Setting up a sun tent isn't as easy as you might think..... especially when blindfolded!  One team member could see, but couldn't help assemble the parts or the tent..... communication skills are key!

Students are learning about immigration. In 1872, to encourage immigrants to come to Canada, they were offered 160 acres of land. If they could make a profit and survive for three years, they were allowed to keep the land. Students are creating their own farms and budgeting, as well as receiving a random event card that can be either positive or negative. They will have to adapt their farm based on the event.

We wrapped up our "Planet Earth" unit with some presentations.... students picked a topic and became experts on the subject.

This week, the students spent time learning about the different numbered treaties and their relation to Canadian immigration. They then each chose a treaty to become experts on and presented it to the class. 

During outdoor ed this week, the grade 7's played a couple games including 'Deer Ears' in which one person is blindfolded & others try to sneak up and get the clothes pin off their back without getting caught!

We also played 'Who Am I' where students could only ask 'Yes/No' questions to try to figure out what they were!

Our days have been spent mostly outside this week with the beautiful weather!

When the weather is this nice.... we head outside!

We can't help but hang out with the ducklings when out in the barn for wood working class.

The Grade 7 class ended our Cowboys Don't Cry novel study with a diorama of their favorite scene from the book.

We welcomed some new turkey chicks this week as well as some new barnyard equipment.  Some will help make feeding easier and less wasteful while some other equipment will make doctoring and hands on experiences a 'breeze'.

The junior high students hosted another successful Spring market! They created many awesome creations for the school and community to enjoy.

We joined the rest of the school for a school & barnyard clean up!

We got out to enjoy the sunshine during a hike - focusing on signs of spring that we could see, hear & smell!

We also tried out some games such as camouflage, memory & other brain games.

Students were tasked with finding something in nature to transform into a character in their creative writing unit!

Our Badminton season came to a close this week.  We headed to Beaumont to participate in the LDAA 'North' division.

The junior high class got to learn all about the benefits of tallow and even got to make their own!

The junior high students were lucky enough to have a presentation on the adaptations of flight. The presenter even brought in a great horned owl! 

Lots of hours have been spent outside this week with the warm weather. It's nice to see the students so excited about spending time outdoors and soaking up the fresh air. 

The Grade 7 students have been working hard on their charter projects and were excited to present them to their parents and peers, showcasing all their dedication and effort. 

Did you know we have a grow tower??  We should be eating from it soon!

The 7's headed out to put their understandings of graphing (bar & circle) to the test.  They picked something in the barnyard to compare & spent the class gathering their data.  Some students counted animals while others took on the added challenge of measuring to calculate area of different outbuildings.  They then determined mean, mode, range and median for their data set.  Afterwards, they created graphs to represent this data.

In Science we experimented with our centres of gravity!  We may have fallen a few times;)

We also did some tangrams of natural and man made structures.

Novel Study

The Grade 7's started their Forces & Structures unit this week with a challenge.... to build the tallest freestanding tower using just 40 straws & 1 meter of tape.

To better understand the difference between solid, shell & frame structures - we built chairs....with playdoh.

All of the Junior High and grade 6 students got to head to Calmar this week to try their hand at curling.

The Grade 7's headed out for some outdoor education this week - the focus was on tracks!  We also discussed animal energy use and played a few games.  (It was also crazy hair day)

Students projects are starting to come together nicely. They have been doing great working in groups and coming up with creative ideas to really showcase their learning!

Taking full advantage of the warmer weather on a beautiful Friday morning, we headed out to play predator - prey - one of the classes favourite activities!

We are working on a project building different forts and settlements to help the students better understand the Red River Resistance. Students are encouraged to use as many natural elements as they can, so we went outside to start collecting. 

What better way to learn about conduction, convection & radiation than to make popcorn!!

With all the cold weather students were getting cooped up so we turned the heat on in the barn and worked on our assignments with Peaches!

What better way to look at the changes of state then to have a hands on & yummy experiment!  We made ice cream!!

A couple of agronomists from Leduc Co-op came to talk to the grade 7's about what they do..... helping farmers!  We talked about soil nutrients, pests and technology.

Students spent time with the Grade 1s, reading them the poetry portfolios they have been working on and teaching them about various agriculture topics they researched! 

Students learned some tracking basics and then were put to the test with a couple rounds of sardines.  This also included some story time.

The fish eggs arrived last week and are already starting to hatch!

Showing & sharing our love of math this week!  Every family gets to take home a brand new deck of cards and 6 dice so that they can play these games at home:)

Students have been hard at work creating a poetry portfolio on an agriculture topic they researched! 

As part of the unit, students are now working on their final project for interactions & ecosystems.  Students got to pick from a model demonstrating the 3 types of symbiotic relationships; a game showing their understanding of niches and interactions or a puzzle demonstrating their understanding of food chains, webs & pyramid of numbers.

The grade 7s have definitely been taking advantage of the weather being so nice this past week. They have been getting their work done outdoors as much as possible!

This 'year's' final SEED Day saw the junior high students creating their very own greenery masterpiece!

We headed outside to see how deer populations are constantly changing just based on what is available to them..... then we took it up a notch another day by adding in  some predators.  Students were then able to see how interconnected both species were with the basic requirements of all living things.

We have been studying adaptations in animals in science class - this week, students selected random adaptation cards and had to create new fish!  They then needeed to explain where they would find the fish and how those adaptations helped them survive.

Students got to see our very own sheep get preg checked this week.

Spending time out in the bush, students were challenged with just sitting & observing..... what types of animals did they see and hear.  How do these animals meet their basic needs?

Preg Check!

Jr High Adventures

Progress Reports

New Space

In our science unit, we are examining the basic needs of plants.  Our classroom has several experiments going on including beans and peas on the windows, lettuce with different growing conditions and leaves with food colouring.

Cows!