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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-10-26, Page 10Pada 8 The. Times -.Advocate, October 6. 191 * area mooing �r�� Teacher turn pupils for convention here What happens at a eonven The blocks, which ittterlo, tion blic schpot teachers?? I and conte in a variety of .col - They play with plastic blocks, I ors, enable the children to de - listen to a grade six lesson on ; velop number concepts by their ants, discover bow to. record! personal manipulation of them the weather cad learn: how oto I under the guidance of the divide and multiply in different teacher. Mr. Ackerman showed ways, how they can be used to, dem. At least that's what took' onstrate addition subtraction, place at the first district multiplication and .division at teachers' convention held at various =trade levels, r,eter Public School Friday, i Cost of equipping a class. While their students enjoyed "ant of 40 students with the a holiday, the 100 area teachers is about $60. took over desks and chairs at Teaches lesson on ants the school to become "pupils -To demonstrate what he for the day, ! meant by enlivening the teach- xt was the first district eon -`log of science in elementary vention organized .for teachers schools, F, J. Clifford of Strat- in Huron No. 3 and Perth No. ford Teachers' College gave 3 inspectorate under C. John! the teachers an actual lesson Goma n, Previously, they at - 'for grade six students on the tended the regional conference !life of the ant. in London but they decided; His dramatization of the sub - they'll receive greater benefits i,iect, designed to capture sue, from a smaller gathering of I dents' fascination for the .nat- their own.' ural world around the, had a Principal A. B. Idle, Exeter, l similar• effect on the teachers, elected by a provisional cont.!He also demonstrated how mittee, presided for the con- I teachers need not be handi- vention, Officers elected Friday . capped by a lack of equipment include Henderson King, prin- in teaching science. As an ex- cipal of. J. A. D, i1teCurdy ample, he showed. how a pickle school Huron Park, president; jar, plastieine and a straw Mrs. Verna Hicks, Centralia, could serve the same purpose vice-president; Mrs, Catherine as a flask. one -hole stopper Hocking, Mitchell, secretary- and glass tube. treasurer. "The lack of equipment is On the program committee not a handicap in the teaching are Miss Donalda Adams, Cen- of science but a challenge", he tralia; Mrs. Helen Jermyn, told teachers. lie also stated Exeter, and Donald Finkbein- that. "the dependence on the er, Shipka, printed page in .instruction is an Plastic cube aids insult to natural science". e of pu k l -le advocated that the .allot - meat of time to science in the curriculum be maintained at a minimum of five percent, rath- er than the optional 10% now provided which is not being given.. lie outlinedthe three features 'Use of a system of plastic of science instruction in ele- blocks—called Unifix—to aid in menlary schools most often the ,teaching of mathematics criticized and he showed how was demonstrated by H. C. these were being overcome, Acherm an, a sales representa- The optional aspect of the tive of a school supply firm, course, which previously pre - in both afternoon and: morning sented a dilemma to teachers, sessions, Experiments, appar- has been 'partially eliminated. ently successful, have been. He showed how the repetition conducted. in other centres with of topics at various grade Unifix but none of the area levels could be avoided, pro- schools uses the system at the viding an actual. demonstration present ,time, in the recording of weather. GB ladies' roll call aids hospital kitchen By MRS. WELLWOOD GILL GRAND BEND At the meeting of Grand Bend WI held Thursday in the townhall with 18 members present roll call—a dairy pro- duct dish and its recipe, also a donation of jelly or jam to South, Huron hospital, Exeter, was answered by alt members. The motto—"Health is God's Gift, don't misuse it" was given by Mrs. Alex Hamilton, „Mrs, Emery DesJardins gave a report on the county rally at :Eilmville. Mrs. Hugh Morenz reported that her group would. quilt quilts as their project. Mrs. Charles Reeves, health convenor, spoke onher expe- rience as a nurse in England and the difference in treating diseases today and that of for- ty years ago. Hostesses were Mrs. John; Lovie, Mrs. Carman Lovie and Mrs. Art Finkheiner, CGIT plan party Iwith Mr, and Mrs, George ;Campbell. Mrs. C. Rice, Mrs. E. Elliott of Detroit, Mrs. E. Bredow and 'Mrs. W. Bredow visited last !week with Mr. and Mrs. N. IPfile and. Alan and. celebrated Mrs. Pfile's birthday. IMr. and. Mrs. H. Pfile spent the weekend at New Dundee and Tavistock,. Mr. and Mrs, :Emerson.` Des - !Jardine went to New York by !plane over the weekend, They .were accompanied by friends from London. Mrs. Bob McDonald and. son ' Collin of. British Columbia and. IMrs, Fred, Harriston and Vic- ' kie of Indianna spent last week with their mother, Mrs. Jim Grigg. The CGIT held a meeting in I the church on Monday, Octo-i ber. 16. Janis Gill and Dianne Show' conductedthe worship period with the theme "John Mark." Two more chapters of study book was discussed and plans 1 for dramatizing parts by dif-, ferent groups. President Mary Lyn Kennedy was in charge of business when plans were made for a Hallowe'en party.. Personal items Churchservices will be on standard time on. Sunday, Octo- ber 29 at the United Church with. Rev. E. Rouiston in charge. avlr.. and Mrs. Roy Scott of Sarnia spent the weekend with her. mother, Mrs. Sarah Patter.' son. Mr, Rueb Wilson of Arkona visited last week with Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Baker, Miss Nancy Brodrick, RN, of Toronto and friend spent the weekend withher mother, Mrs.! Gladys .Brodrick, Mr, Dick Manore left by plane last week for England. where he Will be accompanied. by Mr. Philip Walker, on a tour of the European countries, Mrs. 'Tillie Tetreau of Dash- wood spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Roy Pask and Mr. Pask, Sunday guests with Mr. and 1 Mrs, Ray Pask were Mrs, B. r Pask, Mrs. Lea Smith, Mr. R, f 33ishof of London. Several WMS ladies attended the WMS south section of :Hu- ron Presbyterial at Whalen United Church on Monday, Oc- tober 23, Mr, and Mrs, Burton Green have returned home after a visit with Mrs. Green's par.� encs, .Mr. and Mrs, Wm. MeKin. non Of Glasgow, Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Thomp- soh and family of Greenway! visited on Sunday with Mr, and Mrfi. Rey Patterson and fans-! ily. Mr. and Mrs, Carl Wilson of 'Phedford visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, Ed 0111. .Mr, and .Mrs. W, Schleich of 8tratford visited on Saturday Foreign ownership dominates; dominates !, ill major branches of manufac- tim ng in Canada 'except pri;til- aty tram and steel, 75 per cent Canadian- owned; textiles, 80 Per cent Canadtan•owned; and beverages, pet cent Caned- iatl•bwned, Presents new ideas Mrs. :Irene Richmond, BA, . educational consultant for W. J. Gage Limited, Toronto,. urged the teachers to think about new ideas that were be- ing advanced for the teaching of math, "We need to keep up withthe latest thinking", she stated, "nOt necessarily to use them, but with the idea of testing them", She remarked that in some areas the objectives needed to b changed, and pointed out this was true of arithmetic. 'The mathematician showed some new ways of teaching long division and problem solv- ing, the most difficult phases confronting teachers, To describe African visit Harvey Putnam, Canifsl.ap, near Belleville, wilt be the guest speaker of United Church laymen and their wives next week, The occasion is the An- nual Banquet sponsored by Presbytery Men. It will be held in Ontario St. United Church, Clinton, next Wednesday eve- ning, A small garage owner, Put- na in wilt share his experiences as a :member of the "Cross- roads Africa" team, His en- thusiasm was sparked by Dr. Jams Robinson of New York at the Elgin. House conference. 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