Goodbye October......

And the good times just keep on comin'......Another month down!

So much time, and so little to see......wait a minute. Strike that! Reverse it. (Three extra credit points to the first student who reports back to me as to what movie that is from.  It will prove you read my blog!)

Our fifth graders have been hard at work- especially in our butterfly garden. Out go last year's weeds. In go our mums and, in following with the Wizard of Oz theme, our very own Wizard of Wardlaw.

 A special thanks to our little Kindergarten helpers for doing all the heavy lifting!

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Spirit week was capped off with a tremendous morning of Green vs. Gold games for the Lower School. A special thanks to Mr. Nicholls, who did an amazing job. He even got our staff members to dance! Below, you can see our 5th graders, the old souls of the Lower School, playing the role of referees for our lower grades. 

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In the classroom, we have continued our focus on STEM exploration. Students collaborated with their Little Bits sets to build and invent various circut based projects.

Within the first 10 minutes students had created flashlights, trick hand buzzers, and in David's case, an attempted try at hypnosis on his teacher. "You are getting very sleepy. Very. very sleeeeeepy. No hoooooomework."

There is no limit to these Little Bits sets. With over 100,000 possible circuts to build, I don't think we'll ever run out of options. And besides, like the box says.......

'Til next time........

Owl Pellets Galore!

Hello again! Is is October already? Wow, time flies when you're having fun.

This week, students did a masterful job during our owl pellet dissection lab.

Thankfully, Mr. Cary Less stayed home this time! Recently, students have been studying food webs/chains, energy flows,  energy pyramids, and how the owl sits atop his perch of the food chain.

Our dissection allowed us to explore, identify, and analyze graphically the diet of the barn owl. This lab really gave us insight into the owl's dietary habits, as well as its behavioral and structural adaptations. The students did a wonderful job!

A few days later, we visited The Raptor Trust, where we were all able to explore the owl in a more extensive way. We even had a surprise visitor: Velma, a thirteen year old barren owl who was rescued as a one year old and has lived there under the Raptor Trust staff's loving staff care ever since! Velma was a gracious host, and was kind enough not to spit up any owl pellets in front of our class---unlike last year!!!

We are in full swing, as we are all looking forward to the upcoming fall fair all the joys that the cool fall air brings!

'Til next time.....