AMORE du TOIT/Elementary News
Okay that is not exactly how the song goes. Yet when we hear the word farm, we seldom think of safety. We mostly think of farm animals and other fun things such as tractors. It is important to educate students to be safe on the farm as a farm could be a potentially dangerous place if you do not make wise choices.
Lori Blake and her son visited Stettler elementary last week to teach us about farm safety. Lori did an excellent job in teaching the kids about farm safety. Students really enjoyed her interactive fun and lively presentation. Students received a sponsored Farm Safety activity book, pencil, crayons and stickers to remind them of all the important things they learned at this session. Lori will return next week to complete these farm safety sessions.
On Wednesday, April 27, the three day kindergarten students enjoyed a very educational and fun trip to Boston Pizza. Here they enjoyed a tour of the kitchen and had the great opportunity to make a delicious pizza. Janet, our guide did a great job as our tour guide. We would like to thank the staff at BP for their friendliness and warm welcome.
Nancy Nielsen’s Grade 4 students celebrated the end of their unit on “Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes” by enjoying a snack of sushi rolls prepared by Miss Charlee Mappin.
They have finished folding cranes and have made a grand total of 1,315 paper cranes. They have sold many strings of these and have made over $600 so far to be donated to the Red Cross to help the people of Japan. There are still a few beautiful strings of cranes in the elementary office if you wish to purchase one. Please feel free to pop in sometime and add a string of these lovely cranes to your spring decorations.
The Grade 4/5 Book Club wrapped up this school year with a special lunch activity which we poetically call “Grub With Club”. On Wednesday April 27, the Book Club Kids treated students in kindergarten, Grade 1, 2 and 3 classes to an Earth-Day themed read-aloud story with their lunch.
The book club members selected books and worked in groups of two or three. They practiced reading the book aloud, and even did voices; animal sounds, or acted out parts to bring the story alive.
All the classroom audiences enjoyed the presentations; the book club kids enjoyed taking on this literacy leadership role. They also presented each child with a sticker to thank everyone for supporting our school-wide literacy activities this year.
The book club has had another amazing year. Monica Sylvester, Leah Watts, Carmen Fox, Sarah Chapman, Leah Webster and Joanne Pinder have enjoyed working with this dedicated group of readers and leaders.