Corliss Designs!

In October, Grade 2s decided that they’re going to teach their Kindergarten friends numbers from 1 through 20. So, each student picked a number between 1 and 20 and put together some pictures and some sounds to spice it up. Check out their video:

Numbers in October

These enthusiastic Grade 2s in Ms. Maharaj’s class set out to tell everyone that they’re happy! They drew, they wrote, they spoke and they had fun! In the end, each one got to get a CD of his or her “I am Happy” video to show off to family and friends!!

The video podcast that follows is a mish-mash of all of them saying “I am Happy”.  Enjoy!

I am Happy Podcast

For Drama, the students in Grade 2 read a book called ‘Late for Supper’ (by Lalie Harcourt and Ricki Wortzman, published by GageLearning) with Ms. Shori. The book is about a boy named Marcus who is looking for his dog Boots and is afraid that he might be late for supper. The students took on the roles of various characters in the story. They then put on an audio play using the program Audacity. Sit back and enjoy!!

Late for Supper Audio Play

Ms. Gonsalves’ Grade 1 and 2 love their school, their class, their teachers, their friends and everything they do!! They would like to say their peppy goodbyes for this year in this audio clip.

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Corliss Public School participated this year in ExploraVision – a contest which is more than just a contest! It calls for young minds to think of innovations in Science that could change the face of the world in the future. Schools from all across United States and Canada participate in this contest every year with the guidance of their teacher coach. We are proud to announce that our very first attempt in this prestigious contest has brought us an honourable mention award! The Grade 5 team is very excited and can’t stop talking about it. So, I just passed them the microphone and here’s the result (pepped up with some great music from the track titled “Goal” by George Wood, taken from PodsafeAudio) !!

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A grade fiver has put together a list of some animals that are kept as pets. What’s so unusual about it? Well, check it out and see for yourself which animals have made their way to this post!

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Ms. Shori’s Grade 1 Reading Initiatives group read the book The Lazy Pig (by Beverly Randell). They have captured the morning scene at the farm in their voices and pictures that they drew using the software Kidspiration. Enjoy the video clip!

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 Everyone likes dogs. This grade 5 student wants to bet though, that she likes them most of all! She’s got a bunch of visuals and some audio for you to check out the ‘cuteness’ of dogs for yourself.

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 Grade 3s have learnt what happens in Urban communities as opposed to Rural communities. They’re all ready to share some facts with us in their groups. Go ahead, little friends with your honks and hoots, and chirps and moos! We’re all ears!

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Story-time is over for these Grade 2 students! As part of their Reading Initiatives program, they have been reading some non-fiction texts and are now all ready to come tell you what non-fiction texts are all about! For real! We hope you enjoy listening to them in this audio clip.

non-fiction-podcast

Okay, so it’s not Halloween time and won’t be for a good 10 months! Does that mean this grade fiver can’t see his scary work published until then? No way! Here he comes with the sound effects all by himself! Don’t laugh, get scared!

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 With festivity in the air, who can blame two bubbly Grade 4 and 5 students for deciding to make a video about Christmas! Jazzed up with a little music and pictures (courtesy: publicdomainpictures.net, freedigitalphotos.net, freeplaymusic.com), their own voices will give you a good feel of the holiday tradition! The students are getting comfortable with Movie Maker as well, as you will notice!

christmas-podcast

 While focussing on values, our students learn a lot of good things. This month, they learnt many ways in which they could show respect. They even did some artwork in the Computer Lab using Kidpix to demonstrate what they had learnt. Here comes Corliss with its designs. Let’s hear it out in their own voices!

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Our first podcast!!!!

Our school chooses a value every month to focus on and students are given credit for getting caught demonstrating it. For this month, the goal for everyone was to show “Respect”.
The computer club which meets twice a week in the computer lab, took on the task of making a small presentation for the school. It’s their first attempt based on a poem titled “Respect” by Anders Lim (credited in the video) and has been a great success at our school! Enjoy the show!

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