Visit by a JETS player!

I was sad to miss school today, but thankful for Ms. Claydon and Ms. Ross for sharing pics with me! Mason Appleton, a forward with the Winnipeg Jets, braved the blustery weather to visit BHS today because we WON the "Reading Takes Flight" contest!!!!

It looks like it was a great experience for everyone!

Reading Takes Flight contest!

Wouldn't it be neat to have a Winnipeg JETS player visit Room 31?! Today,we entered as a class for the opportunity to make this happen! You can help out our chances by entering at home too! Click HERE to get to the online form. Please check with your parents first! You have until January 25th to enter the contest!

I'm crossing my fingers!  :)

Thank you!

Thank you to all the families for coming out to celebrate the first term with your child! The students worked hard this past week with preparing their portfolios and that truly paid off during SLC! I was really happy to see the students so excited to share things with their families. We had lots of positive conversations over the last two days.

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Wasney   :)

Super SPIN Club!

Last Friday, Mrs. Tresoor and I dropped of 374 pairs of socks at Mosaic Newcomer Resource Network. We've been donating the socks there for the last few years. 

Our "We Scare Hunger" campaign will be wrapping up next week. And we have received LOTS of food! We're looking forward to weighing it to see the final totals.

Yesterday, the SPIN Club was featured in a special WE Day insert in the Winnipeg Free Press! The article talked about our "Kiss a Goat" campaign from last spring. 

SPIN Club members are heading to WE Day on Tuesday, October 30th, and are asked to be at the school by 7:50am!

A LOUD start to the week!

For a 4 day week, we've sure been busy! We started off the week by attending "I Love to Read LIVE" at the Burton Cummings theatre on Tuesday. The event was hosted by Virgin 103.1 and Manitoba Teachers Society. All the Winnipeg sports team mascots were there and Winnipeg mayor, Brian Bowman read to us. Local singer/songwriter Fred Penner sang "The Cat came Back" to us. It was so fun . . . and LOUD!

Here is Jaylinn's TWAS from Kidblog:

on Monday there was no school but I do not no what I did I forgot.

on Tuesday we want on a flied trip to I LOVE TO READ LIVE IT WAS AWESOME!!!!! there was singing, dancing, and all fun stuff like that and when we got back we had to calm down and read for 25:00 min so it was ok 

on Wednesday the art teacher from Robert Andrews came to talk about art because in Robert Andrews you have to pick between band or art I think I am going to pick ART. we also did music it was a recorder test I nail it.

on Thursday we had a math quiz I got a 4 YAY!!!!!!! we also did music some people in our class where not done the recorder test so me and faith were doing a word search.

on Friday we did a class meeting and we played as the wind blows it is a really fun game to play. we also had gym it was a guest teacher and it was stations.

by jaylinn BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wear a Readable Shirt on Wednesday!

Flashlight Reading on Friday!

Imagine the possiblities!

We are starting our Term 2 Science Design projects . . . AKA: my favourite time of the year!

I love showing this video of Caine who created an entire arcade out of cardboard! It's so inspiring!

Reading takes Flight contest with the Winnipeg Jets!

Well, it's that time of the year when the Winnipeg Jets hosts a contest for students to win a visit to their classroom from a player! It's perfect timing with "I LOVE to read month" just around the corner. Grab a parent and click on the link to enter the contest until January 26th.

P. S. . . .You'll need to share your top 5 reasons why you think a player should visit Room 31.

I'm crossing my fingers!  :)


ENTER NOW!!

Grade 5 Farewell video!

Thanks to Mrs. Dent Scarcello for taking the fantastic pictures of the Grade 5 students and putting together the video! The students had a hard time seeing this on Monday from where they were sitting . . .  so I thought I'd post it! I just love what everyone shared during the video!

I think there just might be some tears tomorrow! LAST DAY! Are you ready?!

Young Activists in Grade One!

A BIG shoutout to Mrs. Tresoor's Grade One students who were featured on CTV News last night! The students went walking on Earth Day and noticed a whole bunch of dog poop bags left all over the pathways in our community.

They took action by writing a letter to the mayor of East St. Paul. Shelly Hart visited the students to discuss the problem and published their letter in the local newsletter.

We hope that the residents of the community start treating our surroundings with respect!

Way to go Grade Ones!

Check out the CTV feature HERE.

Activity Day!

Wow! Today was just the most perfect day for our Activity Day and Hot Lunch! We truly lucked out with the weather! Did you know 120 students and adults volunteered their time to help out with Activity Day?! Grade 5s and parents ran stations in the morning. Then, over 40 students from Robert Andrews helped out parents in the afternoon! It was so great to see some "old" students! Thanks to all the families that joined us outside for a picnic lunch! And then we ended the day with freezies, thanks to PAC!

Field trip on a Monday?! Yes please! :)

We have started off our week in the most amazing way! Today, we headed to UPuttz to play laser tag, glow in the dark mini golf, and bumper cars! It was SO MUCH FUN! We had lunch and then hopped on the bus to go out to Skinner's in Lockport for ice cream!

Thanks so much to PAC for subsidizing the cost (paying for lunch, ice cream, and the transportation).

What a fun way to celebrate a great year! Can you believe there's only 3 weeks of Grade 5 left?!

 

Front Page News!

The Dog House Canteen was featured on the front page of The Herald - the local community newspaper (in conjunction with the Winnipeg Free Press) today!

You can read the article by clicking HERE.

A successful Water Walk!

It was an amazing end to our week today! All the grade 5s participated in a 4km walk to collect water from the pits on Bird's Hill Road. It was really warm out . . . definitely the hottest day we've had yet this spring! Thanks to Mrs. Tresoor, Mrs. Dyck, Ms. Ross, Mr. Lewis, and some parent volunteers for joining us on the walk!


Today for our exit questions today, I asked:

- How many jugs did you carry?
- Would you want to do a water walk again?
- What did you learn from the experience?

The answers I got were terrific! I think the weather helped make the activity truly feel authentic! And, overall students expressed appreciation for what we have compared to what kids lack in other parts of the world.

Thanks for supporting this activity through pledges! We will gladly accept them on Monday as well! The SPIN Club will be forwarding all money to "WE Schools".

SPIN Club is planning a Water Walk

The SPIN Club will be running one final campaign of the year with "WE Schools". We will be doing a "Water Walk" and collecting pledges. Each Grade 5 student has been invited to participate in a 4km walk to carry a 4 litre milk jug to the pits (off of Bird's Hill Road). After filling the jugs with water, we will walk back to BHS.

Mrs. Tresoor and I hope that this activity will show that for some people, getting water isn't as simple as just turning on a tap! Girls in some countries walk 6km every day to fetch water and are unable to attend school because of this chore!

If you'd like to join us for the walk at 2:30 on Friday, June 2, please contact me at kwasney@retsd.mb.ca.

Thanks for your support!

Dog House Canteen receives Young Humanitarian Award!

 

I am beyond excited and proud of the Dog House Canteen girls! Last night, they were one of other 4 recipients of a Young Humanitarian Award from the Manitoba Teacher's Society. Thanks to all the parents, grandparents, siblings, Corbin from our class, Mrs. Tresoor, Mrs. Kohut, Mrs. Knoll, and Mrs. Palamar for coming out and supporting the girls! It was an inspiring night!

Thanks to YOU for supporting the canteen!

Here is a video of the speeches:

YHA May 24, 2017 from Krista Wasney on Vimeo.

Dog House Canteen update!

We are so excited to finally be able to share the news!!! The girls of the Dog House Canteen will be receiving a "Young Humanitarian Award" from the Manitoba Teacher's Society on Wednesday, May 24 at 7:45pm at the Fairmont Hotel. This year, there are four recipients of the award, and the canteen girls are definitely the youngest!

I'm so proud of the hard work and dedication of Kenzie, Livia, Carter, Rhyann, Katie, Isabella, and Kate! Way to go girls!

Thank you to the BHS community for supporting the canteen!  :)

You can learn more about the award by clicking HERE.

Taiko Drumming with Fubuki Daiko!

We have had an amazing week of drumming with Fubuki Daiko, a world-renown Japanese drumming group from Winnipeg! I have been so amazed with what the students learned in just 4 days . . . a total of only 2 hours! You can see loads of pictures and other videos on our class Instagram account. Follow us at @mswasneysclass!

Thank you to families for coming out the the "Celebration of the Arts" evening on April 20, 2017!

Taiko Drumming from Krista Wasney on Vimeo.

Spirit Week in Room 31!

We brainstormed and voted on themes for a "Spirit Week" in our classroom next week.

We are looking for a fun-filled last week of school before Spring Break!!

A GOLDen start to the week!

Today, we headed to Lakewood School to compete in the Music Festival. We performed "Simple Simon" and "A Sailor". Both pieces combined a variety of instruments, singing, and movement. They looked and sounded complicated! We earned a GOLD! A BIG thank you to Mrs. Knoll for her dedication in preparing the Grade 5s for the festival! Mrs. Dyck's class received a silver for their work.

Thank you to families for making it out to cheer us on today!

Way to go Grade 5s!!!

Time to register!

I spotted this sign on the way to school this week! Be sure to sign up for spring sports! We have an amazing group of athletic kids in Room 31!  :)