1. What is the name of your school? – Chief Poundmaker School

 

2. Can you tell us about your town? – We don’t live in a town. We live in a First Nation reserve. It is about 40 min. from the closest city. http://bit.ly/14YvPsl

 

3. What do you learn about at school? – The subjects we have are math, computers, English language arts, Cree, career education, art, phys. ed., science, and social studies.

 

4. What is the population of your town? – There are about 500 people that live here.

 

5. How many students attend your class/school? – There are 14 students in our class. We did have 15 but one student recently moved. In our whole school there are about 150 students. We have Pre-Kindergarten to Gr. 12 so the numbers change depending on the semester (for high school).

 

6. What do you like to do in your spare time? – We like to visit friends, play outside, go biking, play video games, play at the park, and watch tv.

 

7. Do you go on field trips? Where? – We do! We went to Regina this year for a Learn about Risks sleepover at the Science Center. Next weekend we are going on our end of the year field trip to Edmonton and staying overnight at the Science Center. In Edmonton, we’ll be going to the West Edmonton Mall – which is the largest shopping mall in North America. It has movie theatres, a water park, an amusement park, a skating rink, and a lot of stores! http://www.wem.ca/

 

8. We are known for our farming. What is your town known for? – Farming as well. This area of Saskatchewan grows a lot of canola, wheat, oats, barley, Saskatoon berries, and a lot more!

 

9. How cold is it in Canada? We are currently suffering a cold winter of 17 degrees celsius. – Today it was 22 degrees celsius because it is spring. It will be the beginning of summer next Friday (June 21). In the winter it gets really cold. There were a few days this year where it was -50 degrees celsius with the windchill.

 

10. What time do you start school each day and when do you finish? – The buses drop us off between 8:30am and 8:45am. We start school at 9:00am and finish at 3:15pm

 

11. Do you go to school five days a week? – Yes we do.

 

12. Do you wear a uniform? – No we don’t.

 

13. Could you tell us about your culture? – We are Cree First Nation. We go to pow wows and round dances, have feasts, learn Cree, some of us sing with a drum, and some of us dance pow wow. There are many aspects to our culture.

 

14. Do you have any animals that live in your area? – There are a lot of animals! Horses, cows, moose, deer, prairie chickens, Canadian geese, ducks, coyotes, wolves, gophers, rabbits, dogs, cats, and antelope.

 

These were great questions! Do you have any new questions or follow up questions to any of our answers? We are done school on June 24th for the summer.