Please check out our previous post about our Identity Day (that was hosted during the school Open House).
1. Splish splash… we had a great first team field trip to Chimo Pool. We had fantastic weather for our walk to the pool and had lots of diving, swimming, splashing and getting to know each other.
2. Our team name and cheer have been decided! This year we are the Mighty Yellow Cyber Suns. Our team has decided to borrow a Aussie Rugby Cheer from the Hawthrone Hawks and finesse it for this year. Mr. Meagher led the practice and the team was ready to team and chant at the Highlander Games.
We’re a happy team at Hillcrest
We’re the [Mighty] Cyber Suns.
We love our team, and we try our best
working together with a grin (at Hillcrest).
Come what may, you’ll find us striving
Team work is the thing that talks,
One for all and all for one
Is the way we play at Hillcrest.
We are the [Mighty] Cyber Suns.
3. Our explorations classes continue through …… the Home Arts class has made several yummy dishes.
4. This week we reflected on Terry Fox and watched a video of interview clips of Terry. We thought about who we would be running for this year. Our school run was on Friday and we started with an introduction from Mr. Rietchel and a speech from Mr. Lageston. We ran approximately 3km through Mundy Park. When we got back to school, parents were ready with oranges.
5. Our team has been fundraising for the Terry Fox Foundation and we have big goals for the classes and team. The grade 8’s participated in a grade 8 BBQ fundraiser and the Yellow team held a Used Book Sale. Grand totals with be announced next week.
6. In Math 6, students have finished the basic skills review and are working on Patterns and Equations. Students are working with input and output tables and have started to write expressions with variables. Some extra practice and more information can be found here, here, here and here.
7. We have continued to read “Between Heaven and Earth” by Eric Walters. We have been focusing on the connections we can make with the characters, the story, and with other stories, experiences, or novels. We have been reviewing paragraph structure in grade 6/7 and we have been working on multi-paragraph essays in grade 8. The grade 8’s have also reviewed parts of speech and are using their understanding of parts of speech to revise and edit their paragraphs.
8, 9 & 10. Highlander Games! We all participated in the Highlander
Games on Friday. We met in the gym and sang our cheer, then headed outside for the stations. We began with the team skiing, then moved on to the beachball volleyball. From there we went to the Cardio Circuit. After that, caber toss (with a 10-foot PVC pipe), and the Haggis Pass (with a sock and rice). Then the Highland Fling (Dance Dance Revolution). All in all, it was a fun day.
