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!

Eleanor Is Awesome

Dun, dun, dun, didle de dah!!!!!!!!!!! I AM A BROWNIE! Thank you, thank you, thank you for that amazing drum roll. To become a Brownie I had be enrolled which means I had to learn about Brownies and I had to memorize the brownie promise. it says:

I promise, to my best, to be true to myself, my beliefs and Canada, I will take action for a better world and respect the Brownie Law.

The Brownie Law says:

• Law

  The Guiding Law challenges me to:

  • be honest and trustworthy
  • use my resources wisely
  • respect myself and others
  • recognize and use my talents and abilities
  • protect our common environment
  • live with courage and strength
  • share in the sisterhood of Guiding

I think that stuff sounds good, I already do that stuff without knowing it anyway.

I have been earning badges. So far I earned the "Hurrah For Reading" Badge, the "Recycling Rocks" and "Cookies, Yum" - where you learn about being a safe cookie seller, counting money and being responsible - and Numbers and Math badge .

Mmmm. Yum, yum. His face looks so juicy! That is my new cousin Nathan. He is soooo cute. He as in the hospital for the first week of his life. Isn't that a long time?! When somebody has a new baby, it means I mean their it means they a family. They give the baby food, the give it air, energy, a home, everything it needs.

Here I am making pizza. I am a really great cook. I know all about the four food groups and how to eat healthy foods. We make home-made pizza and have movie night every Friday night. It's important to send time together as a family because of you guys are all busy and all around the place, so you can just be together, by yourself, you, only your family.

This is pattern a made with my Goldie Blox engineering set. I have started making my own patterns. I test them out on the pegboard first, then I decide if it needs and modifications, then I make the modifications, and then I do draw the modifications in my instruction book.

This is a fancy tea party I hosted for my brother and my next door neighbour.  To be a good host is to invite people to take a seat, ask them if they want more tea, if they want to have a DANCE PARTY! If there are new people who you don't really know, you say "Hi! What's your name, What's your age? Do you want to play a game, like ULTIMATE HIDE and GO SEEK?" 

We have new neighbours from Uzbekistan who are coming over for supper tonight, and we learn what they eat, what they do, and what's about them, what's about their country and the games they play - yippee, yippooo, I want to do something with you!"