March was split with a two week Spring Break this year, so we’ve had a week on either side. Ms. Abbot is helping Miss Tambellini in the office, while Mr. Appel is on leave. We welcome back Ms. Brown to Yellow Team to cover some of Ms. Abbot’s and Mr. Appel’s teaching load.
1. The Grade 6/7’s continued to learn about the Earth’s crust and demonstrated their learning through a variety of edible and colourful means.
2. The grade 6’s finished up the unit on non-fiction text features and reading strategies by designing a textbook page on Rome or Greece, using the 6 Historical Thinking Concepts.
Allison_GodsAndGoddessesOfGreece
3. We finished off Table Tennis with a recreational and competitive tournament. And we have continued raquet sports and started badminton this week. Students also had the chance to do sessions with iCycle through Cycling BC prior to Spring Break.
4. In Math 6, students have finished the unit on Fractions, Percent and Ratios. Students are moving on to the next unit with Ms. Brown and have started a “Dinner Party” Math Project today.
5. Grade 6’s have continued to work on mastering verb conjugation and learned the verb rap this week.
6. Grade 7/8’s continue to work together in Humanities. Students are currently participating in the Fuedal Games. The students were assigned a role/status within the Game and have been learning how the social hierachy influenced the events of history. Students have also been working on their “iPorts” – autobiographies about their role and character in the Fuedal Games.
7. Grade 6’s have been learning about self-regulation this week and completed a survey about the types of activities that they need to help them regulate at school and at home.
8. Students have 4 weeks left in their current exploration class. The grade 6/7’s are in Express Yourself and DraMus and the grade 8’s are in Tech Ed, Home Ec or Art.
9. Students brought home a permission form for our next field trip. Parents please sign and return as soon as possible.
10. Have a great and safe weekend!