mardi 6 septembre 2011

Bienvenue!

Bienvenue à une nouvelle année, Div 13, puis à notre blog, aussi. :) I hope you weren't too overwhelmed with all the French today... I know it's a big shift to move back into school mode and a different language, all at the same time!

Tomorrow we're going to be doing some team building activities, getting agendas, choosing lockers, and continuing to ease back into school life. I know it's a bit late, but just in case you check the blog before I see you tomorrow, here's a reminder of what you need to bring with you: a magazine that you can cut up, glue, scissors, felts, and a book that you like, in either French or English. A pencil would also be very helpful!

On a completely different note, I just had my dress rehearsal for my concert at the Centre of the Universe on Friday evening, and I would definitely recommend you find an opportunity to tour the facility! It won't work for a field trip for our class this year, but the behind the scenes bits are just incredible, and seeing it in small groups would be really interesting. My concert is in the dome of the observatory, and while we were singing tonight, a visiting scientist that we'd been warned not to disturb came in and started opening and closing the roof, taking measurements, moving the massive telescope around, and even switched off the lights on us at one point, so we were in pitch darkness, other than our stand lights. Our concert will be like that, so it was good practice! Because I can't sing acapella harmony for you all by myself, here is a rather cheesy promo for the concert to give you an idea of the kind of music I sing.
 


For all those former students who haven't stopped getting email updates, don't forget about our get together on Friday after school! I hope your first day was fantastic - it was great to catch up with those students who stopped by today!

Félicitations tout le monde - you survived the first day of school. Now the fun begins! :)
À demain!
Mme O

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