MAYMONT 鈥� Maymont Central School students have been enjoying the mild January weather. They are outside playing tag and sliding around on the ice in the parking lot.
Students in Grades 10, 11 and 12 wrote their semester one exams this past week. Semester two begins on Friday.
In the new semester, the kindergarten students will attend Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays for the rest of the year.
The kindergarten and Grade 1 classes are currently working on a penguin theme. They have been learning facts about the Emperor penguin, the Adelie penguin and the Little Blue penguin. The students have been reading books about penguins, researching on the computers and drawing pictures.
Technology has become an important part of the English language arts in the elementary classes. Students have been using the iPads and computers to write poems, brainstorm and make shape poems. They also use them for reading and comprehension by using online books.
Students can also use the iPads to demonstrate their learning by speaking into the devices. They can use this interactive app to show their teacher what they have learned. For example, one Grade 1 girl counted by twos into the device and it read it out loud to her teacher. This demonstrated her understanding of this concept.
Friday was Moustache Day at school. There were paper moustaches, newly grown moustaches, rubber moustaches, painted moustaches and other creations. Students made some interesting moustaches.
Many of the students were involved in hockey on the weekend. It is a good thing there is artificial ice.
Kaleb Nelson and Jayden Rempel play with the Hafford Mustangs. They held their home tournament on the weekend. They played well and won first place.
听Many of the younger students play novice hockey with the Radisson Oilers. They attended a three-team tournament in Hague Saturday. They won both of their games and received the gold medal.
Ashton Harris plays with the North Battleford pee wee AA hockey team. He attended a 32-team tournament in Regina from Thursday to Sunday. There were teams from Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Manitoba, Alberta听 and even Colorado. Ashton said the competition was high caliber and they finished in the middle.
Arin Amson plays on the Saskatoon Comet Fury Pee Wee girls' team. They won their first provincial game.
The student curlers are grateful that Radisson's curling rink is available for their practices. Dennis Wawryk is their main coach and Kari Gray helps from the school end. Shelbi Prescesky and Larry Combres volunteered some of their time to help with proper curling techniques. Thanks also to parent volunteers, Doug Brehon and Jason Gray.
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