Reduce, Reuse and Recycle!

We baked cupcakes with Mrs. Penner. We made a cake mix and we added green and blue food colouring in separate bowls. We took cupcake pans and poured green and blue mix into it. Mrs. Penner cooked it and we made Earth Day cupcakes. Then we took blue and green clay. We patted it down on a plate and took pipe cleaners and pom poms and used hot glue to glue the pom poms to the pipe cleaners. We stuck pipe cleaners into the green clay. We made Truffula Trees. Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. - Hana

We made our little world out of a Styrofoam ball. We used tissue paper and the colour was blue and green. Blue and green make earth colours. If you want to help the earth you can pick up garbage and be happy about our world and province. In the story "The Lorax" the Once-ler cut down the trees and he did not listen to the Lorax. We made Truffula Trees. - Alex

I started a "Clean Up" club to help the earth. We pick up garbage in the playground and in the field and in the basketball court. We want the earth to be more healthy. We made cupcakes and watched "The Lorax". I feel sad when people don't clean up. We made the little world out of tissue paper and Styrofoam balls. - Sophie

Mr and Mrs. McDougall Visit Our Classroom!

My parents came to my classroom and my dad sang and played the drum. We walked around him. They showed us a dream catcher. My mom brought bannock and we all ate it. We looked at mitts and my mom's wedding necklace. I'm glad they came and it was fun. - Cara-Lyn

Mr. and Mrs. McDougall came to our classroom to teach us about Aboriginal culture. Mr. McDougall speaks Ojibway. He is Cree and Ojibway. We did a "Round Dance". It was very fun doing the dance. It was about unity.  Mrs. McDougall showed us the medicine they used. They use sweet grass and sage. I got to wear the cradle board where they put the babies into. It was a lot of fun. - Molly

Day of Pink!

Standing for Respect!

Over 19,000 people across the province are standing for respect today as part of the third annual Red Cross Day of Pink. Red Cross Day of Pink, presented by RBC Royal Bank, brings awareness of the impact of bullying and what people can do to create safe and respectful communities.

Across Manitoba, more than 365 schools and businesses are hosting events that include film festivals, speakers’ series, rallies and parades to inspire their community to take action against bullying. For each official Red Cross Day of Pink t-shirt sold, the Red Cross can educate one community member to recognize and respond to bullying.

100th Day

Today was 100th Day! We made necklaces out of fruit loops. We had to put 100 fruit loops on our necklace. We also made crowns. We put 100 stickers on a crown. I ate a lot of fruit loops. They were good. I made a poster and I got a 100th Day certificate. It was a lot of fun. - Darius

BAKING BREAD!

We had to shake whipping cream to make butter in a jar. It tasted good. When we made bread we had to mix the grain to make flour. We added molasses, eggs, oil and water. After we smacked the bread on the table to get the air out. Then we baked the bread. We ate the bread with the butter and jam. I had fun and it was really good. - Mark

To make bread we put eggs, flour, sugar and molasses into the mixer. After we smacked the bread to make the bread soft. We put it into the pots and put a towel over it so it could rise. Then we baked the bread and ate it. It was good. I liked everything. - Cara-Lyn

I liked the bread because it is fun baking bread. I put vinegar in the bowl and then I smacked the bread. I liked smacking the bread. I ate the bread with jam and butter. I wish we had honey and cheese whiz. It was good. I like to bake. - Lucas

OUR NEW BOOKS!

We got Lego books. I like the books. We got lots of books because we won a prize. - Graham


















We won $100 of books because we read for 5194 minutes in February 2014. We got Lego Movie, Pete the Cat and Lego Chima and many more. I like the books! - Hayden

SPIRIT WEEK

             

It was fun doing Sports Day. My favourite sport is hockey. My favourite team is the Winnipeg Jets. I wore my Jets pajamas for Pajama Day. - Ethan

On St. Patricks Day we wore green. It was fun. On Jersey Sports Day we wore Jets shirts and many more shirts. On Punk Rock Day we had crazy hair. On Pajama Day we had fun and Emma. - Nick

We had fun. We were supposed to wear all green, dress as a rock star and have a lot of fun. - Tate

We Made 674 RIngs!

The Grade 1/2M class read for 5149 minutes at home during the month of February! I am very proud of their work and look forward to receiving our new books! - Ms Martens

We Love To Read!

 

It was very fun when I held the torch from the Vancouver Olympics. We had a contest to get $100 worth of books for our classroom. We had to make 400 rings. We got 674 rings. My dad was a Royal Reader and I liked reading. I love to read was fun. - Sophie  

 

I had a lot of fun reading. Altogether in my rings I had 170 and the minutes I read was 970. I love to read month was fun and my Royal Reader was my Grandma. She brought cookies. The book my Grandma read was "Clara The Cookie Fairy". It was a lot of fun when we won the prize. We got a new stuffed animal from the library. I love to read month is over, but the Paralympics are on now. We have 6 medals in the Paralympics. - Molly

Olympic Ring Cupcakes

We baked cupcakes. We put in cake mix and eggs and mixed it together. We put them in the trays and baked them. We put on icing. Red, blue, black, yellow and green. It was lots of fun. - Danya

We made cupcakes with oil, eggs, and a cake mix. We mixed it with a mixer machine. It was lots of fun. We decorated the cupcakes with the Olympic colours. Ms Martens mixed the icing to make blue icing. She used chocolate icing and black food colouring. I got 5 cupcakes and I ate them with my sister and mom and dad. - Alex

I liked using the mixer because it goes around and around. We put water in the bowl. After we put icing on the cupcakes. We put blue, yellow, black, green and red. I liked eating them. - Alisha
       

Prairie Theatre Exchange

I really liked the play because I got to be the Qallupilluit in "A Promise is a Promise". I liked being a helper with them and I got to see backstage. It was really cool. I had to move around and do a little dance. They did "Pigs", "Fifty Below Zero", "Zoom" and "I Have To Go". The actors were awesome. They practised for 2 weeks before they came to our school. -Molly

I liked being a pig in the play. I had to run and spin around. My favourite play was "Fifty Below Zero". I liked doing the stuff. - Cara-Lyn

I liked when I was being a pig and dancing around and I was looking at the actors. They opened the gate and I had to jump in. I liked the "Pigs" play the best. - Lucas

I liked when I was on stage. It was fun. I was on the wheelchair. I was the brother and I liked being the brother because I am a brother. I liked the acting. - Hayden

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One More Time!

Cara-Lyn and her mom asked a great question. "If you added food colouring to the boiling water would the cloud turn white or be the colour?" We were very curious so we tried the experiment again adding food colouring.



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