We certainly were very fortunate to visit with Jack Burch, a pilot from the Canadian Air Force who served during WWII. His first-hand experience and stories were so interesting and captivating. I thought it was funny when he told us about his crew playing a joke on him by hiding his clothes and supplies from …
I can see that everybody understood the idea of positive and negative space in art as well as the idea of warm and cool colours. Your creations are amazing! When you are viewing or creating drawings, paintings or photographs, see if you can determine the positive and negatives spaces. Is it possible that some parts …
I hope you enjoyed the workshop today learning about Claude Monet’s art and trying to replicate it with your own personal style. As Maureen mentioned, Claude Monet was a part of the Impressionists, a group of artists who wanted to capture a moment in time. They were more concerned with the light and color of …
I was quite impressed by your zendoodles and was inspired to do some myself this morning. Also known as zentangles, I find them a great way to calm your mind and relax yourself while being creative! So if you ever feel like your emotions are charged and you need a strategy to calm yourself, pick …
Despite the rainy weather, our trip to Britannia Mine was exciting and interesting! Although I have been here a couple of times before, I always learn something new each time. For example, I did know that 8 tonnes of muck, or the equivalent of 5 cars, was carted out of the mine each day. That …
I hope you enjoyed our morning at Burnaby City Hall, meeting the mayor and sitting in council chambers. I can tell that Mayor Corrigan enjoys his job running our city and meeting people like us! I learned many new facts about our city such as the population and how it compares to other major cities …
Here is a video that we viewed in our grade five math class. What questions do you have? What observations can you make? What do you want to figure out? What strategies can you to use solve your problem or questions? There are three parts to the video so make sure you watch all three.
If you are interested in watching the video again, here it is! Perhaps you can watch it with your family and discuss their thoughts about empathy, discrimination and bullying. What can you do to be more empathetic and to be an upstander? All Summer In A Day – Ray Bradbury from Mister Noneya on Vimeo.
Last week, I showed a short video to the grade five math class that presented a number of different questions and problems to solve. After some great questions, and even greater teamwork, each group found a solution to the problem we came up with. Here is another video that you can all try. After viewing …