If you haven't been to Festival before, it's an extremely fun afternoon and evening of games, rides good food and much more. The kids will be given a few tickets each to use in the afternoon and we will all be able to enjoy some time at Festival before school ends. The Festival is not over until 6:30, so usually parents decide to meet their child at school and hang out for a while. You can also send money on the day so that your child can buy more tickets to use before you arrive. We'll talk a lot more about how this day will work closer to the date. For now, please look for the form coming home tonight inviting you to volunteer. Festival is not possible without a TON of parent support. Please consider donating an hour or 2 of your time at one of the stations. You can send the form back to me, or directly to the office. Thanks in advance!
We had a great time at Food Share learning about bees and how they help make food for us to eat! Our hosts got us thinking and read us 2 books about bees.
To teach us about the body parts of a bee, two students got dressed up as bees. Ask your scientist why they are holding that funny long yellow tube, a hairbrush, and are wearing pockets around their legs.
Later, we went outside and had a quick tour of the Food Share garden.
Next, we got to taste some apples with honey. We tried 2 kinds of honey - one from somewhere in Ontario, the other made right at Food Share. Ask your scientist which honey they preferred and why.
Finally, we played a relay game where we had to collect pollen and we did the bee dance!
Thanks again to the parents who helped us stay organized!
Here is Dewson's new canoe that we helped plant this week.
Have a great weekend,
Tamara