HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1997-05-14, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14,1997
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Compiled by Patty Banks Phone 887-6156
Busy week at school
There were some very tired
teachers at the end of this week as a
result of so many activities going on.
Monday was Portfolio Night, and
the book fair. Tuesday was the
beginning of Families in Motion,
and Thursday was the Grandparents
Day, plus Bus Safety 97-98 for the
new children entering school next
year. Friday was getting Mother's
Day gifts ready.
Regarding Portfolio Night,
Walton school is part of a Portfolio
Pilot program. It exists to make
sense of child's work. It's a record
of the child's process of learning,
identifies skills and knowledge
acquired by the child, enables
children to participate in assessing
their own work and is one method
of authentic assessment. Assess
ments are performance-based, and
realistic. It looks at the child's
development over time, contains a
chronological sampling of the
child's work in various subject
areas, involves time and commit
ment by the teacher and the child
and evaluates the individual child.
In these portfolios, parents saw
work samples of their children
There were teacher observation
records, logs of books read, stories
created by the child, photographs of
large projects and taped readings.
These then provided concrete
samples of the child's work which
can be shared during parent-teacher
conferences.
Families in Motion is a project
put on by the Huron County Health
Unit. It encourages families to be
physically active on a regular basis.
Statistics show that children
today are up to 40 per cent less
active than they were 30 years ago.
Also 40 per cent of Canadian
children have at least one risk
factor for heart disease because of
their inactive lifestyle. The average
child watches more than 26 hours
of TV and spends up to 30 hours
sitting in school each week. Did
you know that 40 per cent of five to
eight-year-olds in North America
are classified as obese?
So in light of this, fitness
instructor Sue Hannon led the
school in some aerobic exercises
for 30 minutes. The goal is to try to
get at least 30 minutes of activity or
exercise each day. The students all
took home footprints which will
have a record of how many times
they did an activity with someone
in their family. The goal for Walton
school is to bring in 400 footprints
(about five to six per family).
I guess Walton will be one of the
fittest communities around.
Grandparent or Special Someone
Day was held for the Grade 2/3
class. The class set up a little
program with students reciting little
poems such as "F is for Families, G
is for Grandparents."
Pianist and soloists were Katie
UCW meets
The UCW met Wednesday, May
7 with a great attendance. Melva
Fraser, Gloria Wilbee, Betty
McCall, Alice Searle and Heidi
McClure were in charge of the
evening meeting. Margery Huether
played the piano for the singing of
the hymns. The theme was on
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Williamson, Laura Elligsen,
Stephanie Lubbers, Jennifer Edy,
Jim Raithby, Andrea VanderVeen,
Justin, Marcie McClure.
After the performance the Grade
2s took their guests back to their
room and the Grade 3s stayed in
the gym with their guests where
they worked at family math.
In the Grade 2 room, math board
games were played, such as snakes
and ladders, bingo, etc.
After this the children served
their guests delicious brownies,
cupcakes, muffins, etc. that they
had made themselves.
A new student, Andrew Elliot,
was welcomed to the school and
the community.
The Early Years students went on
a field trip to the Seaforth
Veterinary Clinic where a petting
zoo was set up (as part of Animal
Health Week). They held and
petted kittens, puppies, a rabbit,
sheep and a miniature horse.
Rose VanMiltenburg and Peg
Campbell were the tour guides for
the zoo.
Alison Sturge of Seaforth, took
over the Grade 1 class in Mrs.
Bennett's absence. This is her first
time in Walton and she said the
class was a delight and she had a lot
of fun. She said that it is always fun
when the kids pull the old 'Hey
kids, it's a substitute teacher - we
can get away with anything' trick.
Of course it didn't work with Alison
but I'm sure they had fun trying.
Happy birthday
Happy Birthday to Jeffrey
Grobbink on May 14.
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Duff’s
honours
Mom
Alvin and Vera McDonald were
greeters at Duffs United Church
May 11, Mother's Day.
Rev. James Murray opened the
service by giving the Call to
Worship. Following the opening
prayer Rev. Murray announced
some good news. On Friday, Scott
Alexander Steve Baan was bom to
Steve and Theresa. It is reported
that the family is doing very well.
Rev. Murray called the young
worshippers to the front and asked
each child what they did for their
mothers that morning. Most of
them had made their mom's cards.
Rev. Murray said that people
hear God referred to as 'He' or
Father but there is a verse in the
Bible where Jesus says that God's
love is like a mother hen who
gathers her chicks under her wings.
So God is mother and father, and
God's love endures forever, Rev.
Murray said.
His sermon was called, 'Mother's
Day 1997.' He opened with a joke.
There were three men walking
along the beach when they came
upon a lamp partially buried in the
sand. Thinking that it could be a
magic lamp they began to rub it
and sure enough out came a genie.
The genie granted them each one
wish. The first man wanted to be 10
times smarter than he was. So the
genie gave him his wish. The
second man, not to be outdone,
asked to be 100 times smarter.
Granted. The third man wanted to
be 1,000 times smarter and he was
turned into a woman!
Rev. Murray said that because
we can laugh at such a joke this
shows how our attitudes towards
women have changed over the
course of this century. This federal
election marks the 80th anniversary
of women getting the vote in this
province. Women became fully
equal to men under the constitution
of this country only 15 years ago.
High stepping
Jodi Keys, in front, and her sister, Lindsey Keys, students
at Walton Public School, really got into the spirit of the
event as the school kicked off Families in Motion, May 6.
The children are encouraged to get involved in a half an
hour of exercise, with a family member, at least three
times a week, throughout May.
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