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www.barnaclegrenada.comBARNACLE DECEMBER 2009 23.HARD WORK PAYS OFFWinner of the Prestigious T.A. Marryshow Memorial Award Cup 17 yearold Miss Arlene Hayes speaks about the road that led her to this grand awardWhy did you get theaward?I got the award for placingtop in Grenada in theCXC exams.Tell us how many subjectsdid you get?I sat ten CXC subjectsand Additional Mathematicswhich is GCE,and I got 8 distinctionsand 2 ones and a B inAdditional Mathematics.How does that makeyou feel?Very happy!You are now 17 yearsold, what was yourlife like before youtook the exam? Likearlene hayesall your life comingup to the exam?Study wise or generally?Study wise firstplease?Study wise, basicallytried to do my best tounderstand everythingthat was taught in classas it was being taught. Iwould then reinforce itwith studying or readingover. I would also tryto help myself throughhelping others. Sometimesthe teacher wouldask me to teach someoneelse in the class the conceptand you know thatif you teach someone youlearn better? Like that.Generally, what wasyour life like?Generally, I had a normallife. I had dancing; Iwas in the drama club atschool and Drum corps,Guides, Rangers.So you had a well–rounded life, you hada lot of other activities?At the convent the aim isto get you well-roundednot only academics orwhatever else, but wellrounded.So I tried mybest at what I was doing.Who was your greatestmotivator towardsthis excellence?Well, my parents pushedme all the time and I motivatedmyself as well alot but mostly it was myparents always urgingme to do better.Since I was very youngI have been doing verywell in school and theyalways pushed me. SinceI was young they told meI could do this, I couldbe Island scholar – andI did!How did your friendsreact to your success?They felt very happy forme, they were the first Icalled after I found out,and they were so happythey said that they knewthat I would do well.They are excited for me.What exactly does theAward consist of?There is the ChallengeCup which I have athome, XCD$500.00 monetaryprize and an OxfordConcise dictionary.What is your advice toother young people?To young people I wouldsay study hard, do yourbest and try to liveyour life as well as youcan; do not study alonemake sure that you doother things to keep yougrounded, well-roundedand so on.What can one expectyou to become, whatare you studying?I am studying BuildingTechnology. I will becomean ArchitecturalEngineer.Wow! On behalf of theBarnacle I wish youGod’s blessings andgood success!

30 BARNACLE DECEMBER 2009Jr. BarnacleInterview with Ms. Cheryl Bernabe- Principal of The Beacon Highfrom page 24What is your focus for theschool?My focus for the school year is developinga learning culture, when allour children understand the learningculture of our school they willknow what is expected at all timesand in every area of learning. So myfocus is on ‘learning culture’ and I’mhoping to finish it by this term.How do you propose to addresscharacter building?In many of the simple, little storieslike Grimm’s fairy tales there are alot of character building traits thatcame out from those stories that wejust leave alone. If we look at thecharacter traits and we start questioningthe students about the story,it will open up their imagination.Through that, their self confidencewill increase, their self esteem willcontinue to grow and then they willbe able to apply what they havelearnt to their own lives.The Ministry is now really trying tofuse virtues and values into the curriculum,it is not that it is new per sebut the need to reinforce those virtuesis urgent. Every opportunity weget, we must include them.A lot of social responsibility and citizenshiphas to be taught at school,the home must do its part as well butI am not a teacher who says that thehome is not doing it so why should I.School must and should be a place oflearning and the atmosphere mustbe conducive to this.We have personal development forour students, one period a week,where they learn about social responsibility,virtues and values andso forth.At Beacon we’ve become not just aschool but a family, and the parentalsupport is awesome.We teach the children to be determined,no matter what obstacle maypresent itself; they must have thecourage to overcome.What has been your greatestachievement?One of my other greatest achievementsI must say, is that I’ve alwaysbelieved in creative arts, I believe ithas a tremendous role to play.In 2005, the Minster of Educationasked me to join some foreign personnelwho were doing summer programsfor teachers; they wanted anindividual to demonstrate how extracurriculum activity enhances classroomwork.I felt that I wasn’t competent enoughto do it at the time, but I finallyagreed because I believe despite allthe academics that we’re doing, wecontinues on page 34

www.barnaclegrenada.comHEALTH SCIENCEBARNACLE DECEMBER 2009 31.COMMOM ENTRANCE PRACTICE QUESTIONS - PAPER 41. Which of the following is not a body waste? (a) spittle (b) urine (c) sweat (d) plasma (a) (b) (c) (d)2. The ribs protects the(a) heart (b) brain (c) kidneys (d) intestine (a) (b) (c) (d)3. The system that consist of glands that produce hormones in the body is the______.(a) digestive (b) urinary (c) endocrine (d) respiratory (a) (b) (c) (d)4. The female anopheles mosquito spreads (a) dengue (b) malaria (c) dysentery (d) cholera (a) (b) (c) (d)5. The body system which involve in the removal of liquid waste from the body is _____.(a) Digestive system (b) Respiratory system(c) Circulatory system (d) Urinary system (a) (b) (c) (d)6. The three major types of blood cells are _____. (a) platelets (b) spleen (c) plasma (d) veins (a) (b) (c) (d)7. The largest organ in the human’s body is the _____. (a) heart (b) kidney (c) intestine (d) skin (a) (b) (c) (d)8. Which of the following organism causes AIDS? (a) fungus (b) germ (c) virus (d) bacteria (a) (b) (c) (d)9. Which food group helps the body to maintain normal health? (a) proteins (b) minerals (c) vitamins (d) carbohydrates (a) (b) (c) (d)10. A one cell organism which can cause disease (a) germ (b) bacteria (c) parasite (d) worm (a) (b) (c) (d)EARTH SCIENCE1. A star’s brightness as seen form earth it its _____.(a) absolute magnitude (b) average magnitude(c) apparent magnitude (d) parallax (a) (b) (c) (d)2. The molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface is ____. (a) lava (b) magma (c) ash (d) cinders (a) (b) (c) (d)3. During an earthquake, the most violent shaking occurs at the (a) ring of fire (b) focus (c) epicenter (d) vent (a) (b) (c) (d)4. The three major oceans of the world are the Atlantic, Pacific and (a) Arctic (b) Indian (c) Mediterranean (d) Caribbean (a) (b) (c) (d)5. A powerful storm that forms over tropical oceans is called a (a) thunderstorm (b) tornado (c) hurricane (d) depression (a) (b) (c) (d)6. Rocks formed from piling up of layers of dust, dirt and sand are called(a) igneous (b) metamorphic (c) magma (d) sedimentary (a) (b) (c) (d)7. The decayed parts of plants and animals in soil are called (a) humus (b) topsoil (c) residual soil (d) mature soil (a) (b) (c) (d)8. A solar day is a period of ______ hours. (a) 12 (b) 36 (c) 48 (d) 24 (a) (b) (c) (d)SPELLING1. I __________ my watch to the mall. (a) brought (b) bought (c) borught (d) buoght (a) (b) (c) (d)2. The _________ is over today. (a) wether (b) whether (c) waether (d) weather (a) (b) (c) (d)3. Lots of students benefitted from the free books ______. (a) poorgram (b) program (c) programme (d) porgramme (a) (b) (c) (d)4. You can accomplish your ________ through hard work. (a) goal (b) gold (c) gaol (d) gaold (a) (b) (c) (d)5. _________ way shall we go? (a) wich (b) whitch (c) witch (d) which (a) (b) (c) (d)6. This book came from the _______. (a) libary (b) library (c) liberay (d) liberry (a) (b) (c) (d)7. The athlete ran 60 ________ in 3.2 seconds. (a) metres (b) meters (c) meaters (d) meatres (a) (b) (c) (d)8. Tim was punished for his unusual _______. (a) behaveor (b) behaviour (c) behavour (d) behaveior (a) (b) (c) (d)9. The ______ sits still on the calm lagoon. (a) yatch (b) yarch (c) yarcht (d) yacht (a) (b) (c) (d)

32 BARNACLE DECEMBER 2009COMMOM ENTRANCE PRACTICE QUESTIONS - PAPER 4ENGLISH GRAMMAR1. Peter and Lia _______ to school everyday. (a) walks (b) walk (c) walking (d) did walk (a) (b) (c) (d)2. Give the pencils to Carol and ______. (a) I (b) she (c) me (d) he (a) (b) (c) (d)3. Share the oranges ______ the two girls. (a) among (b) amongst (c) at (d) between (a) (b) (c) (d)4. Carl _____ a train for his birthday. (a) wants (b) wanting (c) was want (d) want (a) (b) (c) (d)5. Pamela is the _____ girl in the class. (a) shorter (b) more short (c) shortest (d) most shorter (a) (b) (c) (d)6. This book is ______. (a) mines (b) mine (c) minds (d) mind (a) (b) (c) (d)7. _______ book is this? (a) who (b) who’s (c) whom (d) whose (a) (b) (c) (d)8. Touch her ________ on her shoulders. (a) gentle (b) gentler (c) gently (d) more gentle (a) (b) (c) (d)9. The toddler walked_________ to meet her mother. (a) unsteady (b) more unsteady (c) unsteadily (d) most unsteadily (a) (b) (c) (d)10. Neither Karl nor Kai _____ a new bag (a) needs (b) need (c) needing (d) had need (a) (b) (c) (d)COMPREHENSIONTHE SPELLING TESTMiss announced thatthe class will sit a spelling teston Friday. Lots of the studentsclapped their hands in jubilation.Karrie was unhappy, she neverobtained good grades in spellingtest. The other students glancedat her with sheepish grins ontheir faces. They all knew shewas a weak speller.As the other students hadtheir lunch, Karrie sat dejectedlyin a corner, she felt like weepingbitterly. Then he rememberedthe words of her mother, “Yesyou can, you can do it.”As soon as she arrived athome, she told her mother aboutthe spelling test. Immediatelyshe started to study the words.Her mother called the words andshe spelled them. At dawn shespelt the words again. Before thebell rang to commence classesKarrie was at the words again.She was well prepared. She satconfidently in her seat with apensive expression on her face.To everyone’s surpriseMiss stated that the student whogot the highest score will receivea malt. The class was extremelyquiet as the words were called.Miss marked the papers as soonas the test was completed.The entire class lookedintently at Miss took the maltand journeyed to the front ofthe class. All eyes followed her.They knew Nikesha alwaysperformed well in spelling,obviously the malt was her. ThenMiss carefully place the malton Karrie’s desk. All eyes nowbeheld her in a different light.From the story above answer the following questions.1. Why was Karrie unhappy about the announcement?(a) She did not like to spell (b) She was a weak speller (c) her classmates glanced at her. (d) She did not like the teacher (a) (b) (c) (d)2. What did Karrie do as soon as she arrived at home?(a) She wept bitterly (b) She went to her room. (c) She told her mother about the test (d) She phoned her friends (a) (b) (c) (d)3. How many times did Karrie studied the words? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (a) (b) (c) (d)4. What reward would take the best performer get? (a) a case of malt (b) marked papers (c) a little gift (d) a malt (a) (b) (c) (d)5. Why do you think the class was quiet?(a) They did not like to make noise (b) They loved their teacher(c) They wanted to go for lunch (d) They wanted to her the words the teacher was calling (a) (b) (c) (d)6. Explain the sentence “All eyes followed her.”(a) They walked behind the teacher (b) They looked to see where the teacher was going(c) They looked at Karrie (d) They walked up to Nikesha (a) (b) (c) (d)7. Find the word in the passage that means, Finished (a) completed (b) arrived (c) got (d) score (a) (b) (c) (d)Saddened (a) prepared (b) dejected (c) corned (d) pensive (a) (b) (c) (d)Day break (a) dawn (b) commence (c) quiet (d) intently (a) (b) (c) (d)8. Who performed the best? (a) Nikesha (b) Karrie (c) Miss (d) the whole class (a) (b) (c) (d)9. The moral of this story is(a) Studying hard has its reward (b) Karrie is a bad speller (c) The class liked spelling (d) The class did not like spelling (a) (b) (c) (d)

www.barnaclegrenada.comBARNACLE DECEMBER 2009 33.COMMOM ENTRANCE PRACTICE QUESTIONS - PAPER 4VOCABULARYChoose the word that has the same meaning as the underlined words.1. York House is and ancient building. (a) modern (b) new (c) old (d) huge (a) (b) (c) (d)2. The pipes were left open so my bathroom was inundated (a) wet (b) flooded (c) cold (d) scrubbed (a) (b) (c) (d)3. An enormous boulder rolled down the hill. (a) tiny (b) huge (c) stone (d) angry (a) (b) (c) (d)4. Some plants thrine in the rainy season. (a) die (b) break (c) grow (d) produce (a) (b) (c) (d)5. The pirates made off with a boat filled with goal. (a) sea robbers (b) explorers (c) smuggles (d) hashers (a) (b) (c) (d)6. Recently election was held in Grenada. (a) long ago (b) once (c) not long ago (d) friendly (a) (b) (c) (d)7. Mrs. Peters is a dedicated teacher. (a) committed (b) lonely (c) lovely (d) tall (a) (b) (c) (d)8. My sister gave me a task to perform. (a) play (b) poem (c) chant (d) job (a) (b) (c) (d)9. The men squatted idly on the side of the road. (a) talked (b) drank (c) sat (d) ate (a) (b) (c) (d)10. The peculiar looking animal is an ant- eater (a) odd (b) wise (c) strong (d) edgy (a) (b) (c) (d)MATHEMATICSMATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS1. The numbers 2, 3, 5, 6 and 15 are factors of (a) 27 (b) 30 (c) 36 (d) 40 (a) (b) (c) (d)2. 56- 72 + 39 -14 (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) 9 (a) (b) (c) (d)3. 3a4 can be written as (a) 3a+ 3a+ 3a + 3a (b) 3x a + a+ a+ a (c) 3a x 3ax 3a x 3a (d) 3x a x a x a x a (a) (b) (c) (d)4. Express 56 as a product of its prime factors (a) 2 x 2 x 7 (b) 2x 7 (c) 2 x 2 x 2 x 7 (d) 7x 8 (a) (b) (c) (d)5. Seven hundred and nine thousand and twenty in figures is (a) 700920 (b) 709020 (c) 70920 (d) 7090020 (a) (b) (c) (d)6. n > 9 n < 20 n is divisible by 5 n could be _______ (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 5 (a) (b) (c) (d)7. In the 321.46 the digits 2 represents (a) tens (b) hundreds (c) tenths (d) ones (a) (b) (c) (d)8. Look at these shapesLKGFWhich one is an octagon? (a) K (b) G (c) F (d) L (a) (b) (c) (d)9. Express 4/25 as a decimal (a) 25 (b) 0.16 (c) 4.25 (d) 0.55 (a) (b) (c) (d)MATHEMATICAL SKILLS1. What is the missing number is this sequence 9,17,33,65 (a) 98 (b) 128 (c) 129 (d) 130 (a) (b) (c) (d)2. How many times can 5 be taken away from 132? (a) 12 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) 25 (a) (b) (c) (d)3. A school hall has 30 rows of seats, each row has 28 seats. How many seats are there? (a) 840 (b) 480 (c) 68 (d) 680 (a) (b) (c) (d)4. Multiply four hundred and six by twenty four (a) 1104 (b) 11040 (c) 9604 (d) 9744 (a) (b) (c) (d)5. What is the largest factor of 14 and 42? (a) 7 (b) 14 (c) 3 (d) 12 (a) (b) (c) (d)6. Find the L.C.M of 3, 9 and 12 (a) 36 (b ) 24 (c) 12 (d) 42 (a) (b) (c) (d)7. What is 20% of 80? (a) 40 (b) 60 (c) 16 (d) 30 (a) (b) (c) (d)8. A bag of flour weighs 1½ kilograms. What is the weight of 20 bags? (a) 25 Kg (b) 30 Kg (c) 35 Kg (d) 40 Kg (a) (b) (c) (d)9. What is the difference between 4/5 and 2/3? (a) 6/8 (b) 2/8 (c) 1/2 (d) 2/15 (a) (b) (c) (d)

34 BARNACLE DECEMBER 2009COMMOM ENTRANCE PRACTICE QUESTIONS - PAPER 4PROBLEM SOLVING1. The Venn diagram the number of students in grade 6 who are god at Mathsand Art. How many students are good at either Math of Arts?16 5 9(a) 25 (b) 16 (c) 9 (d) 5 (a) (b) (c) (d)2. In April there were 21 sunny days what fraction of April was sunny?(a) 1/21 (b) 21/30 (c) 9/30 (d) 9/21 (a) (b) (c) (d)3. How many packets of popcorn costing 45 cents each can I buy with $ 1?(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3 (a) (b) (c) (d)4. My great grand mother died in 1894, age 62, in which year was she born?(a) 1832 (b) 1826 (c) 1834 (d) 1822 (a) (b) (c) (d)5. The total number of Children in the first year of a school is 500.There are 50 more girls than boys. How many of each is there?(a) 325 girls and 175 boys (b) 300 girls and 200 boys(c) 275 girls and 225boys (d) 265 girls and 245 boys (a) (b) (c) (d)6. A bag of sugar weighs 3 ½ kilograms. What is the weight of 10 bags? (a) 60 Kg (b) 15 Kg (c) 35 (d) 45 Kg (a) (b) (c) (d)7. Ann reads 30 pages of a book in ¾ of an hour, how may minutes doesit take to read each page? (a)1 ½ (b) 1 ¾ (c) 1 ½ (d) 2 ¼ (a) (b) (c) (d)8. Dad runs 8 km every morning. How much meters does dad run?(a) 100 m (b) 80 m (c) 8000 m (d) 1000 m (a) (b) (c) (d)Jr. BarnacleInterview with Ms. Cheryl Bernabe- Principal of The Beacon Highfrom page 30need to have a place for theextra curriculum activity.I know it is as important asthe others because I believethat is where you build personaland good leadershipskills, and become responsible.Extra curricula activitiesalso help build your selfconfidence,help you todevelop honesty and selfesteem, and become innovative,those things don’t comefrom academics.Here is an example, “I couldhave ten passes at CXC bysitting down and doing mywork, but I cannot speak,I’m not assertive, when Ihave to go for an interviewI may not be able to walkwith poise and with graceand self confidence becauseI haven’t been involved inany extra curriculum activity.”Ms Bernabe declared,“I don’t settle for mediocrity,it takes as much effort toput out something good aswell as something mediocre,and, whatever Beacon does,it has to be good.”To get back to the Governmentalrequest for my involvementin the SummerProgramme, I did take upthe challenge, I read more,I observed what we were doingin school and why, and Iincorporated it into my presentationand quite franklyit was excellent!There were hundreds ofTeachers there from everyparish. I told the Teachersthat my first opportunity togo abroad to study was inthe field of dance, had I notdanced in school as an extracurriculum activity, had myparents not seen dance as atalent that I could pursue,they would have told me toforget about that, but theydidn’t see it that way and Ishowed that within the arts,there is always a place.Had I not gone to dance inJamaica, I would not havepursued Early ChildhoodEducation on campus, Iwould not have been giventhe chance to do tutoringat Micro Teachers College,I would not have been ableto pursue my degree inEducation Administrationbecause from that opportunityI began to see the scopewiden.The other achievement ofwhich I am very proud isthe fact that Beacon hasincluded visual arts, danceand music full time on itscurriculum and that’s supergreat for me!Beacon High-A true BeaconShining Light for the Nation’s YouthsBeacon High has been excelling at National CompetencyExams since its inception in 2002.That very first year our school topped the island. The lastthree years we have gotten first place and this year we gotboth first and second positions.This year we captured the islands top five positions, andcreated history.Not to be outdone nine (9) students who began with Beaconin 2002 in form one sat CXC. Two secured the top twopositions. They are Chad Pascall and Avery Brown, thissignifies a good year for Beacon, according to Principal MsCheryl Bernabe, “Beacon has set a bar and we can’t fallbelow that, we have to keep it.” Ms Bernabe also declared,”We give credit to Wisconsin Lutheran College for the waythey inspired us.”“Of course we really worked as a team, team work is reallyimportant. We had teachers really teaming togetheron Saturdays, if the school was closed, you could have seenthem at the back with students.” Over all the students didextremely well and as I said it is not just me as principal itwas all of us – together!