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!