We think the world of our MOMs and wrote a few words to express our feelings
Growing Chefs! – Day 3
May 9, 2013 · No Comments · Our Community, Our Learning
Chefs Vivian, Megan and Patricia came on Tuesday to teach the boys and girls about Comox Valley agricultural lands past and present, composting and the health of our plants. The boys and girls all brought veggie samples and we had a wonderful and varied feast! Chef Megan concluded our lesson by reading Compost Stew by [...]
Cumberland Fire Hall and Miner’s Park
May 9, 2013 · No Comments · Our Community, Our Learning
Cumberland Elementary Grade 3s went for a visit to their village Fire Hall yesterday to meet with Chief Mike Williamson and other fire fighters. The boys and girls watch a fire safety video and engaged in a discussion with the fire fighters about staying safe and what to do in case of fire. Following the [...]
Trash Art Salmon
May 6, 2013 · No Comments · Art, Our Community, Our Learning
To celebrate Earth Day the students of Division 5 cleaned up the playground. We saved our garbage and used much of it to create our Trash Art Salmon. Sarah, our amazing DFO contact, borrowed our Trash Art to use for display at Rosewall Creek Hatchery’s open house ‘The River Never Sleeps’ this weekend.
Growing Chefs! – Day Two
May 3, 2013 · No Comments · Our Community, Our Learning
Day 2 of Growing Chefs included examing, smelling and tasting some interesting vegetables and herbs with Chefs Patricia and Megan. The students were also introduced to Chef-Gardener Thierry Vrain of Innisfree Farms. Chef-Gardener Thierry has a great knowledge of soil and he shared with the students the importance of using good soil for a properous [...]
Growing Chefs – Day One!
April 11, 2013 · No Comments · Our Community, Our Learning
We had a great time during our first lesson of Growing Chefs! Our amazing volunteer Chef/Gardeners Vivian, Patricia and Megan introduced the boys and girls to some interesting vegetables to sample and helped them to plant a variety of seeds (beets, peas, pak choi, beans and mesclun) for our class garden. Watch the chefs and [...]
Releasing Our Salmon into Morrison Creek!
April 8, 2013 · No Comments · Our Community, Our Learning
On the last Friday before Spring Break our class went to Morrison Creek to release our Coho Salmon. We had raised our salmon from the Egg stage in January to late March when they had become Fry and were ready to meet the world! We had received 200 eggs from the Puntledge Hatchery; three of [...]
Our Creations Based on the Art of Andy Goldsworthy
March 19, 2013 · No Comments · Art, Our Community, Our Learning
Over the course of a few weeks the boys and girls of Division 5 have been learning about the work of British artist, Andy Goldworthy. Enjoy our slide show and some of what we have learned about Goldsworthy. We enjoyed our close up encounter with our beautiful forest at Cumberland El.!
Valentines for Seniors
February 24, 2013 · No Comments · Art, Our Community, Our Learning
We had a lovely time visiting with the residents at Glacier View Lodge and Cumberland Lodge this past Valentine’s Day. It was neat meeting the seniors and learning about their interesting careers, lives and families. Thank you for having us residents and staff! Also, thanks for driving us parents!
Anti-Bully Week Activities
February 21, 2013 · No Comments · Our Community, Our Learning
It is Anti-Bully Awareness week at Cumberland Elementary and across Canada. We have been learning a lot about bullying, i.e. the types of bullying, the impact bullying has on targeted people and strategies to deal with bullies. This is a video made by spoken-word artist, Shane Koyczan. It is very powerful and while our class [...]
