(shared by Natacha Sanson, St. Lambert United Church) A crew of gardeners started off in the spring by transplanting a huge “old growth” peony from the Mercille side of the church to a flower bed near the entrance on the Notre Dame side. The sheer joy of noticing, seeing then touching earthworms was our reward, a sign of how nature is present in the soil. In May, we found several smart pots in our shed and filled them with annuals purchased in La Prairie and many geraniums that had been cared...
Category: Environment
On Earth Day, April 22, 2022, members of the Environment Network were privileged to attend a live online presentation (in French) by the Anti-Polus team, a group of dedicated fifth-grade students in Natacha Sanson's ESL class. The enthusiastic and articulate presentation by these young ecologists---including their thoughtful and creative responses to questions---was inspiring. A link to a PDF version of the presentation is attached below; a link to the video recording of the session was also...
Recently, in February, Grade 5 students began their « Delicious » unit about food. From my vantage point, that represents repetition over 5 groups of a unit I’ve done at least 4 times with the same book. Bluntly, the topic of food, restaurants and role play has been done countless times over my twenty year career. The challenge is how to keep it fresh, up-to-date...This winter, the hook : sprouts. To add to the grammar lessons and practice pages of the workbook, I did a demonstration of...
Members of our regional council recently shared an inspiring article with me (linked below) about finding meaningful ways to reduce consumption in our Christmas shopping. For me, this New York Times article by Anneliese Griffin brought back memories of a favourite Christmas when my wise parents suggested that we try to limit our gift budget to a very minimal amount. One of my favourite gifts of all time is the booklet that my sister made by hand that year for each member of our family, with...
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