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#HClassBlog - "Where's My Chicken? I need it" - May 25, 2026

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"Where's my chicken? I need it." - overheard in class last week. Introduction: Hello everyone! My name is Tomoya, and this week, I will be writing the blog for #HClass25 for the second time. I am a Grade 7 student at Sir Arthur Currie and I enjoy playing soccer, baseball, volleyball, badminton, basketball, playing outside and spending time with my friends. The Rose: Our teacher candidate Mr. Teixeira had his final test, which was teaching us in front of his supervisor from his Nippising University. We were thrilled to hear that he passed with a score of 98. Now he has finished for the year and is working up in North Bay and getting paid to teach. Congratulations! The Thorn: Our third and final teacher candidate, Mr. Teixeira left after being with us for a total of eight weeks. He first came in February for four weeks and left, but he got a chance to come back for another four weeks. We hope he has an amazing career for teaching. We will all miss him. The Bud: A few people...

#HClassBlog - “Josiah got 3rd in 100m because he slipped on his shoelace” - May 12, 2026

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  Introduction:  Hello everyone! My name is Josiah, and this week, I will be writing the blog for #HClass25 for the second time. I am a Grade 7 student at Sir Arthur Currie and I enjoy playing video games, sprinting, and playing sports 🏀🏃 🎮 . I enjoy going to church on Sundays. ✝️ The Rose: Grade 6’s, 7’s and 8’s spent all day outside participating in track & field. Because of this, we had no classwork and we were able to have fun, socialize and be active for the whole day! 🏃‍ The Thorn:  It was a great week, no thorn to report. The Bud: Next week, is our Spring Concert. The theme is "At The Movies" I am a member of our band and we are playing three songs - The Avengers Theme, Mission Impossible and Defying Gravity from the movie Wicked . The Currie Chorus (our school choir) is also performing as well as several soloists and ensembles, including Saqeef who is playing piano. Our band practicing, that's me on saxophone. Literacy Leanings: We will be finishin...

#HClassBlog - “I like the Avenger’s theme because it goes NEREOM” - May 4, 2026

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Introduction:  Hello everyone! My name is Tanisa, and this week, I will be writing the blog for #HClass25. I am a Grade 7 student at Sir Arthur Currie and I enjoy crocheting, playing piano and playing badminton. The Rose: This week, a flautist from the London Symphonia visited our school and performed for us. She played a beautiful piece of music that was actually composed just for her, which made the performance even more special. One of the most interesting parts was when she showed us advanced techniques, like playing two notes at the same time, which not many musicians can do. She also answered questions alongside the composer, which taught us more about them and helped us understand more about the music. It was a unique and enjoyable experience that many students found both fun and inspiring! The Bud: Track and field is coming up next week, and everyone is getting ready! Next Thursday, students in grades 4-8 will be participating in at least one of the six events: ball throw, ...