SUMNER — Jigs and reels, lynx and musk ox, a maple leaf flag and a police officer wearing a bright red uniform are all symbols of Canada and the focus of study by students at Hartford-Sumner Elementary School.

On Friday, fiddlers brought their special brand of music, students created life-sized musk oxen, bears and moose. Youngsters danced reels, and all learned of artists and writers coming from this northern hemisphere country.

“I liked the dancing and fiddle playing,” fifth-grader Bryor Gurney said.

Although his last name isn’t French-Canadian, he learned that his grandfather’s name, Comeau, is.

Cindy Larock of Lewiston, who is of Acadian ancestry, asked students their last names, then explained about the pronunciation.

“If the second syllable is accented, it’s a French name,” she said.

Names such as Cyr, Arsenault and Martin are Acadian and generally found in the province of New Brunswick, she said.

Fifth-grader Morgan Arsenault liked listening to the jigs and reels played by Jessie Gagne-Hill Boardman, Don Cunningham and Mike Boyd, while Larock gave directions for the dancing.

“I’ve learned about all kinds of music. It’s really fun,” she said.

In the library, members of the Old Grey Goose were demonstrating fiddling and dancing, and showing students how to play the fiddle.

The corridor walls were filled with totem poles, information about Canada’s provinces and its wildlife, and student poems detailing aspects of Canadian culture.

Students also researched information on animals, learning interesting facts about musk oxen.

“Both males and females have horns,” third-grader Shyloe Morgan said, and they are really big, added third-grader Keegan Jack.

In the art room, librarian Cindy Morton showed youngsters a video clip of Inuits using an arctic yo-yo. Fifth-grader David McAlister tried it.

“It was hard, but fun, to get it to go back and forth,” he said.

Student Council adviser Linda Andrews said all subjects are integrated into the annual Allied Arts event. Council members presented a readers’ theater on the Canadian provinces. Lewiston storyteller Michael Parent performed earlier in the week.

“It’s been total immersion,” Andrews said of the four-week endeavor.

Friday’s culminating student activities were topped off by an open house, potluck supper and more musical performances in the evening.