Knitting Club on Wednesdays
Salmon Eggs
Chess Club. Waiting for Tony to make his move.
Strange creatures live in our library.
They were all working at the same time. 🙂
Owl pellets in grade 4/5
Sharing an IPad in Grade 1.
Once again, we will be raising salmon at Cleveland School. The salmon tanks were set up by Mme Cusanelli and our Salmon Squad (Krista, Aj, Tiana, Kobi, Cameron, Cole, Jack and Mone). Thanks team. The set up looks great.
There seems to be a lot of interest from students as they walk by the two tanks. We have one in the library and one in the front hallway (near the gym). We expect the eggs to arrive next week and we will post an announcement when the eggs arrive.
The salmon should be with us until some time in April, when Mme Cusanelli’s grade 2 class (and the Salmon Squad) takes them to a local creek to release them.
Please visit the Vancouver Aquarium web site to learn more about salmon.
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When you visit Cleveland Elementary School, you will often see students helping out around the school. Students are often volunteering their time at recess and lunch. They help with sports equipment, lunch monitoring, unlocking school doors, tutoring other students, setting up volleyball nets, taking photos for the grade 7 year book, working as Playground Pals, making the daily announcements over the public address system, setting up and maintaining the two salmon tanks, checking in or out library books, etc. The list is long. I may have mentioned this before.
Now, thanks to a few of our grade 7 students, we have Student Helper ID’s. Some of our grade 7 students spent their break time in my office designing, printing and organizing these badges for all teachers. Thanks grade 7s.
These ID’s are used by students throughout the school when they are helping us out. Students seemed quite pleased to wear these badges. It makes them feel official.
If you see a student wearing a Student Helper badge, can you please say Thank You to them? It would mean a lot.
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2015 has started with us receiving four new students today. We have new students in grade 2 (division E05), grade 4 (E04), grade 5 (E03) and grade 6 (E01).
It’s a great way to start the year off. I know our students will make these new students feel welcome.
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Prior to our recent winter break, I received a number of letters (approximately 30) from students in two classes asking me to consider installing a “Buddy Bench” at Cleveland. The letters were from students in grades 5 and they were quite clear about why they want us to get a buddy bench.
I looked up “Buddy Benches” online, and found the following:
This is definitely and idea worth pursuing. I may need to find some help with funding, and will definitely need some help from the grade 5s about where to place a bench (or benches).
I will follow up with the students and staff and see where this leads.
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