During this year’s Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week students from St. Bernadette Catholic School participated in various lessons and activities to promote peaceful relationships and conflict resolutions; such as school-wide read-alouds, teachings around how to be “bucket fillers” by doing kind deeds for others, and, as pictured here, participating in the “Kelso’s Choice” conflict management skills program. Through active role play and puppetry students learned that they are smart enough and strong enough to make good choices.
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Ghostbusters on the Job at St. Bernadette
The staff at St. Bernadette Catholic School were well prepared for ghosts and goblins that normally make an appearance on Hallowe’en. The teachers, or Bernadette Ghost Busters as they are also known, were able to capture two very scary ghosts (who surprizingly resembled the Principal, Diana Salvador and the Secretary, Shari Schroeder). The school is safe now and ready for students when they return to classes after an evening of trick or treating.
Traffic Survey Fires Up Math Lesson
Teacher Nancy Perron’s grade 3 class at St Bernadette Catholic School recently completed a traffic survey on Auger Street in Sudbury. It was all part of a hands-on lesson in math. Students brainstormed possible makes, colours and types of vehicles they might see and then sorted them into categories. They then took their worksheets to the street. Despite the cold, every student captured their findings. When they returned to their classroom, they tallied their results. “Every student had the opportunity to interpret their data and represented their results in bar graphs,” said Mme Perron. “This survey provided an authentic learning experience and supported their learning of data management in a fun way.”
Pumpkin Decorating at St. Bernadette
St. Bernadette Catholic School Grade 5 French Immersion student, Parker Farstad, and his mother proudly show off their scary creation. The parents of grade 3, 4, 5 and 6 students joined their children in class to decorate pumpkins for use this Halloween. Parker created a spooky spider pumpkin and his classmates were just as imaginative: there were haunted houses, mummies, ghosts and skeleton pumpkins. Happy Halloween!
Cardinals Share Their ‘Goodness’ with the Sudbury Food Bank
The line ‘Teach me goodness’ is an integral part of the St. Charles College motto. This week, the students at the school learned about goodness and shared the fruits of their labour.
The secondary school students, coupled with children in the feeder schools canvassed together for the largest school food drive in the city. The goal was to raise 60 000 cans for the Sudbury Food Bank and the Cardinals surpassed that goal with a new all-time total of 125 080 cans. This is the single biggest contribution in history to the Sudbury Food Bank.
The secondary school has hosted a food drive for twenty-seven years. It is supported by students at St. Bernadette, St. Raphael, Pius XII, St. Andrew, St. David and St Paul and St. John.
Learning about Aboriginal Culture at St. Bernadette
Students in grade 1 at St. Bernadette Catholic School gathered in a circle around Aboriginal Educator, Joel Agowissa recently. Joel is sharing his knowledge of aboriginal teachings and traditions with the students.
Building Hype for Cans
This week, members of the Student Council at St. Charles College have taken their campaign about hungry people needing help to a number of elementary schools. Now it is up to the kids to take that message to the streets and collect cans.
The school is trying to meet its goal of providing the Sudbury Food Bank with at least 60 thousand cans of food to help people in our community during the winter months.
Each year, the feeder schools (St. Bernadette, St. Raphael, Pius XII, St. Andrew, St. David, St. Paul and St. John) support the initiative by getting the younger students to assist with the canvassing and collection of non-perishable food items.
Last year the school collected more than 120 thousand cans. They have been participating in an annual food drive for more than 30 years.
Student Council Teacher-lead Paola Gutscher says “it brings great joy to see kids helping kids in our community and feeling a sense of pride and accomplishment in achieving and surpassing our goals each year.”
Buster the Bus at St. Bernadette
Buster the Bus paid a visit to St. Bernadette Catholic School on Wednesday October 3rd. All students gathered in the gym and participated in a presentation which focussed on the importance of bus safety. The presentation included Buster the Bus himself; a talking and moving bus, a sing-along, an interactive presentation, and a trivia game. The students at St. Bernadette loved learning about bus safety and are enthused about making the right choices while riding to and from school on the yellow school buses.
Showcase Portfolio and Family Dinner at St. Bernadette
Austin Desrochers, a grade 2 student at St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School proudly shared his showcase portfolio with his father during Catholic Education Week. The school held a Showcase Portfolio and Family Dinner evening on Wednesday, May 9th.
All the students from JK ~ 6 selected works from their portfolios to share with their family members.