The Past and the Present

Students in 2D continue to bring in family objects from the past. Some of the things brought in have included photographs of great-grandparents, books, toys, precious plates and a walking stick used during World War II.

Some of the precious objects from the past brought in by 2D

We have also enjoyed looking at other interesting objects from the past. It has been great to see how they used to work and compare them to similar items that we have now. Can you guess what these contraptions are?

Somers Camp Letters
We loved the Somers Camp excursion and can't wait to go there next year. Below are some fantastic writing pieces that detail our exciting day:

Dear Grade Ones,
When you're in grade 2 you get to go to Somers Camp!
The first thing my grade did is low ropes. Low ropes is an obstical course and it has a whole lot of ropes and that's why it's called low ropes. The next thing we did is to see the cabins. The cabins look awesome because there was a lot of bunk beds and a teacher room.
After the cabins we followed a path to a beach and we all got a map from my teacher of different stuff on the beach.
Later we went to a place call the environment centre and the environment centre is full of fish, a shark, some guinea pigs, snakes and four lizards. First we saw the fish and shark. There were a lot of fish but I can only remember two - the old wife and the blue devil.
At the end of the day I was very sad but I had lots of fun! My favourite bit was seeing the guinea pigs. They were adorable!
From Ellie

Dear Grade Ones,
Last Monday all of the grade twos went on a day trip to Somers Camp.
My favourite activity was the beach walk. On the beach Mckenzie, Kaitlyn and I found squid eggs, seaweed, seagulls and one sea urchin. The sea urchin felt a little bit spiky and dry at the same time. The sea urchin was one of my favourite animals on the beach.
I also liked going to the environment centre. The first animal we saw was a glow fish. The glow fish looked rather like a puffer fish. After the fish we saw some lizards. The first lizard we saw was a rather funny looking lizard. It looked like it had two heads. It is like that because when a bird comes down to try and eat it, it will eat its butt instead of its head.
I had an awesome time at camp.
From Hollie

Dear Grade One,
On the 20th of October all of the grade two classes went to day camp. After the bus trip we chucked our bags in a big shed. The first activity was Low Ropes. Low Ropes is basically an agility course. Low Ropes was pretty challenging. My favourite challenge was the the tyres.
After low ropes we had snack before going on a beach walk. The treasure hunt list was bizarre! We had to find a great white shark and a killer whale.
A little bit later after the beach walk we did the Rock and Minigolf rotations. My group did the rock first. The rock is a big climbing rock. Then we did minigolf. I won by two points against Matt. After that we had lunch.
Last we went to the environment centre. It was really fun because it was inside but it had outside animals. I liked it because it was so fun and I had a great time.
From Casey

Homework
What game from the past would you like to try playing at school? Why? [leave a comment to tell me your answer]