Artists

Long overdue posting of bombdiggity farewell artwork.

For You

This is for you Sage because I know you are reading this. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is a SHORT story (I'm talking two pages MAX) about an 8 year old girl named Tiiu who has a penchant for turtlenecks and crafting who happens upon an exhilarating discovery: a man named Haymitch who tells her that she is the chosen one. Ready? Go!

Bombdiggity

Dear 310: It is the first official week of my summer vacation. I had Daisy and Hayden stand in a gabbing clump and follow me around all day talking about cheese, apples, Harry Potter, robot elephants, Steve Jobs, and 310 gossip just cause I missed you all so much. I'm hoping you are all enjoying your holidays and have big plans. I may update here from time to time with summer ideas and funny videos I think you'll like. I guess it depends on how busy the kiddies keep me. If you don't hear from me in over a week, send the troops over to my house as I may be buried under a pile of Lego and Barbie shoes. I want to thank you all for your generous gifts and thoughtful cards. I especially loved some of the great drawings I got and the single lychee! I will try and post some of the artwork here soon. In the meantime, check out this cool website for fun ideas and these cute kids.

https://diy.org/explore/featured

Take Two

Here is take two on our Ok Go video. You are impressed. Admit it. 

Dear Families of 310,

I wish I had the time to thank each of you individually for the positive feedback and words of encouragement you have shared with me over these past few days. Please know that I take each of them to heart and that they mean so much. They really do.

The students and I had a great day today! They have bookmarks that I made for them that include warm fuzzies from their classmates and from myself. Thank you for all of the kind and thoughful cards and gifts. They were unecessary but appreciated. We did a few taboo things today as well. We ran in the hallways, played a game of sardines, went into the staff lounge and the principal's office, and chewed gum. We also had a dance party and played Teacher and Student Revenge with some of the teachers at lunch.

There were many tears at the end of the day. I will miss this team and all we have accomplished together. It has been a momentous and memorable year for myself and I know that I will never forget this bombdiggity team. For reals. Thank you. 

A beautiful wall mural made by Donna Weldon and the grade 6 class of 2012

 Dance Party!

Goodbye 310. I will miss you.

(I have some more updates for the blog so check back soon)

Recess Mob!

Honouring Ceremony

Our Honouring Ceremony is coming up on Monday morning. The students should arrive to school at the normal time. We will meet in our classrooms, take attendance, get prepared, and then the ceremony will start. I am going to guess that we should be ready to go between 8:15-8:30. The ceremony should last about 90 minutes and there will be a reception to follow.
This is an important event to the students. Please make every effort to be in attendance. Each student will be delivering a speech that they've written to honour their years at our school. Students should be neatly dressed but not too fancy as we will be going to the park in the afternoon.
Permission forms for the park celebration were handed out yesterday. They are due back tomorrow. Please remember to fill out the back which asks how many slices of pizza they are ordering.
We are also hoping for some snack donations for the park celebration. Please bring them with you on Monday morning.

The Chalk Festival this Monday was a lot of fun. Many students were reflecting on how it would be their last. Yesterday's National Aboriginal Day Celebration was a scorcher but it was a neat experience getting to see the Governor General. It was also impressive to see his many security guards dressed in full suits standing in the blazing sun and not breaking out in sweat!