GIVING ALL THEY'VE GOT Westover Community schooi pupils go through r routine in “Cross Canada Ran’’ which

began May 2. Runners in the program, headed by Jane Baynham [rear] have been doing so well that plans to fly them home in a 747 have been abandoned. IG. Lam photo}.

fad for. pupils a at We estover Community School And teachers and parents are encouraging them.

It alll began 16 days ago when Jane Bavnham. teach- er for Grades 2 and 3, proposed a ‘‘Cross Canada Run.”’ after hearing of a similar program at a school -in- London, Ontario. Since then 250 North Vancouver children from Westover's kindergarten to Grade 7, along with teachers - and parents have been “puffing

. and jogging their way across.

what will be from St. John’s,

_Nfld.. to Vancouver -- a distance of 6,509 kilomeires or 4,068 miles.

We started in Newfound- land because we felt it would be more fun arriving in Vancouver after counting up those kilometres,"’ Baynham, whose pupils like others at school are speaking

in terms of metres § and kilometres instead of feet and miles.

‘

Although the cross country .

venture is only true as far as

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the “punning goes, coordina- tor Baynham, has managed to generate unexpected inte- rest. ‘‘It enthusiasm for jogging.” says Principal Andy Neu- man, whose awesome 6-foot- 1-frame dwarfed about 85 ankle biters joining him in the initial kilometre on May 2. immediately following a public school assembly des- cribing the run.

Apart from getting pupils to think metric as_ their kilometres inch toward Van- couver, Baynham says that the other major purposes are to promote physical fitness in view of reports that Cana- dians have low physical

ability.

MINISTER’S TELEGRAM

As an incentive, Iona Campagnola minister of state for fitness and = amateur Sport, sent them the follow-

to the

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some of you the journey to Ottawa has been a long one, . how well worthwhile it was. For those of you who found the road an

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PINT-SIZE RUNNERS

the pint-size ‘who have been

To assist antietes,

trotting during recesses both

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individually and in groups. coordinator Bayvnham has marked off a one kilometre track with.lime on the school grounds.

‘She also has driven around the Westover community, measuring off kilometre

tracks to guide participating

parents.

For example. one track covers the area from West- over at 3467 Duval to Peters, through Lynn Canyon Park, back to Peters, Duval and to

; school.

Each morning Baynham,

and other room teachers,

asks the children for the total kilometres run. Participating members of the family combine. their distances

which are recorded on a huge’

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map of Canada’s outline,

located near the school’s entrance hall. INTEGRATE SUBJECTS

Before things began to look favorable Baynham had insured that no matter how far it was going to go she had planned several ways of integrating the efforts with subjects.

The pupils were to learn the spelling of provinces, cities, industries, and pro- ducts. among others. Cana- dian folk music, related to

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sung in reached

the provinces were class. Whea_ they Quebec, we sung Canada”* in’ French, adds.

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Initially, Baynham_plan- ned the run to officially end in June with a celebration marking the arrival of our runners at Westover. But

now it looks like they'll arrive by the end of this month with all participants receiving a pin of the Canadian flag. On May 16 they were already at the foot of the rockies. .