The Citizen, 1991-05-15, Page 27THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15,1991. PAGE 27.
Blyth students keep diary of Earth Week
WELCOME
GRANDPARENTS AND
SENIORS
by Abigail Ramirez and
Sandra Walsh
As an extension of Education
Week, the pupils of Blyth Public
School are honouring some special
people. To all local grandparents
and senior citizens, we are inviting
you to an afternoon of conversation
and music at Blyth Public School
on May 16 at 1 p.m.
GYMNASTIC DISPLAY
by Amanda Howson and
Shane Burkholder
On May 3 some Gymnastic stu
dents of Mrs. Battye's performed an
assembly. Danielle McDougall is
the co-leader. This is the second
year that they have put on this per
formance. There are three groups:
one for the starters, one for middle
students and a third group for the
improved participants. Sandy
Walsh and Zoey Onn think that
gymnastics is fun. They like the
vault and balance beam the best.
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Today the gymnasts had lots of
compliments given to them. The
lessons arc on Monday nights.
SHAPE DP OR SHIP OUT
by Julie McNichol and
Charlene Hulzebos
On Tuesday, May 7, B.P.S. stu
dents from grade one through eight
participated in Canada Fitness.
Canada Fitness includes: partial
curlups, shuttle run, 50 metre run,
endurance run, push ups and stand
ing long jump. The awards are
badges for Excellence, Gold, Sil
ver, Bronze and participation. Each
age group has a different lime limit
and number of push ups, etc. We
started al 1 p.m. and went until 3
p.m. I think everybody had fun. We
were tired at the end of the day.
FAIRY TALES AND THE
ARTS
by Tina Burkholder
On Wednesday, May 8, B.P.S.
had a theme day. The theme day
was a follow up to the visit from
the illustrator Leslie Elizabeth
Watts on Monday, May 6.
Mrs. Webster, our librarian orga
nized the theme day. For the after
noon, everyone picked two things
that they wanted to do from: Story
telling. Theatre Arts, Sketching,
Reader Theatre, Puppet Making,
Fairy Tale Craft, Watercolours,
Video - "Fairy Talcs and Folk
Lore", Drama, Film - "The Art of
Robert Bateman”, New Talcs from
Old, and Tour of the Blyth Theatre.
Each session ran for 50 minutes.
After recess everyone met in the
gym and shared what they had
done. The Drama and Reader The
atre groups each had a presentation.
Reader Theatre read the "Three
Billy Goats Gruff' and Drama put
on a skit involving Mime. It was a
very enjoyable afternoon and we
would like to thank Mrs. Webster
for organizing it for us. We would
also like to thank Peter Smith,
Colleen McNichol, Roxanne
Hamm, Karen Phillips, Helen
Blake, Greg Spottiswood, and Bon
nie Shannon for volunteering their
time and helping us at our theme
day!
RESPECTING OUR
ENVIRONMENT
In conjunction with Earth Week,
and Enrichment Unit on The 3
"R's" was planned with the grade 3
and 4 classes at B.P.S. Many activi
ties were enjoyed during the week.
Following is an unedited version of
the diary kept by two students that
week.
DIARY OF EARTH WEEK
AT B.P.S.
by Tammy Walker and
Jamie Black, Grade 4
Friday, April 19,1991
Have a shower not a bath. Recy
cle paper and glass. Grade four
pupils each brought in a thing that
was made from junk collected from
around their homes. Today we also
made posters with a slogan on how
to care for our earth.
April 22, 1991 Today is Earth
Day!
Today, Grade three and four had
a garbage hunt around the school
collecting garbage and twigs. Next
we started on ABC. A - always
keep lights out when not in the
room. etc. Also, every morning we
CANADA
have an announcement to the whole
school to tell about saving our
earth.
April 23,1991
Today we had an assignment on
"how much waste". We had to put
down on a piece of paper how
much waste you had. It's pretty
hard to throw away any garbage at
all. We also watched a film on how
to make new paper from old paper.
April 24,1991
No tinfoil, no Saran wrap
because today we want a "no
waste" lunch. It's harder making a
no waste lunch. We are also mak
ing a book about "Trash". So far
mine's coming along okay. Did you
have a no-waste lunch?
April 25,1991
Today Grade three made paper.
They tore up old paper, soaked it in
warm water. Next they put the
paper in the blender with more
water. After this the mixture was
poured onto a screen and was
allowed to drain. It was pushed
across the screen and flattened and
a paper towel pul on both sides of
the screens and voila! paper.
We made poems about Earth Day
and got a book called "Kids Can."
Il has puzzles, stickers and games
in it.
Apr# 26,1991
Why waste trees just for wrap
ping paper you throw out? Grade
three and four made wrapping
paper today. On recycled paper we
could use one of two techniques.
One was to cut out a shape from
styrofoam and stamp it on a stamp
pad. In the other way, you could
use a straw and blow paint across
the paper.
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