We took Friday's class and spent it doing a number of different experiemnts including mentos & pop; exploding mosters, dancing raisins, and Fizzly Rockets.

We did a small intro to our cells & systems unit by checking out slides under the scope.

The kids got to taste test a variety of salsa.

In Health, we tested our senses in smelling, tasking, seeing, and feeling different fall spices.

Making Salsa

Chef Jeff taught the junior high students how to make salsa. Unfortunately, it was not with our own home grown ingredients due to unfavourable conditions this summer.

Charter Option

Students have been helping out with special projects, one being getting the turkeys loaded in order to be taken in for processing.

Charter Option

Discussing with Mrs. Besler reasearch topic ideas for each barnyard project.

We have started working on our final projects in science for Mix & Flow of Matter.... students have 6 different farm related challenges to pick from including building a hydraulic machine.

The breed of this week was the Australian Cattle Dog.

To show recognition to Truth and Reconciliation Day, the whole school tied orange ribbons on the fence.

In Ranch Skills, we learned how to cut up a rotissarie chicken into the different cuts of meat.

In Ranch Skills, we talked about the different body parts of a goat and tried our best to label them.

The Jr. High Girls had their second game this week!

We had gym in the trees where students practiced their climbing skills. 

Field Sports Option

Junior High students are currently playing Lacrosse in the Field Sports option.

Humble Habits

Mrs. Clark recognized many students who have been displaying positive Humble Habits behaviour.

This week we looked at the buoyancy of eggs in different solutions & water.

We tested our skills by building a 'boat' & adding golfballs.... How many golf balls do you think they were able to fit before their boat sank?

We worked on our climbing skills for gym and talked about how to be safe when climbing.

The Ranch Skills kids took the goats and Jackson out for a well needed brain break.

In Ranch Skills, we talked about the by-products of animals and sorted different products into which animal we thought they belonged with.

We were outside soaking up the sun socializing about social!

We watched the 1999 Animal Farm Movie to compare to the 2025 Animal Farm Movie and to compare to the book.

In Ranch Skills, we learned about the different type of injections that you can do on an animal and practiced it on our hotdog bun.

We watched the 2025 Animal Farm Movie to compare to the 1999 Animal Farm Movie and to the book.

2 Grade 8's came out to the LDAA Golf Tournament in Wetaskiwin and had a great time playing their hearts out.

Our one Grade 8 got the longest putt on one of the holes during the tournament.

In Ranch Skills, we worked on evaluating livestock an then tried out an auction. Some students also got to try their hand at being an auctioneer.

We did a lab to determine which fluids had the highest viscosity..... I think molasses won!

Our last week of golf practice before we hear to our first tournament of the school year.

The older kids still love brain breaks and movement breaks, just like the littles.

We started golf practice at school and some of the 8' came out to practice.

We started off our reading comprehension unit by diving into the book "Animal Farm" by George Orwell.

As part of LA, we are learning about a new breed of animal every week and partaking in a little bit of research to further our knowledge.