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Merci beaucoup to the French Immersion Families who came and bought books at the Festival du Livre. Sales were moderate this year but it still enabled us to obtain a wide range of French books for the School Library. It is Continue reading Festival du Livre – Merci beaucoup!
FRENCH IMMERSION FAMILIES Our annual Festival du Livre / French Book Fair is on the same days as the Parent In-take meetings. This is your opportunity to develop a French language library in your home for your child in French Continue reading Festival du Livre / French Book Fair – Sept.22 & 23
Welcome back to school! I hope everyone had a wonderful summer filled with lots of activity and adventure! Besides loving to do lots of physical activity such as hiking in the summer, one cerebral activity I love to do is Continue reading Welcome back !
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Susin Nielsen came to Seaforth on April 2nd to make two presentions; one to Divisions 1 to 3 and the other to Divisions 4 to 6. She talked about her life as a writer and about her books, Word Nerd, Continue reading Sensational presentation by Susin Nielsen
Because St. Patrick’s Day falls during Spring Break, this week students will hear stories about anything and everything Irish! The Irish have a rich tradition of being excellent storytellers and writers. Kindergarteners and Grade ones will hear Clever Tom and Continue reading St. Patrick’s Day
Susin Nielsen, a well-known Canadian author who resides in Vancouver will be coming to Seaforth on Thursday, April 2nd to present to Divisions 1 to 6. She will be discussing her books as well as the writing process. She has Continue reading Susin Nielsen is coming!
On Friday, February 27, Seaforth School was very fortunate to have Inuit storyteller, Michael Kusugak come to talk to Divisions 7 to 10. This presentation was a direct tie-in to the classes studying the Inuit in Social Studies and it Continue reading Michael Kusugak, Storyteller
As part of their Black History unit, Division 1 students researched a famous Black-Canadian or Black-American and presented their final project using the Haiku Deck or Explain Everything app. Students were given a note-taking sheet to Continue reading Black History Month
Mme. Whitney’s class is doing a novel study on the time travel novel White Jade Tiger by Victoria author Julie Lawson. It is one of my favourite books for Intermediate students. Here are some links for more information about the Continue reading White Jade Tiger by Julie Lawson