We celebrated Halloween in style–and with a lot of great energy! Thanks to Sue, Celine, and Susan for spending the afternoon with us and joining in the fun. We are grateful for all the goodies families sent in for us to munch on, and thank Mr. Laurie, too, for helping us throughout the week. He’ll be back at the end of November. See you then!

A bit of Friday fun…

Thanks to the school leadership club, today was a bit different. Staff and students turned up at school in their pyjamas, with stuffies and blankets in tow. We still managed to get a lot of learning in, despite appearances. Math, Social Studies and Language Arts still happened (as well as PE and Music). In the afternoon we invaded the library and had a Read-In under tables and counters, and between the stacks. Thanks to Mrs. Auchterlonie for welcoming us.

It was a great way to kick off a long weekend.

From Blue Devils swimming, to Chile and beyond!

Greetings to all the students and parents of Mrs. Smith’s grade 5/6 class.

My name is Mr. Laurie. I am a student teacher from Vancouver Island University. I will be a part of your classroom community over the next year. I am extremely grateful for this opportunity and thank you for your cooperation.

Being a student teacher, here in Comox, is a dream come true for me. I grew up in Comox and graduated from Highland. I love the Valley way of life and can not wait to give back to a community that has been so good to me. I look forward to sharing my stories and knowledge of growing up in the most beautiful place in the world.

I have enjoy immensely the three short days that I have spent in your classroom. You, the students are wonderful and I can not wait to know more about you. The parents that I have met are caring and supportive. I look forward to a great year with all of you.

(Mr. Laurie brings his many talents and enthusiasm for learning to the classroom–we are indeed fortunate. Parents, ask your son or daughter about what they have learned from and about him so far.  ~Ms. S.)

I like to start the day with something sunny.

For me, that’s a soft boiled egg in a cheery egg cup. I like to have fruit, too–this time of year there are plenty to chose from, and I have been choosing blueberries these days. Sometimes I have whole wheat toast or a bagel with cream cheese as well. I find this type of breakfast gives me the right amount of energy to get through the morning, and besides, it’s delicious!

How about you? What do you like for breakfast?

Image: Eggcup colours by Audringje

Well, gosh. How embarrassing.

Albert is very complimentary, and yes, I did have to fill in for him on short notice, but I am blushing a wee bit. He is much better at Scrabble than I am, and he never loses his keys.

I’m new here.

Well, new to this school, not new to this blog. As you can see, the Huzzahnian grads–now in Grade 7–were blogging all of last year. Feel free to take a peek at what they did, as well as what is on this, the class blog. With any luck, you’ll have a blog of your own in the next month or so.

Looking forward to meeting you!

The last week of school is always melancholy for me: I’m happy for the approach of summer, but sad to see the school year end. So the best plan is to go out on a high note.

1. We played marimbas for Monday’s Gr. 7 grad–and we sounded great!
2. We tie-dyed t-shirts with a logo designed by Chaeyoon and our names on it.
3. We painted Ms Snowdon’s car–just look at the results–

More fun to come as we head out to beach day in the rain…

At the end of the year…
In the air there is cheer.
There is no doubt and there is no fear…
There is nothing to be afraid of, my dear.
We find each other at the beginning of it all.
And in the summer we glimpse the last wall.
School is over and summer break has begun…
Now it’s time to have some fun.

Yes, this is the last year for me and all my classmates in Huzzah but next year… We’re pretty much still all keeping our blogs. Like I said,

School’s over and summer has begun. Now… Let’s have some fun.