Today students ventured into Mundy Park to clean up Mundy Lake and Lost Lake in Mundy Park. We spent some time watching the turtle in Lost Lake. Students picked up more than 500 pieces of garbage in the park.
Learn the history of games, learn how computer games are made, and how to design and build your own computer games. Create a wide variety of projects featuring 2D to 3D animation. Some previous knowledge of computer games or game consoles is necessary.
Learn how to design and build computer games in this camp dedicated to game development. Use industry standard graphics and 3D software to build your own characters and gaming levels. Introductory programming is covered so that you can program game mechanics. This camp is for campers with previous game developing experience or a strong interest in the gaming world.
The BizKids Entrepreneurship Camp spans 5 days and teaches youth about starting a business. The idea is to explore entrepreneurship while developing innovation and communication skills. Campers will learn to develop an idea, how to make their product and then pitch their product at a Dragons’ Den competition at the end of the week. This exciting new camp is being sponsored by the Beedie School of Business to keep registration costs down
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Surrey camps use innovative and interactive hands-on activities, curricula and approaches aimed at exposing and inspiring youth in the areas of science, engineering and technology. Surrey campers will explore a variety of sciences through activities designed with the Surrey campus in mind. Topics include ecology, nutritional chemistry and the science of music.
At SFU – Burnaby Campus
A true university experience! Session A and Session B each offer exciting possibilities, as our university students teach campers in a fun and creative way. Not only will they learn in the campus classrooms and labs, but they will also be able to use the SFU sport facilities, including gyms, fields, and the pool. Individual classes on each subject will be held each day. Large group projects/productions that involve ALL subjects and all age groups will take place each day. Approximately two hours of recreation time will be included.
Engineering: Study how the structures in cities were built, how vehicles work and more. (e.g. build a bridge with popsicle sticks and see how much weight it can withhold)
Biological science: Explore marine life, forests and land creatures.
Business and marketing: Develop your business and marketing skills, manage and network your way to the top. Talk about how movies like Super Size Me has an effect on companies like Mc Donalds.
Session B
Physics: We make physics fun with a variety of interactive presentations that expose students to the forces and interactions that govern our universe. This exciting and educational training ground for young scientists will include experiments with laser and light shows, electrical and magnetic displays, as well as heat and thermodynamic demonstrations.
Chemistry: Discover the science and reactions of the molecules that surround us. (eg, build a volcano and make it erupt)
Communications and media: Learn how much the media affects your daily life. (eg, write a sample script for a TV commercial).
Summer Moviemaking – Do you want to make a short comedy, an animated video, or a dramatic short film this summer? Join us at the Telus Summer Moviemaking Camp, where you’ll learn how to write, produce, act, and direct a film with our fun, intense, and hands-on program! Alongside our talented and respectful instructors, mentors, and visiting artists, you’ll work in small teams to learn about moviemaking. You’ll discover what makes a great film, then take that knowledge into writing scripts, drawing storyboards, acting, directing, shooting and editing your own short video using professional equipment. On the last day of each program, invite your friends and family to attend a screening of your finished masterpiece, and show the world your skills as a new filmmaker.
This award-winning digital video production program is run by Pacific Cinémathèque in partnership with Dream Big Productions from Templeton Secondary. Our participants come back year after year – sign up to see what all the excitement is about!
The Director’s Cut – Hold on to your popcorn and your 3D glasses, because this summer’s biggest blockbuster is coming to a SFU and we don’t want you to miss it! Unleash your inner Spielberg at The Director’s Cut in feature film making, claymation, stop motion animation, music video production, and digital comic book production! Spend a week in the studio with almost famous film makers and media specialists who will work with you on the latest digital equipment to unleash your imagination and creativity.
Sports, Recreation, Outdoor and Aquatic Summer Programs
Summer Camps at Douglas College including Baseball, Basketball, Badminton, Beach Volleyball, Field Lacrosse, Floor Hockey, Multi-Sport, Soccer, Table Tennis, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball, Hip-hop/Jazz/Funk
Acting for Camera – Be an actor from the get go! In this on camera camp you will get to act every day and try scenes from movies and TV shows. Showcase your acting ability, no matter what your skill level is, and see yourself on the big screen for the final public showcase. Don’t miss this opportunity.
Advanced Web-Design – A great follow up to our ‘Intro to Web Design’ camp. This camp will challenge experienced web designers to explore the world of dynamic websites while learning advanced web design techniques. Pair this camp with ‘Intro to Web Design’ to create a challenging two-week website experience.
Creative Writing – Let your imagination run free with one of our most popular camps. Campers will try many different forms of writing including short fiction, poetry and screenwriting. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to enjoy this week long artistic experience. This camp fills up quickly!
Digi-Art – Explore your creative side in this artistic based camp, and learn from top industry graphics artists. You will learn the techniques of Photoshop, the leading software program in the photography, marketing, web graphics, and design industry. The course will cover the major components of Photoshop combined with fun and creative projects to make you an up-and-coming graphic artist. Each participant will receive a summer camp t-shirt.
Film Production – Make a movie in 5 days while learning how to create, shoot and edit. Have loads of creative fun while making new friends. Learn to work together and share your undiscovered talents. Have your own screening of the movie on the last day! If you always wanted to post great videos on the net, this fast paced sell-out camp is for you.
Intro to Programming -This course is designed to introduce the basic fundamentals of programming. Kids will become familiar with how to create an algorithm, how to create objects in a program, and how to write, debug and execute their own program through Visual Basic.
Intro to Web Design – Kids will learn how to design web pages using basic HTML, page templates, page formatting and importing graphics using MS FrontPage. Pair this camp with ‘Web Design-Advanced’ to create a challenging two-week website experience. Register early for this camp.
Stop-Motion – Do you love stop-motion? Do you create your own characters? Do you simply like to play? Then this stop motion camp is for you. Be creative everyday and make fun stop motion art to share with friends and family. Bring your own toys if you wish.
Young Writers – Writers wanted! In this camp you will be given the opportunity to experiment with many different types of writing: persuasive, poetry and journalistic, just to name a few! You will do fun writing activities to get the creative juices flowing and learn some tricks of the trade to catch common writing er-rors.
Young Urban Planners – Build a city and be the Mayor! This extremely popular camp will test kids’ creative, engineering and political side. Using one of the most popular simulation software in the industry, kids will definitely have fun while learning about urban planning.
LegoMation Classic is a camp for kids to animate Lego through the process of stop motion capture. With the help of an instructor and camp mentors, students write, storyboard, animate and edit their own animated short film. Working with a partner, a story is developed and animated. Visual effects, voice overs and music are then added. On the final day, all productions are shown in a Gala event for parents, friends, and
siblings. Each participant leaves with a set of Lego of their choice and a camp
DVD with all productions on it. The camp is held at Heritage Woods Secondary School
LegoMation Advanced Camp is a chance for previous LegoMation Camp participants to take their filmmaking to the next level. Each participant will use DV Cameras for animation capturing, After Effects for visual effects and composition, Adobe Premiere for editing, advanced visual storytelling and more! The advanced group will also receive larger sets of Lego to use for their productions and to take home at the end of the camp.
Note: participants must have attended a minimum of one previous LegoMation Classic camp and be at least 10 years old.
Young Engineers – We Are Proud to offer our first robotics Lego camp. Working in small design teams, students in this robotics camp will use the Lego Mindstorms kit to create cool robots that compete in real world challenges like racing events, robot wars, obstacle course, target practice and much more. Each day will provide a new challenge and your robot will need to morph to adapt and compete! The camp is held at Heritage
Woods Secondary School in Port Moody.
Lights, Camera, Action! Learn the elements of film production, including pre-production planning, camera work, editing and special effects. Shoot HD cameras and learn the fundamentals of editing with Adobe Premiere Pro and Photoshop, then try your hand at special effects with Adobe After Effects. Take home a DVD of your final project and learn how to showcase it on YouTube. Film Boot Camp Film camp is designed for people with little or no experience in making films. The programs focus on the fundamental elements of visual storytelling that enable the participants to direct their own projects. The camp is held at Heritage Woods Secondary School in Port Moody
Today in A Block, Jamie’s older brother gave us a presentation on climate change. It was very interesting, giving us a whole new perspective on climate change and global warming.
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Wednesday June 13th, 2012 at 7 pm
Note in-store location:
Kidsbooks 3083 West Broadway
Each person will require a ticket to attend. Tickets are $23.00 each and includes a copy of The Enchantress.
For further information, call 604-738-5335 or email events@kidsbooks
What’s on your summer reading list?
Here are some of the books I’ve been piling up, ready to read in July and August:
We are winding down and almost into the final weeks of schools but there are more and more adventures to write about…
Enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend!
1. GIFTS (Gulf Island Film and Television School) is facilitating a free Career and Personal Planning presentation for students and adults with the focus on media. The event takes place at 6:30pm on May 23rd, at Coquitlam’s City Centre Public Library Branch. Please see attached poster for further details.
2. For anyone looking for a different kind of summer camp for their teens, GIFTS also offers engaging summer intensives on Galiano Island, www.giftsfilms.com Kids from our group have attended, and feedback has been exceptionally positive.
3. We are celebrating the Stargazing Vision for the Teaching Observatory at SFU Burnaby’s Open House on Saturday, May 26th, at 11:30am!
Please join Prof. Howard Trottier, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (Vancouver), and families of “Starry Nights@SFU” for a special community celebration as the vision for a teaching observatory is unveiled. Meet us at the South side of Strand Hall, adjacent to the cherry tree orchard.
Then, take a voyage to the edge of the solar system by crossing a part of SFU’s beautiful Burnaby campus in the Solar System Spurt! Departures are every 15 minutes between 12:30pm and 3:30pm.
In this Solar System Spurt scale model, the Earth is the size of a pinhead and Pluto is one kilometre from the Sun. Collect souvenirs of your expedition as you spurt past each planet. Voyages will be guided by experienced space captains, and will run rain or shine. Departures are from inside the Academic Quadrangle, at the south-east corner of the concourses, where there will also be craft tables with other fun hands-on educational activities all about our solar system.
For more information on the SFU Burnaby Open House and for directions & maps, please visit http://www.sfu.ca/openhouse/2012.html
To confirm that you will be joining us in celebration or if you have any questions, please send us an e-mail at tal2@sfu.ca
4. Jabber-Wacky Summer Camp – Summer’s Here and our very special Summer Camp for Creative Thinkers is Coming! This is our 7th Year and this year we have camps all over the the Lower Mainland and all summer long.
Port Moody July 3-6 Glenayre Elementary; Maple Ridge July 9-13 South Bonson Community Centre; Chilliwack July 16-20 Landing Sports Centre; North Vancouver July 23-27 Brockton School; Burnaby July 30-Aug 3 Stoney Creek Elementary; TBA Aug 7-10; Ladner Aug 13-17 Sacred Heart School; TBA Aug 20-24
We are working on securing space in Surrey and Vancouver for the two TBA dates and will send out a further bulletin when completed.
I thought that this event was very exciting. It was great to see the community come together with smiles all around just for one person. Rick Hansen was inspiring to watch. He did something most people didn’t think was possible, three times. “Anything is possible.” – Jackson P.
Rick Hansen is different. He doesn’t lie back, curse, and think things will get better. He actually puts his time and energy into conquering the impossible and raising awareness about what he cares about. He even passes this passion on so that everyone can be filled with hope. He is truly amazing. Meet Rick Hansen, a difference maker. – Rex
I think Rick Hansen is inspiring because he went around the world in a wheelchair. He is brave and has a positive attitude. He persists through things like coming up Thermal Drive after saying after his first two runs that he wouldn’t go up again. He has raised millions of dollars. Rick Hansen is a very inspiring person. -Kevin
Rick Hansen shows perseverance…. It just goes to show how disabilities don’t get in the way of fulfilling your dreams no matter how big or how small. He is also a big role model like when he was going around the world he donated millions of dollars. – Taze
Today we went and saw Rick Hansen wheel up Thermal Drive. It was amazing how many people came to watch him. It must have been extremely tough for him. After, there was a ceremony. I took lots of pictures. Rick Hansen must have inspired so many people, especially people with disabilities. I think he has inspired people to never give up, no matter what. And also, to do the impossible! There was one other thing he said today that I loved and that I’m going to try to apply in my life… he said “People have to think BIGGER!” – Leah
I thought this experience was amazing! Rick Hansen is such a great role model because of what he does to raise money for a very worthy cause. When he was younger he lost his ability to use his legs. Now that he is older he has chosen to live his life to the fullest and never let anything keep him down… Rick has taught us that nothing us impossible and that every life has meaning. Rick has also taught us to dream bigger than we already are; Rick Hansen is a great role model to look up to. – Vanessa B
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Dear Parents –
Thank you for the lovely lunch today. We enjoyed the treat and the time to sit a chat.
The MACC teachers
On Friday we had an Eminent People afternoon. Every student had written an 1000 word biogrpahy on an eminent person. Once that was done, they put it on a display, and dressed up like their person. We were graced by the presence of such people as; Mahatma Ghandi, James Cook, Lewis Carroll, a few Albert Einsteins, Adolf Hitler, Emily Carr, Paul McCartney and many more.
Around noon, our eminent people were treated to a lunch of pasta and garlic bread, with many of the table groups bringing in tableclothes, centerpieces, and desserts. After lunch, their displays were set up around the classroom, and students from around the school, as well as parents of the MACC class, could look around and learn about these people.
After this was done, towards the end of the day, Ms. Moody did a trivia contest, with information gathered from many eminent people that the students were dressed up as.
The afternoon was a fun and educational activity!
-Lyle Hendriks