Tongue Twister of the week!

Pour papa a cup of proper coffee in a proper copper coffee cup.

Drum roll please...

Last weeks POLL question was
"WHAT WAS AN OLD NAME FOR AUSTRALIA?"
Well 3 of the 6 answers were correct...
Before Australia was explored and mapped it was known only as
Terra Austalis Incognita

(which is Latin for "Unknown Southern Land").
It was later known to the Dutch as New Holland
& the English as New South Wales
(which is now the name of the state that Sydney is the capital of).
It is often referred to by the nick names
"Aus/Oz" (which I think sounds more like a place you go to
when a whirlwind picks your house up)
& "Down Under" (which I think sounds like
another name for your bottom).
The answers "Prison Island" &
"The Land of Hopping Animals" were of course wrong,
and the answer "Hell" was partially correct
as that is what I sometimes call it.
(just joking, I love Australia, most of the time...)

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Happy Belated Birthday YUJI!!!!

On the weekend we celebrated boss man Yuji's Birthday!!! The RLE family went out for a DELICIOUS Yakiniku supper with all the fixings! It was so tasty and the company wasn't bad either ;) Here are some photos!

Savvy...?

September 19th was TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY.

So lets take a look at some SLANG words you can use if you want to sound like a PIRATE!

Ahoy - A pirate greeting, Something like "Hello!" or "Yo!".
Arrr, Arrgh, Yarr, Gar - Common pirate terms, which are used in different situations.
Avast - An order to stop and pay attention.
Aye - "Yes"
Aye aye - Conformation, taking order from the captain.
Belay - Usually means to tie something down but can also mean to stop or cancel something.
Booty – The treasures and other values plundered from the victim ships.
Bucko - A friend.
Davy Jones's locker - A graveyard for people killed or drowned at the sea.
Lad - A younger man.

Land Lubber - Someone who is not a skilled sailor.

Lass - A younger lady.
Maroon - To leave prisoners on island or desert coast.
Matey - A companion, a close friend.
Savvy - "Do you understand?"

Scallywag - A liar or cheat.
Sea Rover - A pirate, a pirate ship.
Shiver me timbers - Idiom for surprise, shock. Usually used when a ship is hit in combat.
Smartly - To do something quickly.
Sweet trade - Another term for the trade of piracy.
Walk the plank - When someone is forced to walk on a plank, with hands tied behind. Plank is extended over the side of a ship, and victim is usually forced to jump to water and drown.

Weigh anchor - "let's go", "get ready to sail on".
Yo-ho-ho - Salutation, expression of delight, (But will make you sound more like Santa than a pirate)

Well, now you can talk like a PIRATE. Also remember that pirates didn't go to school, so they had terrible grammar and would use "me" when they should have use "my". e.g "It's me ship."

"Good luck ye land lubbers"

* ye - is pirate speak for "you"

A part of our heritage - The Canadian Flag

Canadian History

Where did the Canadian Flag come from?

In 1964, the red Maple Leaf Flag was officially adopted to replace
the Union Flag. Since the 1890's the Canadian Red Ensign was used unofficially. This flag however, was changed many times as each province joined the Confederation of Canada. Flag makers would make the badge larger each time, resulting in several widely used flags.




As you can imagine this became troublesome for the country as a whole and in 1964 the Prime Minster of Canada, Lester B. Pearson, made a committee to change the flag. There were three choices but the maple leaf flag designed by George F. G. Stanley (who went to my university!!!) and John Matheson was chosen.

This is a TV commercial from Canada that depicts how the Canadian Flag was decided.

PIRATES

Here be PIRATES ye land lubbin' scallywags!

Today was PIRATES DAY in PLAYSCHOOL.

We had a great time making our costumes

and hunting for treasure!

Help Us!!!

Halloween is only one month away and we need YOUR help!!!

The annual Halloween party will take place on the last Saturday of the month, but WHERE should we gather? Where would you like to celebrate and enjoy the RLE dress-up party??!!

Tell us what you think in the comment section below!

Should we go to a restaurant or stay and party in the school?

Decisions, decisions!