Our Day

At recess I played with Riley. We played on the swings. I had fun! -Lennon
We played a very fun game in gym. It was called Bench Ball. -Theo
I liked playing with my friends at recess. -Braxton
This morning, we had the Terry Fox run. It was raining outside so we had to do it in the school hallway. After Social Studies, we played 10-frame flash. My partner was Tynysha. -Ethan
At lunch time, it was thundering and lightning outside so we had to stay in. When we stayed in we played games like Connects. -Michael
It was a fun day at school because we went to gym and because we made fall trees. -Julia
We talked about why people celebrate Halloween. -Hunter
When it was recess, I was playing with Theo and Jeremy. We were playing on the slide. -Nathaniel
We wrote poems about fall. -Brooklyn
We just learned about what people celebrate in other countries. -Claudia
When we went to gym class we played another game called Colour Tag, but we didn't get to finish it. Also, at 1:00 we had a fire drill. -Jeremy
We finished our fall poems today. -Lauren
I am super proud of the students in room 24 at Athlone School because we made it past 10 minutes during Read to Self! They are quickly building their reading stamina since the first day of school. They are awesome! -Mrs. Pollock

First Day Thoughts on the Second Day of School

The first day of school is always filled with anticipation, excitement and a little bit of the jitters! Here are some student thoughts from the first day of school.
I made new friends. -Theo
We had Jitter Juice to get rid of the jitters. It worked. -Ethan
We played with our new friends outside.- Braxton
The first day was great because we got to do lots of activities. My teacher is the best! -Julia
We made new friends and played with them. -Nathaniel
We played games with our new friends. I had fun in the first music class. -Jeremy
I liked the "Owl" About Me I had to do on the weekend. I love my new teacher. -Gracie
We went to music class on the very first day. -Lauren
I was excited to meet my new teacher. -Brooklyn
I was excited to come back to school. -Claudia
I was a little shy on the first day. -Tynysha
I was excited to come back to school and meet my old friends again. -Adison
We had a fun first day!. -Michael
I had fun on the first day of school. -Lennon
We made a web of how we were feeling on the first day of school. -Hunter