The Britannia permission slip went home today so please fill it in and return by next Tuesday.  Parents are invited to come along.  Tickets are $17 each (no cost for students) and parents will need to arrange carpooling together since there is no space on the bus.

Biography Projects:

Starting next week, the students will be creating Biography Lapbooks on a famous person of their choice.  Grade 5’s must choose a famous Canadian and Grade 6’s much choose a famous non-Canadian. 🙂  Below are some sample names, but they can choose someone who is not listed – just get it ok’d by Mrs. Derksen.

Parents, could you please help your child to choose a person to focus on by next Tuesday?  It is very important that your child actually have an interest in learning about the person. 🙂  The person may be alive or deceased.  It would be helpful if the famous person has done some kind of ‘humanitarian’ work in their life or raised awareness for an issue (example, mental illness) to use their popularity for good.  Thanks so much for your support!

Click on this link for grade 5:  ListofFamousCanadians 

Click on this link for grade 6:  BiographyProjectNames

Remember that your child does not have to pick someone on the list, these names are an extra help if they are stuck.

Here are a few pictures of Mrs. Derksen’s sample project.  She chose Princess Diana as her subject.