School days have been busy, busy, busy.
1. Today is our last day with Mr. Buhler as a student teacher. He is off to finish off some course work at SFU this summer and we hope to see him back in the district as a TTOC in the near future. It has been a pleasure having him work with us in MACC and we have learned a lot from him. Mr. Buhler rewarded the grade 7 math class today with a waffle party – how else would you conclude a unit on graphing using a 4 quadrant Cartisan plane? Yummy! Mr. & Mrs. Buhler are also expecting their first baby in early April. Both classes have made a guess about whether they will be having a boy or a girl and had more yummy treats (blue & pink cupcakes). The students surprised him with a baby gift and some of his favourite candies.
2. “On March 14th, 2013, a group of MACC students with the supervision of adults went to the Poirier Library to attend a presentation set up by Eric Walters. Eric Walters talked about his books such as his book: “Run” which is about thirteen year old Winston MacDonald who meets Terry Fox and his best friend, Doug Alward. Winston runs with Terry across Canada which seems like an impossible feat, but Winston is determined to finish it with Terry and Doug. The question is, can they? (Disclaimer: This story is NOT true) Eric Walters has confirmed that all money that comes from the book “Run”, will be given to the Terry Fox Foundation. Currently, Eric Walters has raised about 14 million dollars more for the Terry Fox Foundation and “Run” is his best worldwide seller. Eric Walters told the group of children about what his “nice” thoughts were about the popular book, “Twilight”. He told us that there was a astonishing amount of racism such as all the good people are white skinned and glow in the moon light, but all the bad people have black skin and fade in the moon light. Almost all the bad people are called, “Mr. Black”. He also told us that Edward sleeps at the corner of a room without them noticing, that’s not creepy at ALL! Eric Walters also owns a orphanage and told us that you could donate and he would guaranteed that he shows what he did with your money. I I hope we do something like this again.” by Ted
3. We held our MACC science fair on March 1st. Here are some of our projects:
4. Both classes have finished up their final assignments for the novel studies this term. If you have copies of the novels at home, please send them back to school after Spring Break.
5. Last Friday, we also had an assembly to kick off Wheel to Heal. Kaitlyn Herbst (Global BC) and Chelsea Hobbis (Sonic) hyped the ride and we have had our initial sign up. We are looking forward to having many students and members of our school community participate. Ms. Abbot, Mr. Van Hove, Ms. McMillan and others will be participating this year. More information is available http://wheeltoheal.ca/
6. Last Friday ended our 3 sessions of yoga with Jessica. We completed 3 – 30 minutes sessions learning some basic and intermediate poses. Students have requested another set of sessions after Spring Break – whether or not we book another session is to be determined.
7. “On March 8th, 2013, a band called ‘Speed Control’ came to our school and performed many songs for us. ‘Speed Control’ is a rock group from Yukon, Canada, and is made up of three members: Graeme Peters and his brother, Jody Peters, and their friend Ian March. When they visited, they performed several covers of different famous rock songs, as well as a few of their own songs. I don’t quite remember the names of all the songs, but they did perform their own song ‘Tent City’, and songs by Bryan Adams, Nirvana, Johnny Cash, Journey, and several other bands and artists. It was quite an experience, having an actual band come to your school and perform, with the huge speakers and all! I would suggest that if your ears are sensitive, wear ear buds or headphones to help block the sound out a little bit. Having ‘Speed Control’ visit our school and perform totally beat two more blocks of work!” by Tara
8. Over the past several weeks both classes have been studying the rock cycle and Earth’s Crust. Ms. Abbot’s class had Grade 8 Nick come in and present about some of the rocks and minerals he has collected. He shared a wealth of information and expertise. Both classes have done identification labs looking at various rocks and minerals. We ended off this week with a science quiz… look forward to seeing the quiz scores come home shortly.
9. We have been watching a series of Planet Earth dvds in preparation for a project we will be starting after Spring Break. Students have been exposed to various environments and ecosystems – they have been asked to pay close attention and think about which one they may like to spend some more time learning about.
10. On Thursday we got to spend the afternoon with Ms. Trieu in the library for a Reading Party. Reading Party = lots of reading, different books, comfy chairs and hot chocolate! Thank you Ms. Trieu.
Please have a safe and enjoyable Spring Break – we look forward to seeing you all back in April!