Holiday Concert and 125th Birthday Celebrations

JK/SK birthday cake for
Lord Lansdowne's 125th birthday

The New Year seems like a long time to wait to write about the wonderful holiday concert that happened last night at Lord Lansdowne.  There were lovely displays in the entrance hall of the school, near the stairs and in the library.

Grade 3 French Immersion models
of classrooms from 125 years ago

A close-up o f one of the gorgeously detailed classrooms
to show what school might have been like 125 years ago, when
Lord Lansdowne first opened its doors

A video of the beautiful dance (with thanks to Jessica Runge) performed at the end of last year by grade 1 and up, and a soundtrack of the children singing was playing in the library.




Also in the library, there was a genuinely fascinating collection of PowerPoint presentations with the history of the names of the laneways in the neighbourhood and some lovely artwork on display which the photos do not do justice to!

As for the concert itself - well, the children excelled themselves from the singers to the skit to the strings and band, it was clear that they had all put in a lot of hard work and were enjoying it all. Those of us who were able to stay to the very end heard an exclusive song penned by Mr. Gilman with vocals from a past pupil who is now studying music. Some enthusiastic dancing from teachers and students was noted for the Blues Crew performance!

Many, many thanks to all the teachers and staff and to the students for putting on such a great show!