THE 1950s! - Meadowridge School

Page 13 | NOVEMBER 2011 Las t year you helped us IMAGINE. This year, please help us DESIGN the nex t 25 year s.Last Tuesday, November 8, 2011, Swaraj’s mother, Mrs. Aravindhan, visitedthe Grade 5 classroom to share her immigrant experiences and stories. Herprofessionally created Power Point presentation provided details about herentire immigration process, her decision making process and the challengesshe faced as a new immigrant to Canada.As a wrap-up activity, Mrs. Aravindhan put students into smaller groupsto act out “real-life” immigrant scenarios. Each student took on the roleof an immigration off icer who either accepted or denied various cases forimmigration by following the prerequisites or criteria. Mrs. Aravindhan’s visithelped answer many questions and helped the class to better understandtheir central idea, “Human Migration Transforms Our World”.Thank you, Mrs. Aravindhan!On October 28th, Dr. Diana Germain and Dr. John Kim visited the Kindergar tenclass to speak to the class about the impor tance of taking care of your teeth. Dr.Germain brought them all the necessary dentist masks and gloves and spoke tostudents about keeping their teeth clean by brushing and f lossing. Dr. Kim gavestudents the chance to model proper brushing on a special stuffed animal. Thankyou Dr. Germain and Dr. Kim!Ms. Yeoh’s class celebrated theMexican holiday Día de los Muer tos(Day of the Dead) by baking pande muer tos (bread of the dead) anddecorating skull cookies.