Make your home a mini-makerspace!

 To all our students and families,

Please continue to check the CBE website for updates on COVID- 19 and CBE procedures.

All the students at JSM have used the Makerspace at JSM with Mr.Patry this year.  We have made sock puppets, Lego and K'nex to build and learn.  You may have Lego which is great and you can build really awesome things.  

Take a look at this Lego Challenge Calendar and see if you can complete the 31 day challenge.

Another wonderful building tool that you may have at home is CARDBOARD!  Cardboard can be used for all sorts of maker projects.  Have you ever heard of Caine's Arcade?  Watch the video about Caine and what he made with cardboard.  After, challenge yourself to make a plan and build your game out of cardboard.  When it's done, play with a family member!  Brainstorm super fun ideas, make sketches, build and test creations. You can use anything you have at home to make a marble mazes in pizza boxes and a whack-a-mole game to robots, or space stations!  What will you make?

Take a picture of your game so you can share it with Mr. Patry when you see each other again.

No Sew Sock Doll success! Students have been busy building and making their creations! #mightylearners #MakerEd #earylearning #makerspace #wearwcbe pic.twitter.com/HoYdDerOJr

— James Short Memorial (@JSMelementary) February 3, 2020

Students have been eager to finish working on their no-sew sock stuffy creations. We are looking to finish these up in the next couple weeks. Students have been working for the design process and providing informal feedback to each other to make their creations even better. Once the stuffy is complete, it will be needed for another task in the makerspace!

Hard to believe that 2019 is coming to a close.  When the students return in January, we will be going back to our Sock Puppet Stuffies that students started designing.  If students have any material that they feel would add to his/her stuffy design, they can bring the materials in.  If not, there are plenty of supplies in the maker space to add to the designs. 

We will see you all on January 9th, 2020!

Have a safe and wonderful holiday!

Mr.Patry

JSM Winter Celebration

JSM Presents: pic.twitter.com/HehiPe0b5c

— James Short Memorial (@JSMelementary) November 28, 2019

Today we remembered our Indigenous and Non-Indigenous veterans. Students honoured Charles "Checker" Tomkins, the Cree Code Talker who served an integral part in WW2

Peace is... https://t.co/cbkoBD3Gxh#wearecbe #CBEIndigenousEd #NationalIndigenousVeteransDay#RemembranceDay

— James Short Memorial (@JSMelementary) November 8, 2019

Can you break the code? Students were introduced to Charles "Checkers" Tomkins and his vital role in WW2 as a Cree Code Talker @Indigenous_cbe #WeAreCBE #IndigenousVeteransDay #RemembranceDay #language #CreeCodeTalker pic.twitter.com/NJna7CSuxn

— James Short Memorial (@JSMelementary) November 4, 2019

Students witness the offering/exchange of tobacco to Na’a and promised to:what they were going to harvest from the land would be used in a good way, be thankful, and continue to care and acknowledge the land. #reciprocity #cbeindigenous #wearecbe #mightylearners pic.twitter.com/b0BoFEk6va

— James Short Memorial (@JSMelementary) October 24, 2019

K'nex in the Makerspace

Students have been exploring and building with K'nex which are building sets that allow students to follow a set of instructions or create and build his/her own designs.  Students had a great experience building insects, 3D cubes and other creations!

Exploring k’nex in the makerspace. Choose either free build or a plan #mightylearners #makerEd #knex #playbasedexploration pic.twitter.com/478kJK7S41

— James Short Memorial (@JSMelementary) September 30, 2019

Making insects wth connects. “I made a spider!” #mightylearners #makerEd #knex #playbasedlearning pic.twitter.com/pX8QKO7jvb

— James Short Memorial (@JSMelementary) October 1, 2019

Makerspace LEGO challenge #playbased #lego #design #taskcards #mightylearners #kindergarten #gradeonetwo #wearecbe pic.twitter.com/QL4lDJy1Do

— James Short Memorial (@JSMelementary) September 18, 2019