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Ulluriaq Christmas Concert |
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Posted by : mark on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 11:03 AM EST |
The annual Ulluriaq Christmas Concert was held in the evening on December 18.
Most classes in the school had prepared either a live performance or a short digital video.
As expected, parents and community members were very impressed with the presentations.
We also took the opportunity to present some special awards to very deserving staff members.
Both Guy Forbes and Chris Macpherson were the recipients of the Evie Ikidluak award for 10 years of service with the Kativik School Board. Congratulations to the both of them! We hope to have both teachers for many more years in the future.
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Fête de Noël du personnel - Staff Christmas Party |
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Posted by : mark on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 10:40 AM EST |
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Le 16 décembre, les membres du personnel se sont réunis dans l’esprit de fêter Noël. L’ambiance chaleureuse, les plats délicieux, la bonne compagnie ont tous contribué à une belle soirée. Les adultes ainsi que les jeunes ont participé à des jeux différents. Nous avons aussi été choyés par un groupe de musiciens local qui ont joué pendant toute la soirée. Le comité social de l’école mérite tous nos remerciements pour une soirée superbe qui a sûrement demandée beaucoup de préparation. Même le père Noël a trouvé du temps dans son horaire chargé pour nous rendre visite!! Joyeux Noël!
Ulluriaq had its Christmas Staff Party on December 16. There was lots of good food, friends and fun! There were games for both adults and children. Some musicians from the community performed as well--it was a special treat. Santa found some time in his very busy schedule to drop by for a visit too.
A very big thanks to the "Staff Fun Committee" for all their hard work in making the evening a great one!
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Sec. 3/4/5 Book Making Project |
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Posted by : mark on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 03:22 PM EST |
This year, the English secondary 3,4, and 5 group has been invited by the Blue Metropolis Foundation to participate in a unique project involving nine Anglophone communities throughout the province of Québec. The Blue Metropolis Foundation undertakes each year many literary projects for students. The project our school is implicated with is called “Quebec Roots: The Place Where I Live”. It is a community-based project that invites Anglophone students around Quebec to explore their community roots and define what community means to them in photographs and words. These photo-essays will be included in an anthology that will be published for a real audience early in 2007. A few professional writers and photographers will be supporting the different communities.
So far, the students have been working very hard to plan the 12 pages that will represent their community in the anthology. They first have been introduced to the concept of “community”, what is a community? Their views represent well the Inuit culture and the concept of “being together in order to help and support one another” is still remarkably important to them. The students were very interested in a new local project about dog sledding, involving adults in our school. From there, we brainstormed on every possible topic related to dog sledding. Five main ideas came up, so the group was separated into five teams.
- Team 1 decided to present the old ways of dog sledding. They would like to interview elders about the way they used to live with the dogs. Also, they would be interested in finding dog sledding legends.
- Team 2 wanted to know more about this period of time in the 50’s where the dogs in many communities disappeared. They want to know how the Inuit people succeeded in surviving without their traditional mean of transportation.
- Team 3 was interested in the dog sledding culture of today and how it is being used nowadays.
- Team 4 was really interested in the Ivakkak Race that happens in Nunavik every year. They want to know if it has a real impact on people and on the reintroduction of this almost lost tradition.
- Finally, team 5 was very curious to know more about our local dog sledding revival project. It is a project where the local breed of dog is being reintroduced. Many people from our community are involved and very enthusiastic about this project.
Last week, on December 6th, we met Monique Polak, a professional writer, and Monique Dykstra, a professional photographer, by videoconference. The students presented their project and each team had a chance to present their ideas. The students felt very proud to meet professionals and to get help from such interesting people. A writing and photo workshop was presented and the students were given an assignment by the writer and the photographer.
The students are now working on a short written text where they have to describe a landscape. Then, they will be working on their photo assignment: landscape photography. Other assignments will be given to them so they can practice different types of writing and photography. We’ll keep you updated!
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Sliding Day! - La glissade ! |
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Posted by : mark on Friday, December 15, 2006 - 03:36 PM EST |
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The Spirit Committee organized a sliding day for the whole school. What a wonderful day! The temperature was +2--pleasantly unusual for mid-December. Students in Primary and Secondary sectors united for a fun filled day of crazy carpets, hot chocolate and snow boarding. There were contests for the primary and secondary groups. A team of secondary students managed to pile 7 students on one crazy carpet for a run down the hill. A team of teachers nearly matched the students by piling 6 teachers on a crazy carpet. The students won for the most people on a crazy carpet and the teachers won for the most weight on a crazy carpet.
Le comité d’esprit d’école a organisé une journée de glissade pour tous les élèves. Quel après-midi formidable! La température au-dessus zéro, de 2 degrés; chose très rare pour la mi-décembre, nous a donné une très belle occasion de passer du temps ensemble en plein air. La journée était remplie de bonheur, de rires et de folies où les élèves ont pu prendre un peu de chocolat chaud, glisser en traîneau et faire un peu de planche à neige. Il y avait des concours au primaire et au secondaire. Une équipe d’élèves du secondaire ont réussi à empiler 7 personnes sur un traîneau et de réussir la glissade jusqu’en bas de la colline. Une équipe d’enseignants les a presque dépassés en empilant 6 personnes sur un traîneau. Les élèves ont gagné pour le pllus grand nombre de personnes sur un traîneau mais les enseignants ont gagné pour le plus de POIDS sur un traîneau!! Merci!
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Vidéoconférence sur les sports extrèmes - Video Conference on Extreme Sports |
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Posted by : mark on Friday, December 15, 2006 - 02:54 PM EST |
Vidéoconférence sur les sports extrèmes
Les élèves de secondaire 2 anglais ont échangé sur le thème des sports extrèmes avec un groupe d’Akulivik par le biais de vidéoconférence. Les élèves d’Ulluriaq ont présenté de courts exposés parlant d’une variété de sports extrèmes, tels la planche à sable, l’escalade et la course de vélo de montagne. De plus, Pascal Poulin, ex-champion canadien de course BMX, a parlé aux élèves de son sport. Les élèves d’Akulivik ont aimé les exposés, posé plusieurs questions stimulantes et ont aussi eu l’opportunité de faire un vote sur leur sport extrème préféré. Le sport le plus populaire était la course de vélo de montagne. Les deux groupes ont adoré leur expérience de vidéoconférence. Les élèves d’Akulivik ont même chanté Bonne fête à Richard!
Recently, the Secondary 2 English students video conferenced with a group from Akulivik on the topic of Extreme Sports. The Ulluriaq students did short presentations on a variety of extreme sports like sand boarding, mountain climbing and mountain biking. Also, Pascal Poulin, former Canadian BMX Champion spoke with the students about the sport of BMX racing. The students from Akulivik enjoyed the presentations, asked a variety of good questions and even had a chance to vote on their favourite extreme sport. The most popular extreme sport was mountain biking. Each of the groups really enjoyed interacting through video conference. The Akulavik group even sang Happy Birthday to Richard!
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