What you are about to read may surprise you. It’s a little out of the ordinary, but here it is …. a few teachers in the Comox Valley have been conspiring to bring you this Halloween post. Maybe that seems strange. Maybe not. Either way, please continue reading. This post was originally written by Mr. Carmichael over at Building [...]

Monday, October 25th, 2010 was National School Library Day. While we have set aside time each day to read silently, on this day we booked ourselves into the school library so we had significant more room to find a cozy spot to read. Reading usually receives mixed reviews from students. This reaction is often tied [...]

One of Ms. Rogerson’s first lessons with us was a math review integrated into a PE activity. Yes, you heard right, math and PE combined! It was a great activity filled with Bouncy Ball Madness because you see, that was the problem: an evil gnome (who has since learned the error of his ways) had [...]

We have a new Rippler among our crew and we’re pretty excited to introduce her. Don’t worry. She doesn’t bite. In fact, she’s not scary at all. She’s fabulous! This is Ms. Rogerson, our student teacher. We just met her last Monday, but we can already tell she’s a keeper.  With a few tricks up [...]

The Student Blogging Challenge is here again! We’re a little late getting through the first couple of challenges, but please bear with us because we’ll be catching up really soon. It’s always a bit tough for us to get going with our blogging so quickly at the beginning of the year because we don’t start [...]

Over the years, I have learned a lot from Yoda. I’d say he was wise beyond his years, but he was already almost 900 years old. His words are always simple, but the meaning behind them requires greater thought and often includes profound advice. Below is my favourite Yoda scene from any of the Star [...]