This is a podcast made by students in grades 5 and 6. Since our classes are in the portables, we thought the name, 'Portable Radio' would be a great name for our show. Our school, A. Lorne Cassidy Elementary School, is located in Stittsville, Ontario, Canada. We are a part of the Ottawa Carleton District School Board.
Season 6 P.O.V. #5
Posted: December 2011This week neurologist Dr. Kale recommended the National Hockey League ban fighting and intentional hits to the head to prevent brain injury. Should fighting be banned in the NHL?
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 6 P.O.V. #4
Posted: December 2011This year our school has three portables. Two of them are used for classrooms and one of them for storage. My students came up with many suggestions for others uses for this portable.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 6 Episode 2
Posted: November 2011Happy November. In our part of the world, the leaves have pretty much finished changing colour and have fallen to the ground. Here’s what we have prepared for our second episode of the season:
- The Say It Game
- Ghoulish adjectives
- Three times tables – as recorded by our quadblog buddies in Wales
- Four clocks: Zamin. Rhys, Rohan
- Cube Puzzle by David, Ali, Jack
- Animal Stories by Morgan and Sierra
- Cross Country and Soccer by Mykenna and Madison
- Freaky Friday by Sameer, Kevin and Ryan
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 6 P.O.V. #3
Posted: October 2011The Royal Canadian Mint released a $100 000 coin last Friday. It weighs 10 kilograms and is 18 cm in diameter. That’s the size of a dessert plate! The students behind Portable Radio wondered what they would do if they had one of these coins.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 6 P.O.V. #2
Posted: October 2011Canada is going to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2015. Should Ottawa be one of the six Canadian cities involved? Here are our opinions.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 6 Episode 1
Posted: October 2011Portable Radio is back. Mr. Toft finds it hard to believe this is Portable Radio’s 6th season. This year’s “Portable Kids” were in Kindergarten when this podcast first started!
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 6 P.O.V. #1
Posted: September 2011Portable Radio is back for its 6th season! Here is our first “Portable Radio Point of View”: Who should decide where to sit in class: the student or the teacher?
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 5 Episode 8
Posted: July 2011In this episode the grade 6 students from Mrs. Smith’s class take us on a tour of the solar system. You will be visiting the planets in order from Mercury, closest to the sun, all the way to Neptune.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 5 P.O.V. #8
Posted: June 2011This week the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – also known as Will and Kate – will be visiting Ottawa. While they will be busy visiting places like Parliament Hill, Rideau Hall and the War Museum, we’d like to suggest a few other places to visit – if they have any free time.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 5 P.O.V. #7
Posted: April 2011The students who make Portable Radio made this in response to Elections Canada reporting that very few young people participated in the last federal election. The students you hear have all taken the “Future Voter’s Pledge”. That is to say, they have promised to participate in elections when they are old enough. We challenge anyone who isn’t old enough to vote to take the same pledge. Just download the certificate and fill it out. This will symbolize the promise you are making to yourself to participate in Canada’s democratic system.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 5 Episode 7
Posted: April 2011In this episode:
- Mrs. Smith’s class make rain with their hands
- Mr. Toft listens to his voice mail which is filled with messages from upset parents
- Yahya and Naana convince Mr. Toft to let him bring their dangerous pets to school
- Karen tells us about our trip to the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra.
- Awo, Linh, Sehrish and Samantha share commercials for their new snacks and cereals
- Control B, South March’s very own blues band, performs their song, “The S.M.P.S. Blues”
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 5 P.O.V. #6
Posted: March 2011We were talking about concussions that result from playing hockey. Our class had a number of opinions as to whether or not this is a big deal or something that we should be worried about.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.
Whilst all the podcasts listed in this directory are selected in line with our criteria, we do strongly recommend educators that the contents of all podcasts, podcast feeds and channels are regularly auditioned to ensure that they are suitable and appropriate for the age range of the children and young people.
Thursday, 17th May 2012
