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On-Line ROC-A Mock-Exam
This post is for the boys who took the Radio Operators Certificate – Aeronautical course with Mr. Weber. Janine, from Air Time Canada sent me the following message: Here is a link to the on-line ROC-A...
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What a Tableau!
Dah-da-da-dah! The library has once again made magic happen with our group photo for 2012-2013. The boys’ faces are telling as many stories as the books they’re reading!
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Congratulations to Our Official Radio Operators
Check out the email that Mr. Weber recieved from Ms. Cross at Air Time Canada, in regards to the Radio Operators Certificate – Aeronautics (ROC-A) exam that was written yesterday …...
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Robotics Action!
Alistair, in Grade 4, alerted us to the cool robotics system called VEX. Check out this video about the 2013-14 VEX IQ Challenge. Is this something that you think we could acccomplish?
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Mice, Lasers, and Altered Memories . . . Oh My!
Today we held the first movie screening for our new project: the Saints Film Festival! Every month, we’ll be inviting students to watch a short film and then participate in a discussion afterwards....
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Human Library: September Edition
Today we welcomed our first Human Library guest of the year – and it was someone who really belongs in a library! The talented local writer Rachelle Delaney paid us a call to discuss the writing...
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Stimulating Statistics
Follett, our library catalogue system, has the ability to spit out all kinds of interesting (?) statistics. It’s just like Major League Baseball! We thought you might like to see a sort of “snapshot”...
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Quick! Look Busy!
Library Club is not for the faint of heart. Today was hard work! First, there’s a stack of books to check in… … overdue notices to deliver… … picture books to weed… … and Halloween displays to...
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In Defense of RATS!
This week, the Grade 4 classes got a chance to get up-close and personal with our three library rats for a writing activity. The Grade 4s are studying The Tale of Desperaux, Kate DiCamillo’s...
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Happy Halloween!
Have a marvelously spooky night of trick-or-treating! Today was a very fun day at St. Georges! Check out the photos. Two entries in the Best Homemade Costume contest. A mad scientist! (Check out the...
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Have You Been Stung by the Spelling Bee?
Avi, in Grade 4, came to the library wondering how he might study more effectively for the upcoming spelling bee. We did some research and came up with some great resources that would logical places...
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Coins, Copper, and Chemistry (Guest Blogger: Aidan T.)
Mr. Weber and I have been working on a project that has to do with the Periodic Table of Elements. As part of this big investigation, we decided to work on an experiment about copper pennies and their...
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Forget Waldo…
The real question is: “Where’s Manitoba?” This week’s centre is a brand new world map jigsaw puzzle (600 pieces!) and for the life of us, we can’t find Manitoba! It’s probably hanging out...
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Turtles on the Move
Christopher & Joshua, in 4VL, have been investigating turtles as part of an inquiry project. After their most recent meeting with Mr. Weber, he gave them some homework, and they gave him some as...
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Investigation: Robots
Jacky & Andy, in Grade 4, have started to investigate some interesting stuff about robots. We have talked about ASIMO, the world’s most advanced humanoid robot (created by Honda’s research and...
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Let’s Do Lunch
Today has been one of those kind of… icky… days, weather-wise. It’s not raining hard enough to justify an indoor lunch recess, but it’s just wet enough to make the idea of “fresh air” rather...
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Malala’s Quest for Equal Rights for All
This morning, Armaan in 4VL gave a presentation to his class that he’s been working on for a considerable amount of time. It was called “Malala Fights for Girls” and is all about Malala Yousafzai, a...
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Ben Drowned Video Game Mystery
Recently, Kenneth in Grade 4 came to see Mr. Weber with an interest in a video game mystery that he’d been reading about online. The story is about a user, Jadusable, who had a Nintendo 64 console, and...
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Fish Aquarium is Back!
Yesterday boys from a variety of grades participated in helping create the new fresh water fish aquarium. The tank has Amazonian substrate and plants from Denmark! The tank isn’t ready for fish yet...
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Hour of Code
This week every student at the junior school is participating in Hour of Code. We live in a world surrounded by technology. We know that whatever field our students choose to go into as adults, their...
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