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 CAMP WHITE PINE! By: Hayley & Kyrstyn (Gr. 6) The Grades 5 and 6 students went on a 2 night retreat to Camp White Pine in September. Have you ever thought about what Camp White Pine was like? Or what people thought about it? Well, we asked some teachers and students what they thought of the camp, and asked them to rate it out of 5 so if you didn’t go you get a sense of the place. An interview with Ms. Wilson Q: What did you think of the camp when you first got there? A: “I was impressed by the place!” Q: What was your favourite activity? A: “Ropes” Q: What was your favourite meal? A: “The pasta and garlic bread was good” Q: What was your favourite experience? A: “Seeing a deer and getting to know the grade fives” Q: What would you rate the camp out of 5 stars? **** An interview with Mr. McKeown Q: What did you think of the camp when you first got there? A: “BIG’’ Q: What was your favourite activity? A: “The dance party was fun’’ Q: What was your favourite meal? A: “Burger and Fries’’ Q: What was your favourite experience? A: “The northern lights and watching the kids doing the high swing and facing there fears’’ Q: What would you rate the camp out of 5 stars? ***** An interview with Number (Gr. 6) Q: What did you think of the camp when you first got there? A: “I thought the camp looked big and awesome” Q: What was your favourite activity? A: “The biking” Q: What was your favourite meal? A: “The hamburgers and hotdogs” Q: What was your favourite experience? A: “Seeing the northern lights” Q: What would you rate the camp out of 5 stars? *** An interview with Amy (Gr. 6) Q: What did you think of the camp when you first got there? A: “I felt like I was in the country” Q: What was your favourite activity? A: “The biking” Q: What was your favourite meal? A: “Pasta and garlic bread’’ Q: What was your favourite experience? A: “Seeing the northern lights” Q: What would you rate the camp out of five stars? **** An interview with Amy (Gr. 5) Q: What did you think of the camp when you got there? A: “I thought it would be tiring’’ Q: What was your favourite activity? A: “Biking’’ Q: What was your favourite meal? A: “Cereal’’ Q: What was your favourite experience? A: “The camp fires” Q: What would you rate the camp out of 5 stars? **** An interview with Connor (Gr. 5) Q: What did you think of the camp when you first got there? Q: What was your favourite activity? A: “The hike” Q: What was your favourite meal? A: “I loved all the meals” Q: What was your favourite experience? A: “Biking” Q: What would you rate the camp out of 5 stars ****
WALL OF FIRE Poem by Kielan (Gr.5) Crackling, Sizzling, Embers, Sparks Flying through the air Flames jump like a billion dancers Beautiful, mystical
Smoke billows up with the strength of a thousand bulls The flames grow higher and higher Until they illuminate everything In a wall of fire
All this inside my fireplace  Room 107 - Who's in Kindergarten?  Room 206 - Colour Patterns  Room 201 - Different Views  Room 201 - Sillouetes  Room 107 - Pictures  Room 103 - Culture Boxes 
 Room 205 - Self Portraits  Room 102 - Fall Leaves 
Photo Journalists Emily D. and Chloe (Gr. 5) |
 Terry Fox Run Grade 6 - Room 213 Remember the Soldiers By: Emma (Gr. 5) Remember all the soldiers that died And the ones who survived. Remember all the sacrificed lives And the ones who fought to save us. Wear your poppies with all your pride To symbolize your hope for the soldiers that fought.  Halloween! By: Juliet & Caitlin (Gr.6) Halloween Fun! Halloween
is the time for fun, the time to get lots of candy, go from house to
house saying “TRICK OR TREAT!”, and then time to dress up. How Halloween Started… The Halloween Traditions observed on October 31 had their beginnings long, long ago. They came from the beliefs of the druids. The druids believed that witches, demons, and spirits of the dead roamed the earth on the night of November 1. Bonfires were lit to keep the bad spirits away. To protect themselves from the mean tricks of the bad spirits, they made them good things to eat. They also disguised themselves, that way the spirits would think the druids belonged to their own evil kind. Surely the spirits would not harm members of their own group! Or so the druids thought. That’s why we celebrate Halloween by playing "trick or treat," dressing up in costumes, and wearing masks. Some costumes you might see on Halloween….. - Dead Alice - Rock stars - Wine Bottle - Greek Goddess - Michael Jackson - A Banana - Mario - Luigi - Show Girls Halloween Riddle What has webbed feet, feathers, fangs and goes quack-quack? Answer in December Issue
Favourite Recipes: Roasted Salted Pumpkin Seeds By: Tatiana (Gr. 6) · Pumpkin seeds · Olive oil · Sea salt Preparation: Pan-roast seeds in a hot cast-iron skillet until they puff up (stir constantly so they don’t get too dark), then drizzle with a little olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt. Apple Cider Cupcakes Recipe By: Tatiana (Gr. 6) Click on the file to view the recipe!
How Teachers Celebrate Thanksgiving By: Samantha and Fiona (Gr. 6) 1. Mr. Brinsmead- His family gets together and eats a lot of turkey to celebrate. 2. Ms. Ruiz- She ears deep fries turkey dinner. 3. Mr. Tilly- Gives thank you cards to all of his friends. 4. Mrs. Kouvaris- Eats dinner with her family. 5. Mrs. Morris- Has a family gathering. 6. Linda C.- Eats turkey dinner with her family and eats pie. 7. Mr. Sternberg- Has a special dinner with his family and they talk about what they are thankful for and sometimes depending on who’s playing they watch football. 8. Mr. Roblin- Drives to Ottawa. 9. Ms. Ling- Did something very special this year...She got married! Congratulations Mrs. Lee!
Camp White Pine: The Mystery Beyond The Gate (Part 1) By: Theadora (Gr. 6) As the wind whistled through the trees and the moon reflected on the calm waters, a man yells for help as he is trapped under a pile of rubble. How did he get trapped and is someone trying to destroy the one person who knows something about a secret that could change man kind? It is the first day of summer and there is much work to be done before the campers arrive. Every morning Andrew Claw wakes up and goes for a jog around camp, while he listens to his favorite tunes on his iPod. But on this jog he decided to go beyond the gates. Once he reached the road that led to the highway he turned around and headed back. Before he reached the gates that entered the camp he saw a ring sticking out of a pile of rubble. Could it be the very same man that went missing two years ago? As I looked at the ring I realize that it was one of the evil henchmen of Draco de Angelo. Angelo used to be one of the top agents working for the CSI(Camp Security International) Draco used to be my unit head when I was a boy. As a matter of fact he taught me everything I know today about being a good agent. When they took him away I was devastated. But don’t get me wrong because after hearing that I was devastated might make you think that I’m on his side, but you’re wrong. The only reason that I was devastated was because he had been like a father to me. I mean we shared a special bond that no one could and I mean no one could take away. For all you people that find this story heartfelt, snap out of it because I’m about to tell you something that you never would think could happen to a person like me. It all happened 3 years after Draco was taken away. I had just started to learn that everything that Draco taught me was wrong. So as you can imagine I was pretty messed up. For a while I couldn’t tell which way was up and which way was down. To make matters worse about 5 days later I received a phone call from my uncle. He said that my parents were killed. At the funeral Draco showed up because he was good friends with my mother. He said he had something important to tell me. I could tell because he wore a very serious expression on his face. Apparently my anger decided to get the best of me. So I yelled as loud as I could “GO AWAY”. After I said that he turned and walked off into a cloud of dust and I never saw him again So here we are a dead body and a jacket. If I remember the symbol of a dragon should be on the ring. Yes its right their. As I look at the ring it looks a little different from the other rings I’ve seen. Could this be a descendant of the Uranus family? Find out next time...
COMING TO MY SENSES Poem by Kielan (Gr.5)
I close my eyes Darkness The smell of glue sticks The faint taste of blood lingering on my tongue (I have a loose tooth you know) I hear coughing, sighing, exhaling and the scratching of pens against paper
I feel my desk, cold and hard it may be, But it is my home for six and a half hours every day, five days a week I rub my tongue against the back of my top teeth
Trucks zoom by outside The sound reminds me of the static I hear on the IPod player in the car I catch the scent my skin as I lean closely to my paper to write
I open my eyes
I see the random REGUALTOR J.F. PEACE FURNACE Co. LIMITED thing on the wall with a strange keyhole in the middle
All things part of my daily life.  Room 207 - Illuminated names and acronyms RIDDLES By: Eleanor and Tatiana (Gr. 6) Q. What do you call a fish without an eye? Q. What city has no people? Q. What is in the middle of Paris? Q. If you drop a yellow hat in the red sea, what does it become? Q. What 11-letter English word does everyone pronounce incorrectly? Q. What's black and white and red all over? Q. What is bigger when it is upside down? Q. What does every person have that they can always count on? The first person to come in with the answer to one of the riddles will get mentioned in the next article. Good luck!
Are You a Trickster or a Treater?
By: Theadora and Barbara (Gr. 6) Do you have what it takes to get all the candy or the one who can pull off a good trick? In this survey you can find out if you have what it takes? Take the Quiz, you know you want to. 1. On Halloween night what would your costume be? a) A Police man/woman b) A Criminal c) Other 2. Would you rather spend your time? a) T.P. a house b) Give out candy c) Read a book 3. In the future would you rather be: a) prank shop owner b) candy woman/man c) other What would you rather receive as a present? a) silly string b) candy c) other 4. How do you carve your pumpkin for Halloween? a) really scary b) funny/silly c) little bit of both
5. On Halloween What kind of candy would you prefer to get? a) something gooey b) all kinds of sour candy c) all kinds of candy Results: If you answered mostly a's then you’re a trickster. Mostly b's you’re a Treater! But if you answered mostly c's then you’re a bit of both. Happy Halloween!! Fall Colours Word Search By: Eleanor and Tatiana (Gr. 6) Click on the file to view the Word Search!
Bitstrips Comic By: Karina (Gr. 6)
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