This is my last week at Tom Baines School as I have accepted the Assistant Principal position at Hawkwood School. I am excited for the many new challenges and will definately miss all of the staff, students and parents at Tom Baines School. My last seven years here has been amazing and I have gained …
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September 21, 22, & 26
In some of the classes we explored the concept of empathy in design by exploring ways that mazes could be created for people with different disabilities or in different situations. The students were also asked to consider the 6 Principles of Design below, which come from the design firm IDEO, when they are designing and creating. …
Welcome to Construction & Design
It has been a great start to the year and I am excited by all of th cool things that will be happening in the Construction & Design Studio. I spent some time over the summer upgrading equipment in the room and reorganizing to better reflect the feedback I received from students from last year. …
Social Studies 9 – PAT Study
Feel free to share this with whomever could benefit. Social Studies 9 Alberta PAT Overview and Answers
Life Skills 9-29
For next class, Wednesday, June 15 please feel free to bring snacks as we will be having a celebration of the year. Also, if possible before next class please fill out this questionnaire about Life Skills as it should only take 5 to 10 minutes. If you don’t do this before Life Skills then you …
Crunch Time
We are in our last three weeks of official classes before exams and there is still a great deal of work to get done. Construction and Design We have only 4 remaining classes of Construction and Design. Unfortunately we are about 3 to 5 classes behind where I would like to be this semester as …
May 18, 19, & 24
Construction & Design 7, 8, & 9 Everyone is now either planning their independent project or have started to build it. As always some really cool project ideas and I can’t wait to see the progress that we make. Please remember that you must collect evidence of your learning every class and that you need …
Only 10 Classes Left
Wow has this semester gone by quickly. We only have 10 classes left. Though this might not seem like that many it is actually approximately 1/3 of the total number of classes. I have been working hard with the students to represent their learning at a level that is acceptable based on their grade level. …