Des nouvelles de la classe nature du groupe de 6e année

Posted on June 11, 2014 by admin

La nourriture du camp

WOW! C’est tout ce que je peux vous dire. Végétarien, allergie ou n’importe quoi, il y a toujours de la bonne nourriture pour toi! Aujourd’hui pour le déjeuner on a mangé des croissants au fromage et jambon avec des patates rôties. Vu que je suis végétarien, j’ai eu tout ça, sauf le jambon. Pour le diner, mes copains ont mangé des sous-marins au steak. Moi, j’ai mangé un sous-marin rempli de légumes. Miam! Je suis excité par la nourriture qui nous attend. Je suis sur la pointe des pieds pour savoir ce qu’on mangera au prochain repas. —Gil Salzman ’19

Une activité que tu as aimée

L’activité que j’ai aimée le plus était le lab et quand j’ai nagé. Dans le lab, on a fait de la neige artificielle. J’étais avec Mandy et on a fait de la neige bleu pâle. La deuxième expérience qu’on a faite est une réaction chimique avec des boules et de la mousse.

Quand on est allé nager, Raymond a attrapé trois écrevisses en une ou deux heures. Il y avait une petite chute qui était vraiment forte. C’était vraiment intéressant.

C’était mes deux activités préférées. —Amanda Howard ’19

Des nouvelles de la classe nature du groupe de 6e année

Posted on June 10, 2014 by admin

Mon activité préférée au Camp scientifique des Débrouillards

J’ai beaucoup aimé l’activité « Gourmandise inusité ». On a fait du jello avec les saveurs qu’on a choisies pour que ça goûte comme on veut. C’était tellement amusant de mélanger le bicarbonate de soude, l’acide citrique et l’eau. On a utilisé de la gélatine en poudre. Je me suis beaucoup amusée aujourd’hui avec mes amis et les instructeurs du camp. – Emanuela Frasetti ’19

Mon expérience scientifique «Débranche!»

J’ai participé à l’activité débranche. L’animatrice qui a fait l’activité était la même que dans ma chambre. On a exploré différents matériels et on a fait des hypothèses pour savoir si c’était des isolants ou des conducteurs. Après, on a fait différents circuits comme des circuits simples, parallèles et d’autres. – Ella Waxman ’19

La jolie France – Semaine 6: Nice, Èze Village, Menton, et Monaco !

Posted on April 29, 2014 by admin

Pour ma dernière semaine en France, Marie et sa mère m’ont amenée à Nice, comme c’était les vacances de Pâques. On est arrivées à l’aéroport de Nice très tard, vendredi soir. Nous sommes restées à Èze pendant cinq jours. Pendant notre première journée de vacances, la sœur d’Emmanuelle et son fils sont venus à l’appartement pour que nous puissions visiter tous ensemble la petite ville de Menton, qui est juste à côté de la frontière d’Italie. On a marché autour des petits magasins pendant quelques heures, et à la fin de notre journée, on est allé manger des crêpes devant l’océan.

On a célébré les fêtes de Pâques le dimanche avec sa tante, et on a mangé de l’agneau et beaucoup de chocolat. Après le repas, on est allé à Monaco. À Monaco, on a pris un petit train pour visiter plusieurs lieux intéressants comme Le Port de Monaco, le Circuit F1, le Casino de Monte-Carlo, L’Hôtel de Paris, le Palais Princier, et le Musée Océanographique. Après notre magnifique tour à Monaco, nous avons marché jusqu’au Palais Princier pour voir la relève de la garde. Monaco est une principauté, avec beaucoup d’élégance.

Pendant la troisième journée de vacances, nous sommes restées à Èze pour visiter le village, et l’usine de la parfumerie Fragonard. On a appris comment se fabrique les parfums, les savons, et les cosmétiques de cette marque qui n’est pas commercialisée ailleurs. Après notre visite et notre magasinage dans leur boutique, on est allé voir le jardin exotique qui se trouve tout en haut d’Èze Village. La vue était extraordinaire.

Les deux dernières journées des vacances étaient très relaxantes et je suis très contente que j’aie l’opportunité d’y aller avec eux à la côte d’Azur. On a retourné chez eux à la fin de mon séjour. Cette expérience en France était géniale et inoubliable. J’ai profité de tout en France et j’ai appris beaucoup des choses qui vont me suivre pendant des années. J’encourage tout le monde d’aller en échange, car cette expérience a changé ma vie et ma perspective sur le monde entier. – Ilana Singer ’16

Eight Wonderful Weeks in Australia

Posted on April 22, 2014 by admin

My time in Australia has flown by. After spending eight wonderful weeks here it is finally time for me to return home. I would like to thank Georgia and my exchange family for making my time here so amazing.

While I was over, I had the chance to go on the Outward Bound camp, a ten-day trek across the Australian outback. Over the course of our trip, my camp group travelled over 70 km on foot while each carrying over 50 pounds on our backs. We slept under a tarp strung between two trees, known as a bivvy, and cooked all our own meals. Hiking was very tough because most of the time there were no paths, so we had to make our own and this was called “bush-bashing” because the people in the front were literally breaking branches and bushes so that we could all get through.

We spent a lot of time on our hikes taking long detours to avoid gullies because supposedly a bunch of bulls had escaped from a farm nearby and now they were wild and liked to stay in the gullies where it was cooler. No one laughed when our instructor told us on the last night of camp how there were actually no bulls in the gully and it was all just a joke like gully-bull, gullible. Another time we spent about an hour making stick pyramid traps for the elusive hoop snake, an Australian snake that rolls like a wheel instead of slithering (it didn’t exist either). Throughout the trip, our camp group really bonded. We would sing songs together while we were hiking to pass the time and play fun games like Camouflage (extreme hide-and-seek) after lunch.

The purpose of the trip was to challenge us, take us out of our comfort zones, and also to make us better leaders. The instructors encouraged us to do everything by ourselves. They helped us out on the first few days, but by Day 4, we were on our own. They only intervened if we were in danger, like if we were heading too close to a blister bush. They didn’t even tell us if we were walking in the wrong direction, which we were, because at one point we navigated to the edge of a cliff instead of our campsite. Oops.

One of the days we went to these beautiful rocky cliffs overlooking the ocean. Our instructors took away our watches and split us up for solo time. We each got a different spot to sit overlooking the ocean and spent approximately three hours sitting there in silence. They didn’t give us our watches back until the following night so for the whole next day we had the opportunity to experience life without time. Though Outward Bound was very challenging, it was definitely worth it. This experience made me so much more confident in my abilities and I also feel that I am a much stronger leader because of it. It also made me appreciate the little things more like running water, clean clothes, non-powdered milk, and showers.

As for going on exchange, it is without a doubt one of the best choices I have made. I really encourage other students to give it a try next year. I’ve learned so much and had so many new experiences. I’ve made some great friends who I hope to see again sometime. I’m certain that the memories I’ve made here will stay with me forever.-Alexandra Gardilcic ’16

Student Exchange Melbourne: A Once In A Lifetime Experience!

Posted on April 15, 2014 by admin

I have now been in Australia for five weeks and I am reaching the very end of my stay. I have had an amazing time in this beautiful country; I have seen so many wonderful things. When I arrived the first thing I noticed was the smell of the ocean. School also has shorter days and more periods. We are always outside as to get from one class to another you need to actually go outside and walk to the next class. People here eat lunch outside unlike Montreal where we spend most of our time inside during winter.

During my stay in Australia I have been to the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen. The water is bright blue and the sand is white. The water is always the perfect temperature. There where many different beaches, so if I felt more active, I could go to one with more waves…if I wanted to relax I could just go to a beach with little or no waves. One thing that I like about Australia is that there are all kinds of climates: there is desert, ocean, and rain forests and in winter there can even be snow at the top of some mountains. I was lucky enough to experience three of those climates. If I could stay here for just a little bit longer, I might have been able to witness some Aussie snow. But I have heard that it’s nowhere as good as Canadian snow!

I play a lot of sports such as football, hockey and rugby. Coming to Australia I was looking forward to playing a bit of rugby. When I arrived people told me that rugby was a winter sport and that I wasn’t here for that season. I had to choose a sport to do while I was here, so I decided to start a new sport. I joined a long line of champions in the rowing team at Carey Grammar School. Rowing is a big thing in Australia, kind of like hockey is in Canada. All the best athletes are in rowing as a summer sport. If you are not rowing you are playing cricket, and I definitely didn’t want to play cricket.

My stay in Australia is drawing to a close, I have been here for almost six weeks, I have made many friends and memories and it will be hard to leave them behind. Another thing that I will miss is my great host family. All and all, this was a once in a lifetime experience and I enjoyed it very much. I would strongly recommend it for other students next year. – Zachary-Pierce Pfefferle ’16