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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-04-27, Page 17Spring lambs visit BY RUTH ANNE DURNIN, TERESA JEFFERSON AND DAWN HOGAN The Kindergarten I class did a super job of their part in the Spring Concert. They were terrific little Egyptians. On Tuesday of this week Matthew Martin's Mom came with one of their baby lambs to visit. The class had been talking about farm babies and it was super to have a baby animal here. The students said good bye to Sarah Adam this week and wished her well in her new home in Perth, Ontario. Miss Jewitt's Grade 1 class wishes Mike MacGillivray good luck in his new school. They will miss Mike. The class has been busy working on Mud Puddle activities and learning about Place Value in math. They also had a visit from Jackie Hackett's pet Chow Chow named Sheeba. Mrs. Graham visited Mrs. Ottewell's Grade Three class and made pictures of bears, roosters, butterflies, etc, using seeds and corn and spices and many other things. The class sang in the primary choir at the spring concert. The Dinosaur Den had a great time be- ing a part of the Spring Concert. They practiced their skit all week, so they could be super newspaper reporters — EXTRA, EXTRA! The class is also hard at work on their hard cover books. Most of them are finishing their final copies now, and mak- ing their end papers. Mothers and volunteers are helping us cover the card- boards and sew the pages together. They are truly Awesome Authors! Jessica Daily is "Special Me" this week. Mrs. Worsell's class was very impressed with their little visitor Cody Hogan, last week. He hardly woke up to take a look at the.students. Big brother Colin was pretty proud though! The class bid farewell on Friday to Michelle MacGillivray who is moving to Goderich. The class wishes her the best of luck at Robertson school. Grade 4 Room 9 has been making books for Author's Day. The books are very nice. On April 19 they had a concert. Grade 6 and Grade 4 presented a play on the Canada Goose. On Thursday the school had an Open House. The Grade 4 class thanks Mrs. Black, Mrs. Pengelly, Mrs. Culbert, Mrs. Andrew, Mrs. Bleeker and Susanne Bromann who looked around their classroom. Mr. Spittal's gr. 5/6 class is busy mak- ing books. On May 4, they are going on a field trip to the Toronto Zoo and to see the CN Tower and the new Skydome. They have been studying and explorers. In math, they are making bar graphs and learning more about fractions. Grade 6 is reading Karate Kidd II. Mrs. Tebbutt's Grade 6 class did a plant experiment; they put plant cuttings into yogurt containers, and put them in dif- ferent places, and concluded that plants need light, water, air and warmth to grow. They also had Mrs. Graham teach them how to draw different types of trees and shrubs. In the news, the Grade 7 top headlines this week happened on Tuesday, April 19, when Mr. Bill Allen visited from the Bruce BROOKS IDE • ;BROADCAST Nuclear Power Development to talk to us about electricity and things to look for in our upcoming trip to the plant on April 26. In Industrial Arts and family studies the class held open house last week, where parents come to.the classes to view what the students were achieving. For sports highlights; the class has just started Canada Fitness Testing, and very soon will start 'practising for the jump rope for heart's pledge. Track and field practice starts soon as well. Congratulations to Mr. Liddle's Teams - The Woodpeckers for winning the houseleage basketball title. STAFF CHANGES Mrs. Allen and Miss Clynick have both been transferred to McCurdy. Mrs, Allen will be teaching and also will hold the posi- tion of Vice Principal while Miss Clynick will be teaching grades 4 and 5 and gym. Miss Knetsch will teaching French at Brussels. Mrs. Tebbutt is going to Vanastra to teach grade 7 and 8. Mrs. Ot- tewell will be retiring. Good luck to all these teachers. BALLOON RELEASE The balloon release was held on Monday April 18. The kindergartens to grade 3 let the balloons go with their names and ad- dresses in them. There is an award for the balloon returned from the furthest distance. All students and teachers took part in the balloon release. It was a most impressive and colourful sight when all 100 balloons were released at once. SPRING CONCERT On April 19, Brookside held it's Annual Spring Concert. There were two major productions. The Grapevine Connection was performed by the Grade 7 and 8 classes. Matthew Sproul and Candice Kay sang solos. It featured many different ways of communicating. Mrs. Tebbut's grade 6 class and Mrs. Scott's grade 4 presented a musical called the Canada Goose. Adella Andrew sang a solo. The primary choir also sang 5 funny songs to open the show. Many people commented that the even- ing was full of humour and very enjoyable. The speaking parts were done well by all. STORY HOUR On April 21, 16 pre-schoolers came to the library for Story Hour. These students will be attending Kindergarten in September. The theme was "Teddy Bears." Mrs. Blake read them teddy bear stories and they coloured teddy bear pictures. There will be three story hour sessions in the library, and one session with a police of- ficer on bus safety. The next session is on April 28th. AUTHOR'S DAY On April 27, several students from Brookside will be attending an Author's Day at Victoria P.S. Gisele Ireland will be the guest speaker. Ready for next year Bruce Regional Snowmobile Association The 1987-88 season for the Bruce Regional Snowmobile Association wrap- ped up with a mini -convention held at the Belmore Community Centre on March 26. Elections of officers was held and the slate of officers for the upcoming season are as follows: president -John Berlett; past president -Joe Cassel; vice president and public relations -Marilyn Schiestel; secretary -Mary Whitehead; assistant secretary -Judy Sauder; treasurer -Pat Hayes; trails coordinators, south -John Broughten; central -Don Affleck; north - Bill Hendricks. The winners of the beef draw included Dave Mahedo taking the $500 first prize, Marilyn Moulton with $300 second, and Michell Meyer taking the third prize of $200. The 17 clubs within the Bruce Region raised a total of $13,000 for Crippled Children this year as a result of Timmy's Snowarama held in Januray. A thanks to all who participated is in order. BlueWater Snowmobile Club Inc. The new executive for the 1988-89 season of the Bluewater Town and Country Snowmobile Association is as follows: past president -Harry Ferrier; vice presdient- Sharon Collins; secretary -Pat Hayes; treasurer -Eleanor Johnson and Nancy Stewart; games and meals -Sharon Collins and Carol Johnson; weekend 89 -90 -Bill and Sharon Collins; B.R.S.A. representatives - Harry Ferrier and Sharon Collins. One of the events of the 13luewater Club is ther Timmy Snowarama which was held on January 31 this year. The event brought in about $1,000 for Timmy and the clubmembers would like to thank everyone who participated and all those who donated when a clubmember called on you. Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, April 27, 1988—Page 17 LUCKNOW DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE Saturday, May 7/88 Linda (Tato) Slnnett & Don Dorscht OPEN DATES April Fri. - 29 Sat. - 30 May Fri. 13-20-27 Sat. 21 - 28 CALL THIS NUMBER BETWEEN 9 A.M. and 6 P.M. 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