Belmont Day’s resident groundhog (sightings have been made on Claflin Field) apparently saw his shadow because there are another five weeks of the winter athletics season on tap for our middle school students.
Fourth Graders Describe Themselves In French The fourth grade French intensive was “All About Me!” Students started the six-week intensive by creating a self-portrait using the media of their choice—sculpture, drawing, collage, etc. They created a group song, mastering building sentences with different sentence starters and finishers. They played “Guess Who?” in partners.
The Hannum Advisory’s eighth grade athletes have brought their very best day-in and day-out all winter long.
On Saturday, February 6, 14 Belmont Day students from grades 5 to 8 attended the daylong Middle School Students of Color Conference. This annual conference, presented by the Association of Independent Schools in New England, was held virtually this year due to the pandemic and was hosted by The Rivers
Third Graders Tackle Design Project For Book Character Third graders have been reading “A Boy Called Bat” by Elana K. Arnold about a third grader named Bat who has autism. The students have been learning about the autism spectrum disorder as we read the story so that we can better
Some unplanned sledding brought exercise and great joy to Claflin Field.
Arts Update: Painstaking Printmaking for Seventh and Eighth Graders This week, after starting the intensive by creating a sketchbook and then learning Kumihimo–a traditional Japanese braiding technique–the seventh and eighth graders in the Buck, Carter, Hannum, and Klock cohorts have been busy making prints. Challenged to create a series of
Every six days, students rotate through Coach Tzelnic’s mindful yoga practice.
Fourth Grade: Research Begins On Ancient Egypt This week our fourth grade researchers began taking notes for a report about an ancient Egyptian topic of choice. Topics include everything from famous pharaohs to food and farming to magic and medicine. Students found resources from the library catalog, formulated research questions, and
Our 2020-21 group of associate teachers have enjoyed and learned from the challenges of this unique school year during their first classroom placements. Recently a few of the associates rotated to new classrooms while a couple of others will remain in the same spots for the remainder of the school
on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, due to weather.
