Rainbow Loom Expert Project

There was another Expert project presentation this week! This time it was on Rainbow looms. Leah did this expert project and it was quite interesting because the rainbow loom things are very common. Most people know what they are but they don’t all know much information about them. For example who invented them? It was this guy who was from Malaysia and he made it because his daughters had made these rubber band bracelets on their fingers. Then he made a little prototype of the rainbow loom board with wood and nails. That sparked the idea of the rainbow loom.

The project was very interesting. It was done on PowerPoint. There were lots of pictures which I liked. A suggestion I have is to put in more information and that is one thing that I would recommend changing for next time. Good job Leah!

Nicholas

Handbell Ringers

Today we had a handbell presentation. The presentation was in the music room after lunch. All the grade 5s, 6s and my sister saw it. Why did my sister see it? Because our Grandma was in it! Since my Grandma was in it, I’ve seen them practice before. The performance was about 45 minutes long.

They played about 5 or 6 AWESOME songs. One of the songs was “It’s a Small World”. Mrs. McRorie runs the whole thing! Besides running it, she also sang a song from Cinderella. She was really good. Another guy played a song on guitar that he wrote! He did a very good job.

The handbells that they use are $35,000! That’s VERY expensive! Every bell was made of brass. They also have to keep them in a BIG case. Everybody was wearing gloves because if they don’t the oily stuff in your hands can damage the handle of the bell. They also wore rainbow scarfs from Guatemala. The money went towards buying stoves for people who don’t have one in Guatemala. 

The presentation was really neat. I hope they can come back again one time!!!

-Brooke 

World Down Syndrome Day!

Great participation

Working with an extra chromosome

Today is World Down Syndrome Day!! Mrs. Lester came in today to help us learn more about Hailey and Down syndrome. Yesterday we did a little Down syndrome scavenger hunt in the computer lab. In the scavenger hunt there were questions like who discovered Down syndrome and what are the three types of Down syndrome. John Langdon Down discovered Down syndrome and the three types are mosiacism, trisomy 21 and translocation. The most common type of Down syndrome is trisomy 21. Did you know that March 21^st is Down syndrome day because people with Down syndrome have three copies of the 21^st chromosome that’s why it’s in the third month and the 21^st day of the month.  We did a bunch of little experiments like to cut because it makes your muscles work a lot harder. For example try to cut a straight line with a huge pair of gloves on or try to walk with big boots, a huge coat with weights in the pocket. Is that hard?? Well that is a challenge that some people have to work with every day. We learned so much about Down syndrome. Hailey is such a great friend and classmate! Thanks Mrs. Lester for the presentation. Also thanks to Mr. Lester for letting Andrew borrow your stuff.  

Your muscles have to work really hard

Yummy popsicle treat

By: Jolene and Madison