New Session and New Heroes!

Year 4, Session 7, Week 1

We have reached the last session of the year and summer break is rapidly approaching! The weather caused us to miss Wednesday, but we didn’t let that slow down our productivity. We even had two new heroes join us - welcome to Aubri and Leah!

Two young heroes smile in a cozy classroom beside beanbags, books, and a stuffed panda

Children play on a climbing dome outside under cloudy skies

A young boy in a blue shirt feeds a black chicken on the grass

Two children give thumbs up while sitting at a sand table on a covered outdoor deck

Smiling young hero gives two thumbs up while sitting on a picnic table on the playground

Two children build an obstacle course with cones, hoops, and foam blocks in a gym

Children run and crawl through an indoor gym obstacle course with hoops, cones, and mats

Three children climb and hang upside down on a green jungle gym on the playground

Heroes work quietly at partitioned desks with laptops and books during independent study

Young girl sits in a cubicle reading beside a laptop in a classroom

A hero crouches to feed chickens by the fence in an outdoor coop

A hero bends over a white container on the deck beside the building and a hose on the ground

During quest time this session the ES heroes will be pursuing passion projects. They picked an area of interest to them and set goals of what they’d like to present to guests at exhibition. They are exploring everything from art to airplanes!

A hero in red practices a martial arts move in a mirrored studio with mats

A young hero stands at a table with yellow and teal balloons and craft supplies in the classroom

A young hero in a red shirt works on a craft at a table with blocks, paper, tape, and colorful pom-poms

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The topic for writer’s workshop in session seven is “creative fiction”. The older learners will be using the website “storybird.com” to create fictional picture books. They have free reign to write about anything they choose! The final copies of the book will be printed out and we can’t wait to see what they come up with.

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Our art project this week was Louisiana artist George Rodrigue’s “Blue Dog” painting. We watched a short video about George Rodrigue and saw examples of his work. They sketched the dog and began painting the background. They will finish the paintings next week.

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Three boys write at a table in a classroom with worksheets and blue chairs

Eagles sketch Blue Dog drawings at a table during art class

Children and a guide work at a table in class, writing and sketching on worksheets in a blue classroom

Heroes sketch Blue Dog art at a large table with worksheets and pencils

Children paint Blue Dog sketches at a classroom table with watercolor palettes and papers

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On Friday, the heroes participated in baking a cake for Mrs. Tanksley’s birthday! They made a strawberry cake with sprinkles. It was a sweet way to end the week!