Where, Oh Where Has Our Hermit Crab Gone...

       

Yes, it is true!  We believe that our beloved hermit crab, Freddie, has escaped.  He may very well be wandering through our classrooms in search of a new home.  Yesterday, students made wanted posters to place around the building.  For the safe return of Freddie we are offering a reward of chocolate to the person or people that locate him.  Be aware that he can pinch!  The RES community has been advised to call Mrs. Ayer's class to enlist the help of some expert hermit crab catchers!

 

Breakfast for Lunch Realized #tcrwp

  
A few weeks ago, third graders wrote speeches to Chef James requesting breakfast as a lunch option more often.  Chef James listened to our convincing arguments and decided that he could make some changes by offering more breakfast choices!

Today was the day...

The RES Breakfast for Lunch Menu

• Pancakes with mixed berry compote or local maple syrup


• Potato hash brown 


• Blueberry muffin bars


• Broccoli cheddar soufflé 


• Local apple cider

Thanks for listening to us, Chef James!!

Scenes from #GSPD2016

Friday afternoon, we joined hundreds of thousands of students around the world for Global School Play Day 2016!  We had a variety of activities happening in our classrooms for students to choose from including: legos, board/card games, Calico critters, arts & crafts, origami, paper airplanes, No Endz, squishy circuits, Little Bits, Snap Circuits, and more!

Global School Play Day is coming! #gspd2016

Third Graders at RES are participating in the second annual Global School Play Day on Friday, February 5, 2016.  On this day, students will have an opportunity to PLAY -- all afternoon -- with board games, dolls, Legos, blocks, trucks, cars, racetracks, playing cards, empty cardboard boxes, markers, jigsaw puzzles, blankets (for forts), social games (charades, Pictionary, etc.) The only rule:  no electronics (except a board game that has an electronic timer, an electronics play kit, or similar).

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Press Release from GSPD:

Last year, a small group of 6 educators, took action and created Global School Play Day after continuing to see things encroaching on play time for children. They did this because they were angered by the increasing number of schools eliminating recess for children. They were also inspired to take action by the TEDx talk, Dr. Peter Gray, who argues the case that today's kids do not grow up playing and this has led to increases in childhood depression, increased stress related issues and the highest suicide rates in history. Over 65,000 participated after only 4 weeks of social media promotion from those 6 educators.

This Year, over 131,000 (As of 1:00 on January 29th) have been registered by their administrators or teachers to participate in Global School Play Day.  Schools from around the world will stand together to say unstructured play for children is a vital part of their development.

Global School Play Day is for public schools, private schools, and homeschool families! Let's spread the word about the benefits of play. If anyone asks why you're doing this, just tell them, "...because kids have forgotten how to play!"

For more information or to interview a teacher involved Contact the GSPD Leadership -

email - Global School Play Day @globalschoolplayday@gmail.com

Twitter - @GSPlayDay