by newschoolsyr | May 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Students in the oldest group have been learning about electricity and magnetism this winter and spring. We started off reviewing what static electricity is and enjoyed doing some experiments with our charged balloons that would make each others hair stand on...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
Five kids from our middle group of students have taken part in a social studies class on the Thirteen Colonies and American Revolution. They began the unit individually by researching explorers who traveled to the new world. As a class, they began researching the...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
In late March children in grades 2 and 3 started a Multiplication unit and how it is just another word for repeated addition. Children worked on highlighting the multiples of 2’s, 3’s, 4’s on a hundred’s chart. Quickly children were able to see the patterns. For...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
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by newschoolsyr | Apr 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
The youngest group of students have taken part in a science class on Heating and Cooling. They started the unit by discussing what hot, cold and temperature meant. They classified their findings on a Venn Diagram.The students were introduced to thermometers and...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
A small group of students have been meeting once a week to practice their lower case printing. While working their way through the alphabet they have looked at similarities between lower case letters to help them form their letters correctly. The “magic c” for example...
