H Class Blog

Introduction:  Hello everyone! My name is Julia, and this week, I will be writing the blog for #HClass25. I am a Grade 7 student at Sir Arthur Currie and I enjoy spending time with friends and family, playing soccer and going to the beach.  The Rose: This week we had an OLYMPIAN visit our school! Canadian curler Sarah Wilkes came to talk a little bit about herself and we were lucky enough to see her bronze medal. She shared stories about her training and the challenges her team faced in Milan and Cortina, Italy - including a snow storm that nearly stranded them in a bus on the way to a match.  Ahmed and Reese check out an Olympic Bronze Medal. The Bud: Next week Mr. Teixeira, a teacher candidate, will return, we are all excited to have him back. He will be on his second placement from Nipissing University. Literacy Leanings: Last week we were introduced to our first small essay writing and we were looking forward to finalizing them. We were also learning about "thes...

Introduction:  Hello everyone! My name is Hera, and this week, I will be writing the blog for #HClass25. I am a Grade 7 student at Sir Arthur Currie and I enjoy spending time with my friends, playing volleyball and practicing karate. The Rose: This week our class went to the park for our gym period! We had lots of fun playing soccer, volleyball and badminton outside and enjoyed the nice weather this week. The Thorn: Unfortunately, our classmate, Hadley, has been sick for a few weeks. We sent her some get well videos and are hoping she can come back soon! Feel better Hadley!  The Bud: Next week we have a school dance on Thursday, April 23rd. It is after school and many of us are excited about going. Literacy Leanings: This week we learned about thesis statements. The grade 6s are learning how to include the question in their statement. We are also doing a Hip Hop History unit with Kurtis Blow’s “The Breaks”. We are learning about rhyme schemes like AABB rhyme patterns, interna...

Introduction:  Hello everyone! My name is Oba, and this week, I will be writing the blog for #HClass25. I am a Grade 6 student at Sir Arthur Currie and I enjoy playing video games, basketball and watching the series One Piece . The Rose: The rose of this week is the way our class continued to show excellent self regulation. We also found out the movie we will be seeing for our year end trip is The Mandalorian And Grogu. Mr. Hodgkinson said he is already working on a unit to set it up for us. The Thorn: We have none this time and that's a good thing. The Bud: We're all getting prepared for our flashback and our quick writes about The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty or the painting  Nighthawks by Edward Hopper. Also, if we can get all of our work done by Friday we might start a new surprise unit. Literacy Leaning: We just finished watching The Secret Life Walter Mitty and we are preparing for  a quick write but some can try an essay and a few might make a video essay. Math ...

Introduction:  Hello everyone! My name is Josiah and this week, I will be writing the blog for #HClass25. I am a Grade 7 student at Sir Arthur Currie and I enjoy playing basketball, volleyball, track and field as well  as mingling around with friends and family and, most importantly, going to church. The Rose: We got to play fun gym games for a full hour with the other grade 6-7 class on Thursday. Then, we got to rest our bodies and minds with a four-day Easter weekend. We also have a four day school week coming up. The Bud: Next week, we're going to watch the movie, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty movie along with having that easy four day week! We did activities in literacy this week to prepare to watch the film. Art Activities:   We finished our Landscape Line Drawings - here is an example. Literacy Leanings:   As I mentioned earlier, we will be watching a movie about a guy with a boring life who daydreams a lot. It is based on a short story of the same name...