This week's Spelling Story Winner


Dylan’s Spelling Story

Sucked into my computer, I blast the community of seven feet tall insects that have taken over the local college. Slowly, they are connecting into one giant insect, but I am trying to stop them. I consider running away, but I decide to stay and fight. Could this be the conclusion of my video game life?

I am very concerned I will lose the tournament. I need to collect the omega plasmatonic- sound-wave- grenade. The insects must contribute food to their leader, they leave the battlefield, giving me the time to look for this special weapon.

“I see it!”

Behind me I hear a dark low voice, kind of like Darth Vader, but without the heavy breathing. He says:
“Hello, human.”

On my screen it says: THE LEADER APPEARS.
I am startled. I yell, “Night Hunter!”

“I have been waiting for fifteen years to defeat you! I commuted here to win the tournament but I also get to defeat my greatest enemy. It’s like a double kill.”

Kindness Month- Well Done, Kindness Crews!

Division 2 did a lot of outreach this month in order to spread kindness across the school. Helping others made us all feel good.

Choose Kind: Viewing the movie "Wonder"
We booked a gigantic field trip for all our intermediate friends to join us at a viewing of "Wonder". What a great way to start "Kindness Month"!











Pink Kindness Notes for the Staff:It started with kindness notes to all teachers, support staff and custodial staff.



Hot Chocolate Kindness Crew- For the Whole School
We also formed kindness crews and delivered hot chocolate to each class in the school.


Kindness Jars- For Our Class
Finally, we made kindness jars for each person in our class and reflected on something we appreciated about them on little notes. All the little jars were filled with all the little notes so that whenever we need a boost, we just have to read the notes we received.


"Famous" Acts of Kindness- When Stars Do Good Deeds, A Critical Thinking Discussion
Last Friday, during our afternoon meeting, we reflected on "famous kindness" the act of doing something for others in the public eye. We had a great discussion about Drake's latest video, "God's Plan". Some of our questions were:
Should famous people get publicity for being generous?
Should thy do good deed anonymously?
Does Drake think he's God?
Does it take away from his good deeds if he makes it into a music video?



The Model UN Summit: Talks on the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Fourteen nations. 54 students. Two classes.
They all came together yesterday to present their country's resolutions on how to solve the world's largest refugee crisis.

After months of  preparation, research, and collaboration, these students spoke confidently about this global issue.









Learn more about Model UN and all it entails in this short clip:


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Mom 2 Mom: A Huge Success!

Division 2 students and their families are the best- here is a photo of us after we collected all of the items for Mom2Mom. Thanks to all who helped!


You can read more about this campaign from the students’ perspective in Cavell’s digital newspaper, The Cavell Monthly ( it's one of our amazing Genius Hour initiatives) here: https://cavellmonthly.wixsite.com/cavellnews/single-post/2017/12/05/MOM2MOM-Cavell-Students-Spreading-the-Real-Meaning-of-the-Holidays

What Are You Reading This Holiday? Div. 2 has some great suggestions....

What started out as yet another book talk in our class ended up becoming a list of our favourite books that we would highly recommend to other grade 6/7 students. Take it from us, this is a great list for holiday shopping and reading!

Division 2’s Recommended Books
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Maximum Ride by James Patterson
Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima
Masterminds (Trilogy) by Gordon Korman
The Water Fire Saga by Jennifer Donnell
City of Ember  by Jeanne Du Prau
Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead
Land of Stories (Series) by Chris Colfer
The Calder Game by Blue Balliett
The Wright 3 by Blue Balliet
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
Minecraft:The Island by Max Brooks
Divergent (Series) by Veronica Roth
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Naruto (Series) by Masashi Kishimoto
Double Identity by Margaret Petersen Haddix
Listening For Lucca by Suzanne Lafleur
Books of Umber (Series) by P.W. Catanese
Speehless  by Jennifer Mook-Sang
Seeking Refuge  byIrene N. Watts
We Are All Made of Molecules* by Susin Nielsen
The Hate U Give* by Angie Thomas
Apothecary (Trilogy)  by Maile Meloy
Life After Life*by Kate Atkinson
Raymie Nightingale  by Kate Di Camillo
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Counting By 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Fish In A Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Inside Out and Back Again- Thanhha Lai
Fun Jungle Series- Belly Up, Panda-monium,, by Stuart Gibbs
Spy School Series by Stuart Gibbs
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian* by Sherman Alexie

* Mature content

Geniuses at Work: Here is a list of our inquiry questions for 2019-2020

Genius Hour Questions 2019-2020 ·       What impact does a healthy free lunch program (nutrition) and schools being built closer to stu...