Zujey V's views

In-line skating

Yesterday I helped Alyssa go to the black line because she was too scared to skate. Today I was faster and I passed Ms. Lougheed. I was catching up to Mason he was to fast from me. I helped Ms. Lougheed put her equipment on. I was helping Kiana skate. Today I was helping Sam with his equipment.

Zujey V.

Ashley M. with sone In-line Instructions

The easiest thing is to bend your knees. The second is to never give up. The third is to have fun. The fifth is to be brave. And is there going to have music? Don’t be scared and how long are we going to be there? Don’t cry. Make sure you have your elbow pads on. Be your best. Who’s going to be the fastest? Yesterday I fell a lot of times but that’s how you learn. I jumped but I don’t know if I was supposed to jump. I was the third to in-line skate. Make sure you fall on your knees and hands. Mike was my instructor. I was speeding fast. I was helping others. Use your brakes if you are going too fast. Your in-line skates have wheels on them. I had a race with Sophia, Jaheim and Elijah and me.

Ashley M.

Sophia S. on In-line

Yesterday it was our first day of in-line skating lessons. First we had to put on our helmets and then our elbow pads and then knee pads and then our hand pads. Mike had to look if everything is tight then he will give us some roller skates. I only got 1 minute to skate but that is OK.

Today I took 20 seconds to get my equipment on. I skated in 5 minutes and then we learned how to fall and stop. Mike said we skated 3 times around the gym! Then he said stop and we went around the gym again and Mike said stop.

Sophia S.

Hayden B. on In-line skating

In-line skating is scary. I do not want to do it but I will try it. I know I will fall.

Yesterday I got one second of skating but today I had a blast! That means I had a lot of fun. I fell about 20 times today. We put on our equipment. Mike showed us how to use the brakes. To skate we had wheels.

Hayden B.

Grade one/twos reflect on in-line skating

In-line skating instruction is well underway and students are quickly developing some serious skating skills. As this is one of the many activities sponsored and subsidised by our Parent Association, I thought it would be nice to gain some insight into the activity, through the eyes of some of our grade one/two students. The following six blog entries are authored (with slight spelling revisions) by students in Ms. Lougheed's grade one two class.

Enjoy!

I wonder… In-line skating

How do you stop? Will it be fun? Will you fall in the gym? Are there brakes? I have been to in-line skating. I like in-line skating. Mike was our coach. I feel really good. I was excited. I hope I get more time.

Aaron H.

School board starts move into new building

Staff members at the Calgary Board of Education have started moving into the school division's new headquarters.

The school board gave the media a tour Tuesday of the Beltline building, which features a new office tower and an annex built onto a renovated school.

The facility at 1221 Eighth Street S.W. has space for the CBE to possibly grow into, with two floors of the office tower currently being leased out to other tenants.

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Boy Addresses the United Nations at Age 13

It's not every day that a 13-year-old boy gets a chance to address the United Nations General Assembly. But Felix Finkbeiner is no ordinary teenager.

Finkbeiner had one item on his agenda: taking adults to task for their lack of action on planting trees.

The boy is already the head of his own organization, Plant for the Planet, dedicated to planting millions of trees all around the world.

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