Our class is taking part of the Postcard Project. All of us buddied up in pairs to write a postcard. We put our printed writing on the postcard we chose. Our postcards have pictures of our community like Goose Spit. Some of the places we sent the postcards to are Canada, South Africa, Australia, Italy, Malta, Scotland, and USA. Emily, Gabriella and Connor are holding examples of the postcards we sent.
We found the places that we are sending our postcards to on our world map. We hope we get lots of postcards back.
We have Penpals! A week ago Ms. Bulger announced that we were going to have Penpals that live in San Deigo, California. We sent them long letters. Some people in our class sent pictures of there dogs, cats and a picture of them self. We asked them to write back and we hope they will. We let them know a few things about ourselves. We are very excited to get letters back from our New Penpals.
On this cold January day here in Comox, there were all kinds of bees and bee-like students buzzing around our school – and especially in our classroom! It was BEE spirit day. Most of us were dressed like bees in honour of the intermediate students’ Great Canadian Spelling Bee that happened all afternoon. The hallways and classrooms were a-buzzing with activities all day long. We went to the gym in the afternoon to watch the spelling bee. There were 107 students who were trying to be the King or Queen Bee. We were amazed at how well the intermediate students could spell.
We have done it! We made it to the top of the highest peak in Europe – Mt. Elbrus. The rest of our classmates are not too far behind us. We are now reading our way to the top of the the highest peak in Africa.
Move over Einstein – here comes the next group of scientists who are ready to blow us away with their keen observations and thoughtful conclusions.
We have started off January with scientific questions that have these students working through tasks to try to solve the questions. This requires making careful observations, adapting the experiment when necessary, and then being able to come up with an answer to the question or making a conclusion.
How can you move a pile of textbooks with your breath?
What do you have to do to a catapult to launch your object the furthest?
Check out a few photos that show how these students solved these questions.
There was much anticipation leading up to Tuesday, January 3rd – the day we moved into our new school building. We were greeted with the amazing mural that is painted in the large front hallway. We had to walk upstairs to the second floor to find our room. The classroom was all set up and ready to be filled with smiling, happy, hard working students once again. It looks different but we know we can make it our own place to work, play, and become more advanced learners. Keep checking back to view many of our activities. Don’t forget to leave us a message!
For all my Division 9 students and any others out there who are following along on our class blog – we got a big update from Hope’s dad just before Christmas. He has sent us some great information about sea creatures and land creatures from Antarctica. I am sure many of you are like me and love penguins. Well, here we have our very own pictures taken just for our class. Check them out. We will talk more about it when school starts on January 3rd…in our brand new classroom.
Update from Hope’s dad:
Hi Ms. Bulger and Class,
It is Hope’s Dad again with a penguin update for you today. Some of the people that I work with went over to an Emperor Penguin colony at Cape Washington the other day. As I had travelled there in the past I let another coworker go in my place so that he could see it. I did send my camera with him so that he could take some images for me and you too. The colony at Cape Washington has approximately 60,000 inhabitants. Emperor penguins are tallest and heaviest of the penguin species. They can weigh from 22-45kg (49-99lb) and be up to 122cm (48in) tall. That is one big bird. These penguins can stay under water for up to eighteen minutes and can dive to a depth of down to 457 metres (1500ft). The penguin diet consists mainly of fish, krill, and squid and their bodies have adapted to withstand the severe cold temperatures and extreme water pressures when diving. The main predators of the penguin are leopard seals and Orcas.
The gingerbread castle scene we build and decorated with our Little Strongstart Buddies took first prize for best scene in the children’s category at the annual Boys and Girls Club Community gingerbread competition sponsored by Odlum Brown.
The Winning Candy Castle
We had so much fun designing, baking, building, and decorating the Candy Castle. Check out some photos of the process on our videos.
The gym was full on Wednesday, December 7th for the very last time in this Brooklyn building. It was the Primary Christmas Concert afternoon! Those who could make it we treated to lots of singing and original compositions on the musical instruments. Our class entertained the crowd with their own version of the 12 Days of Christmas which included such things as 3 million dollars, 5 Falling Patricks (SpongeBob style) and 8 Brooklyn Bears. For families who could not be there to see it, here are a few photos for you to enjoy,
We want to thank Mr. Clarke, our music teacher, for all the work he did with us to make our concert a success.
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