March 1, 2010 is World Math Day! This is a global event that has been held every year since 2007 to unite students, classrooms, and teachers with other individuals around the world through the joy of math and numbers. Even though it is technically scheduled for March 1st, the activities are open to participants for [...]

Wherever Trev goes, he brings all sorts of positive energy with him. You can’t help but have fun around him. During the last few weeks, he has kept us hopping wanting to go here … do that … learn this … but we really haven’t minded. He picked a perfect time to be here. It’s [...]

Today was Pink Shirt Day – a day we set aside to bring awareness to bullying issues and the devastating effects it can have. This past week, we have been looking more closely at the hidden scars it can leave on people as well as how powerless it can make a person feel. We each [...]

The Student Blogging Challenge is just around the corner! Time to register our class and student blogs and get ready to meet new bloggers around the world. Now that we have spent a number of months becoming acquainted with the process, we are all set to branch out and build new connections. Ripplers, please visit [...]

  Grab your pink shirt! This Wednesday, February 23rd is Anti-Bullying Day, which is commonly known as Pink Shirt Day. Why Pink? This was the colour a young man wore to school one day in Nova Scotia, Canada 4 years ago. Sadly, he became a target of bullying when other individuals in the school decided that his [...]

Valentine’s Day got me thinking this year. Although the history of this day is rooted in romantic love, the day has evolved into celebrating people in our lives who we love and appreciate. Just look in the card aisle at your local stores. You can buy a Valentine’s Day card for just about anybody! Exchanging [...]

Learning about Jackson Pollock has been fascinating! He once said, On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting. Flinging, dripping, slashing, and spattering, we energetically danced around our [...]

  Everyone likes to break the rules every once in while and, like famous abstract artist Jackson Pollock, that was exactly what our Ripplers set out to do! That’s right bloggers…Ms. Rogerson here!  Inviting you all on a journey to explore the world of art as our Ripplers have this past week. Students have been reviewing and discussing the seven [...]

February 8th, 2011 is Safer Internet Day. What is that, you ask?  Just like the title suggests, it’s a day set aside to promote Internet awareness with young people. Originally, this event began in Europe, but it has now spread to over 65 countries. It happens at the perfect time for us because it’s about [...]

All life on Earth is composed of cells – from the tiniest unicellular micro-organism to the multi-cellular blue whale, the largest creature on earth. Humans are also multi-cellular and are made of trillions of cells. To help us learn about the structure and function of an animal and plant cell, we set out to create cell [...]