Huzzah!

Blogging is one way of connecting with people–Skype is another! Through the student blogging competition we’ve connected with Miss Wyatt in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Many of us have read and commented on her grade 6/7 class blogs. On Thursday at 2 pm our time we will meet up via Skype for a face-to-face chat. It [...]

Tags: Miss Wyatt, Skype, Student Blogging Challenge

Have you ever had a class election? Our class has. Different people had different roles in our election. There were five people running for three seats. Another role was campaign manager who helped with promoting the person running. Different parties put up signs all around the classroom and one party even had a video to [...]

Tags: election, Student Blogging Challenge

Guest Post By a Division 16 student… the Returning Officer Friday, Nov. 14 was an important date for Huzzahnia.  We held an election for our classes new council.  During the “All Candidates Meeting”, candidates delivered their speeches persuading people for their vote.  Here is an interview with one of the five candidates who’s nick-name is ”Turtle Eating Crumpet” R.O.: [...]

Tags: election, Student Blogging Challenge

As Queen of the Universe and Supreme Ruler of Huzzahnia, I declare that I will occasionally provide opportunities for direct democracy, through secret ballot or show of hands, and I may also grant some decision-making power to the directly elected class council. But it depends on how I am feeling. This is my official Toadstich [...]

Tags: election, Student Blogging Challenge

…you HAVE TO keep it! Our Class Council elections are over, and soon we will have a guest post or two about the process. Students made campaign promises–some serious, some not. One student who was elected had promised that if she was chosen, she would run around the school yelling… …and so she did!

Tags: election, Student Blogging Challenge

Guest post by Brittany On November 10th, 2008 there was an assembly at our school. It was the day before Remembrance Day and all the classes in the school headed to the gym. As all the classes were going to the assembly, students were fixing their poppies. If you don’t know what a poppy is, [...]

Tags: Remembrance Day, Student Blogging Challenge, video

We had a great time on Friday–a SPOOK-tacular time, as Catie says. In the morning we joined the school-wide parade, then our class shared their Halloween safety skits with a very appreciative audience. The afternoon was turned over to fun–read all about on the students blogs, and enjoy the video below.

Tags: Halloween, Student Blogging Challenge