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Remembrance Day at BDES
Quinn and Jocelyn carried our wreath to the front of the gym as part of our moving Remembrance Day Assembly. Many of our students participated in the Junior Choir and presented a wonderful rendition...
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An ancient visitor.
We had an ancient guest in our classroom. Rachel brought a fossilized ammonite and shared with us about this very old sea creature that she got at Cave of the Mounds in the US.
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Pajama Day fun
Pajama Day was a blast! We each donated $1 for the right to wear pajamas and our school ended up raising $340 for the Red Cross Ebola Relief Fund.
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Student-led Conferences
This was the second year that our school has made the transition to Student-led conferences. Most of the students in our class came to school last Thursday evening or Friday morning to share with...
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Initiative Task Fun
In gym we have been participating in Initiative Tasks in order to build our confidence, group skills and leadership skills. This task was to get your entire team safely to the other side of the shark...
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Global Read Aloud
October-November was marked by the Global Read Aloud event. We were part of more then 300 000 students world wide who participated in this event. This year we read and discussed the book The Fourteenth...
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Brott Music Festival
This great concert at Mohawk College in Hamilton entertained us with musical pieces from Beethoven’s Ode to Joy to Let it Go from Disney’s Frozen. From the Sabre Dance, performed by an incredible Beat...
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Annual Egg drop competition
Last Friday we enjoyed our second Structural Challenge of the year in our annual Egg Drop Competition. We were joined by the grade 3′s who had spent the week working on their protective cases for...
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Our Jigsaw Energy Project
For our Energy unit our class is doing a Jigsaw Project. We normally sit in five different groups in our classroom and these groups will be our Media Project groups. Each of these groups will be...
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A musical surprise!
We were excited today to welcome the Paris High School Band under the leadership of Mr. Winter to Burford today. This surprise visit was a welcome treat as students learned about the different...
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It’s a Snow Day
Monday, February 2 has been declared a Snow Day and all schools are closed. Enjoy your day
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Math Problem-Solving
Through January we worked on different problem solving strategies in Math. One of the group activities we used was a Place-mat activity. Groups received the problem read it over together and each...
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Great Results at Indoor Rowing Competition
Congratulations to Dylan who represented our class at the Canadian Indoor Rowing Competition in Mississauga! Dylan finished second in his age group with an outstanding 500m row at the Hershey Centre....
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Board-game Celebration
Our Bobcat Blast monthly celebration for January was a board-game period. We all put away our electronics for the period and socialized with our peers by playing a variety of games. Students enjoyed...
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Valentines Celebration
Red seemed to be the colour of choice on February 14th! The dance seemed to be enjoyed by all!
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Skating Fun!
What a terrific time we enjoyed skating at our backyard arena! Students of all ability levels had the opportunity to practise and improve their skating ability. Thanks to the many parents who came out...
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Outdoor Winter fun at Chicopee!
This Winter may seem long, but we took full advantage of it by kicking March off with a fun-filled trip to Chicopee Ski hill for a Snow-Tubing adventure. The slopes were slick and everyone wore a...
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Public Speaking Champion!
Congratulations to Matt and Eric who represented our class at the Junior School Speech competition. Matt, who did his speech on Vacationing at his cottage, did a terrific job and ended up winning the...
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Spelling Champions!
BDES Spelling Champion Congratulations to Eric and Garrett who represented our class at the School Junior Spelling Bee and finished first and second! They were given some very challenging words to...
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Snow Sculpturing Fun!
Finally, the temperature has warmed up enough that we have packing snow to play with. To celebrate this wonderful occurrence, we took our art and engineering class outside and held a snow sculpturing...
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