Pig Heart Dissecting at School

At school we’ve been learning about body systems. For science we got to dissect a pig’s heart. Someone came in from university of Manitoba. Her name was Alex. She told us how to dissect the heart. We did it with our table groups. We did it for almost an hour. There was a lot of parts in the heart. Some people were grossed out. Some were interested. We used scissors, small knife, a needle thing and a dropper. We had so much fun getting grossed out it was like the best time EVER! We all hope we can do more. 
                 

    by: Rylan and Dyllan.  edited by: Matthew  

       

Climbing Wall

The climbing wall was really fun. Once you get to the climbing wall you have to put your harness and helmet on. You put the bottom harness on like pants. You can tighten the harness at three places, by your waist and at the middle of your thighs. Now you can go in to the drop zone only if the camp instructor says you can. Then they hook up your carabineer to the rope. The knot they use is called a figure eight knot. You also have to ask two questions. One of the questions are “is my belay on” if it is they will say “belay on”. The other question is “can I climb?” and if you can they will say “climb on”. There are three anchor points on a climbing wall. The three anchor points are the carabineer on you, the carabineer on the belayer and the cement block that goes six feet in to the ground. The cement block holds you so you don’t fall when you’re climbing. The most effective muscles for climbing are your leg muscles. We all had a lot of fun.

Predator / Prey and High Ropes

Predator / Prey is a tag game we played in the forest at Camp Arnes. Kids were assigned different kinds of animals. There was three kinds of animals:  herbivore, omnivore and carnivore. Carnivores can eat herbivores and omnivores and carnivores can eat herbivores. There was more herbivores than omnivores or carnivores, and more omnivore then carnivores. You also have to find food and water. You have a certain number of life tags if you get tagged you give the person a life tag. There are diseases, elements and humans. The disease and elements can tag you, they were the teachers. The human can say your name and you have to come over and they can take a life, give a life or give you food and water.
   by Colten and Mathew and

My group is writing about high ropes. Here’s the two question’s you have to say to climb. “Is my belay on” and “can I climb”. You couldn’t go under the drop zone. The drop zone is five steps away. We got to do three different courses; the cat walk, vertical playground and the leap of faith. It was really fun! We all loved The High Ropes!  

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Identity Collage

We just finished our “Identity collage” in class. A collage is a type of art made with pictures from newspapers or magazines. First you get a white piece of paper. Then you go through a magazine and find one colour for the background.  Then find a ton of the same color and cut it out. You need glue it onto the paper till there’s no white left. Then you find a bunch of different body parts and glue it on. Then your teacher gives you your head (a photo) and you glue it on. Next you get pictures of things that are most important to you and glue that on to. You need at least 7 items. The last step is to cut out letters to make your name and glue them on. There were some funny ones and some cool ones. We all had fun doing it.
by Rylan and Dyllan

Parent Newsletter

It is hard to believe that it is already November!
October was a very busy month for us all.
Camp was a great experience and everyone should be proud of all their accomplishments as well as their kind, inclusive behavior!  Some of the camp staff commented that our group was one of the most respectful groups that they had worked with in a very long time!
Thanks to everyone who helped make camp possible – including parent volunteers, our dedicated fundraising organizer, parent council, administration and office staff, teachers, Educational Assistants and of course Camp Arnes staff.
Students have now completed their “Identity Projects”, including their formal paragraphs and collage. I am in the process of assessing these now.  Expect these to come home in the near future. 
Students from 5/6 Wood have also been working in groups to write about some of the activities they participated in at camp.  These are posted on this blog for your reading pleasure.  Well done grade 5's and 6's.
We are currently focusing on “Body Systems” in Science and the history of First Peoples in Canada in Social Studies.
Please continue to encourage your students to practice math facts daily (in provided booklets and /or online – we are now set up on “Xtra Math”) and read every day.