Song & Story Fest - Fun Fact # 6

W.E. Gowling Song & Story Fest

Fun Fact # 6:

 How much of your brain is stimulated when listening to music? 

The whole thing! It is one the only activities that activates, stimulates and uses all parts of our brain. 

Song & Story Fest BBQ - May 14th!!

2016 Song & Story Fest May, 14th:

 BBQ !!!!!  

As another amazing addition to our Story Fest... 

Please partake in our BBQ (Halal friendly) from 11am-2pm. 

BBQ costs will be supported by:

Herb and Spice Shop - Wellington

SA-WEET!!

Song and Story Fest - Fun Fact # 5

W.E. Gowling Song & Story Fest

Fun Fact # 5:

 Which country reads the most books per capita?  

Iceland. 

Song & Story Fest T-Shirts!!

Attention All W.E. Gowling Kids and Families! 

Check your note totes for a Song & Story Fest t-shirt order form that looks like this: 

The logo was developed by W.E. Gowling parents and the funds raised, will support School Council initiatives! Please take note of the due date :o)

Check out these charts for sizing information:

 (although the order form does not mention the xs and xxl sizes, feel free to request them by writing your preferred size on the form, by hand):

Baseball shirts:

www.jerico.ca/productdetail.aspx?c=1&s=70&pid=66 (Size chart listed on right)

T-shirts:

Song and Story Fest - Storybook Character Parade

2016 Song & Story Fest May, 14th - Fourth Activity of the Day 

12:00am - Storybook Character Parade 

Calling All Characters! 

YES WE MEAN YOU!

Join us in a fun filled parade through beautiful Carlington!

Dress like your favourite storybook villain, hero, or party animal and get into character with the help of our...

 Carlington Community Arts Initiative, Drama Rep., Maggie Buttrum and W.E. Gowling Parent, Rebecca Pitt! 

What will happen? Improv, group chants, noise making and prizes for the most amazing costumes (or floats!)!

Get creative!

Let's show our neighbourhood the true power of reading, W.E. Gowling Style! 

Parade starts at the school and will loop back to the school at the end.  Parent supervision/participation would be ideal :o)

If you have spare costumes please bring them to share (we will have spares as well). 

Song and Story Fest - Fun Fact # 4

W.E. Gowling Song & Story Fest

Fun Fact # 4:

How long is the world’s longest song?

The longest officially released song is "In The Garden" sung by PC III label Pipe Choir (USA), which lasts 3 hrs 1 min 50 sec, released on August 16, 2015.

Song & Story Fest - Kalli Dakos is Back!

2016 Song & Story Fest May, 14th - Third Activity of the Day 

11:00am - Poetry Workshop with Kalli Dakos 

*Back by Popular Demand!!*

Kalli Dakos (W.E. Gowling Alum) has been celebrating the school world since the release of her best-selling book, If You’re Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand, Poems About School. She has written many collections of school poems. These include five IRA-CBC Children’s Choice selections – Our Principal Promised to Kiss a Pig, If You’re Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand, Don’t Read This Book Whatever You Do!, The Goof Who Invented Homework, and The Bug in Teacher’s Coffee. Kalli’s poems reveal the funny – and sometimes poignant – stories that take place in an elementary school bathroom. Marc Beech’s zany illustrations perfectly express the ups and downs of school life.

Kalli visits schools all over the United States and Canada, and is now working internationally in schools as far away as Hong Kong. As a former teacher and reading specialist, she uses her educational background to design school visits that provide sound reinforcement for standards of learning disguised as high-energy fun and filled with audience participation. Her huge selection of props and toys pulls in even the most reluctant readers and writers and keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. Everyone becomes involved in the drama of the elementary school world.

Children discover a goldmine of writing possibilities, from the pencils on their desks to the secrets in their hearts. Teachers, principals, custodians, secretaries and parents are all encouraged to read, write, and perform poetry along with the students.
http://www.kallidakos.com/index.html

Here are some shots from last year's Kalli Dakos experience (Will Mrs. Kim have to KISS A PIG again this year??):

Kalli is Awesome!!