Holy Thursday

A HUGE THANK YOU to Mme Micheline and her Grade 6 students who treated us this afternoon to a moving portrayal of The Last Supper.

After recess, her talented students then reenacted the Stations of the Cross. Congratulations to everyone involved - both performances were mesmerizing.

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter!

Inspiring Duo!

Olivia and Mme Mathieu gave an inspiring presentation this morning about their participation in the Hair Donation Ottawa charity. They will both be donating 6 inches of their hair to help make wigs for cancer patients. Next Thursday, they will be selling bubblegum (2 pieces for $1.00) to fundraise for their worthy cause!

Week at a Glance

Brazillian Britto Bulletin Board!

UAU! (WOW in Portuguese!?)

Twins and Triplets Day!

Check out these matching cuties!

The 2/3W Von Trapp Children!

As the students explored drawing a variety of colourful patterns for their Britto artwork this morning, they spontaneously started singing from the The Sound of Music! Many of them have been singing this song with Ms. Morris during choir. I put on Julie Andrews in the background and I felt like I was on the Sound of Music movie set with the Von Trapp children! All we needed was the Austrian mountainside!

2/3W Sound of Music Part 1

2/3W Sound of Music Part 2

Romero Britto!

Today was Short French Day which provided us with a wonderful opportunity to begin our study of Brazil! After Alice and Lucas taught us some key Portuguese vocabulary (Oi, Ola, Tchau), we learned about a famous Brazillian artist named Romero Britto. Britto is an artist who uses lots of bright colours and patterns in his work and is known for painting in a  Pop Art style! We found out that Pop Art is a style of art that uses simple and bold images of everyday items, painted in bright colours. Here are a few of Britto's paintings:

Here are a few of the Britto-inspired Pop Art dogs the students began today. Tomorrow they will paint over each different patterned section using watercolours!

Twin/Triplet Day!

A reminder that tomorrow is Twin/Triplet Spirit Day!

Reconciliation

Congratulations to Cameron, Lilah and Lucas who celebrated their First Reconciliation yesterday. A HUGE THANK YOU to Ms. Morris for preparing the Grade 2's so well for this sacrament!

Drama!

We launched our Drama unit this week with a variety of activities which explored voice range and non-verbal expression. In the Magic Stick activity, students used their imaginations and movements to pretend the magic stick (rolled chart paper) was another object. Can you guess the following?

Answers: Olivia is rocking out on her microphone! Brye-Anna is enjoying a candy cane. Alice is on her swing and Dontay has transformed himself into an elephant with a long trunk!

Fantastic Fort!

Many of the kids in the primary yard have been busy building this fantastic fort during recesses this week! Check out the fruits of their collaborative labour!

Hula Hoop Huts!

We played a new game in gym this morning which involved throwing, defending and collaborating to make hula hoop huts - not the most stable structures as the students discovered! The Grade 2's were busy preparing for Reconciliation with Ms. Morris. They will go to gym with her class tomorrow morning to ensure they are getting their exercise! Thanks Ms. Morris!

Two Truths and a Fib!

It was so great to be reunited with the students this morning and to hear all their tales from their March Break. The students will have a chance to tell more stories over the next two weeks during the Two Truths and a Fib oral presentations. Here is the hand-out that went home today:

The presentation dates are as follows:

Friday, March 23rd: Dontay, Joelle, Braeden, Olivia

Monday, March 26th: Max, Brye-Anna, Breeona, Alice

Tuesday, March 27th: Alrizha, Matteo, Hannah, Goewra

Wednesday, March 28th: Emily, Sofia, Garven, Neela

Thursday, March 29th: Cameron, Lilah, Lucas

Week at a Glance!

I hope everyone had a lovely March Break! Can't wait to see the students tomorrow morning!

Happy March Break!

Wishing all the 2/3W families a happy, healthy and safe March Break!

Sibling StoryTime!

Ottawa Hydro Presentation

We attended a very informative presentation this morning by Mr. Fern from Ottawa Hydro. He gave us all kinds of tips on how to be safe around electricity and shared some great examples of how electricity travels. Matteo and Dontay were called up to volunteer!

Beach Day and Swim to Survive!

A reminder that tomorrow is the rescheduled Swim to Survive lesson for the Grade 3 students. As well, it's Beach Spirit Day at school so students are welcome to don their t-shirts, hats and sunglasses!

Book Tour Success!

The 2/3W Book Launch was a big success. Our students got to read their stories to the kids in Ms. Morris and Mrs. Ayafor's classes today and the reviews were very positive! We will try to arrange a few more readings throughout the day tomorrow in siblings' classes!

Lights! Cameras! Trailers!

Here are the links to all the narrative trailers! The 2\3W students are not only terrific authors, but also budding film makers! Our book tour begins this Thursday with the Grade 2 classes. I will also arrange with other teachers so that our authors can do special readings in their siblings' classes!


Inside a T.V. by Max

The Leather Boat by Hannah

The Dinosaur Village by Matteo

Setback at Sea by Emily

The Pizza Field Trip by Joelle

Super Sisters by Sofia

The Champ by Garven

Setback at Sea by Alice

The Dinosaur Hunt by Dontay

The Day I Got Hurt by Olivia

The Adventure of the Living by Lilah

Setback at Sea by Lucas

Bad Ninjas Attack by Goewra

Camping by Alrizha

Video Game Challenge by Cameron

Set Sail by Breeona

The Evil Day by Braeden

Lost and Found by Neela

A Trouble Zone by Brye-Anna

The Dinosaur Village!

Deriso Films trailer of the acclaimed narrative The Dinosaur Village is out! Check out this thrilling trailer -this book is going to sell out!

Matteo's The Dinosaur Village

Week at a Glance

Zizzer-Zazzer-Seussriffic!

"Why fit in when you were born to stand out?"

                                                                                                     Dr. Seuss

A BIG Thank You  to Mrs. Kelly for sharing these pictures with me from today! I was away so missed out on all the fun! LOVE  the Seuss Spirit!

Dr. Seuss Day!

Tomorrow would have been Dr. Seuss' 114th birthday! Students and staff are invited to come to school dressed in their silliest Seuss-inspired outfit to celebrate and honour this magnificent and entertainingly wacky author!

Crunch!

The Great Big Crunch was a Great Big Hit with the 2/3W students today! Healthy snacks are the way to go!