H Class Blog

This week’s blogger is Sulaiman. His favourite subject is science, he plays guitar and he likes coding. Introduction This week was COLD. Probably the coldest of the year so far. But Mr. Hodgkinson let students stay inside if they wanted...and that’s the story of how I got no Vitamin D whatsoever this week! Classroom Quote of the Week Mr. Hodgkinson: Today’s Bop or Flop from the 70s is Starman by David Bowie. Jason: I thought you just said Dhar Mann! The Rose My rose this week were all the card games we played. We learned how to play Hearts and Gin Rummy and it was super fun. Me and my group really enjoyed playing Hearts (we were too into Hearts to even start a game of Gin Rummy) and we stayed inside every single recess to play.  The Thorn I think the thorn this week was the bad weather. As I said in the introduction, this was  probably the coldest week so far. I was too busy playing card games, so I didn’t get the full scope of how cold it was, but based on my classmates' desc...

Author: Mr. Hodgkinson (with class input) Date: November 22, 2021 Classroom Quote of the week “You aren’t just a Karen, you’re a volleyball Karen… A Varen!” (Desi) Introduction I am excited to re-lauch the #HClass classroom blog...with a brand new set of students. It’s been a chaotic start to the year, but we think we are getting our feet under us now. This week, we wrote the post as a class. In future weeks, a different student will take on the challenge of being a guest blogger. We’ve organized our post into sections, starting with The Rose (the best event of the week), The Thorn (something not so great from the week) and The Bud (what we are looking forward to in the upcoming week.) The Rose We made pop bottle terrariums as part of our science unit on ecosystems. We recently learned about the six components of an ecosystem (sunlight, air, soil, water, plant life & animal life). Our pop bottle terrariums are designed to keep a feeder fish alive in the bottom and they self-wate...