Cover By: Zohra, Grade 8 Fg 2 Editors’ Message the Pros and Cons Of

The Viking Journal

Volume 2, Issue 4

Cover by: Zohra, Grade 8 fg 2 Editors’ Message The Pros And Cons Of

Hey Cedarbrook! We are so pleased to announce that our team has accomplished the fourth issue of the Viking Journal. The team has put a lot of effort into creating this newspaper. We have a lot of articles in this issue and this one has been made by the Editors-in-Chief. The Look at Fortnite was very enjoyable to write and we are satisfied with the final copy. This article is about the pros and cons of Fortnite. Pros - Vijay There are a lot of games out there that are really good that kids play, cost a lot of money. Fortnite is a FREE game that you can play with your friends anytime, anywhere. You can talk, interact and play with your friends in Fortnite. For example, if you really want to talk with your friends and interact with them, you can play Fortnite. Fortnite is full of suspense and excitement, Fortnite even has emotes that you can perform during games to express yourself. Therefore, this game is also a great socializing opportunity. These are some pros of why Fortnite is such a good game. And of course, you also have to acknowledge the cons below before you make a solid and firm decision.

Cons - Anuhesh This may look like a fun and exciting game, but it can be very addicting. In June, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that gaming disorder ( addiction ) is a mental health problem. Second of all, 68.8% of all players spend about $90 on Fortnite. One shocking incident was when a UK dad let his 12-year old son use his credit card to make purchases on Fortnite. However, one purchase later turned into 81 different purchases, racking up a total of $930! The cross dad blamed Epic Games for accepting so many transactions in 72 hours. Third of all, the ability to communicate online while playing these games can result in incidents of online bullying, the use of inappropriate language and abuse. This is a message to all parents out there that have a child playing Fortnite. Playing Fortnite isn’t good or bad, just know that there have to be boundaries of when it comes to how long you should play and how you play. 3 The Ones In Charge

By: Mahisa & Narsin -Special Features Team

Hey everyone, Do you want to know more about the ones in charge of Newspaper Club? Like the leaders, or who the responsible ones are? Well, if you do, then you should keep reading. We have asked #Canto to answer four questions about Newspaper Club.

Now, you're probably wondering who is Canto? Canto is Mme Sutanto & Mr. Cathcart. They are the Grade 6 EXtended#CANTO French teachers. You might know them from some clubs. Mme Sutanto leads Dance Club for Grades 3 and 4 with three amazing student leaders, while Mr. Cathcart leads Board Games club every Tuesday!

Nasrin: “Why did you decide to create the Newspaper Club?” Mr. Cathcart: “Madame Sutanto and I wanted to do something together. I really like reading and writing and I thought it would be a great way to show the community our school’s talents.”

Mahisa: “Who gave you the idea to create this club?” Mme Sutanto: “Mr.Cathcart and I came up with the idea of starting a Newspaper Club a few years ago. We love seeing students take charge and express themselves and what better platform than students to lead the newspaper. We have many sports clubs at Cedarbrook and we felt like there was a group of students that could benefit from a club where they can express themselves. This was the reason for the Newspaper club.”

Nasrin: “What are some of the teams in the Newspaper Club?” Mme Sutanto: “Our newspaper club had a rigorous application process. This has helped us decide, our editors and chiefs as well as editors for the Sports team, Special Features Team, Art and Layout Team, and News Team.”

Mahisa: “What is the main idea/purpose of having this club?” Mr. Cathcart: “I see it as giving students more confidence and become better writers.”

Well, here it is, The Ones In Charge of Newspaper Club (aka the leaders/the responsible ones). Keep your eyes open for the next issue of “The Viking Journal.” 4 Valentine's Day By: Ali & Dhiyana - News Team

Valentine's Day, also known as Saint Valentine's Day, is a day of love and appreciation. Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 every year and it is a Christian holiday. Valentine's Day is when you buy others gifts and treats. As a gift, you would usually give roses and chocolates.

Valentine's Day is celebrated in different ways in many different parts of the world. The first Valentine's Day was celebrated in the year 496! Having a particular Valentine's Day is a very old tradition, thought to have originated from a Roman festival. The Romans had a festival called Lupercalia. Later on, the church wanted to turn this festival into a Christian celebration and decided to use it to remember St Valentine too. Gradually, St Valentine's name started to be used by people to express their feelings to those they loved. That is how Valentine's Day started.

One question multiple people are curious about Valentine's Day is why red and pink are the colours that you would wear on Valentine's Day. This is because red has long been considered the colour of passion. Therefore, it is worn on Valentine's Day to show the passion you have inside of you. Pink is the colour of romance and is the colour of universal love for oneself and of others. In general, both red and pink symbolize L♡VE! Valentine's Day is the most popular in the United States, Great Britain, Australia and Canada, but is also celebrated in Argentina, France, Mexico and South Korea. Valentine's Day is celebrated in so many different places and in so many different ways all around the world. 5 St. Patrick's Day By: Thaaranika - Special Features Team

Guess what Cedarbrook! St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated on the 17th of March. What is St. Patrick's Day? You may also ask and how do you celebrate it? St. Patrick's Day is a global celebration of Irish culture. To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, people in Ireland throw festivals, parades and even wear green all day. In Toronto, people go to parades, attend the Saint Patrick's day mass and party at an Irish restaurant. Why do people wear green on St.Patrick's day? Well, Irish legend has it that on St.Patrick's day, if you do not wear green then magical creatures called Leprechauns will come out and pinch you. If you go to Ireland next year on the 17th of March, make sure to have fun celebrating the Irish culture and wear green, or you’ll get pinched! 6 Earth Hour “A small act can go a long way” By: Angelina.p and Andrea.L.B - News Team

For one whole hour every year, people, Our school is an schools, offices and homes all over the environmentally-aware place, where world turn off all lights, computers and we take care of the surrounding other electronic ecosystems and wildlife. During Earth Hour our school turns off all the devices, if possible. This lights and throughout the day we worldwide movement organize our own garbage pick-ups opens the discussion of and have started our own Cedarbrook the true state and eco-club. But like we already know, “health” of our planet, a topic that there is always room for most people set aside for “another improvement. You can contribute to time”. It forces people to the change by suggesting to your realize that soon, there may not be teachers to turn off the lights as often much time to talk, and that we as possible or appointing someone to have to act now while there is still the job. And making sure that your enough time to reduce our fellow classmates pick up after ecological footprint. Earth Hour themselves. But most importantly, was founded by the now famous you have to make sure that you are organization: WWF, or World doing your part, whether it’s big or Wildlife Fund. small. Volunteer to organize events to

This organization is known for all raise awareness or to clean up, and its environmental work and its ever clean up after yourself. Take action, so famous panda logo. The fund even if you’re the only one at first. raises awareness and money for This year, Earth Hour is multiple areas such as climate happening on Saturday March 30th change, endangered species, fresh at 8:30pm to 9:30pm, though our water, and the relation between school will be celebrating on tApril nature and politics. 22, from 2:00 PM to 3:00. So remember to turn off your lights and take care of the environment. Like the old saying goes: a small act can go a long way. 7 National Reading Month By: Cynthia - Special Features Team

March is National Reading Month! It is recommended that all students should read 15 to 20 minutes a day or even more. Many students may not enjoy reading as much as others, but we all have gotten lost in a book, flipping quickly to the next page with suspense on what will happen next. There are also many benefits to reading. It can improve your concentration as well as your memory. It also expands your vocabulary and writing skills. Lastly, it can reduce stress. All of us have stress (all of us) and reading can, “take you to another world”, If it’s a great book.

But, how do you find one? Different students enjoy different types of books such as mystery, romance, action and lots of other genres. Make sure to find some good books to read this month; especially 2019 nominated books from the Forest of Reading:

Ages 4 to 7 Ages 12-14 Ages 8-12 ● Better Tree Fort ● Skating Over Thin Ice ● Elephants Secrets ● Harry’s Hiccups ● Tracker’s Canyon ● Missing Mike

Sun Dog ● Don’t Tell the Enemy ● The Train of Lost

Things CANADA’S NEW FOOD GUIDE 8 By: Amena and Preethi - Special Features Team In the old Canada's food guide there were four food groups, milk and alternatives, fruits and vegetables, meat and alternatives, and grain products. Now there are only three, which are fruits and vegetables, grain products and protein foods. The choice of beverage is water. In the new Canada's food guide, they exclude all meat and dairy products. They exclude the meat and alternatives because Health Canada has noticed that Canadians are not eating enough fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Canada’s Food Guide also has recommendations which are : ● Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, mostly half your plate ● A quarter of your plate needs to be protein food ● The other quarter should be full with whole grains ● Make water your choice of drink Basically, the canada’s food guide advises you to eat more fruits and vegetables and to eat less meat.

The Toronto Raptors - By: Anishan & Jenushan (Sports Team)

The Toronto Raptors is a basketball team that represents Toronto. This Raptors were founded in

1995, and the NBA was established in the year of 1946. The Toronto Raptors played their 1st game in the year 1995. They have had recent streak of wins, they won 7

games in a row. Isn't that amazing! Recently, exceptional basketball players Marc Gasol, Pascal Siakam and Jeremy Lin got traded to the Toronto Raptors. Because of the trade, the team is getting pretty unbeatable. The Toronto Raptors are very happy about this because Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green were also traded to the Raptors. In their recent basketball games they won

118-95 against the Boston Celtics and 119-117 against the Portland Trailblazers.

Aren't they on fire right now? Kawhi Leonard has averaged 27 points in a game, Pascal Siakam is averaging 16.3 points in a game, Serge Ibaka is averaging 15.6 points in a game, Kyle Lowry is averaging 14.4 points in a game and Marc Gasol with an average of 8 rebounds per game. By the look of these games, our Toronto Raptors are having an amazing season and we should continue to cheer them on! The Toronto Raptors are a good representative to Toronto, Ontario. The Toronto Raptors are a very good team, but some people do not believe it is, it's their opinion, but what do you think about the Toronto Raptors Basketball team? We should appreciate how much they have improved since last year's playoffs and continue to encourage them on with their games as being a support to our Toronto Raptors Team. So come on, let's go! 9 Food Drive By Tharaniga - Special Features Team

What are Food Drives? Food Drives are practically “banks” that save food that has been donated from people, and give to people in local communities who are in need. Example: The Daily Bread Food Bank.

The Daily Bread Food Bank, is an organization that uses food that has been donated, and they have been working to change the way people think about poverty. There are many amazing employees and volunteers who help and work at the Daily Bread Food Bank. Cedarbrook has been trying to donate food to the Daily Bread Food Bank by asking students to donate! How, you ask? Well, there will be, or should be boxes near the entrance of our school, which should say “Daily Bread Food Bank” on them.

M. Cathcart’s and Mme.Sutanto’s classes, are going to the Daily Bread Food Bank on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. These two classes will be learning about what happens when we donate, and how it will impact people! This is an amazing chance to learn how employees and vounteers at DBFB contribute to change. This also gives the students a chance to see how hard

or “easy” it is when working at a food bank. If you would like to donate food to Daily Bread Food Bank, listen to the announcements! The Grade Sixes will be collecting non-perishable items from the Cedabrook community, particularly these items: MEALS IN A TIN/BOX (Kraft dinner, stews) PASTA and PASTA SAUCE BABY FORMULA CANNED SOUP Listen to the announcements for more information! 10 TORONTO NEWS: MARCELLA ZOIA & HWY 400 - 70 CAR COLLISION By: Sharabi & Nuha - News Team

IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR - TORONTO WOMAN IN CHARGED A 19 year old girl was caught throwing a chair off a balcony down several floors onto the highway. She arrived at court on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. She was charged with mischief, however, she was able to bail herself out by paying $2000 and she demanded to live under the same roof with her mother. She posted a YouTube video during the toss and was apparently dared by a woman not shown on camera. Police still accuse the girl since she had the option to resist and not engage in the act. The chair was tossed off the balcony of a downtown condominium and fell down several floors. Fortunately, the chair didn’t cause harm to anyone. Toronto police have not publicly released the name of the woman holding the camera and challenging the dare. However, even if it was a dare, she still had the option to resist. So does everyone when presented with a dare. Every day we make choices filled with low and high-quality decisions, but every choice we make is for a reason. We make multiple alternatives every day about various topics, for instance, amusement, appearance, safety and more. However, low-quality decisions have consequences. Such as, when she was dropping the chair, she might have felt agitated and/or committed in the act. But, little did she know, her consequence would be getting charged/arrested for mischief. Therefore, this tells us why we should always think twice before giving into an act. See the full video here: https://youtu.be/863mw7WcPNM

HWY 400: 70 CAR COLLISION On February 25, 2019, on Highway 400 near Barrie and Innisfil, there was a 70 car collision that occurred due to heavy wind pressure and icy roads. What happened was that, suddenly, 1 car slowed down causing the car behind to collide in the bumper of the car. As expected, many other cars collided into the bumper of the other in front. We personally believe it was an extremely shocking matter on how the number of cars involved in the collision, was able to reach numbers as high as 70. Even with cars, fortunately, only minor injuries were caused. Remember Cedarbrook, regularly make safety one of your first priorities. See the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXj5QNcCqxo 11 Mission to mars By: Zeeshan & krishan - sports team On Friday, February 8, 2018 the grade 6 Extended French classrooms went to the Ontario Science Centre to experience a firsthand experience of a simulated mission to Mars. This experience was outstanding to the students, and they said “ it's out of this world and it was an absolutely astonishing trip''. This kind of trip is for classes who want to learn about going to Mars and coming back. This mission couldn’t be successfully completed without proper teamwork.If you work together you will have a successful mission and actually enjoy the experience. The storyline was set in 2072 when humans find a way to travel to Mars.There were two teams involved in this mission, one team would be on the spacecraft and one on Mars control center. The new astronauts were going to Mars for research and to change the other astronauts at Mars control center were missing that nice and juicy McDonald’s burgers and French fries from home sweet Earth, even though they were vegetarian for about 4-6 years!!

The classes switched, the girls from one class switched with the other girls in the other class. This was because the teachers wanted to see if their students could work independently and work well with each other. All four teams did the mission successful within the time limit. But towards the end one student suffered from radiation poisoning and had to get help from the medical support team.This was an example of how the teams assisted each other.

Each student was assigned a job which is involved in the Mission to Mars. The jobs were: Communications, Data, Navigation, Probe, Life Support, Isolation, Medical, Remote and Media.

This was an amazing trip and we would recommend this to all the classes out in this world because it's a teamwork building lesson. 12 Anime By: Angelina T. & Fareha - Guest Contributors Animes are cartoons that originate in Japan. What makes anime stand out is the unique art style it has. Anime is like a more

fun world than ours, the difference is that the main characters stand out more than the background. If you’re familiar with anime, you know that the main

characters mostly have unique hairstyles, eyes and type of clothing.

Animes are mostly set in Japan, because anime incorporates Japanese culture, food and religion. Anime doesn't have the traditional TV show or movie plot, as every anime is different and unique for all ages. Have we intrigued you? Come down to Anime Club! The music featured in Animes sets them apart. They have We meet every Monday at lunch in Mme. openings and endings to every episode and they are all decently Manualpillai's room, hosted by Brooke and Angelina. catchy making you want to listen to them over and over again. We plan new, fun activities every week, so feel free to There are Animes for every genre you can think of: action, drop in! But keep in mind! This club is for grades 6-8! comedy, romance and the list goes on!

Sometimes anime originates from manga. Manga is basically anime but it’s in a comic form, but instead of reading it from left to right, it's read right to left, just like Japanese culture.

If you want to watch anime, here are some examples to start with:

● Your Lie In April ~ Romance ● Assassination Classroom ~ Action/Comedy ● My Hero Academia ~ Action/Superhero ● That Time I Got Reincarnated Into Slime ~ Adventure/Fantasy ● Himouto! Umaru-chan! ~ Slice of Life/Comedy ● Fairy Tail ~ Action/Fantasy ● Promised Neverland ~ Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller/Suspense 13 Cedarbrook’s S.T.E.M. Club Equity Conference BY: ANUSH AND SARAN - Sports team

Guess what Cedarbrook? There is a S.T.E.M. Club and they got to go to their first Equity Conference at Centennial Collegiate! Ms. Walker and Mr. Reid planned the teams of four for each grade. There are 3 teams which are Gr. 6, Gr. 7, and Gr. 8. The groups had to make a STEM project as a team and showcase it at Centennial College to students and parents. How cool!! They had to decide on an awesome project to do. The winning team was awarded S.T.E.M. merch (t-shirtand a backpack). WOW!!! THAT IS AWESOME!!! The S.T.E.M. Equity conference happened on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at Centennial College.

We asked for a student’s response about going to the Equity conference, he said, “I am excited to go to the conference. There are science workshops and projects that we can see. We can't wait until the Science Equity Conference!”

Go Cedarbrook Vikings ! 14 GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL TEAM By: Mohanashanth, Jahi & Ashvethaa- Sports Team

The girls' volleyball team is made up of powerful girls from grade 5 to grade 8. They are put into two separate teams as the juniors (grade 5-6) and seniors (grade 7-8) but this year the grade 7 and 8 team is seperate. The junior girls had an amazing season. The grade 8 girls' team had played against 4 schools. Out of the four games, they had won 1 game. They will learn from their mistakes and the girls will work even harder to reach their goal next time. We have decided to interview the team's coach: Mr. Bushe.

Interview with Mr.Bushe

1) Mohanashanth: How long have you been the coach for the girls' volleyball team?

Mr. Bushe: For the grade 8 girls I have been the coach for 3 seasons and I have been coaching volleyball at Cedarbrook for 12 years.

2) Jahi: Do you enjoy coaching teams of Cedarbrook?

Mr. Bushe: I really enjoy coaching teams of Cedarbrook because I get the chance to see happy kids, improvement and their success.

3) Jahi: How do you encourage/motivate your girls in order for them to play their best? Mr. Bushe: I need to work with a team for a month or more before I can start to proceed to higher levels, in order for me to encourage and motivate my team.

4) Ashvethaa: What is the most 6) Mohanashanth: Why did you want to rewarding part of being a coach? coach the girls’ volleyball team?

Mr. Bushe: The most rewarding part Mr. Bushe: I wanted to be the girls' of being a coach is seeing kids volleyball coach because I thought come together as a team and be it would be a fun and entertaining successful, and being happy. group, and they were an amazing

group to work with.

5) Ashvethaa: What is some advice that you would like to give to your team?

Mr. Bushe: The advice that I would like to give to my team is SUCCESS never Thank you comes easy. The one ingredient to Mr. Bushe! success is always hard work! 15 The Creativity Spot

Hey Vikings, We received a lot of artwork from an awesome group of students here at Cedarbrook! Each and every masterpiece was definitely Art-Tastic! Interested in sharing your artwork? Listen carefully to the announcements and look for posters, to hear when we will be looking for more art!

Thanks, The ArT anD laYOut TEam

Jayla, Grade 1 Elizabeth, Grade 2 “ A Flowery Day” “ My Super Mom”

Yasmitha, Grade 2 “ Super Panda” 16 The Creativity Spot

Mahisa, Grade 7 “ Uni-Corn”

Rafwan, Grade 7 “Patrick”

Ooo La La! Shagaana, Grade 3 “ Sunset “

Fatima, Grade 5 “Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dog Days’’ 17 The Creativity Spot

Abdullah, Grade 5 “Starry Night”

Ooo!

Abby Grade 4 “Rainbow Bird”

A! Ayrah, Grade 2 “ A Cute Baby Unicorn” 18

Saint Patrick's Day Puzzle

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CLOVER PARADE GOLD POT OF GOLD GREEN RAINBOW IRISH SAINT LEPRECHAUN WISH LUCK 19 St. Patrick’s Day Crossword Puzzle

Down Across 3. What you pick for good 1. Colourful, and in the sky luck (plr) (plr) 2. What you find at the end of 8. What we have to celebrate the rainbow, in the pot this day (with floats) 5.What you pick clovers for. 9. What is St. Patrick's day 6. Country of origin of the (syn: story) holiday 10. Main colour of St. Patrick’s 7. Month of the holiday day.