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October 7 was designated
as Expo Day at Victoria School and the decorations and costumes. Debbie Davies, left, and Sonja Blacker,
whole school took part. Each classroom was a different pavilion right, are both in Grade 3 and their classroom was the Huron Conn -
and the students worked together to create a miniature Expo with ty pavilion. (photo by Corinne Boyle)
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Students at Victoria School created their and Aleishia Johnston, in
own Expo '86 on Tuesday, October 7, by tur- the most easterly and westerly points in
ning the'school into a series of pavilions and Canada.
creating an international atmosphere. After the official opening, half of the 14
Following the procession of flags, each pavilions opened to greet guests. Parents
flagbearer introduced the pavilion which his and friends joined with the students to visit
or her flag represented. A student carrying such countries as France, Holland, Africa,
the name of each country or pavilion accom- Japan, China, Mexico, Australia, Canada
panied the flagbearer to the stage, where and even paviions representing Goderich
the card and flag were placed. and Huron County.
Goderich Mayor. Eileen Palmer officially in the afternoon the remaining seven
and white Victoria's
ribbonsEheld bo y Heather Cooke parered nts and ons fiends visited.
ed and again
students,
e entire school participated entire school participated in' this
theme day and students had the experience
of learningrabout their own pavilion as they
prepared for visitors, and then visiting
others.
In the pavilions, activities ranged from
preparing food to demonstrating dances, to
creating crafts, to viewing slides, to singing
songs, to handling articles from that coun-
try and much more.
The day provided many learning oppor-
tunities and was an educational experience
for everyone who participated.
Literacy is a gift most take for granted
Did you know that as many as 20 percent
of adult Canadians would have a great deal
of difficulty reading this article? For these
people, the routine task of filling out forms
can cause great anxiety.
John Brooks, who heads •a national pro-
gram which uses newspapers as educational
tools states, "As many as one in five adult
Canadians may not buy a. newspaper
because they can't read it or have great dif-
flculty understanding it,"
Perhaps even more disturbing is the fact
that between three and five per cent of
adults in Canada cannot read or write at all.
Various studies estimate between two and
four million Canadian adults are struggling
with illiteracy, a problem that can keep a
person unemployed or in a menial job.
Literacy is a gift which most of us tend to
take for granted. Yet, without the ability to
read or write adequately, one would be sore-
ly tried in this information -intensive age.
Unfortunately, many adults must cope with
this disabling problem everyday.
There are many reasons why people have
not learned, to read. What is important to
know is that the inability to read or write is
not necessarily related to ability
It who can
in-
telligence. On the contrary, people
not read must develop sophisticated coping
skills to enable them to hide this deficit from
creo
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literacy programs take place outside of the
school environment under the supervision of
non-professional staff. People who did not
learn to read their first language in their
youth may, in all likelihood, have had
negative experiences with school or
teachers.
Such experiences would leave one
disinclined to participate in any school-
based program. The government recognizes
theirfriends •and• their employer. this as a valid concern'and has set up enabl-
Learning to read as art adult is a time- : ing grants for literacy,pro;4rams which take
consuming and painstaking task. It also this into account.
takes a great deal of personal courage to If .you know someone who would like to
seek out help. Fortunately for the people in learn
how w o rea , hhave
e fe those who can PPat
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the Goderich area, such help is readily
a take advantage of the Goderich project is
ble.
Dedicated volunteer tutors, under the the Ministry of Education's Independent
direction of Pat Spence, have been helping Learning Centre's Adult Basic Literacy
adults in our communities learn how to read program.
since 1978. Using a program and resources These courses are offered free of charge
proven successful for adult learners, adults ftime o adults
ts withthe help of a frienant to learn at dome . end. in n their
the
can confidently look forward to acquiringspare
language skills that will help make the com- learning materials needed, including a
plexity of modern-day living less difficult. detailed tutor's guide and audio' -cassette
Participants in the Goderich' program, tapes, are provided. In addition, the In -
which matches a student with a volunteer dependent Learning. Centre provides
tutor and offers a one-on-one individualized telephone teaching as well as support and
program, are also ensured that their con- guidance. For information and an applica-
fidentiality is respected. tion form, the toll free number . is
It is entirely appropriate that adult 1-800-268-7065.
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