Earth Day

Well, nothing says Earth Day like going ice fishing! We actually had a meeting scheduled for Earth Day (April 22nd), so we celebrated at the school on Friday, April 23rd instead. In the morning, we started out with a game of Earth ball (grades 4-6). I wish I had taken some pics of this as it was pretty funny!! We have a soccer ball that is about 10 times as big as it should be . . . so we played a game with it. After that, we had some recycled Art activities and a movie for the kids. The afternoon was the highlight of the day as we took the bus to "Old Water Lake," not to be confused with "New Water Lake," which is the current water source for Repulse Bay. Holes were drilled for ice fishing (it was about 6 ft of ice- glad I didn't have to drill the holes!!) and a couple of tents were set up for hot chocolate. A nice tobogganing hill was located just off of the lake, which was tons of fun! I made a few trips down the hill and only wiped out a couple of times. It was the perfect weather for our outing. I think it had to have been the warmest day of the year so far. A bunch of us had our jackets off and enjoying the beautiful sunshine! Only two fish were caught in the afternoon (lake trout), but everyone was having fun.


This is a pic on top of the hill looking back down on the lake and the ice fishing.

This is a picture of one of my students kneeling on the ice . . . there were some pretty cool designs!


Now this is the way to fish! Not sure whose chair it was, but it was comfy! I didn't even get a bite! We were jigging with sticks that had fishing line connected and some lures. I believe there was a bit of bait put on some of the hooks.


First fish of the afternoon.