H Class Blog

Classroom Quote of the week: “It’s so cold there, that it doesn’t snow” (Steve who visited our class from Iqaluit)  • • • Introduction ~    Hello, my name is Isaiah, and I will be writing this week's delightful blog! My favorite subject is Gym. I adore playing Baseball outside of school. I like practicing my hitting. I also love watching the Toronto Blue Jays. My favourite part of Baseball is making a diving catch! Enough talking about me, now Let’s go below to the rose.  •.• • The Roses ~  This week we had two roses. The first was Global School Play Day (GSPD). GSPD was developed seven years ago. Teachers are invited to allow their students a full day of unstructured play -- without screens. Students are asked to bring in puzzles, board games, playing cards, blankets for fort building, Lego and toys. We all had a great time playing games or just hanging out with friends. Also, we got to play with our friends from Ms. Pierce’s class, because they celebrated it...

Classroom Quote of the week: “That’s what friendship is all about, making kids cry!” Nathan, jokingly, said to Travis after beating him in a game of UNO. • • • Introduction ~ Hello, my name is Deacon, and I will be writing this week's delightful blog! My favorite subjects are Math and Gym. I certainly adore playing ice hockey outside of school. I like practicing, but I especially love hockey games. My favourite part of hockey is scoring a goal, because the whole crowd goes wild! Enough talking about me, now Let’s go below to the rose. •.• • The Rose ~ Last week's rose would be the new music discoveries we are making in class. Each week, five students from the class secretly select songs from a decade. So far, we have covered the 40s, 50s and last week was the 60s. At the end of the week, after listening to them many times, we vote to see if each song is a “Bop” or a “Flop”. The top two move on to our main playlist and any song with a greater than 70% bop ratio also stays. F...