Mini We Day

The grade 6's students attended Me to We day on April 18th.


On Monday May 6th of education week, 7 gr. 6's presented a mini we day in the gym during the news show. The grade six students wanted to celebrate the support from the st. Gabriel community of making a change.

The community supported us in SO many initiatives  like Double lunch day, You Matter, Penny bags and milk bags, and so much more.

Everybody stood up with us to join us in the We Day dance!!!

This is the video of St. Gabriel Mini WE DAY
Mini We Day

Pictures of We Act:

No Voices

On April 18th the junior classes at St. Gabriel school took part in We are Silent.

The following video was shared with the classrooms explaining the reason of No Voice.


Presentation representing No Voice

On April 18th students experienced how it felt to be silenced for 40 minutes.

No Voice Day

Double Lunch Febuary 27th

This is a document representing the Double Lunch day of Febuary 27th.

This was our second lunch day, so it needed a promotion. Here's the document, promoting St.Gabriel's second 'Double Lunch Day.' Lunch Day doc.


Double Lunch Day Video

More pennies!

You won't believe it! But we just got 3 more containers of pennies therefore we have provided 3 more people with clean water for their entire lives!

video on Penny Drive

Pennies

The grade 6's are now finished the penny organization. Guess how many people we provided with clean water for their whole lives? 10 people won't be thirsty ever again.

Penny Bags

We have finished the penny bag initiative, and we are doing well. We have filled 6 bags. That is 25,000 pennies. 25,000 pennies provides water for 10 people for their whole life.  Since the penny is getting discontinued on Febuary 4th, the pennies are going to be donated on Febuary 4th.

Plarn Mats

Plarn mats are mats or mattresses you sleep on made of plastic yarn. Plarn is many recycled milk bags cut, tied and crochet together.

 

Christmas Hampers

Another initiative we are taking as a school is the hamper project. The hamper project is a time to bring in needed products to families who are less fortunate.

The hampers might include:

Food and other nutrition products,

 

Clothing,

other items they might need, and a personal gift for each member of the family. 

Hat and Mitten Tree

We have finished another one of our fundraisers for Christmas. We made a hat and mitten tree. It has been emptied 3 times. So many generous kids have donated hats and mittens to those in need. The fundraiser was fun. Here is a video of all the images taken during the fundraiser. Enjoy!

Hat and Mitten Tree Video

Free The Children Initiatives

Two initiatives we are taking part in are:
-Milk Bag mats
-Penny Drive

For the Penny Drive you have to bring in as many pennies you can to fill a bag that holds about 25 dollars. That 25 dollars provides clean water for someone who doesn't have water, for their whole life.

 

Milk Bag mats are hundreds of empty milk bags weaved together into mats. Imagine that you had to sleep on the muddy ground with no protection. Milk bag mats are really comfortable and it provides a sleeping spot for people who don't have one.

 

Double Lunch Day

Double Lunch Day is a day to help our community. The students at St. Gabriels were asked to bring a second, or third lunch to help provide food for the Ottawa Mission. The extra lunches provide food for the mission's back to work and back to school programs. Thanks to all the students. Below is a video off some images from Double Lunch Day!

Double Lunch Day

Our Contest is Over

We have finally finished our contest for the Kanata Food Cupboard, and 5 classes won. We brought in over 200 pounds of food for the Kanata Food Cupboard. The five winning classes in order from 1st to last were: Mme Brousseau, Mr. Hiscock, Mme Begin, Mr. Joe and Mr. Rusch. We thank these people for the exceptionally generous donations.  Here is a video that we made full of all the images when the contest was still going on.

The Food Video

The Activities Supporting the Kanata Food Cupboard

The contest:

In order to motivate the students to collect a large amount  of cereal and rice, we first brainstormed some activities for the 5 winning classrooms (We have five groups in our class). Then we made some posters for the event. The posters stated the items in which to bring in, that there are five winners, the closing date for the contest and a small illustration.

Kanata Food Cupboard

For Thanksgiving we looked at a high priority website of the Kanata Food Cupboard to find the foods that they urgently needed. We looked at the high priority list of foods, and decided to increase the amount of rice and cereal. Our class put in an effort to bring in rice and cereal. For even further success in bringing in rice and cereal we created a contest.

Loading the Food

Why we do it

The grade six students at St.Gabriel school are taking part in the Free The Children campaign. Through local and international initiatives, we are creating awareness towards social justice and hunger. We are in Ottawa, Canada and we have produced activities and contests to raise awareness to this global cause.