The Science Olympics and our trip to Studio Bell were great!
Like always, we began and ended our science olympics with a school ceremony and a visit from Captain Langevin. The Grade 3s completed four challenges in four classrooms. In the Grade 3 rooms, they had to create a balloon structure that would support a basketball and build the longest mechanical arm out of only straws and straight pins that would hold 100 grams or more.
At Studio Bell students explored a variety of instruments, enjoyed exploring the exhibits and viewing an impressive demonstration of the Kimball organ.
Other things you may have heard about:
-We have been making books on a topic of our choice. These books contain instructional, expository, descriptive and persuasive paragraphs.
-We are building our own instruments in class and students are required to have volume control and a variety of pitches.
-We have been working with perimeter and polygons and have begun to explore 3D shapes, edges, vertices and faces.
-Our rainbow trout are now fry and have been let free from their hatchery basket, freely swimming the tank and eating their first food.
A reminder that the class is off to Royal Tyrrell Museum on March 7th and will be returning late on Thursday. You will need to arrange pickup for your child and be sure to sign him/her with me, in person. An email will be sent with more specifics.
Ms. Hodgkinson will be substituting for me the week of March 18-21, as I will be in Bamfield with the Grade 9s. I will arrange FaceTime visits with the class to share the work I am doing. Since I don't return until 10:00pm on March 21, there will be no Thursday conferences. An email will be sent out with more details about alternate conference times.
March Break begins March 23 and classes resume April 1.
