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PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2001.
E. Wawanosh students consider speeches
By Add Dodds and Kristen
McArter
East Wawanosh's kindergarten A
class student, Austin Chaffe's
favourite time of the day is when he
is playing with the blocks. Caroline
McDowell especially likes the art
section.
The kindergartens have a snow
station which is a blue container with
snow in it. They enjoy it because
they don't have to go outside in the
cold snow. They have to wear
mittens if they want to play in the
The Ministry of Education has
announced the appointment of a
five-member advisory group to
recommend measures to ensure
Ontario students have access to co-
instructional activities.
The advisory group will have two
members from Huron-Bruce. The
chair is Doug Brown from
Kincardine. Other members are.
Cathy Cove (Goderich), Ernie
Checkeris (Sudbury), Colin Hood
(Oakville) and Matthew Walker
(Burlington).
Brown has 31 years of experience
as a principal and secondary school
teacher. He has also served as a
district president of the Ontario
Secondary School Teacher's
Federation. He is currently a
governor of the Ontario College of
Teachers' Governing Council and
has been a member of Education
Relations 'Commission since 1998.
Cove is a member of the Ontario
Parent Council and director of Parent
Network Ontario. She holds a
diploma in recreation facilities
management.
Asking a panel to search for ways
to restore extracurricular activities to
Ontario's schools is a possible first
step in a much-needed healing
process, said Jim Smith, president of
the Ontario English Catholic
Teachers' Association (OECTA).
"We hope the deliberations of this
new panel will generate a fair
solution to the extracurricular issue.
OECTA is willing to provide any
information or support that panel
members request."
While applauding this initiative,
Smith said he is surprised that the
government has not found a way to
introduce an immediate solution
during the current school year.
"Teachers want to be sure that this is
a genuine effort to move ahead and
snow station.
They have lots of snacks in their
class such as fruit rollups and other
candies. Some of them have
nutritious snacks such as fruits and
vegetables.
They have carpet time after lunch
when their teacher reads them a
book.
The whole class is learning lots of
math.
By Kayla Coburn and
Nikki Van De Walle
Students at East Wawanosh Public
Cove has received local awards for
participation in.- community
voluntarism, including awards from
the Huron Board of Education for
her work with schools and from
the Ontario Municipal Recrea-
tion Associat.on for excellence
in community volunteer
contributions.
The group will make
recommendations to ensure co-
instructional activities are delivered
so that:
• all students have access to a full
range of activities that promote a
rich and fulfilling educational
experience;
• volunteers and community groups
have a role in delivering co-
instructional activities;
• the provision of co-instructional
activities is not used as an
inappropriate bargaining tactic in
collective bargaining.
The group's first meeting will take
place as soon as possible, with
interim finding presented by mid-
February and the final report by mid-
March.
not simply a public relations exercise
that plays politics with the students
of this province."
Smith said he regrets that there is
not a full-time classroom teacher on
the panel to bring a teacher's
perspective to the deliberations. "We
believe that in addition to meeting
the essential needs of students and
parents, a resolution to teachers'
concerns rests at the core of a
workable solution."
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School are thinking about writing
their speeches. For some it takes a
while to figure out what to write
about.
Most of the lower grades will write
them on subjects like their pets
or their family/friends or some-
thing that has happened. For
the older grades it is really hard
because they want to write about
something interesting. Some older
smalITALK, the Huron-Perth
Preschool Speech/Language
Initiative, will receive an additional
$126,157 froin the Ministry of
Health and Long Term Care to
further improve speech and
language services for preschool
children and assist with their
transition into school. This brings
the total yearly allocation for
smalITALK to $244,133.
The funding is part of a province-
wide $6 million enhancement for
Preschool Speech and Language
Initiatives.
"This is a significant and most
welcome enhancement for our
program," said Mary Louise
LaBerge, co-ordinator of
smallTALK. "Compared to referral
rates from 1995 we have seen about
an 80 per cent increase in the
number of children under five years
who have been identified and
received speech and language
students write their speech about a
book they read, maybe because it
was a very good book. Or maybe
they will write about something in
the newspaper.
If your child asks you what they
should write their speech on, maybe
take them to the library and get some
books. and even go onto the internet
with your child(ren).
The Grade 7/8s are going to
services." LaBerge believes that the
enhancements are a recognition of
the success of the initiative's public
awareness and simple referral
process. -
"Approximately half of our
additional dollars will be used to
enhance the services that are
currently provided to children from
the time they turn five until-they are
eligible to begin senior
kindergarten," states Sharon Davie,
chairperson of thecommittee which
provides• strategic direction to the
planning and implementation of
smalITALK.
LaBerge adds, "One of
smallTALK's goals will be to ensure
a smooth transition from preschool
speech and language services to
school services. We are working
together with our local boards to
develop a good process."
. "About one in 1-0 preschool
children has a speech and language
be saying their speeches either
on Jana 30, Feb. 1 or Feb. 2.
Speeches have to be three to five
minutes long. If it's any longer or
shorter then the speaker will be
disqualified.
The winners from each class will
have the chance to go to the gym and
if they win there then they will have
the chance to go to the Legion
contest.
problem and research shows that left'
untreated, these children are at high
risk of lifelong problems, including
poor achievement in school and
increased drop out rate among other
problems," said LaBerge.
"Communication is key to success at
school and the earlier a problem is
identified and treated the better — no
child is too young to receive speech
and language services."
smalITALK focuses on
prevention, finding children with
problems early and broadening the
methods of treatment provided by
speech language pathologists.
Parents should trust their instincts
and call smalITALK if they are
concerned about the way their
child's speech and language skills
are developing.
For more information or to refer a
child to a speech language
pathologist; call (519) 273-2222 or
1-800-269-3683.
Min. of Ed. appoints
activities advisory group
OECTA backs panel
for activities restoration
smallTALK receives govt funding