Turner Valley School News - February is in the Pink

Being "In The Pink" has a whole new meaning....


Groundhog Day is a holiday that originated in New York and Pennsylvania and celebrated on February 2nd. In weather lore, if a groundhog, also known as a woodchuck, marmot or ground squirrel emerges from its burrow on this day and fails to see its shadow because the weather is cloudy, winter will soon end. If the groundhog sees its shadow, it will return into its burrow and the winter will continue for 6 more weeks. Around these parts we depend on the famous gopher (a.k.a. Richardson's ground squirrel) Balzac Billy to let us know how much winter is left. Given the rather balmy weather we have had some of us might say “no worries! Winter is almost over”. Regardless of the weather, Turner Valley School promises to be a very busy place in the coming month.
February is bullying awareness month at Turner Valley School. We have a number of things happening throughout the month. Besides a “Pink Shirt Day” and a visit from our RCMP liaison officer Const. Joel Turcotte, our Grade 5 class has a number of things planned throughout the month culminating in their assembly on February 29th at 10:30am.
In closing we wish to thank our parent council for their incredible support and our parent volunteers who give freely of their time to help us be the best we can be.
~ Yours in Education, Rob Bennington

We are pleased to report that our week long Artist in Residence 'One World Drumming' has been a huge success. Here is what some of the students wrote about their experience:
I like drumming and they were hard and they were easy. And drumming is awesome. And the drums are big and round. The drums are hand drums. - Raya
We go to it every day. Mr. K is our teacher. We will be having a concert soon. The drums come from West Africa. The drum is a djembe hand drum. - Keegan
The drumming that we did was fun to do but it hurt my hands. Some of the drums are really big and some are really small. - Kaity
Drumming: Drumming is fun. We have learned a lot but we have a lot to learn. Mr. K. is a fun teacher. Some drums are big and some are small. Sometimes I get small and sometimes I get big. - Tristan
The drums are called a djembe. And you use it with your hands. - Saydee