The Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-03-18, Page 6Page 6—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, March 18, 1987
Students make shamrock people for St. Patrick'
By Dale Priestap
and Jamie Johnston
In Kindergarten thisweek, the class has
been reading stories about St. Patrick's
Day and made some shamrock people and
shamrock necklaces and bracelets.
They are also looking forward to the
skating party on Fr)day. The morning
Kindergarten class Milks eating lunch at
school is going to be great. Have a happy
and safe March Break!
Grade 1
Grade 1 has ,had a busy week getting
ready for the Fairy Tale party. First, they
wrote invitations to their parents to eome
to the party on Thursday, March 12. Then,
they practised their puppet plays and
stories and made cupcakes for their feast.
They had a great time. They hope that
everyone who came had a good time, too!
On Friday, the Kindergarten students
went skating and then went home to enjoy
a well-deserved holiday. The class wishes
everyone a Happy St. Patrick's Day on
March 17.
The "Special Me" this week was
Heather Bonnett. The class birthday boy
was Ean Moffat on March 11. Special
visitors with the Kindergarten class to
read the pupils their books were Margo
Abbott and Alicia Deboer.
Grade 2
The Grade 2 class has completed their
owl activities. The students received their
wise owl awards for the best poems,
stories and research they completed in this
unit.
Their monsters have gone home over the
March break. There were prizes given out
for the monsters which- grew the longest
hair. The first prize went to Todd -Thomas
while the second prize went to Shelly
Johnston and third prize went to Robbie
Symes.
The class wishes everyone a happy, safe
March break.
Grade 3
"Rodeo Centres" have been enjoyed by
everyone who completed the Ranching
Unit.
On Thursday, the class watched the film
"Paddle to the Sea". It makes everyone
wish they had a little boat to float in during
the holidays.
On Friday morning, it was clean-up time
for the desks and lockers. The students
found lots of treasurers they had forgotten
about.
In the afternoor , the students enjoyed
skating and then left for home for a super
holiday.
Grade 4
Grade 4 students have been learning
more about mapping and have mapped
areas around their home. They used a
legend and scale to read maps and enjoyed
an excellent film on this topic.
Several milestones were attained this
week as two reading groups each com-
pleted another novel. As well,' they have
now covered the entire alphabet in cursive
writing. Penmenship is definitely
improving.
Decimals-. have presented a small
challenge to the class who have used
"chocolate bar" math and "people math"
to help them understand the concepts of
place value, tenths and hundredths.
Grade 5
In the Grade 5 class, the students have
finished their China Centres and are look-
ing forward to Friday - the last day before
March break.
On Friday, the class went skating with
the rest of the school and also attended the
dance. In math, they are learning about
the metric system.
Grade 8
Dale Priestap, the chairman of the
dance committee, did an excellent job of
organizing a .successful dance, from all
students from Grades 5 to 8.
He divided the Grade 8 class into groups,
each of which had specific duties.. There
were some special contests with some
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special winners. The Snowball Dance was
won by everyone while the Spot Dance was
won by Luke Cranston and Shelley Bruce.
Congratulations to Grade 8 on a job well
done!!
Grade 7
Mr. McKeon's Grade 7 class has finished
a combination history and language arts
unit about Women of Canada. They learn-
ed that these women played a very inpor-
tant part in Canada's history.
The Grade 7's are hard at work on their
Science Fair projects and are also hoping
to go on to the county -wide Science Fair.
The class welcomes Shelly Bruce to the
school. Welcome Shelly! !
Library news
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