The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-05-13, Page 13.11
Winghsm Advance -Times, Thurtdsy, Mei 13, 1965*Page is
Mrs. W. T. Lapp, Mrs. A. Procter and Mrs.
J. Breckenridge, seated, were visitors at
the school last Friday afternoon. Mrs.
Reavie, principal, and Mrs. R. Kilpatrick,
assistant teacher, are standing.
Mrs. J. Schipper gives Alvy a helping hand with weaving. Terry tries a new craft
with the peg board.
The children enjoy weaving and working with the peg
boards, which incorporates counting and distinguishing
color. From back to front, left: Mary Lee, John, Terry
and Alvy. On the right: Bill, Wayne, Eileen and Donald.
These are the seniors at the school who attend all -day
classes.
Visitors Impressed with Work of
Pupils at Golden Circle School
Parents of the pupils at the
Golden Circle School, the vol-
unteer helpers and representa-
tives of the Education Author-
ity for Retarded Children were
guests at the School on Friday.
Parents of the juniors attended
in the morning in order to see
the classes at work, while
those visiting the seniors, and
the other guests were there in
the afternoon.
There are eleven pupils this
year. The eight seniors attend
all -day classes while the young-
er children go only in the morn=
ings.
Mrs. Jack Reavie is the prin-
cipal and Mrs. Richard Kilpat-
rick is the assistant teacher.
Mrs. John Schipper is the supply
teacher.
Before the school came un-
der the jurisdiction of the Au-
thority on April 1, there was
only one full-time teacher,
with a number of ladies from
the community taking turns at
helping in the mornings. These
women still help when they are
needed and their efforts over
the years have been invaluable.
The two -teacher system has
made an improvement in the
individual attention pupils can
receive and in continuity of
program. Another advantage
to the school since the Author-
ity was formed is that trans-
portation is now provided for
all pupils.
BUSY SCHEDULE
A busy schedule is followed
each day, beginning with in-
spection and morning exercises.
The children take turns in lead-
ing the morning hymn, prayer
and oath of allegiance.
All aspects of the study pro-
gram deal with counting, color
recognition, speech and social
adjustment. The weather and
health charts are studied each
day. The weather chart is a
great favorite and teaches the
pupils to be observant. Exer-
cises are followed to develop
co-ordination.
The morning snack is pre-
pared and served by the seniors
and during this period the chil-
dren are encouraged to con-
verse. Games are played after
the snack. The children are
taken shopping with the teach-
ers and they expect to go bowl-
ing in the near future.
The unit of interest period
each day follows a schedule
that takes in co-ordinated
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study, games, crafts, songs
and discussion. The recent
theme has been Children Around
the World. This particular
series acquaints the children
with food, dress and customs of
other lands.
Friday's unit of interest was
based on Mother's Day, when
the Baby Moses was used as the
central figure.
Mary Lee and Mrs. Reavie look over the
afternoon duty chart. The children take
What little girl wouldn't be pleased with congratulating Eileen and Mary Lee on their
a hug from Mayor DeWitt Miller? He was table setting.
pride in
oughly.
completing their tasks thor-
Dr. S. G. Leedham is shown the work clone by the pupils
Wayne regulates the thermometer on the weather chart. for Mother's Day by Bill and Donald.