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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-02-21, Page 25• ,Tir,..57Pril.'.—"f9RFITP'47131s. Edited by Wendy McBride Last week the primary students in Kindergarten to Grade 3 enjoyed a "hundreds unit". All the classrooms made collections of 100 different objects and the children did individual coffections. Some of the interesting collections were chestnuts, nuts and bolts. oe the 100th day, the primary grades let off 100 balloons. Then the students split into groups and travelled to different activity centres all to do with the number 100. Later they enjoyed a meal which cost 100 cents and the day proved 100 per cent successful. Tharen Keil In Mrs. MacRae's class, they counted .and sorted their -100 collections, while they put together a 100 -piece puzzle. They really enjoyed their hot-dog day lunch. Mrs. MacRae and her class would like to say a big THANK -YOU to Dr. Leedham for taking such good care of their gerbils. The students are working on subtraction facts and writing for their writing folders. — Shari Mundell It has beena lively and exciting week for the students in Mrs. Kerr's class. They are learning how to use calculators and using the factors 8, 9 and 10. And they have been learning° how to make sentences and use capitals. The students took an interest in Valentine's Day by making Valentines for their friendS. The children also -enjoyed the 100th day celebration, especially tlie _cake *Ad the movie called "The Million Dollar Duck". They presently are taking their readers home to read to their •parents. — Bill Bailie Miss Turner's Grade 2 class had a Valentine going -away party for Kristin Oravec, who has moved away. The students were in the Valentine assembly and on the 100th day had art, measuring and weighing hundreds of items. They even made peanut butter with 100 peanuts. In math, they are doing facts of 16. Some students have read 30 books. Kerri McGrath Miss Sandilands has partnered with Miss Turner to make an after- school gymnastics team for the Kindergarten to Grade 3 children. Also, the Grade 2-3 class is setting up a fish aquarium. They are ending their Eskimo unit and starting a new unit on the . newspaper. The children also have enjoyed making Valentines for the Can Save Tree. I hope all the Grade 2-3i had a very. enjoyable Valentine partY- — Debbie Leachman, Last Friday Mrs. Overholt's class had la hot lunch with Mrs. Train's class. They made lasagna, salads and had parfait for dessert. They made pancakes for pancake day and participated in the 100 unit. Daniel Sterenberg was the high bowler for the last two weeks. On Feb. 15, they went to the. Wawanosh Centre and learned about animal adaptation. — Angela Swanson Last week Mr. Bowyer's class went on a tobogganing outing behind the school. They earned this trip fer good behavior. In math, they e finding snowmobile ads ad comparing the prices. — Todd Harrison Mr. Lisle's class has been in charge of the Can Save Valentine Tree this year. Thewmounted all the hearts on the tree and put on a great assembly. The:, have been busily working on their stories and can hardly wait for their history test! — Mark Steffen Mr. Lindsay's Grade 4 class is working on projects about- wild birds. Last Monday, the elms visited the test Wawanosh Outdoor Centre and now they're writing letters to Jayne Thompson. The class saw a movie on the blind. The Grad 4s are doing a personal project and have their book rack filled with art and book reports. Last week there was red day at the school and the Grade 4s had a party after school in their room and Valentines were distributed. On March 9, the Grade 4 is going to Talisman to ski. Class monitors do odd jobs in the room and rotate each year. —David -Carter CANSAVE ASSEMULY Once again we made our Cansave tree. Each class participated by making Valentines to be placed on the tree. Mr. Lisle and Mr. Poulin did a great job in organizing this event. The money the school made will go to help the poor people in Peru. Maria Gibbons played the piano, while Nathan Laidlaw introduced each number. Some poems and thoughts were expressed by Erin Whiteley. ' Danielle Heibein, Dwayne McKee, Eric Deyell,Tara Newell, Jenna Ratan, Peter Shaw, Maria Gibbons and Miss Turner's class sang some songs and recited some poems. At the end of the program, the students and teachers sang the "Can Save Song". --Wendy McBride Junior Farmers raising funds for guide dogs The annual provincial Junior Farmer conference and banquet, "The Challenge Is Mine in '89" will be held March 17 to 19 at the Skyline Hotel in Toronto. Junior Farmers from all over the province will be attending to put their motto, "Self Help and Com- munity Betterment", into practice. For several weeks prior to the conference, Junior Farmer clubs across the province will be raising funds for this year's provincial fund raiser, Canadian Guide Dogs for the This project concludes at the conference when their combined efforts are presented to the Canadian Gnide 'Dogs for the' Blind Association. This association provides the visually -impaired with the freedom of mobility that many of us take for grantelk Using a guide dog for travel helps blind people lead full and in- dependent lives as it enables them to travel independently'andsafely. In 1988, melube* Of the Junior Farmers' AssoCiation of Ontario raised close to $25,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Association and in 1987, donated over $16,000 to the Children's Wish Foundation It *hoped that together we will be 'able to provide a blind person with a guide dog. Help the Junior Farmers meet the challenge and fulfill their motto. For more information, contact Anne Alton, Huron County Provincial Director, Wingham, 357- 1451 or Robert Hunldrig, president, RR 1, Auburn, 5234316. " 470'. , . INTERMEDIATE SPEAKERS — Speakers in the Intermediate category at tfie.'lliwick:' . i'it01--Pti6lle School competition spoke on a variety of subjects, The competition is span-, sored- by tha HOWiCti batih., of the Royal Canadian Legion and winners will now 'compete in the Zone al competition to be held in Clinton on March 4. Howick speakers included; from left: front row, Kelly Bradshaw (first, topic Being Thirteen), Dale Schefter (third, topic Trip to PEI), Michael Greig (second, topic My Public School Years), - back row, Erin Taylor, Jennifer Howitt, Josh Doubleday, Patty Bennett. GRAPEVINE PRIMARY REPORT Edited by Kelly Bradshaw The Kindergarten room was full of delicious smells of cherries, straw- berries and raspberries as we made jello for our Valentine celebration. Our Valentine bags were decorated and hanging ready to receive the cards. Everything was ready and all were anticipating the afternoon's Party. W,e had fun. —Mrs. Underwood Grade 1 students last week worked on puppet plays. Soon we hope to be ready with "Cinderella", "Jack and the Beanstalk", "The Three Bears", "The Three Little Pigs" and "The Little Red Hen". We know how to tell time now on the hour andlialf-hour. We're trying hard not to write our numbers backwards ! Thank -you to the moms who sent treats on Valentine's Day. —Mrs. Ward Did you know that Feb. 14 was the 100th day of the school year? Grade 2 celebrated by baking a cake and bringing in hundreds of things to use for grouping and counting activities. —Mrs. Alcock JUNIOR REPORT Edited by Jennifer Howitt Grade 3-4 students wrote stories about the apple head we made. We started a temporary unit on elec- tricity. We went to the Bruce Nuclear Power Development for our units' energy. —Aaron Barrie, David Johnson Room 18 had a box social for Valentine's Day. On March 3 we will be having a White Elephant Sale. We 1. also. have started "Read All. About It" and have viewed up to the Chapter 14. Mr. M's hamster had 10 babies. New homes are being found for them. The Grade 4 public speaking MID - contest was a smashing success. —Tyler G. and Trevor K. INTERMEDJATEREPORT Edited by Mary Feldskov Mr. Livermore's Grade 7 class has done two tests in math on factors. They had a history test and geography test last week. Our novel study is due Friday. The two people from our class to present 'their speeches at the Legion competition are Josh Doubleday and Patty Bennett. —Judy Homers Mr. Doubleday's Grade 7-8 class is starting a new unit in math and geography. Our class speech win- ners were Erin Taylor, Michael Greig and Kelly Bradshaw. 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