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Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lenore ‘cently visited Mr. and Mrs. Don- ald Pow at their home in Port Dover. Mrs. Pow is the former Gail Kerfoot who taught at Jet» 'ferson a few years ago. Mrs. William Leach was at church on Sunday with her par- ents Mr. and Mrs. G. Beatty. Neighbourhood Notes The afternoon branch of the women’s auxiliary will be hold- g their January meeting at . e parish hall on January 15 It 2 pm. -...y. -uu .g “vnmus Au unaut- The congregation a re so real now. sorry that Mrs. Harden has re- Last Friday when Colleen signed as organist and she will Boyle .daughter of Mr. and Mrs. be missed very much. They are L. Boyle, celebrated her fifth grateful to Mrs. Rawlings oi birthday, her grandparents; Mr. King who has kindly agreed to and Mrs. I. Meyers of Weston help out until a successor can and her aunt, Miss Ruth Meyers be appointed. were an hand tn wish hm- manvl The Rev. Tony Capon, Cana- to dian General Secretary of the 11y Scripture Union will be the M1 preacher at the morning prayer thl service on Sunday. The Rev. T. M( Robinson will be preaching at . St. John's Church, Brome. Que‘ Ch bee next Sunday. en The first Monday in Febru- ary the kindergarten children will be going to school in the afternoon instead of the morn- ing and Mrs. Bryce will start atl2.50 picking up every pupil at their own home. ‘ St. John’s Church NEWS 4 A. Miller for the artisrtfiic way in which the gifts were wrapped - one a perfect replica of the school bus down to the last de- ail! Tom and Lil wish m thank very heartin their ‘Jefferson Family' for their beautiful Christmas parcels which are very much appreciated. A very‘ special thanks goes to Mrs. J.‘ nappy Birthdays Belated birthday greetings to Colleen Boyle on January 3, to Ella Anderson on the 6th to Bruce Dodson on the 7th andi to Reggie Mitchell on the 8th. Many happy returns of the day‘ to Mary Katherine Taylor on the 13th, to Lawrence Melkle on the 15th and to Catherine Miller on the 16th. School News But Dad is not the only one with troubles. The teacher, too, is finding it a challenge to keep up with the remodelling process at work in the revision of the mathematics program- me from kindergarten to grade 13. To meet the situation, a total of some 60 elementary teachers of Rich- mond Hill, Markham and Vaughan Townships, and secondary school teach- ers of the York Central District, attended weekly seminars for two By MARGARET I. MCLEAl Today, when Johnny asks Dad for help with his arithmetic, poor old Dad may find himself facing problems such as these: Find the set of all natural numbers less than 99 that are perfect squares; or, is the set of all proper fractions with denominators between 7 and 3 finite, infinite or null? He then could be asked to: Name the property which justifies the follow- ing: a (b + c) = ab +ac. In due course, if he can stand the pace, Dad runs into algebra which looks like â€" oh well, let’s not go any farther, I don’t think the typographer could even set it up in print, and I certainly can’t understand it! IF YOU PREFER QUALITY DR Y CLEANING CALL Revision of the mathematics programme from 1 look and a new interest to the teaching of mathematic condary School gives rapt attention to Mike Patterson, blem on the blackboard. Miss Stella Dallas who introdl this class in September is supervising from the side of encouraging. ‘h was at Mr. and Mrs. Bob RBid. h her par- Susan and Hal, who are living in Beatty. Fenelon Falls, visited Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Gamble last Saturday. “unfinouu u.“ nu 51au v interest to the teachingvof matheinetics. Above a grade 9 gives rapt attention to Mike Patterson, fellow student, who ‘ackboard. Miss Stelga D_allas who introduced the new comer .nL-_.L _,. _' , ng at Mr. Jim Williams sfient Que‘ Christmas week with his par- ents. Jim is working in Mont- e so real now. ___-. _. .. unnuull. Anal, unsuAuaJ. Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Ford and family spent Christmas with Mrs. Ford's sister. and family, Mr. and Mrs. Burns, in Scab; boro. They celebrated new* year's with Mr. and Mrs. Smith“. Peter Ratchford spent a few days during the holidays in the York Central Hospital for ob- servation. A speedy recovery to Betty LeDez of Elgin Mills Road who returned on Saturday from the York Central Hospital after a tonsillectomy. 1 Welcome to our community to Mrs. William Moon and fam» lly who recently moved intol Mrs. Jennie Burns’ home on the Elgin Mills Road. Mrs. Moon is Mrs. Burns' daughter. Lynn and Grace Squire of Willowdale spent a few days with their grandmother, MrsJ Challener, during the holidays. 0n new year's day. Mr. and Mrs. Squire and children had dinner with Mrs. Challener and Catherine. Mr. and Mrs. James Locke of Orange, California. spent two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Locke and family over the fes- tive season. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Darker of Kenmore, Mr. and Mrs. A. Reid and Robin of Roch- ester and Mrs. Edna Martyn of Toronto were guests 0 ver Christmas. Mr. Clanence Espey, son of Mr. William Espey and the late; Mrs. Espey, of Elgin Mills, is to be married to Miss Olwyn Gild- er of Richmond Hill on January 18 at the Richmond Hill United Church. _____ , -"uuuu‘unu $1.111, Ulll/al‘lo, inursday, 9th, 5 Math Course Stresses Student Pa ticipation EAR months this fall at anvipw Rnnnndaru Dani-(l hon lnn‘ .. um- :_ _A-1_:,,,_ The changing mathematics program- me is the result of a study initiated in Ontario about five years ago under the joint auspices of the Ontario Teachers’ Federation, the Ontario Mathematics Commission (of which Mr. Totton is a member) and the Ontario Department of Education. From this study, recommendations were made, experimental courses were outlined and exploratory classes set up in various communities. months this fall at Bayview Secondary School to learn about the new approach to teaching mathematics. At the se- minars, under the guidance of Mr. W. W. Bates, mathematics consultant for the Toronto Board of Education, who addressed the elementary school teach- ers, and Mr. H. E. Totton, master teacher of mathematics for the York Central District High School Board, who led the discussion with the high school teachers, the teachers probed reasons for the changes, dug into the actual material in depth and argued out the pros and cons of ways to make the new ideas meaningful to the students. The Richmond Hin Public School Publishing Company and of which Mr. Totton is a co-author. This book begins by reviewing the general arithmetical knowledge of the student in order to give him a proper introduction to Al- gebra and progrexses to what appeared to me to be quite advanced Algebra, using a terminology and system of notation quite foreign to me, but which What do students and teachers think of the change? I observed a grade 9 class being taught under the new method by Miss Stella Dallas at Bayview Secondary School recently. The class, in the general or academic course, was using the textbook “Ma- thematics 9” published by the Gage Board has lost no time in making a start by placing some of its students on the new programme at different levels, commencing with grades 1 and 2. In the secondary schools, claSSes at grade 9 level are taking the new course and it is probable that the grade 10 classes will move into the new pro- gramme shortly after the new year, thus anticipating the new grade 11 course which will go into effect under provincial regulations in September, 1964. Here was a situation where the students were not merely sitting in their seats having information poured into their ears (but not necessarily their minds); but one in which the “Turn to page 104 and discuss the two questions you haven’t done yet” she began. When a student offered a solution to a question she queried, “All those who agree? Disagree?” A student who disagreed with the solution given was asked “Why do you disagree?”: 3 student who replied “Yes and no” was asked to think a little more and explain himself. While the teacher stood at the back of the classroom, various students were asked to go to the board and write down the solution to various questions. One student was then detailed to go over the answers, enquiring whether the rest of the class agreed or disagreed with them. Not only was the terminology used by the youngsters in the classroom new to me (they were working on the subtraction rule for integers) but the teacher’s whole approach was new and refreshingly different. is commonly used, I understand in phy- sics and advanced mathematics. As part of the developing educa- tional programme in York Central, teachers of mathematics, and indeed of all subjects, have begun classroom Perhaps the comment to his teach- er of a student repeating grade 9 is significant. He said, “I could take it easier if I were repeating the old course, but I find the new course much more interesting. These new ideas really make you think !” In speaking to Miss Dallas briefly after the class, she stated that she enjoyed the new course and felt that the students did too. The class I had observed and which had so impressed me, was not the best one, achievement- wise, she said, but was certainly keen and co-operative. The result was an atmosphere of alert interest. Seated at the back of the classroom, I scrutinized each stu- dent closely and found not a single example of apathy or bored endurance, which I am sure I evidenced in every mathematics class I ever sat through. students were actively participating, seeking information from not only their teacher but from each other â€" and quite obviously weighing the in- formation carefully. LIBERAL, Richrpond Hill, to me! And here is a closing question which was disposed of in about thirty seconds by a grade 7 student being taught under the new system: Can you form a prime number by adding 3 to another prime number? Is it possibld to repeat this using two other prime numbers? But don't call me and ask for the answeg â€" Mr. Tatton didn’t tell it v---â€"_,,, VA. anyuuluuu Hill High School and Mr. W. Mc- Phedran of Bayview Secondary School are co-operating in the development of this in~service training in mathematics. At the final seminar on December 11, plans were made to set up a liaison committee of teachers representing separate and public elementary schools in Richmond Hill, Vaughan and Mark- ham Townships and Woodbridge and the secondary schools of York Central. Parents can rest assured that these educators intend to see that the best mathematics programme possible will steadily evolve in this growing com- munity. intervisiting with their colleagues. R. Stephens of Woodbridge High S Mr N. Jefferson of Thornhill Sec W .School, Mr. Z. Zelenyj of Rich Hill High Schnn] and M“ n7 Ontario, Thursday, Jan. 9th )f motnhiIFSe'cEfia; 'Zelenyj 70f Richmond as. Mrs. School,