Mrs. Lambert-Brown
Email : jlb@newhorizons.ca Phone: (780) 416-2353 Ext. 109
Classroom 108 and Room 107 Foods Kitchen
This web page will provide updates and important notices.
Learning outcomes, course assignments, and due dates can be found on Google Classroom.
Updates and Notices
April 15 - Hot Lunch Ordering Open
April 22 - Earth Day
April 24 - Hot Lunch Order Close
April 29th - SuperHero Day
Gr 9s designed and prepared bottle drive advertisements.
Life Skills
March/April
Media Literacy - Understanding perspectives and making well-informed opinions on forms of communication and its message
Gr.7 - Advertising Techniques/Gimmicks & Stereotypes
Gr. 8 - Cultural Appropriation & Propaganda
Gr. 9 - Fake News, Censorship & Political Cartoons
February
Financial Literacy - Money Mentors resources and Junior Achievement Work booklets
Gr. 7 - 'Savvy Spending', Types of Money
Gr. 8 - 'Saving Cents', Currency
Gr. 9 - 'Credit Connects', Success Skills
December/January
Nutrition - Making Nutritious Food Choices when...
Grade 7 - Packing lunch and snacks
Grade 8 - Fad diets and eating on-the-go
Grade 9 - Preparing meals for self and family
October/November
Substance Use Disorders and Addictions - impacts of and wellness treatments for..
Gr. 7 - Alcohol and Vaping
Gr.8 - Substance Abuse
Gr.9 - Addictions
September
Character Building
Gr. 7 - Hygiene and Manners
Gr.8 - Making Decisions
Gr.9 - Growth Mindset
Executive Functioning and Cyber Safety
IPP
June - Students evaluate and report their IPP progress and provide a year end summary. Teacher provides a transition plan.
April - May - Students will be continuing to work on their personal goals and review their progress.
March - Spring Update
February - Students will be continuing to work on their personal goals and review their progress.
December/January - Students are working on personal IPP goals.
November/December - IPPs will commence and students are to work on identifying their goals and benchmarks.
October/November - IPP documents need to signed and return to homeroom teacher and/or IPP supervisor
October - Students complete Executive Functioning Work Habits and Strategies. Teachers review IPP information.
September - Parent and students input forms to be completed. At the junior high level students are greatly involved in managing their goals and updating progress with teacher's guidance.
Students learn about What is Executive Functioning? Complete a metacognitive survey on their executive functioning skills.
Executive Functioning Reference Guide.pdfHelpful Information For Parents
About Teacher
Mrs. L-B has been working at NHS for about 10 years, she started as a substitute teacher, covered two maternity leaves and now focuses at the Junior High level. She has a passion in the culinary arts.
Options Timeline
Investigations - Sept 5th to Oct 5th
Term One - Oct 10th - Dec 22nd
Term Two - Jan 8th - Mar 21st
Term Three - Apr. 2nd to Jun 11th
2023-2024
Option CTF Foods - Test Kitchen
2023-2024
Option Investigations
Find a topic of your interest, research, build/develop a project, and present.
Development of project planning, task management, content creating and presenting skills
Cross Grade Mini Group Practice Presenations
Grades 7, 8, and 9 students were put into mini groups to practice their Investigations presentation and receive peer feedback.
2022-2023
Option CTF Foods
Student Success
Junior High Test Kitchen students made 3D animal cakes
CTF Junior High Foods - Challenge Jazz Up Bread/Toast - DISH - French Toast
CTF Gr 5 Foods - Pizza Toast
2021-2022
Option Issues Gr 7
Students engage in a variety of challenges regards specific issues and/or topics.
Option Issues Gr 8
Students engage in a variety of challenges regards specific issues and/or topics.
Option Foods
Students will be testing recipes, gadgets and small appliances, report their findings in a presentation.
2020-2021
Option - Puzzle Escape Games
Students are independently working on creating their own curriculum based Breakout EDU game.
LEVELED UP
Students will learn more about puzzles/riddles, making ciphers, props and create a card game set.
Option - Investigations
Students are choose a topic of interest, research and present their findings.
This is a combination of student directed projects investigations, science fair and math fair
Option - HIT Record
Students are starting their collaborative workshop.
Creative Writing
Voice Acting
Sound Effects
Illustrations
Animation
2019-2020
CANCELLED
Option A - Bread and Puff Pastry
This is a condensed option course. Takes place all-day from Mon. June 1st to Wed. June 3rd.
Day One - Prepare yeast breads. Step 1 for puff pastry dough lamination process.
Day Two - Bake yeast breads, braided bread and make soup bread bowls. Step 2 of puff pastry lamination process.
Day Three - Make quick breads/flat breads and curry accompaniment. Step 3 puff pastry make danish fillings/bake and bake danish pastry.
CANCELLED
Option B - Entrepreneurship
March - Junior Achievement Company program to facilitate in creating an innovative prototype.
Students are working on their business media profile.
CANCELLED
Option C - Foodies Unite Competition
March - June - Students work on mastering their cooking skills in weekly competitions. These challenges will have focus theme where people are united around food. Students will also learn how to appraise food quality, judge food presentation and inspect food handling and safety.
COMPLETED
Option A - Term 2
Table Top Escape
February/March - Students are developing and creating the own Table Top Escape device.
January - BreakoutEDU- Students are learning to develop an original online breakout game.
December - Students are exploring Breakout EDU and will be building our first Escape room challenge "The Curse of the Gingerbread Man"
CANCELLED
Option B - Yearlong
Entrepreneurship
February/March - Students will begin the Junior Achievement Program to facilitate creating an innovative prototype.
January - Hot Lunch Initiative - Student groups are brainstorming on lunch menu items that caters to healthy, appealing to teenager taste buds and cost effective.
December - Business Strategist designing a business model and reviewing sources of income.
November/December - With the help of E&I Fair, we are able to sell our winter festive centrepieces.
We will continue to sell our centerpieces at the Wholly Handmade Event at Festival Place on Dec 14th and 15th and at NHS Christmas Concert Dec 17th
Students are working on business planning task for a client.
COMPLETED
Option C - Term 2
Food Art
February/March - 3D Animal Cake Decorating
February - Students will be creating fruits and veggie garnishes, cute bento boxes etc.
January - We are working on different renditions of roll cakes, learning to create fruit/veggies garnishes and preparing the 25th
December - We are working with royal icing for gingerbread house village and advent calendar cookies.
*Students new to foods at the junior high level must complete the AB Safety test and print out a copy of the certificate.
COMPLETED
Option A - Term 1
Special F/X
October - Illusions, Pop Art, Scary Make-up
September - Developing basic special f/x skills to enhance makeup looks.
Cultural Appreciation - Symbolic Face Paint / Tribal Paint
CANCELLED
Option B - Yearlong
Entrepreneurship
November - We have been busy with production, finalizing our sell dates and advertising. We now have a new logo for our Nighthawks Nest Corporation.
October - Our corporation 'Nighthawks Nest' will be working on our 'Arbour Arrangements' material donations/ production/ advertisement/ sales.
September - Building upon the idea of what is entrepreneurship and what is involved when running a business?
Working on creating a business to build profit for funding group project prototypes materials.
COMPLETED
Option C - Term 1
Test Kitchen
November -Students continue with their test trials and will be preparing presentations for their best two trials.
October - Students begin their Bingo Challenge test trials, to be completed in 5 consecutive weeks.
September - Through a series of demonstrations by Mrs. L-B, students explore and review different kitchen appliances and gadgets.
*Students new to foods at the junior high level must complete the AB Safety test and print out a copy of the certificate.
Planning Long-Term Assisgnments.pdfProject Planner.pdf