Happy to report that we all survived fort-building, pajama day! Madame even let us eat in our forts! But we actually managed to do some productive schoolwork, too! #Winning! While in our pajamas, we were asked last-minute to do our land acknowledgment again for an assembly with a visiting musician. So we got up in front of everyone, slippers, robes and all, and performed once again. We were awesome, of course! The concert was great, too, with a singer/artist named Ginalina who taught us some fun lyrics and actions in French, English AND Mandarin! But that wasn't the only assembly this week. The BC Lions also came to visit and talked to us all about how to conserve energy. Back in class, we enjoyed learning about an artist named Ted Harrison, a Canadian who lived in the Yukon, close to the North Pole. He loved to paint his surroundings in a style that used warm and cool colours beside each other. He is also known for his use of lines in his art. Madame had us do a directed draw to create a Ted Harrison landscape and then we practiced using a combination of warm and cool colours. Throughout this process, we also learned a bit about the landscapes in the Yukon and the Arctic, some of the animals that live there, and a brief history of the Inukshuk. Teddy asked, "Madame, can we make our own Inukshuks?" And Madame shrugged and said, "Why not?!" So we went outside to the gravel lot and had a lot of fun coming up with our own little designs. We discovered that it can be quite difficult to balance rocks in just the right way! We tried out a new forest walk this week. This one was much more wild, with all kinds of unkept branches that were perfect for fort-building. There were also lots of other fun bird houses and things to discover! Extra photos...
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