I took a few pictures of the students working during Genius Hour today.  Love watching all their creative minds at work!

And a few students presented their projects to us:

Way to go Grade 5 & 6 students!!

We will be having a bake sale on Wednesday, March 4th with all proceeds going towards the Thailand missions team. The treats will be sold in the foyer before school, at recess, lunch and after school.

This Wednesday is anti-bullying day. Students may wear pink shirts in support of this day and casual pants. If students do not wish to participate they can wear their uniforms.

Her are the spelling lists for this week:

List 1: R-4
modern, popular, complete, adopt, revealed, distribute, purpose, different, satisfy, control, publication, virtue, search, together, patience, consider, injure, injury, interest, education

List 2: senate, senator, expense, acquire, elaborate, elegant, ancient, delicious, confidential, conversion, distinguish, ignore, ignorance, necessity, excellence, meant, providence, finally, interfere., interference

The students have been doing an excellent job this last month of wearing their correct uniforms to school. Mr. Hancock has asked all of the intermediate teachers to send out a reminder that kilts for the girls need to be knee length. We understand that some of the girls have grown quite a bit this school year, and as a result, some of the kilts are getting quite short. They are encouraged to wear shorts under their kilts but some of the kilts may need the hems taken out or new ones purchased – we want to encourage modesty with all students.

Thank you for your understanding with this matter!
Mrs. Goosen

We had a fabulous day skiing on Friday! The weather was warm and the slopes were full of happy kids and parents! Thanks to all of the moms and dads who joined us at Manning on Friday! And please say a huge thank you to Mrs. Couse if you see her around this week! She did an amazing job getting us ready for our ski day!

Here are the spelling lists for this week:

R3: bargain, fierce, gracious, humble, bright, busy, general, square, according, angry, tomorrow, secure, manner, increases, combine, due, release, wear, lose, already

U3: pigeon, heir, emperor, citizen, attorney, customer, majority, issue, tissue, scene, journey, compliment, appetite, apparatus,envelope, vegetable, approach, difficulty, aisle, icicle

Have a great week!

Just a reminder that tomorrow is valentine’s dress up day. If any students want to hand out valentines, we will do that tomorrow as well.
Here is a class list: Lydia, Lukas, Annie, Halle, Annika, Austyn, Matthew, Elijah, Carys, Ivan, Brooke, Felicity, Jenna, Shaelyn, Kaetlyn, Brock, Della, Jacob, Alison, Roan, Sophia, Yulie, David

We are looking forward to our Manning Park ski trip this Friday. Just a reminder that students who are taking the bus need to be here at 6:30am and pick up is at 4:30pm.

Next Thursday we will be having a math quiz on measurement.  The grade 5’s & 6’s need to MEMORIZE the following information for it.

1 km = 1000 m

1 m = 100 cm

1 cm = 10 mm

1 t = 1000 kg

1 kg = 1000 g

1 L = 1000 mL

The grade 6’s (only) also need to know how to convert units.  They need to remember how many times to move the decimal over AND in what direction they should move it.

km to m:  3 places to the right       m to km:  3 places to the left

m to cm:  2 places to the right        cm to m:  2 places to the left

cm to mm: 1 place to the right        mm to cm: 1 place to the left

t to kg: 3 places to the right             kg to t:  3 places to the left

kg to g: 3 places to the right            g to kg: 3 places to the left

L to mL: 3 places to the right         mL to L:  3 places to the left

Mrs. Goosen will complete a final review with them on Tuesday.

ENJOY YOUR EXTRA LONG WEEKEND!