Gretna Green was treated to a little bit of magic this week. Remi the magician put on a one hour magic show to an awe struck group of students. He was absolutely fantastic and the show proved to be a big hit for both staff and students! This show was provided by the school and our Home & School association. Thanks so much for creating such a fun experience for all of us! Check out the image gallery for some of the highlights.
We regret to inform you that our school website will be down for the day on Wednesday, March 30th. In order to provide better support and new features to our school website regular maintenance needs to be completed on this day. Therefore, there will be no morning announcements or class page updates on this day.
Our Gretna Green Chess club finalists particpated in the District 16 Chess Finals over the weekend in Rexton. We are happy to announce that three of our students received medals! Matthew received a silver medal Dylan and Sophie also received a bronze and silver medal. Ben also placed fourth place in the District 16 finals. Dylan, Matthew and Sophie will now advance to the provincial finals to be held in Fredericton. Congratulations team!
On Wednesday, March 30th Gretna Green will be doing a fundraiser in conjunction with World Autism Day being held on April 2nd. All students are permitted to wear a hat for the day if they bring a loonie. All money raised will be forwarded to the Autism Society in support of Autism research.
At 8:30 PM on Saturday March 26, 2011 - lights will switch off around
the globe for Earth Hour and people will commit to actions that go
beyond the hour.So let's support this environmental cause Gretna Green and flick the switch at 8:30 on Saturday!
The grade fives had a memorable day today. They had a video conference with Canadian Space Agency scientist Vicky Hipkin. During their conference they spoke of an assortment of topics regarding our atmosphere, planets and lunar conditions. The students also duplicated the atmospheric conditions of Mars under the guidance of expert Vicky Hipkin. It certainly was a memorable day for everyone!
Our floor hockey season is off and running once again this year. The boys and girls are having fun under the guidance of their coach Mr. Ryan. Check out our latest image gallery for some of the highlights.
Congratulations to the Girls' Min Pulamoo basketball team who won the bronze medal in this weekend's provincials. It is always refreshing to see our students succeed in and outside of school. The bronze medal recipeints are Kamryn M., Alexis M., Megan C., Katie A. and Lauren S. Congratulations girls!!!
Gretna Green hosted its annual Science Fair today. Congratulations to the following students for being selected to represent our school in the upcoming District 16 Science Fair to be held on March 23rd at Grenta Green. Our finalists are (Grade 3) Bilal, Isabella, Matthew R., Patrick, (Grade 4) Brydie, Shaylin &Lauren, (Grade 5) Saood, Katelyn & Alicia, David N., David W. and Sophie. The grade 3-5 students did a fantastic job presenting to both parents and students throughout the day. The display of Science content and fabulous knowledge shared by our students was second to none.
