JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH                                                                    

This is the 50th anniversary of Roald Dahl's novel, James and the Giant Peach.  Written in 1961, this beloved children's classic remains a childhood favourite.  I read the book in grade four and can remember reading it under the covers with a flashlight.

In 1996, an award winning movie version of James and the Giant Peach was released. The movie, a combination of live action and stop motion, is not only entertaining but provides its audience with well-crafted lessons in friendship, tenacity and courage.

James and the Giant Peach, like all of  Dahl's children's books, is an excellent read-aloud for all ages!

 TERRY FOX RUN                                                                                              

                               We ended out unit on Terry Fox with an assembly and school run fund raiser.

On Wednesday, our grade five volunteers did a beautiful job of presenting during McBride's Terry Fox Assembly. The  McBride students listened attentively to the story of Terry's Marathon of Hope prepared by Ms. Jennings.  The entire school then participated enthiastically in our annual Terry Fox run and fundraiser. Unlike Terry Fox who ran in the rain, snow, wind and blazing sun, we had perfect weather.

Thank you to all our parent volunteers!  We are still collecting student donations.



 C A N S T R U C T I O N                                                                                   

This week  in the Library, the students are learning about Canstruction to help promote McBride's Food Bank Drive.  We are collecting non-perishable food items for the two weeks prior to our Canstruction Prides Activity.  Our first Prides assembly, on Friday, Oct. 14 will focus on creating "Thankful" messages using the food items.

Have a look at these videos (our projects will be two-dimensional!):
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRNmz_sO6wA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu3drX_wwGA