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> I Learning is "Child's Play 99 at Junior Kindergarten Programs These students are among approximately 900 youngsters youngsters who are attending junior kindergarten in the Northumberland-Newcastle school system. At Waverley Public School, the kids are seen preparing preparing an imaginary meal (we hope) in the classroom's classroom's kitchen setting. Enjoying the domestic life are Graig Smith, Dana Sparrow and Robbie Weir. Outdoor education is a large part of the activities at Lord Elgin Public School's junior kindergarten class, and these youngsters are demonstrating their growing motor skills. Seen here on the monkey bars are Miranda Gibson, Timmy Swan and Katie Topham. by Rob Savage With their toys, building blocks, and games aplenty, it almost seems hard to believe believe the children in junior kindergartens are learning. Yet those very same toys and games provide some essential essential tools in the physical and mental growth of the youngsters. Wendy Webb, the teacher of the junior and senior classes at Lord Elgin Public School, can easily argue that valuable lessons arc learned through the simple guise of child's play. For example, she points to sharing as one of the "biggies" "biggies" in a child's development. development. When the youngster agrees to share a toy, its a sign of growth "because at three and four, you arc the centre of the universe," Mrs. Webb explains. And having the youngsters youngsters in an environment where they interact with others on a daily basis provides provides much of the impetus for growth. The Northumbcrland- Newcastle Board of Education Education first offered a junior kindergarten curriculum in September of 1986 and just over 900 students enrolled at that time. Registration for junior and senior kindergarten kindergarten programs throughout the school system system is underway this month. The kindergarten programs programs arc geared to stress a positive self-image for the children. Mrs, Webb says re-enforcing a positive image helps youngsters get a better start in life. "Obviously, you're going to do well if you feel good about yourself and your abilities," she says. Teachers and parents working in the classroom continually try to praise the youngsters whenever possible. possible. As well, they recognize that different kids are at different stages of development. development. Youngsters begin junior kindergarten at three or four years of age, and some arc five by the time they finish. The one-year age difference difference between youngsters youngsters is important in assessing assessing each child's individual progress. Part of the teacher's job is to be aware of those subtle subtle differences. At Lord Elgin, the classroom classroom is divided into four different sectors which continually continually challenge the child's growth. The first section is the drama section, containing toy building blocks and other items to stretch the imagination. In that part of the class, youngsters will develop their grammar and communication skills. The second section is the sensory awareness area, offering offering features like dry and wet sand. In that section, the youngsters develop their motor skills. They also develop their mapping skills, part of the basis for the mathematics lessons which will follow in the grade school classes. FREE WATER ANALYSIS THE AMAZING PATERSON IRON REMOVER FOR WELL WATER SYSTEMS . * No need forexpenslvo salt or chemical * Removes Iron, taste and odor ' Put an end to rust and stains forever * Virtually maintenance-free * Warranty --10 years on tank, 3 years on parts * 30 day money back guarantee ,HARVEY PARTNER PLUMBING AND HEATING CANADIAN PATENT NO, 1,154,111)4 Main St.,Orono 903-5206 or 623-2301 Alter Hours and Wonkonds: G23-2301 Third is the art section, where some children are exposed to art forms like painting for the first time. "A lot of abstract paintings came from there in the beginning," beginning," Mrs. Webb said. Yet the art is now reaching the point where identifiable identifiable images are appearing in some of the works. In the fourth section, children children are exposed to numbers numbers and letters. There, they learn to sort and classify classify objects on the basis of similar colors, shapes or sizes. Children also spend a fair bit of time outdoors,'allowing outdoors,'allowing most to expand on the outdoor playing skills they developed before they started school. The junior and senior kindergarten kindergarten classes last half a day each. In the junior kindergarten kindergarten program, Mrs. Webb has broken down the day to include include half an hour for "input" time, 45 minutes for activity period, and half an hour for outdoor play. An additional 15 minutes is allotted allotted for the children to dress prior to going outdoors. outdoors. Much of the day's ac tivities stem from the input sessions, where the class gathers in a circle to discuss recent happenings. Those discussions, where Mrs. Webb tries to speak as little as possible, often provide the theme for the games or play that follows. There are 33 youngsters enrolled in the kindergarten kindergarten programs at Lord Elgin this year, with 18 students in the senior class and 15 in the junior program. In addition to Mrs. Webb, there are five different volunteer volunteer parents (one for each day of the week) and a volunteer co-op student from Bowmanville High School who comes every second day. Neither the junior nor the senior kindergarten classes are mandatory for children. Mrs. Webb does ask parents who commit their children to the programs to try and have the kids attend every day, since the kids are registered. registered. Fortunately, the youngsters youngsters arc eager to attend and rarely miss classes. "It's a very tiring program," program," Mrs. Webb confesses. "You don't get to sit too often." New Durham Courses in Fabrication and Carpentry Durham College is offering two new courses, Fine Carpentry and Fabrication to women who have been out of the workforce for at least 3 years. Funding for the re-entry programs comes from the Canadian Jobs Strategy Program of the Federal Government. These programs arc designed for women who arc re-entering the work force and offer a combination of training and work experience to help them qualify for challenging careers. The Fine Carpentry Program provides the participant with skills to perform fine carpentry work and the Fabrication Program prepares the participant for a career in quality control Inspection, brake-press operation, shearer operation, layout or spot welding. Tuition and books are free and training allowances to cover living, day care and transportation costs are available to qualified applicants. Both programs provide a 29 week integrated combination of classroom Instruction and work experience In these noil- traditional occupations. With these programs, Durham College Is attempting to fill a need in the community. Information from the Labour Market Needs Assessment ' and Training Requirements Forecast Indicates a need for training in the areas of carpentry and "fabrication duo to the growth of the construction industry, and the industrial growth hi the Durham Region, For further Information contact Durham College at 57(1-0210, ext. 453. Wednesday, February Ills Ills the Vincent Massey Public Public School's Grade sixes and Mrs. Strong and Mr. Staple- ton went to Ganaraska for three days. They went skiing, skiing, snowshoeing, and learned about winter wonders. wonders. It was exciting. They had excellent food. They treated us like we were at home. They had heated dorms where we slept and a dining room for our meals. Everyone wants to go again, but unfortunately we can't. I liked the skiing. We went on a ski in the morning and in ski groups. It was neat. I sure wish we could go again. Kim Archer The helpers, Shayne and Glenda were extra nice to us. We had three workshops, workshops, winter wonders, skiing skiing and animal adaptations. My favorite was skiing. We all enjoyed our'three day trip. Sarah Oke Snowshoeing was just part of Winter Wonders at Ganaraska. We went on a snowshoe hike. We even went down some hills on them. But best of all we had races. Well, I hate to tell you but I didn't win. We made snowflakes with special instructions. instructions. Still, none of them was exactly the same. Then we studied the snow. Each person had to come up with a descriptive word for the snow and tell it to the recorder for their group. They would take the first letter of each word and make up a new word for snow. Some were saffax, golfls, sticfulfuz and fonsip. I think Winter Wonders was one of the best groups. Kim McMaster Ski conditions were great at Ganaraska. The temperature temperature was from -2D and up. They all have different trails for young beginners to highly advanced skiers. All the tracks are groomed so you can stay on the track at various speeds. Also the tracks are well marked so you won't get lost. All the tracks will cover about a 10 thousand acre area. With some great sights and challenging! challenging! hills you can have the time of your life at Ganaraska. i ' Craig Rickard Family Hosts Dance Mar. 7 The sixth annual Kidney Foundation dance sponsored by the Ransberry family will be held in the Newcastle Community Hall on Saturday, March 7th beginning at 8:30 p.m. The entertainment, will once again, be provided by Bill Taylor and the Tradesmen, a six-piece country and western band, while, the fun includes square dancing, door and spot prizes. Tickets are $15.00 a couple and the price includes lunch. People are encouraged to call for reservations as the event attracts a capacity crowd, although tickets will be available at the door. For reservations in the Newcastle area call Harold Ransberry at 983-9597, while Oshawa and Whitby residents can call Joan Ransberry at 668-8975 after 7:00 p.m. While the fund raising event is coordinted by Harold and Norma Ransberry of north Orono, it is held with support from the Durham Regional Unit of the Kidney Foundation. All proceeds from the event will go towards research into Kidney disease. March is Kidney month across Canada and members of the Durham Unit of the Kidney Foundation 1 will be raising money throughout the Region. The Ransberrys have been Kidney Foundation volunteers since 1968 when Don Ransberry, son of Harold and Norma, underwent a successful kidney transplant after disease destroyed his healthy organs. Although the medical transplantation surgical procedure was in its pioneer stage at the time, the now 40-year old north Orono resident lives a normal and active life. Meanwhile, the family has raised about $20,000 by holding raffles, dances and bazaars. In addition, a contest authored and co-ndministrnted by Joan Ransberry has generated $60,000 for the Kidney Foundation. Speaking on behalf of the family, Whitby resident, Joan Ransberry, says the family's contribution is "our way of saying thank you" to the foundation. "The Kidney Foundation supported our family during a very difficult time. Don Is now healthy, enabling our family to devote u bit of time to the welfare of other kidney patients." The family Invites everyone 19 years and older to attend the dance. Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, March 4, 1987 9 Toastmasters Sponsor Canada Day Public Speaking Contest The following speakers took part in a Canada Day public speaking contest which was hosted by the Bowmanville Toastmasters last Tuesday, February 24. The competition is organized through Toastmasters Toastmasters Clubs throughout Canada and leads to the selection selection of winning speeches which will be presented on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Canada Day. All speakers addressed the theme of "what it means to be Canadian. From left are the contestants at the Bowmanville club: Randy MacGillivary, Steve Reilly, Bob Porter, Pat Fulton, Joe Christl, Dave MacLean, and Tony Kowal. Pat Fulton won the competition, competition, with Bob Porter placing second and Tony Kowal third. The winner will be speaking at the area level in the next round of competition. Waverley Public School Folk Dancing at Waverley by Kyla Quanduk Mrs. Bradley is teaching grades three and four how to folk dance. They will also be learning how to square dance and dance different ways from other countries. Mrs. Bradley teaches them folk dancing on Wednesdays from 4:00 to 4:30 p.m. She is doing folk dancing because it is fun and good practice for kids when they get older. I think the grade 3's and 4's will like folk dancing. I know I would! The Think Bowl by Crystal Whyte On March 26 at Cobourg Lions Centre one group of four students in grade five and six from most elementary schools in Northumberland and Newcastle will participate in the Think Bowl. The Think Bowl is a competition that involves students in creative problem solving. This competition is an enrichment activity for grade five and six students who use higher level thinking skills as well as creativity. Mrs. Clement and our Vice Principal, Mr. Thompson are the organizers for Waverley. They are preparing students for Think Bowl by working on some problems used in other Think Bowls in the past. Mrs. Hilborn's Class by Sarah Black Mrs. McLean Will be out the rest of this year due to illness, she is replaced by Mrs. Hilborn. Lately, Mrs. Hilborn's class has been very busy. In Math, patterning with hearts, adding and subtracting facts to 16, brackets with adding and subtracting and 2 digits has been keeping them occupied. Spelling has involved picking their own list of words, finding out the meanings, putting them in alphabetical order and making sentences with the words in it. Usually they have dictation on Friday. Magic things and booklets on friendship are involved in Creative Writing. In Environmental Studies they are studying snow. Experiments with snow such as which melts faster, snow or ice. Snow booklets and how snow is helpful and harmful are other things they're doing. Art has been focused on valentine patterns. Folk dancing is starting and the pupils enjoy reading with the grade six tutors. The Magic Sled by Kim Mongrain, Gr. 3 One day a little girl named Kelly went outside dressed up in her ski suite. She was going out into her backyard to get her sled. She got to the place where she puts her sled all of the time. "Oh no!" she said. At the same time Mandy was at the door. Mandy lived on the other end of the street. Kelly went to get the door. "Do you have your sled yet?" asked Mandy. "I can't find it," said Kelly. "What's that on the roof?" asked Mandy. "That's my sled! How did it get up there?" said Kelly. "Let's throw a snowball at it," said Mandy. And then she threw a snowball at the sled and the sled fell down. "Now let's go sledding," said Mandy, and so they did. But when they were at the top of the hill instead of going down the hill they began to fly. And every day after that they had a fun time on Kelly's sled. Newtoriville and District Mrs. Margaret Wade of Oshawa and Mrs. Marie Trim visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Henderson on Tuesday Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Chrysler spent the weekend in Wheeling, West Virginia, enjoying the show at the Grand Old Opry on Saturday Saturday evening. Mrs. Diane Clarke, Bethany,- visited on Wednesday with Mr/ and Mrs. Don Vinkle. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Clys- dale of Omemee were dinner dinner guests a week ago with Mrs. Lena Clysdale. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Stapleton and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Henderson enjoyed the dinner theatre at the Hèrongate at Pickering on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Massie of Port Hope visited on Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Farrow. Mr. and Mrs. Bev Henderson Henderson of Port Hope visited on Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Henderson. Mrs. Dora DeSmit is progressing progressing after her hip operation operation in Oshawa General Hospital last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Leudke and Barrett and Mr. Trueman Henderson spent the weekend at their Can.- USA Lodge at Lake Timagame. Newtonville Bowling 50/50 draw Blanche Jones. Team standings: Chips 59, Gorillas 55, Baboons 45, Orangutans 42. 200 games: Pat Millson 256, 221, 221; Jean O'Neill "255; a Bernice Henderson 244; Peggy Millson 235, 207, 202;*a Lois 'Walker 224; Sandra McAleese 208; Leanne Flloyd 204; Joan Argue 200. The euchre party was held in the hall Friday evening with the following result with 17'A tables in play. The 50/50 draw was won by Mary Thompson. The score of 87 by Alf Pigott, Carl Todd 81, Murray Payne 80, Doreen Lowery 78, Kim Griffin 78, Audrey Graham 76. Next card party on Friday, March 13th. Church services greeters were Reid and Erma Wood. The choir sang "Do This In Remembrance of Me". Communion Communion was served by the elders of the church. After the close of church the members of the choir served a pancake luncheon which was much enjoyed by all who attended, and profitable profitable for them. Baptism Sunday is April 19th. The monthly meeting of the U.C.W. was held last Wednesday evening in the Sunday School with 13 present, present, opening with the Lord's Prayer and the Purpose Purpose in unison. The secretary's secretary's report was read, the treasurer's, sunshine and social functions' reports followed. Correspondence read. Our special 25th anniversary anniversary will be held on March 15th with the present and past presidnets taking •part. Envelopes would be obtained and usherettès were named, and lunch would be served after the service at 9:45. Speakers were named for our U.C.W. yearly services on May 31st. World Day of Prayer to be at Kendal on March 6th beginning beginning at 1:30. Our annual bazaar will be October 24th on Saturday afternoon. Further details later to be discussed. 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