The 2014 CFY Festival of Trees was a success!! A huge thank you to all of our bidders and donators. Thank you: Spectrum Resources, Merit Ford, Syd's Pipes and Garage, South East Electric, True Torq, Red River Oil, Kings Dept Store, Michael's Coffee Shop, Faber's Electric, CMP, North American Lumber, Dale Gudmundson Co-operators, Pemoco, The Flower … Continue reading Festival of Trees
Nov 21 – No School Fun Day!
On Friday Nov 21 we celebrated National Children's Day with a No School Fun Day. In the morning we had grades k-2 play active games, build tape roads and make play dough. In the afternoon grades 3-6 played active games with the parachute, played kick ball and soccer, made healthy snacks and built wire hanger … Continue reading Nov 21 – No School Fun Day!
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R-tworx: Lizards
Pastel lizards inspired by Deep Space Sparkle. This lesson was more complex than some of my students were used to. (If you haven't signed up for the Deep Space Sparkle Teaching Art 101, Please do!) We started by drawing the shape of our lizard using familiar prompts like: Draw a backwards 'C' to make … Continue reading R-tworx: Lizards
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R-tworx: Colour Study with Marylin Carter
Local artist Marylin Carter came to R-tworx last week to teach the kids how to blend water colours. It was a fantastic class! We started with basic water colour paper and drew three overlapping circles. Then we used our red, yellow and blue watercolours in each circle. Twirling the paper and using extra water let … Continue reading R-tworx: Colour Study with Marylin Carter
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In Remembrance
This week our theme was Remembrance Day. It's pretty tough finding books for the little guys so I went with one about Canada and one about home. We then had a craft for each day.
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R-tworx: Day of the Dead
This past week was Halloween and Day of the Dead. So at R-tworx we explored Sugar Skulls made out of black paper and pastels. At first I had the kids draw some designs on a template before moving to the black paper. It was a great exercise in learning about the shape of the human … Continue reading R-tworx: Day of the Dead
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Boo!
It's hard to believe Halloween is just around the corner. This week we made our Halloween crafts. We made "spooky" ghosts and did some potato stamping in the shape of Jack-o-lanterns. For snack we had what the kids called "Halloween oranges". Next week will be our Halloween party so remember to come in your best … Continue reading Boo!
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R-tworx: Koi Fish
Last week the kids enjoyed learning how to make a basic tear drop shape and turn it into a fish. The fish were drawn in pastel / crayon and then the background filled in with watercolor paints. It was a blast. For a full tutorial please click here.
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The Very Busy Spider
This week was our Eric Carle theme for the month and we did The Very Busy Spider. We read the story, made a couple of spider crafts and of course sang "The Itsy Bitsy Spider". We even made our own snacks to look like spiders using a cut up banana, pretzels and raisins.
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At Home Alone
On Oct 7th, students at the Carlyle Elementary School took part in the At Home Alone safety program. The program runs in two sessions - Fire Safety / Street Proofing and When to Call 911 with the Fire Dept and RCMP and a second session with Supreme Ambulance that teaches kids the basics of first … Continue reading At Home Alone
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