Jan 29 2012
Fun Furry Friday
Just a quick little video–we seem to love our bears.
Tag Archive 'fun'
Feb 18 2010
Classroom Olympics–the Pairs Event
We may not be Olympians, but we can dream–and we can pretend. Today I invited Huzzahnians to dress up in pairs in honour of Mr. Laurie, former figure skating champion, to compete in our own Olympic event. We used the term “pairs” loosely, as you can see in the video. Students brought costumes, designed and [...]
Jun 24 2009
We know how to have a good time!
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. We played marimbas for Monday’s Gr. 7 grad–and we sounded great! We tie-dyed t-shirts with a logo designed [...]
Dec 21 2008
Holiday Cheer Through Silly Gifts
On the last day of school we held a Wacky Gift Exchange. The rules were simple: bring a wrapped, non-store bought gift, and secretly give it to Ms Smith. Ahead if time we talked about the difference between Wacky and Junky: ie a Barbie is ok, but a Barbie with hair cut off and marker [...]
Dec 13 2008
(Temporary) Winter Wonderland
Well, it didn’t last. (Spoke too soon: 24 hours later–now have 15cm of new snow!) We are back to green grass and snow-free skies. But that’s ok, because we can see the snow accumulation on the mountains (where it belongs!). While it was here we enjoyed it. We dashed around the soccer field and then [...]
