Meaghan and Michael's grandmother,Ethel Chaulk, travelled all the way from Newfoundland to spend Christmas with her grandchildren and recieved an early Christmas gift! She was the lucky winner of our Christmas six drawer chest filled with an assortment of prizes. Merry Christmas Ethel and congratulations from all of us at Gretna Green!!!
Our student council have organized a variety of Christmas activities to finish off our week before our two week holiday. During phys.ed class on Wednesday they will lead all classes through a variety of Christmas themed physcial activities and games. Thursday is wear your elf or santa hat to school day. Friday is red and green day. We encourage all students to participate and show our school spirit at Gretna Green!
This photo was recently selected by the New Brunswick Teachers' Association as a winner in their recent Movember photo contest. Featured in this photo is the entire staff and students all sporting a moustache in support of our school campaign. Special thanks to Mme Dickson, Mrs. Simmons, GG Times and students who organized this great event! Congratulations Gretna Green!
Our grade five students were treated to a unique learning experience offered by Mr.Paul MacKinnon. They travelled to the MVHS pool where they participated in a canoe skills training session. The basic skills of canoe safety, paddling and overall logistics of how to handle a canoe were reinforced throughout the session.
Gretna Green would like to thank all those who attended our annual Christmas Craft Sale and Holly Tea. The turnout was great and a perfect way to kick off the holiday season. A special thanks goes out to Mrs. Arbeau and the Gretna Green staff who successfully helped to organize this annual tradition once again this year!
Our Immersion and Intensive French students attended a French play at Carrefour Beausoleil this week and truely ejoyed the holiday cultural experience. A good time was had by all!
On behalf of the entire learning community of Gretna Green we would like to thank Ms. Bransfield and her entire cast for producing a memorable Christmas production once again this year. After several weeks of rehearsals today's show culminated into a quality spectacle of student talent for all those in attendance. It certainly was a great way to kick off the holiday season. Thanks Ms. Bransfield for making this happen once again this year!
The tradition continues at Gretna Green with our annual Christmas Craft and Holly Tea scheduled for Saturday, December 7th from 10:00-2:00. So come one come all for a variety of crafts and treats. We have reached capacity for vendors so the selection should be excellent!
Gretna Green celebrated Monday Moustache Movember in support of our annual Movember campaign. Mme Dickson and her students encouraged the entire staff and students to take part in donating a toonie towards this great cause. The response from staff and students was phenomenal as you can see in this featured photo! $325.00 was raised and will go towards our very own custodian, Sandy MacKinnon, who is undergoing treatments. We are thinking of you Sandy!!!
The students in Ms. Cabel's literacy class at MVHS presented an assortment of awesome literacy lessons to our students in K-5 this morning. They focused on writing traits, characterization, parts of a story and story writing. They had a very captive audience and it was a great experience for everyone involved. A special thanks goes out to Ms. Cabel and her students for doing a super job! Check out our photo gallery for some of the highlights.
