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Miss Doerksen and I would like to say a huge thank you for showering us with gifts this Christmas! To say we got spoiled feels like an understatement! So thank you!! We wish you and your family a blessed Christmas and look forward to seeing you in the New Year.
We have a few reminders for you as we finish off the last week of school.
Wednesday – Cookie decorating. Please have your child bring their icing or candy to decorate their cookies
Thursday – Class Lunch, Party & Christmas Concert. Please have your child bring their lunch item, a wrapped $5 gift and remember that it is early dismissal on Thursday. The Christmas concert starts at 1:00 and classes will be dismissed around two, as soon as the concert is done.
Food Drive Ends Tomorrow – Please send any food items in tomorrow morning.
Mystery Festival – Today the students were forensic scientists…using the evidence from the crime scene to perform five different tests. Tomorrow morning we will examine the results of those five tests and then perform another set of tests with the rest of the crime scene findings. It has been exciting to watch the students engage in these activities and share their theories. I look forward to seeing them at work again tomorrow. Below are some photos from today. Enjoy!
Today we started a mini-mystery unit! The students are forensic scientists this week and today they observed a crime scene and met the crew of suspects! Tomorrow and Wednesday they will be performing forensic tests on the evidence and clues found at the scene of the crime and on Thursday they will draw their conclusions. There was a lot of excitement this morning and students were so engaged in ‘the mystery’…it makes the last week of school before break much more exciting!
Below are some pictures of our morning!
It is hard to believe this is one of the last blog posts of 2017! The fall has just flown by and both Miss Doerksen and I have loved teaching your children this fall! We have a busy last week of school so please read below…
Christmas Concert Information – Christmas concert is this coming Monday and it starts at 6:30 this year with coffee/cookies at 6. Please have students in their classrooms by 6:15. Students can wear any of the following colours, along with jeans (that have no holes). Dresses may also be worn and any shoes are great. The colours are red, white, green, and black, and students may wear any combination of those colours.
Cookie Decorating Party – Next Wednesday we will be having a cooking decorating party. The cookies are made and each table has decided what they are going to bring for the party. This has been written in your child’s planner.
CLASS LUNCH – THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21st Please bring in your item first thing on Thursday morning as we will be starting lunch before noon and would like to get the meat/cheese put on platters before we begin.
FOOD LIST
Caleb – 300 grams lunch meat Ashlyn – veggies & dip
Steffen – 300 grams lunch meat Kayleigh – small fruit platter
Zara – 300 grams lunch meat Blake – 300 grams lunch meat
Benjamin – 300 grams lunch meat Ellie – dessert for 10
Leah F. – dessert for 10 Ethan – 1 dozen buns, sliced
Aliya – 1 dozen buns, sliced Hunter – sliced cheese
Colby – sliced cheese Jerah – 1 litre pop or juice
Sam – 1 litre pop or juice Riya – 1 litre pop or juice
Daniel – 1 litre pop or juice Matthew – 1 bag chips
Lucas – 1 bag chips Kai – 1 bag chips
Arella – dessert for 10 Kirsten – 1 dozen buns, sliced
Teachers – plates, napkins, cups, Leah K. – 1 bag chips
condiments Joshua – 1 dozen buns, sliced
Next week we have a special high-interest mini unit planned. I have done this in past years and it is a fun way to keep the kids engaged…especially when everyone is SO READY FOR A BREAK!! I don’t want to give any details about the unit but I will post photos next week.
I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!
Good morning! There is a package of ski trip information coming home today.
Ski Trip Date: January 26th, 2018
Registration is opened today until December 19th.
Please read over the information that is coming home today and go to Mr. Hancock’s blog to register. http://mrhclassblog.edublogs.org
Thank you!
We had a lot of fun decorating for Christmas on Monday! It was a flurry of lights, trees, fake snow, garland, yummy snacks and lots of Christmas music! We also started our Advent unit and this week students are learning about the meaning of advent, the wreath, candles and the first candle we lit, the Candle of Hope. We also are in the middle of our second Science Unit on the Rock Cycle. Students have been working hard at their centers and have learning about igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. We even used Snickers Bars to show the difference between the three rock types and will continue with our unit until the Christmas break.
Below is some important information of upcoming events and things happening in our classroom and school. There are also a couple of pictures for you to enjoy!
Cookie Decorating Party on Wednesday, December 20th – I have 100 sugar cookies baked and in the freezer, all ready to go for the class cookie decorating party! Each table group will decide what they would like to bring to decorate their cookies and on Dec. 20th the class will decorate and enjoy eating some festive cookies! Next week your child will write the icing/candy that they will bring. We won’t need more than about 1/4 – 1/2 cup candy/sprinkles from each person and one container of icing per table group. Stay tuned…
Class Christmas Party & Class Lunch – on Thursday, December 21st we will have a Christmas Lunch and class party. As the primary concert time has been changed to Thursday afternoon, we will have our party in the morning and enjoy lunch together. For the party we will be doing a White Elephant gift exchange. We ask each student to bring in a $5 wrapped gift for this exchange – it is a lot of fun! We will also be doing a class lunch and I will send out a list next week of what each student is supposed to bring on that day.
Last Spelling List of 2017: bargain, fierce, gracious, humble, bright, busy, general, square, according, angry
Upcoming Dates:
Monday, December 18th – Christmas Concert, 6:30pm
Wednesday, December 20th – Class Cookie Decorating Party
Thursday, December 21st – Class Lunch & Party (more information to follow)
Thursday, December 21st – Primary Concert (1:00) & Early Dismissal (2:00)
Friday, December 22 – Sunday, January 7th CHRISTMAS BREAK
A few pictures…
I hope you are all enjoying this rainy weekend! We had a great week in grade 5 – lots happening as we enter December and finish up the last couple weeks of school before Christmas break.
Classroom Decorating Party – it’s time to blast the holiday favourites and decorate our classroom for Christmas! This Monday we will pull out all of our decorations and make our classroom festive! If you have any extra decorations that you aren’t using, we would love to borrow them for a few weeks! Everything will be returned.
Interviews on Wednesday, December 6th – If you would like to meet with us for an interview then please book an appointment through the office. We will be having interviews from 3:30 – 6:30 on Wednesday.
December School Calendar Change – there has been a change to the calendar this year. The primary Christmas concert is now on Thursday, December 21st from 1:00 – 2:00pm, with school being dismissed after the concert. Friday, December 22nd there will be NO SCHOOL. Please mark this change in your calendars.
Food Drive – The food drive has officially begun. We are working together as a school this year, trying to get 15,000 school wide points. If we do, our school prize will be a half day on Friday, January 12th. Each item will be assigned a point value – items on the ‘preferred list’ will be assigned 5 points each and every dollar donated will also be worth 5 points each. All other items are worth 1 point each. Please DO NOT send along Mr. Noodles as they get smashed up during transport. Here are the preferred items & thank you for your support:
Spelling Words: radio, video, shelf, valley, mouse, echo, diamond, salary, lawyer, prisoner
New BMV – we are memorizing Christmas verses up until the break and they are on the BMV page.
December Dates:
Monday, December 4th – Class Decorating Party
Wednesday, December 6th – Parent Teacher Interviews from 3:30 – 6:30
Monday, December 18th – Christmas Concert, 6:30pm
Wednesday, December 20th – Class Cookie Decorating Party (more information to follow)
Thursday, December 21st – Class Lunch & Party (more information to follow)
Thursday, December 21st – Primary Concert (1:00) & Early Dismissal (2:00)
Friday, December 22 – Sunday, January 7th CHRISTMAS BREAK…Woo hoo!!
I think that is it! Have a wonderful week!
Pam