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Mrs. Riley and I would like to say a HUGE thank you for all of the thoughtful cards and gifts we have received this week! It was very kind of you!
We wish you and your family a blessed Christmas and look forward to seeing you in January.
Mrs. Riley & Mrs. Goosen
Please bring your items for the lunch and the gift exchange tomorrow! Looking forward to celebrating with the class tomorrow!
We have three days left to register for the Intermediate Ski Trip! Please register by Wednesday on Mr. Hancock’s blog! http://mrhclassblog.edublogs.org/
Good evening! I seem to be missing quite a number of Science duotangs. They were brought home to study for the Science quiz and I wonder if many of them are still at home. Please return tomorrow as I need to mark their Science booklets.
On Wednesday there will be a French re-test for any student who would like to be tested again.
See you tomorrow evening. Remember that doors open at 5:45 and the portable opens at 6pm. Please do not sent your child out to the classroom before 6:00 as I will not be in the class before then.
Please return Planet Protector Booklets tomorrow!!
I thought I would send the weekly update a day early since we have so many things happening during this next week!
Christmas Concert Information: On Monday evening the concert begins at 6:30 pm. All doors to the gym and foyer will open at 5:45. I will be at the portable at 6:00 so you are welcome to send your child to the classroom between 6:00 – 6:15. After the concert is over all students will be returning to the portable and will wait there to be picked up.
Christmas Concert dress: students can wear their favourite Christmas outfit or they can wear regular street wear adding winter items such as toques, scarf, vest, winter boots etc.
Social Studies Quiz: Next Wednesday students will be having a Canada Map quiz. A study guide has been sent home today and we would appreciate you helping your child prepare for this quiz.
Ski Trip Registration: There is one week left to register for the ski trip! Please head over to Mr. Hancock’s blog to register! http://mrhclassblog.edublogs.org/
Class Christmas Lunch & White Elephant Gift Exchange – Next Wednesday, December 18th we will have our class lunch and white elephant gift exchange. We ask that each child bring a wrapped $5 gift for our gift exchange as well as a lunch item to share with the class. Below I have written a class list as well as the item that I would like your child to bring.
Ruben– 300 grams lunch meat Jesse – small veggies & dip
Grace – 300 grams lunch meat Caleb – small fruit platter
Payton – 300 grams lunch meat Barnabas – 300 grams lunch meat
Zyana – dessert for 10 Calleigh – 1 dozen buns, sliced
Mya– 1 dozen buns, sliced Zachary – sliced cheese
Riley– sliced cheese Jeriel – 1 litre pop or juice
Jackson– 1 litre pop or juice Evelyn – 1 dozen buns, sliced
Owen– 1 litre pop or juice Liam– 1 bag chips
Michael– 1 bag chips Josh – 1 bag chips
Mrs. Riley– dessert for 10 Kamali – 1 bag chips
Lavinia – 300 grams of lunch meat Arianna – 1 bag of chips
Nora – dessert for 10 Dyllan – 1 dozen buns, sliced
Rebecca – small fruit platter Katlin – small veggies & dip
Mrs. G – plates, napkins, cups, condiments, chips
We are Planet Protectors!!! We have been busy learning about garbage, waste and a whole lot more! Yesterday afternoon we watched a CBC Marketplace piece that explored how large grocery stores throw out huge amounts of food each week! We have also been learning how we as families throw out about $700 worth of food a year! Yikes! We then decided to see how our intermediate department fares in terms of wasting perfectly good food! Each table group took a different classes garbage bins and sorted through the garbage. What we found was shocking! We found a variety of uneaten goods – from cookies, fruit, sandwiches, sealed snacks and yogurts. The class was appalled…and for good reason! We talked about how ‘knowledge is power’ and how we, as a class of Grade 5’s, can create change! We brainstormed ideas and came up with a plan:
This is the project that we will be documenting and submitting for the Science World Green Games. If we win the games then we will receive an overnight at Science World as our prize! Yesterday was an AMAZING afternoon – for me as a teacher and for the students. There was authentic learning taking place and the class was so passionate about taking action and making a difference in our school community! I am excited to see where this journey will take us!
Here is the link to the video if you would like to watch it. There were some ‘commercial breaks’ – just be aware in case some content is questionable. https://youtu.be/QLqkV8cP4xs
Thursday Movie Afternoon & Early Dismissal: Just a reminder that next Thursday afternoon we are watching “The Star” in the chapel as an intermediate department. Students can bring their pillows/comfy blankets as well as snacks to eat during the movie. Students will be dismissed right after the primary Christmas Concert, which will end at approx. 2pm.
The countdown is on! We have two weeks until Christmas break! woo hoo! We have a few things coming up these next couple of weeks so please keep reading!
Last spelling list of 2019: attempt, remember, relate, problem, either, relative, boundary, arrest, await, president
Intermediate Ski Trip
Our annual ski trip is coming up and I wanted to send out some information to help you prepare for the event before the Christmas vacation hit us. Our ski trip is going to be on Friday, February 7th at Manning Park. This is always an exciting trip and the students look forward to hitting the ski hills and having some fun.
The registration happens in two parts: an online registration and the payment portion. To help with understanding the process, I have sent home detailed instructions containing all the information you will need to know in order to begin registration.
The online registration begins December 9 and will be open until the 18th of December. Ski trip payments can be made January 8th and 9th. We will have tables set up in the school lobby to facilitate payments for the trip. The online portion must be completed prior to the payment dates. Also note that if you are going to be coming with the school group, you will need to have your criminal records check up-to-date in order to come with us. You can check with the office as to how to best complete the records check.
If you have any questions, you can contact myself or Mr. Hancock.
Science Conversations: Your child brought home some “Science homework” – which is signing a booklet and having some family conversations around garbage. Please take time to look over and sign the booklet this weekend, and start some conversations with your family around the topic of garbage (there are guiding questions in the booklet). The booklets need to be returned on Monday.
Food Drive – please keep sending in the macaroni and cheese this week!
Bible Memory Verse – The new passage went home and is also on the blog.
Class Christmas Lunch & White Elephant Gift Exchange – On Wednesday, December 18th we will have our class lunch and white elephant gift exchange. We ask that each child bring a wrapped $5 gift for our gift exchange as well as a lunch item to share with the class. Below I have written a class list as well as the item that I would like your child to bring.
Ruben– 300 grams lunch meat Jesse – small veggies & dip
Grace – 300 grams lunch meat Caleb – small fruit platter
Payton – 300 grams lunch meat Barnabas – 300 grams lunch meat
Zyana – dessert for 10 Calleigh – 1 dozen buns, sliced
Mya– 1 dozen buns, sliced Zachary – sliced cheese
Riley– sliced cheese Jeriel – 1 litre pop or juice
Jackson– 1 litre pop or juice Evelyn – 1 dozen buns, sliced
Owen– 1 litre pop or juice Liam– 1 bag chips
Michael– 1 bag chips Josh – 1 bag chips
Mrs. Riley– dessert for 10 Kamali – 1 bag chips
Lavinia – 300 grams of lunch meat Arianna – 1 bag of chips
Nora – dessert for 10 Dyllan – 1 dozen buns, sliced
Rebecca – small fruit platter Katlin – small veggies & dip
Mrs. G – plates, napkins, cups, condiments, chips
December
Dec. 13 – Knight Day
Dec. 16 – Intermediate Christmas Concert 6:30
Dec 18th – Class Christmas Lunch & Party
Dec. 18 – Food Drive Ends
Dec. 19 – Early Dismissal after primary concert – approx 2 pm
Please remember to send genius hour supplies tomorrow!!
You may have been hearing about “Planet Protectors” these last couple of days…maybe you even heard your child singing the theme song!!
We have started a new Science Unit on the environment called “Planet Protector Academy”. This trains students as superheros of environmental protection! This is a GREAT six week program (from BC) that takes students through six modules:
Each week is a new focus and there is an at-home component as well. Your child has brought home their booklet and will ask you to read and sign a couple of pages, as well as engage in discussions around the topic of the week.
In conjunction with “Planet Protector Academy”, I have signed our classroom up for the Green Games, put on by Science World. This is a contest where schools or classrooms can submit any eco-action project, with a chance to win prizes! In January our class will be planning and implementing a project to help our school become more ‘green’. We have yet to firm up any plans but we will be starting this project from the ground up! I will be taking pictures and documenting the process, with hopes to make positive changes in our school AND win a prize!
If we do win the grand prize, we will win an overnight trip to Science World! Soooo exciting!
Thank you in advance for supporting your child with their weekly ‘at home missions’…we appreciate it!
Good morning,
Science quizzes are coming home today. Please take a look at the quiz, sign it and return it this week. If you would like your child to take a re-test please write that at the top of the quiz. Re-tests will happen this Friday.
I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend! We had a great week last week and have been busy with many things. Here’s a brief update on what we have been working on…
Math – we finished up with our multiplication and division unit and have started working on decimals & fractions.
Language Arts – we are focusing on interring, non-fiction reading skills as well as weekly journals.
Science – we finished our unit on Mixtures and Solutions and will begin our study on sustainability and the environment (more information to come).
Social Studies – we have finished government and did an introduction to propaganda. We will be starting to learn about the geography of Canada and after Christmas move into regions of Canada. We also work on weekly current event articles
Bible – We are starting our unit on Advent
Here are some things coming up…
Food Drive – please keep sending in the macaroni and cheese this week!
Spelling List – confidence, exercise, sometimes, written, crowd, allow, tender, toss, breath, running
Bible Memory Verse – We have a short passage this month and we will start on Wednesday, December 11th. Sheets will come home this week.
Class Christmas Lunch & White Elephant Gift Exchange – On Wednesday, December 18th we will be having lunch together as a class and also have a white elephant gift exchange. I will send out a list with each child’s name and the item they are to bring for lunch (ex. 1 dozen buns or veggies & dip). Each student will also bring a wrapped $5 gift for a white elephant gift exchange.
December
Dec. 13 – Knight Day
Dec. 16 – Intermediate Christmas Concert 6:30 (Int)
Dec 18th – Class Christmas Lunch & Party
Dec. 18 – Food Drive Ends
Dec. 19 Early Dismissal after primary concert – approx 2 pm