Nov
02
2011

Jan Smith
We did! Halloween is a big favourite in our class. We like the candy, for sure, but we seem to love the costumes more. There was a lot of variety this year and scads of creativity. Notice the homemade costumes and the great ideas for enjoying this spooktacular day. Did you dress up on Halloween? [...]
Tags: Halloween
Oct
30
2011

Jan Smith
For a little Halloween fun, we sought out the creative inspiration of graphic artist Stefan G. Bucher. Several years ago he shared his imagination and talent with the world by creating The Daily Monster. He filmed the process and invited people to make their own. A simple process with infinite variation. You see it in [...]
Tags: Art, Creativity, Halloween, monsters
Nov
09
2010

Jan Smith
How’s your candy bag? Are you done yet? It’s been over a week, I am curious if you have found the bottom of the bag yet. Or are you still rationing? Huzzahnians, I still remember the fun we had during our Howlin’ Halloween Happening. Here’s a reminder of the fun we had. Thanks again to [...]
Tags: Halloween
Oct
28
2010

Jan Smith
This post is written by Mr. Carmichael (Yes, that Mr. Carmichael!) over at Building Blocks. You’ll soon find a similar post at Mrs. Braidwood’s Ripple Effect and Mr. Ferneyhough’s Chili Sauce, too. Huzzahnians, I will be sending you to these blogs to comment and connect with our Valley neighbours. Visitors, please feel free to comment [...]
Tags: commenting, culture, Halloween, spending
Nov
01
2009

Jan Smith
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 [...]
Tags: Halloween
Nov
02
2008

Jan Smith
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