Mcgillvary Falls
By Arlene

On October 8th rooms 105, 111 and 10 people from P8 went for a hike to Mcgillvary Falls. Mcgillvary Falls is a 2 hour drive. We took 2 buses. One bus line was called the Fehr-Way and the other was called The Beaver Bus Line. On the bus there was a t.v.

The hike was 2 miles on which we were supposed to see the falls but unfortunately we never saw the falls because the beaver dam ruined the path to the falls. After we saw that the beaver dam we went back to the parking lot and went to the Bird Sanctuary, which was farther up the rode. There were 3,000 birds there on that day but usually there are 18,000. The geese like to go there because they can’t get hunted and they get fed barley. When the Canada geese migrate they go to Wisconsin. Even if it snowed there they still go because they have don’t as severe a winter and they still get food because the snow there isn’t as high as it is here in Winnipeg. A couple of years ago the population of the geese decreased because of a fatal disease.

Ralph Brown School Fundraising
By Mandy and Kasia

On September 4th, our school started to sell M&M’s for a Fund Raiser. Each box cost $3.00. We also started to sell Entertainment books. Each book was $32.00. If you sold a whole box of M&M’s you would win a prize! The prize was an M&M’s sports bottle. If you sold 2 whole boxes of M&M’s your name got put into a draw! You would have a chance to win 2 M&M pens, a M&M flashlight, a M&M sports bag, a M&M watch, or a M&M t-shirt or mouse pad. And if you sold an Entertainment Book you also could have a chance to win a Looney Tunes notepad, Looney Tunes Sticky Tumblers, a Looney Tunes bouncy ball, a key chain with 8 different sounds, a Looney Tunes tiny vinyl soccer ball, a mini-pocket sized fan, a disc shooter (toy), a Looney Tunes back pack, or a two foot tall Looney Tunes stuffed animal! You could choose out of Bug’s Bunny, Sylvester the cat, or Tweety Bird!

Geraniums in Room 111
By Russell

Room 111 was very busy in the the afternoon of Oct. 9th. They were busy planting geraniums. That afternoon everybody got a pot and a plant. The teacher then handed out soil. First we had to put two cups of soil into the pot. Then we put in our geranium. We tried to hold it in position and fill the pot up with soil at least two centimetres from the top. Then we took a cup and watered the geranium. When we finished doing all that, we put it in a sunny place for about a week. While it is there you still have to water it to keep it alive. After that time we should have a perfectly good geranium.

So you should think about making planting yourself one. If you do you are not only planting a geranium, but you are also having fun. If you do be prepared for a big mess to clean up afterwards. If you are a parent, this may a good time to get together with your child/children and have some quality time together and have some fun. To end the activity how about a final mud fight?

Judo Camp Peace Garden /98
By Marko

On August the second to the eighth 7 of Ralph Brown’s Judo students went to the International Peace Garden for Judo training. They were Mitchel Zebrasky, Shannon Manitopyes, Marko Sajdak, Edrick Cuevas, Daniel Fagerstrom, Jonathan Plischke and Daniel Juselius. We saw some great athletes and Olympians that are going to the Pan Am games. The Olympians that were there were Mark Berger, a Canadian athlete that fought in the 1984 and won a bronze in his catagory of +95 kg), Ewan Beaton, a Canadian athlete who fought in the 1992 and the 1996 Olympics in the +60 kg category and Nicolas Gill, the best Canadian Olympic athlete who fought in 2 Olympics. He got a bronze at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. He Canada’s best Olympian because he’s ranks second in the world. At camp Nicolas Gill taught us technics which we will use in the future fights. We were very proud to have such a great athlete like Nicolas Gill at the Athletic Judo Camp.

Trip to Oak Hammock Marsh
By Justin

On 28th of September room 107 and 109 went to Oak Hammock Marsh. They left at about 10:00 a.m. They walked to the Interpretive Centre and did something called "The Explorer". The Explorer is an activity that you go around the building and find questions and answer them on your way. Then room 107 and 109 did an activity called "All About Owls". That is where they learned about owls. Then after they had lunch they went Critter Dipping. Critter Dipping is when you put a fishing net in the marsh and scoop up some insects. Then they put the insects into a pail. They all had a good time.

Conflict Managers
By Danny

Conflict Managers are trained children who walk around the playground in bright green vests at recess time and help other childen solve their problems. The Conflict Managers can help with everything except for physical fighting. This years Conflict Managers are:

Danny Warren, Justin Navarrete, Jeffrey Bathan, Dat Huynh, Mandy McIvor, Arlene Rodriguez, Angela Albert, Erin Schultz, Cynthia Kelpen, Kirk Smith, Colin Anderson, Daniel Fagerstrom, Vanessa Cooley, Alex Babinsky, Christina Hebert, Alexandra Kozelko, Meagan Garity, Tymon Melnyk, Ardelle Villamor, Audrey Candlelaria

Soccer
By Danny
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Ralph Brown School this year is having a boy and girl soccer team again. Ralph Brown has a great tradition of winning teams. Last year the boys team got second place and the girls got first place. The boys tournament was on Wednesday, October 14th but was canceled until Tuesday, October 21st. The girls tournament was on Tuesday, October 13th but was also canceled, untill October, 22nd. The boys team will be playing at Luxton School and the girls team will be playing at Elmwood School.

This years teams are: