April 24-28

Hello Families,

Math

We have begun to learn about Fractions! Grade 1's will be learning about one-half as a part-whole relationship and the Grade 2's will be learning how to interpret part-whole relationships using unit fractions. It is quite amazing how fast they are picking up how to write and represent fractions. Ask your child where we see fractions in our world.



Walking Field Trip

On Tuesday, we went for our walking field trip. The students looked for patterns in nature. It was quite an adventure! Ask your child what their favourite part was!






Buoyancy Challenge

We have begun to learn about Boats and Buoyancy with an experiment around what items in our classroom can float or sink. Predictions were made and surprises were had! 




A message about building materials will come home on the weekend!

Artist in Residence

We have had two more sessions with our Artist in Residence, Ms. Sharon. This week we learned how to use art pencils and special erasers to draw snowflakes. Using skinny and thick lines, the students used symmetry to design their own snowflake to be put up as a collage of snowflakes in our school hallway.




Have a great weekend!
Ms. Romanko

Upcoming Dates
  • Every Monday - Card Club & Drama Club (for those who have signed up)
  • Wednesday, May 3rd - Hats On for Mental Health
  • Thursday, May 4th-Via Cibo Fun Lunch
  • Friday, May 5th - PD Day - No School 
  • Thursday, May 18th - Subway Fun Lunch
  • Thursday, May 18th - Honey Merchant In-Class Field Trip (10-11:30am) 1 or 2 volunteers needed - please email!
  • Monday, May 22nd - Victoria Day - No School
  • Monday, May 29th - PD Day - No School 
  • Thursday, June 1st - Mary Browns Fun Lunch
  • Friday, June 9th - PD Day - No School
  • Thursday, June 15th - Papa Johns Fun Lunch
  • Tuesday, June 20th - Fish Creek Park Field Trip Save the date! More info to come

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