June 20

Clean up! Clean up! Everybody everywhere! Clean up! Clean up! Everybody do their share!

This is the song that keeps popping up in my head all day as we start to wind down and clean our things. Instead of lugging home a giant bag of stuff next week, I am starting to send home school supplies that we no longer need. At this point, I have sent home all duo-tangs. Please let your child know if you want them to DONATE the school supplies in their pencil boxes (pencil crayons, markers, erasers, etc) as we usually collect them at the end of the year to send away. ALL PENCIL BOXES will be collected empty and sent to the Grade 4 classrooms (it is not part of their Grade 4 educ-pac, so they will be using the same one next year again). We have a box of clothes that has been hanging around the cloakroom and none of the students have claimed the clothes. Please feel free to come and browse to see if any of it belongs to your child!

Also I have asked that all backpacks and lunch kits are checked tonight. We have a very unpleasant odor coming from our cloakroom. We have emptied the shoe cubbies, sprayed and cleaned everything, but the smell still lingers! It's quite unpleasant.

Please make sure your child empties their backpack at home so that they can take more stuff home in the coming days.

We are finishing Charlotte's Web (the novel) this week, as well as the ABC books they have been working on for the past month. THE ABC BOOK IS DUE ON THURSDAY at the very latest as report cards are due to the office by Friday.  We will be watching the live action movie on Friday morning.

If you have any concerns about your child's learning at this point, it is really important that we discuss it ASAP as next week will be so busy and will fly by.

A notice about our wrap up party on Friday was sent home today.

June 7

Popcorn day tomorrow $1.00

Thursday is our Celebration of Learning starting at 11 am. Each child will present their projects. We hope to see you there. Below is the list of presenters in order:

1. Brody: What are eggs made of?

2. Leighla: What happens to the environment when trees get cut down?

3. Robyn: I wonder about how lions live.

4. Mary: How do your bake without yeast and it still rises?

5. Heidi: How do people keep animals in the zoo?

6. Olivia: I wonder about bald eagles way of life.

7. Daniel: How did Lego get started?

8. Natalie: How do you make a giant piece of art with multiple art forms?

               9. Mireya: Who invented make up and who were the first to use it?

10. Liam: Why are dog’s called a man’s best friend?

11: Matteo K: How do volcanoes erupt?

12. Desmond: How are video games made?

13: Ezinne: How much space junk is out there?

14. Aine: What helps you get into sports?

15: Mateo S: What was the first sport invented?

16: Alessandro: How are video games made?

17. Reese: What instruments in the orchestra and how are they made?

18. Lauren: How do paintings affect people?

19. Jack: How do penguins survive?

20. Sarah: How can we help the endangered spotted owls?

21: Jamey: How does the internet work?

22. Naysa: What are allergies?

23. Evan: How can we make driving safer?

24. Mara: Why were dogs made?

25. Anthony: How do things move in space?

26. Steven: How can cheetahs run fast?

27. Aveline: How can you do a backflip?

28: Tessa: What was the first famous form of art?

29. Anna: What are the parts of a dog’s body?

30: Bianca: Why are there homeless dogs?

31: Rachel: How can we help people with cancer?

June 1

A BIG THANK YOU to the parent drivers and volunteers who helped to make our field trip so successful! I don't know about the kids, but I was tired last night from all the walking and sunshine!

Today, we were missing quite a few kids who went to the CISVA track meet. Students had the opportunity to work on their Passion projects. Tomorrow, in our groups, students will have the opportunity to create their criteria for marking.

ALL PROJECTS are due to me on MONDAY, JUNE 6. If they opt to do a speech, I still to see the notes for the speech so I know they are prepared.

CELEBRATION OF LEARNING is on THURS, JUNE 9. Families are invited to come and here presentations starting at 11am in the Parish Center.

Homework:
1. Passion projects due
2. ABC book
- D for dump
- O for orchard
- Z for Zuckerman
- R for Roosters

19 MORE SCHOOL DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May 27

We are in need of TWO MORE PARENT DRIVERS for TUESDAY. Please email me ASAP if you have your Driver forms and criminal record check done and can accompany us on TUESDAY, MAY 31.The following parents are driving and supervising on our field trip:

Gerard, Bell, Rafter, McKay, Hadson, Erickson, Nichol

We are leaving around 9am so students will line up at the bell as usual. There is no need to come extra early. Please note that according to the province of BC all children under the age of 9 or height of 4’9 (144cm) MUST HAVE A BOOSTER SEAT. We measured those students in class and have written a "B" on top of the letter they are taking home, if they need a booster. For liability and insurance purposes, if you are not driving your own child, please provide a BOOSTER SEAT for the volunteer parent driver. Children under the age or 12 should be seated in the back seats.

Students need to come in FULL UNIFORM and be prepared to be outdoors (sunscreen, hats, or rain gear). Please send a DISPOSABLE LUNCH. There are some shops there and students will be allowed to go in them with their groups. Do not send more than $20, as students are responsible for their own money or belongings. 

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No School Monday, May 30

Field Trip Tuesday, May 31

Important June Dates:

June 6- Passion Projects DUE (in class) Criteria for marking will be sent home next week, students are creating their own marking criteria together, as part of the student inquiry. They have been working so hard in class and I am so excited to share this progress with you.

June 9- CELEBRATION OF LEARNING- You are invited to come and see their passion projects, listen to their speeches and view their skits and videos. The celebration will be in the Parish Center at 11am-12:30. 

June 10- Volunteer Appreciation Tea & Talent show

June 17- Fun Day (Details will be sent home next week! Volunteer opportunities will count for next school year!)

End of year field trip to be determined. We are trying to book a swimming party but I'm unsure if they can take all 31 students at once. 

June 29- Report Card & Last Day of School

May 16

Tomorrow we will begin our first in class work time for the different passion project presentations. We will have three weeks of in class work time and that puts us in the second week of June for final presentations. Please ensure that your child has whatever they need from home to make this hour a productive work time. I will have the usual school supplies available (paint, construction paper, etc). A lot of the students need to write speeches and scripts and can use this first time to do their writing. Some students need  to type out their info, we can type and print in class but we cannot save it.

Homework:
1. Sp Unit 25 (WTW #2-4, WP 2-4, CH # 1,2,4) OR List 6 (THURS)
2. Charlotte's Web Ch 8& 9 Vocab and questions
3. Math w/s