Lots of tasty food was made today... Banana Chocolate Smoothies, English Muffin Pizzas and Yogurt Parfaits. The students said the food tasted great and they had fun making it. Thank you to Mrs. Carey and Mr. Dickson for helping our class in making the food. If you are interested in making some kid friendly meals with easy recipes to follow, check out the website bettertogetherbc.ca
A great day today at the beach! The weather was perfect and everyone had a good time. Thank you to all of the parents who joined us too. It was fun watching the kids dig in the sand and water looking for sea creatures, shells, kelp, and then sharing their treasures with us. Danica and Liam thought it was too funny putting little crabs in Mrs. O'Byrne's hands and watching her get squeamish :) The day always goes to quickly. For the students who came back to school, they were very happy to have a nap on the carpet and wait for the bell.
Thank you for another wonderful Sports Day at West Langley. The students had a wonderful time dressing up in their team colour, cheering each other on, participating in all of the events and enjoying some goodies. Thankfully the weather held out for us and we all had a great time! During the last few weeks our class has enjoyed learning about the life cycle of plants and what they need in order to grow. We had the pleasure of visiting the local Walnut Grove Community Garden and discovered that many fruits and vegetables can grow in our own back yards! Did you know that some weeds are edible, very healthy and taste great in salads! Wow! The students even had the chance to taste some of the delicious locally grown fruits and vegetables during our food celebration this week. Many students commented on how fresh and healthy everything tasted! We enjoyed orange peppers, orange baby tomatoes, baby cucumbers, strawberries, pickles, pickled beets and a personalized ham and cheese bun. We are incredibly proud of how much the students have learned and how engaged they have been during our until on plants, locally grown foods and healthy eating. The students had a wonderful time today on our field trip to the Laurica Farm in Aldergrove. It is a local organic farm ran by a family on 5 acres of beautiful property. We saw and learned many amazing things about the animals and plants on a small farm. We saw a wide variety of farm animals including Cherry, the cute and friendly 3 month old lamb, Rosie, the potbelly pig, 2 friendly pregnant goats that loved getting their heads scratched and pigs, chickens, roosters and ducks. The children were amazed to learn the many different ways in which theses animals impact the farm. Did you know some ducks help eat the slugs and bugs off of vegetable gardens and pigs help create rich new soil? It was interesting to learn how the plants and animals work closely together to create a symbiotic relationship...everything on the farm has a purpose and impacts each other in some way. Please check out their website for more information on summer camps and options to visit this amazing farm on your own! http://lauricafarm.com We are incredibly proud of our hard working and dedicated students. We have spent a lot of time wondering, inquiring and researching new facts for our Inquiry projects. The students learned many new things and proudly shared their knowledge with their peers. The Inquiry Fair was a great success! We are especially proud of our students because they were committed and dedicated to learning about a topic they were passionate about. We learned about dolphins, sharks, iguanas, penguins, diamonds, black holes, storms and much more! Excellent job, Division 7! Erin, from LEPS, visited our classroom today to talk about how important the Earth's water is to us. 97% of the earth's water is salt water, 3% is fresh. Of that 3%, only 1% is drinkable water!!! Hopefully the students will come home tonight and talk about some of the ways we can conserve our precious water. It was fun making a beaded necklace representing the % of the earth's water. We had a very busy and fun-filled day last Friday! We had Mrs.Gabriel, a First Nations Elder, visit our classroom to teach us about the importance of animal tracks, scat and skulls. The students were amazed with the beautiful pictures and samples of animal skulls and tracks (and plastic scat!) We couldn't believe how huge the Grizzly bear and Moose tracks were and how interesting the skulls were. The students were even brave enough to put their head inside the jaw of a black bear!! After creating some beautiful stamping wildlife scenes, we began to enjoy our Secret Friendship Snack. The children absolutely loved delivering their surprise snacks to their friends just as much as they enjoyed opening up their own bags. We had a fun afternoon reading our Valentine's Day cards, enjoying some goodies and playing some boardgames. This will be a day to always remember. Thank you parents for your support in making it happen. We have reached that magical milestone today, 100 days in school! Wow, where has the time gone. In gym the students bounced basketballs 100 times, bounced a birdie 100 times off of the badminton racket, skipped 100 times and swivelled hula hoops 100 times. In math, the students counted out 100 manipulatives and sorted them into a variety of equal groups. In the afternoon we drew self portraits of what we think we will look like when we are 100 years old and what we think we might be doing at that age. Here are a few examples. The rest are on Kidblog.
Today we travelled back in time, about 100 years ago, to experience what living in a pioneer community would have been like. The students participated in many activities such as, washing socks on a wash board, collecting eggs, milking a cow, making butter, stretching wool, banking, shopping in a General Store, and going to school. At the beginning of the field trip some of the students thought that their daily chores and school expectations were a challenge at times, but they changed their minds once they saw what a pioneer life might have been like. Enjoy the photos! |