Whale of a Tale

Our community has caught a 51 foot bowhead and some of the 'garbage meat' was tossed outside our apartment and the seagulls had a great time snacking!

 

Repulse Bay is called Naujaat (pronounced Now yat) and most communities have their own dialect of Inuktitut. Here's your word of the week: Quiannami (means thank you). 

These are some of my awesome grade 5's after they finished a puzzle during break time. They are so sweet! 

Here is a cultural fun expression....when you ask them a question that is a yes or no answer, most times they don't speak at all...they will raise their eye brows for 'yes' and scrunch up their nose for 'no'! Like this...

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So funny....I'm so glad the other teachers told me this before my first day!

I actually have students who want to stay after school and help me with things I need to do. They are a great class that would love to be with you all day and play and learn, but for some I don't think they want to go home...not a good situation for many.

The kids are always out playing, sometimes up to no good...the other day there was a crew throwing rocks at our door, the thing to do up here...but then the next day when we got back from the prom Shane and I had three of these cute magnets on our front door...

There isn't a day that goes by that there aren't students knocking at our door asking to visit and see the cats...so cute!

Stay tuned for more Arctic Cat Adventures!