Assiniboia Park Elementary School held their annual Heritage Fair last night. Students in grades 4-6 had presentations on display in APES Gymnasium.

"Its a culmination activity for an inquiry-based project that we do here in our school," explained Tammy Manning, Grade 5 Teacher, APES.

There were 120 presentations on display. Each student chose a research project on something relating to Canadian Heritage. The project includes an essay, a board and display and a presentation they had to do in front of their class.

Students in Grade 4 had to pick an animal to do their research on, an easy introduction to the researching process.

"Every student in grades 5 and 6 has to pick a topic that is what I say to be 'RICH', 'Really Important to Canadian Heritage'," said Manning and added the students start their research projects after Christmas for around six weeks. She also said the school is registered to participate in the Heritage fair as part of Saskatchewan Heritage Fairs. Manning added that every year they send several students to the Heritage Fair in Regina in May.

Mason, Grade 6 did his project on Weyburn's Stewart Steel, because it is his uncle's company.

"Its a fabrication company. They also work for many businesses such as Nexans, Stampede Drilling and Panther Drilling and many other ones and also they build hefty hopper bins."

Bethany, Grade 4, said she chose the Red Headed Woodpecker to research because she also has red hair. and explained that Red-Headed Woodpeckers live in trees with holes.

"Males and Females look very similar to each other, it takes a DNA test to tell them apart."

Naysa, Grade 5, chose the CN Tower because it is the tallest tower in Canada. She said Lightening hits it 30 times a year and 553 metres high which is 1815 feet.

Hannah, Grade 6, said she researched the Underground Railroad, including Harriet Tubman because Canada had a major role in freeing slaves.

"When they were coming to Canada, the places where they would stop were called safe houses."

Isaiah, Grade 6, chose the Norwegian Immigration to Canada in the 19th Century because his family originally immigrated to Canada from Norway and he wanted to get to know more about the family history.

"An interesting fact was that it took about 54 days to go to Canada from Norway and about 100 people died in 1756."