Have a Great Summer!

I hope everyone has a great summer, and comes back well rested in the fall, and ready to learn and investigate together again. Hopefully I'll see you at the library and pool this summer!

Here are some last videos from the year!

We had lots of fun on June 18th at the Anchorage Park.

On June 16, the new kindergarten students came to school for the day.

On June 15, Mrs. Jones K/1 class and our grade 6 reading buddies from Ms. Kilburn's class went to the Whale Research Center and Pettes Cove Beach.

(1267)

We had a great trip to the Whale Research Center!

Last Week of School!

I can't believe it's the last week of school all ready! Where has the year gone? We've had a great year, making many lasting memories! Everyone has made so much progress, grown so much, and learned so much. What will we do next year?

Please don't forget to return library books and pay any fines that you have (notes have been written in agendas), and return any books that belong to school (in reading bags, reading club, etc.). Also, don't forget to sign up for the summer reading program at the library, and for the free tutoring program if your child is having difficulty reading, or you just want to help them maintain their reading over the summer.

This last week is full of special events and odd dismissal times, so here is a last reminder of what I know is happening this week. Also, please remember that there is no cafeteria this week

June 15: K/1 Jones and 6 Kilburn (our reading buddies) vist the whale reasearch center and Pettes Cove beach 10:45-12:15; 1 GG visits the museum; Grand March for the prom is at 8pm
June 16: PreK Orientation (current kindergarten students stay home that day, as well as the grade ones in my K/1 split)
June 17: Graduation (Dismissal at 10 am)
June 18: K-2 all visit the Anchorage Park (11-2; dismiss from Anchorage); 2 Cronk visits the museum in the morning
June 19: Report Cards and last day for Students (Half Day)

(1235)

Memories of our trip to Fredericton!

We had a great trip to Fredericton. It was great to meet our "French Buddies" from L'Ecole Etincelle on Lameque Island. We toured the Legislative Assembly and had our picture taken with our MLA Rick Doucet, enjoyed a picnic lunch at Officer's Square, and had an awesome time at Science East! The children loved all the hands-on science activities and awesome oudoor play area. Thanks to the children for being so well behaved, and to all the parents who helped chaperone. You were a great group to travel with!

Anchorage trip postponed!

Our K-2 trip to the Anchorage has been postponed until next Thursday (June 18th) because of the rainy weather expected for the next couple of days.




We had an awesome time in Fredericton yesterday! I'll try to have a photostory ready to post by the end of the week.

Field Trip Week!

We had a great time at the conference in Toronto, and were very proud to represent our school and all of the wonderful things that we are doing here!

We won the National Technology Innovation Award for Eastern Canada!
At the Conference

Ready to present our project

The audience loved the dulse!

After the Award Ceremony

No homework again this week, but please keep reading! We have two field trips this week, so it should be an exciting week!

Schedule for June 9th:

KON Trip to Fredericton

7am Meet at Ferry (Mrs. Jones will buy ticket for everyone)
Breakfast on boat if you did not eat at home (pay yourself)

9am Picked up by bus in Black’s Harbour

11am Tour Legislative Assembly in Fredericton (706 Queen St)

12 noon Lunch at Officer’s Square (Bring a lunch; nothing microwavable) (571 Queen St)

1:15 Science East (Paid for by money we raised) (668 Brunswick St)

2:30 Board bus to head back to Ferry

5pm Board Ferry to head home
Supper on boat (pay yourself)

7pm Pick up in North Head

Upcoming Events:

June 9: K/1 Jones trip to Fredericton to meet with students from Miscou Island
June 11: K-2 trip to the Anchorage 11-2 (Dismissal from Anchorage)

June 12: Raindate for Anchorage trip
June 15: K/1 Jones and 6 Kilburn (our reading buddies) vist the whale reasearch center and Pettes Cove beach 10:45-12:15
June 16: PreK Orientation (current kindergarten students stay home that day)
June 17: Graduation (Dismissal at 10 am)

June 18: Raindate for Whale Research Center trip
June 19: Report Cards and last day for Students (Half Day)

(1162)

I can't believe it is June!

We had an awesome time last week with Spring Carnival!



On Friday, we gave out Drama certificates from the Drama Festival. Our play, Peggy the Pint-Sized Pirate, won 6 awards: Outstanding Use of Costume, Outstanding Choice of Material, Ensemble Work, Outstanding Female Actor (Zoe Ingalls - Peggy), Outstanding Supporting Female Actor (Jode Harvey - Scummy), and Outstanding Supporting Male Actor (Drew Linton - Bob the Brave). Great job, everyone!



Our school has won the Learning Partnership's 2009 National Technology Innovation Award for Eastern Canada. These awards honour the achievements of educators who use technology to enhance the learning environment for their students. On Wednesday, Mr. Jones and I will travel to Toronto for the conference and awards ceremony, where we will present our project and accept the award on behalf of our school.

Project Title: Educational Technology: A New Age Message In A Bottle
Team Members: Andrew Jones, Robert Griffin,Karen Doiron, Susan Jones, Leanda McQuaid, Patrick Cook
Andrew Jones and a team of colleagues at Grand Manan Community School have a 4 pronged approach that included technology to enhance collaboration and learning in the school. In order to improve literacy rates, staff developed collaborative projects in which Grand Manan students interacted electronically with students from other areas of Canada. The staff implemented the use of Fast ForWord and Destination Reading to improve reading scores. They developed a communications network with homework blogs and a Homework Lunch wiki site so parents knew the work that was not completed. As well, new hardware and software tools were purchased for the school.

No homework this week! But please, keep reading every night (and all summer long!).

Upcoming Events:

June 4: Mr. and Mrs. Jones are in Toronto for the National Technology Conference and Awards Ceremony

June 9: K/1 Jones trip to Fredericton to meet with students from Miscou Island

June 11: K-2 trip to the Anchorage

June 15: K/1 Jones and 6 Kilburn (our reading buddies) vist the whale reasearch center and Pettes Cove beach

June 16: PreK Orientation (current kindergarten students stay home that day)

June 17: Graduation

June 19: Report Cards and last day for Students

(1050)