RODEO DAY and a few reminders

Howdy,

We had a fabulous Rodeo Day. The Grade 5's were in charge of running the stations for the younger children. They were great! Enjoy the photos and have a lovely holiday!

Mrs. Scobie

PS A few reminders for the busy first week back:
Tuesday 13th April:
-Trip to Vancouver Art Gallery (children come to school in PE kit and change into #1 uniform before we go)

Wednesday 14th April:
-Pink Shirt Day-children may wear uniform bottoms with a pink shirt to support this anti-bullying event
-Science Fair DUE DATE-all poster boards handed in and children present their poster board to the class

Thursday 15th April:
-SCIENCE FAIR-from 5-6pm in the Grade 5 classrooms and hallway

Public Speaking Semi Finals and Water Lilly Water Colours

The Semi Finals of the Public Speaking took place today and I am so happy to announce that Bella and Stephanie achieved silver and Spencer achieved gold! Well done to all the public speakers!

I have also posted some photos of the children's lovely water colour paintings of water lillies. They are on display outside the classroom if you would like to take a look.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Scobie

Starch Lab

Today the children took part in a lab experiment on how the digestive enzymes chemically digest starches in the mouth. The boys and girls each chewed a saltine cracker and then held it in their mouth for 5 minutes. They took note of how the taste changed over the 5 minutes. We discovered that the taste of the cracker became sweeter the longer it was in the mouth. This is due to the fact that amylase, the digestive enzyme found in saliva, chemically digests the starches in the cracker, breaking them down into simple sugars. Here are some photos of the children at work.

Public Speaking

Well done to all the girls and boys in 5S for their outstanding public speaking presentations today. They each presented their speech to the judging panel and the judges mentioned how impressed they were with the quality of the work. Many thanks to Mrs. Rice, Mrs. Manthorpe, and Mr. Barton for judging for us this morning. Well done to Bella, Spencer, and Stephanie for moving forward to the semi-finals on Friday!

Public Speaking and Agendas

Dear Parents,

What a morning! Thank you very much for coming to watch the children's speeches today. I am so proud of each and every one of the boys and girls--they were fantastic! As I mentioned this morning, they have all made so much progress over the course of preparing and presenting their speeches. Today was their best performance yet! The judged round for our class is on Monday 22nd March. The judges will pick three children to go through to the semi-finals. We will have one more practice in class tomorrow so I have asked the children to remember to bring their cue cards

On an separate note, it has come to my attention that some of the children are not being as diligent with writing in their agendas as they should be. Each day, they are expected to copy the homework and reminders off the board in their agendas and I set aside time to do so. I spoke to the children today and told them I will be re-instating agenda checks until we get back on track with everyone writing in their agenda every afternoon. I hope that this helps :) Please do let me know if you notice any further "agenda issues".

Many thanks again for today. It was lovely to have you all in the classroom.

Kind regards,

Laura

OLYMPICS!

We had a SUPER Olympic Assembly this morning--all the boys and girls looked fantastic in their red and white! We were also lucky this morning to have a very special guest, Mr. John Zaplatynsky, come to our school with his Olympic torch. Mr. Zaplatynsky, an Olympic torch-bearer, gave a heart-warming presentation at our assembly and he even visited our classroom afterwards to allow all the children to hold the torch. Many thanks to Mr. Zaplatynsky!

I would like to wish everyone a wonderful Olympic holiday. I look forward to seeing you in March :)

Class 5S uses itouch

Yesterday, we had the opportunity to use some "itouches" in our classroom. Each itouch had been pre-loaded with educational applications focusing on math, grammar, drawing, and reading. The children were allowed to explore their itouch and the applications with a partner.