Peter Rabbit got his jacket back and luckily the onions were forgotten back stage! The performance of The Tale of Benjamin Bunny was a hopping success last week. A dozen daycare kids sat enthralled in the front row enjoying the adventures of the rabbits, mice and other characters. A special thanks to our intern Siobhan for helping us with costumes, acting techniques and backstage fiasco’s. Congratulations to all the actors, and a special shout out to our ingenious techie Alex!!!
A group of tiny visitors descended upon the Grade 9 Integrated Arts class’ rehearsal of the Academy spring play. The students have adapted Beatrix Potter’s beloved story “The Tale of Benjamin Bunny” for an audience of daycare children at the 42 Charles Street YMCA building. For this pre-show event, each student drew an outlined version of their characters and invited the children to learn about them through colouring and chatting. The students hoped that this fun activity would allow the children to recognize the characters at the performance next week. Thanks for spending time with us, daycare kids, and we hope you enjoy the play!!!
The grade 10 English class is hard at work on their personal documentaries, taking the roles of cinematographers, directors and editors. Today’s shoot involved the class members, a world record, and many delicious junior mints. The red carpet premiere is slated for next week- stay tuned!
The Grade 9 Math Class has just completed six weeks of growing and tracking the growth of vegetables. All veggies survived except one small cucumber that didn’t make it through this past weekend. We will continue to tend our garden until we can arrange to go to Brickworks and plant them in their community garden. We will keep you posted!
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Optical Illusions had the attention of the Grade 10 science class today. With the Optics unit nearly complete students were asked to use their new knowledge to tackle some eye benders.
Did you know there is a glass public washroom in a town square in Switzerland? Reflection is used to make it one-way. No one can see you in there, but when you are inside, it looks like you’re sitting in a clear glass box.
Ever wonder how science and art mix? Check out the Chevreul illusion and issues of optical perspective.
Ever wonder how the hobbits in Lord of the Rings look so small? We built an Ames room to understand.
Did you know that your eyes have different sensors to see contrast vs. colour. We tested our rods and cones and got interesting results!
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