It was a busy and exciting week in division 7. Our excitement for the Olympics has been building and this week we learned about the official mascots of the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympic games and their significance to the host country, South Korea. After hearing a little bit about Soohorang and Bandabi (and before seeing any photos!), we then predicted what we thought they would look like! We also practised note-taking while doing some research about a Canadian athlete participating in this year’s Winter Olympics. We needed to include five facts and a challenge that the athlete has had to face. We also wrote and sent messages to the athletes to wish them good luck!! Lastly, to mark the start of the Games we had our own Olympic opening ceremony in our gym that even included a torch relay! To show our spirit we wore Olympic colours and medals that we made in class. Now let the games begin! We had a visit this week from the Planetarium’s Space Lab and were totally fascinated by what we saw thanks to Polaris and the digital portable planetarium. It allowed us to explore space – including the constellations, planets, and the moon. We loved seeing how the position of the sun creates daylight and darkness at the same time depending on where you are on Earth and learning how in order to exist in space you need water. We were curious and want to know more…stay tuned for term 3 :) Last but not least, Wednesday was Global Play Day is a day promoting the importance of regular, unstructured play - no screens, no devices – just play. It was an opportunity for us to build our Core Competencies as we generate & share ideas, show creativity, solve problems and work collaboratively while playing board games, building with Lego/K’nex or making Valentine’s Day cards. Curious about the value of play in schools? Click here to learn more. :)
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