Shrove Tuesday is the last day before Lent. In St. Paul tradition, parent and grandparent volunteers prepared a pancake lunch for all the students and staff. Everyone shared a blessing and then ate together at tables that were set up in the gym.
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Poet and Pizza Day at St. Mark
Recently the children and parents of St. Mark School, had an opportunity to write poetry with their parents and guardians. All groups were introduced to the different types of poetry as children read some examples of well-know poems.
The group was taught what a cinquain poem is and then everyone was given an opportunity to write a cinquain.
Rebecca Reimer helped us with our understanding of free verse poetry and she gave everyone a chance to write a free verse poem.
Students and parents were given poetry packs to work with.
Pizza was also served to help nourish the minds and bodies of our authors.
Here is an example of a cinquain poem written by grade 4 student, Madison Reimer Roy and her mom:
Baby
Happy, small.
Kicking, small, waiting, sleeping.
Excited to come out.
Youngling.
Here’s some free verse written by kindergartener Zoey Cryderman and her dad:
Flowers,
From the garden,
They dance with me,
They wear rainbow dresses.
This poem was written by Haley Cornthwaite and her dad:
Water,
The flowing water,
It looks so peaceful,
It looks so blue.
Mrs. Kennedy (parents) remarked, she had a pleasant afternoon with her son and appreciated the uniqueness of the event.
The poets ended the afternoon by sharing some of their new pieces of writing in front of the group.
Students from St. Anne Take on the World in a Unique Math Competition
On March 1, 2011, the grade seven students at St. Anne Catholic Elementary School participated in World Math Day. The event involved students from all over the world playing againstt each other in real-time battles of mental arithmetic using the newly updated Live Mathletics game engine, their laptop computers, and accessing the internet in the classroom. Students were also able to access the site at home to practice. Students learned more about world time zones and discovered that at a certain times during the day they are more likely to play students from particular countries. This was a truly unique world event and a fantastic way to promote numeracy within the school and the students learned that Math is fun!
St. Anne Students Learn About Their Past
Learning about the past can be amazing, especially when you can relate to the people and events. That’s what the St. Anne Grade 5 students did by participating in the 2011 Historica Fair. The primary focus of the Fair was to encourage students to research their past and present the results of their efforts to the community at large.
There were 4 winning entries that will move on to the city wide judging taking place at Laurentian University. This year’s local historica theme winners dealt with heroic grandparents who were veterans of the Korean and Second World Wars, an uncle and local hockey hero, Andrew Brunette, and the history of Sudbury Secondary Highschool. Winners were judged on their research and presentation skills, as well as their oral and written reports. Congratulations to all Gr.5 students for their great efforts and participation in such a worthwhile fair. You have truly uncovered your history!
The Art of Retelling a Story
Students in Miss O’Reilly’s grade two class are showcasing their book reports this week in the form of “book floats”. The students are presenting a book they read in a more three-dimensional way known as story dioramas.
Miss. O’Reilly says that lots of the other students at St. Raphael’s have been busy working on bridge projects, science fair projects, and heritage fair projects and her kids wanted to take something big on and feel a sense of ownership too.
SCC Cards Classic Results
St. Charles College hosted the SCC Cards Classic 7/8 Boys Basketball tournament recently.
The St. Francis A team came in 1st, 2nd place went to Felix Ricard, 3rd place went to MacDonald Cartier and in 4th place was St. Charles Elementary.
Congratulations goes out to all participants!
Pyjamas and Zumba Spell St. Anne Spirit
Imagine the comfort of getting to wear your pyjamas to school as well as having fun with your friends while doing so. Mrs. Lafrance’s Gr.3/4 class and Mme Pickard’s Gr. 4FI class recently did so while celebrating spirit day at St. Anne School.
While in their pyjamas, the students participated in a special Zumba dance class led by a parent, and qualified Zumba instructor from Zumba Vibe, Mrs. Stacey Kydd. Mrs. Kydd donated her services for this special event. For 40 minutes, the children and their teachers shimmied and danced to the upbeat music. The students would like to extend a big St. Anne thank you to Mrs. Kydd for her efforts and enthusiasm. It was a fantastic Zumba/school spirit experience and all St. Anne classes are looking forward to seeing what excitement the next spirit day brings!
SCDSB Students Building Bridges
Students from St. Mary Catholic Elementary School and Marymount Academy took part in the 15th Annual Professional Engineers Ontario Bridge Building Competition this past week. St. Mary was represented with eight teams and Marymount Academy had four teams registered for the competition. For several of the students, this was their first time taking part in such an event and were excited to see their bridges put to the test. The students’ bridges were put to the test to see how much of a load they could take before they broke, which for some, was the most exciting part of the whole event. Top results for the two schools include Nathan Paul and Riley Talbot from St. Mary who placed fourth and Victoria Dryland from Marymount Academy who placed fifth. Congratulations to all the teams for your efforts and creativity!
Sudbury Catholic Students “Blinding Us With Science”
Qualifying students from the Sudbury Catholic District School Board took part in this year’s annual Science Fair on March 2, 2011 in the gym of St. Francis School. Over the past few months students had been experimenting with their ideas and creativity to impress not only their teachers, but the judges and special guests who would make an appearance throughout the competition. Out of the hundreds of projects submitted, twenty were chosen to move on to the Regional Science Fair. Of the twenty, four were given special recognition as they were linked to the unique secondary programming at the Catholic Board’s four high schools. St. Benedict’s Specialist High Skills Major in the Environment allowed for Mia Pandolfo,a student from Marymount Academy, to be awarded the Environmental Sciences award with her project “Crank Remote”. Jasmine Ayotte and Emily Pasivirta were awarded the Innovational Technology award from Bishop Alexander Carter Secondary whose Specialist High Skills Major is in Technology. St. Anne’s Matthew Ingreselli won the Application of Physical Science to Everyday Lives award from Marymount Academy (with Advance Placement) for his “Dimple my ride” project. Tristan Harvey and Hanna Longe from St. John Elementary were awarded the Health and Wellness award linked to St. Charles College’s Specialist High Skills Major for their “ Dare to compare your toothbrush” project.
Todd Horn, a grade eight teacher from Pius XII Catholic Elementary School attended the event with his students and was excited to see the dedication and creativity of this year’s group of students. “ Seeing as how students will soon be transitioning into Secondary school, the science fair is an excellent opportunity for them to experiment and offers them the hands on experience,” Horn stated. “Science Fair is a really positive opportunity for students to create projects that are recognized and celebrated in the classroom, the school, board-wide and possibly even beyond.”
Marymount Academy Science teacher, Andrea Jebreen, echoed Horn’s comments regarding the calibre of projects at this year’s science fair “The collection of projects were so incredible that it made it very difficult to choose just twenty to go on to the next level,” Jebreen said. “It is evident that a lot of time and dedication went into each and every project and we are very proud of our students hard-work and creativity.”
The twenty finalist projects are set to attend the Regional Science Fair taking place on April 9-10 at Laurentian University.
A special thank you goes out to the Sudbury Catholic Science Fair Committee for their dedication and support throughout the planning. The team is comprised of SCDSB teachers Connie Ubriaco, Todd Horn, Andrea Jebreen, Donna Rose and Vice Principals Megan Murphy and Dennis Charlebois.