What a wonderful trip we've had! We got to know more about each other, perseverance, teamwork, nature, our class subjects, and God. We had beautiful weather and are thankful for the opportunities we had here at Grace Hill. Thank you to all the people who made our first sixth grade Week Without Walls a huge success!
For our last activity, we learned about Tanka poems. Tanka poems are a type of poetry from Japan that follow a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable pattern. We took time to observe and appreciate the world around us, and write a poem about nature. Four Nature Tanka Poems by Erica C.
Each night Mr. Kosmack (for chapel students) and Mrs. Remsburg (for advisory students) gave a special talk about perseverance. We learned how different people throughout the Bible and history overcame challenges and how we can too. We all go through trials in life-big and small- and we learned how having can help us persevere through those trials hope , grace, and courage
Students have had the opportunity to learn about their class subjects OUTSIDE of the classroom walls this week. In small groups, we completed activities with teachers and learned more about math, social studies, and computer science. “Computers follow directions a bajillion times better than you- Mrs. Kosmack” This activity illustrated that computers needed an exact set directions to function properly. We realized that this fact allowed computers to be reliable, but this also limited the computer. ~ Daniel K. + Blake B. Students had the opportunity to take a nature hike around the Grace Hill campus and observe plant and animal life. Taking time to explore and appreciate nature is something we don't typically take the time to do in the busy city! During this activity, we went on a hike to find plants and insects. It was very interesting to find new species I’ve never seen before. I realized the importance of insects and animals even more throughout this activity. Also, I was afraid of insects long time ago, but now, I feel more confident even though they are close by me. Overall, I really enjoyed and learned so much from this activity and if possible, I would like to do it again! ~ Dyanne A.
During free time students had the opportunity to relax, have a snack, take a hike, play basketball or soccer, or even watch a movie! It was a great time to talk with friends and get to know each other better. So we were studying perseverance. Having had great times in the past, I really wanted to come to the hike. I was awestruck by things I had not expected, like a lake that reflected the sun at an angle so it looked like gold and what seemed to be a collapsed dolmen. ~ Patrick P. Today half of the students stayed at Grace Hill and completed a number of activities. A particularly fun and insightful activity was a personality style inventory led by Mrs. Remsburg. Students were able to reflect on their own personality traits, as well as the traits of their peers. We learned that every individual is unique and valuable, despite our differences. Today we did a quiz to get to know ourselves better. We had a worksheet with different personality traits and for each line of traits we circled the word that best described our personality. After that we had stations with different colors for each personality trait. We went to the station with the personality/color we fit in. We got to learn a lot about our personality traits and other peoples personalities! ~ Lauren R. + Olivia B.
Today half of our sixth graders learned about Dolmens, which are tombs from prehistoric times. The students took a field trip to the nearby UNESCO World Heritage site to learn about how these megaliths were created. Upon returning to Grace Hill, they learned how simple machines allowed for the creation of these monuments. They also searched for simple and complex machines around the Grace Hill campus, noting how important they are to our every day lives! Today, we learned new word “Dolman”, which means “Table Stone”. When we arrived to view the Doleman sites, it was very interesting because the “Ancient Koreans” were very smart when making the stone table which is the Doleman. I also enjoyed learning new things because, before I did not even know what a Doleman even was. Something I learned today is that the “Ancient Koreans” used to drag the rock over the logs and clear all the dirt out of the rock and then they would make a Doleman. There are 50,000 known dolmens in Korea there are Dolmens in England, Russia, France, Japan, India, Ireland, and North Africa.
~ Maha A. and Olivia S. Day One of our 6th Grade Week Without Walls trip was a success! Our color teams spent the day getting to know each other better by participating in challenges. Students also had the opportunity to hang out with friends, play on the field, or watch a movie during free time. After a yummy dinner of Spaghetti, we heard from Mrs. Remsburg and Mr. Kosmack about how having HOPE allows us to persevere in tough times. The evening finished off with a team vs. team Jeopardy challenge! We're all excited to see what tomorrow has in store for us!
After a quick bus ride we made it to GraceHill! We unloaded our luggage, checked into our rooms, and got started right away creating posters for our teams for the week. We found out our groups and posed for team pictures before the rest of the week got underway.
To get our week started off right, we played some team building games. The purpose of the games was to learn to plan, cooperate, and work as a team. When we did the river crossing I learned that we need to use teamwork and work together and use all of our brains and make sure everyone is involved. We had to have balance and involve all of our ideas. Some of us had to do piggy back or just stick together, and we all didn’t get frustrated. We tried many ideas and we always solved one to cross the river of lava dun dun dun… When we did it, it was hard, yet we had fun trying it. ~ Sophia L. When we did the Helium Stick Game it was frustrating because when the people tried putting the stick down the stick kept going up. Most of the people were very positive and didn’t rage on other people. I learned that teamwork is really difficult at the beginning, but at the end it turns out really helpful because you learn how to get used to working and interacting with other each other. Erica K. + Amy E. When we did the toxic waste game, I realized that we needed to work together and not shout to each other because no one would listen to you. When we needed to pour the water in the bucket, pouring the toxic waste in the bucket without spilling it was very difficult. We had to communicate with each other and use our PUYCS ( please use your common sense, this was made up with Ms. Mince and Aron.) After we managed to pass all two levels it became very hard. The two people that were the leaders had to close their eyes and the other members of the other members of the group had to tell them what to do. But after trying and failing many times we managed to succeed. ~ Ashley K. When we did the Human Knot our team tried to strategize before joining hands, however we weren’t allowed to. Instead of us groaning and moaning, we just continued on with our lives. ~ Angel V.
The preparations for our big trip are coming to a close! Next week we'll be taking our sixth grade Week Without Walls trip! Teachers and students alike are excited for the adventure that awaits us.
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