Halloween

Awwww...how adorable.  Mrs. Colbourne's kinders are all dressed up!



Look at all the cute costumes in Mrs. Mac's grade one class!



And more great costumes in Mrs. Hennesy's class!

Our Haunted House crew.  With the help of Global Daycare, the student council organized a very spooky haunted house and raised 400$ to help beautify the front entrance of our school!

Terry Fox Walk

On October 7th, we had the Terry Fox walk. It was a beautiful
sunny day. We were dressed in our house colours. We raised alot of money.

What a great walk

The older students helped the younger ones

Look @ SORBUS go

Character Education



The October theme is APPRECIATION!

Thank you to Ms.Mackie, Mme.Bryne-Houle and Mme.Lise for the presention.



Sorbus yellow, tried and true





Acer red, know what to do

(The wining house for acceptance.)

 






Salix honour, strong and blue



Ulmus orange, the faithful crew

Elections

On October 6, we had elections for the student council president.  Congratulations Matthew Gorle!!!!

                            It was fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome shirt Nicole. I will definitely vote for you !

                                                                          

                                                             Look at all the cute nominees

                                                           Good speech Kassandra !

                                                            Go Nicole go !

                                                              Way to wow the crowd Mattew!

Thank you for the intro Mrs.Taylor!

Spirit day

On September 30th, it was our first spirit day, and everyone was wearing all their house colours.
It was amazing!!

          The orange colour is for Ulmus!

Blue is for Salix

Yellow is for Sorbus

Red is for Acer

Book Fair

September's awesome "To The Book Fair and Beyond" event where everything was out of this world!


This is the robot band introducing the Forest
Valley book fair.

                                     


The awesome entrance to the book fair.




To the Book Fair and Beyond welcoming robot.




The rocket that took us to the book fair.




Clifford with the welcoming robot.




Mme Makara's class with their reading buddies at the book fair.



SUCCESS!

Congratulations!  You've completed the scavenger hunt.  We hope you had fun.  Here's a certificate to mark your achievement.

THE SCAVENGER HUNT IS ON!

I hope you're ready to use your detective skills to find and figure out clues, all while exploring your school.  Are you up for the challenge?  Your first clue will get you started.  Here it is!

Where do you go when you’ve forgot your lunch?  When you need some ice?  Here you will find your next clue!

GOOD LUCK!

THE FOREST VALLEY SCAVENGER HUNT 2011

Are you ready?  On Friday, March 25, your class will get a chance to explore the school in search of secret clues.  Each clue will take you one step closer to completing the scavenger hunt.  Check here on Friday morning to get started on the hunt!

CHARACTER EDUCATION ASSEMBLY: HONESTY & TRUSTWORTHINESS

Forest Valley ES gathered once again to introduce the next character education theme for March: honesty & trustworthiness.  Ms. Rawes' grade 5 class prepared five skits that each demonstrated honesty in different scenarios.  Great job 5's!  Certificates were also given out to the recipients of the February fairness award.

 

 

 



BLUES IN THE SCHOOLS

Forest Valley ES had the great opportunity to take part in the Blues In The Schools program between February 28 until March 11.  The entire school enjoyed four different blues concerts featuring artists such as Drew Nelson & J.W. Jones, Jesse Green, Jason Fryer, Micheal Jerome Brown & The Mighty Popo.  A small group of students of all ages will also participate in a blues music workshop, where they will put together a blues performance to play for the rest of the school.



SHLOCKEY HAS ARRIVED!

Forest Valley students have received brand new shlockey boards to play at recess.  The boards were built by students at Ottawa Technical Secondary School, and they did a great job.  Kids began playing with the boards on Wednesday, February 23.  It's been a great success!  Come try shlockey with your friends next recess.  There will be grade 5 students there to teach you how to play.

LEGO CLUB

Forest Valley E.S. has a Lego club, where students learn new and exciting ways of building with Lego blocks.  Lately the club has been working with robotic Lego, with real motors and moving parts.  They took their Lego creation to a Lego Robotics competition over the weekend.  We interviewed them about it.  Keep reading...

Student Council: When did you start the Lego club?

Lego Club: In November, 2010.

Student Council: Describe what you've built with the Lego club for the competition last weekend.

Lego Club: We built a tiny robot.

Student Council: How did the competition go?  What were some of the highlights?
Lego Club: We made it to the second round, and earned second place.  Our robot had to scrape ice for 1 minute.

Student Council: What is the Lego club doing next?

Lego Club: Planning for the next competition.  We're using the same robot, but we're making improvements to it.

CHARACTER EDUCATION ASSEMBLY: PERSEVERANCE

Forest Valley assembled in early January to introduce the next theme in character education, PERSEVERANCE.  Guest speaker Kevin Frost is an Para-Olympic athlete, and spoke to students and staff about overcoming challenges to meet your goals.

 Para-Olympic speed skater, Kevin Frost. 

 A student gets to experience the abilities of Kevin Frost.

Students and Madame Makara take photo with Kevin Frost.

Recipients of the "Art of Giving and Receiving" awards.