Boggy Creek Pictures

What a fun, memorable adventure we had yesterday at Boggy Creek!  Here are some photos to tell the tale!

Photo Updates! Long Overdue!

Here are some photo collages from November and December in Grade 6! Enjoy!

Forced Perspective and More

Crooked Valley

Here is a collection of pictures from our day at Crooked Valley!  Thanks very much to Mrs. Varre and Mr. Giroux who joined us for the day!

Winter Survival- The Slideshow!

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Winter Survival!

Click to see our winter adventures!

Flying Creek Comic Strip Assignment

Task:

• Using the Flying Creek photos, create a comic strip (using Comic Life) that represents the diversity of life you observed at Flying Creek.  Your goal is to use the comic strip to demonstrate what you learned during the day, including at least one living thing for each ecosystem and six or more living things overall.  Make sure that you include the appropriate titles for each ecosystem (grasslands, woodlands, riparian, aquatic).  To show deep understanding, also include the categories for organisms (producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, scavengers/decomposers).

Must Haves: 

• There is a title.
• There are captions for each photo describing the learning.
• Each ecosystem is represented in the comic strip, and there are at least 6 living things shown overall.

Criteria:

• The writing on the comic strip is free of spelling and grammatical errors.  It is well-written and shows proof of editing.
• The layout of the comic strip is a creative, well-thought out design.
• The comic strip shows deep understanding of the diversity of life in ecosystems at Flying Creek.

You can find photos to use for your comic strip here.

Flying Creek Adventures

What an awesome day we enjoyed at Flying Creek! Perfect weather, beautiful scenery, great memories, fantastic learning!  Sounds like a good recipe for a successful field trip!  Big thanks to Mrs. Shoobert and Mr. Markusson for joining in our special day.  Click on the image to enlarge.

Flying Creek Field Trip: Coming Up!

Today Mr. Conway, our field trip guide (and Miss M's Grade 6 teacher!), came to help us prepare for our field trip to Flying Creek.  Students will bring home a letter and waiver form today.  Thanks, parents, for returning these waivers along with $4.50 for the bus, as well as $3 for our three upcoming swimming dates ($1/per swim).

If you are interested in joining us for the day, we would be thrilled to have you along for the adventure!  Just send an email or note in your child's agenda to let me know if you are interested and available.

Looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow!

New Date for Field Trip

Apologies for the changes in schedule, but our field trip to Crooked Valley will be on JUNE 14.  Thanks!!

X-Country Skiing- Day One!

Boggy Creek Again!

Boggy Creek Adventures :)

Looking Ahead to 2012!

Hi, everyone!  Here are a couple things to look forward to in the New Year!  I would like to give you the dates for our Cross-Country Skiing sessions and our Winter Field Trip.  Parents are very welcome to join us for any of our outdoor adventures!!
Monday, January 23- Outdoor Field Trip to Boggy Creek! (Learning outdoor winter survival skills and studying winter ecology= super fun day!)
Monday, February 6 (PM) and Wednesday, February 15 (AM)- Cross-Country Skiing at Douglas Park

Our Fair Trade Field Trip!

Our Upcoming Fair Trade Field Trip!

Next Tuesday, November 2, we will be walking to Ten Thousand Villages, a wonderful store located on University Park Drive and Quance Street.  We are going to explore the many beautiful fair trade products from all over the world and listen to a presentation from the store manager.  This venture ties in perfectly with our current study on “Fairness” in Language Arts.  We will leave right after lunch (12:45pm) and return between 3-3:30pm. 

A couple of things to note regarding this trip:

-Please ensure that your child is dressed warmly, as it is a fair distance to the store (our walk will be our fitness for the day!)

-Consider sending a bit of money along with your child.  It’s not necessary, but it would be nice for students to have $5 to shop with at the store!

-Consider coming along!  If fair trade is something you are unfamiliar with, this is a great chance to get out for a good long walk with a fun bunch of kids :), and learn something new.

Flying Creek Adventures!

We had an awesome day at Flying Creek! Here's a little glimpse of our adventure. Thanks to Mrs. Hallemann, Mr. Perkowitsch and Mrs. Kelly for joining us for the day!