What a Year!!



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June 2012

   
Wow, I  can't believe the school year is over. This was "year one" of blogging and I have to say it has been a terrific experience. When I started this blog I wasn't sure I had anything to say or to share....the students helped me to get over that quickly. My class of amazing individuals were eager to write posts about our learning adventures which, for me, was the most exciting part. Thanks to everyone for contributing to the blog and to our visitors for taking time to see what we have been up to.
Have a safe, fun-filled summer!
Love, Mrs. T :)

School's out for summer!!!!!

Motion and Action Art

This week at school we had Mrs. Kulyk do a special art project with us to go with our science unit. We called it motion and action art. We started with a paper drawing ovals to loosen up our hands. We used these ovals to make gesture drawings. After we started with a peice of wire, then we shaped it to what we wanted the figures position to be. After we shaped it we put on tin foil, tape and plasticine to give it a bigger body. On the same day we put paris craft on it. We let it harden until Friday and we painted in the morning. I built a lacrosse goalie because that is what I am. I think everyone had lots of fun because I know I did. I would do it again in a heart beat. Enjoy the video of our project.       - By Ethan

Father's Day Art

 

For Fathers Day we made a gift on comic life. It had information about, reasons why my Dad is great, cool facts about my Dad, and things my Dad has taught me. We also used water colour makers on some special paper then once we were done making a cool desine on the card we took a wet paint brush and would pull on one of the lines and it would make it look like the colour is spreading across the paper. I think that this will be the best Fathers Day for every Father in the world.

-Connor

China Expert Project

Hi our names are Jessica and Abby. We did an expert project on China. We learnt a lot on China doing this project. Like did you know there are 1 billion people living in China? Every year Chinas population grows by 17 million people. That’s half of Canada! We had a diorama of the Great Wall of China. Interesting fact on The Great Wall of China is it is the only thing that can be seen from the moon. We handed out fortune cookies. Fortune cookies are thought to be made in China because of the fact they are served in Americanized Chinese restaurants. Fortune cookies are actually made in Japan! We also talked about Chinese silk production. Did you know that silk is made from silk worm cocoons? I hoped you learnt lots about China!                     - By Jessica and Abby

 

Science Design Process

This week at school I did science. It was very fun because we got to build and make a marble go down a track. My group’s designs name is The Rolling Cheeseburger. I got to come up with our name. Our project goes down with a lot of speed and then it goes strait and goes into a funnel and does a couple swirls and goes to a controlled stop like our rubric tells us to. Our project has linear and rotational motion. It shows potential and kinetic energy. The force is balanced at the start and then it is unbalanced as the marble goes down the track. We used cardboard, plastic and paper to make the track. All the supplies were recyclable. The rubric also tells us to make it turn and change speed. It was fun to build this design. Ours worked 10 out of 10 times!

By Cameron

Game Day

Today we had a session with our little buddies. We brought in board games to play. Some people played cards, there were also games like Candyland, Sorry, Guess Who, Trouble, and many more. Some people were introduced to games they had never played before, and others played games that they haven't played for a while. It was fantastic! I think evryone enjoyed it. Our little buddies had a great time and so did we.
-By Dana

DARE Celebration

Today (June 1st) Our class and Ms. Dodds class had a celebration. This was to congratulate everyone for graduating the D.A.R.E program. We started the celebration by having Constable Dave talk about the program and about our two grade 5 classes. After he finished Mrs. Ilchena talked. Then Jada and I got to read our reports out loud to the parents and the classes. When we were done the audience aplauded and we got bag with a shirt, sunglasses, a hat, and a necklace. We also got a bunch of little papers and stickers. Once we got our gifts Constable Dave gave everyone a graduation certificate. Then all of us got cake, cookies, juice. After this program the most important thing that I have learned is to take care of my body. I honestly don't know why anyone would want to put things like drugs, tobacco, or alcohol in their body when it causes such terrible effects. I am so glad that I had the chance to be in such a fantastic program!

- By Dana