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An Artful Afternoon

On January 24th CFY and the Carlyle Public Library with help from the RBC Foundation celebrated Family Literacy Day with an Artful Afternoon Family Event.  The art was provided by the Afterschool Art Classes that have been working hard on projects since last October. Families were invited to view the art, listen to stories, play … Continue reading An Artful Afternoon

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R-tworx: November Art

Sometimes some of the best art is unplanned.  These pictures were created when the students were finished their other projects.  They were given simple instructions such as: Draw yourself, your family, your house, etc.  I wish I had taken more pictures as I let the kids take home their sketches. The last picture by Mady … Continue reading R-tworx: November Art

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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: 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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For our Winter Themed after school program the Pre-K - Gr 1 classes took part in snowball relays, snowman decorating game and snow dough. To take part in these activities read below: Snowball Relay: You will need: Spoons Styrofoam Balls A large space items to mark the start and finish (such as hula-hoops) items to … Continue reading

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Girls Circle Round-Up

Our 2013 Girls Circle session ended just before Christmas.  I was so pleased to be able to work with such a creative and caring group of young women.  Through the fall we had been working through our "Being a Girl" work book and had spent time discussing friends, bullies and ways to help empower ourselves. … Continue reading Girls Circle Round-Up

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The CES Children’s Mural 2013

The 2013 CES Children's Mural is up!  This painting is a "KIDLABORATION!" of many different sketches from children in grades k-4.  (Huge bummer, I don't have the original artwork anymore!!)  This project was made up of seven pieces of plywood, two cans of primer, 15 quarts of exterior latex and a lot of hard work.   … Continue reading The CES Children’s Mural 2013

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Eat Healthy Foods!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBMxpDbp51A Hi Everyone! It has been a while, hasn't it!? I know I have a few summer posts to catch up on this week.  Wow, did we ever have a busy summer! In the mean time check out some of our photos and activities visit our Facebook page.  Or, while you wait, consider … Continue reading Eat Healthy Foods!

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Seedlings!

 Check out how much our seedlings are growing!!!  Do you remember when they were just little seeds?  Today the garden beds were ordered for the vegetable gardens, planting will be a bit late this year, but it was a long cold spring.  Aren't you glad Winter is over???