All the practising by the students really paid off because boys and girls were ready for every part of the liturgy. I tried to capture everyone doing their part whether it was reading, announcing, or bringing up the gifts. Father Matthew's homily on cleansing our souls through personal prayer, asking forgiveness, and the sacrament of confession was very enlightening. It was also wonderful to hear him repeat an important message we hear every year at this time... to be thankful for all that God gives us. Thank Him with prayer and by being the Good News (our school board theme) by being a good neighbour to one another. Mrs. Blackburn took time after the liturgy to thank all those who had a helping hand to prepare the liturgy including Mrs. Fitzel and the choir (many of whom were grade 3 students with beautiful voices although we were missing one due to illness and he was really missed.) She also introduced our added activity associated with our school initiative of Bucket Filling. When a student is seen to be filling a bucket (eg. through being helpful, being a role model, being kind, etc.), any educator may write them a ticket recognizing that's students behaviour. The ticket is then placed in one of 4 buckets found at the office. At the end of each month a ticket will be drawn from each bucket and the name on the ticket wins a prize (prizes are a choice of chapters gift card, itunes gift card, a sports ball, or a package of art materials). Just today, I handed out 4 tickets to students in our class.
Passport Booklet Sent HomeRead the document below. It explains what the passport with pages for each country and a stamp are for. Choir Song LinksArchives
May 2017
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