The last week of school was full of replicas and facsimiles. Here's a recap of the originals and their complimentary copies.
Restaurant Replay - Trip to Cora's and the School-Based Version (Times Two!)
On Monday, June 23, the Junior and Intermediate ESL students took a trip to Cora's, a Canadian brunch chain, to dine together and practice their English reading and speaking skills. Over twenty students took the TTC on this hot day to enjoy a meal together. The portions were huge and the food choices a bit different from what our students are accustomed to eating, but it was a lovely half-day excursion. Big thanks to Connie Chan, who came up with the idea.
The very next day, all the Library Helpers met in the staff room to enjoy their Appreciation Breakfast. I was the short order cook, flipping pancakes as fast as I could make them. Our Library Club President and Vice-President doled out syrup, berries and whipped cream toppings. It definitely made me appreciate restaurant employees!
Some of our Primary Division ESL students were disappointed that they were not included on the restaurant trip. Instead, the students that were customers on Monday's trip transformed into waitresses and cooks on Friday, June 27. We had a small restaurant café for the younger and less-articulate students so that they were included in the fun. Our ESL leaders welcomed visitors, took orders, and served the other students. I really liked how they stuck the orders on the makeshift wall of the "kitchen" for the food preparation staff to fill.
So You Think You Can Dance - Sanrio Edition!
This year's So You Think You Can Dance judges were Cinnamaroll, My Melody, and PomPom Purin from the Hello Kitty universe. We didn't look exactly like the characters but we made pretty decent copies. Here are the three teacher actresses, (me, Ms. Connie Yau and Mrs. Kerri Commisso) with our stuffed animal doppelgangers.
Big thanks go to Mrs. Commisso's daughter for allowing her mom to borrow her cute pink and white Jordans to complete the outfit!
Another shout-out to Connie Yau, who supplied us with the headbands and the ideas for the judge theme this year. The stuffies were a cute extra touch.
Play Day - Students Take The Lead
On Wednesday, June 25, we had Play Day. This was an event run entirely by the student members of the Student Council. It took a lot of work and a lot of faith in our intermediate students. Thankfully, they modelled some of their plans on Track and Field Day, by arranging rotations and a treat station as part of the mix. Lisa Daley, the Student Council staff advisor, should be incredibly proud of how the students, under her guidance, were able to make it such a success.
Fake Trees in the Library
I will write about this more at length in the future, but this week, the team of artistic Grade 8s were able to complete one of their legacy projects. They transformed one of the plain poles in the library into a birch tree, complete with branches made of chicken wire and paper maché.
On our final day, there were a lot of tears during our Grade 8 clap- out and at dismissal. Some students are moving and they were so distraught that they'd be leaving permanently after this day. To those who are sad - yes, it hurts, but thankfully we have ways to keep in touch. Thank you to everyone that made it such a memorable one.
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