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Students at Grey Central Public School were brought to
giggles, Thursday when Greg Blount of Minnow Books told
and demonstrated the story of Harry's Mad. The reading
was held in conjunction with the book fair. (Janice Becker photo)
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Presents:
DOG OBEDIENCE
with instructor Anita Hansen
This 10 week session will begin on
Tuesday, September 10, 2002
- 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
at the Seaforth & District
Community Centres
Wednesday, September 11, 2002
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
at the Brussels Morris & Grey Community Centre
THE SEAFORTH SITE WILL ALSO BE OFFERING AN
AGILITY CLASS FROM 8:00 - 9:00 PM ON TUESDAY
EVENINGS AFTER THE BEGINNER OBEDIENCE CLASS
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(Urban)
Thursday, September 19, 2002 at 7:00 pm
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(Clinton Town Hall)
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in the Auditorium of the Central Huron Municipal
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PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2002.
Grey Central Echo
Visiting storyteller good for laughs
Grey Central enjoyed, a lively,
active first week back to school.
Now that staff and students are
getting settled in, it's time to get
together for the annual fall open
house, which will be held on
Wednesday, Sept. 11 from 5:30 p.m.
lo 7:30 p.m.
Parents are invited to drop by the
library to visit the Minnow Brook
Fair during Meet the Teacher night.
In addition to visiting classrooms,
The Ethel euchre was held on
Monday. Sept. 2 with 15 tables in
play.
Winners were: share-the-wealth,
Bill Craig, John Subject; high, Viola
Adams, John Subject; lone hands,
Iola Subject, Jim Smith; low, Grace
Stewart, Agnes Harrow; lucky tally,
Jean McNaughton, Isabelle Craig,
Ross Stephenson, June Jacklin,
Allan Kennedy, Isabelle Bremner,
Edna McLellan, Eileen Mann, Annie
Wight, Jim McGillawee, Walter
Harrifield, Grace Stewart.
The next euchre will be held on
Monday, Sept. 16 at 8:30 p.m.
families are also invited to
participate in the dedication of the
new outdoor learning areas at 7 p.m.
and in the school council meeting
and elections, to be held at 7:30 p.m.
The Grade 1 and 1/2 classes are off
to London's Safety Village on
Thursday, Sept. 12.
Grey's tradition of involvement
with the Brussels Fall Fair continues
on Wednesday, Sept. 18, All students
are expected to assemble at the ball
diamond in Brussels by 11:45 a.m.
Students will be marching in the
parade and will have the opportunity
to explore the fair exhibits with their
parents after the parade.
Buses will not run that day.
Parents will transport their children
to Brussels and pick them up
immediately following the parade, as
per instructions in the newsletter.
School pictures will be taken on a
couple of upcoming dates. Students
in kindergarten A will have their
pictures taken on Friday, Sept. 20.
Photographs of students in
kindergarten B, kindergarten C and
Grades 1-8 will be taken on. Monday,
Sept. 23.
On the morning of Thursday, Sept.
5, students and staff at Grey Central
were pleased to engage in a literacy
event that accompanied the opening
of the hook fair. Grey hosted
booktalker Greg Blount, founder of
Minnow Books. Blount entertained
K-8 students by telling three or four
stories to each group of children that
visited with him in the library.
Students enjoyed his lively antics
and left each session inspired to read
some great books. The first
presentation, involving the Grade
3/4, Grade 4/5 and Grade 5/6
featured the books: Harry's Mad by
Dick King-Smith, "The Pink Bow-
Tie” from Unbelievable by Paul
Jennings and Pirate School by Cathy
East Dubowski and Mark Dubowski.
Students in kindergarten, Grade 1,
Grade 1/2 and Grade 2/3 were very
attentive to Blount's retelling of the
stories The Piggy in the Puddle by
Charlotte Pomerantz, Prince Cinders
by Babette Cole and Somebody and
the Three Blairs by Marilyn
Tolhurst. All three stories were
humorous to begin with, and
Blount's storytelling style had the
children giggling with pleasure.
Upon reflection, the majority of
the children in Grades 1 - 3 chose
Somebody and the Three Blairs as
their favourite, but deciding which
of these stories was the best was a
chore.
During the final presentation for
Grade 7 and 8 students, Blount
engaged intermediate students by
telling four stories that have proved
popular during the book fair..
Veteran bus drivers Alan Baker,
Murray Hoover, Doug Evans and
Stew Stei5s are joined by Denelle
Roppel.
Thanks once again to Stew Steiss
for returning to one of our Grey bus
routes. He is filling in for Brenda
MacKinnon while she recovers from
a broken ankle.
Lynne Henry, Junior SERT and
Miss Emelie Van Bolhuis, SCC
were both left out of the "welcome
backs" last week. Sorry..
Grade Is are looking forward to
going on their field trip to the Safety
Village in London this Thursday. To
get ready for learning about safety at
the safety village, the students have
been studying safety and singing
safety songs. They are also learning
about school bus safety.
Grade 2/3 enjoyed studying the
poem "The Old Oak Tree". The class
used their imaginations to' create
imaginary creatures to inhabit the
old oak tree in their poem. These
creatures have never before been
seen in the area ... but watch out for
Frabbits, Freeblies and Frossils!
On Friday afternoon, the Grade
2/3s ventured out to .the beaver trail
in the environmental learning
grounds. There they saw evidence
that the beavers have been busy. The
beavers have been chewing trees and
sliding into the river.
While on the trails, the class also
visited the butterfly garden and
touched Touch-Me-Nots and
smelled rosehips.
In math, the Grade 2/3s have been
studying data management. They
made a graph about siblings.
Mrs. Taylor's Grade 3/4 class had
an awesome first week back to
school. In the library they worked
together in groups to present a poem
called New! and in their classroom
they wrote a poem entitled My
School Pledge.
The class has been reviewing
addition and subtraction and they
have started writing journals. In
science, Grade 3 is studying plants
and Grade 4 is working on pulleys
and gears. The Grade 4 students
have learned to count to 10 en
francais, and are working on the
names of months and days of the
week.
Mrs. Murray's Grade 4/5 class is
learning about body systems in
health. In social studies, Grade 4s
are learning about medieval times,
while the Grade 5s are studying
Ancient Civilizations. The Grade 4s
join up with their peers in Mrs.
Taylor's class for science.
Mts. McDowell' is teaching' all of
the Grade 4s about pulleys and
gears. The Grade 5 science topic
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