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THE SHORELINE JOURNAL - MARCH, 2020 - PAGE 13
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By Linda HarringtonThis month the virtue of
focus was Acceptance, accept-ing everyone for their unique-ness and differences. TheVirtue Assemble was held onFebruary 7th.
The school community isbusy with learning and provid-ing opportunities for studentsto engage in some extracurric-ular activities of interest, high-lighting their talents and skills.In February, Chiganois stu-dents celebrated Valentine’sDay, 100th Day of School andAfrican Heritage month.
Goat Works visited theschool and provided a drum-ming workshop for each classon Friday, February 14th. Thestudents experienced somehands-on drumming andlearned the history, construc-tion and sounds of the drums.They explored some propertechniques and cultural rele-vance and learned to drum atraditional West Africanrhythm. The day was very in-teractive, allowing studentsthe opportunity to work to-
gether to create song and lis-ten to each other.
School Wide Skating for stu-dents in grades Primary – 5 atthe West Colchester UnitedArena will be held prior toMarch Break. More info tocome via email, closer to win-ter carnival week. There wasno school for students on Feb-ruary 17th, Nova Scotia Her-itage Day and no school forstudents on Friday, February21st, due to an Inservice Day.
This year’s annual ski tripfor the Grade 4 and 5’s wasscheduled for February 18thand the weather cooperatedmaking for a beautiful day onthe slopes. The SAC/PTG meton February 19th.
Pancakes with the Principalwas held on February 20th forFebruary Birthdays. The 100thDay of School was celebratedon February 24th.
Grade 4 & 5 students tooka trip to Museum of Industryon February 25th. PrimaryRegistration will be held onFebruary 28th by appointmentonly. Online registration for
Pre-Primary 2020/2021 hasopened up for any childrenthat will be 4 years old by De-cember 31st, 2020. Visithttp://www.ccrce.ca/pre-pri-maryregistration-form.
Did you miss ordering yourchild’s school photos this fall?Or need some more? Call Prid-hams at 902-895-1694, [email protected], visitwww.pridhamsstudio.com orstop into the studio on Prince St.
Over the past week, theschool has seen a large in-crease in the number of ab-sences due to cold and flusymptoms. A sick child is un-able to function well at schooland would probably recuper-ate faster at home. To help pre-vent the spread of illness,please help us promoteproper and frequent handwashing. We have also beentaking precautions at theschool including extra clean-ing to help alleviate the spreadof viruses.
March Break is March 16thto the 20th and a Provincial In-service will be held March27th, with no school for ele-mentary students.
Jade Barbrick shares a poem with and her mom,Crystal Barbrick.
Mrs. MacLeod’s Grade 4/5 class took part in Ru Ru’s Poetry Café on Dec. 17th.
Students taking part in Ru Ru’s Poetry Café at Chiganois Elementary (left to right)- Scarlett Benvie,Michael Giles, Sugar-Daisy Torrens, Jade Barbrick, Sophia Michelin, Claire McMullen, Jackson
Wenham and Cash Rushton.
Jacob and Liesa Michelin listen intently asSophia Michelin reads them a poem.
Sugar-Daisy Torrens takes her turn at the micduring Ru Ru’s Poetry Café at Chiganois
Elementary.
Mrs. MacLeod assists Michael Giles as he reads afavourite poem.
Ru Ru’s Poetry Café was held at ChiganoisElementary on Dec. 17TH
Mrs. Donna MacLeod’s Grade 4/5 class was transformed into a delightful café, with a light lunchserved and students took turns reading their favourite poetry and completing a few exercises.
(Harrington Photos)
One of the parents or teachers who accompanied Chiganois Elementary Grade 4 & 5students on a trip to Ski Wentworth on Tuesday, February 18th was kind enough to
take some pictures and send along to the Shoreline Journal. Individual studentswere not identified but a great time was had by all. (Submitted)
Chiganois Elementary Notes
Chiganois Ski Trip
