To coincide with Earth Day, April 19th was the 3rd annual Tim Hortons Community Clean Up on Vancouver Island and with over 10 000 students participating from Comox to Victoria, our Island home is a little cleaner. There were several schools within our district taking part and a number of classes within our school [...]

At the end of September, we had a surprise visit from Miss Wyatt, creator of the Student Blogging Challenge! She had traveled to North America and up the coast from California to Vancouver Island from Tasmania, a state in Australia. We were one of two classes in our district that she stopped by – the [...]

Remember the day your teacher said to the class: “Today, we’re going to make a music video”? No? ….  Well, Division 2 can answer that differently now. Sounds a little crazy doesn’t it? Maybe, but that’s exactly what we did. In one school day, the Ripplers learned and recorded tracks to a song, mixed the [...]

My class is awesome! Absolutely awesome. So awesome, in fact, that I need to shout it out to the world, We had such a fun time Friday afternoon at our school-wide dance celebration. There were so many great performances to watch within an atmosphere that oozed positivity and encouragement. It was an amazing afternoon – [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I just found out we’ve been nominated for Best Class Blog for the 7th annual Eddies! How cool is that?! The Edublog Awards celebrate the influences of social media in several different categories and we’re honoured to have been shortlisted this year. Our class blog is an integral part of our classroom and has forever [...]

Fall is harvest time for farming towns in British Columbia. Our community is no exception, although here it has an alternate meaning as well. During September, Harvest the Valley begins – only residents of our community aren’t necessarily out harvesting the fields. We pull together to stock the shelves of our local food bank and build awareness [...]

When the Ripplers first entered the world of blogging last September, our first priority was to learn how to comment and how to navigate successfully throughout the blogosphere. After spending some time getting used to commenting on our new class blog, we ventured out to visit other class blogs that had registered alongside us in [...]