Post a sticky to share your hopes and wishes for 2011!

Grade 5 Ski Trip

"Old Man Winter's Icicle Follies"

Our Christmas Concert, "Old Man Winter's Icicle Follies," was a wonderful success! Our students sang with all of their heart and moved the audience throughout the performance. Dressed as Santa and Old Man Winter were our hosts for the show, Carson and Rylan. They did a great job introducing each class and added real pizzazz to the performance!

Here are some snapshots from today:

Stuntnastics 2010

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"Movember" Month!

Our staff participates in the community in a variety of ways throughout the year including MOvember-raising awareness for prostate cancer.

Meet the MO-Bros:




....and our MO-Sistas:

Remembrance Day Assembly

Thank you to Constable Smits and Legionnaires, Norma Reid and Jack Perry, for joining us in our annual Remembrance Day assembly.
We began our assembly with a song called "Pittance of Time," where we began to think about our veterans and how some fought and some died for our wonderful country, Canada.

Our choir sang, "In Flander's Field" and then three of our Grade Five students, Dee, Kenny and Grace, shared some important facts about wartime and our freedom.

Monthly Assembly was SOOOOO Green!

September's assembly was very green! We dressed in our Be Green t-shirts and we were completely pumped about our first assembly. To start our assembly, our peer support team demonstrated some cool actions for each of our "7 Habits of Being Green" and then we reflected on ways that we "Sharpen Our Saw" as Mrs. Sztym led us through some really fun dances! To celebrate and recognize our annual Terry Fox run, Mr. Milford gave out certificates to our Terry Fox participants. Our assembly ended with each student holding a delicious apple and we bit into our apples at the same time to show our commitment to a healthy lifestyle.

Here are some photos from our assembly:

What a great assembly! Way to go!!!

This was a FANTASTIC Friday!

Fantastic Friday could not have been more fantastic! First, our Peer Support team led "Doubles Day," where we encouraged everyone to come to school dressed like a twin, triplet or quadruplet!



Next, internationally renowned author, speaker and artist, David Bouchard visited Lochearn and gave an inspiring presentation on the "Journey of Literacy."

What was your favorite part of David Bouchard's presentation?

Terry Fox Run

Celebrating 50 Years!

This week was Lochearn's birthday! To start the day, we enjoyed a fantastic welcome back breakfast that included delicious juice, muffins, and timbits. Later in the day we assembled in the gym in our "Be Green" t-shirts and celebrated 50 years of learning at Lochearn. In honor of these 50 years, we opened a beautiful park with a scenic mountain view.

Here are some pictures from our very special day:

Welcome Back!

Welcome to a new and exciting school year at Lochearn Elementary!

This September 1^st marks Lochearn’s 50^th anniversary. Lochearn School has had an amazing history of learning in an environment that has promoted excellence in learning together. Here at Lochearn, our parents, students, teachers and support staff form a learning community that values a safe and exciting environment.

This new school year will see more technology and 21^st century learning skills incorporated into our daily teaching. It will definitely be a time of excitement and change.

As part of our 21st century vision, we have decided to move our school website to a blog. A blog is an interactive website that allows visitors to leave comments.

Why would we move our website to a blog?

1. Social Relevancy – Our students are growing up in a digital world where they are immersed in technology. The internet has changed so drastically over the last few years and has evolved from what was called "Web 1.0," to what it is now being referred to as "Web 2.0." The internet used to be a place where we would go to find information (Web 1.0), but it is now a place where we can collaborate to share knowledge, and create and re-create information (Web 2.0). We need to ensure that our students have the necessary skills to use technology safely and effectively.

2. Engage in 21^st Century Skills- Three important skills that students engage in are collaboration, inquiry and critical thinking. This blog is another place where students can investigate and use their critical thinking skills as they collaborate and share their knowledge.

3. Share Knowledge- Students, parents and teachers can all collaborate and share their knowledge through the interactivity of the blog. We encourage our school community to share on the blog by posting comments.

4. Responsible Citizenship- As part of being a responsible citizen, students are also learning about responsible digital citizenship. Students are learning that the internet is a place where we act in safe and caring ways, just as we do throughout our school. As a school community, we can begin this journey, of teaching our students about their rights and responsibilities online and work together to prepare our children to become global digital citizens.

5. Love of Learning- As lifelong learners, we will grow and learn about the world that our students, “digital citizens,” are growing up in. This is another opportunity for learning and to care for our students.

I’m confident that our staff at Lochearn School will support and enrich your child’s learning journey. We believe that teaching a child to learn, to love learning, and to feel successful are the most worthwhile of all endeavors.

Thank-you for being a part of the Lochearn School Community.