Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Trip to Etobicoke Field Studies Centre

On May 8, 2007 Ms. Legault's class and Ms. Borselli's class went to the Etobicoke Field Studies Center to learn about habitats. It took about 10-20 minutes by bus to get there. At first we met all the staff then we changed our shoes. We then went up the stairs for a talk. After, in that room, we explored and we saw a turtle and a guinea pig. We also saw many real animals like a deer and a raccoon. After a talk about habitats we went back down stairs for our snack of oranges. It was then time to go outside to walk through the forest. We then made a cool habitat for a chipmunk with sticks, leaves, pinecones and snail shells. Later we went back to eat lunch. I got to roast a hot dog over the fire. We then got to roast marshmallows. After lunch we went into a room to read a story, then it was back outside to catch bugs in a net. My partner was Sophia. It was lots of fun and we learned a lot. Then it was time to go. We went back and got everything. The bus ride back was bumpy and fun. By Danielle

Super Hero Night

On Thursday, May 3 it was Superhero night at Braeburn. There were different groups. Ms. Legault's group was the hardest. I was in the purple group that started at Ms. Legault's group. It was an endurance, speed and strength test and it was so hard. We had to make up Superhero moves and we did a move called the suicide. We also got to meet Spiderman, who some people think was really Patricia's brother. Patricia was dressed up as Black cat. We got Super hero masks when we were leaving. Soiman was dressed up as Batwoman.
The next group we went to was the red group. The teacher was Ms. Dorozko. Danielle and Abdirashid were also there. The red group was the snack group. We had cookies and juice, while we listened to a story.
The next group was Ms. Townsend's group. It was the green group. In this group we were supposed to make a comic book.
The next group was the orange group led by Ms. Young. We were suposed to decorate our very own Superhero.
At the end we got a loot bag to take home. In the loot bag we got a comic book, a book, stickers, a pencil and some candy. It was a great night. By Chantel





Monday, May 7, 2007

The Great Turtle Race

Students in Ms. Legaults class logged on to www.greatturtlerace.com to cheer on their favourite leatherback turtle and learn about this endangered species. Abdirashid reported on Billie, as did Ms. Legault's daughter. Adithya reported on Drexelina, the same as Ms. Legault's son . It was a close race but Billie came in first and Drexelina came in 10th place. Check out the website to find out the results of the other competitors.

Ms. Legaults' Class Adaptation of A Midsummer's Night Dream

Hi my name is Metrah I am going to summarize our play that is based on Shakespeares play called A Midsummer`s Night`s` Dream. The play begins with Duke Theseus and Duchess Hippolyta talking about starring in the new show The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Hippolyta is very nervous. Suddenly Egeus, Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius walk in. Egeus is upset with her daughter because she doesn’t want to marry Demetrius. Hermia wants to go to Athenian Idol with the rock star Lysander. Duke Theseus explains to Hermia that she is going to die if she does not listen to her mother. She has until tomorrow to change her mind. Hermia bumps into Lysander and tells him what her mother said. Lysander tells her not to worry because he has an aunt that lives far away and she’s a makeup artist. She can change her hair and give her a new look. Hermia agrees to meet him there. Suddenly Helena comes speeding by and asks how they are doing. Helena asks Hermia to talk to Demetrius about letting her play soccer. She says everyone knows I am the best player even better than a man. Hermia doesn’t want to talk to Demetrius. They then tell Helena of their plan to run away. After Lysander and Hermia leave, Helena decides to go and tell Demetrius of the plan. On the other side of Athens, Peter Quince and his theatre troupe are practicing for Zack and Cody. Peter tells the actors their parts. In the Royal Fairy Castle, Oberon was mad at Queen Titania. Titania gives lots of attitude to Oberon. So Oberon decides to play a trick on her and calls Puck to help. He tells Puck to get some magic juice and put it into Titania’s eyes which will make her fall in love with whoever or whatever she sees. When Puck left, Hermia and Lysander entered the woods. Oberon found Titania asleep on the rose bed. He sprinkled the juice in her eyes. He also heard Helena and Demetrius close by. He felt sorry for her and asked Puck to sprinkle juice in his eyes to allow the first girl he sees to play soccer. Puck puts it in Demetrius eyes, but he sees Hermia instead, and he wants her to play soccer. She screams running away from him. Back on the stage, Puck watched as Peter and the actors were having problems on the play. He decided to play a trick and give Nick Bottom the head of a moose. All the other actors ran away scared. At the same time Titania woke up and she saw Bottom with his moose head. She immediately called him an angel and had her fairies promise to serve him. Oberon then came and told Puck to change Bottom back a human and to wake up Titania. She thought it had all been a dream. At the end Hermia’s mother let’s her go to Athenian idol and she becomes a big star with a hit song. Demetrius also lets Helena play soccer and they win the World Cup.