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Three members of the Girl Gtilde troop in Goderich were
honored this week in a ceromohy for services spanning four
yearsin the organization. Three years in the Brownie division
and an additional year in the .Girl Guides. Guide leader Miss S.
Graves makes the presentation to (left to right) Sheila O'Brien,
Marion Melick and Paula Butler. -Staff photo
A new concept in education
Non
By Arnold Mathers,
Principal; " '•
Huron centennial School,
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,During the last few years, and
especially since the HaWDennis
report of 496fkmany people it
Ontario have' been taking an
interest in -non-graded' schools.
What is a nOff-graded`school?
The concept:9f 0lion-graded
school was popularized in "the.
United States about ten years
-ago by the authors Goodlad and
Anderson. Their bo6k, the
N_on-Graded Elementary School
started the search for n'on7glosied
schools and :programs. It's
futile search because, a
non -graded school simply
' doeSn't
Non-gradedness is an idea.
Simply -stated it meansWt the
children, at- one grade level do
not all learn the same thing at
the same dine or in the same
• room. There- - are as many
—patterns of . non-gradedness as
there are -schools.
• Some .schOols, test all pupils in
spelling and establish spelling
groups containing pupils of close
to- equal ability,. Thus, Grade
• four, five, and six' children,'who
"
aded schools explained
work above' and below their
grade level and,. therefore, she is
really teaching Grade 3; 4, 5, 6,
and' 7 courses. This resembles
the 'organization of a rural
school but reduces the age
difference' of pupils to three
years,and let i them range across
the grades n various subjects. '
The unit system is one of the
better known non -graded
organization.
It allows pupil's to move
through units of work and
negates the necessity for
repeating a whole xear, or going
on to the next gradeof work
before the pupil is, ready. It
divorces the_prornotian system
from the calendar.
A school .in Joplin,. Missouri,
worked out a system wliereby
pupils were "streamee for
certain subjects but retained the
idea of a homer6om teacher for
other subjects. Reading and
:english skills are streamed for
one part of the day,
mathematics is streamed
differehtly for another part of
the day, -and Pupils work in their
grade Placed classroom for the
balance of the day. ,
The timetable might look like
this:
• Reading and Langtiage - 9
,a.m. - 11 a.m. `•
Mathematics -Ji.a.irr: -
noon.
Homerbom grades„ in
'afternoon.
Groups or levels are
determineclas ,follows: •
Group compares to Grade
-3.- 4.„
Group -2- compares to Grade
all spell about:0e same, go to
the same room , for spelling
periods.
Other schools keep all .the.
Grade five children in the:same"
room for spelling but have
working at,
various grade ievels'.7The same
concept may_ Jae applied to
mathematics, reading, or creatiye.
writing.
Anotherpopular pattern is
the 'age -grade -----organihtion..
Classes are set up on the basis pf
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age'. and stay together through
their eight ye -ars- of elementary
school. The teachers , group the
children within these classes for
reading, fri4hOmatics,
spelling, but, teach subjects such
as social studies and scLence
• 'th'e complete etas,. Schools
• organized in this way call their
groups by age.e.g..the_eight_year.„,
olds,She twelve year olds, etc.
A _different', type of
nori-gradedness is called the.'
multi,age group or Multi -grade
• group. Children ,from Grades 4,
5, atr-15 afe plaCed in one
classroom. The teacher conducts
• a course of study at each grade
level butt allowGrade fives to
work above or below their grade
level. -
She also' provides material for
Grade four and six pupils to
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31/2.
Group 3 compares to Grade
4.
Group 4 compares to •Grtie
41/2.
Group 5 compares to Grade
5. • '
Group 6 Compares to Grade ,
51/2.
A Grade four pupil can be in
level 3 reading and language, and
level two -rnathematics,-'Another
Grade four pupil from the same
class could be in level 8 reading
and language, but level five
mathematics. Both ptipils do the
same work, in the afternoon but
are grouped according to their
ability in reading and
mathematics. In thiS,7trage their -
reading .is similar but there is
considerable difference in their
ability in mathematics.
Othel• various of
non- adedness in elementary
schools which developed later
have been called continuous
progress, flexible, rotary, unit
promotion, thematic scheduling'
ad infinitum. In all cases thy'
are atteiiiptS to provide a better
matO between the subject and
the child.
It really doesn't help a • -child
to take .G rade six mathematics if
he doesn't learn anything, even
though he passed into.Grade six
on the strength 'of his other
subjects. Most schools agree that
the variation in a clasS- is about
one.greater than the grade lee1.
A Grade four class may have
about a five year variation in any
subject i.e. pupils ranging Nom
Grade three to Grade eight
ability, and a Grade seven class
might have about an' eight -year
variation, i.e. a Grade 5 - 11
ability. Conceivably a -.child
might rang: from a Grade five
level -in spelling to Grade ten
level in science and Grade six
level in mathematics.
At this time it is probably
obvious that no single 'pattern of
nor -graded organization is better ,
than any other. We can only say
that . some form of
non-gradea;ness is likely better
than ni5fie 'at all.
Non -graded, while yet in its
infancy, has been superceded by
the open-corkcept: Openness, like
non -graded, is a complex notion.
An , open concept schodl does
not !man a large physical area,
in fact some open area schools
operate a very closed'system of'
education. ,„
•Openness is a synonym of
trust. It reft;rs, chiefly to. a
teaching approach • 'which
disregards the ty&litiotal
pupil -teacher 'methods and the
lock step program. The emphasis
is directed toward- tlassrooms- in
which 1) the room is
decentralized into - groups an&
work areas, 2) the children
choote sorne of their activities,
3) the teacher provides rich
learning experiences and
„materials, -4)- the 'teacher works
with individuals or small groups
- seldom presenting a "lesson!'
-to the whole class. While there
are -approximately 360 open
plan school buildings in Ontario,
no one %auld hazard a guess at
the number of schools in whiCh
„open concept education is being
initiated.
With the emphasis ,on trust
between the staff and students,
libraries are used by any student
at any time of the day, audio
PROCLAMATION
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, TO THE CITIZENS OF TH.E TpWl\l OF GODERICH
As directed by resolution of th6
Municipal Council I hereby de-
clare the week of
-OCTOBER. 17th to 23rd
CHILDREN'S AID WEEK
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vis'ual machines are operated, by
my, children who have , taken
basic instructions' in _their
operation, and pupils , are, not
tied to one room or one Taflier
all -day every day.. It is 'hoped
that the student 'assumes greater
responsibility for his education
and the by prod,uqis heightened
motivation.
. -The idea of the open concept
school ..was practiceil_in" Britain
after the Second World War.
Some-,excell'ent filmsare now
availal4le showing children
British Primary Schools O'hich
operate, under the open concept
plan.
Und_Oubledly_ this is a gross
over simplification of
trends in our elementary
educational patterns, however, it
may, sere to establisti•the-,idea
that there is no one 'way to
establish ungraded or provide
open concept schools.
Why - • bother with these
• changes? As ,parents, we sit
down tOday With our seven or
Right ,year olds to di,scuss the
kind of worldly knowledge
:Which our parents passed on to
us as teenagers. Sesame Street,
a n d t 'he c altu r8 1. a n
• technOlogical -change which it
represents is a real chalkage to
the edu4itional community:
Vote as you
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GODERICH 14,19713J
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HOLIDAY FOR ROBERTSON
Thursday, Oct. 7 brought a
holiday from school for
Robertson and surrounding
district schools when the
teachers met at Colborne Central
for ProfesSioql Development
Day
TkCHERMARRIED
:Cliss B. Hutton, ' French
t•acher at Robertson School,
l) -come Mrs, Dhaya, F-riday,
Oct. 8. Congratulations -from
Robertson Mr. and -Mrs. Dhayal
" CA ND YSEIN G SOW-
ttobertson School is selling
candy • to be handed out
Hallowe'en night to raise money
for our Students Council once
again. A prize is being given to
the girl ana boy who sell the
most candy..
BICYCLE ROPE()
On Friday, Oct. 8, 20 Grade
7 and 8 students_ from
RObertson went to Clinton for
the 1971 Bicycle Rodeo. Wendy
Thompson 'won the girls' award
and Davie lirouse the boys'
prize, Goderich was runner-up to
Clihton. '
For Octogeinoilans
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. and'those older
The Goderich Signal -Star is pleased to extend happiest
airthday grWetings to the following new member, of the
Othogenarign Club:
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MISS MARY LACEY,197 Cambridge Street, who witlrfie-
84 years old tomorrow, October 15;
MRS. HERB MORRIS,108 AngfeseaStreet, wfio
89th kirthday Octo.ber..27.
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Marks her •
you know of someone who will be celebrating an 8,0th
birthday or better in the near future and would like to have his
or her name mentioned in this .eiolumn, please telephone
524-8331 -g-tvirig the name, address, age and birthday of the
celebrant.
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There ispabsolutely no charge for this service and we are
plened-ro hearfrom'all of you,
gri
Nile UC
Exp -lo ers
elect slate
• The Explorers first meeting
was held in the. Nile United
. Church -at 7.:30 o'clock. Leaders
;t.-Ahis year are Mrs. Reg „Brindley,
Mrs.. Doug 'McNeil and Mary
- Me
Members elected the officers
who He: President, Sharon
Pollock: vice-presidedt, ,Brenda
Brown; secretary, Lynn Pollock;
vice -secretary. Susan Pollo.c.k.;,.,
and treasurer, Karen Stothers.
•Cards ,for the sick, Cheryl
Jardine.,-LCathY' . Kerr; helpers, ..
Laurie Feagary, Patty 'Brindley-,
and Suzann Triers
The' leaders Dye out paper *
for an Explorer book. Patty led
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in a game of wink.:
The meeting closed with the •
Explorers prayer,
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N T DO IT!
A LIBERA
GOVERNMENT
1. Will organize Gov't
• Departments, -ro •
2. Will assume 80% of
Education costs to
relieve farmers and
- •:property owners of.
this crushing tax ,
burden. ,
3. Will return Provin-
Jncial assessment
biek, to County con-
trol.
4: Will create jobs
thro. tax reform to
stimulate economic
growtfi,
MURRAY GAUNT WILL SPEAK ON CKNX RADIO
Fri., Oct. 15 - 7:55 a.m.
Sht., Oct. 16 - 9:55 a.m.
Mon., Oct, 18 - 7:55 rim.
CAMPAIGN, HEADQUARTERS
Wingham - 357-2801
Kincardine -:----396-7980
VOTE FOR THE MAN WHO
WORKS FOR YOU
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HARRY WOR$E.1.1., Mayor
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8poniorecl by the Huron - BrAide Liberal AssoeiatiO
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The Robertson Memorial
School Team is.as follows: '
Wendy -Thompson, Tammy
,Brian Meriam, David Smith,
Randy Carroll, Pat Denomine,.
Brenda Mohring; Stelae Meriam,
Ken Shelton, Jeff Fisher, Danny
'Wilkinson, Jeff Harrison,
Stephen Collins, Jim Riley, Mary
Harper, Tony Vollick, Don
qCirkconnell, Laird Eisler and
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COUNCIL
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COMMITTEE
MEETING
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of Thuriday, Ogtober 21, 1971, I
will be held on 1,NeginensOay,
afternOon, October 20, 1971 at •
4:00P.M,
-COUNCIL'
MEETING
of Thursday, November 11,
1971 will be held on Wednesday,
November .10, 1971 at 4:00 P.M.
Changes due to Election and
Remembrance' Day respectively.
Diana Oke.
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Don Milne NDP
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STANDS FOR TRW:VI, REPRESENTATIVE
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GOVERNMENT
The policies of the-N.D.P. are not
formed by politicians, they are
formed by the, needs of the—people
who are affecied by the pbliCy:
Check N.D.P. policy on: Family
f a rmi ng,' maintenance of farm 2
equipment, ctomobile ,‘ insurance,
pollution, employment, industrial
development ,asSistance;
taxes, and separate scnool support.
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