June 15 - 19

LAST WEEK IS UPON US 

Important Dates:

June 22 – Student materials start coming home

June 24 - Play Day & Grade 5 Farewell

June 25 - Spirit Day - PJ and Movie Day! 

June 25 – Report Cards open to parents – PLEASE DOWNLOAD YOUR CHILD’S REPORT CARD SO YOU HAVE A COPY

June 26 – Last day of classes for Grades 1-5 – If your child will be ending the year early, please let the homeroom teacher know in advance

Important Notes:

- Play Day is Wednesday, June 24. Dress for varied weather and bring a water bottle.  (Students can come with sunscreen on but teachers won’t be helping apply it here.)

- On Play Day we are providing Freezies. PARENTS THAT DO NOT WANT THEIR CHILD TO HAVE ONE MUST EMAIL THE TEACHER and can send an alternative treat for their child to enjoy that day.  

- Report Cards open to parents on Thursday. Friday is the last day of school for the year. 

-On Thursday, if you would like to bring a board game from home, please do! 

From the future grade 6s:

We did tie dye! - Jordan 

Today we made bannock with our buddies! It was delicious - Claire

We finished math - Vansh (Except no we didn't, sorry Vansh - love your teachers!) 

We did tie dye and worked on our math board games! - Lizzie

We are painting on canvases  - Evaya

Science

We are working on completing our presentations about the last two body systems - musculoskeletal and respiratory! Students are becoming an expert on one of these systems and will then share with a peer who did the opposite system, teaching their peers about all of the important information they gathered.

We have also started talking about Space and on Tuesday learned about the Phases of the Moon. Students learned many new vocabulary words, including waning gibbous, waxing gibbous, waning crescent and waxing crescent. Ask your student how long the moon cycle is and have them explain the 8 phases of the moon to you!

Math

This week we started a year-end math project that our students are very excited about - creating their own Math Board Games! They were tasked with coming up with a game theme, creating at least 20 math problem cards that will be used to play the game, recording clear directions/instructions for game play, and designing their own game boards! We are looking forward to seeing how these games come together, and are hopeful we can spend some time next week, playing each other's games! 

Teacher Dan solving an algebraic warm up equation

Teacher Claire solving one too!

Teacher Lilly rocking it!

Writing

We have been working on our biographies for our classmates. It has been awesome to read how students are describing their classmates. They have been doing a great job sharing how great their friends are! We also have been wrapping up other literacy tasks and some health writing. Students should be able to write several connected paragraphs at this time of year. 

Art 

We have been working on a northern lights keepsake for students to take home. They have embarked on challenging acrylic paint journey to follow step by step portrayal of the northern lights. Students demonstrated mental fortitude and resilience in creating these pieces and we can't wait to finish them up next week! 

Tie dye! 

Shirts are done! Thank you SO much to our amazing parent volunteers, Car and Nick, for their time and efforts to make sure all shirts were dyed and rinsed to perfection. They look amazing. We are really excited to celebrate with everyone on Wednesday 😍. 

Bannock! 

We made Bannock with our grade 2 buddies to celebrate Indigenous Peoples day! We learned about the history of Bannock and talked about how cooking and sharing food together. It was an awesome way to round out our year of buddy time! 

Hi Ahmed's mom! - Mrs. Barnden