Craft Fair Philanthropy

 As I continue to go through the files on my desktop, I found these gems. At the Christmas Craft Fair, many Churchill students (including some of our very own Rainbow Eggheads) sold crafts that they created. Even more incredible than that is that many students made crafts and sold them to help local and international charities.

Molly made lightboxes and sold them to raise money for CHEO.

Skye and her friend created pet profiles and sold them along with photos of animals to raise money for the Humane Society.

 Clara sold bracelets to help UNICEF support people in the Philippines.

The kindness and creativity of Churchill students never ceases to amaze me!

Clara Was Inspired by Magritte

After watching our Rene Magritte slideshow, Clara was inspired. So inspired that she wrote one of her typically creepy and brilliant poems. Check it out. 

The Surrealist Art of Rene Magritte

Today, we started to look at the art of Rene Magritte to inspire our upcoming art project. Each painting gave us A LOT to talk about. In fact, we totally ran out of time and only got about a third of the way through the art. We'll finish the slideshow in class, but if you want to take a look at home, and leave comments, please do.

After watching the slideshow, students were heading to meet their Reading Buddies, but Clara grabbed paper first saying, "I have a poem." Thanks for the inspiration, you wacky genius, Magritte!

The Amazing New Degu Cage!

Are you kidding me?

The cage that Clara and her dad built is absolutely incredible! Our boys are so much happier with their four-storey mansion than their over-crowded aquarium!