The One and Only Ivan

We wrapped up our novel The One and Only Ivan with some fun activities. The students researched facts about gorillas, made plasticine animals, painted and made edible me-balls. It was a great day!

Tennis Ball Tower Challenge

Designing Leprechaun Traps

Students were challenged to design and build an interesting structure: leprechaun traps. We read a book about a sneaky leprechaun who messes up homes and has evaded even the most clever traps. Will our traps catch the leprechaun? 

Spirit week

Cuba

Shylo took us to Cuba and taught us about the currency, climate, popular sports, foods and lovely beaches. She showed us handmade crafts that she brought back from Varadero. Did you know that visitors to Cuba use different currency than its residents?

Mexico

Kyrah taught us about Mexico and shared some souvenirs with us. She showed us Mexican pesos, a maracas, and a sombrero. Did you know that corn and chili peppers are grown in Mexico? 

This Week at School

T.W.A.S

This week at school we did spirit week! There was P.J day crazy hair/ hat day sports day and maverick day. There was also color day but that was on thursday! I was in my glory in my PJs !  It was a  lot of fun because it isn't every week you get to do spirit week!

We also did structures we watched science max. The video was about bridges and how to make them out of sugar cubes to milk cartons! At 1st the sugar cubes didn't stay up because they were all square but then he shaved them into trapezoids. Then they stayed up. The cartens  where to big so they  tried to shave into a different shape but that took to long!

This afternoon we will be making st.patrick's day structures!

We also did well read a article should we have zoos? It is about both sides telling us if we should have or not!

We also did math in math we did prodigy and a new math game 3 strikes your out!

by Taylor

India

Today we travelled to India where we learned about its national sport, cricket, its currency, rupee, and many other facts. Did you know that Hindi and English are spoken as well as 16 other languages? Carter showed us a painting on tile and a silk kurta. He also brought biryani (rice, curry, chicken) and gulab jamum (a milk-solid based sweet) for us to taste. Delicious!

Spirit Week announcement

Spaghetti Towers

Students were challenged to build a tower that could support one large marshmallow. They were given 20 pieces of spaghetti, 1 metre of tape and a length of string. There were many challenges but most teams built a successful tower! 

TWAS by Amber

This week at school we did yoga with the Mick E. Moose and then we got pizza. Mick E. Moose was at school because there was a Jets town take over.

We had 3 countries presentations. First we had Corban,s he did Egypt, then Nazar did France and Noah did Scotland.

We did art and we painted backgrounds and we chose either a fox or a rabbit.

By Amber

TWAS by Damon

This week at school we watched Bill Nye about towers and how to build towers and step by step. There were country presentations and the presentations were about Scotland, Egypt and France. We did an art project. We had to do a fox or a rabbit and I picked a fox and painted a background and my background was awesome. This week I played prodigy and it is a fun math game. This week we read The One and Only Ivan and slowly but surely in to the book. This week I got in trouble and it was not fun. This week was the Jets town take over and I won a hat and that was the best thing in my life and my class got pizza party and had yoga with Mick E. Moose.             by Damon

Scotland

We travelled to Scotland with Noah and learned that the bagpipe is the national instrument. We listened to the playing of the national anthem played with bagpipes as well as watched a musical video with beautiful pictures. Noah brought shortbread, a traditional Scottish biscuit, for us to taste. Yum!

Egypt

Corban taught us about Egypt. In Egypt there are deserts and pyramids. We watched a video about Ancient Egypt and then danced like Egyptians. 

Jets Town Takeover

We had visitors come to school today as part of the Winnipeg Jets Town Takeover. We learned about how it’s important to not only take care of our physical

Health but our mental health also. After we did lots of stretching and breathing exercises with a special guest Mick E. Moose! We also enjoyed some pizza! Everyone was invited to attend the viewing of the Winnipeg Jets vs. Tampa Bay Lightning at the Morris Multiplex. Go Jets Go!

Index Card Tower Challenge

Today the students were challenged to build the tallest tower using 100 Index cards and 1 metre of tape in 25 minutes. Some groups made pyramids while others used pillars. Building in a set amount of time was tricky! 

France

We learned some facts about France today suck as pâté is a popular food, rugby is a popular sport and euros are the currency. Nazar showed us pictures of the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame and Mont Blanc. We then tasted some homemade sweet buns. Delicious! Merci beaucoup!