October 21, 2022



Wednesday was Take Me Outside Day, the whole school participated in a school wide event where they went to various stations (art, building, binoculars, photos, and pond dipping) with their buddies. We partnered with our buddies from Mrs. McEachern & Mrs. Sera-Crawford grade 1/2 community and explored the land that surrounds us. What spectacular weather and community building it was.

This week in school we have accomplished a lot. Students have finished their Worst Picture Day stories and have been moving back to picture prompts and 6 word stories. 

In Science, we have continued with studying Trees & Forests and have been looking at Tree Cookies and how to identify the age and growing conditions of a tree. 

We have been studying the terms equality, equity and justice in Social Studies and have begun to look at issues such as cell phone usage in schools and formed our opinions after reading others opinions and then debating which position they would take. 

In math, the grade 5's have been working of various strategies to solve multiplication questions. We will be continuing with multiplication next week. Have your child practice their multiplication at home so they can become more fluent (especially the 7's & 9's). In grade 6, students have been continuing their work on lowest common multiple, greatest common factor and prime factors. 

We started a review of the 7 Elements of Art (Line, value, colour, space, shape, texture and form).

Thank you to those who have reached out expressing an interest in volunteering for Campus Calgary at Arts Commons January 23-27, 2023. I have created a signup genius for you to sign up for the date(s) you can attend. Please note that you will require a CBE volunteer clearance to attend. If you are unsure of the the status of your clearance, the office will be happy to check for you. If you would like to obtain volunteer clearance, please come to the office with your ID and they can start the process for you. 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0B49AEAE29A5F85-arts

Remember to come prepared for cooler weather next week. Students will still be outside daily and on our walk Wednesday afternoon.  

Upcoming Dates:

October 27: Photo retakes

October 27: Parent Council Halloween Dance (evening)

October 28: PD day No School

October 31: Halloween (dress up if you like)

November 1: Student teacher arrives


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