September 16, 2022

 Hello Families, 

We spent most of the week getting prepared and organized for the whole school assembly we are hosting on Wednesday, September 21 at 12:40pm! This week we worked in groups to continue our Terry Fox biography research and create a slide show to share with the school. Below are some slides made by the students. I will make the slides accessible in Google Classroom for you to view at home with your student when they are finalized. 

In terms of our run across Canada (2km a day), we are still in Newfoundland, however we have now collectively covered 583km. Some students have began seeking challenges in their runs and adding another 0.5km or 0.33km during the designated times. This has led to learning about fractions and decimals! We have also been working on completing the Alberta math assessments all week. 

Arguably the most exciting part of the week was when we got to meet Olympic marathon runner Trevor Hofbauer! In the spring he set a record as the fastest Canadian to have ever run in the Boston Marathon! Send him luck as he races in Vancouver this weekend.

We welcomed his expertise and generated questions to ask him to support with our inquiry. Our questions included:

- why did you want to start running?

- what kinds of mental exercises do you do as a runner?

- how do you deal with pressure before a race?

- what do you learn when you lose?

- what keeps you motivated?

Trevor taught us a lot about the importance of learning from our losses and staying disciplined. We also learned that he first became interested in running at school during a run across Canada challenge kind of like ours!

Here's a note from the Active Living Committee about the Terry Fox run next week:

Lake Bonavista School is proud to be participating in this year’s Terry Fox School Run. Our run will take place on Wednesday, September 21 at 12:40pm following Room 2’s sharing assembly. Let’s get our fundraising going and show everyone how we can “Try like Terry”! To donate: https://schools.terryfox.ca/LakeBonavista. Together, we can all make a difference. 
#terryfoxschoolruns #tryliketerry @terryfoxfoundation 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Ms. Brown