74 ti The barrie Examiner Thursday January 27 1977 Lots of practical work for carpentry students Row upon row of smallscale houses cover the floor of Georgian College building most people dont know exist The houses are intricate creations of wood fashioned with plate glass windows opening doors and chimneys miniature designs of homes that range from traditional to modern angular architectural designs They are tool for men learning the trade of carpentry trade that has become the focus of an Anne Street building and five yearold adult studies course at the college The purpose of the course is to teach students construction carpentry says co ordinator Anthony Pester First they learn to draw up plans and then they put into prac tice what they have learned by building these houses which are all done to scale It is course open to anyone interested and Mr Pester says ages in the present class of 40 range from early 205 to 55 Classes run for 20 weeks beginning in November and take students from drawing boards to miniature houses to work on roofs Set up in one corner of the warehouse classroom is lifesized roof of wooden beams that acts as part of the training facilities The students says Mr Pester are provided with tools they would normally use in con struction job related to wood We basically deal with house con struction said Mr Pester We get into housefinishing concrete form work anything where youre dealing with ham mer and nail and wood Students are provided with saws planers and drill press and grinders as some of their equipment and Mr Pester says instructors are working on building good workshop for the students BOOKWORK TOO Not all the work is done on the workbench Men entering the carpentry end of the con struction business have to be trained says Mr Pester in blueprint reading mathematics communications and trade theory Before beginning work on the tiny houses each of the students prepared his own blueprint plan and consults it throughout the construction period says Mr Pester The instructors helping them both in prac tical and theory work are Maurice Reynolds Gord Smith Rod Trew and Gord Braith waite The students are working not only on their own projects says Mr Pester but on com munity projects for Georgian College and other organizations The Chamber of Commerce Winter Car nival arch now lies in the students workshop for repairs Originally built by the students the arch was badly damaged by vandals during the last Winter Carnival and final repairs are being made to get it ready for this years events Its new concept were dealing with said Mr Pester of student help in community work He said companies interesttxl in having work done could get free labor in exchaiigc for invaluable training for the students The companies could provide the materials we would work on it here in our workshop and carry the job out for them he said We wouldnt charge for the labor of cour he added What does to migrate mean Grade students should know To migrate means sleep all winter live in the forest make trail find new home Which of these words is spelled incorrectly passenger plesure elevate heaven How well Grade student an swers these questions depends on his intelligence but it also depends on how he feels that day his teacher his en vironment the type of super vision he receives aiid the general attitude of his school says Ab Carr Mr Carr superintendent of schools for the Simcoe County Board of Education said the Canadian Test for Basic Skills used in county schools only shows how well particular student does on particular test on particular day Every mark is wrong he said but the tests are used to give teacher rough idea of where student stands in the basic skills and where the student or class is falling down in particular skill Mr Carr explained the test to trustees during special meeting Monday It was established in Canada in 1966 and can show how well student or school compares to similar students across Canada The local board also obtains county average and can tell how well one school is doing in comparison to the county Locally the test is given in Gradest and NOT OMPOSED The board decided to ad minister standard test few years ago he said but not to compare one school to another would be sinful of us if we did he explained because schools will vary depending on their location environment and population The results of the tests are for analysis he said to be iii terpreted by the teacher and principals When the results are received the teacher and prin cipal will look at the ap proximate level of intelligence of the students the teaching materials being used the type of teaching the students received in earlier grades the type of supervision provided the size of the teachers teaching load the en vironment and the general at titude of the school There are several ways the test can be misused li arr said People dont realize the test only measures how well child does one day He may score dit ferently on similar test on Ellltltiltltlil Ieachers could teach directl to the test or test questions not giving an indication of the childs knowledge of iilt overall Skill hilt his ability to answer particularquestion Administrators could misusc it as chcck on tcachcrs or the school could fail to realic the general purpose of the test The results could be inisinterpreiod or IlilSlllltitlsltitNi The proper use of thc ltNl is to identity aboveziiid litlowici age students to check childs progress and to chei on teachingmethods The board now siitllth bet ween Mono and Stltitio ad miiiistcriiig lllt tests llt said and will eventually have to con sider about $201 to obtain metric tests Ihi tests arc iiizirkcd by com putcr The questions cover ll basic areas vocabulary reading comprchciision language skills workstud skills and iiiathcmatical illil Some people tlii argue tin qtttstions iic not lllétllM lr tarr aid lht llltllltllltlit quvstiotis lll tlttllilt at $1 tot thrrt ltMIll aid in Llxlidilti for it ttlllgt hr Txliiitftltti but the skill iiiwltcd ii iiizmi up the llltllttll who our 1lttl PEOPLE AND PLACES BIRTHDAY John Burelli of Barrie recent ly celebrated his 75th birthday at the home of his daughter Eileen Franklin of Toronto Friends and relatives attended NEW PRESIDENT Ted Bigelow was installed Monday night as the president of Big Brothers of Barrie and district He succeeds Steve Shivas WI MEETING Mrs Howard Caldwell was hostess for the Guthrie Womens Institute recently Mrs Coates opened the meeting OIN SHOW The Huronia Numismatic Association the Barrie coin club will hold coin show Feb 12 from 10 am to pm at the Bayfield Mall There will be dealers from Wiarton Owen Sound Kingston Hamilton Streetsville Gravenhurst and St Clair Mich GOOSE BAY LESTS Cpl and Mrs Ritchie and family of Goose Baylab are visiting with Mr and Mrs Rae Stewart of 73 Penetang St They will attend the wedding of Susan Lavallee and Paul Abram Feb CHESS CLUB Kim Edwards 11 and Robin Edwards attended the meeting of the Junior Chess Club held Tuesday at the annex of the Barrie Public Library COFFEE KIATII Mothers of preschool children who attend the story hour Wednesdays at 10 am are invited to take part in coffee klatch Diane Augustson is in charge VALENTINE TEA Valentine tea will be held Feb 16 at the Masonic Temple on Owen Street Barrie for members of the Sharamazda Club of Barrie it was announc ed at club meeting at the Eastem Star Room WARNS IIIIEVES NIAGARA FALLS Ont CI Farmers in the Niagara area have asked the regional public works committee to erect no stealing signs along roadways to prevent the theft of produce by visitors Kenneth Paxton president of the local fruit and Vegetable Growers Association said the association wants the theft of produce from fields seen in the samelight as shoplifting President Dorothy Banting condurtcd the busincs meeting Tea convcner will be Jean Dobson and Fannie Stewart and they set up committees GALA Nltilll The Harrie Ys Mens lub will hold gala sports celebrity banquet at the Continental lnii May 11 OOI STORY wool story will be exhibited during the month of February at the Simcoe ounty Museum There will be 31 wall plaques exhibited illustrating the type of wools and its uses SORORIIY ILNIIICO city council executive lun dieon for the Beta Sigma Phi sorority will be held Saturday at ll am at the Continental inn Alum 12o intmlni iIIlll loioiito ciiluiotii Nithlflytilfljl and ioir liliiill will attend ll Ult ll The Quota tluti ol lii lii hold spring Whiti libpliant salt April to raise tiiiid toi the speech lllllltlltJiMitti and hard of hearing VISITS Mr and Mrs Alt llllitlill of Fort Erie visited lad with Mr and Mrs li Ital sor ol liarric Mr vliiid or and Mr llllfltltihll arc in on IIIVIIIISIICKIIH Frank Kuciiiaii ot llll Kiwanis tlubot liarric thaulztd the guest sptaIzci liiuriit trompton of llllptlllli il who spoke Monday at meeting it the Holiday liin SMALL lll£l houses built to scale are one step in the development of 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