Week ending Feb 17

My wish is that all families get the opportunity to spend time together this Family Day. Remember there is no school on Monday, Feb. 20th. Enjoy!

This week at school we...

- built 3D skeletons, not for Science class but for Math! The students listed all the attributes of their skeleton/solid and had a partner guess what solid it was.

                 


- performed our Lip Sync presentations in Drama. The students used gestures, facial expression and body movement to express the mood of their chosen song. In addition, they coordinated dance steps in their performance while moving their lips silently in synchronization with the music. Singing, acting and dancing - a true triple threat. Ask your child to see their amazing performance posted on Google Classroom!


- put on our lab coats and conducted two experiments in Science related to sound. We learned that sound is caused by vibrations after banging a metal tray next to rice grains sitting on top of plastic wrapped over a glass jar. Some jumped more than others but we could definitely "see" the effect of the vibrating air pushing the rice grains around!
   
 
The second experiment demonstrated wine glass resonance. The children were all pleasantly surprised to see, feel and hear the vibrations turn into sound waves at a frequency that they could hear! I suspect they will soon be asking you to borrow a wine glass to conduct their own experiment at home.


- created Kind Hearts for our Secret Valen-toshian exchange for Random Acts of Kindness Week. We will exchange our kind words with each other on Tuesday. We also created Cootie Catchers with our Learning Buddies with many examples of kind acts written inside. Each pair of buddies were challenged with completing the act of kindness that they landed on such as - tell the office secretary or a caretaker thank you, high five someone new, smile at 3 people, give someone a compliment. It was wonderful to see the positive energy created from this activity!



A permission form was sent home on Thursday for our upcoming trip to Vivian Outdoor Education Centre on Tuesday, March 7th. This is a YRDSB centre that focuses on cooperative learning in the outdoors. Thank you for returning the permission forms promptly. Please indicate if you are able to volunteer to supervise on this day. 

Reminder - Friday, Feb. 24th is Winter Elective Day. Students will be going tubing or staying at school to enjoy many fun activities. 

Thanks as always, for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Mrs. McIntosh