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.)

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

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!

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…

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.

“All rise, Judge Smith presiding!”

Have you ever thought about what it’s like to be in a Canadian court? Well, today we (Catie and Rebecca) will tell you all about it so that you’ll be ready for a real case someday! We have just recently been working on a unit in Social Studies about justice. We have been focusing mainly on court. In this post, we are going to share with you what we have learned.

Court Members and Their Jobs

Everybody in the court has an important role to serve justice to the citizens and their community. We are going to define and explain what their jobs are.

1. Judge-The Judge is one of the most important people in the court. He/she makes the decision if the accused is innocent or guilty, and listens carefully to the people in order to make the fair decision.
2. Court Clerk-The Court clerk prepares the court’s schedule, and reads the charges of the accused. The court clerk also asks everybody in the case to swear on their religion to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
3. Crown Counsel/Attorney-The Crown counsel/Attorney is the lawyer for their province or territory. They represent society, and ask the witnesses questions and to tell the Judge the truth about what happened.
4. Investigating Officer-The investigating officer investigates the crime, and collects evidence. He/she also helps the Crown prosecutor.
5. Accused-The accused is the one who has been charged with committing a crime. He/she has the right (in most places) to remain silent and let their lawyer (the Defence counsel) speaks for them.
6. Court Reporter-The Court reporter records everything that is said in the court room during trial. He/she sits close to the witnesses to hear exactly what they say.
7. Defence Counsel/Attorney-He/she is the lawyer who works for the accused. He/she makes sure that the Judge hears the accused person’s side of the case, so the Judge can make a fair decision.
8. Court Officer-The Court officer/sheriff is responsible for keeping everybody in the courtroom safe during trial. Another thing that he/she does, is bring in accused at the right time.

Important Things in the Courtroom

Now that you have learned about the important people in court, we will teach you the important things, in the courtroom to make the trial run smoothly.

1. Closed Circuit Television-This item is used to show evidence for the accused (under 18 if it makes it easier for them to explain).
2. Coat Of Arms-Used as a very important symbol.
3. Canadian Flag-The flag is another symbol used to represent Canada. In other countries, people use their flags for the same reason.
4. Prisoner’s Box-This is used to hold accused if they happen to be in custody (jail) at the time. This is where the Court Officer would bring in the accused.

   All of these things and people, help make the courtroom FAIR. The Judge listens carefully to everybody, the Jury are unbiased and have no connection whatsoever to the Accused or the Witnesses, the Crown Counsel/Attorney defends the law while the Defence Counsel defends the Accused. Each one of these jobs and people are very important in making the procedures fair.

  We really have learned so much about court and justice in Canada, and it’s only been a few days! We really hope that you have learned as much as we have about this important topic. We couldn’t have learned all of this without this website. Thank you so much for reading this post, and we hope that you will visit Huzzah again soon! Until next time… this has been Catie, and Rebecca on Court and Justice. See you soon!

Photo Credits

Courtroom One Gavel by lambdachialpha
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Hello, and we’re your reporters here today, Rebecca, Chelsea and Catie. Today we are going to tell you about the wonderful event that happened just before Spring-Break! Our class got on their white costumes that looked very over-sized, and made us look like big, fat… MARSHMELLOWS! We looked incredibly silly, but it was definitely worth the laughs!

It turned out to be a brilliant performance for the night, and a large success for our VVOPPA (Valley View Organization to Prevent Poverty in Africa) cookie fundraiser! The goal of VVOPPA  was to raise $1 000.00 in total, and we raised $1 050.00! Now, back to the performance, our class didn’t get to see all of the show, because we were back in the classroom getting ready, and of course, goofing off! We occupied ourselves playing… LOOMPA TWISTER! Mrs. Snowden brought in a wolf documentary as well. Right before our performance, we played silent ball.

Several students from the class were actors in the performance including: Michael G, Daniel C, Rebecca, Haley, and Michael T. We were all very proud of their performances and hard work, they all did a great job!

Show Time!

As we entered the dark gym full of actors and audience members, and we started to sweat because of the hot lights beaming down on our faces and all of the body heat in the room. (It was VERY hot in there!) One of the actors had just finished there song, and then our music cued. The first people walked on to the stage, and followed by them was the rest of our excited classmates. The choreography was full of movements that took lots of teamwork to perfect. After the song was finished, we marched our way to the risers awaiting our next song.

We had to wait for the next scene to be over, before we could perform our next song. It wasn’t long before our song started, and by then, we were all full of energy and excitement… again! After that song was finished, we were all very excited because next up was the finale! The song was very upbeat so all the oompa loompas finally got to smile and not be so serious for once! All the grade fours and sevens joined in too, and made the song so great with all the effort and energy they put into it! After that was over there was a roar of applause and all the actors took a bow, and left the stage. Willy Wonka was over and we all got to celebrate our hard work, we could finally get out of those sweaty costumes too! Everybody had a great time and the hard work was definitely worth it!

Today you get to learn some recipes from the unique minds of our class. Here are some recipes for you to try and enjoy. Are you feeling like having some Fruit Salad? Try Austin’s Recipe! Or maybe your thinking you want some Japanese Sushi, try Nicholas’ Recipe! There are a lot more recipes such as:

• Catie’s recipe on Mini Pizzas
• Chelsea’s recipe on how to make Rice Crispies
• Daniel’s famous Smiley Face Bagels
• Daniel W’s Recipes
• Devan’s Apple Crisp
• Julian’s instructions on How to Put an Eggo in a Toaster
• Kris’ Recipes
• Maxs’ Cheese and Summer Sausage Panini
• Michael’s Intense Nachos
• Rebecca’s recipe for Nachos and Cheese and Toasted Almonds

These are our recipes. We hope you enjoy trying them! Send us a comment telling us what your favorite recipe is.