April 2018 – Lakeshore School

Concerts, Movies and the Joy of Long Distance Running

April 29, 2018 by Steven Spencer comments (0)

The week began on Sunday with one of our very own students, Shaun Malik who organized a wonderful recital to raise funds for the Joe M.I.L.L. which is a musical lending library as a part of his personal project. He spent the last 5 months investigating how music can help people feel better and more emotionally positive. This event took please at the Waterford Kingston Retirement Residence. Shaun chose this venue in the month of December and found someone named Mari who helped him organize the event. Shaun also organized a bake sale which was right after the recital. He raised $534.10 and donate all the money to the Joe M.I.L.L Fund! Great work Shaun, we are proud of you!

In math this week the grade 7/8 class had their math presentations about financial planning. They have been working on them for a couple of months and they are now finally finished them with an excellent understanding of the financial world and how to save money for our future.

In Language arts this week, the grade 7/8 class had their symbolism presentations. Over the last couple of weeks, they have had to create a poster with 3 symbols that they think have a powerful meaning over Romeo and Juliet. One of the symbols had to be a character from the book and the rest of them had to be actual symbols from the book. There were 5 groups and they all presented on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, they were all creative and the drawings were very unique

In History this week the grade 7/8 class went to the Indian Horse movie which was at the Screening room. This movie was very powerful and made everyone think about the effects of Residential Schools on First Nations people. We also got to enjoy popcorn and candy, a special treat!

In Science this week everyone in the grade 7/8 class was preparing for the All Science Challenge, we prepared for this event by quizzing each other and completing worksheets. The one week countdown is on until this big event!

Also this week there was the Bayridge Road Race. The grade 7/8 ran to run 2.9 km and all the boys and girls completed the race and did very well! Raghad ran this time for the first time ever, and Shaun finished in 36 place and Kevin in 65^th place! We were all exhausted but not too exhausted to enjoy ice cream sandwiches at the end of the race!

By Shaun Malik

Busy Month in Grade 5/6!!!

April 26, 2018 by Andrew Schleger comment (1)

The grade 5/6 class have had a very busy few months in the classroom.

One of the major things we completed was Science fair. We each completed a project on an area of scientific interest. This process took about 5 months to complete, including planning, making a hypothesis, experimenting, writing up procedures and conclusions, and creating the finished product. We learned a lot about time management, meeting deadlines, and seeing a project to completion from beginning to end. We took our projects to Queen’s University where we spoke about them with judges, the public and our peers. This was a tiring and long two days, but a very rewarding one as well.

We have also been preparing for All Science Challenge, focusing on different subjects like Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Engineering and Mathematics. We can’t wait to compete next week and use our tools and new knowledge to answers questions and compete in a design challenge against other students in the Kingston area.

Last week, we had the opportunity to compete in the Fibonacci and Pythagoras Math Contests. Although the questions were very different than what we are used to (they were all multiple choice), we all felt really good about the test when we finished as we had been prepped and practiced a lot.

In Social Studies, we have been learning about free and fair trade among countries in the world. We wrote essays on Millennium Development Goals based on a chosen country and profession.

In Language Arts we have been studying Romeo and Juliet and learning about symbolism. To do this, we created shields on different aspects of our lives including our personalities and represented these aspects using pictures rather than words.

In French, we have been creating family trees and learning to write paragraphs about how people are related within the family tree, using the verbs être and avoir. On our family trees, we used pictures to show who our family members are, along with the written component.

In Physical Education, we completed a unit of dance and looked at different dances around the world. This included Salsa, and Bollywood dancing. Using the new moves we learned, we created dances in groups and incorporated these two styles together.

Since Cross Country and Track and Field season is upon us, we have also been focusing a lot on running and building our endurance to be able to run long distances.

Last week, the school also came together and participated in Pitch In Kingston. We filled a number of garbage bags with trash found in and around the school as well as on our route to the park. We felt very proud of doing our part to help the environment. We also wore hockey jerseys to school to show our support for the Humboldt Broncos tragedy.

We are in the final stretch of the school year and have a busy next few months ahead of us. Stay tuned for what comes next!!!

-Grade 5/6

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Building Structures in Grade 1/2

April 18, 2018 by Tracey Kennedy comments (2)

We have some budding architects in the Grade 1/2 class. In studying structures, we discovered that triangles make great supports, stale marshmallows hold spaghetti better, and shorter pieces of spaghetti make a structure stronger and easier to move. We discovered that strong foundations allow us to build taller structures. We had a great time designing and building structures outside as well. Our next adventure will be making popsicle stick bridges.

Pasta for A Purpose- Came to Fruition!

April 13, 2018 by Steven Spencer comments (0)

After two months of planning, organizing and food prepping, the Grade 7/8 “Fundraising Four Course Dinner” came together as a beautiful evening on April 5th, 2018. The event was hosted at the Kingston Gospel Temple at the Fireside Room and all meal preparation took place in the kitchen on site.

All eleven students in class shared various roles in hosting, waiting on, cooking, clean up, performance, and public speaking at the event. We were grateful to have the help and support of Richard Louie (Parent at the school) who helped with the meal preparation and organization in the kitchen.

The students raised over $1100 and over 54 tickets were sold for the event! In light of hosting a challenging event, the students worked seamlessly together and supported each other in ensuring all our guests received the “five star treatment!” Guests commented on how professional the students appeared in their various roles and enjoyed seeing students step out of their comfort zone. Not only did our class enjoy cooking and baking, students were also meaningfully engaged in the event planning process and learned valuable skills such as: group decision making, creation of advertising and communication tools, presentation skills, collaboration, conflict resolution, and budget analysis!

The morning after the event, we reflected on the successes and challenges of putting together such an event and made a list of recommendations we would incorporate in the future. Perhaps, the largest marker of success, was that our very own Aaron Mason went home on the weekend and replicated the Chocolate Mousse dessert for his family!

This example of student-led event organizing provided our class with an opportunity and event we will soon not forget!

Ms. Singh