The ice is so thick!

Today I went outside to take a picture and I noticed that what had been fluffy snow yesterday turned into hard ice very quickly. This is  a picture of our monkey bars and the ice that built up underneath it!
                                     By: Tiffany 4th grade Chebeague  Island School.

Temperature: 34  F
precipitation: 0
Wind Speed: 8
Wind Direction: W

Today many of the students played  winter soccer. I decided to make a ditch in front of our goal  and make a ice wall with chunks of ice. I do believe that  today was the day that kids fell outside the most amount of time. At the same time some kids were making a slide.  This is  a picture of Laura on one of the slides!
                                     By: Tiffany at the Chebeague Island School 4th grade.
Temperature: 26 F
Wind Speed: 7
Wind direction: NW
precipitation: 0

After school on Monday, Laura and Chuck built a snow fort using an axe, saw and shovel.  They made bricks and stacked them to make the five foot tall walls.  We use the fort for a "pretend" prison and put people in and watch them try to get out.  Students don't mind being in there because it's easy to climb out.  We have a thick layer on ice on the playground everywhere that is not snow banks.  We have lots of fun during recess!

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