The students are getting ready to share their learning on Thursday at their student-led conferences. They are excited to show off all of the activities we have been doing. The school will be open from 3-6pm, but please arrive by 5:30 in order to have time to see everything!
Flyover Canada
Last week we went to Flyover Canada to celebrate the end of our Amazing Race Canada. It was a fantastic field trip, even though we got back late (sorry to the parents and siblings who had to wait for us after school!)
We seem to have a knack for picking the worst weather day to go on our field trips, so the bus ride and walk in the rain was not so fun, but the Flyover itself was most definitely worth the trip. You sit in a pod of suspended seats, which move in sync with the film, so you really do feel like you are flying. I was filled with as much wonder as the kids, pointing out kayakers, hot air balloons, and horses! It was great to hear the exclamations of recognition: “Niagara Falls!” and “There’s the CN Tower, we must be in Toronto!” At points we were sprayed with mist and scents, and as someone who spent many summers on the prairies growing up I think they got the smell of the wheat field spot on!
Lots of the students wrote about Flyover Canada on our blog, check it out to read their perspectives. I also saw that Flyover is offering discounts during spring break, so you might want to visit as a family. Lots of the students wanted to ride again, so I’m sure they would be happy to go back!
Hoja Concert
Yesterday we had a great performance by Hoja. It was one of the best school performances I have seen, and the kids really got into it. The group sings acapella music, which means they don’t have any instruments or background tracks. I enjoy singing, but to make sounds like a guitar or drums seems like an amazing talent to me! They have quite a few fans in Division 7 already, and CDs ($15) and posters ($1) are available at the office for those who want more of their music!
Halloween Photos
As promised, here are a few photos from Halloween yesterday. Thanks, so much to Derek for setting up the photo booth, the kids had lots of fun posing! If you would like the link to more images please send me an email and I can share it with you.
**April 16 update – To comply with Burnaby School District guidelines for sharing online photos of students these images were removed. Please email me if you are interested in seeing them.
Halloween party fun!
Today we have two guest bloggers who are writing about our party yesterday! I will add some photos later today. -Ms. Collins
We had a fun halloween party at halloween we got lots of junk! And Max’s dad had a photo booth. We also had finished our frankiestein everybody had cool costumes at the costume parade in the gym and parents came to help take down our halloween decorations thanks guys! Ms. Collins was a Jellyfish if you saw she had a sumbrero under her jellyfish costume we also had a song it was “The thing that isn’t there!” It was funny when we scared evryone saying… BOO!! We also had crafts some of them were ghost puppets and pumpkins.
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