Swimming Photos

Swimming went off without out a hitch today.  All of the students managed to get into their groups and into the pool pretty quickly. After a quick assessment one of the classes was moved into the big pool.  As students progress over the week they might also move into the lap pool. Thank you Leah, Karen and Bob for joining us and helping us keep organized in the change room!

At school we worked on story writing.  We began by reading a book about the ocean and listened for interesting verbs and personification. Things we noticed were (the sun wrapped itself around, the ocean kissed the sand, the waves embraced) etc.

Students then worked on the first page of their stories.  They wrote an introduction that introduced the  main character, setting and what the main character likes to do.  Tomorrow we will write our problem.

In Science we watched a 4 minute video about animal adaptations for cold weather.  We learned that penguins have feathers, blubber and coat themselves in an oil to stay warm.  Polar bears have a guard hairs to trap in heat and keep cold and water out.  Whales have blubber that can be up to 30cm thick! We understand that humans adapt for the conditions by either wearing more or less clothing.

Question of the day.

What was your favorite part of the day?