A tutoring and learning centre in Quesnel, B.C.

Come make snowflakes!

12/1/2015

Happy December!!
Two years ago, I sent out a general invitation to the public to come make snowflakes. Many snowflakes were made, created, and hung from our hallway ceiling for the next two years.

As life would have it, that lovingly saved large ziploc bag full of snowflakes carefully cut by my students, parents and the general public has gone missing.

So!! Here's a great way to start December off! Another invitation to come create snowflakes!
You can come when you need a break or when you have some spare time, and create away! Everything is here, from scissors, to patterns, to pre folded pieces of paper!!! As long as the building is open, you are welcome to cut and snip!

Welcome to the 2015-2016 School Year!

12/1/2015

The new school year is well under way, and as you can see, I haven't stayed on top of putting updates here. I generally put updates on my Facebook page first, but will now start updating here as well!
I do apologize for any inconveniences I may have caused! I've just been too caught up working with all my homeschool and after-school students :D

Math tutoring at QJS!! A great opportunity!

2/14/2015

I was looking over my Facebook feed yesterday and happened upon Quesnel Junior School's weekly update. Each week, they update what has been going on. This is a GREAT resource for parents as well, as we all know that what happens at school does not always get communicated at home. Anyhow, within their post was this truely EXCITING opportunity for those students needing help in Math at QJS as well as some grade 7's!! Below, I've copied the section from their Weekly Update (and made bold the important information).

Second semester is officially underway, marking the half way point of this school year. This is when students begin to lose a bit of focus on their studies. Hopefully by identifying this problem, it will help everyone to remember to keep their focus on their academics.
In order to help with this focus, we have a new after school math tutoring service that will be offered beginning on Wednesday, February 25th. This service is aimed at supporting grade 8 students who need extra support with math. The tutors for this program are David Law, and Rick Prosk, both exceptional teachers who belong to the Quesnel Retired Teachers Association. Students or parents who would like their son/daughter to access this service should contact Mrs. Knauf at QJS in order to get their name on the list. Students from Grade 7 will also be invited to join this group. In addition, students who need to access Public Transit will be given free bus passes in order to get a free ride home. - this must be prearranged with Mrs. Knauf.
Quesnel Junior School's Facebook Page Feb 13th

This is amazing!! free math tutoring arranged by a local school themselves. I'm so glad to hear of this! Please do take advantage of this great program being offered!

For your convenience, the school phone number is 250-992-2131, and Mrs. Knauf's email address is marissaknauf@sd28.bc.ca

Exam Time Again: Good Luck everyone!

1/23/2015

To all highschool students in BC, good luck on exams!
I have two tips for you. Make sure you catch up on your sleep the week before exams, so that means now! Also, please try to eat something in the morning before your exams; help feed that brain!
For those students in Quesnel, here are some details!

Quesnel Junior School
Exam week is February 2-6. They have posted the Exam Schedule here on the QJS Facebook Page!

Correlieu Secondary School
In-Class exams are next Thursday and Friday

Jan 29th - A & B block
Jan 30th - C & D block

Provincial Exams are the following week Feb 2-6th

Check out the schedule here! PAGE 3 is our district's schedule as they had a choice due to the strike at the beginning of the year

Elementary Students
No Exams for these guys!

have fun with your regular classes, skiing at Troll, cross country skiing at Hallis Lake.

Enjoy the fact you don't have any exams while you can!

Happy October! Fall Is Here At Momentum

10/4/2014

Every season I like to change the display outside my office door. I was sad to take down my summer bumblebees, but this is a good replacement! Good thing I won't have to rake up these leaves!

School Time! A good resource to keep up in class

9/19/2014

I've mentioned this website before, but I'm going to show you how to access it again! Follow along to get to some cool resources including videos (aligned with your course textbook), quizzes and online live tutoring! It covers Math 4 and 9, as well as most core grade 10, 11 and 12 courses!!

Go to www.learnnowbc.ca and click on the Login button

I can give you my login information so you can try it out (just send me an email, message through facebook or text message). Setup your own free account afterwards if you want to use this often!

Once you've logged in, Click on Tutoring and Study Centre

Click on one of the three headings (they all take you to the same place)

Select your Grade

These are the courses that offer videos, quizzes or Live tutoring for your grade!

The Red checkmark will indicate that you can have live tutoring (a window will come up with a chat program similar to Skype), Green is the Quizzes, and my favorite the Yellow lightning bolt for the Video Lessons! I'll show you what they look like in the next picture...

Here, I clicked on the Yellow Checkmark for Foundations of Math 11. Here, you see there are a variety of lessons. Just click on the lesson you're currently on and you can watch a video instruction lesson as well as examples. Such a great resource!!

As I said above, if you would like to see what it's like for yourself, please contact me and I can give you my username and password to try out. Its also very simple to set up your own account. Often a parent account is easiest as you don't need the PEN number for your student!
Happy Studying!!

Welcome to September! (and an extended Summer Break)

9/1/2014

Welcome to September, the traditional time for Back-to-School activities and events including school supply shopping, new (or new to you) clothes and signing up for those fun after-school activities! Although, this year tomorrow won't be the official start of school (we'll have to wait to see what happens), I thought I'd show you a few things of interest you may not know about yet!

Central Registration at the Rec Centre
Registration for many teams and programs throughout the community is available in one spot! This Wednesday, September 3rd from 6pm - 8pm!

2014-2015 District Calendar
This has been available on the district's website for a few weeks now, and you can find it here. This will give you a good guideline as to what should happen once school goes back. However, depending on the length of time, be aware that this may change.

Temporary Education Support ($40/day Payment)
Regardless of your opinions on this offering from the BC government, should you choose to register, you can at this website here. FAQs are available here.
Some of the fine print you may not be aware of:

Payments will be processed within 30 days after the month that the labour disruption ends (ie. if it ends Sept 9th, Payments may not arrive until after October 30th.)

also,

Only children 12 and under can receive these payments
They must be attending a BC Public School (not private/independent school students)
Only one parent may register (if you share custody of a child, only one parent can register)
If you cannot register online, you need to phone the numbers provided and a paper one will be mailed to you

Summer Hours

7/27/2014

Just a note to remind you that Momentum Learning Centre will be closed from July 28th to August 10th.

If you need to contact me during this time, the best way will be by email momentumlearningcentre@gmail.com and I will respond as soon as possible, or once I get back to the office.

Summer will come to an end quickly, so don't forget to slow down and enjoy yourself!

Before you start school in September, remember this...

7/23/2014

Thanks to Doris from Healthy Mindspace for posting this on her Facebook page today! This is exactly right! We as teachers can help you learn the skills to succeed, but ultimately you have to participate and learn to use the skills on your own.

Summer Kids Camps/Programs around town!

7/6/2014

As you may know, I have not made plans this year to have any Creatures of Curiosity camps this year, however there are a variety of programs available this summer! Check out the links below

Three Different Camps from Baker Creek Enhancement Society! I posted about one of them HERE

Mindfulness Program from The Centre for Healthy Mindspace! I posted about it HERE

A Summer Drop in Program for Youth through the Rec Centre! Depending on your child's age, they may want to join some of the adult programs

Of course, the Rec Centre also has the Imagination Park Programs going. Check out page 19 of the Reg Guide here.

There may be some more summer programs for kids out there, so please let me know and I can add them to the list!! Enjoy your summer!

C of c Summer 2014 - Update

6/25/2014

Just to keep you updated, I have not planned any Creatures of Curiosity programs for this summer due to the number of students who are staying on with me for summer tutoring.

However, I do have the Regency Care-A-Van still booked for Wednesdays in August. So, I may still be able to plan a few last minute camps for August! I promise to keep you all updated!

Success! Happy graduation!

6/21/2014

I'm so happy and proud of all the graduates this year! Waaaaaay back in grade 10, a few of these girls were my "Math Girls" as we struggled through the course together. The others I met as I would hear them come giggling and chatting down the hallway to drop their friends off. I just love this group (and everyone else who I didn't get in this picture).
I will miss them, but I know that they're on to accomplish many wonderful things! Congratulations Ladies!

Mindfulness for Youth - summer program

6/17/2014

Another Summer program to check out by Doris Hocevar of The Centre for Healthy Mindspace

Click on the image above for more information. Here is the information from her Facebook Page!

The Centre for Healthy Mindspace is offering a 4 session summer program for youth, beginning July 8th at 10:00 am.
Youth that are between the ages of 10 and 13 years are welcome to attend. Book early as space is limited.
The program uses core principles from the MindUp cirriculum some of which include, self awareness, problem solving, emotional intelligence and empathy. The content covers topics ranging from,
- learning how the brain works,
- connecting to mindfulness through the breath,
- mindful listening/seeing/tasting/moving,
- developing optimism and gratitude and also,
- taking mindful action into the world.

Week 1 - Tues. July 8th, 10-12 pm
Week 2 - Tues. July 15th, 10-12 pm
Week 3 - Tues. July 22nd, 10-12 pm
Week 4 - Tues, July 29th, 10-12 pm

The cost for the program is $180 (works out to $45 per 2 hour session.) The program is sure to support the learner in playful and engaging ways that pique curiosity and nuture self development.

Contact Doris at (250) 983-8638
or email: dhocevar@xplornet.com to reserve a space for your child/youth.

Looking forward to meeting you!

Studying for Provincials?

6/13/2014

Many students may be struggling to study for provincial exams due to the current BCTF Teacher's strike/Job Action. However, did you know there was an online source to help you?

LearnNowBC is open up until the 23rd with more options to help you prep for your exams! They offer Free live tutoring, as well as videos and quizzes! Whichever way you find best to learn!
You do need to sign up, but its completely free. If you don't want to bother and just want to check it out, send me a message and I'll let you borrow our username and password!

Inspiration for the day

6/12/2014

Thanks to Marie Forleo for this one. Yes, ultimately it all comes down to this. I can try to help my students as much as possible, but if they aren't willing to work, tutoring won't be as effective as it could be!

Baker Creek Enhancement Society - Eco Camp!

6/3/2014

I've heard lots of great things about this camp! Please contact the Nature Education Centre for more info! (info on poster) Also, check out their Facebook Page

Adult Upgrading?

5/29/2014

Once in a while, I get a question from an adult student who is lost in the world of 'upgrading'.... Sometimes all I need to do is point them in the right direction, show some resources, online video lessons and give them the basic tools to help themselves and off they go!!

Today, after a quick visit, someone left knowing the course really was do-able, and I left feeling warm and fuzzy, glad that I could share my knowledge.

Give me a call or email if you're in the same situation!

How about a Challenge?

5/5/2014

Can you pronounce this whole poem? I know I made a few little mistakes, such as corps, paling, aver and Islington and I thought I got these wrong (clangour, sward, foeffer, paling), but Googled them and found I pronounced them right! Certainly made me laugh!

Thanks to this page!

A chemistry Joke for the day!

4/2/2014

From here. (in case you need a reminder.... water's formula is H2O, so.... the red balls are Hydrogen and the white ones are Oxygen. The floor is covered in H2O molecules.... hehe!)

Happy Valentine's Day!

2/14/2014

For my Math 10-12 students!! A Valentine's Equation for you

*note, there should be no 'y' instead it should be a '7'. Thanks to Pinterest for this fun post!

Spring Break Camp 2014: Sign Up Now!

2/10/2014

Its official!! Spring Break here in Quesnel is March 17-21, and we're having a crafty kids camp! Another great camp in the Creatures of Curiosity series.

Momentum Learning Centre - Pinterest

New this time is some inspiration to share with your kids! Click on the button above to see the inspiration boards on Pinterest for the activities we'll be doing!

C of C: Spring Break 2014 coming!!!

2/8/2014

A sneak peak at what is coming!! The spring break program for 2014 will be filled with creative fun! It will be on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (March 19-20). As there is only room for 4-6 students each day, please let me know you're interested as soon as possible! I can hardly wait to share the details.....

Spring Tutoring Packages

1/27/2014

Just a sample of the packages available to new students joining the Momentum Learning Family!

October 21-24 2013

10/20/2013

We will be closed from October 21st-24th, re-opening on the 25th. As cell service may be spotty and I may not always have my phone on, the best way to leave a message will either be through an email or text message (to 250-983-6004). Thanks for your understanding, and I'll make sure to get back to you as soon as I can upon return!

C of C Summer 2013: Last Camp Fun!!

8/21/2013

The last camp of the summer! We returned to Mr. and Mrs. Rorke's house where we did three main activities: Making t-shirts with bleach, making our own ice cream and playing in the POOL!!

Much fun was had by all! Of course, ice cream was a hit, especially because we had it before lunch! A big thank you to Mrs. Rorke and her students for joining us, and letting us use their wonderful property. Have a great rest of your summer!!