Fall Photography

The Grade 5 and 6 students have been exploring the world of digital photography. Check out the fall images that they captured outside the school. Students used Picnik to adjust the brightness, contrast and saturation in their images.

EGTV News is Back

On October 3, 2007, members of the Miramichi Fire Department visited the school as part of their fire prevention activities. Student reporter, Andrea was there to capture the event. Watch the video above.

Eel Ground students will be posting news story videos to our website on a regular basis this year. We are hoping that some of the news stories we produce will be featured on the District 16 Report, a monthly news broadcast being produced by School District 16 High School Students.

See Me Hear Me

This music video was produced by the Eel Ground Grade 7 and 8 students with the help of Peggy Ward. The song and video are part of the students' work on Suicide Awareness and Teenage Stress. Thanks to the Atlantic Canada's First Nation Help Desk for their support through out this project.
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Totem Poles

The grade 3 and 4 class have been working with LTTA Artist Heather Johnston on a totem pole unit. Their teacher, Robert McKay, provided background information on the history, purpose and construction of totem poles. Students then worked with Heather to created their own totem poles using boxes, tape and paint. As a final activity in this unit, students used digital cameras to take pictures of their totem poles, imported their images into iPhoto, and then used iMovie to create short videos of their totem poles.
Click on the links below to watch the videos:
Ethan's Totem Pole Movie
Dakota's Totem Pole Movie
Hunter's Totem Pole Movie
Emma's Totem Pole Movie
Kiana's Totem Pole Movie
Lynzie's Totem Pole Movie
Riley's Totem Pole Movie
Sadie's Totem Pole Movie
Kyla's Totem Pole Movie
Amethyst's Totem Pole Movie

Eel Ground's Breakfast Program

Good nutrition and a balanced diet will help our child grow up healthy. Futhermore, research has shown that beginning the day with a healthy breakfast will significantly improve students' academic and social performance.
The students at the Eel Ground School would like to thank Canadian Feed the Children for their support of Eel Ground School's Breakfast program. Without this support, providing breakfast for our students would not be possible.
Click the above image to watch a short video highlighting the Breakfast Program.

NHL Great Visits Eel Ground

Last Saturday, NHL Great, Brian Trottier visited students at the Eel Ground School. He spent 2 hours with a group of students and community members.
Mr. Trottier was very accomodating with the kids. He took photos with them, signed autographs and played some floor hockey with them. He told them he would be back in the Fall to visit the school again and possibly run a hockey clinic for those interested. Before Mr. Trottier left, Chief Ginnish presented him with an Eel ground Flag signed by the kids and parents.

The Cast Meets the Premier

This past week the students of the Eel Ground Drama Club presented their play 'After the Thunder: The Simon Bishop Story' in Frederiction.
While in Fredericton, the students were recognized at the NB Legislature for their work this in the drama, 'After the Thunder: The Simon Bishop Story" which dealt with suicide and teenage stress.
The students were personally congratulated by Premier Shawn Graham and MLA T.J. Burke. The Minister of Education also met with the students and encouraged them to keep up the great work.

Students Enjoy Successful Drama Fest

The Eel Ground Drama Club performed their play, The Simon Bishop Story, at the New Brunswick Provincial Drama Festival in Fredericton. The play won five awards:

• Outstanding Use of Costume


• Outstanding Teacher Director For Adapting a Community Tragedy into a Theatrical Lesson


• Outstanding Choice of Material


• Special Adjudicators Mention for Thoughtful Portrayal of Sensitive Subject Matter


• Outstanding Ensemble Work

Congratulations to the students and staff involved in the production.
Check back soon for pictures of their trip.

Get Well Mother Earth

On Monday, April 23rd, the grade 3 and 4 students participated in the Earth Day 2007 Videoconference hosted by the Atlantic Canada's First Nation Help Desk. In preparation for the videoconference, students created Get Well Cards for Mother Earth. Click on the image above to see a video slideshow of the students' work. (Cards from Metepenagiag School students are also included)

Lieutenant-Governor Visits Eel Ground School

On Thursday April 19th, Hermenegilde Chiasson, the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick visited the Eel Ground School. After touring the school, the Lieutenant-Governor was treated to a dress rehersal performance of 'After The Thunder: The Simon Bishop Story' by the grade 5 thru 8 students.

Show Me Your Math

The grade 2 class has entered the Show Me Your Math contest hosted by the Atlantic Canada's First Nation Help Desk. The purpose of the contest was to encourage students to see the math that exists all around them. With this in mind, students created pizza parlor posters that described pizzas using fractions.

The Eel Ground First Nation Drama Club Presents...

The Eel Ground First Nation Drama Club is currently working on a one-act play, 'After The Thunder: The Simon Bishop Story'. Nineteen students in grades 5 thru 8 are rehearsing three times a week after school. Several staff members are also involved.
The production will be staged in Restigouche, PQ on April 21st, at Miramichi Valley High School on April 26th, at the NB Drama Festival on May 1st and as part of the Thrive Conference on May 9th at James M. Hill High School. Other destinations include Tobique and Big Cove.
The play is about Simon Bishop who, after taking his own life, must free his spirit to move on. His life is revealed to him but he keeps his one deep secret to the end. Does he deserve a second chance?

Proscope Movie

The grade 3 and 4 class have made a movie using images they took with the proscope USB microscope. See if you can guess what the magnified images are.

Eel City Beats Vol. 2

Braden and Randy have been cranking out tune after tune using Garageband. Visit the Eel City Beats Blog to listen to their most recent work in Eel City Beats Vol. 2.

Planet Movies

The grade 5 and 6 class have created planet movies as part of their science class. The students created the images using Photoshop, they created their music using Garageband, and they built their movies using iMovie. Enjoy!
Randy's Space Movie
Brenda's Planet Movie
Bryce's Space Movie
Hannah's Planet Movie
Hayley's Planet Movie
Ryan's Space Movie
Wallace's Space Movie

Magnified!

This album is powered by BubbleShare - Add to my blogMr. McKay's Grade 3 and 4 class have been using a Proscope in the classroom to capture magnified images of everyday items. The Proscope is a UBS digital microscope that is able to take digital still pictures.
See if you can identify the objects in the above slideshow.

Eel Ground School to be Featured on INAC Website

Eel Ground School will be featured as a success story in First Nations Communities on the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada website.
Last week, Bossy Jossy Productions spent two days at the school shooting video and interviewing teachers and students. They are working for INAC to produce a three-minute video that will be posted on INAC's website.
Eel Ground School would really like to thank Jossy, J.D., and Steve for letting the grade 6 students help out with the video shoots. We can't wait to see the final product.
Jossy (aka: Jocelyn Rheaume) has worked with Alanis Morissette, Avril Lavigne, Chantal Kreviazuk and The Goo Goo Dolls in the past. Now she can add the Eel Ground School staff and students to the list.

They Love Math

The grade 2 class has been working on a math/art activity. Several students have taken digital pictures of their projects.

Podcast Highlighting Robert Munsch Visit Now Posted

Hunter hosts this podcast which highlights the video conference between Eel Ground students and children's author, Robert Munsch. To listen to the podcast, click on the image above or visit the Eel Ground School Podcasts blog.

Robert Munsch Video Conference Huge Success

The students at Eel Ground were extreamly lucky today to have children's author Robert Munsch visit them via video conference. Students and teachers from Metepenagiag and Elsipogtog also participated. Mr. Munsch treated the students and teachers to several stories and he also took time to answer several of the students' questions.