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Entries from May 30, 2012

A Day of the Arts!

May 30, 2012 · 5 Comments · Art, Our Community, Our Learning

Last week we had some very artful adventures! In the morning we went to Pantuso Dance for Hip Hop and Ballet Lessons! I believe the boys and girls surprised themselves with how much they really enjoyed these very different dance styles! Thanks so much to Lindsay, Christy and Jessica for the excellent demos and lessons! [...]

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Growing Chefs! – Day 4

May 17, 2012 · No Comments · Art, Our Community, Our Learning

Chefs Vivian, Laura, Dawn and Amanda left a homework assignment for the students to each bring a veggie sample for Day 4.  The boys and girls followed through with flying colours of green, yellow and red!  They shared their veggies with the class and then enjoyed a vegetable buffet!  Following, Chef Amanda read the story [...]

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Our ‘Public’ Day (Transportation, Library and Park)!

May 17, 2012 · No Comments · Art, Our Community, Our Learning

What better way to get to the Public Library than to take Public Transportation and then to follow it up with a visit to a Public Park? We were blessed to be able to partake in author, Martin Springett’s book talk at the Courtenay Library. He wrote the story Kate and Pippin which is based [...]

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Salmon Release

May 7, 2012 · No Comments · Our Community, Our Learning

After four months of nurturing our Coho Salmon from egg to aleven to fry, we finally released them into Morrison Creek! We received 200 eggs from the Puntledge Hatchery and released 188 healthy fry so, all considering, we had a good success rate. Thanks for helping us, parents! Watch our slide show of the release!

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Growing Chefs! – Days 2 and 3

May 2, 2012 · 3 Comments · Our Community, Our Learning

On Day 2 Chefs Vivian, Dawn, Laura and Amanda showed the boys and girls how to re-pot the plants into larger containers.  Our vegie plants, which had only been planted the week before Spring Break, grew beyond our expectations and required re-potting much sooner than planned!  The chefs also introduced the students to a few [...]

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