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Zurich Citizens News, 1976-10-06, Page 23Page 24 -Citizens News, October 6 1976 The grade 3 and 4 students of Eeole St. Marie on the Blue - water had a rather unusual doing it the• msE• .earn by ents' gardens to school to study. what it is mom has to do before In order to do this, the class it was also to give the children the things in the garden hit was divided into groups, One art insight into just exactly your plate at the table. group gathered around a large table to peel carrots and wash t1)ell1 before malting carrot sticks, Another group was busy trying to snaky coleslaw whin' still another group was husking Corn . The most interesting produce brought into the class- room was popping corn grown 1)y the parents of Charlie Bedard. Charlie says his par- ents have grown the popping corn for two years now and it isn't easy. "Popping corn is pretty hard t() grow because it takes a long line to ripen," says Charlie. When all was ready, the popcorn popped, the dressing on the coleslaw and the corn on the cob .steaming hot, the children st down to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Mr, Barry Linden, the teach- .er in charge of the project says the next class they- have, the children will discuss what it was they did, how they could of improved the way they did things and birng in recipes for the produce from home. The entire idea was not only a learning process as far as the produce was concerned, it also got the children to work together and co-operate to get things done. That in itself is a valuable lesson in the eyes of Mr. Linden. Students lesson on 'Thursday afternoon. The children were to bring pro- duce directly from their par - AND IT'S TIME TO EAT—There was no problem getting every- one gathered around the table in the grade 3 and 4 classroom of Ecole St. Marie on Thursday as following a project on garden produce the students munched on what they had accomplished. Coleslaw, popcorn and corn on the cob may sound like a strange meal to you, but they loved every mouthful. Photo by McKinley Professional development for teachers For the 2,990 separate school students in Huron and Perth Counties it may have been fun and laughter Friday as they had a holiday from school, free to pursue the pleasures they wanted -perhaps to attend one of the many local fall fairs in the area. For the 159 separate school teachers sitting at the vacated students' desks, it was serious business as they sat through day- long lectures held at St. Patrick's School, Dublin. They had sand- wiches and coffee for lunch at the school rather than waste time going out. It was professional develop- ment day for the teachers, the second of eight to be held during the school year. Mrs. Betty Albright and Leigh Davies of the midwestern Ontario Regional Office of the Ministry of Education at Waterloo were the lecturers at the workshops. They presented the ministry's curriculum policy, the Formative Years, a new document covering the years from Kindergarten to Grade 6. They outlined the philosophy contained in the document and gave reasons for the changes. The teachers of child psychologists incorporated in the document were em- phasized. Mrs. Albright and Mr. Davies extended the teachers' awareness by the use of slides, videotapes and lecturettes and by the participation by the teachers in experiments. The program was an attempt to demonstrate that in any new learning experience there are stages of development and these stages depend on previous learning experiences, Handing out questionnaires for the .teachers to complete at the conclusion of the day's program, William Eckert, superintendent for the Huron -Perth separate school board said, "What is desired is that you identify curriculum and instructional problems and put promising solutions into effect. 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