Month: April 2018

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Throughout the month of April students in Div 9 are getting the opportunity to learn gymnastics.  They are working on balance, strength, and agility.  Some of techniques they have been learning include: rope climbing, cartwheels, jumping jacks, sit ups, push ups, hula hoop, bear/crab walks, circus wheel, juggling, grapevine, superman, sloth crawl, sky train, handstand, spider walk, squat-on/straddle-on, monkey with a broken leg, arabesque, v-sit, knee scale, stork stand, straddle/tuck hang, chin/pike hold, forward/log/egg/safety/pencil rolls, frog/monkey/rocket/360/star/tuck jumps, and skinny cat on bars.

In this art lesson students of Div 9 learned about the Japanese art form, Notan.  They used paper cutting, contrasting colour, and lines of symmetry to create unique positive and negative designs.  They also learned that space is the area above,  below, between, within, and around the main objects in a piece of art and that space is present in all 2D and 3D art.

In the fall Div 8 and 9 students planted daffodil bulbs that were donated to us by the BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation (BCAITC). Through the Planting a Promise program students gained hands-on gardening experience while exploring the life cycle of a plant and what it needs to grow. They were able to connect positively with nature and learn science through observation. Also the cheerful, yellow daffodil blooms that greeted the students when they returned from Spring Break, gave them a sense of pride in contributing to their school and community.  As the daffodils continue their lifecycle they will continue to beautify the school grounds year after year.

Right before Spring Break Div 9 students planted their seed potatoes.  When they returned to school after the break they were amazed by how much the potatoes have grown. Today they learned about the hilling process and how to check if their potatoes need water.  Students then hilled the soil around the young potato seedlings so that only the top leaves were sticking out of the ground and gave them some water.  They will continue this process every 2-3 days as the potato sprouts grow taller.  The hilling process will force new tubers and new potatoes to grow under the new mound of soil hopefully yielding more potatoes when it comes time to harvest them in June.

Before Spring Break Div 9 students had lots of fun playing in the dirt while they planted their seed potatoes.  After the break  we will continue to tend to the potatoes and observe their lifecycle before harvesting them in June.