Nature Crafts– The students continue to take pride and use creativity to collect, plan and create a craft using items found in nature. Hatching Chickens– We started with 14 eggs that started to develop in our incubator. The eggs were kept at around 37.5 degrees and, using a rotating tray, were constantly and slowly […]
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More April Learning….
PLANTING TOMATOES! We are part of a program called, Tomatosphere™, where we use “space” tomato seeds to learn about plants in space, right here on Earth. Tomatosphere™ engages students in real scientific processes that teach and reinforce inquiry skills, while they explore concepts related to plants, space, nutrition and agriculture. The Canadian Space Agency sent […]
Easter Fun!
Egg Hunt- The students got to each be the Easter bunny and hide a plastic egg with treats for a partner, while giving hints as their partner moved either closer or farther away (hot and cold) from the egg. I hope these Easter bunnies got to enjoy their long weekend!
PINK SHIRT DAY, SCWIST, ALPHA BUDDIES, OUTSIDE TIME, SKATING, SNOW DAY and POTATOES
PINK SHIRT DAY– a day for kindness and thinking of others and how our actions can affect others. Students are encouraged to be kind and caring every day of the year and to try to think about others and how they can help make a positive impact on those around them. We worked with our […]
Salmon, Hip hop and Story Workshop
Salmon Eggs– Our eggs are growing and developing well. As you can see in the photos below, the eye of the salmon embryos is quite easy to see through the transparent membrane of the egg. Salmon eggs are soft and squishy which allows oxygen particles in the water to pass through the egg membrane to […]
December- January
WRITING GOALS! Students signed in with a writing goal they are hoping to improve on in the next term! Many students were concerned about conventions (capitals and periods) and others wanted to focus on adding more detail and description or printing neater. ADAPTATIONS, HIBERNATION OR MIGRATION? Students were given a bunch of animal photos […]
November!
Supporting and Cheering on the Construction workers! One of our students came up with the idea to create a thank you sign that we could hang in the window, letting the construction crew outside know that we appreciate them and all of the hard work they are doing to make our school bigger and better! […]
October
Science- What Would Happen If You Didn’t Have a Skull? The students learned about the important ways our skull helps us. Students thought about what would happen if we didn’t have a skull. Students learned that the skull protects our brains, it holds and protects our eyes and inner parts of our sense of hearing and […]
September!
TERRY FOX RUN– The students participated in our Annual Terry Fox Run and it was a beautiful day to get outside for some walking and running! They ran and walked with friends and shared a lot smiles and laughs together as they supported a worthy cause. Thank you to those who were able to contribute […]