Sigma had a busy week leading up to winter break!
In social studies we wrapped up our study of Mesopotamia by making cunieform clay amulets. We used a Sumerian "alphabet" to create messages with ideas that are important to us and then we exchanged with our classmates to decode them.
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| Period 4/5 displaying their amulets |
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| Period 7/8 |
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| David R's amulet says "HAPPY." |
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| Andrew's amulet says "SIGMA." On Tuesday Elton and Stephen represented Sigma at our all-school spelling bee. We were very proud of their great effort against some tough competition!  Elton  Stephen The highlight of the week was our field trip on Tuesday to the Futabakai Japanese School to complete the second half of our exchange. We were amazed by all the time and effort that our Futabakai friends put into planning such an exciting day! Our activities included a welcome ceremony, a tour of the school, an elaborate Japanese festival in the gym, three-legged races, lunch & origami, and card-making. Below are lots of pictures from our day. We were so impressed by our day and will never forget it! |
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| Lauren and Anna decided to get in one last relatively warm day of outdoor PE by running laps around the softball fields. It was just the two of them and a whole flock of geese! |
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| After lots of trial and error over two days, Elton persevered and discovered how to construct the elusive quadruple origami crane out of a single sheet of paper like one we saw at Futabakai. Impressive feat, Elton! |
Thursday was Nicholas's birthday, so Ms. Fergus led us in an opera-style version of
"Happy Birthday" during drama.
On Friday, we attempted out own versions of the famous "Cobble's Knot" from Maniac Magee. We learned how to tie different types of knots and challenged each other to untie our own complicated knots. Below are some of our creations:
We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season and a very Happy New Year!!!
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