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Community Questions and Answers

Do you have many places for recreation?

Yes, we have many recreation buildings.  We have Sargent Park Pool, Skating Oval for speed skating, Sargent Park Arena, Assinniboine Skating Pond, Goldeyes Baseball Stadium, Burton Cummings Community Club, Clifton and Issac Brock Community Club, bowling alleys, Sherbrook Pool, the YMCA pool, and much more.

Do you live in a city or rural community?

We have a city community.

Do you like living in a Winnipeg community? Why? We like living in Winnipeg because there’s lots of swimming pools and shopping malls.  It is safer than the United States. There are no tornadoes and there is lots of electricity. There are lots of ice cream stores.

What kind of building do you live in? Some live in houses, some in apartments and some in hotels and one person lives in a Church.

What games do you play in your community? Computer games, video games, board games, and sports. Also gymnastics, hockey, basketball, baseball, volleyball, soccer and tennis.

How do you keep your community safe?

We keep our community safe by arresting the people that are bad. We pick up garbage and we make sure we have police and fire stations spread out throughout the city.

How do you have fun in your community?

We have fun by going swimming, and playing lots of games. We like to go skating. We like to play sports like basketball.

How long does it take you to get to the nearest hospital?

About three-five minutes.

What are some safety rules at your school?
Keep your hands and feet to yourself.  Respect each other. Don’t pull the fire bells. Don’t say bad things.

What types of transportation do you have in your community?
We have planes, cars, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, walking, vans, buses, and taxis.

Where do you get your food?

We buy food at Safeway, Walmart, Costco, SuperStore, 7Eleven, IGA.

How do you maintain your roads?

The city comes and fixes our roads. In the winter we put down sand and salt to stop slipping.

What weather do you have in your community?
In winter it is very cold.  Today we have indoor recess as it was -18º with a windchill of -28º but in the summer it is very hot.

What do you carry your school supplies in?

We use one or two strap backpacks.

How do you get to school everyday?

One of us takes a school bus and most of us walk to school.  Some of us get driven to school in a car or sometimes a taxi.

What kind of school do you go to?

Our school is from Nursery to Grade 9. We are a large public school with about 840 students.

Were do you get your clothes in your community?

We buy our clothes at the Polo Park Mall, Walmart, Zellers, La Senza Girl, Gap,

What kind of organized sports do you belong to?

Hockey, bowling and soccer.

Do you have 911?

Yes we have 911.

Where do you get your water from in your community?

We get our water from Shoal Lake.  It comes to Winnipeg in a pipe and we have treatment places in Winnipeg to clean the water.

How do you get to the hospital if you are having a baby?

In a car.

What do you learn at school?

We learn Science, Social Studies, Math, Language Arts, Reading, Spelling, Morning Exercises (Calendar), Gym, Computer, Music, Library.

How do you fight fires in your community?

There are firemen at the fire station and they come in a fire truck.

What games do you play in your community?

We play tag, hide and seek, mystery game, 4 square, Structure Tag,

How far is the fire station from your house?

The fire station is one or two streets from our houses.

What kind of clothes do you wear throughout the year?
We wear jackets, T-shirts, jeans, shorts, and sweatshirts.

How do you get to the hospital in your community?

We get to the hospital by car, taxi, or ambulance.

How often do you get your teeth taken care in your community?
Most of us go to our dentist once a year. Some go more than once. A few go less than once a year.  

What are Churches used for?

What are Fire Stations used for?

What are the Police used for?

What are Libraries used for?

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