June/2000 - Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association

ON LOCATIONHAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAYStudents acquire enterprising skillsGrade 4 students from Peacock Elementary School inHappy Valley-Goose Bay participated in a career awareness/enterpriseeducation project in February titled “LeapInto the Future”. This career-focused event was sponsoredby the Peacock Elementary Special EventsCommittee as part of the school’s Self and Society focusyear.The five Grade 4 classes surveyed the school forcareer interests, prepared and delivered telephone invitationsand follow-up calls, acted as greeters and go-forsand ensured that all visitors were thanked. Classesrotated from room to room in each hallway and heardpresentations on a variety of careers.Margaret Saunders and Sue Howell, classroom teachersand members of the Special Events Committee, saythe Grade 4 students participated and learned skills fromthe “enterprise” aspect of the event. “All students andstaff learned/were exposed to a variety of career opportunitiesand the community at large became our school.”To view clips of this event, check out the school’sweb site at www.k12.nf.ca/peacock/99-2000.htm.MOUNT PEARLStudents benefit fromFuture Frontiers programThis past February, Morris Academy in Mount Pearlwas awarded a new personal computer through theFuture Frontiers Program offered by Ontario basedIngram Micro, a wholesale provider of technology productsand services.Students from Brenda Woodman’s Grade 2 class at Morris Academy proudlysit in front of their new Compaq Presario PC.Brenda Woodman says she and her Grade 2 studentsare excited to have received a Compaq Presario PC 5827and an MV520 monitor along with an assortment ofsoftware from Ingram Micro on behalf of the FutureFrontiers program. Last year, teacher Jennifer Vincent ofMorris Academy received a Pentium PC from theFuture Frontiers program.Both Brenda and Jennifer had to complete a detailedapplication telling how they would integrate technologyinto their class curriculum. Ms. Woodman and Ms.Vincent are currently the only teachers in the provinceto have been successful with their applications.POUCH COVEStudents cook up some funon Pancake Day“I’d give that teacher a piece of my mind if I could afford it.”On March 7, students and teachers of St. Agnes School inPouch Cove presented various activities during a schoolwide assembly to celebrate Pancake Day. “Our schoolhas provided a Pancake unit that may benefit otherschools as they celebrate Pancake Day,” says HeatherRinger, Special Education teacher at St. Agnes School.Kindergarten students cooked up a little pancake funwith a song entitled “We Are Little Pancakes” adaptedto the tune of “I’m a Little Teapot”. Grade 1 studentsthe bulletin 6 june 2000