Celebration of Learning

This is a copy of the letter and planner message sent home last week

A “Celebration of Learning” for students can take many forms.  This year, students have collected work in their binder to share with parents.  In addition, students are encouraged to share with parents some of the technology platforms that we have used.

 

The format will be open house style.  No reservations/appointments are required.  The classroom will be open on Wednesday, May 8^th from 1:45pm – 5:30pm and on Thursday, May 9^th, from 1:45pm-3:30pm.  Families are welcome to come at their most convenient time; please be prepared to spend 10-15 minutes with your child.

 

The focus of a “Celebration of Learning” or “Student-Led Conference” is for the students to share information with their families.  By grade 4 & 5 students are very good at doing this.  Each student chooses things to share with their family.

 

I know that families have busy schedules.  If you are unable to come to the “Celebration of Learning” at the school, a “take-out” version is available.  For families who were unable to come on Wednesday or Thursday, students will take-home their binder on Friday May 10th, share it with families and return it to school on Monday May 13th.  The most important part is providing time for families to engage in conversations about some of the learning at school.

 

If you have any questions or concerns about your child’s learning, a parent-teacher interview may be arranged for a different time.  Simply send an email and I will schedule a meeting.

 

Thank you,

Mrs. Tara Elie

Fun French Games

 Here is a a link to a website that helps students practice French Vocabulary.  There are advertisements on this website.  Please just stick to the actual tutorial, tests and games.

link to school objects

Black History Month

Featured Artist - Ekow Nimako

In class, we looked at the artwork of Ekow Nimako.  As an optional homework challenge, students were asked to create art inspired by Ekow Nimako. Using building bricks, such as Lego, create a structure or statue that reflects your culture. What will you create? Will it be a symbol? Will it be something that you use? Build a model to express who you are! 

When you are finished, write an artist reflection sheet explaining your design choices. Why did you create what you did?

Happy Black History Month and Happy Building!

Video about Ekow Nimako

LINK TO ARTWORK

 Happy Lunar New Year!

This post is a little bit late.  Lunar New Year began on February 10th.  You can learn more about Lunar New Year here.  February is a very, very busy month.  You will see there is a Black History Month page  on this website, see the link to your right.  Please take some time to read about the amazing accomplishments of Black Canadians.  In addition, during the month of February, we created presentations and celebrated Have a Heart Day with our kindergarten buddies.  Please check out our Reconciliation Ambearrister page to see what we have been learning.

On February 13th, we watched an online safety presentation, Safer Spaces, by "Children of the Street."  It was an interactive presentation geared specifically for intermediate students to learn about online exploitation and how to keep themselves safe when online or using apps.  This presentation supports our Physical and Health Education and is vetted by SD43.  We also spent some time working on our digital citizenship and learning about privacy.  It is very important to not share private information online.  

On February 16th, we will be creating cards for Family Appreciation Day so that we can honour all the adults that care for us.  Remember Pink Shirt Day is on February 28th this year and we will attend an assembly in the gym.

Happy New Year!

We got off to a great start so far.  For some students, Jan 11th was the first time they had seen snow!  Please remember to dress for the weather.  This month we are looking forward to the Moody Elementary School tradition of tennis with Marcus who is a professional tennis coach.  We are also making preparations for Have a Heart Day by planning presentations for K-4 classes.  Part of our preparations will include watching the video, "Spirit Bear and the Children Make History" so that we can select clips to play for other classes.

You can watch this video on Spirit Bear TV using this link: Spirit Bear and the Children Make History

As we learn new things, information will be added to the Pages links on the right toolbar.

Here's to a great 2024!

The Count Down to Winter Break Begins

 Lots of fun activities take place in December at Moody Elementary; students can search for Elf on the Shelf and practice their song for our Winter Concert, "A Warm December Night."  Our class will be performing on Tuesday, December 12th at 1:15 and 6:30 pm.  Due to fire regulations, seating is limited for the evening concert time.  Tickets will be going home for families.

On December 4th, in honour of National Cookie Day, we illustrated and wrote sentences about our favourite or ultimate cookie.  Then students were invited to take one of Mrs. Elie's homemade cookies.  This complimented our Science learning about our senses, particularly, taste.

On December 15th, our school is celebrating Sweater Day and students are invited to wear a sweater of their choice.  Report cards will be available through myed on December 20th.  Make sure you can access your myed account.  If you have any questions, please contact the school office.

December 22nd, the last day of school before Winter Break, we will be having a comfy clothes/PJ day.  There may even be a hot chocolate treat that day too.

There are other special celebrations in December too...

For many Christians, the season of Advent began on Sunday, December 3rd.

Hanukkah(Chanukah) begins on December 7th and continues until December 15th

Winter Solstice is on December 21st this year.  For many people, including Indigenous people, this is a meaningful celebration.

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day are holidays observed in BC that occur during our Winter Break.  

Many celebrations in December include candles and lights.  What ways does your family celebrate in December? Did you remember to send a photo to the office to include in our school display?

 Wow! It's November already!

Hello Everyone!  We have been very busy learning and having fun.  Since the Halloween Parade on Oct 31, we have learned about Indigenous Veteran's Day, memorized a musical version of the "In Flanders Fields" poem and presented our learning about the Coast Salish Anthem to the school for our Remembrance Day Assembly today.  We received our first postcard from a class in Toronto who is also reading "A Rover's Story, " as part of the Global Read Aloud.

In Science we are working on a Unit, "Sensing and Responding."  So far, we tried to determine how much our nose, knows.  In Social Studies, we were reading about some of the contributions of Indigenous Veterans.  Also, we have been using resources from the First Nation's Caring Society to learn about Jordan's Principle and how kids can make a difference, no matter how small.

We have started to meet with our Kindergarten Buddies.  We are practicing our oral reading and leadership skills.  Being a Big Buddy is a lot of fun and we are really showing a lot of kindness and caring when we meet with Ms. Dunbar's class.

In Math, we practiced the traditional algorithms for addition and subtraction of multidigit numbers and worked on our addition and subtraction fact fluency.  We also played with patterns, and input & output machines, Algebra, here we come!

Congratulations to Scarlett for winning the Diwali Writing Contest put on by the Port Moody Museum.  Scarlett will be turning on the winter lights at the Museum to mark the start of Diwali on Sunday, November 12 at 6:30 pm.  The POMO Museum would like to invite families to come and experience the magic.  There will be a Hot Chocolate reception on the 1921 train car afterwards.  

Stay tuned for information about our Winter Concert.