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Wednesday, March 3, 1999
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Zurich Cougar Report
The Early Years Bear lass has just finished a
friendship unit. We enjoyed learning about being. a
nice friend from the `Kids on the Block' video. We
have celebratlxl our 50th day at school. Each child
brought a collection of 50 items. We then measured
and weighed them. We also made a fig book about
50 things. To celebrate Heritage Week, we talked
about the Canada flag and our money. Our class
made flags and one of our favourite songs is 'Canada
In My Pocket' by Michael Mitchell.
The Happy Face Early Years Class celebrated her-
itage day by taking an imaginary hot air balloon
across a map using pictures of Canada. We sang.
'Canada In My Pocket' by Michael Mitchell. Then we
made pockets and put symbols of Canada in each.
For Heritage week, grade one made a heritage tree
and put it up in the hall by our door. Each student
was asked to bring in a picture of their parents and
grandparents and these were cut and mounted on
red construction paper. leaves. We then put the
leaves en the branches of the tree we made out of
poster paper. We also participated in the question
and answer quiz each afternoon.
The grade 2/3 class has been participating in
Heritage week by taking part in the Canadian
Geography Quiz. We have also been studying how
our culture is different from cultures around the.
world and how it is enriched by immigration. This
week's Cougar of the week was Kacie Erb.
As part of Heritage Week, Mr. Pearson's grade 3/4
class participated in _the `Canada Quiz' as well as dis-
cussed some of Canada's best tourist sites. We have
also created paper mache` totem poles and plasticihe
sculptures of various Native homes, tools and
weapons in our social studies program.
Mr. Brock's grade 5/6 class has been: -celebrating
and learning about Black. History Monte We- used
the internet to learn about the Underground
Railroad and the difficult conditions people of colour
faced.. As well, we have .been participating in the
Heritage Week quizzes. Several students got nearly--
perfect
early:perfect on the quiz. Way to go! With Miss Buist we
have been learning about the history of citizenship in
Canada and the Charter of Rights: We have visited
the web site citizen.com, have answered trivia ques-
tions, have researched the last 5 decades in Canada,
and have discussed what it means to be Canadian.
Miss Buist's grade 7 students took part in the in -
school trivia contest on Canada Big winners were
Byron, Sam and Michelle. We used web site
citizen.com to investigate heritage. We are studying
New France and New England in history.
Students in Mr. Redick's grade eight class have
been researching a significant Canadian event or
person. They are going to put their findings in a
Hyperstudio project that can be accessed on the sys-
tem by everyone. Meghan gave a very good speech.
on 'The October Crisis' of the Seventies. Right now
the students are searching websites for Sixties
events in our country. The' girls' basketball team
was quite successful atthe regional tournament and
placed second.
The children have just completed the TVO
Movement program in the Virtual Classroom.
Everyone enjoyed designing and building their own.•
wooden car. Interesting experiments were done with
the cars.
In Social Studies, Gr. 2/3 is currently finishing up
an Inuit study. Excellent projects on various Arctic
animals were completed by the students.
On the computer, the pupils have- been practicing
their proper keyboarding as they type friendship sto-
ries. Inuit drawings were done using the "paint" pro-
gram.
Mr. Snell's grade 4/5 class is inthe middle of doing
many things in the virtual classroom like their char-
acter boxes and SNOOPS.
Miss Smith's grade 5/6 class took a field. trip to
Wawanosh Nature Cmare. The event concluded a
'Lost in the Barren's' novel study unit. The students
participated in a survival game. Taking on the -role of
herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores, the students
searched for food and water in a wooded area while
attempting to stay clear of predators. This was an
active day and a good time was had by all.
Ms. Smith's class is in the beginning stages of plan-
ning a naturalization/garden area for the school. The
garden will be developed in- the spring and cared for
over the summer. The Green Club also has an inter-
est in the project. Usborne's Resource Teacher, Mrs.
Hayter is responsible for initiating and planning the
entire project.
The grade 7 and 8 classes went to Talisman skiing
on Feb. 12. Some of the comments heard .were:
"Talisman was coal. I had a great time and, I can't
wait to go again!", "It was spectacular, jolly good
fun!" The grade 7 and 8 classes will also be curling
during February and March. One student comment-
ed "Curling is exceptionally fun." The pupils appreci-
ate being able to use thecurling club in Exeter.:
Reporters: .Brenna- Osgood -and -Kristen TTerhoog
News From the Hawles Nest in Hensall
kJsborne Public School news
Usborne School celebrated Valentine's day with a
dance, red and white day, candy jar guessing and
valentine's messages. There are many events taking
place in the month of February such as: "Partners in
Excellence" reading program, skating, pizza and hot
dog days, free throw competition, public speaking,
wacky hair day, cupcake day. sneaker day, Tech 21,
air bands, chess club and Saturday morning floor
hockey.
The Early Years classes have been talking about
friendship this month. They have been keeping a
journal of all the acts -of kindness throughout the
day.They are making friendship necklaces, booklets
and cards for each other.
The Grade V2 class at Lisburne School have cele-
brated Valentine's Day and their. 100th school day
this month. On" l00_ daft, they brought'100' objects to
school and did math activities with them. The class
has been building projectsusing wood rips as- part
of the "Structures`" program in the virtual classroom,
as well as readiftg books for the read-a-thon to. earn
new books for the school. •
Mrs. McConnells' grade 2/3 class has been working
on a Friendslula theme. The pupils have been trying
to do,"random acts of kindness" as part of the school
wide program. The Valentine's Day celebration
activities and classroom party were enjoyed by all.
The staff wishes: to applaud all the students of.
1{ensall Public: School for their fine behavior on the
playground during January and, February. The stu-
dents have been busy with many forms of outside
play such as: sliding down the snow hills, making
snow forts, snowmen and snow angels. Well done!!
Kindergarten students just recently brought out
their beach wear and enjoyed a day at the beach in
their classroom. They were seen wearing shorts; tee
shirts, sun hats and even sunglasses. They cut open
a coconut and tasted it. Yummy?? They always
seem to bring sunshine to the hallways.
The Grade 1 students have been enjoying their
"Super Kid" of the Week -Program. They are work-
ing very hard on 'telling time to the hour and half
hour. They continue to. work on the number facts
and have cornplete.d another new reader,"See a
Show".
The Grade 2 students have been working on their
web page. They were the first class: to publish their
work on the website. The studentscencourage you to
visit and enjoy their work. They have recently com-
pleted their 106th day. at shooL Our Early Language
Intervention, Program is up and running, assisting
some of our students with their reading skills.
Thank you to the volunteers for making this pro-
gram a success.
The Grade 3 students, have been. following: Jesse's
Journey. The students raised, on their own, $'iZO.
for Jesse's Journey: The students were sad to hear.
about Wiarton Willie: The students keep the school
up to date with their display of news on the bulletin:
board.
The grade 4 students have just recently finished
their zoo projects to present to their classmates,.
They 'are going to start gymnastics soon in Phys,ed.
They have just presented their book talks. The chil-
dren also completed the novel "Willy Wonka and.the
Chocolate Factory". On Fridays, the students are
linked with grade 1 students fhr reading and dimer.
activities.
"Anne of Green Gables" was read•by grade 5. They
have started to take geometry in math, The human,
body is their science topic. Choy are using some oh
the new phys.ed. equipment in gym as weWas Iearn-
ing new basketball skills.
Grade 6l7 has also been learning new basketball
skills, They have completed newspaper reports on,
the ski trip to Talisman. They are working on book •
talks and and designing pamphlets in French,
The grade 7/8 class has just completed the. novel.
"Call of the Wild", had tests in various subjects and
continued to record in their journals. They go to
Tech 21 monthly. The student's have just started to
study the visual novel, 'Tom Gratton's War'. They
are working on geometry, line segments and angles
in. math. The class curls in Clinton on Thursday
afternoons:
Students have been ice skating and skiing as well'
• as enjoying the twice a month sports/craft nights.
Members of the community joined us in a celebra-
tion of Pancake Tuesday held at Hensall United
Church.
Over $2;500: was raised at a skate-a-thon for the
playground equipment fund. The Grade 5 class won
a pizza party for raising the most money.
Jenna. Dayman was one of 16 young hockey play-
ars who travelled to Toronto to take part in the clos-
ing ceremonies for Maple Leaf Gardens. She carried
the banner representing the hockey players from the
1947 era.
Stephen Central. Public School
From Room 7 - Grades 2/3 have been very busy
with the Animal research projects. We began by
making jot notes and then writing a paragraph for
each heading. We are using the Dreamwriters to
produce the final product and having a great time
dting it!
From Room 5 - Grade 4 students arebusy studying
Medieval times. We have also been examining light
and sound.
From Room 6 - Grade 3. has been discovering two
types of forces in Science. One is of a .direct contact
like a push or pull. The second is experienced: at a
distance such as static, electric or magnetic force.
Each force creates movement in objects: Some new
vocabulary includes gravity,_ repel, drag, streamlined
and friction. Each lesson involves a problem or an
investigation which is carried out by partners or
small groups.
From Room 8 Ikh math, :grade --5 skudtnts, are.
studying measurement. In Science we are doing
experiments with changes in matter. Also, we are
learning about atoms. In Language Arts, we are
reading about kites around the world.
From Room 3 - Grade 7 students have been,study-
ing Antarctica in Geography and using. the Internet
for research.. www.icair.iac.org.nzi: Topics have
• included ice, southern lights, geographic informa-
tion, history, penguins and whales. In F ngllsh. stu•
-
dents have written an essay on the "Domino Effects
of Kindness" as well as completing their novel stud-
ies on `Witch of Blackbird Pond' or'Indian. in the
Cupboard'. Students have finished presenting their
speeches to their classmates and- are now working
on Science Fair Projects. We enjoyed Mr. McEwen's
visit from South Huron. District High school to help
us get ready.
From Room 4 _ In math. the grade 6 -students have
been studying geometry, perimeter, area and vol-
ume.. They have, created interesting skins of solid
shapes and tried: their best to name them. It was a
challenge to find the surface area and volume of
solid shores, "AWorld in Motion" is an •interesting •
topic for -our science studies. The students are learn-
ing about the kinds of motion and the six simple
machines. Sem they will be able to design and: build
their own.inventian.
Froin Room. Z - Grade 7/8 students have been
working- on different kinds of dances in their gym
class. Groups have made up their own dances and
presented them to the class for everyone to learn.
Speech presentations have just wound. up with,threv
representatives going to the gym. The class is now
focussing on their Science Fair Experiments and
Inventions.
• From Kindergarten - Kindergarten students have
been learning the letters, L,M',N, and.0 and will con-
tinue with their letter of the day program.next.week.
The students enjoyed their, Valentine activities last
week. Everyone wishes Mrs. Iasenby, a. speedy
recovery. We thank Mrs. Clar.for filling inso well.
From- the Resource Centre - Students have been
busy researching many topics. Mrs. Atthill's grade 7
class investigated inventions using. 'The Way Things
Work' software. This* a: multimedia: encyclopaedia
of inventions and physical science concepts. Mrs.
Miller's Room 4: students have been using resources~
to discovers the background behind many objects- we
use or see daily. Mrs. Bears& is working. with. Rooin 5
..to create a project entitled `Multimedia Canada' and
with Room 7 to create a. project entitled `Tho Five
Sense''