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l I Newton ville Brownies Welcome New Members Waverley Public The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, January 25. 1!)H9 'Sparks' Group Prepares Girl for Brownies it The First Newtonville Brownies welcomed nine new Brownies into the pack on Wednesday, January 18. For the occasion, the new Brownies dressed up as' snowflakes. The above group includes, (seated) from left: Stefanie Boyd, Julie Humphrey, Amber Michael, Michael, Niki Cooper and Katie Nowlan. Brownies who are standing include, from left: Cheryl Perkins, Emily Herbert, Bailey Kelly and Nicole Millson. Leaders in the photo are: Marian Knapp, District Commissioner; Betty Formosa, Brown Owl; and Kathy Kathy Hisson, Tawny Owl. All Right, What Is It? æZU , fl J „ t ■ \ • V y ■" • ! ; ' V * / All About Me Hi, my name is Heather Youngman and I am a journalist journalist in our Journalist Club. Every week someone from our club will be doing a profile profile of themself for our Waver! Waver! ey column. My favourite sports are skating and swimming. swimming. I also like math and rollerskating. I wish to be a teacher when I grow up. I have a little sister named Leanne, who is 6. I am looking forward to the Senior Public Schoo next year. I will be missing Waverley Waverley but I'm sure I'll have a great time. Heather Youngman. Ms. Porter's Class Lately Miss Porter's grade 4 class has been very busy. They have been studying studying Inuit. They have seen videos of the "Old Way of Life For the Inuit" and are also comparing the old way of life for the Inuit to the new way of life for the Inuit. They have just received new writing folders and are publishing publishing some of their stories, poems, and other writing work. In Math they are doing multiples of 10 and are doing long multiplication. In Spelling it is long vowels and suffixes. In Art they have done tile designs, Inuit art and are planning to do soap carvings. They are also doing doing volleyball skills in Phys Ea. It sounds like they're having a great time! Heather Youngman Lots of Work Mrs. Murdoch's grade two class is workng very hard to finish Clifford activities. activities. Some of the activities were painting a picture and writing a story to go with it, class works very hard. Amy Ramage. Happenings in Mrs. Piekenbrock's and Mr. Gray's Classroom The kids in Portable 2 are busy this month. In Environmental Studies they are finishing up Outer Space and will be starting the Birds unit. In Mathematics Mathematics they are studying decimals. decimals. On the subject Creative Writing, they are finishing up speeches so they will be ready for the deadline, and after that the class will be dong Poetry. In Spelling, they are doing lessons out of a book. Mme. Jardin's French period is doing Occupations. Occupations. The kids are very content and will surely get through the month with ease. Stephen Clancy The Ping-Pong Club Mrs. Murdoch has put together together a Ping-Pong Club on Mondays and Wednesdays. It is held from 12:20 to 12:50 p.m. The Ping-Pong Club is practising serving and hitting hitting back and forth. Some people are even learning how to hit curve balls to force their opponents into making errors. The two storekeepers storekeepers teach them how to score points. There are three players at each table. Two yers and one watches, ne winner plays the person who was sitting out. It is kind of confusing. For the first few weeks they have been changing partners and playing playing with each other. Near the last few weeks, they will be playing Mini Tournaments. They play on the gym stage. It sounds like they're having a ball! Jennifer Reid. m •/, '>v" ./ ?.■' Some of the items found on display at the February 5 Collector's Fair in Newcastle Village will be a little little easier to identify than this object. The Fair is sponsored by the Newcastle Village and District Historical Historical Society with participants from Newcastle, Orono, Port Hope and many other communities showing their hobbies and interests. There will be collections of old musical instruments, buttons, bottles, bottles, glass, metal, and antique dolls. In fact, about 25 ! This s us!/& 0/6/1 tti. ! no'}, ,oa §'te&S&*& %r*oy< 0 7o>o,r n Hot siness. ^8r i, different displays will be on exhibit between 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Sunday, February 5, in the Newcastle Newcastle Village Community Hall, Members of the Historical Society who are shown in the above photo include: President Francis Jose, Mabel Goode, Tom Webb and Pat Macdonnell. Incidentally, the object that they are examining is not a hypodermic needle from pioneer times or a prototype of the CN Tower. It's a lightning rod. Central Public School News Once a month, we have a delicious pizza lunch. All the school enjoys these special days. On Janaury 13, during our regular assemby, Dr. Allwin, Allwin, a veterinarian, came and showed us slides of her clinic. We all found this very interesting and enjoyable. Each Junior class will be soon giving their speeches. Two individuals from each class will then be picked to enter the school competition and then the winner will enter enter city's Legion contest. Good luck to all. Don't forget to purchase your copy of our Centennial year book at the low cost of $14.95. Please contact the school if you are interested. Bye for now Bradley Humber. Gr. 5. :, h .-Ij/'M ° n 'he Miss Flintoffs Class Grade 1 Wow! Miss Flintoil's class is really into it! They have finished addition addition and have started subtraction. subtraction. Their favorite story is Mrs. Wishy Washy. SALE Twisted Serpentine Bracelets Single $16.95 Double $19.95 Fashion Watches Floating Butterflies 20% Off $2.00 ea. alb ffitllttixans Centre Kiosk, Bowmanville Mall 623-8164 i in gym they like to play house. Their favorite art work is making snowflakes, snowmen snowmen and paper plate Santas. The class's favorite subject subject is math! Can you believe it? Miss Flintoffis planning a trip to the Outdoor Center in April. What a great plan! By: Karrie Foskett and Cecilia Cover Grade 5 room 206. Winter Poems Snow Playing Cold, out here Building snowmen Mom, dad, Lil and I A warm hot fire Dress warmly Snowpnnts Coat. Melissa Scott Gr. 4. Yucky Cars drive in Slip and falling Fun jumping in it Splashing on coats Feels like ice Meesy cold Danielle Shirrnn Gr. 4. wggtfSp Ü I ^ pÉ! ■ -iTvji -<;a.vU - WML--? m This year, the Girl Guide organization has introduced a new category for girls five years of age. The youngsters not quite old enough to become Brownies are known as "Sparks". This photo shows the First Newtonville "Sparks" and their leaders. In the front row, from left, are: Lindsay Carter, Heather Boyd, Melissa Melissa Searle, and Erin Higgins. The back row includes: Lyndsay Harness, Sarah Sarah Fraser, Marley Gimblett, Becky Humphrey, and Janice Perkins. Leaders Jan Dengis and Kim Herbert are shown above along with District Commissioner Commissioner Marian Knapp. listening, puppets, and story writing. They also had to make their own big red Clifford Clifford dog. Now they are doing snow activities in Environmental Studies. Some of the activities activities were making a puppet, math, listening, poetry, mobile, mobile, mural, booklet and games with phonics. They also went to the Outdoor Education Education Centre and they went on a hike and did a camouflage camouflage game. They used mini magnifying glasses. The class enjoyed tubing and sliding down the hill. When they got back, they did graphing about the activities, writing, and drawing pictures. pictures. Well, it sounds like that Solina W.I. ■ •, .;>'!> ariJ s, ' 1 Holds January Meeting at Community Hall Solina W.I. met January 11th at 8 p.m. at the community community hall. President Barb Kapteyn led all in the repeating repeating of the Ode followed with the President repeating the creed for Canadian Unity. Minutes were read and business business -looked after. Minutes from an executive meeting were also read. Treasurer's report was given. Thank you notes were read for gifts received received at Christmas from shut-ins. Vi our representative representative on the Centre board has asked all members to give imput on their views of expansion. expansion. President Barb then called on Barbara Weese of the Rural Organization Services Services branch of the Dept, of Agriculture. Barbara then called on Vi Ashton to whom she presented an award of Merit for her many volunteer volunteer activities and work in the community. The community community centre board is to receive receive a donation from the W. I. Volunteers wil be canvassing canvassing in the next few weeks for the Heart fund. Roll Call: Helpful hints for keeping fruits and vegetables. vegetables. Varied ways were given given but the most popular now is our freezer. Marion Broome with the east group in charge of the program, called on Pat Best They like to play skipping £>r the Motto-Let's enjoy gym and in tne classroom Canada. Starting on the east coast and continuing on to the west Pat gave many in- teresing facts about each of our provinces. We as Canadians Canadians have a great heritage. Canada has been first in many areas of the world. We should appreciate what Canada Canada has to offer us and explore explore more of it. Evelyn Browse called on Wendy Preston for several musical numbers on the piano. piano. Marion then called on Vi who took us to Newfoundland Newfoundland by slides. We travelled from fishing villages; to oil refineries then to lumber mills. Icebergs were sighted looking majestic between sky and water. Meeting the friendly Newfoundlanders and seeing their province is to bo anticipated. Marion closed with these words: If you always do what you've always done you will always got what you always got. A social time was enjoyed in the lower hall. Next meeting February 8th 8 p.m, P.R.O Bernice Watson. WILSON'S STOREWIDE JANUARY FURNITURE CLEARAN FINAL WEEK EVERYTHING UP TO 50% OFFT^ LAST-4 CHANCE FOR 1988 PRICES OAK ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE Leaded glass, stereo unit, VCR shelf, roll-top TV enclosure and two tape storage drawers. Beautiful and functional. reg. *799 sale $599 RELAX IN CONTEMPORARY COMFORT Sofas, loveseats and chairs with built-in incliners. Custom ordering is available in your choice of colors and fabrics. 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