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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-04-27, Page 5+o / / / / / / / / / / / hatter from Colborne School ictoria iewpoint MRS. FISHER D •Old MacDonald .had a faun. S What a I'ot of animals he kept on it! This week we have been learning about the differentanimals on the , farrn, and why the farmer keeps there. We painted pictures about the faun. We particularly enjoyed our record Bozo or the Farm. and , the coloured " • picttvrl•es which accompanied it. MRS. CORY • While many of us do not know very much about farms, others of us have grandmas and grandpas or other friends who -live on farms and can tell us quite a lot about the animals and vegetables grown there. We have enjoyed looking. at pictures. reading • stories, , and,. singing songs about the farm. We have *.also painted •our own ✓ versions of farm animals and constructed farmers at work. MISS VIDEAN 1 e fr;linted engines_ box cars and cabooses, Then we taped them..' on the wall along the stairs, —BUT— A Where did All our engines go? They've gone to Robertson's Big Art Show: MRS. FINLA.YSON Our class have been • experimenting with:seed germination this month.• „ We planted some 1972 seed$', some 1971 seeds and some older ones. • From this, we learned better 'to plant seeds not than one year old. • • it more MRS. STEEP—Library ' At present. the A,V. room is being used fora hook display sent from the Canadjan Publishers' Council. The books,. are all biographies. Librarians from the .♦ entire,county have been visiting our school' to preview these books. • MR. SYGROVE The grade fours have just about completed . their Australia project • - Boys' Floor Hockey will be heading into , its - playoffs this week—all four teams , will ' compete. a • This week we constructed three dimensional,artout of strips of construction paper.: , 11, • MR. YEO We, have been conducting experiments with light to s,ee how„ it travels and, how eclipses are . caused., Also we have begun. a - research into the ,changes that have taken pure- in the- tundra:* . The contents of mystery box .were found to b'e lichees. The encyclopedia have not been too valuable in giving -any information about them, re, MRS. MaoDONALD Some New Inventions New kinds of transportation to school: —a running,�easy chair in which you relax while it runs to school —flyng shoes -you can make a pair of wings on your shoes •—,self-controlled bicycle—so yotiican relax and ride, too, A new kind of soft drink. —Seven Down—you make it the same way as Seven Lip but you put it down instead of up A new kind of sandwich; —Biglittlespecial (by Randy Little) ° A new kind of bubble gum: —Dynamite Bubble Gum— when you blow a bubble, it explodes in your face. , A new kind of dessert: =Scquoopy=—.anything we can lay our hands on. ' MRS. CRANSTON Room seven are going to make animals and flowers, from egg cartons. MRS. TELFORD,. Room 16 is going to have another bazaar on May 12 to; make 'money for our trip in June. Our class is going to have a, draw on a box of chocolate, and a planter with a variety of plants in We are studying light in science. The pupils in our class are making flower, pots, using' folded paper tulips, and'Pl'owers made from egg cartons. MR. CARROLL ActivityUnit on Inca Life write- up in three week period, LOOM & QUIPU 'Loom • We are making a backstr;ap loom as the Incas did many years --ago, Forlhe weaving we shall use binder twine. It"will be dyed light blue. Weare trying to show how the Inca women Wove manyyears,; ago. Quipu We are making a quipuF% to represent the Inca 'number system, used many years ago. We are going to get a long piece of rope and tie many • different colours on to it. We wit then tie knots into the'yarn to represent numbers. By: Wendy M. Brenda W. ORNAMENTAL MASK We are makingan"brpamental .mask that the -Incas used. are Using a cardboard box with cardboard pieces'glued on to make,the designs and the face. We ' are trying to show the detailed work of this mask. It will also be covered with paper mache and painted over with gold. . By: Stephen Doney and Gary Green. - . P VILLAGE We are making mountains with screens" and sheets with' plaster pans to cover the Mountains. The aquaducts, bridges, irrigation system and suspension bridge will be made -of bamboo, binder twine and wood, We are, doing a simple Inca village .to try and 'show "the' Way of life in a typical village. • Pamela Larobert Jane Hamilton Denise Burbine Leslie Mac Ewan -Jayne ''Collinson Mike Milley Lori Fisher Debbie Mullen Brian Good /\\\\%e‘,..\\S.\\\\\‘‘.•'%S\S‘\‘\%\\\\•\%'\\'\*\•,, • / � r / By ews front SUE FREEMAN At 8:00 this morning the Viking Band left G,D.C.I. on its annual M two-day Spring Tour, They should arrive inWoodstock around 11:00 where they will .play before the students of Woodstock Collegiate Institute'. An afternoon concert is Scheduled for Waterford District High School. The Band will spend the night in this town, hilletted" • with the hand members of Waterford High School, therileave next morning for St, John's College in Brantford, the last concert of the trip. Each year the band have a new program, "Theme from'6ummer • of'42"the Beatle Medley "Let it Be", :Trumpet Song", Songs by "Chicago, and "Selections by Jimmy Webb make up'the agenda for the Concert Band. The Stage hand members are , really cultured these days' As well as practising their music,' they're becoming artists as they are painting t'he stage band music sands! °. les just two weeks until Music t w. MAN'S BEST FRIEND! PEGGY. FISHER GRADE a 'SOCIAL, SCIENCES M;tn's best friend is of course the aiog. But why isn't a cow or a cat or a frog'' A dog can help find a person lost or in danger, And whatdoes a cow do. just vat in. a manger. A dog will all night protect your house, And what doei a cat do, just chase mouse. Dogs are strong and can pull a heavy load, And what does a hog do, just get in the road. Dogs are nitich better than any, of these, But what about. chickens, chipmunks and chimpanzees, Dogs have been a good .companion since the prehistoric day, • While•chickens,just pile nuts in a heap, o a Some dogs are good hunters such - as the hound, While chimps all they do is monkey ar-ot nd! Dogs like the collie, spaniel arfd setter, , Have something in them that make me feel 'merrier. As you know now dogs are the - best, Than the animals I menti ned and •all of the rest! THE GOWN. BY GRADE 6 To whom does this elegant gown belong? I thought t'was a Queen's, But no—1 was wrong. P, It changes its colour o.nce a year To tell us that Winter's almosf here, - Now, I know that you too can see. It's the -colourful gown of a Maple Tree. • This is a sarnple.poem, done by the• Grade 6 class at Colborne School as an example to he enteredin a poem contest being held within the school. There are three categories to this contest. The Kindergarten to • Grade 3 • students are entering sketches: the Grade 4 to Grade 6 students are entering 'poems; -,ani. the-„ Grrade 7 and 8.: students are entering short essays.' The overall theme is "Trees." This contest helps' to create interests a "fun night-' to he held in the near, future with • any • proceeds going to buy voting seedlings, The '`fun night" will consist of contests made up by the students, in rvhieh -parents arid students, alike will participate. • We feel this to be a good project in helping tobeautify our school., LADIES DAYS at Goderich Building ;Centre One of the groups last week made butter and ice cream. This group was studying•dairy cattle. To make both the butter and ice „create they used whipping cream. The cream was put into a jar and shaken until the butter formed a hallo gait was added to give it taste. It was a white colour because bufterrs colouring added, to it. For the ice cream, we whipped the cream in°a bowl and'froze it. To give it some flavour we radded some Maple syrup.. , 1 SUNSE T DY MARIIa SCHQEMAKER' WIwn evenipJORg falls AR sunset, corner and glows• with Raclrant colours TWENTY-NINE DAYS AT SEA BY WAYNE ALLIN—GRADE 7 The, gentle swity'ing of the liferaft and the taste of salty water brought John to his senses Four survivors remained.in the last coma before death was the fourth, Len and Bill were still • asleep. • John's swollen ems shifted to Rooky,who was the. -fourth member His memory went hack nineteen days ago when their ship went .to the ocean floor. of .the fifteen crew members ' ele.yen• went down with shift,. He • would never forketthe'dazzling- flash of light when 4he deadly torpedo struck. home. , •Just then •John thought of the life vests. They had a tin of vitamins in all life vests. Nobody .had thought of their last hope, which was on their own person. His .head • swimming he managed to cut open his vest with the sharp knife. The only way to get inside the vest 'was -to cutit open. The reason was for waterproofing. Out of the hole he produced five by five inch tin. Inside was a shiny, black substance that tasted moist. John chewed,the precious contents and crawlinfoLen and Bill gave MTV a piece and told them to chew it., Len and Bill took out their own and gave Rocky's to John. The tlitee'' r'egainOil sufficient strength • tO• push the stiff Rocky over. They greatly regretted doing this but they knew it would make less weight so the raft would sit higher Besides who likes to sit shoulder, to shoulder to'a dead man. lay the 26th day the rations were running low like they hada week '`and a half before. Their tongues became swoollen again and • we,tknessovercome them. On ,the 29th day they moved not at all. Len heard a' throbbing sound above the thiurderous sea and.. his blurry eves saw a °dream come true. 'A • h'elrcoitter• was. above them' The - huge choisier came down beside the raft as one by' one the three • men clirrihed inside the• wooden • basket and 'hoisted to the chopper. .When they, reached, home they. • were thankful to the chopper I hi.s ended the nightmare of 29° days -in a flimsy, inflated raft at GRADE 5 Grade fives' have recently been studying Japan. In keeping with. thi&theme we have wrftten°some Ja'paness .r{ioete'V. , This special type of Poetry is„ h j1ect Haiku and consists of 3 lines a,nd a total of 17 syllables. Her are some of our efforts: 4 GYPSIES BY LAURIE ELLIOTT Gypsies may travel, By the night and by the day, And still very gay. SUNSET `► 'BY -RICKY McGEE Sunset will' you rise • Andawake the whole whole world And show your big smite. ' Sr. Peter's youth plan rally The. St. Peter's Youth • Group was involved in a day trip to Mount St. Joseph in London last Sunday. A group of about 10 went on the excursion. The Yout'li Gr•ouli's., main interest is the upcoming Youth Rally which Goderich is•host of. It will take place the',Sundriy Of May 7: Several other'Youth Groups are attendifig the• rally' such as Kingsbridge, Wingham, St. Augustine and Luck'now, In Goderich the singers for the rally have.been practicing for three. weeks now. Some guests at the-- 'Ha•-• rally will be Darlene Kennedy and Father Cassano who will he conducting the Rally. • This,S•unday the Group is having a,general meeting at St. Mary's School and'after that the, Kingsbridge and St. Augustine Youth Groups are coining down to the school for a few • vollevh,l games. When You Shop Say... SAW -IT IN THE SIGNAL 1 REMAINING. down from 25% off to this is the second price cut, don't wait 'til the third cut or you may be looking at the dust on the shelves. ' our stork is going fast. come' in soon ORSELL BROS. HARDWARE - The Square • GODERICH FROSTED FOODS 65 HAMILTON,,STREET SHOULDER' VEAL CHOPS - VEAL PATTIES lb. Ib. Ib.1• Night (Mar 11) Have you bought your ticket? The new environmental club, Natura, l as kad its last meeting of, the year. On May 13, the club members are planning to clear up the Goderich beaches. Signs will be posted. before the 24 of May holiday; in this way the students hope the beaches will remain safer and clean. The members of the track team, are now training for their individual events, There was a- relatively good turn -out for'Track this year, and almost a hundred students will trayel to the Track Meet in St. ,Mary's, on May 17. As the date for the formal arrives, frantic last-minute touches are being added to the elaborate--'d'ecorations In the gymnasium. Nominees for school queen are Sherry Moore, Anne Hopkinson, Dianne' Crawford and Trudy Kernighan. The queen will he crowned Friday 'evening and Pm sure the decision will be difficult! .x• BEEF LIVER LEAN I. BRAISING RIBS • � $ Ib. 59 ►b.65 McCAINS S t• r a ver br err r Shortcake ORANGE CRYSTALS 3r oz. 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