More snow and more face-painting

It's been a busy few weeks here in Garden Hill as far as teaching is concerned. Ender is working away at writing comments for his report cards which are due to be in at the Elementary school next week. My report cards don't need to be in until December so I have a bit more time to get my marking sorted out before I write comments.

A beard is like a wool sweater that's always on your face.

We are starting to have full school weeks again, and I'm appreciating my  weekends for the chance to cook, clean and sketch.

Serious painter face

One of Ender's students he convinced to be a cheetah.

Adorable

Lots of butterflies

The line was so long some didn't make it.

Mouse and monkey.

Space

Ender's favourite. He convinced her when she didn't know what to get.

The Elementary school also held another fundraiser. Ender signed us up for face-painting which we did for 4.5 hours straight (or the length of A New Hope and Return of the Jedi back to back which we had playing in the background).

The ice has finally formed and soon the winter roads will be opened. It's thick enough for us to walk to the Northern though and we made our first trek across the ice today to get some much needed groceries (oh butter how I have missed you). We had planned to walk, but once we got to the lake we were offered a free ride across on a snowmobile and then we decided to pay the taxi back to our house. Straight to your door at breakneck speeds in a plywood box for $5? Sign us up!

I've also been making progress with my classroom. The map is up and it is glorious. I also asked for the Industrial Arts students to make a bookcase for our classroom. Now we have a place to keep books for independent reading that's accessible by the students.

How great is this!

And finally, the most exciting development this week. I've decided to start a cartoon watching club that will take place once a week during the 2nd half of lunch. I already have two very excited students participating, so I asked them to make a poster for the club. They spent half the day working on it, all from memory of what the characters look like. The addition of "and other cartoons" was a compromise.

Worth Sharing:

- This is a fantastic idea for home aquaponics and I would consider using it in the classroom because it fits the grade 7 curriculum perfectly.

- I really enjoyed Bob Watts'  2012 Vancouver Human Rights Lecture and I think all Canadians should give it a listen.

- I check this website daily but the weather has been very cloudy (and cold!) lately.