Apples!

Our class has been learning about apples this term! Here are some highlights from our apple exploration.

 

We used our sense of smell, sight, touch and hearing to explore the apple trees in our park.

“The bug is eating the apple!”

“Ew! The apple smells bad!”

“This one is rotten.”

“The tree is bumpy.”

“I hear something inside!”

“I hear nothing.”

 

We used our sense of taste to find out which apple is our favourite – red, yellow or green.

“The red one is crunchy and hard.”

“The Green one is very sour!”

“The yellow is really good!”

We found out most people like the red apple! It’s a tie for the green apple and the yellow apple.

 

We did an experiment to see if the apple will sink or float.  The predictions were 10 for it will sink and 5 for it will float! We were pretty excited to see it float!

 

 

Making colour patterns with apples

 

 

Making art with yarn

Orange Shirt Day

 

On Orange Shirt Day, we learned it is a day to honour children that have survived residential schools, and to remember the lives that were lost. Our class read a story called “I Hope”, which captures the adults’ hope for children.  After the story, we brainstormed “words of hope” that will make all children feel safe and respected in our school community.  We then created stitched hearts to honour the hearts of all children, especially the Indigenous children and families.

Terry Fox

Terry Fox is a symbol of hope in Canadian history. Through books and discussion, Division 12 learned who Terry Fox was, why he did his Marathon of Hope, and why we do a Terry Fox Run every year at school.

 

 

Welcome to Division 12!

We had a wonderful start to the school year!  September was full of school events. In our classroom, we read stories and played games. We are learning how to write our names “the kindergarten way,” starting with an upper case letter followed by lower case letters.  We are learning routines and school procedures, and most importantly, we are having fun!

We are Engineers

Division 11 had so much fun thinking, creating and solving problems with one another! The Applied design, skills and technologies (ADST) curriculum encourages children to think, design and build.  We explored with simple tools and technologies that can help us with our ideas and extend our capabilities. We were able to develop our skills through play and teamwork.   

Bee Bots – program the little robot to move in many directions  (a pre-cursor to coding)

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Weaving – choose a tool and material, and make a product (wall art) through the modelling of others

 

Keva Blocks – create a structure by stacking wood planks using no glue or connectors

 

Dominoes – build a domino race track and watch them go tumbling down

 

Snap Circuits – build a variety of circuits that do something like turn on a light or run a fan

 

Boxitects – create extraordinary things out of ordinary cardboard

 

Coding Safari – learn the fundamentals of coding through this animal themed logic game

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jump Rope for Heart

 

Thank you Division 11 for participating in Jump Rope for Heart this year! Our school discovered fun ways to get active and learned about helping others while raising money to beat heart disease and stroke. A very special thank you to Division 3 for organizing this year’s Jump Rope for Heart program!

 

Light and Sound

Division 11 have been learning about light and sound. We learned what makes light and how sounds are made.  The kids all demonstrated a sense of wonder as we explored with different materials and activities!

What happens when light shines on things?

We learned that transparent objects allow all or most light to pass through them; translucent objects allow some light to pass through them; opaque objects do not allow light to pass through them; and some objects reflect light

 

What makes a shadow?

We learned shadows are made by blocking light.  A shadow is created when an opaque object is placed in front of a light source and stops the light from passing through.

 

How does light make a rainbow?

Rainbows are made when sunlight shines through the water. As a result, light reflects off the water droplets, bends and splits. When sunlight shines through the water droplets, it splits into seven colours.

 

How are sounds made?

Sound is made up of vibrations, or sound waves, that we can hear. These sound waves are formed by objects vibrating or shaking back and forth.