We had a great week this week and have a busy week to come!  We have two outdoor field trips next week so PLEASE pray for sunshine!

Lindeman Lake – Monday morning we are heading up to Lindeman Lake.  Please make sure your child is dressed in layers and has appropriate footwear for hiking.  There is no snow up at Lindeman right now but students may want to bring gloves or toques as the weather could be chilly up there. They will also need to bring a lot of water and have a bag lunch.  There is a chance of scattered showers on Monday so please ensure they are dressed appropriately.

Track and Field Meet – There will be a final letter coming home on Monday about Thursday’s track meet at Bear Creek Park.  Please make sure to have this marked in your calendars.  We are looking forward to another amazing day as this is always a fun event for our department!

School Store – We are running low on supplies for our school store.  If you are able to donate some small bags of chips, candy, chocolate bars, unwanted small toys, or cans of pops it would be greatly appreciated!

Upcoming Dates:

Monday, May 1st – Lindeman Lake field trip

Wednesday, May 3rd – Jeans Day (purchase a button from the office if you want to wear jeans.  Otherwise full dress uniform).

Thursday, May 4th – Track Meet

Monday, May 15th – Grade 6 Transition Parent Meeting 3:30 in chapel

Thursday, May 18th – Art Gala

Monday, May 22nd – Victoria Day

Thursday, May 25th – Beauty and the Beast field trip

Monday, May 29th – Spring Sing

Wednesday, May 31st – Knight’s Day

Spelling List

List 1 (S1):  impartial, possible, total, particular, natural, temporary, pleasant, grateful, certain, serious, local, opposite, peculiar, brilliant, divine, fertile, original, handy, constant, anxious

List 2 (W1):  employee, athlete, multitude, bureau, heifer, vehicle, library, vicinity, confectionery, athletic, anniversary, opportunity, emergency, treachery, disease, calculator, calendar, isthmus, consequence, controversy

We had a great week this week!  Service day was a lot of fun and the class did a great job baking muffins for Cyrus Center.  The grade one class also did some baking for Cyrus Center, so both of our classes together sent a lot of delicious baked goods!  The class also had a hip hop session this week, with ‘Wonder Bread’ and Jasmine.  They learned some great hip hop moves and had a lot of fun!

For those of you who like to plan ahead, I have included May’s events into the dates below.  We have a busy month coming up with a lot of different things happening.  I am sure that these last two months of school will fly by!

Dates to Remember:

April 24th – Pro D Day

April 26th – Knight’s Day

May 1st – Lindeman Lake Hike

May 4th – Track Meet at Bear Creek Park

May 15th – Grade 6 Parent Transition Meeting in Chapel at 3:30

May 18th – Art Gala

May 22nd – Victoria Day

May 25th – Beauty and the Beast Field Trip (Lighthouse Theatre Production)

May 29th – Spring Sing

May 31st – Knight’s Day

Field Trips:  Please remember to return both the Track and Field and Lindeman Lake field trip forms.  Students will wear casual clothes for our hike (with good runners or hiking shoes) and their phys ed uniform for the Track Meet.

Grade Six Transition Meetings:  On May 15th the grade 6 students will meet with Mrs. Lade during the day to talk about the transition into high school next year.  After school, at 3:30, there is a parent meeting in the chapel.  If your child is in grade 6 this year, please plan to attend.

Spelling Lists

List 1 (R6):  feature, neighbour, beige, sleeve, poverty, visitor, toward, pickle, advice, tobacco, article, drown, liquid, decade, disaster, vessel, avenue, janitor, against, method

List 2 (V3): weight, campaign, consciousness, controllable, organize, organization, sense, sensible, compression, experience, permitted, profit, arrangement, discussion, session, welfare, tying, resemble, resemblance, magnificent

Here are some photos from Service Day and our hip hop afternoon…enjoy!

Good morning,

I wanted to send a couple of reminders for tomorrow:

1.  Full Dress Uniform is tomorrow.
2.  Service Day – please remember to bring muffin ingredients that are listed in the planner.
3.  Genius Hour – many students are ready to begin their new projects.  Please check and see if they need to bring any materials to school tomorrow.

Thanks so much!  Enjoy your day!

It was another busy week here in the 5/6 classroom.  Students were excited to start Genius Hour again as well as our newest writing unit – Poetry!  The students have all chosen a poem to recite to the class and we are having a friendly “Poetry Slam” – a poetry reading competition.  A few groups have gone and I am looking forward to hearing the rest of the class recite their poems in the coming weeks.

Service Day: Next Wednesday our class will be baking muffins to give to Cyrus Center, a shelter for at-risk youth.  Each table group has chosen the type of muffins they will make and have divided up the ingredients.  The ingredients are listed in the student’s planner.  Please remember to bring them WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19th.  We will be baking in the morning and I will deliver them after school.  I would love a parent or two to help out between 9:30 & 11:00.  If you are able to come please email me at pgoosen@highroadacademy.com.

Full Dress Wednesdays:  Just a friendly reminder that full dress uniform needs to be worn each Wednesday.  This includes pants for the boys and a kilt for the girls.  They need to have button down shirts and their cardigans.  We will start handing out classroom ‘fines’ (part of our classroom economy) for students who do not dress appropriately as well as awarding table points for the table groups who are all wearing their correct uniforms.

Kleenex Needed:  We have run out of Kleenex for the classroom.  If you could bring in a box next week to help us get through the end of the year, that would be much appreciated!

Field Trip Forms:  This week there has been a track and field form sent home and today there is a Lindeman Lake Hike form coming home.  Please sign and return those next week.

Upcoming Dates:

Friday, April 14th – Good Friday, school closed

Monday, April 17th – Easter Monday, school closed

Wednesday, April 19th – Service Day (bring baking ingredients)

Monday, April 24th – Pro D Day

Wednesday, April 26th – Knight’s Day

Monday, May 1st – Lindeman Lake field trip

Spelling Lists

List 1 (R6):  feature, neighbour, beige, sleeve, poverty, visitor, toward, pickle, advice, tobacco, article, drown, liquid, decade, disaster, vessel, avenue, janitor, against, method

List 2 (V3): weight, campaign, consciousness, controllable, organize, organization, sense, sensible, compression, experience, permitted, profit, arrangement, discussion, session, welfare, tying, resemble, resemblance, magnificent

Wishing you and your family a wonderful Easter weekend.

Little Diggers is cancelled this week due to the gym being used for the Easter Service Thursday afternoon.  It will resume next week.  Thank you!

The students worked hard and we had a great week!  In Science we are learning about mining and the students became ‘cookie miners’ yesterday.  We learned about extracting minerals and the importance of caring for our environment!  I have some pictures for you to enjoy down below.  We seem to have a lot of things happening over the next several weeks so please take note of the items below.

Pajama day:  On April 11, we will be celebrating the coming spring by….. wearing pajamas!! That’s right! Wear your warm snugglies on Tuesday and let’s drive the cold rain away!
Students are allowed to wear their pajamas or other lounging wear on Tuesday but may also have something warm like a housecoat in case of chills. Pajamas should be appropriate with no bellies showing or anything else that might be considered inappropriate. You can bring a teddy or such and slippers to wear in the class.
If students do not wish to participate, that is completely fine and should then just wear their uniforms as if it is a normal day.

Easter Assembly: The Easter assembly will be at 2:00 on Thursday.  All parents are welcome to join us.

Genius Hour:  Genius Hour begins again on Wednesday.  If your child is in the middle of a project then please have them bring supplies so they can continue working.  Many of them will be starting new projects and will be in the planning stages…nothing needed from home.  =)

Easter Weekend:  Reminder that there is no school on Friday, April 14th and Monday, April 17th.

Pro D Day:  Monday, April 24th there is no school – it’s a day for the teachers to learn!

Knight’s Day:  Wednesday, April 26th

Spelling – We will do the test on Thursday instead of Friday.

List 1 (R5) : choose, entertain, weigh, improve, promise, prefer, chose, illustrate, prepare, soldier, machine, treason, objection, area, service, treasure, create, creation, quiz, effect

List 2 (V2):  mysterious, relieve, advise, solemn, apparent, image, imagine, column, independent, evidence, testimony, individual, innocence, sacrifice, prejudice, coarse, leisure, reference, occasion, acre

TALENT SHOW TRYOUTS FOR

ART GALA NIGHT (MAY 18)!!

There will be TWO days for tryouts!! 

#1 Wednesday, April 5—for piano and other instruments

#2 Thursday, April 6—for singing, dance, sports, and other talent

Where:  The Chapel

Time: 3:15-4:15 You may leave as soon as you have tried out….

What to bring:  your piano pieces, instruments, taped music (if you are using), any other item needed for your tryout.

PLEASE LET MISS WARDEN OR MR. MEYERHOFF KNOW IF YOU CAN’T MAKE THE DAY ASSIGNED TO YOU.  We will try to arrange something for you….