May | 2015 | 2015 MACC Odyssey

Ms. Brown has been working with us while Ms. Abbot has been on a temporary assignment in the office while Mr. Appel on leave. A huge THANK YOU to Ms. Brown for jumping in and teaching us Math, French, PE and coaching Badminton!

Students have been active in:

Beginning Band – regular classes and participted in a Beginning Band Day at Pitt River Middle with Mr. Balser
Advanced Band – regular classes and attended Kiwanis Festival and earned Silver
Choirs – regular practices and attended Kiwanis Festival and earned Gold
Track and Field team – regular practices before school and at lunch and participated in the District Track Meet at City Centre
Badminton – we’ve had grade 6 intramurals, grade 6/7 intramurals and grade 7 teams, students participated in the District Finals this week for Grade 7s
Rugby – practices and tournaments continue and the season is close to wrapping for 2015
Dueling Duos – a pared down reading competion this year for the novels: “The Crazy Man,” “The Garbage King,” “Island of the Blue Dolphins,” “The Zen and the Art of Faking it”; Semi-finals went this week and finals will happen next week
Chess Club – has been running on rainy days in the cafeteria
Magic the Gathering – a dedicate group of gamers has expanded into the cafeteria and now several students from across the school play on a daily basis

We all had the opportunity to head over to Charles Best and watch “The Drowsy Chaperone.” The show received “2 thumbs up!” from all who attended.

The incoming grade 5’s came to visit and had a tour of the school. Many of us know incoming students and we look forward to working with them next year.

We participated in the Bear Aware session offered by the City of Coquitlam . There is a cub and sow living in Mundy Park. We learned to be respectful of the bears and ways to help project them.

We also participated in GEERing Up workshops. The workshops were awesome and we loved the hands-on activities. Summer Camps are available and more information can be found here.

For the past two weeks HUB has been at Hillcrest. We have learned about road safety, bike maintenance and participated in a skill builder and neighbourhood ride.

After our Travel Smart assembly, we were geared up and ready for Walk n’ Roll. Last Wednesday morning students who walked, wheeled, carpooled or bused, received a cup of lemonade and had the chance to enter for some amazing prizes.

This week, the grade 6’s have kicked off our Model UN. We are learning about the countries we are respresenting and starting to learn about energy sources. Our Model UN is for the UNDP and the topic is “Sustainable Energy for ALL.”

We have also started our VEX IQ robotics unit in Math/Science. We set up our kits and are working on building our first robots!

Our grade 7 and 8 students took part in a 2 week Renaissance unit, along with all of our school’s grade 8 students. Kids had the choice of 6 different modules to choose from, 2 of which they would participate in. Topics covered included learning about: da Vinci’s inventions & the impact they’ve had on the modern world; the witch craze; warfare; art; design & architecture; Shakespeare. Students learned about the historical implications surrounding the aforementioned topics and then created presentations to showcase at a Renaissance Fair on Wednesday.

Family members and our whole school was invited to walk around and see what our students had learned. There were demonstrations from learners who had built some of da Vinci’s inventions; dramatic productions of some scenes from various Shakespeare plays; replicas of paintings and sculptures by artists such as Michelangelo, Titian, and Bruegel; and much more!

Here are some photos showing some of grade 7 & 8 students’ final products. Thank you so much to all the teachers and students involved for all your hard work!