We Remember

Remembrance Day Assembly

Happy Halloween!

Each halloween, Mrs. Barrett and Mr. Barrett challenge each other by creating the most interesting pumpkins. They would like you to vote on their pumpkins.

Criteria:

-Most Creative

-Most Relevant to Today

-Most Eye-Appealing

Here is the link to the Grade 4/5 webpage where you can vote!

Mystery Reader!

Do you know who the mystery reader is?

3 Hints:

1. She is a teacher.
2. She taught Grade 1 at Lochearn.
3. She is very funny.

If you would like to guess, please comment on this post. (Remember to justify your answer)

The mystery reader is:

Be Proactive!

Here is a slideshow of our first habit.

Please post a sticky note on our wallwisher telling how you are proactive!

Health Fair

Lochearn Students Play Recorders at Community Event

To open the "Tribute to Japan," which was held at the curling rink, 4 of our students played O'Canada on recorders for our community. Wow, what a great job!

"Lochearn Rocks" in the Rocky Parade!

Rockin' Rodeo at Lochearn!

Smart Learning Rounds at Lochearn!

As part of our whole school goal of increasing student engagement through Smart Learning, we are excited to share our learning with our colleagues. This week we will host learning rounds in Grade 1, 3 and 5. Teachers from within our school division will be joining our classrooms to observe Smart Learning in action!

Here is a sneak preview:

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Make and Take Night: Earth Day!

Music Monday-Choir Sings for Us!

Today is Music Monday. It is a day celebrated across Canada by music teachers and is sponsored by the Coalition for Music Education and CBC. Luc Ducette was commissioned to write a song that will be sung and played on instruments by school children all across Canada at the same time.

The choir has been working on this challenging song this month and added their voices to the air at 11am today. Here is a clip of our fabulous choir:

Student Art Sale was a Huge Success!

As an extension from our whole school literature project "One Hen," students wanted to sell their art for a dollar at parent teacher interviews, to raise money to feed families in Africa. The art sale was definitely a huge success! So successful, that students raised over $600, which provides 12 families with 5 chickens each. To celebrate this accomplishment we had a whole school chicken dance on Thursday, April 28.











Way to go, Lochearn!

"Peck, Peck, Peck" Kindergarteners observe chicks being hatched!

It was an exciting day yesterday in Mrs. Stzym's classroom when Marvin entered the world! As scientists, the Kindergarten students observed the first of eight chicks being hatched. The energy and excitement filled the school as we welcomed Marvin (Marvin because they are studying the letter M) into the world. Mrs. Stzym spent hours videotaping these chicks throughout the evening so her students could witness the rest of the eggs being hatched.

Here is a video of this amazing event:

Science Fair is April 29!

This year our fair will be a one day event occurring in the Lochearn gym on Friday, April 29, 2011. Students are invited to participate in the fair by working on a class based project or an individual project of their choice. Parental involvement is strongly encouraged throughout the science fair project process!!

We look forward to seeing the interesting projects brought forward by our students, and invite you to come and view their work. Thank you for your interest and involvement.

"Go, Lochearn, Go!"

Here are some snapshots from the great games played this afternoon. All teams played with pride and demonstrated such sportsmanship. Way to go!

Thank you ERE and Lochearn for the wonderful games!

Peter Puffin

2011 Juno award winner, Peter Puffin, performed for our students on Friday, March 18. Here are some snapshots from the concert:

This day is full of awesome! YAY for GREEN!!!

Happy St.Patrick's Day to Lochearn!

Keep Being Green!

Lochearn Rocks!

Join us for our morning announcements!

We will be airing our morning announcements live each morning at 8:50 am and will be using a web 2.0 tool called Livestream. Click on this link "Lochearn's Morning Announcements" to connect with us! (You can also find the link on the left hand side of this webpage under links.)

Ustream is one of the many Web 2.0 tools that are used to connect with others. We have collected some resources that might be of interest to you, as we continue to work together to educate our students about online safety.

1. Web Aware- This site will help you increase your awareness of how your children are using the internet and the issues they may encounter along the way.

2. Internet Safety: You and your child can play this game together and have a discussion about being safe online.

3. You can also visit Lochearn's Parent Corner for more resources on web safety.

Join us for our morning announcements at 8:50am. Hope to see you tomorrow morning!!!

February in Review

December and January

What are you passionate about?