Christmas Greetings from Ms. Stegeman and 4S

Christmas Buddies - Grade 1M and 4V

Lost and Found

A large amount of clothing has accumulated in the Lost and Found. Be sure to check the Lost and Found before the Christmas Holidays.

Put Your Children to Work!
Middle school students are trying to raise money for Juan Calvino Christian School in Choluteca, Honduras. There is a competition for the month of December between the upper and lower floors to see who will raise the most money. Students are being encouraged to earn money and contribute it to our grade four jug. Our team is called Team Beim (after Mr. Beimers, our coach).

Some Stats on 4V Reading

I ran the numbers, 4V! You have been reading A LOT! Take a look at the statistics...

Our class goal for September was 8160 minutes.
As a class you read a total of 12843 minutes.
That means that you exceeded the goal by 57%!

Our class goal for October was 8640 minutes.
As a class you read a total of 15837 minutes.
That means that you exceeded the goal by 83%!

Our class goal for November was 9600 minutes.
As a class you read a total of 19095 minutes.
That means that you exceeded the goal by 99%!

In term one, 4V students read for a total of 47775 minutes. That works out to 796.25 hours!

WAY TO GO, 4V! KEEP READING!

Tuesday Rehearsals

Introducing Ms. Kaylee Hansma, our new SEA

Ms. Hansma has been working for one month now in 4S and we thought it was time to introduce her. We welcome her to 4S and appreciate all the help she gives us.

Last Week at SCS for Eva

At the end of November Eva will be moving to Prince George. Her last day with us is Wednesday. We will really miss her and wish her God's blessings in her new home and school.

Learning the Days of the Week in French

Here is the video to help with learning the days of the week in French.

4S Reading in the Library

Mustache Frenzy in 4S

In Flanders Fields: Art by 4S

Fall Walk

Announcements for 4S

Dear Parents,

You are invited to our Remembrance Day assembly tomorrow at the Middle School gym at 8:45. Our study of Remembrance Day has been a really meaningful time for us. It would be great if you could take your child to a local Remembrance Day ceremony tomorrow to enhance their Remembrance Day experience.

Whally Legion Parade at 10.20 am. 13525 106th Ave.
Cloverdale Legion 17567 57 Ave (it has a cenotaph) 10 .15 am
White Rock Legion 10:00 am service at United Church- cenotaph at 10:40
Crescent Beach Legion- 2643 128th Street

Field Trip planned for Monday, Nov. 14 to Tynehead Regional Park to enjoy Fall, go for a walk and hopefully watch the salmon running upstream to spawn. I need one parent driver since Mr. Beimers has agreed to take the rest in the Falcon bus (24 kids). Please sign the consent form which I sent home today. Please be here at 8:45 if you are volunteering.

Thank you.
Mrs. Stegeman

French Numbers 1-20

Here's a great video to help you learn the numbers 1-20 in French...

Can YOU Find the Cat???????

There is a cat camouflaged in this picture. See if you can find it!

Earth Keepers

Twin Day

Friday was twin day! Students and teachers had fun pairing (or tripling or quadrupling) with friends in coordinating outfits. The grade fours showed great school spirit!

Frozen Frogs

God is AMAZING! Watch this to see why...

4V Buddy Time with 1M

As a class, we walked over to the primary campus on Friday afternoon (in the pouring rain!) We first had lunch with our buddies and then played together inside due to the rain. The highlight of the afternoon was free time in the gym! Thanks, 1M!

Cross Country at Bear Creek Park

What an awesome day! GREAT job, grade fours!

Cross Country Run 4S and 4V

French Alphabet Rap

Here is a great video to help with learning the French alphabet!

Mushroom walk through Hemlock Park

On Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 the rain seemed to be holding off so Ms. Stegeman and Ms. D decided to take 4S for a mushroom walk in Hemlock Park. The amount of mushrooms we saw was amazing. We found at least ten different types. We collected a few in a basket to take back o school. We looked at them with our magnifying glasses. We also went to Ms. Stegeman’s house for a tour and snack. It was a great morning!

(Ask someone in 4S to tell you about the slides in the slide show.)

4S Mushroom Walk

You Are Invited!

CONNECT COFFEE MORNING

Thursday, October 2o
9:00 -10:00 am

Primary Campus
9115 160th Street
Development Office

An opportunity for all new parents and parents who want to get connected.

4V - Coquitlam Watershed

4S Goes to the Coquitlam Watershed

4V - Mealworm Experiments

Today was the day! In conjunction with our habitats and communities unit, 4V spent some time observing the preferences of mealworms. We hypothesized together - would the mealworms prefer a dark or light environment? Would they choose a wet or dry environment? Turns out that the majority of the mealworms liked their environment dark and dry!

Burying the Clay Potsherds

4S digs a hole on the school grounds to bury their clay potsherds. Potsherds are broken pieces of pottery used to write on. They were used the same way as people use scrap paper today. They were very useful for students to practice their writing. In Palestine, there were many potsherds becasue the streeets were littered with broken pottery. Next week 4V will also dig a hole and do the same.

Wasps at Surrey Christian School

Sep. 26, 2011 An Exciting Morning at SCS

Last week people in my class and in other classes kept getting stung by wasps. Ben got stung in the leg four times. Caitlyn got stung in the leg two times, plus Steven’s hand got stung and it swelled very badly! There was this boy in the other class. He got stung five times in the back! Finally the teachers found the nest (an underground nest) in the forest. Mr. Nategaal called the Honey Bee Centre. Leanne came to our school and sucked out all the bees with a vacuum. Caleb, a grade seven student helped her. All the bees went into a bucket. After she was all done she came to our room with the wasps and talked about them a little bit. They will freeze the wasps and they are going to help people with allergies by using their venom to make anti-venom.

Madison 4S

4V and 1M at the Terry Fox Run - September 28, 2011

French Vocabulary Quiz Next Week

Both grade four classes will be quizzed next week on the French greetings vocabulary we have been working on over the past few weeks. The video below is helpful for review.

Amazing Examples of Camouflage in the Ocean!

The Books of the Bible

Grade 5 offered to teach grade 4 an easy way to learn the books of the Bible.

60 Minutes a Day

How much physical activity do children and youth need?

Children aged 5-11 and youth aged 12-17 should accumulate at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity daily. But more is even better!

What is moderate to vigorous aerobic activity?

On a scale of 0 to 10 (with 0 being completely at rest and 10 being absolute maximum effort), moderate-intensity aerobic activity is a 5 or 6. Kids will breathe harder and their hearts will beat faster. They should be able to talk, but not sing. Examples of moderate physical activity include walking quickly, skating, bike riding, and skateboarding.

To make the most of their physical activity, try to include...

• vigorous-intensity activities at least three days per week


• activities that strengthen muscle and bone at least three days per week (walking, running and jumping rope)

Ideas to get moving...

• replace computer and TV time with something active


• encourage students to join a school activity or team


• learn which sports and activities they enjoy and find lessons or clubs


• take kids to the playground or to the park to play


• have them rake the leaves, shovel snow or carry the groceries


• encourage them to dance to their favourite music

Health benefits include...

• improved fitness


• stronger bones and healthier muscles


• better posture and balance


• a stronger heart


• healthy growth and development


• increased concentration


• better academic scores


• improved self-esteem


• lower stress


• opportunities for socializing

French Starts This Week

Here is a great video to help reinforce what we are working on in French right now. While we won't be learning all of the greetings that are introduced, this video is very helpful!

Welcome Back!

Grade four is shaping up to be a fantastic year! Lots of new experiences, a new campus, new teachers, new routines, and new subjects - but don't worry, you'll settle in before you know it! The staff at the middle campus are eagerly awaiting your arrival, and are looking forward to getting to know you. Please feel welcome here, because you ARE!

Coquitlam Watershed

Coquitlam Watershed

Our class visited the Coquitlam Watershed last week. What an amazing fieldtrip! We were so happy that we could get to explore God's creation on a beatiful, sunny day. When we arrived at the Watershed, we each got a nametag with the name of a plant or animal which we had to try and spot during our visit. The bus took us to the highest point from where we could look out over the watershed. Unfortunately, we didn't see a bear (the previous class did!) but we were lucky to spot the red-legged frog - thanks Justice! We went for a long walk through the amazing old growth forest; we were in awe of the huge trees, and laughed to see two centipedes kissing! We ended the day exploring the trails around Or Creek, from a specific person's point of view. The artists sat under the trees sketching what they saw, forest rangers used binoculars and magnifying glasses to find things, the dam builders enjoyed getting dirty while building their dam, and the navigators explored new areas with a compass in hand. I heard many of our students telling the guides: "This was the best field trip ever!" Take a look at the slideshow to share in our fieldtrip.

First Nations Visitor and Forest Art

On May 30, Mr. King (or Sierra’s dad), came in to tell us about First Nations People. He was half First Nations, and showed us very old artifacts such as a piece of rock used to grind corn and grain into cornmeal and flour. His paternal grandmother is alive today and is First Nations. She had lived in a hogan (that’s a traditional Navajo house). When he and his brother visited her to install a fridge and build a washroom (so she didn’t have to walk 100 yards to the outhouse), some strange things happened. A few days after they went to install the fridge, they saw that she had unplugged it. They asked why she had done it. She said that it was because the light was always on. They explained to her that there was a button and when the fridge door closes and hits the button, the light turns off. While they were there, they checked the washroom and found it being used as a storage room. She hadn’t lived with electricity or running water ever before, so she didn’t use them the way we do. Now she lives in a nursing home, as she is 98 years old.

First Nations Visitor and Art in the Forest

Les Trois Petits Cochons 4BB

Weather Projects!!

Coquitlam Watershed 4BB

4S Changes Running club

4S Goes to OWL for a field trip

Fort Langley Field Trip

Buddies

Grandparents Day

4S talks about the properties of light

Fort Langley Field Trip

At Fort Langley, we visited the blacksmith where we learned how to make hooks and that young boys at the age of 12 started working as a blacksmith.
We got to carry bails of fur around the whole fort. The way to carry fur bails is to carry it like a backpack. There are two straps that you hold on to and you just put it on your back. The fur bails were actually, surprisingly light.
We learned about where the servant’s quarters were, how they accommodated all of their belongings, and how different kinds of servants had different kinds of homes. The servants that were from Quebec had tin plates and not much fine china. The servants from England had fine china and a four poster bed for the adults to sleep in as the children had a bed without four posts. The toys that the children had were handmade and some of them even taught the kids a skill that they would need later on.
The Fort Langley experience was a success and it was a lot of fun, even though it was pouring rain.

Julia

Grandparents Day

Grandparents day

Some Grandparents came early and we showed them our work. They are really good at math. They have different lives than us. Some take a tram and a bus to school. We also interviewed them. Some were born in different places. There were different worksheets to do with them. Some of them had different detentions than us. They had less homework and some had none. Some had different subjects than us. Some are smarter than us. They also had fun. By Jackson and Peter.

Easter Egg Hunt with Grade 8 Buddies

Potlatch (4L)

Potlatch (4L)

Last Thursday, 4L had a potlatch lunch to mark the end of our First Nations unit. What a feast it was! The students decided to try everything on the menu, and they loved it! We had Salmon, beef jerky, cranberries, dried apricots and dried apple rings, pop corn, and fruit candy. However, the favourite was definitely the warm, fresh bannock which Mrs. Kooger cooked in class. She brought maple syrup and strawberry jam to eat with the bannock. The students were lining up for seconds! Thank you, 4L, for participating in the Potlatch, and for helping to make it a success!
I hope you are having a wonderful Spring Break!
Mrs. Loubser

First Nations Projects - 4L

First Nations Presentations - 4L

We are 4L and we did a big progect on First Nations.First,we wrote our paragraphs. Second,we made our articfacts from plasticine,beads,bamboo sticks,popsicle sticks,glue,string,fabric,hay,feathers,pipe cleaners,felt,shoe polish.Third,we typed our paragraphs and we printed them.Fourth,we made our maps. We coloured the area where our First Nations people live. Then our groups put it all together on posters. The group decorated their posters and we put it on display and told the class about it. We had a museum party. Now we are going to display it in the Library. Come take a look at them!!!
By: John and Yanik

Crazy hat day - 4L

Crazy hat day!!!

Today we had crazy hat day.There were a lot of crazy, really weird hats. A lot of people were crazy about crazy hat day. There were a lot of hats that had lots of bling and even normal hats with tons of abnormal stuff piled on them. Today people wore super crazy hats and some were just plain. There were oversized hats that covered people's faces so we couldn't see who it was at all! There were over 100 people that wore hats. Even the teachers wore funny hats. A lot of people wore fuzzy, scratchy, fluffy and cute little hats. There were hats with fuzzy stuffed snakes and headphones stuck on them too! I loved the hats that were sparkling whith fake gems on them.There were oversized and funny looking cowboy hats. There were two little dudes wearing the same hats.There were also hats that looked like princess hats that were made out of paper! And it was raining so they got soaked. It was quite funny seeing all the different hats.

Crazy Hat Day was a sucsses :D! Well it was fun talking to you so ttyl!! By: Kayla and Julia

4S Surrey Arts Centre

Robson Square Skating

Picking up garbage

Picking up garbage

The Big Clean-up

On February 1, 2011 we went on a long walk down 160 St. with our grade 8 buddies. On that walk we were picking up garbage that we found to be kind to God's earth. Some people found a chair, shopping cart, some dirty pipes and a tire!! It was super awesome and also super funny. We talked a lot !!!!!!!!!!! Also Kayla found two bowls of rice and said "Free food!". There were tecnically 2 groups of people!

Written by Linnea*! and Makayla*!

Museum of Anthropology

Last week on Friday, grade four went to the Museum of Anthropology. It was supposed to be forty-five minutes, but it turned out to be one hour and fifteen minutes on the bus. We learned about First Nations people and their natural ways. They were intellectual and responsive to their surroundings. Cedar trees were essential to them for the reason that they made baskets, clothing, canoes, mats, houses, ropes and further worthwhile belongings. Individuals made totem poles as their address, to demonstrate their treasures, and to tell the family’s story. We saw the tiniest totem pole in the world. It was on a toothpick. The MOA was a breathtaking experience. Everyone had a remarkable time.


By: Dana, Amaris, and Christel 

Fun in the snow

Fun in the snow

Science Workshop

Science Workshop

4S Art

4S Art

Our Kindergarten Buddies

Our Kindergarten Buddies

Twister en Francais!

Twister

We played twister for french.We learned how to say the colours,left,right,hand and foot in french.It was fun to play twister for french.We kept on falling down.It was really hard to stay up because we're all twisted in knots!

By:KK and Psalm

Sound FieldTrip 4BB

Science workshop pictures (Light)

The Power of Light

Today (1/11/11), we did a science workshop on light. We did many experiments. We did an experiment that when you spin the paper it turns different colours. Another one was we shone light on a mirror and reflected it at targets that Micron Mark showed us. We did one that we had to put on special glasses, he turned off the light and we saw a lot of different colours on one thing! There was one where there was a periscope that if you look in it you can look in any direction if you turn the periscope. It was a really good time!! IT WAS AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:). TOTALLY SWEET!!:).

By: Zach and Peter.M