In our Halloween contest, we had lots of fun making flyers, voting on the pictures, and recording the podcast. We learned how to use Audacity and we were very creative with our thinking. Ms. Winters said that when she was a really little kid her Grandma would always give her a giant chocolate bar. Ms. Winters also likes to change up her pumpkin’s design every year. Hope you enjoy this episode.
Chickering has an amazing Jazz Band. After their recent concert, we wanted to learn more about this band and talked with the leader of Chickering’s Jazz Band, Mr. Galligan. We hope you enjoy our chat.
The PTO has an auction every two years. This year the auction’s theme is Mardi Gras. Since students may not attend, to learn more, we talked with Mrs. Gemelli, chairperson for the event and two parents who attended, on March 24, 2018. We hope you enjoy learning about this year’s Mardi Gras auction.
Every 4 years, Chickering School has their own version of the Winter Olympics, when the real Olympics are taking place. Ms Riordan and Mr. Fraser, our physical education [P.E.] teachers, used our P.E. or gym equipment, to replicate the actual Olympic events. The events include: Biathlon, Cross Country Skiing, Curling, Luge, Skeleton, and Speed Skating. To recognize these activities they appear as follows:
. Biathlon – children “skate” on styrofoam, then shoot a basketball or yarn ball into a basket
. Cross Country Skiing – 2 children “skiing” together
. Curling – children use a hockey stick to push donut-shaped rings into a circle
. Luge – sitting on scooters and being pushed by another student
. Skeleton – lying on the scooter
. Speed Skating – children “skate” on styrofoam
Ms Riordan and Mr. Fraser asked us to review and edit about 500 photos from our Olympic events … this took a very long time! We hope you enjoy our photo review of the Winter Olympic.
In our classroom, every Wednesday our teacher presents a questions for us to answer. To learn more about this weekly event, we talked with our teacher, Mrs. Grady. So sit back, relax, and have a cupcake while you listen to our chat.
In March, our school celebrated kindness. We wrote acts of kindness that we have seen or done on sticky-notes and posted them on classroom doors. To learn more about this special event we had a chat with our teacher, Mrs. Grady.
Sr. Romer, our Spanish teacher, asked the reporters to create a video showing a sampling of fourth graders explaining, in Spanish, their identities. We selected four students from Mrs. Atkinson’s, Mrs. Grady’s, and Mrs. Kraeutler’s classes. We hope you enjoy viewing this video.
Dr. Keough is our new Superintendent for the Dover Sherborn School Districts. We had an opportunity to talk with Dr. Keough. We hope you enjoy our conversation.
Mrs. Atkinson has a reward system for all the students in her class. To learn about this reward system, please sit back and relax while you listen to our chat with Mrs. Atkinson.
Our school has a reward system for being nice to others and demonstrating good sportsmanship. It is called Chickering All-Stars. Sit back and relax as you meet our Physical Education teacher, Ms Riordan, as we talk about Chickering All-Stars.