Pouring Wax

This is me pouring wax into a metal tube to make a candle. I took home a candle that someone else made but it was pink and that was fine with me. The teacher who was helping me was really nice. It was really fun!

Listening to Instructions

In this picture, the other teacher is showing metal that pioneers would use to make candle holders out of. We tin-smithed out of a metal called Punching Metal. The teacher told us about tin-smithing and how the pioneers did it. That, I think was the most fun thing on the whole trip!

by Hope

Making Candles

On our trip we made candles. We poured wax into a candle making tube. Then you wait until they are dry. But we did not get to take our candles home because ours were not dry. So we got to take another class's home.

by Alyssa

Early Settlers

This picture shows Gracee and me dressed up in pioneers' clothes. Gracee is wearing a dress and I am wearing a dress and an apron. We got to play in a little playhouse and we put on pioneers' clothes.

by Alyssa

There is a picture of me being a cowboy. I would rob stores. I lived at my headquarters. I was rich. I liked it when I got my picture. I had fun. I liked going into the little house. the background for my picture was a whole bunch of trees. I thought it was funny when Lucas wore a dress. I liked it when I dressed up.

by Noah

At Gould Lake

On Monday January 18th, 2010, we went to Gould Lake. On the bus to Gould Lake, I was kind of squashed until I got there. They were talking to us about animal foot prints in the snow. I found a lot of foot prints in the snow. We worked in the snow to make a fireplace. We came back from the picnic for lunch. We had to hike there and back. We went skiing or tobogganing on crazy carpets.

By Wyatt

Gould Lake

The grade 5/6 class went to Gould Lake. In my group was April, Vanessa, Wyatt and me. We made a fire. I found out that lighters are hard to use. I asked if I could use a match but the guys didn't have any. After we got the fire going, we ate hot dogs and a S'more.
I didn't like skiing. We saw a whole bunch of deer tracks. It was fun!

By Gina

Basketball

We played some games in the gym with basketballs. We learned passes. We passed to our partners. You had four people and if you didn't have four, you had three people. It is fun.We played Bump and this is how you play. You have to have more than one person. You need four people to play it. It is hard and fun. You need a basketball net. You have to shoot the ball into the net before the other friend. If you don't, you're out. You wait until someone wins it.
By Joey

Gould Lake Trip

On Monday January 18, 2010, we went to Gould Lake We went with the grade fives and sixes to Gould Lake. When we got to school we went on a bus. We were on the bus for about 15 to 20 minutes. When we got to the conservation area, we got off the bus and went into the barn. Grade sixes went into one room and the grade fives went into another room.
We learned about Animal tracks and about how to make a fire. It was pretty interesting. I learned that if you are ever lost in the woods and it’s cold out side you can make a fire by white bark, twigs that are the size of a toothpick, and sticks that are as round as your pencil and as tall as your pencil. Next, light the white bark on fire. When you light it, There will be black smoke coming from the white bark. You wait till the black smoke has disappeared. Finally you can make your hot dogs or marshmallows over your fire. I learned a lot more.
After that we went on a hike. I think we walked for about an hour! When we finally came to our eating spot, we made our fire and ate our lunch. I didn’t know how to use a lighter. It was really hard! Then we hiked back and that took about one hour. We finally made it back to the barn.
One really interesting thing was that before Gould Lake was a conservation area a farmer lived there. He had cows, horses, chickens and a whole bunch of other animals. That was the most interesting. When we got back to the barn we went skiing and tobogganing on crazy carpets. I kept falling when we went skiing because cross-country skis were the hardest skis I have ever been on. Then we had to leave to come back to school. My legs were hurting so badly because of all the walking I did at Gould Lake.
By: Vanessa

Drilling

This is me drilling a hole into a big block of wood. It was very fun but it makes your arms and hands hurt. At least it made my arms and hands hurt! And we all had a turn to try to drill a hole.

by Kaylee

Pioneer Clothes

This is me dressed in what the pioneers used to wear. They didn't have the same clothes as we do now, but they had clothes, and that is good. We have different clothes now and I am glad because they would probably be cold in the winter.

by Kaylee

Dressing Up

Mr. Eastman took a black and white picture of Alyssa and me so it would look like a picture in the olden days. Back then they had no coloured pictures. We also dressed up like pioneers.

by Gracee

Drilling a Hole

I am drilling a hole in a thick piece of wood. I had to spin the handle and the other girl held it down on the wood. All of the class had to take turns drilling a hole. There was a lot of holes in the wood because everybody had to take a turn.

by Gracee

This is the woodmaking room. It was fun. This is me using one of the tools. This is one of the people who helped us in the woodmaking room.

by Alabama

This is a picture of me pouring wax into a candle maker. It was really fun! I had to wear and apron. Did you wear an apron?

by Alabama

This is a picture of me. I made a tin smith. In the olden days, a tin smith was a pioneer's best friend.

by Seth

This is a picture of me in olden days clothes. I'm at MacLachlan Woodworking Museum. We got to dress up like old people and play around.

by Seth

The stocking was good.

by Deanna

We are at the Woodworking Museum. I am wearing a dress like the old times. I am cute and beautiful. It was that dark.

by Deanna

Trying to Win a Race

Me and Noah were doing an activity. It was 3 legged race. It looks like we are in a race but at the finish line we fell.

by Aurora

Brushing Sheep's Wool

On my Grade 3 Pioneer trip in one of the activities we brushed sheep wool. I've never done it before. It's my first time. I felt nervous a lot but I liked it. There will be lots of pics of me.

by Aurora

Weird Pic

This is a scary picture of me and my stocking at the MacLachlan Woodworking Museum. It is scary because there is a creepy smile and a

by Cole

Drilling

This is a picture of me drilling a hole in wood. Nathan is taking a picture of me. It is hard drilling holes in wood. It is so hard it makes your face turn red.

by Cole

MacLachlan Woodworking Museum (aka Ray and the Sleeping Bear)

This is me and Dawson sleeping! We were making little stockings. Dawson and I were in the part of the museum that has all the axes. I wasn't finished yet.

by Ray

Wax

This is me pouring wax. It was cool because they told us stuff about it. Like, in the summer the kids would have to make candles. When you pour wax it comes out fast.

by Ray

Candle

Here I am holding two candles. It is weird that two candles are in one. Pioneers used string and dipped it in wax to make a candle. It takes pioneers one whole day to make one candle.

by Nathan

I Nailed It!

On our trip, we made decorated hearts. This picture shows Nathan tin-smithing. Tin-smithing is fun. It is easy to do. You need 1 nail and 1 hammer. Tin-smithing is pioneers' best friend.

by Nathan

Hey Look!

I made my own stocking at the MacLachlan Woodworking Museum. We made stockings. Isn't that cool?! I don't know about you but I think that is pretty cool. I put all different colours on my stocking. I had fun there.

by Heather

Brush, brush, brush, brush

My dad owns a sheep farm so I know all about this brush. It's used to brush the sheep wool. Here I am brushing and brushing the wool. That was so cool!!

by Heather

I made a stocking. It said my name. Words are on my stocking.

by Lucas

This is me. I dressed up as a bounty hunter. I robbed the bank.

by Lucas

I am weaving. You have to go over, under. I am in the woodworking part. I like doing this but it can get boring.

by Dawson

This is me in a white and black photo. I am wearing pioneer clothes. There was a blacksmith shop and a grocery store.

by Dawson

Fun Stuff

Hope and I are making decorations for Christmas. We got to hammer a nail, make a hole and keep on making holes. We thought our glasses looked funny and made up not hurt our eyes. We thought it was really fun. We got to hang it on our Christmas tree. We got to work with this in the woodworking room.

by Amy

I got to make a really cool stocking and it was so much fun. After most of the kids were done, the table was so so so sticky. I got lots of ideas from other kids' stockings but I did not copy their stockings.

by Amy

Introduction

This is the blog where our class is going to put pictures and write a couple of sentences about the pictures. We might even put a couple of stories on it. Feel free to add anything but ask the teachers so you won't be caught by the school cops. Enjoy reading our blog.

by Hope

December Trip

On December 17, 2009 we went to the movie theater and the bowling alley. First we went to the bowling alley and we played two games. I had 82 points in the first game and 70 points in the second game. I had so much fun at the bowling alley! I was on a team of three. There were three girls and two boys. The girls' names were Vanessa, April, Gina and the boys' names were Wyatt and Cameron.

After that we went to the movie theater to see "A Christmas Carol". I loved it! There were a couple of scary parts but we got through it - like when the ghost jumped out of the door! And when another ghost jumped out from a door inside the house and threw chains with cement blocks on the end!

It was a fun day at the movie theater and the bowling alley.

By Vanessa

Using Rope and Poles to make Forces

A couple of days ago, one of our former teachers, Mrs. Smith, was teaching us about forces and pulleys. We attached a rope to a plastic pole and we put our strength to the test! We had somebody pulling the rope and two (or more) people pulling the poles. The person pulling the rope had an easier job. He had mechanical advantage.
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Dressel tried it. Cody pulled the rope and made them move!
By Hayden and Clarence

Castle Presentation

This is me presenting my castle to the grade 2/3 class. My castle is built in the 1300's. You can see the drawbridge and if you look closely in my castle you can see the tiny cross that would be the church and you can see the towers. The grade 2/3 class came to see our castle projects. I put sand on my castle and it was made of card board.

By Cole

The Stocks

Medieval feast

This is a picture at the medieval feast. The king would call people up to the front and they would be put in the stocks. They had done something wrong. Tyler called me up and he lifted up the top. I put my head and my hands in and he closed it. It felt bad and uncomfortable.

By Ben

Castles

Castles

This is our class showing the grade 2/3 students about castles that we made with different items to make the castles. Some of us used paper, plastic, cardboard, paint, styrofoam and other stuff. Most people got their picture taken. Some of those pictures will go in the year book also some will go on the sidewall. That is our castles presentation.

By Jeremy A
And Ty D

Castles

Castles

This is one of our castle project our class did. The important features of the castle are the keep, chapel, bailey, gatehouse, outer walls, garden, well, kitchen, portcullis drawbridge and the moat also towers. The keep is where the lords family. The portcullis go’s down in an attack. The well is for the town to get there water. The chapel is where the serfs go to pray. The drawbridge go’s up in attack.

By Mackenzie

The Head Table!!!!!

This is a picture of the head table in our gym for our Medieval Feast. At the feast I was the King and beside me on the right is the Lord and on the left is the Queen and on her left is the Lady. Beside the Lord are the two Pages that would serve us. In front is the salt. They say that if you are above the salt you are powerful.

By Tyler

At the Medieval Feast

The medieval feast
by Joey

I was a page at the medieval feast. I handed out food to the king, queen, Lord and lady. They were at the head table because they were the most important! Then Emma and I sat at the head table. We ate chicken, vegetables and fruit. We drank apple juice but we pretended it was ale ( ale is beer). There was music playing while we ate! The head table was dressed up fancy. The medieval feast was truly so cool!

In the Stocks

Feast
On Thursday December 17th 2009 our grade 4 class had the fun medieval feast. This is me in a wooden cage with my hand hanging down and head hanging in with my dress on. People were put in the stocks because they were bad. I wasn’t bad. I just wanted to go in there. Our whole class had so much fun.

By Kayla

Emma's Castle

My castle
Hi! I am Emma and I am going to tell you about my castle . My castle is a motte and bailey. It is the first castle built in the 800's The motte is where the lord's family sleeps which is called the keep. The keep was gated with sharp sticks and a wall walk around it .

By Emma

Jousting

Jousting

On December 17 2009 we had a medieval feast. This is me and Jessica jousting. We had to stand on the bench but Mrs. Dressel and Mrs. Smith put the bench upside down. We had to keep our balance. If the other person knocked the foam noodle out of your hand you were out. We ate first then jousted.

By Kortnee

Jousting

JOUSTING

This is me and Jeremy jousting with foam noodles at the medieval feast. At the medieval feast you had to dress up and everything. I was a serf so I dressed up as a serf. Jeremy was a knight so he dressed up as a knight. So what we did was we took a bench and tipped it upside down and then two people would stand on it. Then who ever fell off the person behind him would come on. The person still standing on the bench would joust that person.

By Jessica

Basketball

Our whole class went to the gym. We were learning basketball skills. Our class was learning how to dribble, pass and shoot. Then we got to shoot on the basket then go to the next basket. Mrs. Dressel and Mrs. Smith tried to take the ball from us. We had to change hands to get by them.
By Colin, Ben and Tyler

Grade 5 Trip

In December the grade 5/6/7/8 classes went on a trip. The first thing we did was bowling. Our group was Cameron, Wyatt, Gina, Vanessa and I. Cameron won all 3 games. It was fun! Now we are going to the movie. The movie is called “A Christmas Carol” with Jim Carrey, It was in 3D! At the movies I bought a gooey scorpion and 5 jaw breakers. The movie we saw was AWESOME!

By,
April and Gina.

Science

This is a photo of an experiment we did in science class. All you do is take 2 poles, wrap a rope around it and pull. It takes 3 people! It’s really hard to hold on without moving when the rope is being pulled! We used a block and tackle pulley. The person that is pulling the rope is more likely to be able to pull the people with the poles. We did this to show how pulleys and mechanical advantages work.

Evelyn

Jousting.

This is a photo of me falling off of a bench! We were jousting at a medieval feast. You stand on an upside down bench and try to knock each other off with foam swords! I was against Kayla in this match. As you can see she ended up winning the game!

Evelyn

THE FEAST

On Thursday December 17, 2009, our class was doing jousting. This is a picture of Mrs Croth and Evelyn jousting against each other. At the end of the jousting fight, Mrs Croth won the battle. Evelyn lost some of the jousts by losing her balance. Our whole class had so much fun at the feast!

By Kayla Battler

The movies and bowling alley

By Wyatt Murray

On December 17, 2009, we went to see a movie and go bowling. First we went bowling then we went to see the movie. At the bowling I went second. I got a spare. On the second round I came in second. After the bowling alley, I went to see a movie . The movie that we saw was a Christmas Caro . I bought popcorn and a pop. After the movie we went back to school. Then we went home .

Joey’s Castle project!

I build a castle out of wood and pipe I had to paint it. It was fun. My favourite part was painting it. I had fun. I went to school with it. My dad bought the knights and animals. I stood them up. I had a portcullis, keep, Castle Church, stable and some other stuff. And I had a king on a horse. It is the blue King of the castle. The red King is on a horse. He is attacking the blue King.

The end

By Joey Rattray.