It can be difficult to imagine how vast the Internet really is. We’re often caught up in our local circles of social networking and email, so we’re not always thinking how much bigger the Internet is than us. Now a great many of us know it’s a world wide phenomen (largely because we know www [...]

Every Friday before recess, we take a few extra minutes out of our day to enjoy recess snack together during our Food for Thought time. The expression “food for thought” is often used to refer to something that makes you think and in some way provide nourishment for your brain. So, on Fridays I try [...]

Over the years, I’ve had a lot of students ask me, “What is your favourite colour?” For many people the answer to this question pops into their head immediately, but not me. I always find it really difficult to answer.  When I was much much younger, for a long time my answer was mauve, which [...]

After a week of sorting classrooms and finalizing placements, we finally just spent our first week together as a new class. And if the last few days have been any indication, we’re are going to have a fabulous year! We have remained a 6/7 class with slightly more 7′s than 6′s this time, but I’ll [...]

Another school year is just beginning! It’s hard to believe the summer has flown by so quickly, but here we are, so it must be September. School officially began on Tuesday, September 7th, but our school had so many new registrations over the summer that we spent the first week with our students from last [...]