MrCarrsClass

@PretendEditor We have great luck with ours until about -25 or so. Then it’s really just moving air around

I thought heat pumps weren't reliable in really cold weather.

The class was introduced to Sora today. What a great resource to use, and it’s accessible for all students in our building. We started reading The Wild Robot in both audio book format and the good old fashioned “read-it-yourself” version. @GearyGators

This morning we headed out into the frosty woods to collect fall leaves. The kids searched for a variety of colours, sizes, and types of leaves and natural items to use to create leaf garland. It turned out fantastic! Next to identify the types of trees we have. @GearyGators

@GearyGators from start to finish! (minus a few hours of boiling at a very kind volunteer’s sugar shack)

@GearyGators were out collecting more sap today, and was it ever running! After taking the buckets down a few wanted to try the sap out straight from the source. From a distance it looked like they we’re playing hide and seek with a bunch of being seekers and no one hiding. Haha

We’re tapping into an age old Canadian tradition. This year I’ve decided to add maple syrup to our outdoor classroom experience. 6 trees were tapped along the edge of our property. Now we wait! Think of the math, lit, SS, and science lessons we’ll have.

We haven’t spent as much time as usual outside this year. But spring is here and the sun is calling. When you’ve got a student with a broken leg you improvise! Hop on kid, we’re going tree tapping *pizza day at the cafeteria🙄. Can ya tell? Lol @GearyGators

A tour of the “Girls Fort” (don’t fret, all are allowed inside). The girls are discussing how they can change the roof design to make it more spacious. They think they’d like to add a centre pole to this part, like they did in their side room.

A tour of the “Boys Fort” (again, don’t fret, all are allowed inside). They loved the centre pole idea. To do this they bored a hole in the ice. Fit a pole in, and then mixed powdery snow with water from the natural spring to make slush. This then froze solid over night!

It’s been a LONG time since I’ve posted, but the class has been busy making structures in the outdoor classroom. We began last week by building solid bases for our walls with the very heavy snow available. Then came logs for a roof.

After a wet day or two last week the melting and ice caused us to change our plans a bit. After some roofing problems the boys decided they liked what the girls came up with for plans (they voted to do the groups this way) and added a centre pole to drape a tarp over.

I missed the action shots but made sure I got out to take a picture of the dam that was built by the kids today at school. In the bus line they were discussing how they will create a filtration system with moss and sand to clear up the water. @GearyGators

The Grade 3’s were at it in Art this week as well. We were learning about how to add depth and perspective to our works. We used Edward Munich’s The Scream as inspiration and added ourselves to the landscape! @GearyGators

The Grade 3’s @GearyGators made some bannock biscuits yesterday. We had been learning a bit about some of the cultural groups in NB in SS and wanted to wrap up with a project that demonstrated some traditional foods. So bannock in the form of biscuits it was w/ butter & molasses

@robhoadley And I think The Gornish went with others to form a rural community to escape the shit show. Lol

@robhoadley We went to Oromocto. Freddy only got the airport I believe. Which is federal do that big tax base doesn’t come with it.

Evening PL for teaching outdoors, and some shots from this weeks outdoor classroom adventures. Some boys added ‘caulking’ and a wind break to their fort to wind proof/waterproof it. Two others were making mud cookie batter with the tools. Smiles all around. @GearyGators

@robhoadley At work I call it just another school day with more excitement. No party planned in my room. It’s comments like this that help to add to the continual erosion of respect for education professionals. This issue is a bit bigger than a 10 minute party.

@GearyGators The mud plaster quickly got out to use on the roof of this fort the students have been working hard on. The cedar bark peeled today will make some great shingles to help seal up that roof! @takemeoutside