Dear Winter

That will be all. Thank you. We are ready for spring!

The end of February

Even though the Olympics are over, we are still finishing up some of the projects and assignments we started during the two weeks of the Olympics. We enjoyed watching the Olympics in class, especially the USA vs. Canada hockey games for both the women and the men. If you didn't catch this CBC article on the Sochi newsfeed, it is an interesting read about why it is acceptable to watch hockey at work, or in our case, school. Soon the English class will start their novel study of the Lord of the Flies. The Geography class is starting their next unit on Natural Resources. We have started looking at Canada's water resources. And in the French classes, we still have some sports related activities to finish up and then we will start some new units. On another note, we are less than a month away from the first day of Spring. It sure doesn't feel like it. We need to get outside! When will this end?? Stay warm everyone!

Go Canada Go!

In 2010 when the Olympics were in Vancouver, I was at home with my son when he was just a few months old.  It was winter, I wasn't teaching and really had no reason to leave the house.  I watched these games continuously. I loved it! I'm excited once again for the Olympics but this time I'm relying on apps and news feeds to keep me updated since I'm back at school, and with two kids at home, there's not a lot of Olympics on the television when I've got to compete with Spider-Man. I've decided to take my French, Geography and English classes on an Olympic journey with me! There will be all kinds of projects and activities the French classes will be participating in. The Geography class did a project on the geography of Sochi and a participating winter Olympic country. And in English, we've been exploring the Canadian Olympic Team's campaign #WeAreWinter. The English class will also be looking at a number of poems, articles and videos that look at the history of the Olympic Games and responding in a variety of ways. I'm looking forward to sharing my passion for the Olympics and cheering on Team Canada with all my classes!

Exam week

Good luck on exams everyone! I had a great semester with all my classes and am looking forward to seeing what second semester brings!

Welcome back!

I hope you all had a restful break and are ready for the final three weeks of the semester and exam time! I was fortunate enough to escape the frigid temperatures here in Winnipeg for a week with my family to Mexico. Being closer to the Equator was magnificent! I hope you are all staying warm. See you on Monday!

It's almost exam time!

Exam schedule is now available. GE20F will write their exam on Wednesday, January 29 in the morning starting at 8:30 a.m.  PY40S will write in the afternoon on Wednesday, January 29 starting at 1:00 p.m. Check out the rest of the exam schedule  to see when your other exams will be written.

Food Inc.

The three Geography classes have just finished watching Food Inc. and responding to a number of reflection questions. This is a great movie that everyone should watch to get a good look at our industrial food system. It is a perfect addition to the Food from the Land unit we are finishing this week.