Winter Units at Hollyrood Have Begun!
January 20th, 2011
Students at Hollyrood will get a chance to explore both Science and Art methods this term at Hollyrood! (more...)
Fall Has Arrived at Camp Fire!
November 4th, 2010
We want to welcome all new students and parents to the 2010 CSS Camp Fire program! We kicked off the year getting to know each other and doing several projects based around the idea of community. What does it mean to be a part of a community? What is different about your communities at school, (more...)
End of the year party and a play!
June 7th, 2010
CSS Camp Fire students will be performing "Where the Wild Things Are" with puppets! They have made their puppets and background, and now are starting to go over the play. (more...)
Alex white’s Blog
May 13th, 2010
Hi I (Alex) and Art have a report to you about the "reptile guy." Everyone in campfire liked the Reptile guy and his reptiles were amazing; like the 2nd largest frog in the world, frilled lizard, a baby snake, and a tortoise. (more...)
Hollyrood students practice youth voice and choice
May 12th, 2010
Hollyrood students practice youth voice and choice every morning.
When the students arrive they are greeted and given distinct options to choose from. If students don't like the choices presented by the instructor they are encouraged to exercise their third-choice muscle, meaning that they... (more...)
Curly Birds
May 12th, 2010
Check out the photos of our curly birds. Some have wings, some have smiles, all are colorful, glittery and imaginative!
If you want to see them in person come to our Centennial Celebration 5/20!
(more...)
Lizards, Pirates, and Wizards!
May 12th, 2010
The last few weeks at CSS Camp Fire has been very fun and busy. We finished up our first spring clubs with a bang. In our pirate club the students made pirate outfits, boats, treasure maps and a 6 foot replica of a pirate boat. The magic/wizard club also did some cool activities. (more...)
Surveys
May 5th, 2010
At Camp Fire, we really care about our community. This week students, parents, and teachers with a connection to Camp Fire will complete surveys that will help Camp Fire get a full spectrum picture of our community so that we, as an organization, may be serve our Sunnyside Environmental School. (more...)
Help for Haiti bake sale
May 3rd, 2010
Come to our bake sale! We are selling fresh baked cookies each day afterschool for the entire week!
(more...)
Asian Art
April 29th, 2010
This week in Wild Papyrus the paper crafts students looked to East Asian culture for artistic inspiration. The kids decorated lanterns using a combination of watercolor and collaged tissue paper. Then students had the option to affix feathers and decorative puff balls using a hot glue gun... (more...)
Freeze Dance
April 29th, 2010
Ever wake up in the morning with ants in your pants? Believe it or not, this happens to kids ages 5-7 almost every morning! So, to get those wiggles out today we played a game called Freeze Dance. Using the radio as a sound source the students danced when the music was ON and froze, in place, when the music was OFF.
Shake, wiggle, wiggle, shake…. FREEZE!
(more...)
Mosaics and Asian Art
April 25th, 2010
This week students used recycled paper to create mosaics. Mosaics are 2-dimensional pictures created from small chunks of glass laid in grout, typically on a floor, wall or ceiling, but sometimes presented as a stand-alone object as a wall hanging. Wild Papyrus students used paper to create images of their own design. Next week we'll be looking to Eastern Asia for inspiration... (more...)
Superheroes
April 25th, 2010
To celebrate Earth Day, on Wednesday, the kids at Hollyrood turned themselves into superheros that worked to save the earth. Students brainstormed environmental issues and envisioned themselves as solution oriented heroes... (more...)
Exploring Food, Gardening and Music
April 22nd, 2010
Mill Park students explore sandwich making, vegetable planting and instrument making. (more...)
Wild Papyrus update
April 14th, 2010
The new clubs at SES are an absolute hit!
In Wild Papyrus, Sunnyside's paper crafts club, students are learning to manipulate new and recycled materials to make decorative and playful objects. This week students are focusing on making insects from recycled paper...
(more...)
Making Trails
April 14th, 2010
Young Navigators are learning to make their own trails. This week we've learned about compasses, what they are and how they work. In the coming week we'll use them to move through our space and learn to give directions to each other using north, south, east and west instead of left, right, forward and backward.
Kids are also working on creating their own mini-travel bag with images of their own design... (more...)
New Clubs
April 7th, 2010
Sports Club is for kindergarten and 1st graders who like to be active. Kids work and play hard in this club. Sports Club teaches kids how to tune into their personal best, first focusing on strength in self and sportsmanship. Once students gain confidence and skills they'll engage in active games including: basketball, Hawaiian football, baseball, and soccer over the course of the spring term.
Another club, new for the spring term is Storytelling with Art. Kids in this club look to children's authors and illustrators for inspiration for a variety of art projects including: book making, pottery, collage, sculpture, and writing activities.
(more...)
New clubs and updated schedule
April 7th, 2010
Monday was a fresh start at Camp Fire. This is the first week of new club options and our new daily schedule. Kids have many afterschool club choices including; Wild Papyrus (paper crafts), Frisbee, Mythology, Puppets, Mosaics, Trail to WoHeLo, Dance Caravan, Ladies Afternoon Out, Man Club....
(more...)
CSS Spring Clubs!
March 30th, 2010
We hope all of you had an amazing Spring Break! And we hope you are ready to have some fun. (more...)
Young Navigators
March 30th, 2010
Navigating the world is a tough thing to do at any age. That's why in the Morning Program at Hollyrood we are learning about maps. Just this week we started a new club called Young Navigators. Kids in this club know how to read basic maps; they understand that keys and legends that tell us more about the map we're looking at. In the coming weeks each Young Navigator will receive their own working compass and will get to decorate its wooden exterior using markers and paints...
(more...)
New Clubs at SES
March 30th, 2010
On Monday we'll launch our new clubs! Camp Fire kids have many choices, including:
Mosaics
Wild Papyrus
Puppets
Frisbee
Man Club
Ladies Afternoon Out
Dance Caravan
If you have any questions about this club or are interested in... (more...)
Late Start
March 18th, 2010
Yesterday was late start at Hollyrood. Students were presented with many fun choices and ended up creating wonderful things together. Kids worked collaboratively to draw a 15-banner decorated with images of rockets, planets, and shooting stars. Other kids worked as a team to create... (more...)
Sunnyside Showcase!
March 18th, 2010
Camp Fire kids have two exciting events to attend tonight: the Camp Fire Showcase and their Student-Led Conference with their parents and teachers.
The Showcase is going to be a blast! Instructors have a lot of great activities planned... (more...)
The blogging club
March 9th, 2010
The blogging club has been working on blogging. I have learned that there are a lot of blogging web sites. Some of the similarities are that they all have a space for the title and a space for the words. I like to write blogs because a lot of people get to read it.
CSS update from Kawika
March 3rd, 2010
Lately at Campfire we made some binoculars and telescopes, we pretended that we were spies. Jean went on a stakeout with some people who finished their telescopes; they all came back running and laughing!
(more...)
Airplanes
March 3rd, 2010
Next, week we begin a whole new adventure studying airplanes. We'll look at how they work and move and we'll learn to make a few different models of paper airplanes as well as decorate our own wooden airplanes that really fly! (more...)
A Haiku to Seuss
February 26th, 2010
Whimsical magic.
Seuss books help kids learn to read,
fun filled times indeed!
(more...)
CSS Update!
February 17th, 2010
We hope everyone had a great long weekend. We are finishing off our "free week," with great activities such as Chinese New Year lanterns, t-shirt art, and animal tracks. It was lots of fun learning about other cultures traditions! (more...)
Caitlin’s Detective Club
February 16th, 2010
You can do this, too. (more...)
What new in February!
February 9th, 2010
Camp Fire at CSS just finished a great month of clubs. We had a wonderful Chess Club were students learned strategies and worked on showing good sportsmanship. We even had a few of our students who were new to chess in the beginning gain strong skill in chess. (more...)
“Fairy Wonderland”
December 9th, 2009
This week at The Roost we are again transforming our space, this time we are changing it into a "Fairy Wonderland." Using lights and fabric to adorn our walls we are making a fantastic fantasyland... (more...)
November 13, 2009
November 13th, 2009
In the Hollyrood afternoon program, our K-1 students have been working hard on their paper mache masks. After more than two weeks of playing with sticky paste and newspapers, our forms are finally ready for painting and decorating! (more...)
Inservice was full of Treasures!
October 12th, 2009
Gathering together with students from the other Camp Fire PPS schools, we hunted for treasure all day!
(more...)
Open House Excitement
September 25th, 2009
We loved bringing together all the Camp Fire Students over the course of the week to throw a party for our families and friends last night! (more...)
Island Life
March 3rd, 2009
This month Creative Science students are learning about islands. We are taking the month of march to take small vacations(in our classroom of course) to visit different islands around the world. Stay tuned for some island pics!