Getting Ready for High School!

I am still cleaning out our classroom- well I just got back from California (you can read about it in my travel blog) so I haven't been doing this all summer!  I was thinking how excited and maybe nervous you must be about going to high school!  I kind of feel like that about retiring and thinking what I am going to do next!
I am still planning on volunteering at Trudeau so hopefully, I will get to see you!  I really wish for you a really good beginning to your new year!

The very last day with Division One in 2013

And finally we came to the last day as grade seven students for Division One and the last day as a teacher for Ms. Kezar.   It began with the final assembly.

There were lots of certificates and acknowledgements of all the final term sports teams and all the other participants in extracurricular activities.










I don't think there is any elementary school in Vancouver where so many kids are involved in so many activities!  I hope you all get as involved when you get into secondary school!

Our next event was Ms. Kezar's book give away!  I wonder how many of you have finished your books this summer.  I certainly hope you are making use of the public library!

After lunch we went off to George Park for the annual watermelon picnic with our grade one reading buddies.  That was lots of fun especially when parents brought extra treats!

We have had so much fun with the buddies this year!

It was a nice way to celebrate the end of school














We ended the presentation of fun certificates and report cards and a fun year came to an end!

Playland Wednesday

Everyone had a great day at Playland.  Here are a few pictures although sometimes it was hard to find everyone there were so many things to do!

Sometimes people were flying through the air!

Sometimes it was hard to catch the picture at the right moment!

A great deal of time seemed to be spent waiting in line!

Then there was time spent eating!

And then some people had some interesting purchases and prizes!

Downtown...Tuesday...

Here are a few pictures from our trip downtown with lunch at the Spaghetti Warehouse!

First we took the Main Street bus and the Canada Line to the Waterfront station

Some people caught up on their reading! 

Here are all the grade sevens at the Olympic Flame!













Here's the Orca that looks as if it is made from lego-no climbing please!

Eventually we made it to the Spaghetti Warehouse for lunch!

I think everyone enjoyed themselves!

 

With a big of free time in Gastown some people made interesting purchases!

And here's a shot of everyone with Gassy Jack-what a happy looking group!

Stay tuned for Wednesday's fun at Playland!

Graduation

Well the big day finally came!  And despite more than a few glitches with the slide show we made it through!  The next couple of days should be fun as well!

                                                                   Well here are the ladies

And then there were the gentlemen

And then there was everyone in our rather messy classroom!

And then there were our friends in Division Two although a couple of ladies were late and we missed them in the picture!

I know everyone is excited for tomorrow's trip downtown despite the expected rain!  Stay tuned!

Getting to give our money away!

Monday was also exciting not just for Reading on the Roof but because we were able to have a visit from our friend, Luella, and her brother, Robert, the founder of Compassionate Eye Foundation  and from Sharon, Vancouver's coordinator of Room to Read.  We were able to give them our cheques from our fundraising!  Here is the video with Luella and Robert and Doris and Jamee and here is the video of Sharon thanking you.
Tuesday we got to use the delicious strawberries Luella brought to do observations in science, practice our mindfulness, and of course get to eat them!  Sharon brought beautiful roses that we didn't try to eat, not even for the purposes of science.
I think Division One has learned a great deal about raising money for great causes and we thank Sharon and Luella for the great fundraising tips they gave us well.  We also really noticed that Robert used his passion for photography to raise money for a great project.  This week we have been working on habitudes-imagination, curiosity, self-awareness, passion, perseverance, and courage and here are three people who certain demonstrate these qualities.
Tuesday we had a visit from, Hector, a former student of Ms. Kezar.  Originally from Venezuela,

Hector moved to Vancouver and went to Moberly, Carleton, and Killarney Schools and now is studying urban design at Cornell University.  He was a techie in Ms. Kezar's class but he was impressed by your artistry and  technological savvy.

reading on the roof

Here is the view from up on the roof of Trudeau Elementary!  Once they found out about the teachers having a barbecue here, Division One wanted to enter the secret realm up on the roof.  Here's a famous song about being up on the roof!

Here are most of the girls, all engaged in reading...

Now who is that on top of the world?

Here are the rest of the boys...

These two can read anywhere anytime

Clouds anyone?

And looking down at trees is kind of nice and a bit of a change!

Four years at our school and this is the first class I know that has spent reading time on the roof.  There is a big desire to do it again as long as no one tries to kick a ball around on top of Division Two's classroom it should be fine...