End of Year 2014 :) ;(;(
Class Field Trips and 'Extra Photos' 2013 - 2014
Camp Jubilee 23rd to 25th September 2013
Ready to Go!
At Deep Cove - Great Minds Think Alike!
First Boat Off... Bye!
'Second Boat Trip Students' - Waiting For Their Boat!
Shh... Yes, They All Got Hot Chocolate! (Don't Tell The 1st Boat!)
We're Off!
1st Activity For My Group - Rock Climbing (Hold On And Don't Look Down!)
Thumbs Up!
Yikes!
Trying To Lean Back - ("Even Scarier Than Climbing Up!")
'Spiderman!'
"Made It!"
"Where Now?" (On The Hardest Route Up)
Nicely Done!
'Spidergirl' - No Joke!
"Easy - Already Done!"
"The 1st Section's The Hardest?" (Ah! No!)
Don't Look Down!
Too Easy - Doing Push-ups Too!
Going Up For The Second Time!
Resting At Their Second Activity - Archery!
Nice Shot!
Load!
Aim!
Fire!
Teachers vs. Students!
Hmm - Whose Went Further? (Ha!)
Quick 'Check-in' With Another Group At Rock Climbing
Looking Worried!
Hi!
Camp - (Where Are All The Students?...)
...Kayaking!
Teamwork!
Yeah!
Hmm? Who Did All The Work? (Guess!)
'Supergirls!'
"We Know!"
"Sooooooooo Tired!"
Smile - You're Nearly Done!
Our Camp Visitor(s)!
Is The Kitchen Sink In There? :)
Day 2 - High Ropes (High! High! High!)
"Ready To Go!"
"No Problem (This Is Easy!)"
Really?
Hmm!
Let's Go!
WOW!
Reach!
"Help!"
"How Do I Climb Up The Tree?"
"This Will Be Easier When I Grow Taller!"
Ah! Help!
"I Need A Rest!"
Hold On!
'Luke Skywalker!'
"I Think I Might Be Stuck!"
"Miss Speedy/Olympian Going Up!" - (She's Done in 2 mins! No Joke! Amazing!)
Leaping Across!
Launching Herself Over 'Objects'
... And Down! WOW!
"If I Pray Will This Get Easier?" (No!)
Having A Rest Already?
"I Think I'm Stuck Too!"
"This Is Really High!"
One Up One Down!
Next Group To High Ropes - Looking A Little Concerned!
Shelter Building (Girls vs. Boys)
'Thinking Of What To Do!'
'Thinking Of What To Do!' (As Well!)
'Thinking Of What To Do!' (Me Too! Actually 3!)
"Eh! The Girls Have Started Boys!"
... And Are Nearly Done!
... "Yeah! Yeah! - Whatever!"
(Still 'Town Planning' - Bigger Is Better!)
"Is There Any Wood?" (Really!)
Neatly Done Girls!
"Anyone For Chicken?"
(The Girls Are Already Thinking About Dinner!)
(The Girls Are Already Thinking About Dinner!)
The Girls Shelter! (Front View)
The Girls' Shelter (Side View)
"We Fit!" (Eight Girls Inside!)
The Boys' 'Bigger Is Better' Shelter!
(They Won The Shelter Building Contest - I Smell A Conspiracy Here! Hmm!)
(They Won The Shelter Building Contest - I Smell A Conspiracy Here! Hmm!)
Tearing Down The Shelters!
Campfire Boogie!
Student 'Skits!'
Sleep Walking!
More 'Skits'
"Let's Dance Again!"
... And More Skits
"We Won Best Skit!"
"Cookies!" Yeah!
Photo Crasher!
Peace!
11:30 pm - Teachers Marking Journals - Students Sleeping?
According To Their Journals - Maybe Not! (Students = telling ghost stories / having a 'disco dance off' / pillow fighting / jumping on beds - Ah!)
Day 3 - 7 am (All's Quiet!)
Not For Long!
Waiting For The Boats To Leave
Teachers On The Dock Organizing Luggage
(And Taking In The Views!)
(And Taking In The Views!)
WOW!
"We Survived!"
Great Smile!
Working Hard!
"Hi!" Back
I Think You Need Sunglasses!
"Yikes! Don't Come Any Closer!"
Too Late!
Discovering More Crabs!
Teamwork!
WOW!
My Thumb's Still Up!
Ta Da!
Another Photo 'Sabotager' ...
... Still Doing It!
The First Boat's Off!
Bye Camp Jubilee!
Looking Backwards...
Looking Forwards...
... And Straight Ahead! :)
Sea/Motion Sick?
"I'm So Sad!" (Don't Cry!)
AW!
Nice Houses...
("I Need To Buy A Lottery Ticket!")
Reflecting!
My Next House! ('In My Dreams!')
...Or This One
... And My Boats!
Happy or Sad?
Back At Deep Cove
Just Hanging Out...
... Taking In The View
"Shh... I'm Hiding!"
(The Students Played A Massive Game Of 'Manhunt' While Waiting To Go Home)
Some Tired Teachers - And More Photo Crashers!
"Yip! That Was A Great Trip!" ... I Agree :) :) :) :)
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2012 - 2013
Centennial Beach, Boundary Bay, Delta
The students (of Div. 3, 4, 5 & 6) did an excellent job cleaning up the beach on the 6th of June as part of World Ocean Day (on the 8th), and then had lots of fun playing on the beach, and catching fish and crabs (PS - all the creatures were returned to the ocean at the end of the day! Phew!).
Science of Fun at Playland
The Beginning - A Little zzzzzz!
"You Need To Come On This Ride With Us!" ("Ah!" "I don't want to get wet!")
All Aboard!
"Yip!" We're Wet"
What did your G-force Meters read girls?
Onto the old wooden roller coaster - hold on tight!
Where are your G-force Meters?
I think they forgot to do the 'science part!'
...let's go upside down now!
WOW! ("I went upside down!")
Rating! (Thumbs Way Up!)
...and their heart rates!
Who got wet on this ride? Any G-force Meter readings?
Yikes!
"We'll just watch this ride!" (the above one!)
Testing Centripetal Force (the gentle way!)
Ready To Go! Testing Centripetal Force (the fast & high way!)
Any Takers? Ah!
"We Had Fun!"
Snowshoeing at Grouse Mountain - Ready To Go!
The Beginning!
Nearing the End!
"Are we there yet?"
"No!"
"Keep going!"
"Nearly there!"
"Phew!" "Made it!"
Time To Go Home!
Bye Grouse Mountain...
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| WE............................................IT! |
Britannia Mine Museum
Heading to the mine, crossing over the Lions Gate Bridge.
9:30 am - Sea to Sky Highway
10:15am - at Britannia Mine Museum
The view opposite the mine (across the ocean!)
A wee mining truck! Honest!
It was retired because it was too small for modern day mining!
Heading inside the mine.
Helmets on please!
All Aboard!
Yikes! It's getting darker!
Dynamite!
(Phew! It's fake!)
The 'blue' on the tunnel wall is copper oxide.
Off the train and inside one of the tunnels.
Learning about different mining tools from our
terrific tour guide Lara.
The students were sad to learn about the "widow maker."
(see our future science 'minds maps' for further information)
Who needs the toilet? (ah!)
Heading out of the mine.
Mineral testing samples (thousands of them!).
The samples go right up to the ceiling!
All ordered by geographical location.
OOOOO - AHHHHH!
Mill Building Number 3
Learning how minerals are separated.
Cheese!
Valeri Sokolovski's limestone carving.
Lunchtime!
Back to the wee truck for some more 'facts.'
Leaving the mine.
The views on our way back to school along the Sea to Sky Highway. Wow!
Vancouver from the Lions Gate Bridge.
Looking the other way from the Lions Gate bridge
towards the North Shore Mountains.
Looking back in time courtesy of Britannia Mine Museum Archives:
Ore discovered - 1888
Years of operation - 1904 to 1974
Number of employees and residents - over 60,000
Number of countries of origin of employees - 50
Main mining communities - Britannia Beach (processing and shipping operations) and Mount Sheer (mining operations)
Mining camps - 9: Victoria, Empress, Beta, Barbara, Jane, Incline, Daisy (Goldsmith), Seaview, Seymour
Owners - Howe Sound Company and subsidiary Britannia Mining & Smelting Company (1904 - 1963), Anaconda Copper Company (1963 - 1974)
Ore extracted - over 50 million tons
Ore present - metal sulphides: pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena; gold and silver
Metal produced - copper (650,000 tons), zinc (137,000 tons), lead (17,000 tons), cadmium (500 tons), silver (188 tons), gold (15.6 tons/500,000 ounces)
Underground workings - 210km tunnels (longest 16km), over 1750 metres of vertical distance to a depth of around 650 metres below sea level
Peak production - Mill processing 7000 tons of ore per day; largest copper mine in British Commonwealth (late 1920's/early 1930's)
Extraction rates - 90% to 95%
Mill operations - Mill 1: 1905 - 1914, Mill 2: 1914 - 1921, Mill 3: 1923 - 1974
Fatalities - estimated 178 underground fatalities in 70 years
Disasters - Jane Slide (1915, 56 deaths); Britannia Beach flood (1921, 37 deaths); Mill 2 fire (1921, 0 deaths)
Woah! Time sure fly! - GaTe (Michael S.)
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