We celebrated Earth Day today and were fortunate to have perfect weather. The Senior class went on a stream watching field trip with Maggie to Stoney Creek, where they sampled and recorded the life forms they found in the stream. Other classes spent time on nature projects, working in the garden and other Earth-related studies. […]
Assembly, Friday, February 10th
On Friday, quite a few exciting things happened at assembly. Jessie’s Early Primary class shared their book about what they would put in a zoo. Jess and some of the younger students sang “Puff, the Magic Dragon” (which never fails to make me all teary). Some of the Juniors and a few Primary Two students, […]
Earth Day at North Branch
On Friday, North Branch celebrated Earth Day. The morning was full of activities such as nature trail rejuvenation, tree planting, seed ball making, special science presentations and litter pick up. The afternoon brought a play, special games and songs and more. In between was the annual Earth Day snack: strawberry shortcake! We ended the day […]
Earth Day song to welcome a new baby
There were so many activities at school today for Earth Day that I am going to break them up into several posts. However, I wanted to put this one up right away. During the afternoon Earth Day assembly, the students, teachers and audience sang “This Pretty Planet.” We sing this song every year on Earth […]
Earth Day
Students celebrated Earth Day on Friday, April 24th. The school was a whirlwind of activity. Many of the children spent a large portion of the day outside. Tasks included picking up litter on the road, cleaning up a dump site in the woods, composting gardens, turning beds, planting a border and window boxes, and putting […]
