Special Events

Between the start of the placement in September and the middle of October, the school has had two very special events. This included a visit from the St. Catharines Falcons hockey team, and a World Record Walk.

Two players from the St. Catharines Falcons hockey team visited the school to deliver a very special message. Every class was visited by at least one of the two members to stress the importance of reading. In my grade 3 class, the students had the opportunity read along with the hockey member. The book that was chosen, was Z is for Zamboni. This was a great book for the students in the classroom because many either played or were big hockey fans, quite a few had even previously seen a Falcons game. After reading the book, the player announced to my students that they would be receiving a free ticket to the game that night.

The second involved participating in a potential World Record. The goal of the morning was to join students across the province in walking 3km simultaneously. Therefore, the whole school moved outside into the school yard where teachers had already set up the pylons to mark out the route. At 11:30 am, the whistle was blown and the school started walking. We were to walk around the route 3 times and that would result in the 3km goal. The hope was that there would be enough students across Ontario, walking at the same, to make it into the 2009 Guinness Book of World Records. To make the very official, there was even a police officer to sign as a witness that EVERYONE completed the route properly and there weren't any cheaters. We have not heard the news...so keep your fingers crossed!!!!