We hope you like your books as much as we enjoyed making them!
The whole 4A crew was involved in the production of "The Making of 'Fantastic Mr. Fox.'" We learned how EVERYONE had an important job to play - sound effects, costume, props, set design, script writing, directing, acting... It was all about synergy and collaboration.
Hay’sxw’qa si’em to Ms. Handford who made the entire production possible!
Hay’sxw’qa si’em to Ms. Ingram who suffered a lot of papier-mache-ing and took amazing photos for us and to Mr G who kept the energy levels in check on Thrusday and Friday afternoons.
Taylor, we feel sad that you missed it, but we did your vision proud! Nikola and Sterling, we missed your presence, too. Thank you for the masks and claws you made and the enthusiasm you had while we were rehearsing.
Like Mr. Fox, I wish we could keep going together for ever. We finished the year with a few unfinished projects and unfulfilled plans because it was a very busy year. 4A, I loved your enthusiasm, interest in learning new things and creativity. It is with great reluctance I hand you over to Grade 5 (but you are ready). Have a fabulous summer!
With love from Mrs McIndoe xxx
Left: Props and Sound preparation
Below: Our Celebration of Learning
Tide pools, a giant trench, sandcastles.... Bliss!
Anna's Field Trip to Beacon Hill Children's Farm
Another prize draw win! Anna's purple card for attentiveness, appropriatenes and awesome attitude was turned into a field trip to the petting zoo. Hay’sxw’qa si’em, Anna!
we learned about How the West Was "Won"
we looked out at the United States and talked about borders
we read a story about The Pig War
we found GINORMOUS and tiny pinecones
Every Friday we have a prize draw. A hat is filled with purple cards stamped with recognition that you have been attentive, appropriate or had an awesome attitude. Only ONE student can win each week...and ususally it's "Eat lunch with a friend", "Read in the beanbag" or "Call a 15 minute d.p.a." Mandy drew a field trip and chose to treat us all to an afternoon at Willow's beach. Hay’sxw’qa si’em, Mandy!
School Sports Day!
weight...tensile strength...limited resources...balance... innovation... new record
Take Me Out to the Ball Game!
"The Victoria HarbourCats defeated the Edmonton Riverhawks in the School Spirit Game on June 4, 2026, at Royal Athletic Park, capturing a 6-2 victory."
Linear Measurement
How big is a small elephant?
It's about 5.5 metres long, 2.5 metres tall.
Oh no! Apatosaurus was longer than our basketball court...
...Aanvi is at its head and Taylor is where its tail ended (23.2 metres).
An eagle's wingspan is about 2.2 metres.
A python snake is 13 rats long...
How long is our primay playground?
12 students standing 5 metres apart....
It is 60 metres from the fance to the wall of the primary building.
If 10 forks = 1 Daniel, what is the perimeter of the basketball court?
Llama Art with our Llittle Buddies
These lovely llamas (and the rest of the herd) went home with our little buddies. Huge thanks to the amazing, artistic Ms. Paulson for taking the lead on this activity.
Studying Transformation of Energy in the School Garden
The ICS Speech Finals
Congratulations to Taylor who travelled to Duncan to attend the Speech Finals!
All of 4A should feel very proud of their speeches. They were exceptionally well done.
Grade 4 Field Trip to the Butchart Gardens
Alleluia! Happy Easter!
Easter cards and an Easter Egg hunt for our Little Buddies
40 Days of Lent
fasting - praying - almsgiving
4A Takes to the Stage!
Our readers' theatre productions of fractured fairy tales were fun to produce. Thank you to our wonderful 1A buddies for being an amazing audience.
Fi-fi-fo, I'm all forlorn!
They sold the cow for some corn!
What big claws you have, Gramps...
Where are your teeth?
" I don't think she's a real princess."
Do real princesses even eat hash browns in bed?
Cinder-really?
No fairy tale collection is complete with a pumpkin carriage, glorious dresses, princely capes, deprived siblings wearing gunnysacks, a fairy godmother and...hamsters!
Sometimes you need a Thinking Cap...
Then it's Take 2!
You make improvements and try again. This is called the iterative process.
Front Row Seats to Watch the Women's Olympic Hockey Medal Match
D.P.Yay! 4A at Play!
Dress as a Book Character Day
The Bad Seed (main character in the book of the same name), Miss Ladybug, The Hockey Sweater, Crazy Pete (from Plants v. Zombies), and Cat Number 218
Ivy and Bean from Annie Barrow's eponymous series, and Hermione Granger (from the Harry Potter series)
Hermoine Granger, Raina (from Smile), The Grand High Witch (from Roald Dahl's The Witches), our Sweet Valley High twin, and time-travelling Patricia (from Kit Pearson's A Handful of Time)
Mr Beast (from The Unofficial Fan Guide) with Dogman (from the Dogman series by Dave Pilkey)
We attended Rumplestiltskin, The Princess and the Pea, and Little Red Riding Hood as performed by the Grade 9 Drama students at SARHS. They weren't quite the conventional tales! They were hilarious! Big thanks to Ms Gauthier-Riggs for inviting us and to her students for doing an amazing job. We had a great time. Həysxw qə!
Click the link to learn about Axis Theatre's production that we went to see at Sidney's Mary Winspear Centre:
https://www.childrensfestival.ca/performer/where-have-all-the-buffalo-gone/
The blurb reads: "Move through time at this powerful Métis story that helps us remember and understand our past. Where Have All The Buffalo Gone, follows two Métis souls as they journey through seven important moments in Métis history — from the birth of Métis nations on the plains to the colonization driven by the fur trade, the disappearance of the buffalo, and the rise of the Métis Association of Alberta.
This moving tale weaves together stories and a life-sized buffalo puppet, with true historical events to explore the love, loss, and resilience of Treaty 6’s Métis peoples. At its heart, this story celebrates the rich lessons and love stories of the buffalo."
Walking with Our Little Buddies to Epiphany Mass
Merry Christmas from 4A
"Unto us a Child is Born! Shazam!"
STEAM Challenge 2: Getting Santa's Sleigh Airborne
We worked with our Little Buddies to make Christmas crackers to add to the Christmas cheer at Our Place, The St Andrew's Cathedral Soup Kitechen and Amawin House. In all, St Patrick's made 750 crackers (look at them all in the photograph to the left) containing jokes such as these ones contributed by 4A:
What kind of photo does Santa like to take? Elfies!
Why are Christmas trees bad at knitting? They always drop their needles.
Why did Santa send his helpers to school? To learn the elf-abet.
What is every parent's favourite Christmas song? Silent Night.
What did Adam say on the day before Christmas? "It's Christmas, Eve!"
Advent means waiting.
Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King!
Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King!
Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
We're going to see the King!
Advent means preparing.
Advent means Jesus will be here soon.
(Update: I cannot get this video --> going. For a the link, please email me.)
Advent Mass Led by Grade 4
Psalm 72 says, "Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever."
Green Gym Work Out in Haro Woods with Our Little Buddies
Learning about our local flora and fauna with Lindsay Coulter, our local Queen of Green
Camouflage and Senses Games
Ivy Pulling
Thank you to Father Benson for presenting our Bibles to us and to the Catholic Women's League for purchasing the Bibles for presentation.
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105
Poppy seeds are tiny but grow into plants with beautiful blossoms. A single word helps to build a sentence, a thought, a story. Our words matter. How does this remind us of our efforts? Working together we can make a difference. What we do counts.
Therefore, let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding. Romans 14:19
Estimysteries in math class
Sample some of our spooky stories... 🦇
Happy Hallowe'en...um, no, I mean Saint Patrick's Day?
Wide games with 4B!
Capture the Flag
Our First STEAM Challenge: Building a Raft
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18