The GG Times spent a wonderful evening interviewing a variety of people this evening at the annual Rotary Pond Hockey Tournament. Patrick, Jennifer and Molly did a fantastic job in capturing the spirit of this year's tournament. A difinite highlight was securing an exclusive interview with the premier himself, David Alward. Check out our recent GG Times video for some of the highlights!
PJs and great books filled the halls and classrooms of Gretna Green this evening as the Home & School hosted its annual PJ Literacy Night. Gretna Green alumni graciously accepted their role as designated readers for our students and a great time was had by all. Our reading session was followed by milk, cookies and a good book all donated by the dedicated parents who make up our Home & School. Thanks again to all our parents and teachers who made this evening's experience a memorable one for everyone involved. Let's do it again next year!
Congratulations to both Gretna Green teams 1 and 2 for a wonderful effort in yesterday's grade 2-3 Pond Hockey Tournament at Croft. Both teams represented our schoolexceptionally well. A big congratulations goes out to team 2 who made it all the way to the finals but lost to Croft 8-5. Members of the silver medal team were: Nicholas, Keegan, Logan, Blake, Jake, Colby and Megan. Great job team! We would also like to wish good luck to our grade 4-5 team who will be representing Gretna Green in tournament action tomorrow during the Croft Cup Hockey Challenge.
Gretna Green would like to announce that our students will be preparing for some cool upcoming activities. Over the next few weeks students will be practising their skills in both cup stacking and dance during phys.ed class. There will be some district based activities in both these events. Please see the documents relating to these two events under the documents tab of this page.
The Home & School would like to remind committee members of their upcoming meeting. This meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 2nd at 6:00 pm in the multimedia room.
Our PJ Literacy night will now be rescheduled to Thursday, February 3rd at 6:30 pm. We would also like to welcome our grade five alumni who will be our guest readers for this wonderful evening of literacy!
The entire learning community of Gretna Green is extremely pleased to announce a wonderful new partnership between our school and Tim Horton’s. This partnership will provide a unique learning opportunity for our students and engage our school teachers. Our plan is to refurbish our existing Story Land Park so that it is a multipurpose space that will be used during all seasons for all subject areas. We plan to redo the trail system, plant native trees and plants, and create a biking trail. The learning opportunities that will be created with this funding are endless!
This year's basketball season is in full swing at Gretna Green. The boys and girls participating this year are having lots of fun. These sporting events at Gretna Green would not be possible without the dedication of our parents and teachers. The volunteerism that unfolds within our school on a daily basis does not go unnoticed. We would like to take this opportunity in thanking this year's coaches for doing such a great job. They are, Ms. Hitchman, Ms. Moody, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Matheson, Ms. Gardiner and Ms.
To mark Family Literacy Day, we will have a “Come
in Character Day” on Wednesday, January 26th. Students are encouraged to dress up as their
favourite character from a good book on that day. Characters in Robert Munch books are usually
a fun and easy way to dress up without having to spend a lot of money. Your child’s class will be participating in fun literacy activities with their buddy class.
Thanks again to those of you who have volunteered to read to our students this week! Children love to hear their favourite books
being read to them.
The Home & School will hold its annual Home
& School P.J. Literacy Party on Thursday, January 27th at 6:30
p.m. in the school gym. Staff members
and Home & School members will share their favourite stories with the
children. There will be cookies and milk
in the cafeteria following the stories.
Students must be accompanied by an adult.
