Category Archives: Juniors

Apr 29 2013

Spotlight on Spanish, the garden and poetry

Helping at the food bank
Packing food bank bags
The Juniors perform a Spanish play
Toni & Primary Two report on the garden
Art in the Big Room
The garden chart
Juniors’ animal reports
The Juniors recently learned about large and small animals in Spanish classes. During assembly, the Junior Ones and Oscar sang El Cucarrón Marrón (The Brown Beetle). Junior Twos performed a short play called El Camaleón Aburrido (The Bored Chameleon), inspired by The Mixed Up Chameleon by Eric Carle. Here is a snippet of the play:

Last, Seniors sang Y el Pasto Verde Crecía Alrededor, a song about a tree in a city. More videos of the Spanish performances, as well as some great poetry from Primary Two, to come later this week.

Apr 22 2013

Anansi the Spider – a play by the Juniors

On Earth Day, we were delighted to watch a performance of Anansi Tales by Stuart and Genevieve’s Junior classes.

 

Mar 23 2013

The 2013 Mile Run

On Friday, the students and many of the staff and parents ran the March Mile. We’ve been doing this for several years now – it’s a fun, non-competitive way to exercise. The younger students stood and cheered in a receiving line as the students ran past. The middle school students ran on Avon Road with Katrien, Oscar and Jennifer. When they returned, they helped cheer on the Primaries. We ran in the afternoon for the first time, and it was a beautiful day. Below is a slide show of the Primaries, Juniors and Seniors running.

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Here is the middle school run. Click on any of the pictures for a larger view. Thanks to Ron Enders and Bonnie for taking some of the action shots!

The middle school getting ready to run
Middle Schoolers stretching
Talking about needing to stop vs. wanting to
And they’re off!
A friendly dog came to see the students
The home stretch
Finished!
Feb 10 2013

Love the life you live

 

Friday’s assembly focused on Valentine’s Day and this month’s weather. The chorus sang a beautiful round (after having practiced only once!) and the Juniors recited “February,” by John Updike. The Big Room is looking very colorful, with all of the drawings and posters from Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. On Monday, students will start to bring in their Valentine’s Boxes – it’s quite a treat seeing the colorful, creative, and funny boxes that NBS students create.

The book drive is proceeding very well
I love this drawing from MLK Day

 

 

Jan 19 2013

Blue sky – finally!

 

On Friday, we all enjoyed the first clear day in a week – even though many of us felt that we were somehow missing a snow day. The students were delighted to be outside for games – Spanish games and a lively game of Red Rover were in progress when I showed up at 2:30. During assembly, the audience turned around several times to take in all of the projects in the Big Room. The Seniors had carefully created ziggurats for display. Materials used ranged from sugar cubes to Lego. Ziggurats “were built by the Sumerians, Babylonians, Elamites, Akkadians, and Assyrians for local religions. Each ziggurat was part of a temple complex which included other buildings.” This was part of their unit on the study of ancient civilizations.

The Juniors shared their amazing European posters – each student had researched a different country. The posters were full of detail and great art. We also heard an old spiritual called “All Night, All Day” from the middle school. At the end of assembly, students spent time preparing for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. North Branch is always in session on this day to celebrate the life and works of Dr. King. The students paired up and traced their footprints – this year’s theme is placing your foot on the path of kindness.

 

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The first clear day in a week
Red Rover, Red Rover
Send someone right over!
Bagel would like to join in
The Seniors finish a game
The Seniors created Ziggurats
Ziggurat
Clay Ziggurat
Lego Ziggurat
Lego Ziggurat
Sugar cube Ziggurat
Ziggurat with temple
Ziggurat
Juniors Europe project
Juniors Europe project
Preparing for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Art from the Big Room
Primary Two art
Primary Two art
Put your hands on your head when you’ve chosen a color
A new toy!
Nov 18 2012

November

The Juniors recite “November,” by John Updike, at last week’s assembly.

Oct 21 2012

Every grandparent is honored at North Branch School

Friday, October 19th was our fourth annual Grandparent’s Day. It was a smashing success with over 60 families attending. Grandparents spent part of the day observing classes, being read to by grandchildren, taking tours of the school and grounds, and hearing presentations. We ended with a special Grandparent’s assembly. The Juniors sing the song that opens the video. (I’m sorry not to include the video of them, but I was perched in a loft, which made for very shaky filming). Thanks to Bonnie, Stuart and Lyna for their great photos of the day.

Oct 13 2012

October 12th assembly

Thanks to Bonnie for taking these videos of today’s assembly. In the slideshow are some great photos of forts in the NBS woods, and of the middle school students dissecting frogs with Jebb.

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In this video, Genevieve’s Junior class recites the poem “October.”


The Junior Two class performs Crow & Weasel: