Balmoral Hall School - Optima Anni Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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QUESTION: QUESTION: QUESTION QUESTION QUESTION QUESTION: SOME GRADE ONE OPINIONS DO YOU LIKE COMING TO PRAYERS IN THE MORNING? Yes because I get to hold my Bible and Hymn Book No because I would rather stay and colour in my classroom Yes - I like walking up the stairs . t'Yes - I like the singing WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST FOR SCHOOL LUNCH? 'tl like macaroni I only like apples - I don't like mushrooms I like soup and bologna I like everything but specially soup HI don't like cottage cheese but I like soup and sandwiches. WHAT SONG DO YOU LIKE TO SING THE MOST? I like to sing every kind of song. I like to hum not sing. The Happy Birthday Song. 'tl like to sing Onward Christian Soldiers WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO PLAY WHEN YOU ARE OUTSIDE? t'Batman and Robin Hide and Co-Seek Ring Around a Rosy I like to climb a tree I like to play on the slide DO YOU LIKE WEARING KNEE-HIGHS? Better than leotards- No. They make my knees too cold. f'Yes-they are cooler t'Yes-they are quicker to put on. Yes, my legs don't get so hot WHY DO YOU COME TO SCHOOL? 'LTO learn stuff So I'll learn things I don't want to be 'dumb' HI like plus and minus Mummy sends me Thirty IN THE KINDERGARTEN

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1 I I JUNIORS AT GAMES AROUND THE BIRDBA TH Once upon a time there lived a little fairy. She was a very sad fairy, because she could not dance. Every night she would sit and watch the other fairies dance around the bird- bath. One night when she was watching the other fairies she got an idea. I know, she said, I can go to the magician. So the next day she set off to see the magician. She had to walk. It took a long time. In a few days she got there and she saw a big mountain. On the top of the moun- tain was the magician's home. She said, I guess I have to climb that mountain. Soon she got to the top. The magicians put a s-pell on her that made her dance. She went back to the other fairies and from that night on she too danced around the birdrbath. JOAN ASHDOWN - Grade II THE FAIRY WHO COULD NOT DANCE One day a fairy was playing in the woods. S-he tried to dance but she couldn't so she wen.t home. In the morning she tried and tried again. She finally stopped. She said, I think I will go to a magician. So she did. The magician tried but he couldn't help her. She went home. The next morning, the fairy got up. She said, I still can't dance. Then a boy fariy said to the girl fairy I can't dance either. So they lived happily ever after. SUSAN CAMPBELL - Grade II My Spare Time I like to draw pictures When I have spare time. I get all the fixtures from The room next to mine. With crayons and paper I draw and then colour, A clown in a caper Or a pretty red flower. I sit there for hours Just drawing for fun. Then I get hungry And go down for a bun. MARCIA CAMPBELL - Grade III Frost Frost is but a silver shield, It covers hill and dale and field. It covers icy window panes, And covers winding meadow lanes. Jack Frost has many shapes, you know, And covers all the world in snow. The trees all huddle close and tight, In fear they all will get frost bite. JANE LAWSON - Grade V Spring Spring is here, I hope it'll stay. Let us now go out to play. The birds are singing the sky is blue. All of a sudden there's much to do. Now is the time to roller-skate And have some fun with my new play-mate. We'll run around and sing a song. And stay outside the whole day long. SIGNY STEWART - Grade IV Tivcnfy ininc

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FA THER - DAUGHTER DA Y On a cold January morning, the girls of Forms I, II, and III, and their fathers, met at the Winnipeg Arena for the first Father- Daughter day ever held at Balmoral Hall. Broomball games, between the school houses, started off the activities, fortunately, the scores were not recorded! Skaters and nonaskaters slid around the ice, with tumbles and collisions t-he order of the day. The finale was the game which matched the fathers against their daughters. There still seems to be some doubt as to the validity of the one goal scored, for a father was seen dropping the ball into the net! How did he get by those fourteen goal-keepers? Then back we went to the school for sand- wiches and hot coffee, and I suspect, a little rest for the fathers! A toboggan slide seemed appealing, so with great enthusiasm, the pro- ject was undertaken immediately, and several runs proved successful. As many of the fathers had never toured the school, this was next on the agenda. It was almost lunch time, and it was difficult to steer the group past the Junior Common Room, with its tempting aromas! However, the tour was completed, and declared very interesting and informative. The after-lunch activity was a round-robin of Ping Pong, but the day's exertions were catching up with eevryoneg the match was very brief. Judging from the comments of the stu- dents, the day was most successful. We all exten-d a sincere thank you to the many fathers who helped to make this such a happy day and we are already looking forward to next year's Father-Daughter Day. JANIS MCKEAG - Form III OUR SKA TING SHA CK At last winter was here with its chilly wind and ice and snow. Out came the skates and sleds which for many are a great part of winter enjoyment. For days we braved the cold and frost-bites. Then an angel of mercy put up a skating shack and we stopped wondering if winter sports were worth it. It was a skater's refuge when tired and cold, we came in out of the cold. For others it was a play-'house where mother watched her snow-pies and spanked her numerous wailing babes. The snow slowly disappeared and it began to be like spring. So the day came when Old Faithful was locked and bolted. For many of us it was like saying adieu to an old friend. SUSAN GARBETT - Grade VI THE BEATIES AT BAlMORAl HAH 'Ilhe plot of this Form III puppet show concerned the Beatles, who went to Beverley Hills. There they met the Beverley Hillbillies. Granny, of course, immediately decided that these pests must be sent away. Off they went to Balmoral Hall, where they displayed shocking table manners, and a generally disruptive capacity in all school af- fairs. Soon they departed for St. John's- Ravenscourt, amidst tears from the girls and sighs of relief from the staff. The play was unrehearsed, and the lines were spoken spontaneously as the plot un- folded. Several Form III girls played two roles, disguising their voices for the respect- ive characters. With considerable ingenuity, the puppets were constructed of bits and pieces of this and that. Although this show did not win an Oscar Award, it brightened one Friday evening for the boarders. V , , . naw l i New -L I Pousea ' I in 'W E .9 .Ps LL msg? 32 U -Z O Q ..I'-UJ 'IT' 7 028032321 5-as 5 . up-.,'i g3fLgH me J- . . .. I+ RN Exccoswe Gfr,mmzvsE 'ef' OF Fx Houseuellhis Locxcea K. NEILSON WINTER FUN Yesterday we went toboganning. You should have seen us! W-o-o-s-h!! Boy was it fun. And that was a nice steep hill too. Some- times I was allowed to go down the hill alone. And sometimes it was scary! Once my Dad fell off the toboggan and all he did was laugh as though nothing had happened. Sometimes we just slid down the hill without the tobog- gan and it was quite bumpy too! The first time, Mom was too scared to go down the hill. Then after awhile she went down. Whenever Leslie, my older sister went down the hill by herself she always screamed. Then we had to go home. What a lovely day it was. Tl: fl'f.ll U C