Here, Tory enjoys touching the spiny creature! Everyone expected them to be slimy, but they were not gross at all!
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Friday, 1 May 2015
Vancouver Aquarium Field Trip #3
Our last field trip this year was to the Vancouver Aquarium. We left the school early and started our program as soon as we arrived at the aquarium. In groups, the students got to learn about, touch, and perform some experiments with sea urchins (Experiments with no harm to the animal, of course!). Some students tested whether the creatures preferred light or darkness. Some found out sea urchin food preferences. The coolest thing was touching the urchins! Pinkies only, please!
Here, Tory enjoys touching the spiny creature! Everyone expected them to be slimy, but they were not gross at all!
Here, Tory enjoys touching the spiny creature! Everyone expected them to be slimy, but they were not gross at all!
This group listens attentively; and below, you can see our instructor and some of the aquarium volunteers reviewing the scientific method with the students.
Jeremiah posed with a magnifying glass, looking very official!
After our classroom experience, we went on to the Wet Lab. Here, there were four tanks, each with a different variety of creature. As the students visited each tank with their aquarium volunteer, they got to learn about and touch creatures in each of the tanks.
All of our volunteers were very good. They were very interesting and kept everyone very engaged in learning about the underwater animals.
After about an hour in the Wet Lab, it was time for the class to explore the aquarium! Each group could pick the parts of the aquarium to explore and what shows they wanted to see. I think the favorites were the 4-D show (Which I loved as well!), the dolphin show, and the beluga show. Here are Zack and Justin in the 4-D show with their awesomely cool glasses!
The Amazon display with all manner of snakes, frogs, and spiders was another favorite. Above, Gideon checks out one of the frog displays.
The day was over all too soon, and we headed back to BCA. Everyone had a great time and wrote the next day in their school journals that it was an awesome day and on of the highlights of our year.
A special thank you to our parent drivers and to the students who were so enthusiastic and represented our school so well.
--Miss Leonard
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Happy Birthday, Mr Tekatch!
Sunday, 15 February 2015
Surrey Art Gallery Field Trip
Last Wednesday our class got to go on our second field trip of the year. This term we went to the Surrey Art Gallery for a tour of the gallery and a clay workshop. The highlight of the day was definitely working with the clay, and there were some very creative and interesting pieces made. We will show some of the finished pieces later in the week.
Below you see Joey getting into the art display!
April is the talented artist that teaches the students to work with clay and runs the workshop. Every time we go to the gallery, she comments on how our students are such good listeners and workers. I was proud of our class again this year. They were very respectful and interested in what April had to say.
Below you see Joey getting into the art display!
April is the talented artist that teaches the students to work with clay and runs the workshop. Every time we go to the gallery, she comments on how our students are such good listeners and workers. I was proud of our class again this year. They were very respectful and interested in what April had to say.
A big shout out to our driver volunteers. We appreciate them taking time out of their busy schedule to make our trips possible!
Here you can see the students getting some last minute instructions before they head to their clay stations.
As you can see from the smiles, everyone was very excited to get started. Each student was supplied with some ideas, a clay slab, and various tools for working with clay. They were also taught several techniques for properly making their masks--like scoring and making slip.
Here is Sharon making her first cut. And after a few more directions...it was off to construct their finished product. Everyone's ideas were so diverse! Even the adults of the group were encouraged to make a mask!! April circulated the room and offered help and instruction to everyone who needed it.
After a VERY short hour, some of the final projects began to emerge. Here we have Jed with his mask. He has some very cool tusks going on there!!
The rush to the finish! You can do it, Miss D!!
All the final masks were put on the table for sort of a class gallery for everyone to look at.
Once our workshop was completed, the students were allowed a final walk around the gallery before we met outside for a group photo. After the 17th try, we got a good one.....ALMOST everyone is looking and smiling!
...And then there is always the goofy shot.
We headed off to Bear Creek Park for a picnic and games in the park in the afternoon. It was a bit chilly, but everyone had a great time and enjoyed the wide open spaces!
Of course, no day would be complete unless Gabe climbed some pole, tree, or
building....See below!
All-in-all a great experience and fun had by everyone!
--Miss Leonard
Pirate Anne Bonny comes for a visit...
"Mrs. Bonny" came on Miss Leonard's request to give our class an example of how to give a speech in character. Everyone will be doing that for the Socials Fair on the 19th.
Mrs. Bonny told about her life. It was very interesting and intense. She didn't like it when one of the students laughed in a serious moment....Poor Zack was almost the result of an "accident"...it would appear that Mr Tekatch did not get all of Mrs. Bonny's weapons.
We heard all about her captain--Calico Jack--and her best friend Mary Read, who was another famous lady pirate that terrorized the south seas. Many of Anne and Mary's "mates" aboard The Revenge were hung for piracy. Anne's most famous quote was, "If ye had fought like men, ye wouldn't have to die like dogs." No one is sure what ultimately happened to Anne Bonny (after she left our class)...
There were lots of questions her life which Mrs Bonny answered, and then she went on to teach the fundamentals of a good speech. Very curious as to how she had such good tips....but pirates are curious people....
--Miss Leonard
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Gingerbread houses and Christmas party!
We headed off to Christmas break so quickly, that I never got our last Christmas blog posted! That last week was so busy and FUN! We got to help the Pre-K to 2s with their gingerbread houses again this year. The room was super crowded and full of sugary kids, but they did a great job on the houses.
Each younger student was given an older student (or 2) to work with them and be their buddy. Our kids worked so well with the younger ones--guiding them on their designs and helping them not eat too much candy!
I also have to comment on how well our class helped clean up the HUGE MESS that was left in Miss A's room after the younger kids had been cleaned up and sent to lunch. Several students in our class gave up part of their lunch to help myself and Miss A deal with the crumbs and sticky tables. We were so grateful and appreciated the help!
I hope the little ones had as much fun as our class did!
The next day we had our class party. Thank you so much to the moms who were in charge. Here you see our class playing a game.
And after games and yummy snacks.....Everyone's secret buddy revealed themselves, and they got to open their gifts! We had everything from stationary to Nerf guns! Everyone was very excited and thrilled with their gifts. It was a great wrap-up for our secret buddy activity.
I love looking at these pictures to see all the excitement and happy faces. I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year. I would like to thank everyone for the sweet gifts that I was given. There are so many wonderful and thoughtful families in our class! I appreciate you all!!
We are off and running with all sorts of Term 2 excitement including the BCA Social's Fair, Book Reports, Studying the Canadian Government in Socials......the list goes on and on! Looking forward to a great term 2!
--Miss Leonard
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