Tomorrow we have genius hour and I would like to remind students to bring any materials to school that they may need. We will try to have a few more iPads available for them to work with! If the students haven’t quite come up with a plan yet I would encourage them to look on the DIY site tonight so they can begin planning out their first project tomorrow. We look forward to seeing these first projects come together!
On Thursday and Friday we will be working on mini animal research projects – Thursday collecting our research notes and Friday putting them into a Haiku Deck during our computer class. Please bring your research books or pages to school this THURSDAY.
See you tomorrow!
Mrs. Goosen
Here are our words for this week:
accident, slipped, decide, confer, accept, refer, guess, summon, invite, estimate, victim, banana, medicine, conference, argument, product, fraction, celebrations, invitation, stationary.
A couple of students were away today so I’m just posting some videos below that we watched in our Socials class to help them get their work done when they return.
Sarah Burke’s Legacy
#wearewinter, Roz G Athlete Profile
Enjoy your week! Go Canada!
We have enjoyed our Friday afternoon buddy reading times and thought it might be fun to do some Valentine’s Day activities with them this week. This Thursday afternoon we will be making a Valentine’s animal craft and decorating (and eating, of course) heart shaped sugar cookies. I have made the cookies and icing and would love for the students to bring some candy to decorate the cookies. It does not need to be a huge amount of candy – I figured if each student brought a little ziplock full then we’d have lots to go around the two classes.
Thanks!
Mrs. Goosen
Hi Everyone,
Uniforms: Since we have had pretty chilly temperatures lately, full dress uniform has been cancelled tomorrow. Everyone should be dressing very warmly these days. Please send toques, gloves, and warm coats along with your kids. Thanks so much!
Genius Hour: Yesterday, the grade 4 and 6 classes had a kick-off assembly to launch our new class called ‘Genius Hour’. We, along with Mr. Hancock’s class, are going to be devoting one hour every Wednesday afternoon to let the students explore topics that they are passionate and curious about. We are very excited to see what kinds of things they want to learn about and share with the class. A newsletter went home yesterday to explain it in more detail. If that newsletter didn’t find its way home, I’ll attach it on here below for you to see. We are looking for parent volunteers that would be able to help us with guiding the students in their projects. If you are available on Wednesday afternoons from 2-3pm, we would love your help. Your help once a month or every other week would be greatly appreciated.
Genius Hour Parent Letter
Upcoming Dates:
Thursday, Feb 6: There is school ALL DAY for the elementary students. Only the high school has a half day.
Friday, Feb 7: Pro D – No school
***Watch OLYMPICS all weekend!!*** Well, that’s what Mrs. Derksen will be doing. 🙂
Monday, Feb 10: Family Day: Enjoy the day off! No Spelling this week.
Wednesday, Feb 12: French QUIZ: the verb ‘Avoir’, colors and body parts. Students have a study sheet. Spelling counts!
Friday, Feb 14: LOVE Guatemala Day: Pay $2 to wear casual clothes to support the missions team and their upcoming trip. Krispy Kreme donuts will be for sale too!
Yesterday the students got to show off their amazing cell projects! I am always amazed at the student’s creativity! It was very apparent that a lot of hard work went into these plant and animal cells! I thought I would let you see their projects! Enjoy the pictures and have a fantastic weekend!
Mrs. Goosen
I am so excited to see the student’s cell projects tomorrow! We will be set up in the dragon’s den (if you are looking at the portables it’s the one on the far right) and we would love for you to stop by and admire their creations. We will be set up from 1:30 to 2:00. Just a reminder that everything on the handout needs to be filled in as it will be part of the student’s marks.
Tomorrow we also have jump rope for heart. Please return all the envelopes tomorrow – whether they contain donations or not.
Thanks!
Mrs. Goosen
Good morning! Last week the students were asked to bring in any sort of collection to start the classifying portion of our Science unit. Most students forgot their collections last week so we will be doing this lesson on THURSDAY of this week – please remember to bring a collection!!
Also, I did not remember to put up a new Bible Memory Verse in time for the students to study – so we will resume next Thursday with a new passage.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Goosen
Who doesn’t love mixing math & smarties? Learning about ratio is FUN!
(And even using pencils to push them around to avoid germ-spreading.). 🙂
Spelling for the week:
whether, compete, wrestle, realize, folks, concern, whistle, succeed, forfeit, office, ought, altogether, wreath, exception, vary, various, ninety, error, liquor, official
Spelling City Link
Please note that there will be no spelling next week or the following week.
Mission: Guatemala
We are excited to announce a partnership with the grade 6 class and 2 of the high school students that will be going on the HRA missions trip to Guatemala during Spring Break. Our class has been appointed Megan and Kailey. We will have the girls join our class on a few occasions between now and then so that the grade 6 students can get to know them. We have already had a time together where we were able to ask them what they were most excited about and most fearful about, in regards to the trip. We will continue to pray for good health and safety while they are travelling, as well as many opportunities for them to connect with the local people.
In preparation for the trip, the missions team is asking for the following donations to bring along. We will have a box in our class to collect these items during the next several weeks. The toys, t-shirts, & hats/gloves can be gently used or new. The school supplies and hygiene items should be in new condition.
SMALL Toys – vehicles (Hot Wheels, etc.), dolls (Polly Pockets, etc), marbles, skipping ropes, anything else that is small
T-SHIRTS – without large logos and in good condition
HATS – summer, packable (squishable), logos small or not present
GLOVES – Light weight (summer) but heavy duty
SCHOOL SUPPLIES- pencils with pencil sharpeners, erasers, pens, rulers, crayons, etc
PERSONAL HYGIENE – soap, toothbrush and toothpaste, comb, hairbrushes (small), hair accessories
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!
I will be putting in the January scholastic order on Wed., Jan, 29th so please send them in to school early next week. Cheques can be made payable to ‘Scholastic Canada’.
