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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-04-01, Page 33NMI Maureen Murphy,( foreground) a Grade 7 student at St. Mary's School was the winner in the Senior Division of the Huron -Perth Catholic Teacher's Association public speaking contest in Dublin last week. Murppy, the youngest in a family of seven children, spoke on 'Being the Youngest'. Grade 5 student, Crystal Brennan, spoke on Time Travel in the junior division of the competition. (photo by Dave Sykes) rooksicle school science fair bins Wednesday By Jason Cameron Adrian Rau Trisha MacDonald Janine Helm This week in Mrs. Youngs Grade 1-2 the All about me" person is Debily-n Greene. The Grade 2 group is learning about 3-D shapes. Tanya Maize from Grade 3"Room 4 got the highest amount of pledges for the Lucknow Kinsmen Skatathon in Lucknow on March 16.. ' On, Tuesday, March 24 Miss Mather's Grade one had an enjoyable trip to Robin- son's Maple Sugar bush. We are learning all about the maple sugar process,• past and present, and the yummy, maple sugar pro- ducts: The taffy was definitely our favorite. Mrs. Cameron's Kindergarten" class ac- companied Miss Mathers Grade 1 class and really enjoyed tasting the delicious maple products and seeing how they are made. Miss Zinn came to Grade'6 room to give a presentation on Europe and the British Isles. She showed slides and discussed about where people lived. She has written some books and gave us a wonderful presentation. On Friday, March 13, Brookside students saw the film -"Flight of the Navigator" and were let out one hour early. On Saturday March 14 Brookside won $50 for a s»ow sculpture contest. All the Grade 8's h d a good holiday but wished it had lasted longer. Tuesday March 24 basketball tryouts began to decide the Brookside team to tryouts to the basketball tournament on April 13.1 Miss Jewitt's Grade two class is. on unit •"`on "Raid". We have been doing paper and booklets on rain. It is Caley Moore's "All about Me" week to put up her .picture, Grade Five,'Portable One thanks Jennifer Black for bringing us a special treat/ from Florida.. We enjoyed fresh tangerines on Tuesday. Congratulations to Mr. Tremeer w took part in a Curling Bonspiel in Ottawa uring holiday week. The Clinton team plat d 10th among 200 teams all over North erica and came home with a trophy. Mr. Tremeer said he also acquired a cold fpr his activities. Mrs. Graham visited our class room and showed us how to make flowers out of paper. We made spirals and Japanese Lanterns. We did Spring art and we made a list of Spr- ing and Easter words. We havenearly finished our Canadian Research and Cana- dian Centres. ,On March 24, Grade 4 room 9 did an under water picture with Mrs. Graham. On the 27th we are having hot dogs. Next week the class is going to have a test on New; foundland. •On March 31, Grade 4, is having pay day. And after the test on Newfoundland Grade 4 R 9 is starting a project on under- water animals. Science Fair 1987 I The school, science. fair will be held on Wednesday, April 1 and Thursday, April 2. Projects are being, set up in the gymnasium beginning at 1 p.m. Evaluation will begin after school. On Thursday, classes. will visit the displays. Parents -and friends are invited to view the projects from 9:00 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. Projects will be dismantled before bus time. Mrs. Allen's Grade 7 class is involved in basketball tryouts. We have been working on a novel called "Cal),, It Courage". We, have been working on our science projects, and putting the finishing touches on them. In . geography we've been working on "The .In- dustrial Heartland of North America." We learned that two-thirds of Canada's popula- tion is along the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes, 'and .what attracted people to this area. Mr. Jim Cameron, associate public educa- tion officer from the Bruce Nuclear Power Development, • visited . our school.. With Room 12 and 8, he demonstrated different forms' of energy. He also showed slides of various uses of solar 'energy and wind power. Mr. Cameron . discussed elec- tromagnets and other sources of electricity with students in Portable 1 and Portable 2. Grade 3 room 4, Krakatoa, is real busy. We are studying communities. We are writing letters to people all over Canada and the. U.S.. to find out about other com- -munities..We are even writing to Japan and Australia! We are introducing Tanya Maize this week. We are doing some spring centers now and they are fun. 'They are about spring flowers, birds, insects and animals. Some of. us are working in a writing workshop with Mrs. Blake. Survey This week's question for the senior classes is "Do you think young people should have regular chores and responsibilities around the house?" ' Mrs. Tebbutt the Grade 6 teacher said "definitely". Philip Neal said "`yes". Ian Hakkers said no". Joel Wright and Matthew Sproul both said "yes". The junior question this week is '"What fairy tale do you like the best?" Darryl Gibson and Misti Humphrey both said "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Joshua Asnong said Robin Hood. Nathan Purnin said Peter Pan. Drew Black said Peter and the Wolf. Devon MacDonald said He-man, and Heather Irwin saidyPeter Pan. Colborne Pulilie School held their annual Science Fair last week for students in grades 4 through 8. Projects on every conceivable topic filled the gymnasium. Winning the grade 5 division was Allan'Zurbrigg for his.project on "Solar Energy". Elis experiment was design- ed to see if there were uses for solar energy in the home. (photo by Lou -Ann t-Iope) f GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL. 1, 1987—PAGE 7B *Weed Control C abgr spraying' Fertilizing *i 3 q Sterilization *Crabg;aza4praying. CAN MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE! 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