York House School Blog
Grades 3 and 4 participated in a high-energy African drumming workshop with visiting musician Fana Soro.
Part of the French program is to learn about French-speaking countries around the world. This workshop allowed the girls to use French to communicate with someone from another country, while learning how to play the “djembe”, West Africa’s most popular drum. Fana also shared his call and response songs in his mother tongue of Senoufo.
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YHS had the pleasure of hosting three book launches! On November 19, Author Kallie George talked to the Grade 2 girls and 30 of them ordered her new book, ‘The Magical Animal Adoption Agency’.
On November 16, UBC Thunderbirds basketball star Kelsey Blair presented her book ‘Ugly Kicks’ to Grade 5, 6 and 7 students, inspiring them to read and play basketball.
On November 9, Grade 5 YHS student Andrea launched her first novel in the York House Junior School Learning Commons. Andrea is an imaginative young author whose writing will take you on exciting adventures to dangerous and historic places.
In her first book, her characters, Alex and Sylvie, move to a new house. When they go exploring they find something that takes them on the journey of a lifetime! Borrow Andrea’s book from the Learning Commons to read all about their time travelling adventure.