April 8 - 12

Our Learning folders came home on Friday.  We hope you had a chance to view your child's weekly quiz and self evaluation for the week.  Please take time to give your child some positive feedback on their accomplishments this week.

Our Anything But A Backpack spirit day was a great hit.  Students were very creative with everything they brought from suitcases, laundry baskets, pots, and boxing gloves, to traffic cones, pinatas, boxes, and crates.  Thanks for helping your child with this fun event.  

Learning Outcomes

Physical Education - Gymnatstics

Students modify movement to improve control and efficiency.

Students refine and apply spatial awareness across a variety of physical activity contexts.

Students examine and apply personal safety in a variety of situations.

What Did Students Do? 

This week was exciting for students as the gymnastics equipment was all out.  Students spent time moving throughout the gymnastics stations, working on control and technique as they went about their various movements.  Students had the opportunity to travel up ropes and climbers, and across ladders, balance beams, and  benches. They used the box horses, ramps, and bars to work on their various balances, landings, and other movements.  

Maker Activity

In our Maker Space activity this week students were asked to design a shoe that they could put on and remove.  They were given 4 sheets of paper and a strip of masking tape.  They also had access to string.  The focus was on design and functionality.  Students made some great creations which they then took time to share during the fashion show portion of the activity.  Students had to work together in groups of three or four.  They needed to collaborate and communicate within their groups in order to achieve success.  

Ask Your Child About:

-Our work so far with division and their introduction to The Big 7 Method

-The novels they finished reading this week. 

-How their Minecraft build is progressing

-How their Maker Space activity went and what type of shoe they designed. 

Upcoming Events

April 17^th – Fun lunch   April 19^th – CBE System PD Day

April 23^rd – Spirit Day – ‘Twin Day’  

April 30^th – Grade 5 Field Trip to Bow Habitat Station