Pioneer village

The students had a wonderful field trip to The Petawawa Heritage Village today. They learned first-hand what life was like for the pioneers. The school house was a particular favourite. Thank you to all the volunteers who joined us. 

Character Trait Assembly

Congratulations to Baraa, Cameron, Peter and Taha who received awards for demonstrating particular character traits this month!

Art and science meet

Over the past few weeks, students have  been completing research projects in science. Grade threes researched how plants eat and grow and the grade twos selected an animal and explained what made it "tough". To tie into that, Mrs. McDougall, helped them through an art project that represented a plant or their animal. The artwork is incredible and on display in our hall along with the projects. Thanks to Mrs. McDougall for all her help and expertise!

Historic visit

Local historian, Tom Stephenson, joined our class yesterday to help educate them about pioneer life. The students learned games played by children in pioneer times and played with historic toys. They also learned how to make rope and were each able to make their own skipping rope. The students had a great day!  

Cinderella play

Congratulations to all of our students on their amazing performance of Cinderella yesterday. All of their hard work really paid off!

Cinderella play

Tomorrow the class will be performing Cinderella for parents and families. They did a great job today when the presented to the K to grade 4 students. 

Pizza Day

Just a reminder that due to our field trip, our last pizza day will be this Thursday instead of Wednesday. 

Plants

Our class has been conducting experiments with soil and plants over the last month. We have attempted to grow flower bulbs with no soil (just on rocks), as well as used 4 different soils to grow grass and sunflowers. We are waiting to see which soil is the best, although it is becoming obvious. We also used screens to investigate the properties of different soils.  Students discovered that soil from the woods had a great deal more plant matter than soil from the soccer field. 

Field Trip

Just a reminder that the field trips forms and $18 for the pioneer village are due this week. We are looking forward to a great trip next week. 

Dance Recital

After months of hard work, Ella had her dance recital at Festival Hall last week. Below are a few of her cool costumes!

Blackout Poetry

The students took a passage from a text about children around the world, and turned them into Blackout poems. 

Harmony High Musical

"Harmony High Musical" - presented by the junior and intermediate elementary students on Thursday, June 5 and Friday, June 6 at 6:00 pm in the auditorium. The production is just over an hour in length and the cost is a non-perishable food donation for the local food bank or a monetary donation for North Renfrew Family Services.

Honesty Award

Congratulations to Araav and Carsen for earning the honesty award at this months character ed assembly. 

Evening of Song

What an amazing performance from all those who participated in the Evening of Song on Thursday!  Thank you to all the parents and family members who came out to support your child, their class, and the music program. We are incredibly lucky to have such talented volunteers in our community. A special thank you to Peter Morris who came into our class each week to share his love of music. 

Bike Rodeo

On Tuesday, May 13th our class will be participating in a 45 minute bicycle safety session with Constable Brela from the Deep River Police Department. Students are asked to bring their bike and helmet (if possible) that day. 

Cut for the Cure

Today we attended the Cut for the Cure assembly where a large number of students donated their hair in order to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. Ella and Baraa (and his brother Rayan) bravely stepped up on stage and cut their hair. Such courage!  MCS reached their goal of $20,000!