October - Portage la Prairie School Division

October 2015
La Verendrye School , Portage la Prairie, MB
Your School Newspaper!
Greetings! We hope you enjoy the first ever publication of “the Sash”! This newsletter will be written and produced by grade 7 and 8 students at La Verendrye
School. We hope to publish random bits of information once a month. The purpose
is to get us practicing our writing (and you to practice your reading). It will not be
perfect, but if will be fun to write and read. This month’s theme are the Voyageurs
& the Fur Trade and Halloween.
By Mrs. Borgfjord (Borg-fee-ord)
Why is it called “the Sash”?
The Sash, also known as a ceinture fléchée , is a symbol
of the voyageur.
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Who are our readers?
You are!
Why do we write this paper?
For you!
#yesyeslvs
Keep track of respectful social media messages using
#yesyeslvs. Yes, yes, lvs! is a cheer that our school sports
teams sometimes use during games.
Beaver Facts
Together beaver colonies
create dams of wood and
mud to provide stable
dams. The build these in
deep water in order to protect against predators such
as; wolves, coyotes, bears
or eagles and also so they
can float food and building
materials to their homes.
The beaver has a good
sense of hearing smell and
touch. It has poor eyesight
but does have a set of
transparent eyelids, which
allow them to see under
water. Beavers can live up
to 24 years in the wild.
By Tiarra
In This Issue
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Random Bits of Info

Halloween Tips

Portage Pitbull Review

Video Game Review
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Dear Pierre
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And so much more...
What is a Voyageur?
Voyageur is a French word meaning traveller.
They were young.
They were fur traders.
They traveled in canoes.
Our school is named after Pierre Gaultier de
Varennes, sieur de La Verendrye.
Our school teams are called the Voyageurs.
The Voyageurs used a sash, called a ceinture
fléchée, as a tool to help carry packs of flour.
It helped prevent back injuries or hernias and it
was a part of there national costume. Everyone
wore it.
By Laci
Many images in this newspaper were found using Google Images
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/111956740706380943/
How many wins
they all have:
Crunchers-don’t
keep track
Atom 0-6
Pewee 8-2
Bantam 5-4
http://www.pitbullsfootball.com/
The Portage Pitbulls
Where did the goblin
throw the football?
By Stasia
The students here that belong to the Portage
Pitbulls are;
http://www.portagedailygraphic.com/2015/09/08/portage-pitbulls-week-4-
What tea do
footballers drink ?
Penaltea!
Where they are now the football season.
Bantam and Peewees are in the play offs. First
playoff games are October 10 and 11th. The
bantams made it to the semi finals, and tried
their hardest but didn’t pull through. Way to go
guys! The Peewee’s will be playing for the
Championship Sunday November 1st at the
Investor’s Group Field! Good luck!! Atoms are
done with their season. The crunchers will
continues playing tell October 31st with a big
celebration game at the investors group
stadium.
Over the “ghoul” line!
Kaiden and Kyler Banfield , Blayse LukeyWaldner, Taylor Acoby, Connor Knott, Stasia
Gabriel, Lelend Gabriel,
Destiny Acoby,
Jaylynn Brown, Shawn Roy, Justice Flett.
VIDEO GAME REVIEW
Pierre's Pearls
of Wisdom
Today I am going to do a
gaming review of FIFA 15. First
I am going to rate it. I rate it 5
out of 5 stars. I like this game
because it is really easy to
play. It also has a little bit of
graphic. Over all it’s a very
good game to play. The best
player to get is Messi.
Picture found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_15By Adrien
Dear Pierre,
I am in grade 5 at La
Verendrye School. I really
like to go out on the
playground, it gives me a
break from school work. My
only problem is there is
another student who keeps
hitting me. They seem to
think it’s funny but I don’t!
Sincerely,
A. Concerned-Student
Dear A. Concerned-Student
This is an age-old
problem. It even
happened in the
one-room school
houses of the early fur traders.
What you need to do is ask
the student to stop. Say, “I
need you to stop hitting me, it
makes me feel
uncomfortable.” If that
doesn’t work then you need to
tell an adult on duty. Hope
this helps. Write back if it
doesn’t.
Megwiich,
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes,
sieur de La Vérendrye,
Advice Expert and Fur Trader
Book Chat
By Madison B.
Dog on Trial by Sylvia McNicoll
Interesting?
Useful pictures?
Easy to read?
Recommend to others?
SPIDERS. DID YOU KNOW?
BY JAY
Spiders have eight legs, and they have fangs that
inject venom. Spiders are air breathing Arthropods.
There are Arachnids types of spiders. The wolf spider,
black widow, and banana spider. Spiders can lay up to
100-200 eggs at a time.
Halloween Tips from Google
By Jocelyne
Simple Fake Blood

Clear Corn Syrup

Red Food Coloring
Milk - Optional
However much fake blood is how much corn syrup you'll need.
Pour it into a bowl and mix in some red food coloring. Add
some blue if you like. Adding a small amount of milk will make
the blood appear darker and thicker.
Fake Wounds Recipe
Petroleum jelly - Just a dab
Tissue or toilet paper squares
Cocoa powder
Two to four drops of red food coloring
Directions: Place a dab of petroleum jelly in the small bowl.
Add in a few drops of food coloring. Stir with the toothpick.
Add a small amount of the powdered cocoa to darken the
blood to your desired shade. Separate the tissue so you have
only one layer. Tear the sheet of tissue to about two by three
inches and place where your fake wound will be .Smear the
petroleum jelly mix onto the tissue and mold your gory
wound. Don't
place it flat,
make it appear
realistic and
jagged by
raising the
outer edges.
Beginning with
the outer
edges, pat in
the cocoa to darken the edges. If desired, place a little in the
center of the wound. Now you can go and gross-out your
friends!
Halloween Spider
YIELD
1 batch spiders
1 (12 ounce) package semi-sweet
chocolate chips
1 (5 ounce) chow mein noodles
(may not need all of them)
M&M's plain chocolate candy, for
the eyes
DIRECTIONS
Melt chocolate chips in microwave. Check after 1 minute to
make sure they don't start burning. Stir, then put back in for 20
sec. intervals until completely
melted.
Stir in Chow Mein noodles. Keep
adding noodles until you think you
have enough to cover all with
chocolate.
Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed
paper.
Add 2 M&M's on top of noodles,
for spider eyes.
Note: Add 2-4 T water, if needed,
to thin chocolate chips.
http://www.food.com/recipe/bernices-halloween-spiders-260629
Top 10 Kids Halloween Costumes (found on Google)
“HALLOWEEN”
Girls Costumes
1. Frozen Elsa Classic Child Halloween Costume with
Locket
2. Rubies Batgirl Tutu Child Halloween Costume
3. Dorothy Child Halloween Costume
4. Purple/Orange Lite-up Witch Child Halloween Costume
5. Pink Batgirl Child Halloween Costume
6. Rubies Supergirl Tutu Child Halloween Costume
7. Frozen Elsa Deluxe Child Halloween Costume
8. Pink Power Ranger Dino Charge Classic Child Halloween
Costume
9. The Dark Knight Rises Deluxe Catwoman Child Halloween
Costume
Boys Costumes
1. Star Wars Ep 7 Kylo Ren Child Halloween Costume
2. Antman Child Halloween Costume– #1 Seller
3. Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Deluxe
Leonardo Child Halloween Costume
4. Red Power Ranger Dino Charge Classic Muscle Child
Halloween Costume
5. Star Wars Darth Vader Child Halloween Costume
6. Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Deluxe
Michelangelo Child Halloween Costume
7. Halo Master Chief Classic Muscle Child Halloween
Costume
8. Gold Power Ranger Dino Charge Classic Muscle Child
Halloween Costume
9. Blue Power Ranger Dino Charge Classic Muscle Child
Halloween Costume
ASL SIGN OF
THE MONTH
BY DAMIAN
& AINSLEY
Start with the
back of right
“spread c” hand
palm facing
downward
leftward is held
against lower
left jaw and is
drawn across
the chin to the
right cheek as it
changes to an
“s” hand.