Questions+for+Ms.Clancy's+Class

We go to the cities of Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge or Guelph to buy our cars. Do students at your school participate in 4H? No, our students don't participate in 4H. Although we live in a rural community, not that many of the students in our school actually live on farms.
 * media type="custom" key="8974610" || This isn't a question but look what we found out! It will take us 3 hours and 25 minutes to get to your community! We recognized Kitchener and the 401. ||
 * Questions we have today (April 5, 2011) for you. || What urban community do you go to, to buy your cars?

How many people are in your school? There are about 320 students in our school. We were surprised to learn that your school is almost three times the size of our school!

What grades? We have Junior Kindergarten to grade 8 in our school. There are about one and half classes of each primary-junior grade and a single class each of grade 6, 7 and 8.

How many classrooms in your school? There are 14 classrooms as well as a library, computer lab.

How many kids are in your class? There are 19 students in our class. We have 6 girls and 13 boys. || Lands is used for crops, subdivisions, parks, farming and pastures for livestock. Forests are sometimes used as a sugarbush to collect maple syrup. Land is also used for roads, stores, shops and businesses.
 * Questions for April 12, 2011 || How is land used in your community?

Do you have play equipment on your playground? Yes we do! We have two sets of climbing equipment with slides, monkey bars and fire pole. We have a black top with four square, basketball nets and two square and a mini stick area.

Can you explain why schools in rural communities are so small? We think they are smaller because there is less population. The villages we live in are small and people are more spread out so even though we collect students from a large area, there are still less than in the city.

What do you use for transportation in your community? Do you have a bus system? For transportation we use walking, cars, bikes, scooters, trucks, vans, school buses, and we have one city bus that comes from Waterloo that will take you to the city. We also have a tourist train that will take you by train to Waterloo across the countryside. It only works in the summer and it starts right by our school! We also have many Mennonites who live in our area and choose to travel by horse and buggy only. In the winter you would also see people on snomobiles - more for recreation than transportation though!

What kind of homes so you have? We have some semi detached homes, single family homes. and apartments for seniors/retirement homes. There is also a trailer park just outside of St. Jacobs.

Are there any factories in St.Jacobs? There are not any factories in St. Jacobs. The biggest workplace we have is the Home Hardware main office and warehouse for all the hardware stores in Canada. Many people in our area work there. In Heidelberg there is a feed mill that makes feed for livestock. Next to Home Hardware, the main industry in St. Jacobs is tourism. There are many little shops in the village and there is Farmers' Market where local produce and food is sold. There is also a theatre and a factory outlet mall next to the market which also attracts tourists.

|| There is a river that runs through St. Jacobs. It probably was one of the resources that attracted settlers to this area along with the rich farm land. When the early settlers arrived in this area, they built a mill next to the river. The mill has now been changed into tourist shops. There is a trail next to the river where people can walk and enjoy the nature around them. There is open land used for crops and farming. Land is also used for market gardening and there is an apple farm as well where there are many apple orchards. There are forests that are used for tapping maple trees for sap to make maple syrup. There are also gravel pits in our area where the gravel is dug out of the ground.
 * April 19, 2011 || ==What natural resources are in your community?==

What kinds of buildings are in St.Jacobs?
==There are churches, our school, fire station, medical clinic, post office, bank, corner store, an office building, many tourist shops, a printery, a very large warehouse, an arena and community centre, houses including both single detached homes and semi-detached homes, retirement homes, a theatre (for play productions), a small library, a gas station and a car repair shop, some small industrial buildings, ...we may have to add more as we think of them! We thought of more...the yummiest building is Tim Hortons! Other buildings are restaurants, small hotels, stores,and the Farmer's Market. ==

What do you do in case of emergencies? Do you have a hospital? Do you have a local police service? Firestations? Ambulance?
==**Our community has a medical clinic with a doctor, dentist, and other medical professions. In case of an emergency you would travel to Kitchener which is only ten minutes away for medical care. There are two main hospitals in Kitchener. There is a fire station in St. Jacobs and it is managed by volunteer firefighters. Our police service is provided by the Ontario Provincial Police as opposed to a city police department. There is an ambulance on call in St. Jacobs. **== ||
 * April 27 || Great answers! You are really giving us so much information about your village! We appreciate it!

What are some of the occupations/ jobs in St.Jacobs?

What do adults and kids do for fun? ||