This afternoon I found myself spending a fair bit of my time in Mme Cusanelli’s class. This is a grade 2 class, and they were having fun. Her students were doing fish printing, and I stayed and helped. I took some pictures and even got my hands a dirty by helping out with the printing a bit. Isabelle (a grade 12 volunteer from Handsworth) was a great help, assisting the students with the painting and making the print. Mme Cusanelli worked with students with the fish printing, while at the same time helping those who were making salmon images using plasticine or were doing other activities. She also helped out with my French from across the room at times. Merci.
The class has been studying salmon, and they are in charge of our two salmon tanks in the school. Our salmon have hatched, and are now in the alevin stage. The ones in the library seem to do a better job of hiding than the ones in the front hallway tank, but we know that they’re in there. Our grade 7 helpers continue to monitor the tanks and check the water chemistry regularly.
Fish printing was messy, but in a good way. Each child was able to make two prints, and I suspect that those children who were away today will get a chance to do it soon. If they weren’t making their fish print, they were working on another art project. See images below for an idea of how creative they are.
Take care.
