- Students have been continuing to look at nutrition and food sources. Following up “the Future of Food” and nutrition logs, students have been watching parts of “Super Size Me.” We will be continue to look at food and the sustainability of food sources.
- Term 3 Explorations started on January 30th. Ask your son or daughter about which exploration class they started this week.
- On Friday, students in grade 6/7 wrote a poetry pre-test. Students had the chance to show what they know. For students who already had a solid understanding of poetry and literary devices – there will be opportunities for personalization and compacting.
- Grade 7’s have completed the Empires Project and Grade 6’s will be completing their final task this week. Ms. Moody and I will be getting marks to parents and students as soon as we can.
- On February 7, 2012, Safer Internet Day, countries around the world will be promoting safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially among children and young people. In Canada, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (www.protectchildren.ca) has created a unique, one-stop Internet safety website – The Door that’s Not Locked (www.thedoorthatsnotlocked.ca) – to help parents, teachers and anyone else with children in their lives learn about ways to keep kids safe on the Internet. We’ve also created a mobile safety website (mobility.protectchildren.ca) and a cell phone safety lesson plan to further help you keep your students safe.
- Table tennis club continues Monday and Wednesday afterschool. We will be having a MACC and Blue Team Table Tennis Tournament at the end of February.
- Ski and Snowboard Club continues on Thursday evenings. There is also a Whistler Ski trip scheduled for Saturday, February 11th.
- Some students have started to make the Candy Grams for Valentine’s Day. Grade 6/7 MACC classes are selling Candy Grams at lunch Monday – Thursday for $1. Students can send a note to a friend and have a candy treat delivered to them in class on Valentines Day.
- Grade 8 MACC students are working on their Classic Literature Responses. Students have had a chance to draft their responses and have a peer edit their writing. Final copies of their drafts are due next week.
- MACC Clubs Day sessions have been finalized. Plans are underway to ensure rides for students to their sessions. Students should have received a confirmation email with details about the session(s) they will be attending next Friday (February 10th).
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