Singer/songwriter Michael Mitchell recently came to our school and performed from his vast repertoire of Canadianthemed songs. Michael is from Vancouver Island, and his stop in Oak Lake was part of his Manitoba Canada is for Kids spring tour. His songs and stories tell us about some of the wonderful things that make Canada such a great country to call home.
Some of the most popular songs included:
We’re all Looking for a Dinosaur, Canada in My Pocket, Big Wet Rodent Day, and the Log Drivers’ Waltz, which included audience participation and dancing!
This past month, the Neelin High School Choir and Reston School Band also stopped in at OLCS to perform for our students, sharing their impressive talent and joy of music with us! All forms
of art are appreciated at OLCS, and we always enjoy hosting special guests who are willing to share their talents with us.
Oak Lake Community School’s Middle Years Track & Field day was a busy one for staff, students and parent/community volunteers. After training for the last month in gym classes, students
had the opportunity to put their skills to the test, and compete at the school level for the opportunity to go on to the Divisional Track & Field meet in Elkhorn. Our school event winners
were presented with their ribbons at a school-wide assembly.
Last week, our French students performed two hockey-themed pieces for the whole school. The audience very much enjoyed listening to Roch Carrier’s classic story “The Hockey Sweater”
(retold in French by middle years students!). We also enjoyed listening to the catchy song “Jouer au Hockey”, as performed by the early years students.
Life Stories & Legacies is an annual project that is completed by grade 7/8 students. Biographies of grandparents and family friends are shared, and published in a special book. Projects are also
judged in a heritage fair, sponsored by Canada’s History. The top two projects are invited to participate in the Young Citizens program, creating a short video based on the biography projects.
Paul Winters and Sarah Plaisier had the top two projects, as determined by a panel of judges. They put a great deal of effort into their video projects and we invite everyone to watch them! Their
videos can be found at www.YoungCitizens.ca. Paul and Sarah are competing for a chance to win a trip to Ottawa to attend Canada’s History Youth Forum.
