Happy Earth Day!

Today we spent some time talking about Earth Day and how we can all do our part to help make the world a happier, healthier, more sustainable place to live.  I have challenged the students to celebrate earth day by DOING something for the earth.  

Choose at least one activity from the list below (or any other activity of your choosing!) and report back to the class. 

In our discussions, we talked about the fact that we need to be thinking about the earth every single day, not just on Earth Day - but Earth Day is a great place to get the conversation/change started!

How can we celebrate earth day? 

Here are some ideas from the grade 5/6 class:

• Take a break from video games
•  Use less paper
•  Shut off the water when you are brushing your teeth
•  Pick up litter in your community
•  Plant a tree or flowers - do some gardening!
• Turn off lights when you aren’t in a room
•  Walk whenever possible
•  Ride a bike
•  Make a bird feeder with a pine cone, peanut butter, and seeds
•  Have a home-cooked meal rather than pre-packaged or fast food
•   Hang laundry on the clothesline instead of using the dryer
•  Watch out for endangered animals (slow down!)
•  Go outside and enjoy the beauty around you!
•  Don’t waste food – eat everything on your plate
•   Buy LOCAL food rather than food shipped from across the world
•  Reduce!
•  Reuse!
• Recycle!
• Compost!
• Donate used clothing rather than throwing it in the garbage
• Donate used toys rather than throwing them in the garbage
• Educate yourself on an environmental issue/endangered species 
• Use products that are environmentally friendly
• Talk about the environment with others!
• Bring containers rather than plastic bags to school for your recess/lunch
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Discovery Centre Classroom Visit

It has been a long time since we have updated our blog, but we are back!  Yesterday we were lucky to have a visitor from the Discovery Centre come to our class.  She did a workshop with us called "Electric Odyssey."  We built electric circuits and lit up lightbulbs, and we also got to experiment with static electricity - a 'hair-raising' experience!  It was a great morning.  Special thanks to the NSTU and Johnson's Insurance for making this possible.

Artwork

Here are some of the paintings in our school hallway. These paintings were painted by the students of Carleton school and our PSA, Esther Saulnier.  This artwork was made two years ago. Posted by
Nathan, Monica, Jersey, and Sara

Hello From Halifax!

Hi Grade five/six.
This is just a note to let you all know that I am thinking of you.  I am still in Halifax attending meetings about the grade six literacy assessment, but I will be back to school on Wednesday and I can't wait to see everyone!  Special happy birthday wishes go out to Lindsay.  Don't forget to sit in the comfy chair today!

Mrs. Wallace :)  

P-2 snowmen

The grade P-2 classes are having fun building snowmen. They all worked together to make these snowmen! It took them a half an hour to build them. They built them at recess. They don't have any accessories but they still look great. This was posted by: Katelyn, Nolan, Brooke, and Zach.

Taekwondo

For the WOW reading challenge Carleton School had a few kids from a taekwondo group come in and show us some moves. One of the things that they showed us is how to break a board with their bare hands. It was really cool and fun!! By: Tyler, Lindsay, and Sydney.

Hip Hop Dance Workshop

Today our school was very lucky because we had a professional Hip Hop dancer come to our school. He is also on The Next Step After show. He taught us how to do some break dance moves. Posted by Monica, Nathan, Jersey, and Sara