April is National Poetry Month
In April the
library celebrated National Poetry Month by holding an Alligator Pie
Contest. Every student was asked to make up their own version of
Dennis Lee's famous poem Alligator Pie
by replacing the rhyming words with whatever they wanted. All
entries were posted on the library bulletin board, underneath a stuffed
alligator. One student was chosen from each grade as a winner,
based on their poem's originality, rhyme, or creativity. These
students all won a poster. Two students were chosen randomly from
all entries to win a Dennis Lee book, either Alligator Pie or Bubblegum Delicious.
Leaders as Readers!
Reading is so
much fun, especially when you read with friends. Greenwood
Academy participated in the Leaders as Readers programs, where people
from the local communities came in to share their love of reading with
the students. Click here to see the pictures of all the fun we had!
Lew's Turtles
What's cooler than having a pet turtle?
Sharing your pet turtles with an entire school! Lew has two
turtles, and he brought them in to school so that everyone could enjoy
them. They hang out in the lobby all day long, where students can
drop by to visit. Lew even takes them out once in a while and
lets students pick them up or watch them crawl around on the floor.
Click
here to see a few pictures from when some grade 2 students were playing with the turtles.
Fish Friends
The Fish Friends Program is up and
running again this year. Newfoundland Power and Sobey’s sponsor
this program and it’s an excellent activity for students to
actively take part in. The Grade 4 students will meet many of the
science outcomes for habitats as the project progresses.
On March 12th, we received approximately 100 salmon eggs. Currently,
the salmon are at the eyed-egg stage. Students are recording the
daily temperature to ensure that the eggs will hatch to become alevin.
Soon after, the alevin will emerge from the rocks and more into the fry
stage. At this point, the students will be responsible for freeing the
salmon on a daily basis. Later in June, the salmon will be
released back to the Exploits River.
The aquarium is located in the main entrance of the school and we
encourage all parents to stop in and have a look. You can also
view pictures of the process by clicking
here. The pictures will be updated as the salmon go through the growth stages.
In
February we
are celebrating Library Lovers' Month. All month long we'll
be
having activities and events that show how much we love our library and
all the reading that it helps make happen.
On February 12, we had a Newspaper Scavenger Hunt in the library.
Thirty-six students showed up, and everyone scrambled to find
everything on the list first. Click here to see the
pictures!
On Friday, February 23, students came to school
dressed up as characters from a books. Everyone looked
fantastic!
The costumes were really great, and everyone had a great time
seeing all the costumes in the gym. The pictures are here - enjoy!
Just a few more pictures - click here to see
pictures of the winners of the primary coloring contest, the elementary
Accelerated Reader contest, and pictures of the lunch time story hour!
Valentine's Day
What's
happening for Valentine's Day at Greenwood?
- Janeway Day: Students are encouraged to donate
recess money
on Wednesday to the Janeway Hospital. Please give from the
heart,
because the Janeway saves children's lives!
- Wear Red and Pink: All students and staff are
encouraged to
come to school on Wednesday wearing red, pink, or both!
Students who come looking festive will win points for their
House
League team.
- Valentine's Social for Junior High students:
Starting at 7
and ending at 10:30 on Friday night (Feb. 16), grade 7-9 students can
come to school to hang out with friends, listen to music, and celebrate
Valentine's Day!
Help Make Shane's Dream Come True
Shane
Bernier is
a 7-year-old boy from Lancaster, Ontario. He is receiving
treatment for Leukemia at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
He'll be turning 8 on May 30th, and he wants to set a
Guinness
World Record for the most birthday cards received.
The students of Greenwood Academy are trying to help Shane
achieve his dream by creating cards to send to Shane. If
you'd
like to send a card, Shane's address is below.
Shane Bernier
P.O. Box 484
Lancaster, ON
K0C 1N0
Moosey,
the Skinny Pig
Greenwood
Academy had a special visitor! Ms. Susan
Fudge brought along her Skinny Pig, Moosey, to meet the students.
A Skinny Pig is a hairless guinea pig, and the only place
that
he's got hair is on his face. Ms. Fudge named her pet Moosey
because the hair on his face makes him look like a moose!
Moosey
visit lots of schools and meets all kinds of children, but he looked
like he likes our school the best! To see pictures of
Moosey's
visit, please click here.
Just a note about the pictures of Moosey: In pictures,
Moosey's
eyes look red. In reality, they are brown, but the flash
reflects
in his eyes and they end up looking red.
Christmas at Greenwood Academy
So
many activities! We had a Christmas Concert, Christmas
Dinner, Christmas Parties, and all kinds of Christmas preparations.
Pictures of these events can be found here.
Operation
Christmas Child
Greenwood
Academy is proud to participate in
Operation Christmas Child, which collects toys, books, school supplies,
treats, and personal hygene items to send to children in impoverished
and war-torn countries.
Ms.
Rideout and some student volunteers (pictured here with the boxes)
organized, packaged, and labelled all of the boxes. The
students and staff were very generous again this year, and we are proud
to be sending such wonderful gifts to children around the world.
What a great way to start the holiday season!!!
Talent
Show
You want talent?
We've got talent at Greenwood Academy! The Talent
show was one great act after another. The students sang and
played and even acted! What a great show. To see
the pictures, click here
- and make sure you don't miss the next show
in the spring!
Remembrance Day
Our
annual Remembrance Day Ceremony was held on November 10.
Students presented their writing, sang songs, and said
prayers for the soldiers who have fought and died in armed conflicts.
The pictures from the ceremony can be viewed here, as well as a video of
primary choir
singing and of the
laying of the wreath.
Students are also participating in the Royal Canadian Legion's Writing
and Poster contests.
THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE
THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD;
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR
THE YEARS CONDEMN.
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING,
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Halloween!!!
Halloween
was a ton of fun at Greenwood Academy. We had a Haunted
House, a
Social, and activities in the gym for all the students!
We've
got pictures of course - click here
to see all the fun we had!
Something cool to see - the Grade Two class sings Halloween carols!
Check out their songs here
and here.
There are butterflies in
our school!
The primary classes have been
taking care
of some caterpillars for the past few weeks, watching them go through
their life cycle. They started as caterpillars, and then went
into their chrysalis. When we saw them again, they had turned
into beautiful butterflies, ready to fly away and migrate to
Mexico for
the winter.
Visit the page full of caterpillar and
chrysalis pictures by clicking here.
Visit
the page full of butterfly pictures by clicking here.
If you click here,
you can see a video that Ms. Nippard made of one of the Grade 1
caterpillars working its way into its chrysalis (this is a QuickTime
video - download the program at
www.quicktime.com
). The best way to view the video is to save it to your
computer (right click on the link, choose "Save target as," and then
open the file once it has downloaded).
We've also got a video of the butterfly opening and closing its wings
shortly after it came out of its chrysalis, courtesy of Mrs. Powell.
You can download the video here.
This one is not a QuickTime video, so it should play in Windows Media
Player.
Visit the page full of caterpillar and
chrysalis pictures by clicking here.
Visit
the page full of butterfly pictures by clicking here.
Thanks to Ms. Nippard and Ms. Powell for sharing their
pictures and videos!
