Category: Special Days

Celebrating Terry Fox …

This is an article from the newspaper on the occasion of the 25th anniversary run – 12 years ago.  Below is a photo of a map of Canada with the route that Terry ran highlighted in Sharpie marker.

As a class we discussed who Terry was, what happened in his life, and what he did to seal his place in our hearts forever.  We used these books as a starting off place.

We were fortunate to have Kirsten Fox (Terry’s niece via his older brother, Fred) come to our school the previous week to discuss Terry, how the family remembers him, and how he affected their lives.  In class we talked about the people in our school and families that we know who have dealt with, or are still dealing with, cancer.  Students each decorated a paper shoe which stated who they were running for; these are on the wall in the gym.

Students also decorated a paper t-shirt and wrote about Terry.  These two papers were attached, back to back, onto a green construction paper.  These are hanging in our classroom.

As a school we were very pleased to raise a good amount of money.  I don’t know the exact total but I believe that it is more than $700!!  That is amazing for our small school!  Thank you to all who contributed to this fund.

Sports Day Preparations

We had our first House meeting on Monday where the three colour groups chose their team names and decided who would be on the Banner and Cheer committees (these are for Intermediate students only).  Our second House meeting is on Tuesday, May 9th.  At this meeting the Cheer leaders will be teaching the rest of us (in each House) the cheer that they have created.  Our third – and last House meeting before Sports Day – will be on Thursday, May 18.  The goal of this meeting is to practise the cheer again, and then to do a first run-through of the House relay.  This annual part of Sports Day is the final event towards the point collection to see which House wins – and is a lot of fun for all.

Please ask your child to tell you which House they are in so that you can know what colour t-shirt they should be wearing for Sports Day.

If your child wishes they can be a part of the Bike Parade.  They can decorate their bikes with streamers, etc. and bring them to school that morning.  These are usually stored in either the Music Room or the Gym.  We will let you know closer to the date. Please ensure that they are wearing a helmet.

Also, please note: pizza is delivered to the students in their classrooms shortly before noon and students are dismissed at 12:15 on that day.

I hope you can come and join us on Sports Day.  Let’s keep our fingers crossed for some good weather!

St. Patrick’s Day

As this holiday will happen while we are on Spring Break we spent some time during the past two weeks doing some Irish activities.

We read some stories and did some art.  Students wrote out three wishes for what they would like if they caught a leprechaun.  They chose their most favourite wish and then created a shamrock depiction of that wish.

We also created layered shamrocks with three sizes of shamrocks on construction paper which were coloured with oil pastels in the shades of blue and green, with some added bits of gold/yellow.

We also have some ‘wee folk’ visiting the classroom.  They seem to like ‘hanging around’ …

May the luck of the Irish be with you.  I hope you all wear some green on March 17th – you wouldn’t want to get pinched …

100’s Day Activities

On Tuesday, February 21st we celebrated the 100th day that we have been in school – not counting weekends and school holidays.  We did all sorts of fun activities including: making Fruit Loop necklaces with ten groups of different colours; headbands with crowns that they did 20 sets of five tally marks on, as well as counting by fives on coloured dots; 100’s day booklets; and our posters – shown here on the bulletin board.

After such a busy day we celebrated 101st day with a watching of the Disney classic cartoon – 101 Dalmatians.

Lunar New Year Celebrations

We had a very busy day celebrating the Lunar New Year.  We began our day by making Chinese dumplings. A huge thank you to Mrs. Schwarz and the moms who helped us do this fun activity.

We presented our poem – What Colour Were the Dragons? – with our Grade 2’s leading the choral recitation and the Grade 1’s doing the echo.  The Grade 1 students held the dragons that they made.  These are the ones used by the Grade 2’s from the poem.

Divisions 1 and 3 performed their version of the Dragon Dance.

For lunch we enjoyed a fantastic feast!!  Thank you to all who sent in food for our potluck.

Lunar New Year

We have been preparing for our school’s celebration on this upcoming Friday. Students have been practising a poem that they will perform (What Colour Were the Dragons?) and they have been writing their own poems about dragons.  They have made their own dragons (to be used as props for the Assembly) and made scales to add to the school dragon which will be encircling the corner of the Office in the hallway.  They created beautiful water-coloured lanterns which will be strung up in the gym for the Assembly.  Right now they are hanging in our classroom.

Please ensure that your child brings a bowl and spoon to school on Friday in order to partake in the potluck luncheon which has been become one of our yearly, and most yummy, traditions.

 

Remembrance Day at Rosser

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We had discussions on Remembrance Day and why we commemorate this particular day.  We looked at these two books.

Students created poppies.  Some for our class wreath which we took to Confederation Park and laid on the cenotaph during our ceremony …

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and some we did through a directed drawing lesson …

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These were drawn onto white paper, outlined with black crayon, and then painted with red and green paint. Once these were dried they were cut, re-outlined, and then glued onto green construction paper.  We had a discussion on complementary colours – those that are opposite to each other on the colour wheel.  Red and green are complementary colours.  This is why they ‘pop’ when put next to each other.

Other complementary partners are:  blue/orange; and yellow/purple.  Each primary colour has a secondary colour as its complement.

Some of these poppies are on the bulletin board in the office; the others are on the smaller bulletin board in the hallway outside the office.

We also had a great outing to the Confederation Park cenotaph on Thursday morning. The students were solemn and respectful; the Division 2 leadership students put on a great assembly; Mrs. Schwarz told some great stories about life in the wars; and the weather was spectacular.  It was nice to see some parents join us for this outing.