Our school-wide "Semaine de la francophonie" sure kept us busy this week! First up was the Missy D concert, one of our favourite French singers, and Madame lead the teacher fan-girl brigade. We were so thrilled to be able to sing along to many of the lyrics that we already knew from her songs! We also had multiple visits from Bonhomme this week, a school-wide picnic, and for some of us, our first taste of famous Canadian "Beaver Tails". Inspired by the ice sculptures in Quebec's winter "Carnaval", the whole school also participated in an "ice sculpture" contest made from sugar cubes. Apparently only brown sugar cubes were available at the store so we had to use our imaginations a bit. We started out really strong with our "ice sculpture", but soon found out that our love of liquid glue was actually melting the sugar. This turned our best efforts at a castle into a soupy mess and we were soon whipping out a spoon and stirring the messy stew that it had created. Needless to say, our finished product did not win any prizes. But we definitely had fun making it! And we enjoyed parading around the school to look at other classes' creations. And it wouldn't be a "Semaine de la francophonie" without some classic French-Canadian sports!... a toboggan race, a "crêpe" toss, a dog race, and a canoe race. (Imagination required)... Meanwhile, Madame has been continuing our chess lessons and we've been loving trying out our newfound knowledge during play time. A few of us have taken some liberties on the exact game rules, but for the most part, we are learning real chess moves and some of us are even beginning to strategize. We are also continuing to learn about the life cycle of a chicken, as well as French vocabulary related to chickens. It was especially fun to touch a couple of real nests! These ones aren't chicken nests, but were found abandoned by a special friend of Madame's who gifted them to her classroom. And hey, if we didn't have enough living things in our classroom, we now have more... caterpillars! We've begun measuring these little guys every day and are amazed at how fast they're growing! We are excited to watch their transformative process unfold. Extra photos...
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