Back to School!

I know it would be boring for you if I told you of all the aggravation I've been going through to get back to posting pictures.  Let's just say I've been having blogger issues that I've just figured out.  And now picture me patting myself on my back :)

But here we are!  Back to school again!  As per usual at CCS we begin the year together with an assembly and here they are all stretched out at the front of the room.  (The very hot room as those who were in attendance with us will know)

It's not hard to figure out who my new kids are and who are the returning "veterans" -- the newbies aren't quite as comfy as the Grade Twos are.

And here they are:  the Grade One class being introduced to the school.  Before the assembly starts I have just enough time to tell them that they are going to be introduced to the school and all they have to do is stand there and look pretty (or handsome)  They look a little uncomfortable to be centered out eh?  And check it out, for the first time in a number of years the row of Grade Ones stretch out into a row and a half.

And then the assembly continued.  It may have been a little much for the little ones...

But then we had some comic relief with Dr. DV who was telling us all about his "purple dress".  The kids were enthralled

See?

And so began our first day of the school year 2009 / 2010.  We had a great day together!

In class we've been talking about spending our day praising God and the many different ways that we can do that.  We hope remember this through out the year and we pray for God's blessings on us in this school year.

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Last Day of School

Dangerous Journey

It was a day eagerly awaited by all and yet most anticipated by the Grade Two class who had more than an inkling of what was coming. Periodically throughout the year we had been talking about Dangerous Journey and wondering if it would get read to them this year.

Indeed!

This year we also had the illustrations projected up on the screen for a better look at the pictures. The students made themselves comfortable in their desks, turned their eyes toward the pictures or the reader and sat back to enjoy the read.

And take a closer look at the picture below: as Grade Two had surmised, yes treats were again part of the deal.

They were a rapt audience!

Thanks for reading to us Mrs. Twinkle!

dandelions ARE lovely!

This was so cute. The Grade Ones finally received their Bibles and they were thrilled beyond belief. At the first opportunity they raced off to the reading corner, Bible in hand, and excitedly started reading.

"I found Daniel!"

"I found Genesis!"

"I found Psalms!"

And now I have a bunch of them starting in Genesis and reading. One is now on Chapter 17 :)

Here's our annual trek into the neighbour farmer's field for our picture with the dandelions. I think they look cute in there. I think though I may have to repost this post since I think the pictures got emailed to my post in a small size and they won't be suitable for downloading

...that is if you do that kind of thing...

Grandparents' Day

Here we go!  Tonight I was told that I really should update this blog.  I'm very obedient you see.. ;)

These are photos recovered from my old crashed PC and transferred to my brand new Mac.  This is hopefully not as crash-able and it is definitely much easier to back up.  I don't think I'll be losing many pictures in the future.

Grandparents' Day!  It was a wild and wooly day as I thumped around the classroom in my walking boot trying to teach something and take pictures and keep the chaos down to a dull roar.  You may be able to tell from some of the pictures that goofiness definitely ensued.

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