This year we had a virtual school tour. We travelled to China and Italy! We brought out passports and tickets onto our virtual plane. We did presentations on what we had learned. We ate pizza, garlic bread and dumplings. We also had a chopstick challenge!! We sent postcards home to our families.
Continue ReadingHappy Christmas from everyone in Mount Palmer N.S.
Continue ReadingWe are doing a ‘Run into Christmas’. We are running ten laps of the school each day. We measured around the school with a trundle wheel. Ten laps is a kilometre. Our plan is to get fit by running ten laps every day up until Christmas.
Continue ReadingWe have been learning about toys from the past. Ms. Orme had a Jack in the Box when she was younger. There were usually no batteries in toys long ago, they were usually push toys or wind up toys. I interviewed my Nanny Ellen. Her favourite toy was a xylophone. Ashley interviewed my auntie, her […]
Continue ReadingDaffodils: By Conor Last week we planted daffodils. We dug up dirt and when the hole was deep we put in the daffodils bulbs. We buried them. We hope to see them grow next Spring.
Continue ReadingPotatoes: By Kate Tommy Walsh helped us plant potatoes before the lock down. He looked after them for us during lock down. When we came back our teacher, Mr. Gallagher brought in buckets and shovels. We took turns going outside to dig in pairs. We got at least 18 potatoes per family in the […]
Continue ReadingPumpkin Carving: By: Aoibhinn We got all the seeds out of the pumpkin. It felt slimy!! It was fun and I liked it. Teacher cut a face in the pumpkin. Then we lit it up. This is called a Jack O Lantern. Long ago people carved faces into Turnips instead.
Continue ReadingNew Playground Surface: By Amber During the summer we got new mats for the playground. My Dad and other parents helped to put them down. They are so soft. We play tag on them. They are nice. We love them. Thank you to everybody who helped to get them for us.
Continue ReadingOur confirmation was on the 17th September. It had been cancelled during lock down. It was different, only parents and sponsors were allowed in. Fr.Gerry and Bishop John hosted the ceremony, it was lovely. There were eleven candidates. I chose John as my name and afterwards I went to my house and had cake. Céalan
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