This week we have been working in small groups to complete our STEM challenge. We had criteria that we had to follow and our challenge was linked to our learning in Social Studies. Our challenge was to build a boat in the style of the early explorers (1500's) to Canada using only the supplies provided. The boat had to float, have a flag, have a sail and hold 100 gold coins. We worked through the STEM process of Ask, Plan, Create and Evaluate. Students showed great perseverance, amazing creative thinking, wonderful communication skills and fantastic optimism. They also used their critical thinking skills to evaluate how their plans worked. So much fun!
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Working with our buddies we have been thinking about what kindness means to us and what kindness looks like for us. Together we have created a display to share our thoughts with other students in the school. Our class supported their little buddies as we created leaves for our kindness tree. We thought about what kindness means, how we have been kind to others, and how others have been kind to us.
Last week we got to go on an amazing fieldtrip with Ms. Crighton's grade 3/4 class. Together we went to the Bubly tube park in Whistler. It can be found at the base 2 area on Blackcomb Mountain We were very lucky to have fresh snow while we were there and the rain held off. The tube park has multiple lanes and varying degrees of steepness for all to enjoy. It was lovely to hear the laughter and see the smiles on so many faces. I am very proud of how well behaved our students were and was thrilled to see so much perseverance and optimism with students trying something new. Thank you to the parent volunteers that were able to come with us.
Wow, it's great to be back. I have definitely missed being with my class. Our first month of 2023 is complete and we have jumped straight back in to our learning adventure. Some of our focuses this month have been: - fractions and multiplication, - early explorers to Canada, - thermal energy and, - non-fiction reading. During science we have been exploring energy, looking closely at thermal energy (heat). We have really enjoyed working through the scientific process, making hypothesis's and conducting experiments. Below are some photos of an experiment to show how the molecules in hot things move faster than in cold things. With our buddies we created a collaborative poster that we shared in assembly last week. The students thought carefully about what it means to have the courage to be brave. We have started to create individually drawings of our thoughts and those will be put up on display next week. So if you're in the building be on the look out for our growth mindset display. You will also see other posters created by other buddy classes in the building.
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