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8-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 5, 1983 Learning Activity Centres Kindergarten and Grade One at the Orono Public School is a series of Learning Activity Centres where the student challenges himself at his own level and ats often works with others in a learning learning situation at one of the activity activity centres. Activity cehtres change every two weeks and where today the kindergarten children will take part in the activities of a housekeeping centré", next week.,it could be a restauraunt .where they become waiters and "waitress, take simple orders, and then again it will turn into a store where they handle money and develop forms of mathematics. And then there is a craft . centre, a print centre, modelling modelling centre, books and puzzles centre and wet and dry sandboxes sandboxes which have a multitude of options open for a learning experience. Above Belinda DenHollander= and Lorna McLaren learn about sizes where Papa bear takes the large size scarf and eats out of the large size plate with the large size spoon. From here they may find interest in developing an orchard in the sandbox or perhaps sitting around the food centre in conversation with others. Sheila Stoneberg, Mark RytheYford, Christina Kilpatrick and Raymond Herb Tink of the Solina Park Board received the support support of the council members on Monday for a slight revision revision of their park work schedule that will now allow the board to proceed with the installation of a ball back stop. The . Solina Park Board were commended for their project and .with keeping within their budget. In total the board will have some '$171,000.00 to spend on the development of the park in Solina which is made up of $10,000 already raised in the Solina Community, a $6,000.00 grant from the Town, the proceeds from the sale of the former park lands, and monies from Wintario, already, received and a grant from the provincial community community centres branch. The latter grant of some $42,000 is yet to arrive. With the receipt of the Community Centres grant the Solina Board will proceed with washroom facilities and a tennis court for the playgrounds. In the meantime the board wants to complete a ball back stop this year which now has been approved by council members meeting in committee. committee. /' Mr. Tink informed council members that the community raised their allotment of $10,000 through a dance, rummage sale, a Solina Day, barbecue and other local events. * Counc. Hubbard commended commended the group as did other members of the committee. committee. Robetaille, garde one students are given the opportunity opportunity to be' creative at the paint centre. Grade One arid Kindergarten operate closely at the Orono Public School where facilities are often shared. The Corporation of the TOWN OF NEWCASTLE TENDER SJEALED TENDERS, clearly marked as to contents, for the following requirements listed below, addressed addressed to the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle, Office of the Clerk, 40 Temperance St., Bowmanville, Ontario, L1C 3A6, will be received in the envelope provided untihthe specified closing time knd date. Tender Documents can be obtained from the Purchasing Office at the above address. Tender. No. T83-22 - SNOW CLEARING AND WINTER MAINTENANCE OF SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS. Closing -Time & .Date: 12:00 noon, (Local Time), Tuesday, October 18, 1983. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. accepted. Mr. D.M. Homeniuk, P.P. Purchasing and Supply Agent Telephone: (416) 623-3379. Ext. 67 Date of Publications: October 5th & 12th/83. Although working alone at the present time Christa Mullen is very much a part of the activities at Orono kindergarten where above she separates the fruit from the vegetables. Incidentally -Christa just completed her individual individual math test with the results beingi,included in her file. There is constant testing and listing? of new skills for each students on their çwn individual file. It is this process which is touring the province as the system oriented to the intent as set down by the Province of Ontario. ' • 1 The Newcastle Public Library presents ' A SUPER SERIES OF CHILDRENS' PROGRAMS ORONO TOWN HALL Sat., Oct. 22 "WincNn the Willows" Sat., Dec. 17 "The Forgetful Santa Claus" Sat., Mar. 24 "The Nightingale" ; BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY Sat., Nov. 19 "Morgan's Jourrley" Sat., Dec. 17 ' "The Foregtful Santa Claus" Sat., Mar. 17 , "Claude X Labrecque" NEWCASTLE MEMORIAL LIBRARY Thurs., Dec. 1 "Jim & Rosalie" 'Sat., Feb- 11 "Charlie anol the Chocolate Factory" Tues., Mar. 1p "This Can't Be Happening,at McDonald Hall" $6.00 PER SERIES - $20.00 PER FAMILY PER SERIES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL 983-5507 ,