We have begun our challenges for our Structures unit.  In this challenge, we had to build several different houses with a defined shape.  The houses were required to support our text book.  Many interesting designs came about as we tried to reach our goal.  Some were successful, some were not.  We all had fun!  What a delicious way to learn!

The crooked Little Christmas Tree

Just before the holidays, we read the touching story of the Crooked Little Christmas Tree.  We created our own versions of the tree.  We talked about the true meaning of Christmas and the spirit of giving to those less fortunate than ourselves. We celebrated how very lucky we are to live in such a great country! 

We have finished our unit on Plants and the Temperate Rain Forest.  We learned so much about the life cycles of trees, pumpkins and slugs and snails.  Did you know that when you leave a pumpkin on a window sill, you get a lot of rot and bacteria?  We loved watching for the different signs of decay.

Now, we are studying space for the next term.  Watch for our class mural as it begins to unfold with our knowledge. We are looking forward to completing computer studies on the different planets that make up our galaxy.  It promises to be an exciting term.  We are also studying Structures.  We have High Tech visiting us next week to provide a hands on workshop designed to excite our engineering brains!  Watch here for more pictures in the next few days!

We created art images using stones, sticks, leaves and pine needles.  We tried to create a similiar style to  the artist Andy Goldsworthy.  We had so much fun creating these designs and learning about plants!

Centres

We have centres once a week on Fridays.  Centres is an excellent time for students to learn through play.  We learn to cooperate, share, work together and problem solve.

During our unit on Plants, we created collages of pumpkins in a field.  We helped our little buddies do this art too.  

Happy Thanksgiving from the Turkeys in Division 7!!!!

Gobble, gobble, gobble!