Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!

What a super day! We had a wonderful turnout for the 'Meet your Classmates' event where a local entomologist visited us with her collections of bugs. 'Live and in person', we saw mealworms, a tarantula and a scorpion.

The scorpion was the highlight of the show when he decided that he was hungry. He hunted down a cricket and promptly began eating it while many excited students stood and watched in awe. Students had brought glass jars which they transformed into 'bug catchers' to collect their own bugs. We then ventured outside for the 'bug hunt'. All students experienced success in collecting a wide range of bugs.

After all this activity, hunting can be exhausting, everyone was eager to launch into lunch.

It was a great day and everyone had a fun time.

Name This Insect!

Here I am! Do you know my name? I live in B. C. I love living here because you have just what I love to devour! I am not well liked because I turn what is big, tall, green and alive, to red and eventually a dull, weak and dying grey. Enough clues. Guess my name. Then do a little research and tell one fact about me.

Photos from Student Sailing the World

Maia is a student in our class who is sailing to various parts of the world with her family this year. She has sent these photos to share with us with the following description: These pictures are of a humpback whale I saw on my offshore passage from Neah Bay, Washington to Coos Bay, Oregon.

The 2009-10 School Year Begins!

Welcome to the new school year! Here in Vancouver we've enjoyed a fabulous summer and spent lots of time enjoying the outdoors. I hope all of you had a super summer and are re-energized for this school year.

Today as I look at the brilliant sunshine, I think about my summer and lots of great memories spring to mind. What will I remember most about this summer?

I will remember ....

floating on my back in the ocean watching bright white, puffy clouds gliding by in the dark blue Hawaiian sky.

Now, take a few minutes to think about your summer. What will you remember most about your summer? Please share your memory with us by posting it in the comment section. You may begin your sentence with 'I will remember...'