H Class Blog

  Introduction My name is Jai and I am 12 years old.  I am in Mr. Hodgkinson’s grade 7 class. I love school. Some of my favorite subjects are gym, math and art. This week was a good week.  The Rose We are finally back to in-person learning. To start off the week we are working on Canadian History! We are researching a question of our choice from a MultiMedia Hyperdoc that Mr. Hodgkinson created for us and then we will make a brochure using Google Forms. I have chosen to " “Analyse the displacement experienced by various groups and communities, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities, who were living in or who came to Canada between 1713 and 1800” We worked so hard that on Friday, Ms. Davis gave us a break. We watched The Amazing Spider-Man with lots of snacks and we got to wear PJ’s. We started reading Front Desk by Kelly Yang from our online week of school. The two weeks we read it, then played a Kahoot trivia based on the chapters that we read.  Th...

Introduction My name is Austin and I am 12 years old.  I am in Mr. Hodgkinson’s grade 7 class. I am a huge fan of school and I love roller coasters. This week was a doozie and there is a lot to talk about but first our quote. Classroom Quote of the week AQ: “They’re changing the time zones on planes to reduce or get rid of jet lag.” AC: “So you're telling me they can change time?” The Rose Something we did this week that was radical was that we made pizza dough to kick off our solutions and mixtures unit. First, Mr. H. gave each group a recipe note. Then, we used these dry ingredients: garlic, salt, sugar, yeast and flour. After that we used water and olive oil. We had so much fun making the dough and some of them turned out great and others did not. Some were too dry, others were too wet. But overall it was a good time. In art we made stained glass with glue and paint. Some people made their jar look like it was bursting with black and green goo. Others made landscapes of far aw...

  Introduction This week’s blogger is Elien. She likes music, hanging out with friends and sports, especially soccer. This week was pretty extreme. It was quite eventful. We started off the week with a diagnostic math quiz about time. Which everyone seemed to nail. Mr. Hodgkinson wanted to check our understanding because we’d be looking at time zones in math and geography. We have had two interrupted years, so sometimes things get missed. Luckily, facts about time and elapsed time were not among them. Classroom Quote (Conversation) of the Week Andrew: ”I want to donate to the needy” The Rose One thing I know my class was excited for is the raffle shout out to Andrew who was being so kind and doing what he calls “donating to the needy”. Andrew won four times in one raffle and didn't even get a prize for himself. Instead, he chose to share them with other members of the class, including Mazen, who was new and had very few tickets.  Another Rose Friday was special and fun Ms. Dav...

Introduction This week’s blogger is AQ or Ahmed. He loves coding, soccer, and studying. This week’s weather was chilly, but very muddy ! It was declared to be “Tarmac Only Recess” on Friday. It’s not much fun running around in winter boots on tarmac, especially when most of the tarmac is taken up by portables and a porta-pack. But, as the saying goes, “You play the cards you’re dealt”, (We’ve been playing card games in math class by the way). Classroom Quote (Conversation) of the Week For context, Eric, Henry, & I had finished our work. Ahmed: Eric, what is Henry doing ? Eric: He’s working on his “school project”. Ahmed: But I see him coding a Scratch game? Eric: “Yea, (winking) a ‘school’ project. The Rose Well, I managed to get a 60-day streak on XTRAMath. XTRAMath is an online tool we use to build our operational fluency. We are only asked to go on three times a week, but there are sticker and raffle ticket rewards for certificates and streaks we achieve. A 60-day streak...

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...

Author: Majdoulyne.K Date: February 20, 2021 Classroom Quote of the week: " What is happening to our March Break?" - overheard from several students when the news that the Provincial government was planning to move March Break to the second week of April. All about me: i am a great wryter and i can spell good. I'm kidding of course. My name is Majdoulyne, but my friends call me May May. I like reading, writing and anime.  Songs of the week: We continued our daily Bop or Flop challenges after leaving remote learning in January. We have been inspired by the television show Wandavision to do some time-travelling and focus on a different decade each week.  We've already done the 50s & 60s. The past two weeks were the 70s and 80s. Here's the list: ( Bops in Blue , Flops in Green ) Dancing Queen                                  ABBA           ...