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The Citizen, 1992-11-11, Page 25THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 ,1992. PAGE 25. East Wawanosh RS. news Wildlife habitat takes shape Recognition Sue Wyatt, right, of the Huron Women teachers' Association presents Betty Battye of Blyth Public School with a gold pin in honour of her 25 years of service in the teaching profession at the Assocation's annual banquet. Blyth RS. news Classes visit Centre by Shawna Walker, Zoey Onn, Jennifer Brigham and Abigail Ramirez The grades one and two classes recently went to the East Wawa- nosh Conservation Area. They took a walk around the woods and saw many kinds of animals. They learned about beech trees and squirrels. They played games like finding homes of different animals and also played puzzles and made leaf rubbings. The classes were told about hibernation and migration. They also learned about the signs of winter. Twenty-six grade two-three Halloween characters visited the senior citizens at Queens Villa on Friday, Oct. 30. They introduced themselves, sang songs read poems and discussed the costumes they were wearing. They saw two witches during the visit too! The grade fives have just started “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Because the students have been busy looking after the flowers in their room, they are very eager to find out what the secret garden really is. On November 11 at the Blyth Public School a Remembrance Day service will be held. Also the library will be having a book fair from Nov. 24-26. GRADE ONE Grade one loved Halloween and all the activities. Nicole Procter liked going out for trick or treat. Ashley Whaling liked dressing up. Chantelle Mason liked seeing pumpkins. Casey MacLeod liked to have people ask you to do tricks. Tim Van Camp and Kristen Palmer liked the candy. Cody McGee liked to try and trick people. GRADE THREE/FOUR Everyone in the class had a good time on Halloween, remembering to be polite and thank people for their treats. The students are very busy with their work. In math, grade three is learning to write the standard and expanded forms of larger numbers. Grade four is learning how to estimate answers to the nearest 10. Most have completed their Halloween booklets and are enjoying reading them to the rest of the class. GRADE EIGHT The students are working hard in math, learning formulas and applying them to challenging problems in surface area. The science unit “Soil and Plant Ecology” is complete and they are beginning “Investigating Living Things”. Rhythm in music, mono­ chromatics in art, and volleyball in Physical Education are the Arts topics this week. SPECIAL EVENTS Mr. Bartlett has the Senior House League Volleyball games well underway. Each team has played at least one game. The standings are as follows: Cougars, 4; Golden Hawks, 4; Eagles, 4; Westerns, 3; Bruins, 3; Bulldogs, 1. “Save The Environment” is the school's focus this year. To increase knowledge of composting and to decrease the amount of garbage, students have begun several projects. First, they researched various topics, made posters and displays for the fair. Second, a composter has been set up at school to help reduce the garbage. Third, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, Chris Lee from the Hensall Compost Facility gave an excellent slide presentation about how the facility began and is working at the present time. He left a video to watch in the classrooms as well as an invitation to visit the site whenever it is convenient. Fourth, from Nov. 2-13, each class will have their garbage weighed to see who are the biggest offenders. On Friday, Nov. 6 there will be a “garbageless lunch day” where everyone in the school tries to bring a lunch where there will be no garbage left over. Students are working to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and/or Refuse. A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Our wildlife habitat is now taking shape. Around the perimeter we 4H club holds last meeting by Lesley Elliott On Monday, Nov. 2 we had our final 4-H meeting at the home of Gabrielle McLaughlin's. Roll call was “suggest a use for leftovers from eggs, egg shells or egg cartons.” One suggestion was to compost egg shells and plant seeds in the egg cartons. Deli chicken salad was the dish we prepared but most people didn't care for it. The achievement day will be held in Belgrave on Nov. 23 with many other clubs involved. On behalf of the girls I would like to take this opportunity to thank our leaders Gabrielle McLaughlin, Cathy Bridge and Angela Pelke for being so patient and helpful throughout this club. have planted numerous berry­ producing shrubs such as Autumn Olive and Dogwood. The middle section contains various nut trees including: Red Oak, Pin Oak, Swamp White Oak, Hickory, and Buckeye. The next step in our plan will be to plant a variety of evergreen trees. 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