PICTURES STORY WALK INSTALLED This week Ms. Rankin organized the installation of a story walk at the north end of the walking path. Pages of a picture book were mounted on top of wooden stakes and can be read in order by following the path in a counterclockwise direction. Here is a preview of the book: "Fletcher the fox was born in the Spring, so he has never seen a fall season before. When his favorite tree starts to lose its leaves, he is worried. Is his tree sick? What is happening? Follow Fletcher on his adventure to find out answers and celebrate fall changing to winter! Beautiful watercolor artwork accompanies this fun seasonal story." Ms. Rankin. There are 13 laminated storybook reading spots located about 60 to 80 feet apart. We hope they last in this often windy and wet environment. The students shown are Travelers. CHICKEN CARE BY USA STUDENTS A group of 7th and 8th-grade students from Team USA attends to the needs of the school chickens each day. This work entails collecting the eggs, cleaning out the trays of sawdust and droppings, and filling the drinking water dispensers. A side benefit of the work is the opportunity to pick up and pet the chickens who are well used to being handled. Here are some photos of the group that visited the chickens on Thursday, 11-5-2020. SOLAR SYSTEM FOR THE CHICKEN HOUSE Here are a few pictures of the solar system used to power the lights and a drinking water heater in the chicken house. Chickens need 12 hours of light a day to keep laying eggs. The solar-powered lights provide the extra “daylight” needed for this purpose at this darker time of year. The solar system is housed in the compost shed. There are solar panels on the roof, a storage box for some lead-acid batteries, a charge controller to keep the power entering the batteries from the panels safely, and an inverter to change the stored electricity in the batteries to AC current for the lights and heater. Mr. Rouleau, the manager of the system, explained the solar equipment to the photographer. WARM WEATHER Thursday’s weather 11-5-2020 was incredible and a genuine reprieve from the low temperatures and wind on previous school days. Ms. Jarvis got the bicycles out for her PE classes. They used the bus circle for a riding loop. This group of students practiced their basketball dribbling skills in a PE class using small kickballs. OPEN DOORS SEWING Open Doors is an afterschool program that gives students and chance to learn new skills or move around in ways that are fun and helpful for development. Ms. Trainer coached these five students as they learned basic sewing skills. Their project was to create glove monsters. 11-2-2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
