Scoring Goals and Tracking Stats: A Fantasy Hockey Blog

 

Hey OSC families! 

Over the past few years, I have become very interested and consumed by participating in fantasy sports leagues. Every year I join fantasy football, basketball, and hockey leagues with a few of my friends, and it is something that I find really fun! Basically how it works is that everybody drafts individual athletes based on their strengths and abilities. There are a certain amount of positions you would need to draft to create your final team. For example, if you were drafting fantasy hockey team, you would need to choose a couple forwards, defensemen and goalies.

Given how much fun I’ve had doing this with my friends, I decided to start a league here at OSC. Four boys joined our fantasy hockey league, and they drafted their very own teams made up of different NHL players. Different point amounts are given for different statistics, and that helped determine a strategy that each kid had when drafting their team. For example, two points are given for each goal scored, so Nathan was quick to choose Patrick Kane, a notorious goal scorer. Points are also given for assists, so Bryce drafted Tyler Seguin who is known to be a “pass-first” player. Felipe and Liam both drafted excellent goaltenders that are helping their teams.

            We calculated all the points, and with the NHL season nearly halfway finished, here are our standings:

Liam’s Team: 537 points

Felipe’s Team: 498 points

Ryan’s Team: 466 points

Nathan’s Team:  452 points

Bryce’s Team: 436 points

            The boys are having a lot of fun and I hope it gives them a different perspective on enjoying and watching professional sports!

 

Happy Holidays,

Ryan

'Tis the Season

'Tis the season;

 It’s that time of year where the lights go up...

The tree comes out...

And the holiday themed art projects get under way...

 On Thursday, December 3^rd, Gemma led an awesome art activity that really got the festive spirit flowing. The children started by taking an empty ball ornament and filling it with small ‘snowballs’ and glitter. The results were super cool and some of them even ended up on the tree here at OSC.

We look forward to all of the great holiday activities soon to come our way and our Winter Break Camp which will be loads of fun!

Happy Holidays,

Matt :)

Winter in Looming

Winter is approaching but with the recent low temperatures you would think that it has already arrived. It feels just like just yesterday that we were running around outside in our shorts and t-shirts, but lately it’s been way too cold to be outside without being all bundled up in our winter gear.

We here at SR. OSC, and some friends over at JR, have been working on a very special project. We have renamed this month 'LOOMVEMBER' and have been looming toques and scarves that will be put into care packages for women and children in need. 

In the coldness of the winter, a nice toque or scarf can be so beneficial in our fight to stay warm. For many of us, myself included, this has been our first time looming but everyone has quickly picked it up in no time. Learning new things and doing art activities is always fun but when you know that you are doing something that will help someone else, it makes the activity that much more meaningful.

So far here at SR we have completed 15 toques & 1 scarf. The kids have really enjoyed being able to pick their own colours as well as the size e.g. a baby, kid or adult-sized toque or scarf. It’s always exciting when a scarf or toque has been completed and we can’t wait to see how many we will have finished by the time of the donation.

Keep on looming everyone,

Erin

Halloween Week

It was Halloween week at Senior OSC and things were getting spooky. There were spider webs on the walls, ghoulish creatures hanging from the ceiling and most frightening of all, the room down the hall had rumors of being haunted.

Finally, it was the day before Halloween and everyone looked amazing in their costumes. The rumors of the haunted room had spread over to the junior program and many of the juniors were excited to see what the haunted room had in store.

Cole, Adrian and Alden were holding tours but no one had seen Tyler, Felipe, Bryce, Liam or Rhyann all day.  They had been the first to discover the haunted room. It was all very peculiar.

In the tour, you had the choice to have the lights on or off.  Lights off was not for the faint of heart.  Throughout the tour you heard creepy music, saw glow in the dark paint and followed a red flashlight. Every now and again you would sense someone lurking behind you, and distant screams would send chills down your spine.  Luckily, if you needed to, there was a safe word you could say to end the haunted house if things got too spooky.

Meanwhile there were some great crafts taking place in in the Multi.  Ryan led a marshmallow pop activity, making scary but tasty treats and Brianna led festive crafts that encouraged spooky creativity.

Senior OSC had a wonderful Halloween week and we hope that everyone had a fun and safe Halloween. 

Until next time, 

Emily

Halloween Decorations

Hey everyone,

With Halloween around the corner, (can you believe it?) it’s time to start thinking about decorations! This week, we made Halloween characters and cobwebs! We decided to make monsters and witches, so we began by cutting out squares of cardboard, then gluing popsicle sticks over top. We then used felt, tissue paper, and markers to create their faces.

           

After finishing our Halloween characters, the kids chose to make some cobwebs and ghosts! Keira tied popsicle sticks together in an X, and then wrapped coloured string around them. She plans to hang them from the ceiling and maybe cause a few scares! Anette worked on “The Ghost of Sungod Pool”; a very timely creation as this was our most recent out trip!

Once the Halloween decorations were complete, the kids wanted to further their artistic ideas using felt. Sean and Anette began working on small, very cozy sleeping bags, while Livia, Emilia, and Keira made lovely purses with buttons on them!

While we were preparing for Halloween, Ryan and Monica were busy with origami and teaching the kids how to make flying cranes among many other designs!

We have such a wonderfully creative bunch and it is always exciting to see what they create!

Take care,

Tatiana

Lantern Festival 2015

Lantern Festival 2015!

On a beautiful evening in early October,

In and around the community centre,

Families gathered for an evening of fun,

Games and activities for everyone!

Donations were made

For the Richmond Food Bank

Some got Balloons,

and others, Face Paint!

Some people went Bowling,

and drums were played,

shadows,

wishes,

and lanterns were made!

Nigel rode in

And we all stopped to stare,

As he contact juggled

In the cool night air!

Then it was time,

The lanterns were lit,

we went on parade

The night was a hit!

To all those who took part and volunteers too,

For such a great evening, 

we'd like to THANK YOU!!!

See you again next year!

Colouring is Cool!

An old fad has returned to OSC...        

These days the tables are crowded by kids (and leaders) doing some good old fashioned colouring. Sharpies and paper are popping up everywhere, both while hanging out inside and heading outside to enjoy the last of the autumn sunshine. The preference has been for intricate drawings that take hours to complete; therefore we are seeing kids return to the same page, day after day, in order to complete these masterpieces.                   

Once it was clear the interest in colouring was not fading away, leader Carolyn had an awesome idea to bind the pages into individual colouring books. Overall, we have been impressed with how much focus has been put into this great stress-relieving activity.

Until next time, 

Brianna