Category: Junior School

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We Will Always Remember

On Wednesday both the junior school and the senior school held Remembrance Day assemblies featuring poetry, reflections, art work and music. Both were fitting tributes, in the words of Ariana, Grade 5, “to remember how hard all the soldiers who fought to bring us peace in the world and how they sacrificed their lives to bring us freedom like we have today.”

At the junior school assembly, a slideshow featuring poetry and art work by the Grade 3’s played during the poppy presentation.

At the senior school assembly, Master Corporal David Scrivens of the Canadian Armed Forces spoke about his experiences in Afghanistan and Bosnia. He also attended the junior school assembly. Some of the girls had questions about the dented helmet he brought along with him.

Here is the slideshow Mrs. Haylett created with the Grade 3’s:

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Food Bank Frenzy!

On a recent rainy afternoon, the Grade 3-7 girls got into the “house” spirit for Food Bank Frenzy.

What’s Food Bank Frenzy?

Food Bank Frenzy!
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The girls bring in non-perishable food items to either the field (weather permitting) or the gym. Wearing their house colours, the girls line up at their house cone.

Then the relay race begins. Each team must deliver 150 items of food to their designated house official who is waiting in the centre of the gym. Runners run around a series of cones to deliver one food item at time. This is all done to music – and lots of very loud cheering!

Points are given to the fastest house, and to the house with the most spirit. Of course, the girls know that the most important thing is that they collected hundreds of items of food for the Food Bank.