Students in Division 9 express themselves in different ways. We have some amazing artists who LOVE to paint!
This mermaid painting was a collaboration between An and Daphne.
Several of the students explored with different materials in the classroom and made these patterns.
On February 10, our class went on our first field trip of the school year. We went to see the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at the Orpheum Theatre. It was a positive experience for our students, as many of the children were visiting the Orpheum Theatre for the first time. Our class also enjoyed going on a school bus!
Division 9 made these lovely Valentine hearts with Ms. Tang, a guest teacher.
Today at our Superstar Assembly, two retired teachers, Ms. Reid and Ms. Fleming, came to tell us about The Red Shoelace Campaign. They are part of the Royal City Gogos. Gogo is the Zulu word for grandmother.
Their project fundraises for African orphans who are living with their grandmas. Money from selling these red shoelaces goes towards helping to support these kids by paying for food, or purchasing supplies so the grandmas can make crafts to sell, or paying for uniforms, tuition or school supplies.
This is a way to show you care about children, just like us, on the other side of the world.
It costs about $300 to send a child to school for one year.
Our goal for Thunderbird School is to raise $600, so we can send two African students to school.
Division 9 penguins are on the bulletin board just outside the school office. Each penguin is unique. One has a moustache and another is a black-footed penguin.
Hello, Mr. Snowman,
How are you?
Hello, Mr. Snowman,
How are you?
You stand all day, until you melt away,
Hello, Mr. Snowman,
How are you?
I hope 2016 will be healthy and prosperous for everyone!
Division 9 is happy to be back at school! Today during centres time, Frank was playing with trains.
Several of the students were building with Lego.
At our Science table, we observed that putting pine cones in water causes them to close and change shape.
We also had some students building with Big Blocks and having fun!
Today, we carefully decorated gingerbread houses made from graham crackers. Here is Mariya’s little house.
Here is Noor’s house.
This is Athenna’s house.
Here is Jorian’s house. A BIG thank you to Ms. Patti and Nancy for helping us construct the houses!
Baby Oban and his Mom, Ms. Rebecca come into our classroom once a month for a visit as part of our Roots of Empathy program. We are very lucky to have Ms. Patti Mcvey deliver this program for us!
This week, we began to decorate our Christmas tree. We made candy canes and stars. Next week, we will continue to work on sewing dinosaurs which will go on the tree too.
