As a unit in their Hockey Skills Academy course, all our students will participate in a coaching clinic that will introduce them to the ins and outs of coaching hockey. Providing an opportunity for these student coaches to receive practical experience, we are inviting players aged 8-11 from the Comox Valley Minor Hockey association to come out and participate in the development practices run by our student coaches. It is important to know that all proceeds from this program will be donated to "KIDSPORT” Comox Valley, a community-run organization that provides financial support to children so that they, too, may participate in organized sport.

Hockey Talk

After a successful and fun day at the fire hall, Hockey Academy students approach the end of the month. On the ice, the focus for the month was skating (forward and backward stride), skills testing, deking and passing.  We will continue with some passing before moving towards pivots and goalie drills. Off-ice sessions will continue to be a mixture of tactical games, dryland training, and skill development. We have a badminton unit to start, as well as yoga booked for the end of the month. I am excited to help students prepare for their mentorship coaching lessons, during which Academy students will lead ice sessions for younger skaters.

Have a great month and be prepared for all weather!

Humanities 8

The geography unit is wrapping up and the Humanities landscape will be shifting towards composition and writing. Our focus will be to create engaging and vivid paragraphs. Current event continue to be the topic of conversation on Fridays, while journal writing starts our week every Monday. So far, our journal topics have included: difficult choices, the power of music, and have you ever gotten in over your head. Here are the links to a couple current events that we have discussed:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/08/23/f-children-technology.html

http://cbc.sh/csngfWl 

Welcome Ms. Curry!

We are excited to have a new student teacher stepping up this month. Ms. Curry is starting her final practicum here and will be taking over the reigns for C Block Humanities 8. She is a Vanier grad and is currently finishing off her studies at SFU. C Block students should hand in all work that was assigned by Mr. Miller.

Enjoy your time here, Ms. Curry

Hockey Academy

Great job Hockey Academy students. Round one of on- and off-ice fitness testing is complete. Also, the 100km challenge is off and running. Remember to keep track of your kilometres and record them on our log sheets, which are located in my classroom. You can all accomplish this goal. Good luck.

Geography Fun

Practice your geography skills with some of these fun games. Click on the link to get started.

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/latitude-longitude-map-game.php

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