I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend! We have a number of different items that we wanted to highlight this week. Please remember to send headphones to school this week as we will be needing them by next Monday at the latest.

Here is a list of dates to add to your calendar:

October 20th – Knight’s Day

October 27th – Cell Project Due (more information below)

October 28th – 30th – Scholastic Book Fair

November 3rd – Ice Skating at Prospera Center

The Incredible Cell Project

The students received their first at-home Science project – a model of a 3D plant or animal cell.  The project outline went home yesterday and is due back on MONDAY, OCTOBER 27th.  I have included the outline here in case it gets lost etc.

Both the grad 5’s and 6’s will be completing this project as it fits in with the grade 5 Science Unit on Body Systems and the grade 6 Science Unit on Diversity of Life.  The grade 5’s will do an animal cell and the grade 6’s have the option of an animal or plant cell.

Students are encouraged be as creative as possible!  A quick google search on ‘3D animal cell model’ or ‘3D plant cell model’ will show you lots of fantastic examples of models for your child to look at.

Have fun!
Mrs. Goosen

The Incredible 3D Cell Project