Creative Kaos Comes to Our Class

This week Shari Pratt, a local artist, came into our class. She owns Creative Kaos, which is an art school for kids and adults.This was an in class field trip. We were going to paint wild poppies. It was not an easy project. There were lots of steps and we certainly did not have a lot of time. All the hard work was definitely worth it. The finished pieces look amazing! It made everyone look like an artist.

Each picture had its own unique looks and features. To do this the class had to be split up. The grade sevens went first, and then after recess, we switched and it was the grade sixes turn. To paint the wild poppies, we had to first draw them out. When they were approved by the teachers that they were the right size, we outlined them in black sharpie. The next task was to paint the sky. They looked so cool because every level of the painting got lighter and lighter. Finally we got to paint our Wild Poppies! I would say that was the trickiest part of the project. All the poppies were fairly small and it was hard to get the detail and colour just right. In the end I think it all turned out great! Everyone was pleased with their art, and we all really enjoyed ourselves. I hope we will get another opportunity like this one before the end of the year! 
By Abby

Grouse Mountain Field Trip

On Friday, our eight o’clock am departure, led to a long trek up the side of the Grouse Mountain, also know as the Grouse Grind! As my class of 54 departed the classroom, everybody was excited. After the tiring hour and a half car ride to the North Vancouver's Grouse Grind, we headed over to the starting point of our two hour hike. Several students and Mr. Braun took less then one hour to reach the summit. The hike was pretty tiring for almost everyone, simply because the trail was in poor condition from the recent rain. Everybody enjoyed themselves and felt a sense of accomplishment with the exception being Ms. Wilson who sadly took the gondola up. Apparently she did have a doctors note excusing her!

Once we reached the top of our challenging hike our activities began. After the groups were made, certain activities were assigned for each group. One group headed over to the wind turbine, and was amazed at just about everything. From the glass floors to the massive propellers! Another group started at the  bear enclosure for two orphaned grizzly cubs. A third group went to the power point video on sustainability. All but one of the groups got to see a video on the two bears Kula and Grinder that provided interesting information about the research being conducted on the bears at Grouse.         

We all really enjoyed this trip from beginning to end. There were some funny and interesting parts about the whole trip. I think the coolest part was having the class's picture in the Times newspaper.  I hope as a grade six student that in my grade seven year we could do this again. It was a great experience!

Hannah

Conquering the Grind!

A New Beginning!

This is my second year in Division 35 and I am so glad that I am! I loved being in this class last year and when I heard that I would be in 35 again I was glad. When we where switching classes I was nervous. I didn’t know whose class I would be in because I am not in Cyberschool. I really loved this class last year because of a bunch of things, including the awesome field trips, all the fun work we did and of course my teachers!

I think it is a great idea to combine 2 classes together. When ever my friends ask me “How many kids are in your class?” I say, “54 why?” They are always surprised how many kids are in one classroom. I like the idea how we opened the wall so we can have one room for our desks and the other for us to work with buddies and friends. I love how on Cyberdays we get to sit at our laptops and work on our own pace. There is even some fun stuff happening on Cyberdays! Once we snuck into Mr. Bondi’s office when he was doing the announcements and we starting singing O’ Canada!

This year I want to do lots of field trips just like last year! The field trips I want to do again this year are: Swimming, West Coast Express/Science World, Bowling, Dragon Boating, Curling, and the best one of them all was Skating at the Richmond Oval, which was so awesome! This year I really would like to go to camp for 3 days because I have never gone to camp before.

I am so glad I am in this class and I hope this year will be more exciting than last year.... and that will be hard to beat!  By Jolana