In The Home Stretch!

Year 4, Session 7, Week 5

This week the heroes are wrapping up all of their projects in preparation for the exhibition next Thursday. We also gained a new hero in the Elementary Studio - welcome Adley, we are so excited that you will be joining us next year!

Two heroes stand by a fence, one holding up a small jar while the other holds something over a play shelf

Heroes sit on a blanket outdoors working together while one child stands by the fence

Three children build a colorful marble run in the classroom

Three heroes work on projects with laptops and papers on a rug in the Elementary Studio

Three heroes sit around a laptop wearing headphones during studio work in the classroom

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In PE, Kain and Charlie taught the other learners how to properly break boards using martial arts. Next up was a game of duck, duck, goose. Afterwards, everyone had a great time playing “Icicle of Doom”!

Three heroes in PE practice breaking a board together in the gym

Three learners practice board breaking in a gym beside a blue punching bag and stage backdrop

Two children practice board breaking on a gym mat, one holding an orange board

Children in PE practice breaking boards while a boy holds a board for a kicking girl

Children and a guide in PE watch a boy break a board while others stand on the mat

Learners sit in a circle on PE mats while a guide stands nearby in the gym

Two learners practice a martial arts board break in PE, with one holding the board as the other kicks

Two learners practice breaking a board in PE on the gym mat with one kneeling and one kicking

Two learners practice a martial arts board break on a gym mat, one kicking a pad held by another child

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On Wednesday, the Montessori studio baked a chocolate cake. They took turns measuring the ingredients, cracking eggs, and stirring the batter. When it was finished they enjoyed it for dessert after lunch!

Children in the Montessori studio crack eggs and stir batter at a table during a baking activity

Children and a guide mix cake batter in a Montessori classroom

Heroes and a guide measure and stir cake batter at a table in the Montessori studio

A young boy whisks batter in a bowl beside other children at a table in the Montessori studio

Two learners pour chocolate cake batter into a pan during a baking activity

A group of children in a classroom pose together, some giving thumbs up, with tables and a whiteboard behind them

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In the Elementary Studio, Charlie, Harper and Aubri all led a quest this week. Charlie finished his drawing quest with a competition to see who could draw the best chicken within scenery. Harper led an art quest focusing on landscapes and space. She created a boys vs girls team challenge to see who could create the best landscape painting and the girls won! Aubri led the first day of her baking quest by guiding the heroes through baking strawberry brownies. The heroes were able to eat the brownies at the end of the closing circle.

A girl draws at a table beside a laptop during an art quest in a blue classroom

Four learners paint at a table during an art challenge with paint bottles and a baseball cap

Two heroes paint blue landscape scenes at a table during an art quest

Two heroes paint a landscape on a large poster at a classroom table

Heroes paint a landscape at a table while a guide helps, with paint cups and supplies nearby

A girl pours pink baking mix into a bowl while another child watches at a table

Heroes crack an egg into a bowl during a baking quest at a table

A hero cracks eggs into a bowl during a baking quest at a table

Heroes stir brownie batter in a bowl during a baking quest in the classroom

A boy stirs strawberry brownie batter in a bowl while a girl watches at a table in the classroom

A hero pours ingredients into a bowl while two others watch during a baking quest

Strawberry brownies cooling in a baking pan on a blue towel

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During art on Thursday, the learners finished up their solar system paintings and then created a mixed media masterpiece of kites in the sky! They painted the background blue, used cotton balls for the clouds, construction paper for the kites, and yarn for the string.

Learners paint solar system and kite artwork at a long table during art class

Learners paint blue backgrounds for mixed-media kite artwork in an art classroom

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The Montessori heroes have been working hard on their performance for the exhibition and have been putting together a special art project. We can’t wait for parents and guests to see the finished product!