5th Annual SSES Super Run!

On Friday, June 17th over 60 runners and family members ran in our 5th Annual SSES Super Run!

Thank you to our coaches from Dr. George Johnson Middle School for your commitment, dedication and enthusiasm!  

Thank you to our parent volunteers for helping the day of the run!  To our families that ran each week with our runners ~ thank you for sharing in our love of running and being active!

To our fans ~ your cheers and excitement mean the world to the runners as they make their way to the crowd....it makes them run just a little faster!

A special thank you to Mrs. Della Magnusson for bringing the Running Club to SSES for the past 5 years....you have inspired so many runners!  The Super Run is always a favorite memory from the year, one that the entire school shares in!

To our runners ~ we are so incredibly proud of you!  

Until next year.....

A Visit to the Nature Playground at Assiniboine Park

The grade 1&2 classes visited the Nature Playground last week!  What an adventure to explore sand, water, forests, slides, lookouts, swings....and we got to go on the steam train!

Waste Audit at SSES with Green Action Centre

Waste Audit Management from Lisa Michaluk on Vimeo.

  Green Action Centre asked SSES to complete a second waste audit for our school. We were asked to collect all the school’s compost, recycling and garbage for a 24 hour period. By weighing and recording each bag we can find out how we are doing at controlling and reducing our waste.

The students in Mrs. Poloski’s class were our Earth Ambassadors. They were asked to think about what things are we doing well and what things can we do better? The students sorted each garbage bag. They noticed some recycling and compost are being put in the garbage. We made up a slogan: ‘KNOW before you THROW’. They believe most students know where things should go they just don’t THINK.  The students said that with a little bit of thinking it could go  a long way. They want another sorting bin in each classroom. They decided it should be called ‘REUSE’. There were a lot of items in the garbage that could have been saved and reused as something else. They found a pair of flip-flops. One student said they could have made them into fly swatters. Wooden chops sticks were found and another student thought her peas that she planted could have climbed up the sticks.

The students also discussed REDUCING the amount of garbage. Some students said their family does not have a compost pile. Some didn’t know where to put dog waste. Many wanted to help make decisions when grocery shopping and look for less packaging.

It was a rich and authentic activity for the students. They got up close and personal with the schools’ waste management program and came out of the experience with strong opinions and great questions.