Clinton News-Record, 1978-04-27, Page 15•
Huron Centennial school news
Spring is becoming more
evident in the Primary hall
where Lois Ann Lostell with
mother's help brought goats
to the kindergarten. It was
also a treat for other classes
to see the kids.
Maple syrup was enjoyed
by Scott McAsh's class when
he shared some of the maple
syrup his family had made
this spring. Many language
activities are happening in all
classes with spring as the
theme. Pussy Willows have
added to the senses while
more will be experienced
when weather urges us
outdoors for more discovery
about our natural en-
vironment in spring.
Grade two is continuing an
intensive study of Indians as
they prepare to construct a
large model tepee of the
Plains Indians and a Huron
Indian village. Even with
many cases of mumps and
colds, we can find an en-
thusiastic involvement in
various interesting activities.
Concert set
All of the senior classes
have been practising for this
year's Spring Concert. "A
Day in the Life of the
Brucefield Broadcasting
Company" - BBC - it features
such programs as Sesame
Street, the Carol Burnett
Show, Tommy Hunter, Star
Trek, the News and the
inevitable commercials. This
year each of the senior
classes is responsible for at
least one of the productions.
The concert will be
presented on April 26 and 27
at 8:00 a.m.
April . 13 to 15 were
rewarding days for the
teachers of Huron Centennial.
They used their P.D. Day and
part of their weekend to visit
our 'Canadian capital.
Everyone felt they had
learned a great deal through
this experience and were sure
to bring a lot of this first. -
hand knowledge into their
classrooms. Thursday
evening the teachers at-
tended a production of
"Thark" at the National Arts
Centre.
Friday morning they
toured, the Parliament
buildings, observed the
Question Period in the House
oii Commons and ate lunch in
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the Parliamentary dining hall
with Bob McKinley and other
MP's such as John Diefen-
baker. Later in the afternoon
they visited the Museum of
Man. The evening was free
and some teachers took in a
performance by Belafonte,
others an ice show featuring
Toller Cranston.
The next morning a bus
tour of the city showed the
teachers various embassies,
Government buildings,
museums and the residences
of well-known Federal
politicians. In other free time
some teachers looked around
the Chateau Laurier and
other points of interest, such
as the National Gallery and
the National War Museum. A
tour through the Museum of
Science and Technology
completed the weekend tour.
All of the teachers were
astounded at the amount
there was to learn by this
experience and many plan to
return someday in order to
discover even more.
Detective visits
Mr. Mahmoud Abdelkader,
an Egyptian police constable
of the criminal division in
Alexandria, and a friend of
the Howard James family of
Egmondville, visited the
school on April 7 and 12. He
addressed the grade 6, 7, and
8 classes, telling about his
country, Egypt, its people,
cultures and climate and
answered many questions
from the students. His im-
pression of Canada was also
very interesting to us natives.
Before Easter the children
in Mr. Brand's grade 6 class
were thrilled to experience
seeing baby chicks hatch
from eggs in an incubator in
the classroom.
The junior choir, directed
by Mrs. LeBeau is busy
preparing for music night
which is coming up in May.
Pupils age 7 to 14 are
working hard to earn their
Canada Fitness badges.
Conditioning and practise
sessions in preparation for
track and field activities have
started and pupils are en-
couraged to continue their
training at home.
ACTIVITY CLUBS
While the school choir has a
practice each week the
students who are not in choir
are divided into activity
clubs. The seven girls our
woodworking club. built bird
feeders.
During the first club period
we learned to hammer nails,
put in screwnails properly
and measure and saw. The
second week was spent
making plans for a bird
feeder and deciding what
materials would be needed.
The next three meetings
were very busy times. Each
of the girls cut out her
material, put the birdfeeder
together and painted it. By
the last week before winter
holidays everyone had
finished her birdfeeder. Mr.
Mathers, who led the club,
told everyone that they had a
good job.
This week we became
reporters and interviewed
people in each of the other
clubs. We hope that you find
our reports interesting.
Chess Club:
The leader of this club was
Mr. Desjardine and he had
sixteen members. The sup-
plies they used are
chessboards and chessmen.
They played a series of
games to make an order list.
You always challenge
someone on the list. The
person on the top of the list is
the best.
Grade 7 teacher, Mr.
Desjardine said he chose this
club because he found it very
interesting and very
challenging. He said that he
enjoyed this club because it
makes people think. —
Reporter, Lois Jackson
Computer Club:
In the computer club at
school, the 18 grade 6, 7 and 8
boys have learned to operate
a calculator correctly and
how computers work. Vice-
principal Mr. S. Jeffery is in
charge of this club. He said
that he picked this club
because he had done it before
and really enjoyed doing it.
The boys feel that it is better
than singing.
They have put displays out
in the front hall stating the
number of days left in school,
the number of milks sold and
the number of hotdogs sold in
a week. There have been
'eight displays in all. Mr.
Jeffery feels that this club
has been very helpful to the
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1978—PAGE 15
Fresh, local vegetables are only a few weeks off, as area market gardeners put their
operations into full swing. Here Jake Reder of Bayfield shows a flat of lettuce plants 4,000
of which were planted outdoors this week, and could be ready in five weeks. Jake's sons,
Ron and Cam now run the farm, which also boasts of nearly ready to pick tomatoes, plus
dozens of other vegetables throughout the year. (photo by Milvena Erickson)
boys because they will be able
to use these skills in the years
to come. — Reporter, Teresa
Marshall, 7B
Outdoor Club:
One of the clubs was an
outdoor club. This was a
group of 19 boys. The first
thing this club did was
snowshoe to the bush. They
brought back limbs and bored
holes and stuffed bird feed
into them. They put the limbs
out for the birds to feed on. In
other periods they played
Road Hockey. On another
period they went back to the
bush and cooked their lun-
ches.
Mr. Straw and M. Walker
are the leaders of this club. —
Reporter, Joan Dallas, 7B
Cooking Club:
Boy, does this club smell
good. I have interviewed the
girls of the Grade 6 cooking
club and this is what they
said, "We have learned to
bake and all about baking."
They have accomplished this
by all their mistakes. The
kind of materials they used
varied with each recipe.
The leader of the cooking
club is Mrs. Elder. She had
nine girls in the club. They
chose the club because they
liked cooking. They said,
"Yes they enjoyed doing the
club. Why? Because they felt
they learned a lot. —
Reporter, Sandra Bell, 7B
Remedial Club:
In the remedial club the
pupils have studied Canada
from Newfoundland to
Ontario. During their studies
the supplies that they used
were glue, scissors, rulers
and few other things. In this
club there were 28 members
and the leader was Mrs.
Turner. All these pupils
worked individually.
In the second part of this
period, the grade 6, 7 and 8
made up games for the grade
three's and they played the
games with them. On Wed-
nesday, March 15, I was
talking to the grade 3 class
members and they all said
they enjoyed this very much.
— Reporter, Kathy Talbot
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Stamp Club:
In the stamp club at school,
grades 6, 7 and 8 boys enjoyed
trading stamps. They used
their own stamps and
albums. They had a field trip
to the post office and the
postmaster showed them
around the office where the
letter comes in and gets
stamped . then into the
mailboxes. Some people
bought their stamps in the
store and they also traded
with each other. When I left,
Mr. McAsh was there to talk
about some more stamps.
Mrs. Allan took ' this job
because she thought it was
-educational and interesting
and enjoys trading stamps.
They elected a president, Al
Dunn; a secretary, Rob
Chapman; and a treasurer,
Jeff McKellar. They plan
their own meetings. —
Reporter, Barbara'
McGregor, 7B
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