Training for Excellence 8 - Hidalgo
This week students worked with a friend to complete several training exercises. We also did some team building activities and tried out the new game "9 Square in the air"!
Thursday, December 19, 2019
DECEMBER 20
ART 9
Students were to complete their still life painting this week as a new project will be introduced in the new year.
DANCE 9
Students had a great time viewing Forest Lawn's ballet production of Snow White and appreciated the effort that was put into the show by the high school's dance students. Grade 9 dance students have been busy this week completing a critique of the performance and leading a hip hop warm-up for their classmates. In the new year, students will be choreographing a hip hop dance.
DRAMA 5
Students have been engaged in script work. They have been assigned roles for the play: A Tale of Snow White and have been busy staging it. The hope is to organize a showing of the production before the end of the semester.
DRAMA 7
Students have been engaged in script work. They have been assigned roles for the play: The Snow Queen and have been busy staging it. The hope is to organize a showing of the production before the end of the semester.
Students were to complete their still life painting this week as a new project will be introduced in the new year.
DANCE 9
Students had a great time viewing Forest Lawn's ballet production of Snow White and appreciated the effort that was put into the show by the high school's dance students. Grade 9 dance students have been busy this week completing a critique of the performance and leading a hip hop warm-up for their classmates. In the new year, students will be choreographing a hip hop dance.
DRAMA 5
Students have been engaged in script work. They have been assigned roles for the play: A Tale of Snow White and have been busy staging it. The hope is to organize a showing of the production before the end of the semester.
DRAMA 7
Students have been engaged in script work. They have been assigned roles for the play: The Snow Queen and have been busy staging it. The hope is to organize a showing of the production before the end of the semester.
Friday, December 13, 2019
Art grade 5 and 7
In Grade 5, many are finished their pop can and have started to make a little paper-mache snowman.
In Grade 7, most have started their good copy of their one point perspective project. Students were allowed to choose between a road or a room and also had their choice of medium.
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Outdoor Ed 9- Week of Dec 16th
Students finished presenting their Environmental issues presentation. They did very well for most of them. Please refer to Powerschool for marks. We went out to try snowshoeing and will do so again next week to prepare for the field trip on January 28th. More details to come. After the Holidays, we will do some orienteering exercises and training, along with building quinzees. Enjoy your Holidays!
Saturday, December 7, 2019
Thalheimer - Foods 7 & Leadership 9
Foods 7
This week we planned and cooked Belgian Waffles in our Waffle Irons. Class went great, this is a longer recipe as the waffles take a little longer to cook. All groups were finished before the end of class which was great and they also whipped up their own Whipped Cream. The next two weeks we will be looking at some Christmas Recipes to finish off before the break!
Leadership 9
We continued our planning of Christmas Events for the final week of school before the Christmas Holidays. We are planning an Ugly Christmas Sweater Day as well as having a Door Decorating Contest throughout the school too. We also organized our Food Bank Boxes as multiple boxes are full so some students were tasked with organizing these. Moving into the final two weeks it will be focused on Christmas around the school and making sure our decorations and communications to classes about the various events is happening.
This week we planned and cooked Belgian Waffles in our Waffle Irons. Class went great, this is a longer recipe as the waffles take a little longer to cook. All groups were finished before the end of class which was great and they also whipped up their own Whipped Cream. The next two weeks we will be looking at some Christmas Recipes to finish off before the break!
Leadership 9
We continued our planning of Christmas Events for the final week of school before the Christmas Holidays. We are planning an Ugly Christmas Sweater Day as well as having a Door Decorating Contest throughout the school too. We also organized our Food Bank Boxes as multiple boxes are full so some students were tasked with organizing these. Moving into the final two weeks it will be focused on Christmas around the school and making sure our decorations and communications to classes about the various events is happening.
Friday, December 6, 2019
Week of December 2-6
Hidalgo - Training for Excellence
Students worked with a partner this week and created a work out plan for each other. They chose exercises that we have been practicing in class and helped coach their partner. The goal was to help motivate and engage their classmate to do the best workout they could. This was one of our best classes yet: so many positive interactions!!
Computers -
5-6 - We have started Paint.NET, a free program that allows basic layer editing. A free copy is available here. https://www.getpaint.net/download.html
7 - Photoshop has begun. We are working on a collage. Our primary focus is on layering and the eraser/quick selection tool and magic wand.
8 - After a vote, we have changed the topic to do some coding. We are did buttons as an intro, and are working towards collisions. Support is available here:
buttons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz8L-Mh2UrU
collisions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTuSbaMouf0 (modifications have been made - please refer to the booklet available in class for the changes)
9 - After Effects has begun. It is slow, but underway. Support is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxzny14qSLI&t=10s
Students worked with a partner this week and created a work out plan for each other. They chose exercises that we have been practicing in class and helped coach their partner. The goal was to help motivate and engage their classmate to do the best workout they could. This was one of our best classes yet: so many positive interactions!!
Computers -
5-6 - We have started Paint.NET, a free program that allows basic layer editing. A free copy is available here. https://www.getpaint.net/download.html
7 - Photoshop has begun. We are working on a collage. Our primary focus is on layering and the eraser/quick selection tool and magic wand.
8 - After a vote, we have changed the topic to do some coding. We are did buttons as an intro, and are working towards collisions. Support is available here:
buttons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz8L-Mh2UrU
collisions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTuSbaMouf0 (modifications have been made - please refer to the booklet available in class for the changes)
9 - After Effects has begun. It is slow, but underway. Support is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxzny14qSLI&t=10s
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