Spring Break In Days

Spring break arrived fast this year, it has been a nice change in our everyday routine for the kids and also our staff team. For staff, we enjoy planning a variety of themed in-days for the kids. Some of the themes we choose this spring break included “Everyday Superheroes” where we looked at the people in our everyday lives who in a big or small way make a difference. We were lucky enough to have 2 RCMP officers come visit us and answer all the questions the kids had, and believe me there were a lot. They showed us all the equipment they carried on their belts like handcuffs, a radio, and pepper spray. Unfortunately we weren’t able to see their guns for good reasons. They then took us down to take a look inside their police cars and all the kids got a chance to sit inside.

 

Another fun day we had planned was “Jedi Training” the kids got to make their own balloon light sabers, make their own jedi trading cards, and run through our homemade jedi training obstacle course. There is still one more in-day left this spring break called “Build It” day, we're very excited to see all of the kids creativity come alive as they learn to build, use their imaginations and cooperate together in teams. We hope everyone has enjoyed their spring break so far and before you know it, summer will be just around the corner.



Corey

Short Stories by Short People

The Princess Who Lived in the Kiss!

Once upon a time there was a princess, she lived in a kiss. She got married to Ja-Hans. They ate a rainbow flavoured cake and it tasted like cotton candy and ice cream. After eating the cake they got poisoned and they died. Then the fairy ambulance came to save them, they gave them a sparkly star potion and they came back to life. They did karatae to celebrate at their birthday on April the 1st, they gave away goodie bags which had poisoned chocolate eggs but only kill you for 1 minute because they taste like a skunk and the eggs were half poison and half not poison. 

The End

by Ava, Isla, Lily & George

The Baby That Ate a Tree!

Once upon a time in January a baby did kung fu, he ate a tree that made him into a half baby-half tree. He fought his uncle one day who he destroyed and his uncle turned into a monster. His uncle came back for revenge and defeated the baby. 

The End

by George, Kieri & Max W

Mommy, Daddy, Sister, Four Babies.

Once upon a time there was a mom, a dad, a sister and four babies. They lived in a pretty house. The sister was doing her homework, the mom and the dad were talking together and the babies were sleeping. One of the babies woke up and pooped in their pants, the mom took the stinky baby to the washroom and the mom changed the stinky babies diaper and she tucked the baby back into the crib. Another baby woke up and wanted to play with his toys, the dad heard the baby playing with the toys. He said, "Baby you have to go to bed, NOW!" The dad tucked the baby back into the crib and then went back to the couch and finished watching his show. The third baby puked in his crib, he told his sister. The sister had to take care of the puke, the sister took the baby into the washroom and cleaned her up. The fourth baby was sleeping.

The End

by Savannah

- Jason

Catgrass

Hello families!

Well spring has almost sprung, and what better to do in the spring time than to garden! Over the past few weeks, we’ve done a couple of activities that have brought out the green thumbs in our kids. First, we made our own chia pets! Some of you may have heard about “Catgrass,” or seen him hanging out on the windowsill. Catrass is our current JR OSC pet, a chia pet – who grows cat grass as hair! Catgrass is an extremely friendly raccoon who loves water and enjoys hanging out amongst the wild flowers. That being said, the second gardening activity that we’ve done was decorating large pots and planting wild flowers. From what I’ve heard and seen by the planters we've kept, we have a few sprouts starting to grow.

At this point in the season, it’s probably best to keep the flowers inside and they could be repotted or moved outside once the rainy season slows down. As for cat grass, feel free to repot it and let it go wild! If anyone has a cat, or neighbourhood cats, I’d love to know whether or not they actually enjoy eating it.

Keep your thumbs green kids, there will be more gardening in May!

 

Katie