Volume 2 Issue 5

Braille
By Audrey 

On February 29th a man came to our school. The man’s name was Shep Shell. Mr. Shep Shell was not just an ordinary man, he was blind. Mr. Shep Shell came to our school to talk about being blind and about Braille. Braille is a way of reading for people with no sight. Braille has only six dots and is formed in different ways for every letter in the alphabet. Blind people read Braille by touching the dots on the page. Blind people just don’t use Braille; they can use a computer too! How? Well the computers that they use are different from the computers that we use. The computers that they use talk! All they do is type in whatever they want and the computer says what the person typed in. Mr. Shep Shell typed in something on his computer and the computer said what he typed in! It said it really fast that we couldn’t understand what it said. We found the visit interesting.

Hansel and Gretel Opera
by Katrina

On February 10th room 111, P8, P7 and some students from room 105 went to see an opera at the Concert Hall. It was called Hansel and Gretel. It was like the book only it was changed in some ways so that it was not exactly like the book. They did it all in singing instead of in words like most plays are. The Opera singers were very good. There were 3 acts in this play. They were all very good. At the end of each act the curtain would go down for a couple of minutes so the Opera singers could relax and refresh their voices. Most of the people that went to the Opera had a favorite part. Mostly it was the part when the angels came out. Most of the kids from room111 liked the Opera. Others preferred just plain plays done all in words and others did not really like plays done all in singing.

Orsen the Seeing Eye Dog
by Adam 

March 1st this man named David came with his dog named Orsen. The dog had an important job. He was a seeing eye dog. Orsen had training for 2 years. David told us to ask before we touched the dog because it would get distracted and wouldn’t know where to go. Then David let us watch a movie all about the training.

St. John’s Presentation
By Jessica 

On February 15th, some people and the principal from St. John’s came to Ralph Brown to do a presentation for all the grade sixes. They first show some pictures of the teachers and classes and what kind of help there is at St. John’s. After that they showed us a dance that they learn in dance class. Later, they tried to teach some grade sixes to dance. That was really cool. It almost makes you want to go to St. John’s now.

Presentation from U of M
by Kirk

On February 14th Renee and Jennifer from University of Manitoba came to our school. Room 111 had a presentation on what would be the best order of gravel, coal, sand, and cotton for a filter. Room 111 was divided into groups and they had to think of the best way to design a filter and put it down on a piece of paper and give it to Renee. She would put it in a cup with a hole in the bottom. Then we got another cup that we had to keep under the “filter”. Then they poured dirty water into the cup with the “filter” and waited. In a few minutes some water came through.

Volleyball Tournament
By Kasia 

On February 17th two volleyball teams from Ralph Brown School went to a tournament at Machray School. Team #1 and team #2 showed great sportsmanship and excellent skills. Both teams were not disappointed in which place they were placed. Team #1 came in second and team #2 came in first place.

Team #1 members were: Tyler Reimann ( Captain), Kasia Dolna, Alex Babinsky, Ardelle Villamor, Roman Navak, Audrey Candalaria, Nikki Weslake.

Team #2 members were: Janine Bathan(Captain), Marko Senchuk, Nicole Sliworsky, Dado Mas, Kelly L., Justin Ducharme

Team #2 went to the finals on February 24th at Machray School and won!

Congratulations!          

Valentine’s Dance
by Ardelle

On Friday, February 11th, the whole gym was blasted with all kinds of music. Mr. Charney, along with his class decorated the gym with Valentine’s decorations from other classes. Most of the students from grades 5 to 8 participated in the fun. They were dancing and singing to their favorite songs! In the kitchen, were food and can drinks such as chips and cokes. They were sold for only .50! Since all the children enjoyed and participated in the dance, Mr. Charney will be having one more dance in May or June! This will be a memorable dance for the grade 6 and 8’s since it’s their last year here at Ralph Brown School!

V-day Party In Room 111
by Jessica

On February 14th, Valentine’s Day, room 111 had a Valentine’s party. The kids gave each other cards. They also had committees. There were committees like food, games, music and decorations. Each committee was responsible for getting things ready for the party. The class played games like Twister and Find the Magic Hearts. There were all kinds of food like, oranges, chips, cookies, and Coca-Cola. The whole room was decorated with paper hearts, streamers and cards. There was also different kinds of music, slow songs, fast, hip hop, rock etc. Room 111 had a really great afternoon.

Young Author’s Day
by D’arcy

On February 28th Young Author’s Day took place. Kids of all ages participated in this event. Kids got into groups and read one piece of work they wrote themselves to the rest of the group that they were in. It was in the afternoon and started at 1:15 and ended at 2:15.There was at least 1 kid for every grade in each group. Each kid got a sticker with their name and their group number and the room they are suppose to be in, in case they got lost.