Promises to be a display Q. challenging art
Plans•made'in the .depth theme; to cognitively cen- artists. • • sol pions." McAlister. Artists working
of"a winter can be -similar tre this year's'exhibition; , How: will each one' On exhibition will be in mixed media Jane
to the act of tucking a tiny. ."Chaos/Equilibrium."' explore, in, their. own ,paintings : by. Anne Stryker and Bev Walker
seed just beneath the sur-, Since that,' time ideas unique way; this theme? • Eekhoff-Hamilton,. Tristan and weaver Janet Baillie
• face of the"earth in Spring. .have been 'churning the Artist/Painter • Ron. S. Eekhoff, Shirley Owen `, Will also be presented:: in
Last"winter,;at a regplar minds of -each of the 16 :`` Walker explaiins,':,"With Hewitt,` Bill Creighton, this exhibition
-feast/meetin
the • Huron artists in' the,, group 'uniquepersonalities, Rpn`.�Valker; Ellie Enitis, ��. The exbibition is free
Society of Artists set' the • Undoubtedly, exgerinien- •woiki'ng in diverse media Judith Elder -McCartney, ` and is open `June 28. to
dates for their annual''exhi 'tation at each artists', stu- and materials, 'exploring and painter-sculptor,Leda . • Jul •' 1,• 10 a.m. - 5 .m and '.
.." Y.
bition. to be held at the di,o has produced so.ine the visual and philosophic:.'' McAlister.: Ceramics, iron, truly. 2, 10 p.m.:,
Bayfield Town Hall June very fascinating results. ,implications inherent in glass; brass - sculpture .will.'.
,28 to J'u'ly 2. They collet-,.. With only weeks deft to` 'this theme, one can expect • be -presented by potters •
tively decided on a-briil �'. the exhibition,' final deci- some' challenging art, not.. Syl-va Leser and Robert
l'i.ant,:suggestion' for a sions will. be made 6j," the .Just pretty pictures or easy TetI4,,:bl;acksmitbla.mes..
Wallace, • glass artists
Philip Sornmer'.and PaUii
Sommer . •an'd.
sculptor/painter ;Leda
_Over. 90 volunteers helpedstudents at, .Brookside Public School`'during
the 1996/97 school; year. These volunteers' were• honored at a 'special
assembly Iast'week. Coffee and cake were enjoyed.' Cutting the cake
. were (from the left) Telsche Hansen, Derek Turner, Kathy Leeman,, Mary
Mole. Jo -Anne Smyth and Jenean Todd. (Sentinel photo)
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