Come fly with us (and our kites) at Senior OSC
03-06-2013, 07:17 AM
A few weeks ago six kids
and myself, Katie, made Mini Diamond Kites! This is how we did it…
- Measure and cut out kite sail using scissors and card stock. Decorate.
- Glue three popsicle stick ends together, using hot glue, to span the width of the kite sail. This is called the spar.
- Glue another three stick ends together to span the length of kite sail. This is called the spine.
- Attach the two together into a cross using the hot glue.
- Cut two pipe cleaners in half. Glue the middle of each pipe cleaner to each end of the cross.
- Twist the pipe cleaners around the popsicle stick ends.
- Use a hole puncher to make four holes, one in each corner of the sail.
- Put the pipe cleaners through the holes, open them up and make four loops.
- Tie a string horizontally from one loop to the other.
- Tie another string vertically, from the top loop going around the horizontal string and tie to the bottom loop.
- Tie the fly line to a coloured popsicle stick, then tie the free end to where the two strings cross.
- The tail should be six times the length of the kite sail. Tie it to the bottom loop.
For materials we used:
- Glue Guns and Glue Gun Sticks
- 6 Popsicle sticks/kite
- 1 Piece of card stock paper
- Embroidery String
- Ribbon
- 1 Colourful popsicle stick
- Colourful plastic string
- Hole punchers
- 2 Pipe cleaners
- Scissors
- Glue stick (optional)
- Crayons, Pencil crayons, Markers etc.
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O.S.C.H.L
24-04-2013, 04:33 PM
The 2013 O.S.C.H.L season is
fully underway, with 16 kids competing together, this year will make for
another exciting and well-balanced floor hockey league. With one goalie and
three players to a team, this fast paced season has kept leaders and spectators
entertained.
Every Wednesday the players of
O.S.C.H.L gather together to come up with a simple game plan, play hard for two
five minute periods, while working together for a common goal of achieving victory
in the end. Although not every child is here each Wednesday to play, we often
find eager substitutes willing to step in and play a few extra games in the
absence of their fellow players.
With only four teams in the
league, we have had the luxury of a quick regular season followed by a skills
competition (for all levels of players) and of course we can’t forget about the
play-offs to end the season. Every team has the opportunity to win some awesome
swag in the end, an incentive for all to participate in this years league. Feel
free to stop by between 4pm and 4:30pm to check out some of the action, first
hand.
Keep your stick on the floor!
Adam R.
(O.S.C.H.L. General Manager, C.E.O, Official, Water Boy, Commentator,
Commissioner)
Hockey Fever at Sr. OSC!
12-04-2013, 05:22 PM
With the NHL hockey season back in full swing, the
excitement of Canada’s game has carried over to us here at Sr. Out-of-School
Care. Multiple activities have begun for the kids to enjoy, each of which
challenge and excite in different ways.
A fantasy hockey league has started, with seven kids and two
leaders going through the process of picking their favorite NHL hockey players.
Each week, the kids kept track of their team of compiled NHL players,
calculating different categories of statistics and matching up head to head
against another kid or leader. Based on their performance, the kids saw where
they ranked on our leaderboard each week. This activity provided the kids the
opportunity to strategize when picking their players, utilize and apply
technology in order to organize statistics, as well as putting them head to
head in friendly, but fun, competition.
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| OSC Hockey Pool Leaderboard! |
In addition to the fantasy hockey league, the kids have been
bringing in their own miniature hockey sticks and have been playing self-regulated
games of mini hockey. This has worked out great as they have been organizing
their own tournaments and having a blast!
To top it all off, Adam has started up Sr. OSC’s annual
floor hockey league, “OSCHL.” As usual the kids are spending their time honing
their skills and feeling the rush of playing hockey together on a team. OSCHL
games are taking place weekly on Wednesday, with opportunities for a tournament
to place in the coming months.
Stay tuned for more,
Ryan M
The Keva Revolution!
04-04-2013, 05:44 PMMahalo & Good Day,
Jason
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Dungeons & Dragons
25-02-2013, 02:32 PMAt roughly three and one half hours past the mid-day mark on the Wednesday of each week, a group of young, adventure seeking, students embark on mystical journeys through the different realms of imagination. The group of ruffians started out as a mean posse stealing wherever they could but soon after a couple harsh lessons they soon realized that just like in life there is going to be consequences for all your actions. They quickly went from being thieves to heroes as they saved several towns from bands of pirates made up of trolls, orcs, and evil wizards. In defeating the evil Sea of Swords Clan, the fellowship of the Fellows Ship reclaimed 3 dragon eggs that would have been raised for pure evil and mayhem. The eggs were returned to the rightful keepers for a handsome reward. The Fellowship of the Fellows Ship embark into another journey filled with bravery, treacherous traps, unspeakable evil, and growing friendships between characters and players alike. Stay tuned for more adventures in this fun, role playing game the kids at Sr. OSC cant get enough of; Dungeons and Dragons.
Till next time,
Dungeon Master Adam.
