Monday June 2nd already

Apologies to my loyal readers - last week was one crazy week. I'll keep it short and sweet as it is nearly 10pm - another busy evening but the good news is that I do not have strep throat as I thought just laryngitis. How exactly does a teacher "rest his/her voice"?

Monday May 26th we were out on a picket line on day one of rotating strikes around the province of BC.

Tuesday May 27th back to school for one day before camp trip which we were lucky enough to salvage before the escalating job action. We did some reading for ancient Greece for social studies, reviewed the transformations unit for Math 7 and had some time to get started on the creative brochures for our Greek destinations of ancient importance.

Wednesday May 28th - Friday May 30th we were at Evans lake camp and had full days of outdoor activities including : archery, hiking, outdoor survival, tree identification, shelter building, fire making, canoeing, swimming, climbing, field games, mass group games in the forest, campfire, paddle boarding and excellent meals. The students participated in daily chores around camp before and after meals and did themselves proud.
Would like to send a great big hug and thank you to the parent volunteers who made it all possible.
Thanks to Leanne Embree and her never empty bag of first aid and TLC items for every ailment; she was invaluable at the canoe dock fitting those pesky PFD (or is it PDF's), to Sandra Friestadt (who enthusiastically participated in everything we throw at her including sharing blankets and cabin duties and her husband Darrell who ran the archery range like a "boss" on Friday, to Fred Himchliffe who hauled every student up the bluffs of the climbing wall with Matt Parker Wed-Friday. To Doug White who hammed it up at campfire, Pam who had to take care of an unexpected drama on the first night
And handled it like a pro and of course the Evans
 Lake staff Leo, Jess, Alana, Georgia and Davie (mad, crazy Davie who told a story that won't soon be forgotten about Floppy the cook).
We arrived back to school Friday at 2pm.
Another end of year camp over - tired, needing a good sleep and a long shower but happy that everything went as planned. Thanks everyone- it takes a cast of characters to make a venture like this a success.

And so to today, Monday June 2nd

It was strange trying to get into the swing of being back in class again but we were quite mellow today.

Phys Ed.
We did some rotation activities in practice for the upcoming sports day

Language arts
we completed a journal entry about camp and our favourite activities
Then we found our vocabulary activities to continue with learning the etymology of our English language ( I am impresses with how some student are powering through these language activities)

Math 7
today we completed the review from last Tuesday for the unit on Transformations and those complete did a bonus activity in the text book the Chapter 1 review

Read to self time was also used for some students to get incomplete activities completed
Happy Birthday to Dylan :)

Social studies - a follow up the the Ancient Greek government structure and how it is related to many democratic countries to this day. We also looked at the difference in the social structure in the ancient city states of  Athens and Sparta.

Personal planning
From conception to birth - an amazing 10 minute Ted talks showing MRI images to follow the development and birth of a baby.

Class game (DPA) to finish the day
We will be having a sports day on Thursday
Our next day for rotational strike is this Friday

Have a good week.
Mrs. J.