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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-01-24, Page 15SPECIAL EVENTS This Week the students are sad because Nao has left. Nao received presents from the students and teachers last week. We all want to say, "Nao, we'll miss you!" Tharen Keil It has been a very special experience having Naoyuki Matsuoka based out of our school for the last nine months. He has shared his culture with all of the students in our school and he has visited many surrounding schools. We wish him all the best in his teaching career back in Japan. Many thanks go to the McKeon family for being excellent hosts! Mrs. MacRae's Grade 1 is so proud because some of the class has read over 30 books in the take-home reading club. The children have been reading books about Clifford, the big red dog. Did you that'Clifford was the runt of the litter? The students baked Clifford Cookies. They were delicious. • Aft..., ••,.. :•••K.4 • .• •;‘,•••;•••;;,:, 144,,.‘10.3 • 44::. MAKING VOLCANOES — Mark and Brent Robinson made actual working volcanoes while studying Japan during the "armchair travell- ing" unit recently at East Wawanosh Public School. 'Armchair travellers get to learn about the world What would you say to a spot of tea in Scotland, a crepe in France or maybe some German sauerkraut? Students at the East Wawanosh Public School be t the winter blahs and 'possibl eir wanderlust last week when they became "armchair travellers" for two days. Pupils in Grades 2 to 8 took part in the in -school enrichment program. The children were allowed to select four countries to study, out of a possible eight. They then spent last Thursday and Friday learning about their chosen countries. The countries being studied were the Soviet Union, Scotland, Mexico, France, China, The Netherlands, Japan and Germany. The children studying the USSR learned about its customs first-hand from teacher Elizabeth Thorpe, who has visited the Soviet Union. Ms. Thorpe showed the youngsters slides. They read The Nutcracker and listened to "The Nutcracker Suite". They also made some heavy Russian bread, shaping their creations into Soviet characters. There was one that even bore a striking resemblance to Raisa Gorbachov. In Mr. Kerr's Scottish room, the children learned about tartans and clans, the Loch Ness monster and enjoyed a tea complete with shortbread and jams. Mr. Bartlett and Mrs. Dodds were in charge of Mexican activities in the gymnasium. The students learned a few words of t panish, painted Aztec symbols and even had a chance to the break a candy -filled pinata, just like youngsters in Mexico. Mme. Turotte whisked her young charges, away to France, where they made delicate crepes, fondue and cut out figures of the Eiffel Tower. They also studied maps, learned about French stores and played games that French children play. The children studying China with Mrs. Gross made dragon puppets, fortune cookies and learned to eat with chopsticks, while in The Netherlands, the students ate pastries and watched films. Children in Mr. Fisher's room studied Japan. They made working volcanoes, did origami (paper folding) and watched film strips. Mr. Fisher said they studied three aspects of the country — its land, its art and,its people, Finally, Principal Ken Scott led a study on Germany. They all had a chance to make sauerkraut, learn folk dances and translate sentences from German to English. East Wawanosh parents should have had some weary youngsters by week's end with all that travelling. Maitland WI sponsors euchre The Maitland Women's Institute held a successful euchre party on Wednesday, Jan. 17, in the council chamber, with 14 tables in play. High lady was Ethel Gaunt; high man, Gordon Louttit; low lady, Cindy Clark and Martha Heywood won the low prize, playing as a man. The travelling lone hand prize was won by Catherine Campbell. Proceeds will go toward the Wingham and District Hospital Foundation. Mabel Wheeler, Gene Porter win the high prizes Mabel Wheeler was high lady, while Edythe Coultes was low at last week's euchre play at Sacred Heart Church in Wingham. Gene Porter was high man and Walter Dosman, low man. The door prize was won by John King. FROM THE HEART %••• Kindergarten Last week we had Balloon Day in our classroom. We watched a movie called "The Red Balloon" and then we met a new visitor to our class- room — a floating helium balloon. He looks like an alien, so we named him Telaball. We also wrote a story about a bear and some balloons. — Rein Vandenheuval Grade 1 The students in Grade 1 have been studying why bubbles float in science class. They also went to East Wawanosh last week and learned all about the prints that animals make. They learned to walk like animals and identify their prints. — Patrick Hallahan Grade 2-3 The Grade 2-3s ,have been very busy, especailly in their social studies class. They have made maps of certain areas of their homes. For centres they have been making big hairy monsters and reading frOm the "Purple" book. They are looking forward to their trip to Wawanosh on Thursday, — Angie Ortlieb Grade 3-4 This class is working diligently on their times tables and also have written a letter to an author, Patty Sher. They have enjoyed her stories in their readers. The Grade 4 class is preparing speeches, which they will present at the end of February. The science fair is a hot topic in this room and will be held in our school on April 1. — Peter Albers Grade 5-6 The 5-6 class is presently working on a unit dealing with knights' castles. They are building models and .investigating some customs Of medieval times. They are making a book quilt to be used in the health room. In social studies, they are learning about Cuba. — Marcel Egli Grade 7-8 In Grade 7-8 we are doing an individual novel study. The students have entered an art contest for Canada Day and have planneg a ski trip to Talisman for early February. The trip to the Blue Jays' game in the spring looks to be a winner. ThOmat Martin •They had fun making snow pictures out of soap suds and giue. They have been busy learning their addition facts up tole! • — Wendy McBride Miss Turner's Grade 2 is studying snow. They made snow treats. Ark), they weigh and measure snow, write stories about things to keep you busy. They are doing reports on hockey and What old skates would look like. They also are starting a unit on Eskimos and how they live. Deborah Pike is the star student of the week. Miss Turner has set up a new program in which students take books home to read to family members. They get prizes for reading 10 books and a better prize for 100 books. — Kerri McGrath Last Tuesday, the Grade 2-3 class went to the Wawanosh Conservation Area to do a study on snow. While they were there, they enjoyed playing Inuit games and studying the Eskimo culture. This program was called "Frosty Flurries". In French, the Grade 3 class is learning about different places in the town. I hope all the Grade 2-3s had an enjoyable field trip. — Debbie Leachman Mr. Lindsay's Grade 4-5 class named last week "Pet Week", a week when you could bring your pets to school and show them to your friends. Monday was for dogs, Tuesday for cats and Wednesday for any other animal. •. • The students paiifir Matte of themselve and drawing flesigneitithe 1etter their panICS. Each student isr-cloini a"Take-45 Project" on anything he or she Wants'. In science, we made a miniature solar heater, Nao's going -away , present -from the class was a cake. — David Bower Mrs. Train's self-contained class had a great start to the new year. They are very busy. On Jan, 11. they went to the Pioneer Cheese Factory and got samples Of cheese. On Jan. 16, Nao came in and they had a Japanese dinner. They also are planning a trip to the hospital. They are working on themes for the hospital and really looking forward to finding out about it. — Stephanie Goll On Jan. 11, Mr. Bowyer's class went to the cheese factory and found out how to make cheese. They even sampled some. They have been going skating at the arena every Tuesday afternoon. In gym class, they are playing volleyball. In math they are working on using the calendar, money skills and telling time. — Todd Harrison Mr, Lisle's Grade 7-8 class has Some upcoming tests: a geography -test and a math test. The Grade 8s have been busy filling out their course selections for Grade 9. — Mark Steffen GRAPEVINE PRIMARY REPORT Edited by Kathy Kennedy and Michael Greig The Grade 2 and Grade 2-3 have been preparing for their trip to the Wawanosh Nature Centre. We will_ be going on a "Snow Walk -Snow Talk". We will use our five senses to find out about snow. — Mrs. Alcock In Miss Sanderson's Grade 2-3 class the children are learning about experimenting with snow. Here is a poem by Angela deBoer: The Day It Snowed The day it snowed it did not stop I walked around grey street block It snowed, it snowed, it snowed all day That snow, that snow go away I tried to keep it from coming by me, But it went to my big birch bark tree. — Miss Sanderson Pat Baker's Grade 3 class enjoyed a visit from Daniel Clarke recently. Daniel is from Australia-aftd we all had many questions to ask him. In our winter bird study, we've noted that most of the birds in this area are sparrows and blue jays. What fun we had making our peanut butter feeders! We're looking for- ward to our trip to Wawanosh to participate in a bird program en- titled "Fine Feathered Friends". — Mrs. Baker Grade 1 Report Our Japanese friend Nao came back to visit. He showed slides of his town and school in Japan. We learned that Japanese eNldren go to school on Saturday too. "Sayonora", Nao, we hope you had a good trip back on Saturday. would not We went skating last Thursday and are having a music guest this week. Thank you to Mrs. Graham for helping us make puppets. We have lots of words on our word rings. Soon we will be making book- worms to show how many books we can read. We are getting better at writing stories too! Thanks to Miss McKinnon for helping with our theme on winter. — Mrs. Ward INTERMEDIATE REPORT . Edited by Mary Feldskov The Grade 6s have started a new piece of music for the Walkerton festival for bands. We're also having a pop bottle drive. The 6s have brought in the most. Team 4 is in the lead in the Cross -Canada Car Rally and Team 5 is going to walk it out. — Elizabeth Stokes .•• Mr. Doubleday's Grade 7-8 class is very busy writing speeches and reciting them for the upcoming Legion public speaking contest in February. They are excited and are looking forward to the downhill ski trip to Talisman on Friday. Thanks go out to all the parents and •volunteers for chaperoning our trip. — Kelly Bradshaw The students in Mr. Raynard's Grade 8 class have been working on the I -glass series, a study of novels. In math they are working on perimeter and area of different shapes. In history, last week we were working on a computer program called "The Bartlett Family". Instrumental music people are collecting pop bottles for fund raising. — Angela White