Studying Rocks

After a little problem with the bus, we made it to the Planetarium and had a great day!  I just thought I would post a few pictures!

 Brandon seems to be having fun!

 Well I am glad you didn't try to eat the candies when you were layering them in the test tube!

 Group Three looks intent!

 Can you name that famous rock formation?

 Hmm.. looks familiar but what is it made out of?

No, it isn't Neil Armstrong's ghost just Pharman!

Walking around the Maritime Museum...

 At the end of the day minus Brandon B., Rajveer, and Dwayne who drove with Laura-and Harry who went to India and missed it-but maybe he found some interesting rocks there!

Valentine's Day

Here are a few favourite pictures from today!

Chihuly Gardens and Glass

These pictures are especially for Balkaran!  This is a new exhibit in Seattle next to the Space Needle! They are basically glass sculptures.  Instead of using clay you use glass to create these amazing installations.  These are a few of my favorites there.  Chihuly is world famous and he plans these installations but others have to help to execute them! He is from Tacoma, an hour south of Seattle and there is a glass museum and a glass bridge and other beautiful pieces of his work.  This centre in Seattle is new this year.

 Don't you love the colours here!  He is often influenced by nature.

 This is like a beautiful garden.  This installation takes up a whole room

 This is his version of a boat!












I love the colours of this.  It makes me think of seashells!

When you go out into the garden outside you can see the Rock and Roll Museum and the Space Needle.  I like how his glass often catches the same colours around them and how they planted plants of the same colours.

This is actually on the ceiling as you go outside!  I love all his vivid colours especially on a grey day!

Here you can see the Space Needle!  I just visiting here!  To learn more take a virtual visit!

Middle Years Survey

Here is the link for Middle Years Survey 
Follow the directions entering user name and password I have given you. 
This is not a test so that there are no wrong answers but your answers are important to find out how to improve activities and programs for children your age.
1. It is your choice to fill out the survey so you can choose to not participate at any time before, during, or after your complete the survey and you won't get into trouble or lose marks.
2. The information provided is confidential, private, and won't be shared with your teacher, principal, parents, or your school friends.
3. Please answer the questions the best you can.
Thank you for participating!

Class of 2013 Hoodies

Here is the link for the designs.  See which ones you like.

And now it is Christmas holidays!

Well I thought I would catch up a bit.  I can't believe four months have flown by!  We have had a lot of fun and a few adventures.
First I can't believe what skilled fundraisers Division One has been.  You have raised more than 1100 dollars this term!  Plus bringing in a great deal of food twice for the food bank and pennies for the Me to We Coins for Change project.  In two weeks you raised 600 dollars as part of the End Poverty Day Campaign.  Then you sold Paperblank Journals for three weeks and raised over 400 dollars for the Nepal Library Foundation and with hot chocolate and chai sales at the primary musical you raised almost 100 dollars in a day that was donated to the Food Bank to buy perishable food.  I think we have all been inspired by the novel I have been reading you by Joan Bauer, Almost Home, about a girl who loses her home, helping us understand a little what it is like to be homeless.  We have all fallen in love with Sugar who has taught us about gratitude and gumption.

We have also had lots of fun.  There were three sessions of skating with our grade one reading buddies, a book launch with Melanie Jackson at our school, and a day at Granville Island seeing The Wizard of Oz. We also had fun at the Writers' Festival in October there as well.  And have loved reading the Seven series of novels by the authors we saw there.

 You did a great job on your Remembrance Day projects.  And of course you learned lots of math and did lots of reading and writing.  You enjoyed researching Early Man and doing science experiments.  And of course learning more French and the occasional bit of Spanish!

And then there was Boys for Real and Welcome to My Life thanks to the volunteers from the YWCA. And then there was cross country, soccer, volleyball, and now basketball.  And you were busy being Hall Monitors and Peer Helpers keeping the halls safe and helping the little kids outside.  And of course we ended the term with a party and crazy games of Musical Chairs.  Sometimes we are so busy I forget to take pictures!

They wouldn't let us forget they were the first Trudeau Senior Boys to become city champions!

Here you are hanging out with the grade one buddies sharing Christmas presents!  Hohoho!

I can't believe it is December!

I have so many pictures not yet posted.  What a great term we have had!  I will catch up one day but not today!
Here you all are at Granville Island-Division One and Two after we saw The Wizard of Oz!