Our resident artiste, Rowan, who created this art for our bulletin board. Thank you Rowan! The One and Only Ivan is a children’s novel written by Katherine Applegate and illustrated by Patricia Castelao. It is about a silverback gorilla named Ivan who … Continue reading →

  As part of our studies for Earth Day, we focussed our lenses on this small South Pacific nation. Students watched a documentary, then brainstormed all the ways the indigenous peoples of this nation are trying to cope with the … Continue reading →

When you think of chocolate, you may have several treats in mind. But, where does chocolate come from? In this unit, we focus our attention on another part of the world – Ghana! We explore the country, why this country … Continue reading →

Students in Div. 14 are now exploring reading , writing and presenting several types of poetry, such as Haiku and learning about the legendary Basho (1644-1694) who travelled in seventeenth century Japan, writing in his journals of his travels. The … Continue reading →

Hi! My name is Mr. Hoffard. I am a student teacher from Simon Fraser University. I am extremely excited and thankful to be given the opportunity to teach with Mrs. Ford in Division 14 at Marlborough Elementary School. I will … Continue reading →

We have been exploring these powerful books and personalities that have been instrumental in shaping black history. The true stories and journey’s outline the history and struggle throughout the days of slavery when HOPE was a seed waiting to be … Continue reading →

Most students came in this morning wearing their pink shirts. We had a class discussion about what this means. We shared the story about how it started. We also taked about stereotypes. Students put their thoughts on sticky notes after … Continue reading →

Students in Division 14 made these clay pots. Today we applied the glaze, then back tothe kiln to set the colours.