Thursday Thoughts | New Year and New Snow – The Ottawa Catholic School Board

For this week’s #ocsbFridayFeeling, we turn our thoughts to Thursday as educators and students rang in the Lunar New Year with excitement, discovering new games and embracing the magic of freshly fallen snow. From sorting challenges to hands-on science experiments and exhilarating snowshoeing adventures, the week was a perfect blend of learning and outdoor fun!

Thank you friends for your informational presentation about Chinese New Year! 🧧 @AskariNasim @StAnneOCSB pic.twitter.com/dFHfLIm7WW
— Mrs. Remo (@ChantalRemo) January 29, 2025

Grade 5's enjoying the outdoors with some snowshoeing fun! They had fun trying to run and go up and down a hill. I think I have them hooked! @StJeromeOCSB @OttCatholicSB @TDOttawa @MrsMG_ocsb @takemeoutside @ocsbStudents pic.twitter.com/76gFoc1WDS
— Joanne Nisbet (@joanne_nisbet) January 27, 2025

Jour de neige! Outdoor Learning was snow much fun today! ❄️ @StVeronicaOCSB #SnowDay #JourDeNeige pic.twitter.com/14XKqnbX9R
— Mme. Vanneste (@mmevanneste) January 29, 2025

Happy Kinders, even happier grown-ups exploring what Baxter Conservation Area has to offer!! We love our kinder family. 😊❤️ #ocsbOutdoors #ocsbKinder #CorpusProud https://t.co/jKYKBieHYK pic.twitter.com/w7CQ7AOFBj
— Corpus Christi School (@CorpusOCSB) January 28, 2025

Grade 5 Ss @StDominicOCSB are working on their sketchnotes to help them remember key vocabulary for our Forces Acting on Structures science unit. Visual note-taking helps enhance comprehension and retention through dual coding, and creativity! #ocsbScience pic.twitter.com/nZlrIvZmhB
— Heather Fyfe (@HFLearn) January 28, 2025

We combined grade 1 classes last block and followed a French guided drawing video to draw un bonhomme de neige

Students labelled the words they knew pic.twitter.com/YxKmGE92Zx
— Mme LeGendre (@mmelegendree) January 29, 2025

From sharing their personal New Year prayers to singing Hail Mary en français, our lions have shown the beauty of faith, unity, and culture that makes our community truly special🦁🙏🏼✨ Thank you for sharing on the announcements this week! #JerPride #FaithInAction #ocsb @ocsbRE pic.twitter.com/yhKVUSFAKD
— St. Jerome School (@StJeromeOCSB) January 24, 2025

We had lots of fun learning all about hand and stick games!!! ⁦⁦⁦⁦@ocsbindigenous⁩ #ocsbBeCommunity ⁦@StGregoryOCSB⁩ ⁦@OttCatholicSB⁩ #ocsbBeWell #ocsbOpenDoors ⁦@carolineghaffa1⁩ pic.twitter.com/1LxO8qTRCI
— Kinder Grizzlies (@grefrench) January 30, 2025

Problem Solving challenge in our sensory bin today: can you sort the bingo chips using the magnetic wands? These friends worked together and soon discovered that spreading the chips out made it easier to pick up all the chips of the same colour. @StVeronicaOCSB #oscbSTEM pic.twitter.com/3rIwm4ybdY
— Mme. Vanneste (@mmevanneste) January 28, 2025

Indoor recess scenes! ❄️🎲 With the cold keeping us inside, Our class made the most of indoor recess yesterday with board games and great conversations. @MPaulBaxterOCSB pic.twitter.com/hlSY6jCGYq
— Ms. Sushma ✨ (@Ms_Sushma_) January 30, 2025