Olympic News at Albion Heights!
The Olympic torch will be carried by one of the teachers from our school! On Friday, November 27, Ms. McCormack will run with the Olympic torch through her hometown of Blackville, New Brunswick. Ms. McCormack was chosen as a torch runner because she is a former Olympian, playing with the silver medal Canadian women's hockey team at the Nagano Olympics in 1998! Go Ms. McCormack!
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
News from Albion Heights
Volume 1 Number 1 News for our partner school: Ngeya Primary October 2009
† All About Albion Heights
† Albion Heights School Sports
† Student Agenda Information
† Homework
† Reading At Home
† Important Dates
All About Albion Heights Junior Middle School
We are going to talk about Albion Heights J.M.S. First, we want to talk about how teachers, staff and our visiting teachers have been treating us. They all treat us equally and fairly. Sometimes, they are strict for our silliness or bad behavior. Some students here in Canada think that punishment for bad behavior is unfair. Albion Heights is committed to caring and equal education to all students. The staff is committed to establishing programs that will help students with their school work.
We have about 500 students in our school and about 30 teachers. All of our teachers are committed to providing attention to each student in our school.
Albion Heights
School Sports
Our school has a lot of different sports. We have a soccer team, hockey team, basketball team, volley ball team, and a cross-county running team.
The cross-county team had a meet on October 5th 2009. The cross-county team went to a very famous park named Centennial Park. All the schools in the G.T.A. (Greater Toronto Area) came there and participated in a run. There were about 900 students from across Toronto who participated in the cross-country meet. From our school, about 50 of us students went. Grades 4-8 participated in a run that was about 2 km long (2000 meters). The grades 7-8 had to run 3 km (3000 m). The people who made it to the top 30 got to go to the city semi-finals. There were 3 students in our school who made it to the top 30. After the top 30, they had to make it to the top 10 in order to make it to the finals. Unfortunately, no one in our school made it to the city finals.
We also have a basketball team and a volley ball team every year. Every other year, we have a soccer and hockey team. Last year, we had a chess team. The chess team competed with other schools. The Albion Heights chess team won the championship trophy. The basketball team didn’t make it to the finals, but they still tried hard and won some games.
Special events
On October 13, we had our annual Terry Fox Walk. The whole school participated and we walked around the neighbourhood. Most of the students donated $2.00 to Terry Fox Foundation. Terry Fox was a famous Canadian, who ran across Canada to raise money for cancer research, even though his leg had been amputated after he had been diagnosed with bone cancer.
On October 26, we had our school clean-up. The whole school participated in making our community look beautiful, we each had one rubber glove to pick up the garbage in our assigned areas.
On October 30, the day before Halloween the primary and junior students had a Halloween parade inside the school. Each of the kids dressed up in their costumes and walked around the whole school to show off their costumes. It was fun and exciting to see and watch the different types of costumes that each student wore.
Another event that happened on October 31 was Halloween. Halloween is a traditional holiday that happens once a year. It's a day for young people to go outside at evening and trick or treat. Kids dress up in costumes and collect treats. Adults stay at home and hand out treats to children who come to their door.
Me to We Day
Going to the Me To We Day event was the best experience ever! all started that Monday morning. We were suppose to be at school for 7 A.M! It was very early for most of us, because most of us wake up at seven.
We were going downtown to be part of an event that would help us learn more about taking action, getting involved and working to make the world a better place.
Everyone was excited but tired because we had to wake up so early. We waked into the bus and noticed two other schools were coming with us. The bus ride was long, but once we got there it was so loud and crazy!
As we walked in the Air Canada Centre (Where the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team plays) we saw so many people and lots of different school. We got more excited and wondered what will happen next. As we walked in the auditorium we heard that Justin Bieber was in the house. Also there was loud and good music playing, as people danced. We saw lots of famous music groups like the Jonas brother, and Hedley. We also saw lots of famous people like Jessie from MTV, former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, Elie Wiesel who won the Nobel Peace Prize and other important people from across the world. We also learned a lot about how we can work together with others in our community, our country and around the world, which helps us as people to make the world a better place!
Written by: Krishauna, Bhavneet, Maha, and Darla, Harpreet, Zarnain, Ruby, Jessica, Zahra, Teran, & Harman.
Edited by: Hima & Sunny
† All About Albion Heights
† Albion Heights School Sports
† Student Agenda Information
† Homework
† Reading At Home
† Important Dates
All About Albion Heights Junior Middle School
We are going to talk about Albion Heights J.M.S. First, we want to talk about how teachers, staff and our visiting teachers have been treating us. They all treat us equally and fairly. Sometimes, they are strict for our silliness or bad behavior. Some students here in Canada think that punishment for bad behavior is unfair. Albion Heights is committed to caring and equal education to all students. The staff is committed to establishing programs that will help students with their school work.
We have about 500 students in our school and about 30 teachers. All of our teachers are committed to providing attention to each student in our school.
Albion Heights
School Sports
Our school has a lot of different sports. We have a soccer team, hockey team, basketball team, volley ball team, and a cross-county running team.
The cross-county team had a meet on October 5th 2009. The cross-county team went to a very famous park named Centennial Park. All the schools in the G.T.A. (Greater Toronto Area) came there and participated in a run. There were about 900 students from across Toronto who participated in the cross-country meet. From our school, about 50 of us students went. Grades 4-8 participated in a run that was about 2 km long (2000 meters). The grades 7-8 had to run 3 km (3000 m). The people who made it to the top 30 got to go to the city semi-finals. There were 3 students in our school who made it to the top 30. After the top 30, they had to make it to the top 10 in order to make it to the finals. Unfortunately, no one in our school made it to the city finals.
We also have a basketball team and a volley ball team every year. Every other year, we have a soccer and hockey team. Last year, we had a chess team. The chess team competed with other schools. The Albion Heights chess team won the championship trophy. The basketball team didn’t make it to the finals, but they still tried hard and won some games.
Special events
On October 13, we had our annual Terry Fox Walk. The whole school participated and we walked around the neighbourhood. Most of the students donated $2.00 to Terry Fox Foundation. Terry Fox was a famous Canadian, who ran across Canada to raise money for cancer research, even though his leg had been amputated after he had been diagnosed with bone cancer.
On October 26, we had our school clean-up. The whole school participated in making our community look beautiful, we each had one rubber glove to pick up the garbage in our assigned areas.
On October 30, the day before Halloween the primary and junior students had a Halloween parade inside the school. Each of the kids dressed up in their costumes and walked around the whole school to show off their costumes. It was fun and exciting to see and watch the different types of costumes that each student wore.
Another event that happened on October 31 was Halloween. Halloween is a traditional holiday that happens once a year. It's a day for young people to go outside at evening and trick or treat. Kids dress up in costumes and collect treats. Adults stay at home and hand out treats to children who come to their door.
Me to We Day
Going to the Me To We Day event was the best experience ever! all started that Monday morning. We were suppose to be at school for 7 A.M! It was very early for most of us, because most of us wake up at seven.
We were going downtown to be part of an event that would help us learn more about taking action, getting involved and working to make the world a better place.
Everyone was excited but tired because we had to wake up so early. We waked into the bus and noticed two other schools were coming with us. The bus ride was long, but once we got there it was so loud and crazy!
As we walked in the Air Canada Centre (Where the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team plays) we saw so many people and lots of different school. We got more excited and wondered what will happen next. As we walked in the auditorium we heard that Justin Bieber was in the house. Also there was loud and good music playing, as people danced. We saw lots of famous music groups like the Jonas brother, and Hedley. We also saw lots of famous people like Jessie from MTV, former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, Elie Wiesel who won the Nobel Peace Prize and other important people from across the world. We also learned a lot about how we can work together with others in our community, our country and around the world, which helps us as people to make the world a better place!
Written by: Krishauna, Bhavneet, Maha, and Darla, Harpreet, Zarnain, Ruby, Jessica, Zahra, Teran, & Harman.
Edited by: Hima & Sunny
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Our solution to the math challenge
We continued this chart until the 10th term. We found out a expression which is: n (n) + n = x
(n = open lockers)
(x = closed lockers)
But the question says to find how many lockers are open after the 1000th student enters the school.
We can't seem to find the correct answer with this expression. The closest we got was when n=31
Do you have another formula to solve this problem?
(n = open lockers)
(x = closed lockers)
But the question says to find how many lockers are open after the 1000th student enters the school.
We can't seem to find the correct answer with this expression. The closest we got was when n=31
Do you have another formula to solve this problem?
Friday, April 17, 2009
Winter hiking!!!!!
Hello Negya
These are some pictures we took when we were hiking! The grade 5's went on a hike to look at nature in winter. We learned a lot, including how to make a fire to keep us warm.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Math challenge for standard 7 & 8
At our school, some of our top math students are invited to participate in a Math Olympics. We are challenging some of your students to solve this math puzzle. Our Math Olympics students will post their solutions. Can you post a solution first?
At a Secondary School, there are 1000 students and 1000 lockers (cupboards for students to store their books). The caretaker has made sure that all the lockers are shut for the beginning of school. The students decided to play a practical joke on the principal. The first student that enters the school opens every locker. The second student that enters closes every other locker. The third student opens or closes every third locker, the fourth student will open or close every fourth locker and so on... After every student has entered the building, how many lockers will remain open? How can you represent your answer algebraically?
At a Secondary School, there are 1000 students and 1000 lockers (cupboards for students to store their books). The caretaker has made sure that all the lockers are shut for the beginning of school. The students decided to play a practical joke on the principal. The first student that enters the school opens every locker. The second student that enters closes every other locker. The third student opens or closes every third locker, the fourth student will open or close every fourth locker and so on... After every student has entered the building, how many lockers will remain open? How can you represent your answer algebraically?
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Hi! We want to answer your questions about Canada. We have some facts for you and pictures aswell. Every week we will tell you some information and can you please tell use some facts about Kenya? Here are some facts about Canada: Our population is 32,040,292 people. Did you know we used to be ruled by England?! Our area is 9,984,670 square kilometers. Did you know that Canada is the second largest country in the world? That's all for today. Bye :)
These are some loons. A loon is on our 1 dollar coin.
Canada is very multicultural.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
All About Albion Heights
Our school is called Albion Heights. We have over 500 kids going to our school. Mr. Abdi (principal) and Mrs. Lyons (vice Principal) are the head leaders of our school. Our school is in Toronto, Canada and Ontario. Our school starts at kindergarten and ends at grade 8.
Hi! My name is Ruby. I am 11 years old. Here at Albion Heights I made many friends. Everyone is treated equally. My hobbies are dancing, hanging with my friends and drawing.
Hi! My name is Marwan. I am 10 years old. My hobbies are playing with my guitar, learning about animals and reading.
Hi! My name is Chantea. I am 12 years old. My hobbies are dancing and skate boarding. My favorite subject is art because I love to draw about my feelings.
We are writing because we are reporters for our blog at Albion Heights. We will tell you about our school and other things.
Hi! My name is Ruby. I am 11 years old. Here at Albion Heights I made many friends. Everyone is treated equally. My hobbies are dancing, hanging with my friends and drawing.
Hi! My name is Marwan. I am 10 years old. My hobbies are playing with my guitar, learning about animals and reading.
Hi! My name is Chantea. I am 12 years old. My hobbies are dancing and skate boarding. My favorite subject is art because I love to draw about my feelings.
We are writing because we are reporters for our blog at Albion Heights. We will tell you about our school and other things.
Friday, February 27, 2009
The Weather in Toronto, Canada
Ms. Berkal's kindergarten class has been tracking the weather this winter and making a graph. Check out their graph in these pictures. You can see we have had many snowy days. Can you see how excited the children are to share their graph with you? We were wondering - what is the weather like in Maai Mahiu in February?
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Some pictures from Ngeya School, July 2008
These pictures are of Ngeya, the partner school of Albion Heights Junior Middle School. They were taken by Noble Kelly and Konrad Glogowski, part of the Teachers Without Borders team that was in Maai Mahiu last summer. 
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Finally, Albion Heights is Online!
Finally, Albion Heights is ready to blog! I'm so excited about this project and am looking forward to sharing information about our school with teachers and students in Maai Mahiu! Look for a description of our school coming in the next few days, as well as a review of our presentation for Black History Month!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Test post...
This is a test post, to try out the Albion Heights blog. Ms. Hayhoe will post the next post, we hope...
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