Cheslakees Elementary School |

The month of May has begun with many exciting adventures. Classes have started swimming lessons, and yesterday we released our salmon fry into the Cluxewe River. We also participated in Jump Rope for Heart and Stroke last Friday.

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Students have been busy practicing their skipping for Jump Rope for Heart. Mrs. Wadhams’ class has turned into a pirate ship as students learn all about pirates.

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Students have been learning about the Cedar tree and why it is sometimes called ‘The Tree of Life’. Last week we all helped to clean up the Earth on Friday. We also had a wonderful visit from Betty White a two-week old Nigerian Dwarf goat!

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We have been busy since we have been back from Spring Break. This week each class had a fun workshop with the Missoula Theatre company. Ms. Cook’s/ Mrs. Randall’s class did a science experiment turning a solid into a liquid and then a gas.

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March 14-18 ~ We had our first walking field trip to Sunset School, and we tried catching those sneaky Leprechaun’s on St. Patrick’s Day. Also, our Kindness Tree keeps growing with all of the kind acts that students are demonstrating.

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March 7 – 11: We are continuing to learn about dinosaurs and we made the most of our wonderful weather earlier in the week.

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This week we celebrated the 100th day of school. During the week we made groups of 10’s, counted to 100 and dressed like we were 100 years old!

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February 23rd – Wear pink in the spirit of kindness.

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Jan. 31 – Feb. 4 ~ This week we celebrated Chinese New Year, learned about groundhogs and Groundhog Day, and had our first Kwak’wala language lesson with Vera and Andrea via Zoom.

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January 24-28th ~ This week we have been learning about Chinese New Year, and we have been enjoying the sunshine outside. Also, each student was given a book to take home in celebration of Family Literacy Week.

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January 10 – 14 ~ Welcome back to school! This week we have made bird feeders, enjoyed the milder temperatures, and we have begun raising Coho in our Library fish tank.

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December 13 ~ 17, 2021 ~ We have had a fun and festive week! Yesterday students put on a concert and sang for their families. The concert performance was videoed and families are able to view it on the school Facebook page. Today students took a ride on the Polar Express. It is an magical time of year. We wish everyone a restful, fun and safe holiday season!

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Nov. 29 – Dec. 10 ~ We have had some good times playing in the snow and learning about teamwork while building with snow. Yesterday students constructed and decorated gingerbread houses. It was a fun surprise in the afternoon. Thank you to the parent and staff volunteers who helped make this happen!

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Nov. 22 – 26 ~ This week was a fun week and we managed to spend a bit of time outside between rain storms.

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Nov. 8-12 ~ This week we learned about Remembrance Day, talked about peace and what it means to us, and began to learn about our wonderful country, Canada. There was a break in the weather for time to explore the forest during our Nature Walk on Tuesday.

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Nov. 1 – 5 ~ This week we had our class and individual photos taken, a new student joined our school, we learned about First Nations Regalia, and counted pumpkin seeds.

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October 25 – 29 ~ This week has us learning about bats, pumpkins, spiders and Hallowe’en!

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October 18-22 ~ Another busy week has us exploring autumn leaves, making shapes, writing a book about bats, and making autumn art. We also spent a few hours outside on Take Me Outside Day!

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October 11-15 ~ This was another busy week where we learned to write numbers, learned about deciduous trees, spent time reading, doing yoga, learned about bears, and explored patterns in Math.

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October 4 – 8th

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It has been a busy week! Students conducted a leaf inquiry, wrote a book, made apple sauce, practiced patterns in math, and made all sorts of colourful turkeys for Thanksgiving. We wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

Wearing Orange because Every Child Matters

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The colour orange represents hope that Indigenous families and communities are healing. It symbolizes solidarity with Indigenous communities and has become a symbol of the commitment to a better future and reconciliation.

The Tour de Rock – Cops for Cancer Team visited our school along with Ryder the Raccoon!

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Students gave the team a warm welcome and we presented a cheque for $50! Thank you to those who donated. 🙂

Cheslakees Elementary School