Patricia Thompson

Ss have been asking to use scooters. After safety on scooters and game rules… We played: 🦛Hungry Hungry Hippos! 🦛 For an extra safety precaution we put mats over the scooters. We had a blast! @AmethystSchool

As our year comes full circle, we’re fine tuning communication while playing ⭕️Hoop It Up⭕️ Watch our Ss work on: •Communication •Team work •Display sportsmanship. **Variation: one partner has their eyes closed and the other partner leads. @AmethystSchool #PE

We had the sweetest visitor in the pool today 🦮! Echo is training to work with individuals with hearing impairments. He was just fantastic on duty watching over our Ss swim for #PhysEd class. @AmethystSchool #InclusiveEducation #servicedog

We’re learning about local, global and sustainable food. The Ss started herbs and vegetables today! 🌱🫛🪴 @AmethystSchool @PC_Charity #kidscookandgrow #localfood

We are hosting an information session and tour on May 24th. We look forward to meeting potential applicants, families and school board staff!

So impressed with our students and their efforts in our swim meet today! It was such an exciting afternoon and experience for everyone! @AmethystSchool #swim

Ss had an absolute blast today climbing at Junction. Many first time climbers accomplished the goal of reaching the top! Thank you, @PT_EdTweets for giving our Ss so many different experiences to try!

Our Ss working on Knife Skills in our HFN course! Cheese Stings make for a great assessment tool and snack! @AmethystSchool #foods #kitchensafety #kitchenskills

Huge thank you to Ms. G for another origami workshop! The students made bookmark hearts and they turned out great! 🟩🟥🟦🟧🟨🟪⬜️ @AmethystSchool

In honour of @KingJames becoming all time leading scorer with 38,390 pts! #ballislife 🏀🏀 @AmethystSchool

We went Rock Climbing @climbjunction yesterday. We had a blast! Proud of this group for taking on challenges and never giving up! 🧗‍♀️🧗 @AmethystSchool

We had a blast in our 🏐Volleyball🏐tournament today! The students played their bests and I’m so proud of this group! Thanks to @LDCSB for organizing and @CHOCCBoard for hosting! 🟪Go @AmethystSchool Miners!🟪

We had an amazing time at Elf with our students @thegrandlondon last night. They dressed for the occasion and indulged at the snack bar! 🎄🍫@AmethystSchool

Our secondary students took their learning outdoors today at Fanshawe Conservation Area. What a great way to practice those navigation skills!

I’m so impressed with our #Tchoukball team today! They worked so well as a team and represented @AmethystSchool at the @LDCSB tournament. Here are our students, zero fun was had🙊 #sillyfaces #teamspirit #tournamentfun

Congratulations to our Tchoukball team! We appreciated being a part of the @LDCSB tournament!

Our secondary students ran a food drive in October. Mrs. Hugill’s class and SSC Reid delivered over 300 items to the Food Bank today. Thanks Amethyst families for supporting our “Scare Away Hunger” campaign!

Perfect Pass: another great warm-up game for the Ss! 🟢🔵🔴🟠🟡🟣 It’s been highly requested. Ss: 🗣, teamwork, ✋🏾👀, and enjoy! Thanks @PhysedGames #engagedlearning #skilldevelopment (Watch till the end for the 👋🏾😂) @AmethystSchool *Safety: do not run inside the hoops*

#Tchoukball practice for our EL Ss! Our amazing HS Ss volunteering their lunches to work on skill building. A classic ✋🏾👁 coordination with a smaller ball- develops skill and movement abilities. Thrower keeps the catcher guessing. @AmethystSchool

Thanks for building our new cart! Lots of learning and the cart will get lots of use!