Sorry for late post, still not quite used to blogging regularly. Here are some of the things happening in May
May 18 no school Victoria Day
May 19 No school Pro D day
May 20 school assembly with magician 9am
our class will be trying out coast Salish weaving with our Ab ed coordinator Wed and
Thurs
PE moved to Thursday due to weaving
May 21 weaving continues in morning
PE at 130
May 22 Track and field day gr 6's in am and gr 5's in pm students will work in class during
non track times
May 22-27 School Bookfair come check out whats for sale
May 26 Canoe and Kayak trip to Whonnock Lake see field trip section for more details
Other happenings
For Inquiry we have just finished our STEM challenges. Students were given a variety of science based challenges, such as building towers, boats and other structures out of different materials and applying math, science and engineering thinking to each problem. They were tasked with researching solutions and reflecting on their ideas. We ended this unit with creating a container that would protect a raw egg when dropped from a high height (the school roof)
The egg drop was well received and we were surprised at all the different designs created. In the end only 2 eggs broke so the containers were very successful.
We will be moving on to a unit on government and students will have the opportunity to participate in their own election campaign.
Summer reading Challenge
Our class has signed up to participate in the Scholastic summer reading challenge. A notice was sent home explaining a bit about the challenge and how students can sign in to log their reading minutes. They also have access to ebooks that are exclusive to challenge readers and games and contests between now and Sept. For now students are logging their minutes throughout the week and all reading minutes count, including those done at home so please encourage your child to read and record their times. My hope is that they will continue to read throughout the summer and continue to log their minutes and help their school work towards a free authors visit.
Pre Summer slow down
Now is the time that we start to see students slowing down, not working as hard during class time or socializing more. With the nice weather it is easy to start thinking summer holidays and lazy days, myself included. But now is a good time to remind your child that while summer is coming quickly, there is still work to do and a need to push themselves to keep working hard and putting their best effort in.
