According to the Google, in the olden days, without modern air conditioning, houses got incredibly hot. To cool down, kids spent almost their entire day outside. When they were inside, they would sit right in front of electric fans. A favorite game was talking directly into the spinning fan blades because it made your voice sound like a chopping robot!
Music Department: Congratulations to the members of our grade 7, 8, and 9 band, as well as the member of Complimentary Lemon…
Wednesday June 10 Students, staff, Teachers, guests - Welcome!
According to the Google, some of the most popular music played today at school band concerts are "Theme from Jurassic Park" which teaches sweeping legal phrasing and builds to one of the most iconic brass crescendos in film history. "Pirates of the Caribbean" which is fast, syncopated, and highly recognizable. It is great for learning 6/8 time feel or driving 4/4 syncopation. "Queen in Concert" which is a…
According to the Google, tomorrow is the 82nd anniversary of D-Day - one of the most important dates in Canadian history. On that morning in 1944, during the Second World War, nearly 15,000 young Canadian soldiers stormed a piece of the French coast code-named Juno Beach. They braved incredible danger to help free Europe from Nazi control. Today, we remember the courage of those everyday Canadians who left home to fight for freedom, and the hundreds who lost their lives on that beach. There’…
Thursday June 4, 2026
According to the Google, if all you want to do these days is sit at home and watch TV, then you would’ve been very excited for June 4, 1953 if you lived in Ottawa as it was on that day that (CBC) officially launched CBOT in Ottawa. It was only the third television station in all of Canada. At the time, TV was a brand-new, mind-blowing technology but what wasn’t invented yet, was the remote control. You had to get up and walk across the room to change…
According to the Google, On June 2, 1969: Ottawa’s National Arts Centre (NAC) opened its doors. Built as a cornerstone of Canada’s 1967 Centennial celebrations, it has since grown to become one of the most prominent cultural institutions in the country, also establishing the world's first Indigenous Theatre department. This is important to recognize because we are going to be having some live theatre here at Birchwood tonight as The Birchwood Drama Club presents “Order Up!” on Tuesday…
According to the Google.... is back and we are on June 1. Official symbols of June are for gemstones, The Pearl, Alexandrite and Moonstone. For flowers, it’s the rose and honeysuckle. And zodiac signs, we have Gemini and Cancer which switches on June 21. Also because June is named after Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage, it has historically been considered the luckiest month of the year to get married, and statistically, according to the Google, the most expensive as well. …
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