TOBOGGANING

I am really enjoying my time in Owen Sound. The kids in grade 2/3 have so much fun. They do all these really great things on the weekend.This weekend Austin took me home and we went to his hockey match and also went to Jarrett's birthday. At Jarrett's birthday we went tobogganing. I had so much fun sitting with Austin in the toboggan.

SNOWCROSS RACES

I was such a lucky bear to be invited by Jarrett to the Snow Cross races at the Colliseum in Owen Sound on the weekend. Jarrett was in the races and came 4th. I watched with Caleb in the stands and then I got to sit in the snow mobile with Jarrett. It was so cool!Jarrett and his family do alot of racing and he was in races both Saturday and Sunday. He also played hockey on Sunday afternoon. Both Jarrett and I were very tired by the end of the weekend.

CRAZY CARPETING

What fun I had today!! We were finally able to go Crazy Carpeting. The children had to get dressed in all their snow gear and take plastic toboggans out to a small hill behind the school. They then put me on their laps and we went tobogganing down the hill. Yeah!!!

WRITING TIME

In our grade this morning we were learning about how to write an Explanation. Mrs. Wynde thought it would be a good idea to bring in a bike so the children could explain to me how to ride a bike. I had never seen one before and after sitting on the seat found out there was no way I could ride this one as my feet don't reach the pedals! We had fun talking about the parts of a bike and how and where we would ride it. Then we wrote a planner for our explanation. Tomorrow we would be writing it. I like writing but I find it hard to grip the pencil with my furry fingers.
Bye for now Buddy

BUDDY THE SCIENTIST.

Today I helped the grade 3 boys make some science discoveries. Did you know that magnets are ATTRACTED to most metals but not to me? We tested materials to see if they were attracted to magnets. We discovered that a steel can, spoon, keyring, gold , the chalkboard and our chair frames were attracted to the magnets but that Sam, an eraser, keys, an aluminium can and our chair seat weren't. The boys did some nice bookwork about our discoveries.

My Home

Hi, my name is Buddy and I am a black bear. My relatives live in heavily forested areas, bushes and wooded mountains of North America. They eat twigs, buds, nuts, berries, fruit and Salmon.

Me, I prefer the warmth of my classroom at Sydenham Community School, Owen Sound, Canada. My best human friends are the children of grade 2/3E. They share their chocolate milk and pizza with me. They are also teaching me new words and reading to me. At the moment it is snowing and the children have to get dressed in their snow pants, jackets, mittens and hats before they go outside. I am lucky I have a thick coat so all I need is my Owen Sound Windcheater. They take me outside and play on the equipment and build snow huts.