Archive forJune, 2012

Today was the last full day of our school year. It was filled with excitement, but also a little bit of sadness. We often celebrate the end of the school year, as in a verse from the poem School’s Out by William Henry Davies: Girls scream, Boys shout; Dogs bark, School’s out. I get the [...]

Mural Update

June 25, 2012 | 3 Comments

I have mentioned the mural project for the inner courtyard in previous posts, and I figured that it is time for an update. A quick recap of what we have done so far. Teachers focused lessons on colours and different elements of a picture (composition, shapes, etc.) and taught them to each class. Different grade [...]

Tomorrow is our Farewell Assembly for our grade 7′s. The class of 2012 are ready to spread their wings and go off to High School. We wish them luck. Every year at this time I work on my farewell address to the grade 7 class. I sometimes quote Dr. Seuss – “Don’t’ cry because it’s [...]

Recognition

June 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Today we had an assembly, and it took a fair bit of our afternoon to get through the agenda. Our assembly today was to recognize all those many things that students do to make a school a better place. Students were recognized for: Participation in sports teams Math Contests Helping in the library Being kind [...]

Have your children come home talking about our assembly? If not, ask them about our trail riders assembly today. Jeff Anderson and Steve Dickin are professional trials riders and together they make up Trialsstars. They entertained our primary students with their skills from 1:00 to 2:00, and then the intermediates at 2:00 pm. In addition [...]

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