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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-10-01, Page 7Class exploring balloons Reporters Jason Camerern. Adrian Rau, Dna a Diu-:rin Mrs. Clarke's grade 3 class has been ex- ploring balloons thus month. In :balloon experiments they learned that air has weight, and they also learned how to "predict". They've written balloon stories and they've eaten balloons (well...cookie balloons! ). They're now exploring trees with eight tree centres. They've also been introducing each other. Last week we introduced David Adams, and this week its Simone Bleeker's turn. New authors Mrs. Worsell's grade 5 class has written two books ,called "How to Feed a Kid" and ,.How to Fred a Monster." It would take a very innovative. cook to prepare some of those menus! Sports at Brookside The 50 kin club started Tuesday September 23. Interest is high for this club at Brookside. There are so many people par- ticipating that you can just follow the crowd to find the track! • The junior and senior soccer houseleagues are underway however the rain seems to be limitinglhe number of games played. Students are trying out for the soccer teams for the tournament in early October. V.I.P. Studies Mrs. Tebbutt's grade 6 class has begun a program called V.I.P. - Values, Influence and Peers. This program is run in conjunc- tion with the OPP officer, Constable John Marshall and the Grade 6 classrooms teachers. "Our Tree Miss Mathers' grade 1 have been discuss- ing "Fall, a Time 'of Change." They made colourful • leaf prints and they have decorated their classroom tree. "Our Tree" is a special tree which they have adopted from Alton's bush. During the year, they will be doing ac- tivities around their classroom tree. They love "Our Tree!" Research words, nature Mrs. Ottewell's grade 3 class is •learning alphabetical order and dictionary skills in the library with Mrs. Blake. Mrs. Scott's grade 4 is doing ``Take 45" research on plants or animals of the "Fencerow Comunity." Book sale Plans are underway to have a new book sale on October 9 and 10. Proceeds will be used to buy exciting new books for our library collection. Kindergarten. By Jennifer Brown Lots of exciting activities are going on at Lucknow Central this week. The Kindergarten class is learning the different colours and making their own books: In grade 1 this week, the Special Me is Kasen, They have been doing many group activities such as reading and watching "Special "Person" movies. Grade 2 planted their vegetable garden on Friday, September 19 and it was up .on Monday September 22. The children had a vegetable tasting contest and the celery won. They took a trip to Bain's and Knechtel's grocery stores on Wednesday September 24. The grade 3 class had two 1Vlonarch but- terfly crystals in their classroom. " When the crystals hatched they all went outside and let them fly off. After the class carne back , in, they made Monarch butterflies out of orange tissue paper and black con- struction paper. The grade 4 class is writing a Someday Book, They had their class picture taken with. Aunt Agetha the puppet. They are also studying the Canadian Provinces. ,Lit- tle animals such as a mouse, have been visiting them. The Grade :r Blass has been very busy reading books and studying regions of Canada. The grade 6 class has been spending most of their free time on the Icon Com- puters. Many have also joined the drama club. They were successful in the Fall Fair winnings. The grade 8 boys and girls Family Studies class is making a quilt. The other BROOKS IDE Rumour studies Mrs. Allen's grade 7 students are well into an Integrated Unit on "humour". Groups have been organized and centras have been established. Other activities Friday is Hot Dog Day, the first of many! ! Each Wednesday, our class travels to Vic- toria Public School to participate in Family Studies and Industrial Arts Activities. The students are enjoying their afternoon in Goderich. Senior Choir at . Brookside has begun. Each day 1, grade 7 and 8 students meet with Mrs. Jewitt in the gym at 12:50 pnr. Mrs. Ottewell will be occompanying this choir. Junior Choir will begin next week with Mrs. Worsell as director, and Mrs. Jewitt accompanying. This choir will be made up of grades 4, 5, 6 students. Primary Choir will be directed by Mrs. Clarke and accompanied by Mrs. Young. Look for us at concert time! On Friday, September 26 there was an assembly to hear speeches from candidates for Students Council. Candidates were as follows: President: Dorean Diebold, Darryl Gib- son, Dennis Park, Clint Thomson. Vice - President: Ruth Anne Bakker, Nathan Daer, Joyce McWhinney, Melanie Wylds. Treasurer: Trevor Cook, Tricia Mac- Donald, Paddy McCann, Matthew Sproul. Secretary: Rhonda Dickson, • Debbie Nivins, Matthew Strawbridge, Randy Suffern. Those elected to make up the Student's Council for 1986-87 are President Darryl Gibson; vice - president Melanie Wylds; treasurer Matthew Sproul; and secretary Debbie Nivins. Class representatives are: grade 7, Tanya Hodges; grade 8, Andrew Glenn; grade 6, Keith Todd; grade 6, Chris MacDonald; grade 5, Doug Culbert; grade 4 and 5, Diane Ross; grade 4, Karen Storey" These people will represent their classes on the Student Council executive, Congratulations to all! We look for great things from this team. making books half of the grade 8 class is enjoying In- dustrial Arts tremendously! The boys soccer team has been practis- ing very hard. The final cuts have been 'made and they are raring to go. The crossmcountry team is working well. They only have two more weeks to prepare for the cross-country meet. The juniors and seniors are running very well. The resource centre has been a very busy place this past week. Grade 8 classes are working hard on their ehildrens literature unit. The library has three boxes of books from the Young Authors Conference at Walkerton. These books will be travelling to all the schools in Bruce County before returning to their owners. Students are also able to see many different ways a book is created. The Lucknow Central Band played on September 20 at the Lucknow Fall Fair and are already practising for Remem. brance Day. They are also playing some Christman iCarbls. r ' Our school has recently been given the privilege of using seven Icon computers for three weeks. All the students in the school will get "a chance on them. So the Icon's are very 'busy and the students in the school are enjoying them. The grade classes are raising money for their graduation trip. They will be willing to do oddjobs for Lucknow and area residents. 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