Wow!  We are already into February… and January has flown by….

1. Ski and Snowboard Club is underway and many students are participating in the lessons and time on Cypress Mountain.  “The first day of snowboarding is hard, but by the second time you have improved a lot,” said Eunice.  “At first, I thought it might be so-so then I realized how good the snow was and I love the conditions,” said Mason.

2. Mr. Buhler challenged the grade 7 math class to figure out a complex sonobe ball.  The folding caught on like wild fire and now grade 6, 7 and 8’s are folding.

3. Grade 6/7’s worked on Passion Projects this Friday.  Student projects include drawing, developing a multi-server network, blogging about Minecraft and many, many more.  The was such focus this afternoon that the offer of some time outside was largely ignored and students remained focused for the whole afternoon.

4. In PE, the girls started basketball with Mr. Buhler and the boys started table tennis with Ms. Abbot.

5. Grade 7’s finished the FSA this week completing assessments in numeracy, reading comprehension and writing.

6. Grade 6’s continued working on Intensities and Overexcitabilities by becoming an expert on one of the areas and then presenting it to the rest of the class.  More clips of the presentations will be uploaded shortly, but here is a short look at Psychomotor Intensity

7. Both 6/7 classes watched a documentary of the history of the world in 90 minutes which spawned a rich discussion about human development, human origins, and human labour.

8. Ms. Abbot’s class submitted their first monthly reading assignments and she is looking forward to reading the summaries, Top 10 Lists and comics of the novels that her class has read this month.

9. Both classes continue to work with Mamady in French (once a week).  Ms. Moody’s class is preparing skits and Ms. Abbot’s class won a game using their oral French skills.

10. On Monday, the next Explorations term started – students are now in Dramus or Art.  Report cards from the previous terms’ explorations class will be coming home next week.