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Having fun while learning Darrell Greer Northern News Services Published Wednesday, November 9, 2011
The week-long event was marked by every student reading a book, magazine, comic, newspaper or document for 15 minutes each day at 11:15 a.m., and being allowed to select one book during the school's book giveaway. They also played on a giant Scrabble board and spent time with famous Inuit children's author Michael Kusugak, who grew up in Repulse. Grade 4 teacher Sarah Williams said the students look forward to the annual Literacy Week activities in Repulse. She said the week is a good opportunity for the 350-plus students at Tusarvik to have a little fun while learning. "Each teacher did their own activity in various grade groups," said Williams. "Our group of grades four to six had different centres, which included an enormous Scrabble board we created and set up in the gym. "That was a big hit with the students because we had three classes duelling against each other as teams, making huge Scrabble words. "The kids could actually walk on this huge, laminated Scrabble board and put down their words." The game of Boggle is always popular among the students, and the idea of having a pizza station was a big hit. Williams said not only was the activity a tasty one, it also covered a number of learning bases at once. She said the crust was pre-made and the students took it from there. "I gave them a blank recipe template and they wrote what toppings they wanted on their pizza. "They were writing a recipe, reading a recipe, following instructions and, finally, eating their recipe. "I had upwards of 70 kids go through the kitchen in little groups to decorate their pizza, so we did it in small centres during one afternoon. "These events are great because there's a lot of collaboration between the classes, and the kids know it's an extracurricular activity they can have a lot of fun with, but it still falls within their normal curriculum."
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