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Our POV on the Olympic athletes being given priority in H1N1 vaccinations was aired this morning on CBC radio’s Ottawa Morning. Congratulations everyone!
In today’s news we learned that the chief medical officer for Canada’s Olympic team wants our athletes to get the H1N1 vaccination sooner than everyone else. Canada’s Public Health Agency disagrees, saying that the athletes do not need any special treatment.
Here’s what Mr. Toft’s students have to say about this story:
Should we say thanks, even when we don’t mean it? The students from Portable Radio share their opinions:
We were fortunate enough to have this P.O.V. aired on CBC radio’s Ottawa morning on Monday, October 12, 2009.
Congratulations to Mrs.Smith’s class for getting their Portable Radio P.O.V. about the Portrait Gallery aired on CBC’s Ottawa Morning today.
This is our first Point of View of the season. This year the students from both A. Lorne Cassidy School and the new South March Public School will be working to bring you our podcasts. In this Point of View we discuss our opinions about the Government’s plan to scrap the Portrait Museum Project.
CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning played this point of view at 7:25am, Thursday, June 11.
Good work everyone!
With the new year almost here, the kids from Portable Radio have been thinking about second chances. Should we get them? Are they important?
Here are our opinions.
Four students in Grade 5NT worked very hard to pull this off. From 12:15 to 1:00 they worked together to write a script, rehearse and record their opinion on the jersey/sweater “debate”. Then, Mr. Toft mixed in the POV theme music and emailed Laurence Wall at CBC radio around 2:00. By 4:35 pm our voices made it on air!
Congratulations and well done everyone!
Thanks to Mr. Wall for sending us an audio file and giving us permission to share how we sounded on All in a Day.
Yesterday, on CBC’s All in a Day, news producer Laurence Wall commented about seeing a sign that read “New Jersey, Same Passion”. The sign was referring to a new logo from Hockey Canada. He speculated that Canadian kids didn’t refer to this piece of hockey clothing as a “jersey” but as a “sweater”. The students from Portable Radio put together this response.
With November 11th just a few days away, 56js and 5nt began a discussion on their blogs about what Remembrance Day means to us. The students have some very thoughtful answers. This Portable Radio Point of View is just a sampling of their opinions. To read more please visit our class blogs 5/6js.ca and 5nt.ca.
The students who you will hear in this podcast are:
Bradley, Jeffrey, Megan, Gabriel, Sarah, Katie, Adrianna, Maggie and Callum
Students in Mrs.Smith’s 5/6 give their opinions on what qualities make for a good prime minister.
CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning aired our P.O.V. on Friday, October 10 just before 7 am. Great job guys!
Welcome to the 2008/09 season of Portable Radio. This is the first point of view for the year. Students in Mr. Toft’s Grade 5 class express their opinions on whether kids should be allowed to participate in federal elections.
The last day of school is very much on our minds right now. What would make the perfect last day of school for you?
The students behind Portable Radio hope you have a great last day of school and an even better summer!
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has decided not to renew their contract with composer Dolores Claman to use her song as their Hockey Night in Canada theme. While this music has been used as their theme for almost 40 years, CBC has decided it was too expensive. Instead, they plan to find a new piece of music to introduce their show next season.
On the front page of the May 7th Ottawa Citizen, there was a picture and story about 24 Sussex Drive. The NCC wants to do a major renovation of the building. This would take about 15 months and cost about 9.7 million dollars. Should Stephen Harper move out and let the NCC begin the renovations. Listen to our opinions.
Yesterday, police near Maniwaki, Quebec, captured a lion cub named Boomer who had escaped from his babysitter. Our classes had a discussion about whether or not people should be keeping lions or other exotic animals as pets. Listen to our opinions.
Recently, New Democratic Party MP Pat Martin raised the idea of abolishing the penny. Our students shared their opinions on this idea.
CBC’s Ottawa Morning aired this P.O.V. on March 19, 2008.
This week 5/6JS and 5/6NT read an article about a cell phone company in Europe that is marketing its phones to kids 5 years old. We read the article and watched several news stories about the issue of when are kids old enough to have their own cell phones. Listen to hear our opinions on the subject.
Here are our sources:
Our Point of View was played on CBC’s Ottawa Morning today. Here’s what it sounded like:
On these days when buses are cancelled, those of us hardy enough to come to school have been asking the question: Is it better to stay in town or go away during March break.
The students behind Portable Radio have some opinions about this question.
We were played on CBC’s Ottawa Morning today. Here’s what it sounded like:
You can hear what more about the Emery story and what other fans had to say at Ottawa Morning’s archive. Scroll down for January 31, 2008 and select “Fans react to Ray Emery’s antics”.
The story of Ray Emery’s being late for practices and other off-ice behaviour have been making the headlines this week. As a result, there has been talk about trying to trade the Ottawa Senators goalie.
The students behind Portable Radio have some opinions on this issue.
We have been learning about different drugs and their effects on the body. One of the drugs we have been studying is nicotene, the drug that is found in cigarettes.
Last week there was a story on the news about odourless cigarettes. We had a discussion in class about whether or not we thought this was a good idea. Click on download to listen to our opinions.
We read in the Ottawa Citizen about how Winnipeg is trying to get the title of World’s Longest Skating Rink. Ottawa currently holds this title in the Guiness Book of World Records. In the winter, a portion of the Rideau Canal becomes a 7.5 kilometre skateway in downtown Ottawa. Winnipeg currently has 6 kilometres of skateway. They are hoping to have 8.5 kilometres by the end of January.
Our students have some opinions about this issue.
Here is a portion of the article that we used:
Winnipeg wants to ice rink record
River trail would be longer than Rideau Canal’sDave Rogers, Canwest News Service
Published: Sunday, January 13, 2008
In a little more than a week, Winnipeg expects to have bragging rights to the world’s longest skating rink, beating Ottawa’s Rideau Canal Skateway by a kilometre.
Paul Jordan, manager of The Forks market in downtown Winnipeg, said eight university students with snow shovels have been working for three weeks, clearing a six-kilometre trail along the Red and Assiniboine rivers through the city core.
By Jan. 25, Winnipeg officials expect to have an 8.5-kilometre ice trail, bettering Ottawa’s 7.8-kilometre skateway.
In 2007, Winnipeg’s River Trail was only four kilometres, but Jordon figured it wouldn’t take much effort to make it longer than the Ottawa skateway. Winnipeg temperatures have been steady around -30 C this winter and there is about 25 centimetres of snow — ideal conditions for making ice. Jordan is so confident of success by Jan. 25 that he has called Guinness World Records to have Winnipeg’s rink registered as the world’s longest.
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Today we learned about Ottawa’s royal swans and an issue surrounding them. Queen Elizabeth II gave the swans to Ottawa as a present in 1967. It turns out that the swans’ winter shelter needs to be replaced and it would cost $430 000.
Take a listen to our Portable Radio Point of View. We are divided on this one!
CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning (91.5FM) aired this segment on Tuesday, December 18, 2007. You hear CBC host Hallie Cotnam introducing us.
Here are our sources:
Here’s an excerpt from the Ottawa Citizen:
Budget leaves swans out in the cold
Councillors say no to funding construction of new winter home
Patrick Dare, The Ottawa Citizen
Published: Friday, December 14, 2007
Ottawa’s famous Royal Swans could soon find themselves without a winter home because the City of Ottawa doesn’t want to build one.
At a Dec. 12 budget meeting, council decided not to pay for a new swan home, which would cost $430,000. Councillors said the city can’t afford to be building things for swans. Council’s budget for the coming year brought in increases in bus fares, recreation user fees and a 4.9-per-cent increase in taxes.
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As part of our research we watched a video of the swans from spring 2007. This let us see what their shelter looks like and learn a little bit about the royal swans.
http://www.achannel.ca/ottawa/news_44504.aspx
We also visted the Ottawa Humane Society website and found out more information and their opinion on the swan shelter that is being used now.
This is our first Portable Radio Point of View. In this episode you will hear our response to a story that came out this week about a brawl involving two hockey teams in Guelph, Ontario. The kids involved were eight years old.Our challenge is to summarize the story and, as a class, record our opinion, all within a day or two of the story.
What do you think of this news story? Leave comments using the comment link below.
We hope to make more Portable Radio Point of View episodes on news stories that matter to us. Our next regular episode of Portable Radio should be ready in a week or two.
Guess What? CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning (91.5FM) liked this segment so much they played it on their show on November 29. You hear CBC hosts Kathleen Petty and John Hancock comment on our work.
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