It's almost summer.
It means that fun school days are popping up, and last Friday was one of them.
We had PBS Day at our school. PBS stands for Positive Behaviour Support, and this was a way to celebrate the students' focus and work around important values, like respect, patience, tolerance, service and forgiveness.
This year, the PBS committee (all made up of teachers and staff), worked really hard to pull together a pirate-themed fun day.
The girls went bananas over these cool pirate t-shirts,
with our school mascot, Chip Chip, dressed as a pirate with two dog bones to mark the X
(Chip is a Husky, in case you were wondering).
It was designed by a teacher at our school.
All the students all started out in their own classrooms, and teachers wrote a number (from 1 to 18) on each student's hand.
As classes arrived in the gym, each student joined their group number.
Older kids were able to sign up to be an activity leader or a team leader.
Some wanted to help with the meals.
(Two snacks and a hot dog lunch were provided for everyone! Courtesy of the Parent Association.)
Once everyone arrived in the gym, the celebration began, and the pirate theme was revealed to the students when a band on nasty Value-Thieving Pirates came and stole all the values the students learned and earned all school year long!
I helped Team 17, also known as the Swash Bucklers, wind their way through a variety of activities being run by other teachers all over the school and school yard, to earn gold coins to pay the pirate bounty and get our values back.
Miss G was on Team 9, the Jolly Rogers, and Miss A was with the special Preschool team.
(Above, Miss A is making a hook for a pirate, and Miss G is singing a pirate tune.)
At one point during the day, I found Miss A, and came up behind her with my matching pirate t-shirt, Chip Chip (our school mascot) tattoo on my cheek, and a yellow eye patch on, and said, "Aaarr Matey!"
She whipped around, and said, "Mommy! You just joking, right? I a little bit scared of pirates."
She's a cutie pi-pirate!
That same day, I took Miss G to the dentist for a very rushed appointment, as one of her beautiful Princess Teeth (a cap) fell off one of her molars (she has four, in total).
The dentist just cemented it back on, and Miss G hardly even noticed.
She was a brave little pirate, taking care of her teeth.
EVERYONE got into the spirit of pirate day.
"Mommy! Joseph is wearing an eye patch like a pirate. That's funny."
Miss G and I thought that was pretty clever...
What fun celebratory school days are happening where you are?
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