P.E., Fine Arts, (and lots of other related awesomeness) Term 3

If our activities in Term 3 had a theme this year, it would be: variety! We both have been swimming, doing inline skating classes (sorry no pictures)

hiking and beach combing

we also practised our engineering skills by building beach forts

...got to try kayaking for the first time!

Sophia is already signed up for another kayaking course this summer!

hone those Grade 5 science skills about "force" with some extreme high wind kite flying (ask Sophia to tell you about lift and gravity:)

monkey around, run, climb and play,

Skateboard,

this term we all got new bikes, and have been able to go riding together! Sophia and her Dad even did a tandem bike ride around Stanley Park!

Eleanor and Ittle went bowling, and we've signed up for the Kids Bowl Free program this summer!

Eleanor rocks some fine arts skills with paper jewellery for Ittle.

She's also done fabric painting and collage, designing and sewing a skirt, and drawing this term, Sophia has done with water colours, model building, sketching and drawing.

Sophia and Eleanor both spent a day at the art gallery with their godmother, who is an artist, studying works and sketching. Sophia has been particularly interested in studying the work of M.C. Escher this term.

Sophia and Eleanor both went to camp this term, and spent time hiking and studying nature, learning about mapping and orienteering, outdoor cooking and fire safety, and new songs and games,

These are the worksheets from Eleanor's "which way" badge, learning about reading maps, compass and directions.

Eleanor has over 20 badges now!

Sophia has obtained her "B active" card from the City Of Burnaby. It gives her free swimming and skating and access to many other free activities for her grade 5 year. She very much wanted to go swimming alone, so we planned her route and did the research on which bus stops she needed to take, and what she would do in an emergency.

She not only had a great time swimming, but navigated her way home beautifully, asking for help from staff at the pool and from local business people when she needed help to call home or figure out what to do. Way to go, Sophia!

P.E. by Sophia and Eleanor

This term we have really enjoyed going swimming on Mondays. 

 This term is so exciting for swimming because I am 8, 8, 8, 8, the lucky number eight!!!  That means I can swim alone, swim, swim, alone. I get be a mermaaaaaid. But not in the deep end. I don't like the deep end.

On Wednesdays and Fridays we go for walks, hikes or ride our bikes. I am wearing giant gloves and my red riding hood cape and I am on a hike on a mountain and it is zero degrees.

This is Rocky Point Park, the best place in the world, it has a lot of chemicals in the water, but I am not sick.

They have an awesome bike ramp there too! So cool, best thing in the world.

Sophia had a paper route too every Wed and Friday which is great exercise all around our neighbourhood. If it is really rainy, we will do dancing games or exercise games on our Wii.

Physical Awesomeness! by Eleanor and Sophia

This is me roller blading to a fish and chips shop. I am going to start roller-blade classes next week (May 26)

We love to go swimming - here we are at the pool. We got swim passes this term and had a lot of fun with our little friend Levi.

We both did ballet this term and the photo below is of us at our dance recital. The photo above is us after ballet.

Climbing trees is awesome!

Whoo hoo! Sports day 2014! Team BLUE!

When ever we can, we go to the playground - and when it rains, we do Just Dance Fit on the Wiii!

I also tried skateboarding this term and got my first ROAD RASH!!!!

And Eleanor and I lo ve to bike and scooter. Here I am dressed up for a game we made up called "war."