Borderite Report THE HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM POINT ROBERTS PRIMARY!

As we have welcomed the new year we have purposefully emphasized our commitment to hands-on learning with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) activities. STEAM activities inspire inquiry and curiosity, empowering students to ask thought-provoking questions that promote creativity and exploration, and to connect their problem-solving to real-world solutions.

STEAM projects that our students have participated in this month include the following…

• Engineering activities where students choose a material to build with, plan and construct an object, draw it and then write about it.

• Mega-Ultra Crunch Slime: the slime is crunchy because air bubbles are trapped in repurposed straws that are added into the recipe.

• Friction Climbers: Friction is a force that tries to stop things from sliding over each other. Our Friction Climbers experimented with different materials such as string holders, dowels and spools.

• Turing Tumble game boards: These game boards allow students to build marble powered computers and discover how computers work through engaging in engineering challenges.

Our students are studying the weather. We created breeze buddies and use them to make observations and graph our daily weather patterns in Point Roberts at 12:00 pm each day. We also continue our pumpkin studies through observations and scientific drawings of the process of decomposition.

We are excited to continue our STEAM studies throughout the school year!

LoCaL stats

Fire Incidents for December 2022

Total calls (41); EMS calls (10), resulting in the following transports: Saint Josephs Hospital (2); Fire Classification (13) resulting in outdoor burns – permits (1), outdoor burns – illegal (1), false alarm (3), vehicle fire (1), power lines down (1),structure (1), gas leak (1), water problem (4); public service (10).

Point Roberts health clinic numbers for December 2022

Total visits: 141 (123); office visit 68 (45); labs 12 (2); PT/INR 0(10); telemedicine visit 33 (19); Physical exams 1 (3); skin clinic 11 (6); B12 and flu shots 16 (38).

Seed exchange

A seed exchange will be held on Saturday, February 25 at the community center on Gulf Road from noon to 3 p.m. Everyone is encouraged to attend. Bring extra seeds to swap or come get some free seeds. For kids or those who have never gardened, this is a chance to get some free seeds to get started on your gardening journey in time for spring.

Crossings

Traffic into Point Roberts November 2022, with figures for 2021 following. Personal vehicles 46,228 (12,509); personal passengers 60,692 (12,509); pedestrians 452 (120); commercial 458 (191).