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

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More Spring Carnival Pictures!

Twin Day

Opposite Sex Day

Spring Carnival!

What beautiful weather for our Spring Carnival. I hope it doesn't rain on Friday!

We had lots of fun dressing up in our PJ's today, although there were more yawns than normal!

Don't forget to dress up the rest of the week, and to bring back your signed permission slip for Fun Day on Friday, as well as your order for lunch.

This is the last week for homework duotangs and spelling tests, so please do your best job! Keep reading every night.

Do you like our tactile texture masks that we made in art?

Upcoming Events:

May 25-29 is Spring Carnival at the school:
May 25: PJ Day
May 26: Opposite Sex Day and Soc Hop from 6-7pm
May 27: Twin Day
May 28: No Pants Day (and last Reading Tutor)
May 29: Hat Day and Fun Day (Inflatables, Movie, hotdogs, etc.)
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: Last day of school for students

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Whales ahoy!

We want to say a big thanks to Mrs. Murison for coming in and telling us all about whales. We loved touching the teeth, tusks, baleen, and toy whales!

Next week is another short week:

Monday: Victoria Day (no school)

Tuesday: Start You and Your Wold Unit

Wednesday: NO READING TUTOR TODAY

Thursday: Spelling test and hand in homework duotangs

Friday: Annual union meeting (GMTA) and Professional Development session (no school)

Only two weeks of homework duotangs left, so please do your best job, and keep reading every night!

Up coming events:

May 25-29 is Spring Carnival at the school:

May 25: PJ Day

May 26: Opposite Sex Day and Soc Hop from 6-7pm

May 27: Twin Day

May 28: No Pants Day (and last Reading Tutor)

May 29: Hat Day and Fun Day (Inflatables, Movie, hotdogs, etc.)

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: Last day of school for students

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Tactile Texture!

We enjoyed exploring texture in art class today, and creating pictures using different textures.

Special Events This Week:

*Wednesday: Popcorn for sale by grade 5 (50 cents)

*Thursday: Toy and Bake Sale by gradeK/1 Jones

*Friday: Special Guest: Laurie Murison to talk about whales with K/1 Jones.

*Friday: Show and Tell for K-2 Jones.

Homework:

*Finish homework duotang by Friday.

*Grade ones studey spelling words for test on Friday.

*Kindergarten practice tricky words.

*Read a book/chapter each night.

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Drama, Drama, Drama!

I hope you have enjoyed all of the performances this week! Middle School Drama and High School Drama put on a great dinner theater on Monday night, and Elementary Drama put on two great performances on Tuesday. Great job, everyone! Now all three drama clubs are getting ready to head off to drama festivals - Good luck!

Ticket sales are going well on our Mother's Day basket. We will make the draw after lunch on Friday. We will call you if you are the winner.

Please don't forget to send in items for the Toy/Book/Bake sale which we will have next Thursday, May 14th.

Homework for this week:

*Read a book every night!

*Grade ones practice spelling and kindergarten practice tricky words.

*Finish homework duotangs by Friday.

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