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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-10-29, Page 11LCPS ready. for Hallowe'en By Candy Fielder and Jodi Hackett Mrs. Macintyre's Resource Centre has been very busy this week as many of the children are looking for Hallowe'en books and tapes, The Grade 1 chickadees did a research project called "Signs of Fall". They found six facts in a• book entitled Changing Seasons. Don't forget to visit your public library as it is National Library Week. HallOwe'en activities Mrs. Bell's Grade 1 class has completed their centres and are working on Hallowe'en activities this week. They are also reading and making scary stories and pictures. The class has also made up some good Hallowe'en songs and their pumpkins will be ready to turn into Jack -o -Lanterns soon. Sean is the "Special Me" for Hallowe'en week. Reading stories Mrs. Black's Grade 2 class enjoyed reading 'the story called Trouble on the Ark. With all the rain Lucknow has had, they thought they might have to build an •ark, too. The class has also been putting their Hallowe'en thoughts together to make some brainstorming charts. They've come up with some spooky ideas. At the listening centre, they have en- joyed Lucus Thacker's story called Billy Joe Jive. "Cousin Willie" "Cousin Willie" the scarecrow in ,Mrs. Campbell's Grade 3 plass is having a very busy time. The Grade three's 'even find him checking for .nice tidy desks and giv- ing out treats. This is the last week for selling pomanders and what great salespeople the Grade.3 class turned out to be. Hallowe'en is fast approaching and the Grade 3 class has enjoyed painting "spooky" pictures on newspaper. Scary masks . . V you are frightened by some strange -creatures this Hallowe'en, it may by Grade 4 'Wearing masks they made in art class, This week, the Grade 4 students have been enjoying Hallowe'en reading centres. They, have begun Pumpkin Science and are learning about the vegetable family Cucurbitaceae. • . Newslab • • Mr. Bennett's Grade 5 class has started independent work in the SRA newslab series. The Grade 5 class is also improving on their chair tipping problem: Special thanks to Jeremy. O'Neill and Chad Hiller for helping the "other" team. ' Corn study Mr. discovered the difference between miniature Indian popcorn and regular In- dian corn. On Thursday, they pulled back the husks and hung them in clusters of five for seasonal deeoration in the class. The Grade 6, class also had to imagine that they were the captain of a pirate crewship. They had to write a "want ad" to get a crew to help work on the ship. Ac- cording to Joel Sutton, these men had to be LOPS a Luckuow Sentinel, Wednesday, October 29, 1986—Page 11 courageous, strong, young, adventurous and had to have some experience at plundering,ships at sea. Novel study. Mr. McKeon's Grade 7 class are wrapp- ing up the leftovers of their novel study, Jack London's Call of the Wild. Many students will -be reading the followup novel, White Fang to see what happens to Buck, the adventurous dog. Book work The Grade 8 class is busy working on their books. They are going to be added to the list of "great" authors. Some incredi- ble work is being completed and they are anxious to finish so they can share their work with the other classes. Last week, the Grade 4 and Grade 8 classes were rewarded for their good, behavior. Both classes met in the am- phitheatre to have a bubble blowing contest. After many tries with the sticky gum, the Grade 4 class, unfortunately, beat the Grade 8 class. Soccer Last week, the boys' soccer team went to Walkerton for the Bruce County . Soccer finals after winning the regional cham- pionship at Kincardine. The boys played a competitive game against Port Elgin, but were eliminated.. Congratulatons to the team for a suc- cessful season. • "Exciting week" The Kindergartens .have had a exciting week. Many of the .children made their very own scary book and printed the Hallowe'en words by themselves. . Together, the Kindergartens are making a big book called Black Witch, Black Witch. what doyou see? • Ghosts and Jack -o -Lanterns have been made to decorate the room for Hallowe'en. Band activities • The Lucknow Central Public School Con- cert Band has been busy practising for the Remembrance Day service at the. cenotaph. On Wednesday afternoon, the band had a visitor from Outer, Space. The creature joined in with the clarinet section and once the band heard it squeek, they realized it . was Mr. Pike, our principal. - The band is glad to have Mr. Pike with them, and they hope he comes back again soon. • Scout presentation Grades 1 to 4 are looking forward to the upcoming scout presentation at the school. Pinecrest visit . The schoolis looking forward to going to Pinecrest Manor Nursing Home for Hallowe'en to show the costumes, off. Poniander reminder A . huge thanks to. enveryone that has helped the school by buying Pomanders. Look for details in next week's column. Teenage stress discussed Mrs. Roely de Boer hosted the Kinloss Kairshea Curator's meeting at the 'In- stitute Hall on October 23. Mrs. Robert Gilchrist presided and welcomed the members and guests. She read a poem and opened the meeting with the Opening Ode and the Collect. . The minutes of the last meeting were read and the treasurer's report was given. Kairshea WI will cater to some of the Lions Club dinners this year. The "At Home" evening was discussed and the members agreed to hold it on the first Siturday pf November. Convenor reports were giyen. Mrs. Gor- don Wall reported that teenagers are ex- periencing more stress in their lives now than ever before. Parental pressure to ex- cel in sports and academics, increase in • violent TV programs, and availability of drugs and alcohol are the worst offenders, according to psychiatrists, Mrs. Frank MacKenzie and Mrs, Don 1120 ZONE 3 NORTH LIONS Radio Bingo Liston to ,Radio CKNX-Wingharn Mrs. Mary bland of Mildmay won the first LIONS RADIO BINGO Get your tickets now for the .ext Bingo (started October 21/$6)• TICkeits available at: gain's Agnew Jewellery, Lucknow Variety, Village MarkeT. Lottery pal, Montgomery Motors. Bank of Mon. tree!, Dungannon Service Centre. CARDS 112.00 ea. 3 for $5.00 Proceeds to Community Service Matthews entertained the ladies with a charming skit. Mrs. Gilchrist led the ladies in a sing -song of old-fashioned ' songs. Mrs. MacKenzie introduced the even- ing's guest speaker, Mr. Lorne Sparks. Mr. Sparks gave an interesting talk on how' and why he, became an antique dealer, He told of many amusing and interesting in- cidents that he experienced over the years with his customem The members enjoyed hearing the background information on the antique articles Mr. Sparks exhibited. The roll call was "bring an antique or collectible". Mr. Sparks kindly gave the members information on their antiques and collectibles. Mrs. Matthews thanked the speaker. Mrs. Cliff Roulston organized a contest on the history of the Kinloss area.. Mrs. Frank MacKenzie gave the courtesies and the meeting closed with 0 Canada. The, directors, Mrs. Ira Diekie and Mrs. - Clarence Ritchie, served a tasty lunch. 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