Thank you!

Students are watching a movie in class and since it's PE time* and I am free for a few more minutes I wanted to thank you all for the support you have given me these past few months. I am blessed to have such wonderful parents (and students!) and I look forward to working with you more in the New Year. The gift card was a bonus as to me thank you notes mean more than anything. Thanks a million times!

I leave you with a very cute video found on YouTube last night.



Happy Holidays!

*Stretching the mind is also part of the curriculum (movie is in French with English subtitles...)

LED Sheep

Thanks to Lilia (Nicole) who spent her morning with us today. It was a pleasure having you around. I am looking forward to having you over again in the new Year! :-)


Here's the obligatory video. In case you don't know what to do with your Christmas lights...

Cereal Boxes Needed

Happy Saturday!

First of all, thanks for your kind donations for the Christmas Hamper. Despite the pouring rain Division 3 students managed to carry all the school hampers (that's 12 Divisions!) to parent volunteers' cars in a very short period of time. It's nice to see kids making a difference this way. When assigning everyone a task, they were all very keen to help.

Also, a big thank you to Chris (Eva) for getting us a box full of cloth shopping bags. It was definitely easier to carry the food that way. And of course thanks to all parents who helped carry the food to the Annex.

On a different note, I'd like to do a craft project with the students. If you have unwanted (and empty) cereal boxes kicking around, please send them to school. Boxes cannot be flattened, deformed or folded as the project will not work as well.

Due date: Thursday December 16

I leave you with a very cute video...

Kids - Music Project for the New Year

Great news everyone! Bill (Gina's father) has kindly offered to come and spend some time with us in January. He'll be working with us on a music project, one hour per day, for 5 days. Bill is a music teacher and has a lot of experience working on project like this. I look forward to playing some music with everyone!

Schedule will be as follows:

Tuesday January 4th: practice

Wednesday January 5th: practice

Thursday January 6th: practice

Friday January 7th: rehearsal for concert

Monday January 10: concert

Lessons will be taking place every morning from 9:00am to 10:00am. 

I will keep you posted with more details when we get closer to the concert date.

Here's a website with all the information your child need to have.  

https://sites.google.com/a/fraseracademy.ca/division-3/

Thanks so much for coming to class today and for giving us some of your time!

Christmas Hampers

Once again this year, our school is preparing Christmas hampers for families from Mount Pleasant Elementary School.

Details about the family: mom, dad and three girls (2, 4, and 10 years old)

Deadline for donations: Thursday December 9th, at 8h45 am

Please refer to this list to know exactly what needs to be purchased. I've added your child's number next to the items. If you feel like giving more, any additional items or gifts are welcome.



Thanks in advance for your support!

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Project Soul Feedback

Now that we saw and experienced the dancing, it's time to reflect.

Here's some homework for you. These questions are there to help you write some good feedback to the artists. You don't need to use them all.

1. What did you think of the performance?
2. What emotions did you feel?
3. Do you have a different view of dancing now that you've seen this performance?
4. In what way did you feel inspired?
5. If you're a dancer, in what way do you relate to their stories?
6. All dancers had a different story to tell. What message(s) did they share that stood out?

Your answer should appear in the comment section of this post. Remember to only put your number when you sign at the end of your comment.

Length: you know when it's good enough.
Due date: as soon as you can!

Project Soul

Attention Attention!

Project Soul will be performing at our school tomorrow. Bright and early, a great way to start the day! Click on any of these words if you want to see a video.