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McCaig Students Get PublishedBy: Vicki Fraser, Grade 6 teacherAs a sixth grade teacher, I am regularly reminded how trulycreative and capable my students are as writers. They takechances with ideas and experiment with vocabulary. Theywrite from the heart and passionately share their experiences,dreams, thoughts and questions. This year I invitedmy students to enter the Poetry Institute of Canada’s,Young Writer’s Poetry Contest. There were more than6,000 entries from across Canada. Seventeen, sixth gradestudents from McCaig, have been chosen to have theirwork published in the 2011-2012 anthology. I am not sure who was more excited to hear the news; myself, theparents, or the students! One thing is for certain; these students did an exceptional job and deserve to be recognizedfor it. Hello, Mr. Moon will be published at the end of May 2012. The books should be available in bookstores by theend of July, 2012. Congratulations to all the winners!McCaig’s Trip to MontrealBy: Elizabeth Hua, Grade 6 studentFebruary 16, 2012, the grade six students of McCaig ElementarySchool went on a field trip to Montreal. We went to see a worldfamous orchestra called The Montreal Symphony Orchestra. We firstwatched and listened to La Boite de Joujou and then Peter and theWolf. The orchestra sounded spectacular with such a wide variety ofinstruments, and the brand new concert hall looked amazing! Theinstruments we heard were the flute, the clarinet, the piano, theviolin, the French horn, the trumpet, the double base and the obo.The orchestra told the two stories through music, and were accompaniedby ballet dancers and a storyteller.After the two great presentations we ate our lunches. Then, we wereon our way to a mosque. The girls all had to wear head scarves in themosque which was an interesting experience that inspired manyquestions. We learned plenty about Islam and were fortunate to havethe opportunity to hear a prayer call during our visit. After wethanked the kind Imam, we got onto the bus, and were off to asynagogue.The synagogue wasextremely grand andbeautifully decorated.The Rabbi whoshowed andexplained everything to us was very friendly, animated, and patientlyanswered our many questions. The boys got to try on kippahs andwe all got to see the authentic, hand written scrolls. After wethanked the Rabbi, we piled back onto the bus, and headed back toschool.It was a fun-filled day full of learning!SIR WILFRID LAURIER SCHOOL BOARD Page 28 VOLUME 3 · ISSUE 3 · March 2012