Earl Grey School - Triangle Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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MEET OUR FRIENDS IN THE ELEMENTARY CLASSES We had lots of fun at the fire station. We went in the fire engines. The boys stood at the back of the fire engines. We heard the siren. Michael and Judy jumped in the net. We saw the hose and ladder. We saw the men slide down the pole. We went upstairs to see the beds. We heard the bell on the fire engine. Some of the boys put on the firemen’s hats. We pushed the button on the fire engine that made the siren go. Some boys and one girl put on the smoke masks. We heard lots of noise. We saw the office and the bathroom and the kitchen. We said goodbye to the firemen. We came back to school on the bus. Kindergarden Room 8,

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A MESSAGE FROM MR. RYCKMAN At the outset, may I expresd uy appre¬ ciation to the Year Book Staff for this op¬ portunity to give you a retrospect of the activities of the younger members of our school - the students of the Elementary De- pa rtmen t. As you know the elementary classes do not change rooms but work mainly within their own classrooms. Here they pursue the three “ R ' s”. This, of courai, is one of the main functions of any school, whether elementary or junior high, but there is more to education than the mastering the fundamentals of reading, writing, and arithemetic. It is in these elementary grades that the young pupils make their first contact with a wider community than they knew in their pre-school years. They are taught to get along with other childr en and, what is more important, they are taught that they have responsibilities to themselves, to each other, to their school and to their community. They are given the opportunity to test themselves in competi¬ tion within their own school, and in compe¬ tition with pupils from other schools. They are encouraged to share in worthwhile undertakings and thereby learn that each can make a worthwhile contribution. In the Elementary Department, we feel that when all share The work prospers. During the past year, all rooms in the elementary section have participated in worthy extra-curricular activities. The little folk of the Kindergarten made and sold book-marks, and forwarded a tidy sum to the Bed Cross as a token of their ef¬ forts. Other rooms sold candy, o f paper Hallowe’en novelties to further swell the school’s contribution to th Red Cross. The Grade One pupils supported and contri¬ buted to the Junior Humane Society. An other class gathered and prepared toys for di«tri buti on at Christmas to children who were less fortunate than themselves. All classes joined with the Junior High School in that very successful campaign to raise money to aid children who had been stricken with polio. Again, all rooms combined to stage a very successful concert in Decem¬ ber. This was a fine co-operative effort by al 1 concerned. One of our finest customs is the setting up and the decorating of the Christmas tree in the lower hall and the gathering each morning of the younger pu¬ pils to sing carols and listen to Christmas stories. This is one custom I sincerely hope will be carried on through the years. During the past year, the Elementary school entered inter-school competitions in skating and swimming and are now looking forward to the baseball season. Til the Mu¬ sical Festival, Earl Grey was represented by three choirs - a Grade Three classroom choir, a Grade Five classroom choir, and a Grades One tc Four choir. A good deal of pleasure and valuable training was derived from these various activities. Truly, this has been a busy year and, I believe, a gratifying one, and may I ex¬ press to all the teachers and pupils of the Elementary Department my appreciation of their conscientious effort throughout the teaching year and for their co-operad v.e assistance in all our extracurricular acti- vi ti es. All the teachers an {1 pupils of the elementary classes would have me express their appreciation to the teachers and stu¬ dents of the Junior High School who gave so liberally of their time and talent to as¬ sist us on various occasions during this particular year. Finally we bid ‘Good Bye’ to our Grade Six students. We earnestly hope you will further cultivate the attitudes and princi¬ ples which have been emphasized during your stay with us in the elementary school. We wish for you every success when you under¬ take the second phase of your education in the Junior High School. Be as sured we shall follow your progress with keen in¬ terest. And if I may be permitted to offer just a small bi t o f advice before you 1 eave us; ‘When you play - play hard! When you work - dont ' t play at all! And so, Good Luck.

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KINDERGARDEN, Mrs. J.E.Fenny, Room 8, a.m. BACK ROW L-R: MRS FENNY. DALE NEULS. CAM JUCKES, RONALD WHITE. FRANK CHAPI EL, BILLY BURGESS. RICHARD WHITE, BRUCE SWICKIS. CENTRE ROW L-R: DAVID LEWIS, ALLAN STEWART, DIANE WILLOX, KENNY MUNDAY, GEORGINA SHARP, HENRY ETTENHOFER BARRY ARMITAGE. FRONT ROW L-R: DIANNE DUNCAN, JANIS TODD, LYNNE METSGER, DIANNE HEATHERINGTON, DOREEN BLACKMAN, EMILY MORANN, ADELE HENDERSON, BEVERLEY ROSBOROUGH. MISSING: NANCY LIMMERT. KINDERGARDEN, Mrs. J.E. Fenny, Room 8, p.m. BACK ROW L-R: MRS FENNY, SHIRLEY NY QUVEST, EILEEN SISTERSON, WAYNE ENNS, MICHAEL HOWARD, GAIL ARBUCKLE, JOHN SMITH, KENNY COLESHILL, NANCY BOBOSKI. CENTRE ROW L-R: JUDY WEISZ, BERT FINLEY, MARLENE FENTON, JOHN BERGEN, PAT NICHOLSON, JIMMY JACKSON, LESLEY ANDERSON. FRONT ROW L-R: PAT LAIRD, SHIRLEY EPPLER, RODDY LAWRENCE, BOBBY BOWERMAN, JIMMY KELLY, WAYNE GURAL, WALTER LICHACZ, RUTH EWERT„