Welcome to: Mrs. Ryan-Gorner's Homepage in Topsail, Newfoundland, Canada My Homework Page (for our latest assignments/tests etc.) |
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Welcome to: Mrs. Ryan-Gorner's Homepage in Topsail, Newfoundland, Canada My Homework Page (for our latest assignments/tests etc.) |
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The Web Site of Madonna Ryan-Gorner
Classroom / Internet Projects (Past & Present)
Stanley the Beaver (1996-97) / Poss the Possum (1997-98) / Tess the Moose (England 1998-99)
French Key-pals (1998-99) / Tess in Norway (1999-2000)/ Tess Goes to Wales (2000-2001)
Tomatosphere (2001) Check here to see what happened. / Tess in Iceland (2002-2003)TBA
| My Classroom (1999-2000) | My Classroom (2000-2001) | My Classroom (2001-2002) | My Classroom (2002-2003) |
The island of Newfoundland was first discovered by the Vikings (Leif Ericson) in AD 1000 and then again, in 1497 by John Cabot (only 5 years after Columbus discovered America). Our province is made up of two parts...the island part which is called Newfoundland and the mainland part which is called Labrador. Ours is the tenth province of Canada. We became a province in 1949. Conception Bay is the northeast bay closest to St. John's (our capital city). Conception Bay South is, of course, at the south end of this bay.
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| The City Of St. John's Welcomes You!! | The Girl Guides of Canada | The Vikings |
| VOCM (radio station) | Canada Boy Scouts of America:1997 National Jamboree | Newfoundland Heritage Site (Learn about our native peoples) |
| Welcome to the Weather Office (weather of Nfld.) | CBS Music School | Grade 5 Meteorolo Weather Watch |
| St.John's Arts & Culture Centre,Newfoundland, Canada | AltaVista: Translations (useful, but very literal!) | Sunshine Educational sites (New Zealand) |
| The Telegram Online (Nfld. newspaper) | Emily's Homepage | Kids Space |
Job title:Grade 5 Teacher at Topsail Elementary
Key responsibilities:Teaching about 25 lively and fun "10 & 11" year olds; STEM~Net lead teacher; Computer & Technology Committee
I was born in St. John's, Newfoundland many years ago and have been teaching at Topsail Elementary since 1975. I have taught all the primary grades, and have taught Grade 5 since 1997. (I must admit...I really LOVE Gr.5!!!)
My family, which includes my husband and our three children, takes up a lot of my time. Besides teaching, I am interested in the Girl Guide movement (and was once a Sparks leader). I do manage to find other things to do such as: play chess with my children (but they are better than me), swim (not often), sew (not often enough), read (when the children are in bed and all is quiet), work on the computer (probably too much), listen to music (see read), practise playing the clarinet (I'm getting better), take photographs (mostly of my family) and make video-tapes (of various school events and again of my growing family). I enjoy using our school's digital camera in the classroom and all around the school to make booklets and worksheets, as well as to post pictures of us and our work on the Internet!
Last Revised on December 02, 2003
I'd appreciate some feedback about this page. Let me know what you think. You can contact me at my e-mail address : mgorner@stemnet.ca
