Field trip to Fort Gibraltar

Today, we had a great field trip to Fort Gibraltar. Our tour guides were amazing and we really felt like we were experiencing life as a Voyageur. The highlight was visiting the blacksmith shop and watching part of a chain be made before our eyes!




Hope you enjoy the video . . .

Manitoba Museum on a Monday!

On Monday, May 25, our class and the other class went to the Manitoba Museum. We went there to learn about the fur trade (social studies) and units in science. We got there and put our stuff in a big pull-out closet. Then we went our separate ways. 

Our class first went to the Science Gallery. In the Science Gallery, there were pulley chairs you sat on the chair and pulled yourself up. Once you got to the top you let go of the rope and went down slowly. The yellow was the easiest the blue was medium and the red was the hardest. After about an hour we went into a room and did a lot of experiments. We did a lever, pulley, force, gravity spin. The force one was super cool because Brett in our class filled up the water in 4 cups. The lady had a tray with strings she put the cups in the middle and spun the tray around her head. The water stayed in the cup when she stopped spinning the tray, the water went everywhere!

We went for lunch. After that we headed up to the main museum to learn about the fur trade. We went in two groups. We learned about all different things. In one part there were cool things in a box like fur, snow shoes, dried up meat, tin cans, an axe, and more. We had free time we went on a boat which was a replica of the Nonsuch. We wish we had more time to do things. We had to wait for the other class and the grade 3’s. This field trip is worth five out of five stars.

By: Aimie and Karley

European Explorer Projects

In February we had to research about a European explorer. We got to choose from Leif Eriksson, Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot), Herny Hudson, Jacques Cartier, Martin Forbisher, David Thompson, Giovanni Da Verrazano or you may pick our own (yes, there was no girl explorers back then)! Then, we had to research about our explorer! We had to research about date of birth, born in, years of exploration, intentions, his crew, route, hardships, end result, and teachings! Once we were done researching, we had to do a Prezi or PowerPoint. Most people did a Prezi but some did a PowerPoint! Jack did a Prezi and researched about Henry Hudson same with half of the class! Nick did a PowerPoint and researched about Jacques Cartier! It was fun making and presenting your project and fun watching other people’s presentation!

BY: Jack and Nick M.

Sharing our Travel Fair with students and Room 5 Families!

Well, today was the BIG day! We invited classes to visit our Travel Fair during the last 2 periods of the day. Then, families of Room 5 students came by between 4:00 and 5:00. It was fantastic! I was so proud of the awesome work the students put into this project! I know they will remember this day for a long time! Thank you to all the parents, grandparents, and siblings that visited today. Many students were so excited and even kept count of how many "customers" stopped by their booths. AND, thank you to so many families for bringing in delicious food samples! I'm sure not too many of us ate dinner tonight!
Hope you enjoy the video!

 

Travel Fair!

Here's the invitation that was
sent home!

We have been working very hard on researching and creating backboards for our upcoming Travel Fair! Invitations were sent home and we are looking forward to Thursday, May 3rd! Classes will be visiting our displays during periods 7 and 8, and then Room 5's families are invited to visit between 4:00 and 5:00.

Here's a video of us preparing for the Travel Fair:

Research, research, research!

 

I love this time of the year! We are very busy working on our Travel Fair projects. The Grade 3s are researching countries and the Grade 4s are researching a Manitoba region. This afternoon has been a whirlwind of activity . . . students typing, cutting, pasting, and creating! I can't wait to see the finished backboards, but love seeing the work progress every day! We will be having a "mini-folklorama" event where we will display our work for classes to see, and then our parents will be invited in after school to view the displays. This is always super fun . . . some students even bring in food to taste test!

Aboriginal Story Telling + Art = A FUN way to spend Friday afternoon!

Bird's Hill School has been lucky to receive a grant for AAA (Aboriginal Academic Achievement). Over the past few weeks, we have had a focus on Aboriginal story telling. We had Elder Jules and Mr. Cyr in to do a sharing circle and listened to a story about wolves. Recently, we worked with Ms. Qua on an Aboriginal story called 'Nanabosho & Porcupine', written by Joe McLellan & Matrine McLellan. The book shares the Aboriginal story of how the porcupine got its quills. And today . . . we worked with Mrs. Kulyk to make the characters for that story. We will be acting out the story for other classes in a few weeks. It was amazing to see the characters literally appear out of cardboard. I love the creativity of the students in Room 5!

Attribute Shields

We have been working on Attribute Shields which was a job that involved ELA, Social Studies, Health, and of course . . . ART! The students had to choose colours that represented their different attributes, or personality traits. Then, they had to choose an animal from Medicine Cards from the Aboriginal culture. Next, they had to create a write-up that described each colour and their chosen animal and explain why that attribute was perfect for them. Students typed up their write-ups and then this week, we were able to get creative! We painted the shields and drew our animals. It was a fun activity and I think the students were quite insightful in choosing their colours and animal! Enjoy the video!

Welcome Back!

It was so nice to see all of you after a wonderful Christmas break! Wow! We all looked a little tired, so I know it's going to be a challenge getting back into a routine again! One student looked at his watch today and said, "10:12, if I was at home, I'd still be sleeping"! I think we all agreed! Ha Ha Ha

I was really excited that we were able to finish presenting our Province Research Projects today! You all worked so hard and it really showed! Thanks to Ms. Booth for creating the province posters! That was very helpful and I appreciated it so much!

I hope you enjoy the video!