June 26th, 2015.

We cannot believe that we are already at the end of our school year.  The year has been filled with good times and amazing memories.  Here are some of our favourite moments from the year:

"I loved being a part of our 'Hugs and Bugs' class meetings where we shared compliments with our classmates." S.P
"Swimming lessons were the best part of the year."A.D
"I loved working with Jacqueline and being Carrot in the Opera." A.H
"I liked getting to dress up and making butter for the one room school house." A.L
"I loved being in the Opera and getting ideas for it."A.L
"I really liked the bike to school day." A.W
"I enjoyed learning to go faster in in-line skating." A.P
"I loved doing the group dances in Zumba." A.G
"I liked doing the book order in math." C.D
" I really enjoyed stop drop and read day." C.M
"I liked swimming lessons and stuffy and pj day." C.H
"I really liked doing the Opera becasue I got be the stage manager and it was really fun." E.P
"I liked a lot of stuff!" J.N
"I really liked sharing 5 things about us at the start of year."J.K
"I really liked the Opera where I didi the lighting and dressing up for the the one room school house." J.A
"I really like trying new food on cultural heritage day." J.J
"My favourite part of the school year was the hockey tournament." K.K
"I really enjoyed hosting the carnival." M.M
"I liked the Ted Talk and doing the marshmallow challenge," N.K
"Doing the Opera was so fun" N.E
"Play Day was awesome" N.N
"I thought Cultural Hertaige Food Day was interesting and delicious" R.B
"My favourite part of the school year was the hockey tournament." K.F
"I liked everything!" S.H
"I liked going to North Haven School and playing floor hockey even though we didn't win." S.V
"I loved doing in-line skating and speeding around the gym." T.K
"The winter concert was fun and awesome." W.L

June 19th, 2015.

We had a wonderful week in room 4.  We cannot believe that we are in the final weeks of school.

We worked on finishing up a few of our projects including our book order activity in math, descriptive writing paragraph on our Alberta animal and our wind powered vehicles.

To help celebrate Fathers Day this weekend, the students worked on creating a pieces of art for an important person in their life.  They put a great deal of effort making the multiple step art project represent the person it was created for.

Our Fathers Day Art

We were fortunate to have a parent volunteer to come into the class and lead an art lesson.  The students created their own marbleized paper.  It was amazing to see how different each piece of work turned out.  A big thank you to our volunteer for sharing such a wonderful project with us!

One of the best parts of the week was having the students present their talents.  We listened to the guitar, learned about woodworking, watched a demonstration of Tae Kwon Do and learned about the sport of luge.  We also tried out Chinese jump rope, had a chance to sit on a motorcycle and sampled home baked treats.  We have such a talented group of students and are looking forward to the remaining presentations on Monday.

Next week, our last of the year, will be a busy one!  On Monday afternoon we will be on our trip to Confederation Park.  Tuesday is Play Day and Hot Dog Lunch.  On Thursday we have our Grade 6 Farewell Assembly and Friday is just a half day.  Where has the year gone?!

June 12th, 2015.

The students have been putting a great deal of effort into their Scholastic math project. They have finished up their calculations and are now writing about how  the different math operations helped them to complete the task. 

In Science, the students worked with a partner to create a vehicle that could move by wind power.  The students used what they learned last week when they created balloon powered vehicles to create more effective vehicles that were able to travel greater distances. 

We enjoyed a presentation on bees and bee keeping.  A highlight of the presentation was having the opportunity to sample some of the honey. 

In music, we had the opportunity to work with the grade 5/6 class to play the ukulele. It was wonderful to see the students learning from each other. 

June 5th, 2015.

It is hard to believe that we are already into the month of June!  We had a fantastic start to the week with "Bike to School Day".  Our class had a large number of students participate.  We used the day as an opportunity to talk about bike safety and care.  We then spent our Physical Education class practicing bike skills such as going around cones and other obstacles.  In connection with our Science study of simple machines, we looked at the parts of the bike and how a bike works.  The students then created fantastic paintings of bikes that helped to decorate the gym for our volunteer tea.

The students began crafting their descriptive paragraphs on an Alberta animal of their choosing.  The students used the information they gained while researching their animal to write about one part of the animals life, such as; a spider catching its prey, a bear cub emerging from its den for the first time, or a mountain goat climbing up a high mountain peak.

In Math, the students began working on a larger project where they were given the scenario that they have $200.00 to spend on books and materials from Scholastic.  When ordering the students will utilize all the different math operations as they meet a number of criteria such as ordering multiple copies.

Our Science unit has been a lot of fun as the students worked collaboratively to create a balloon powered vehicle that could travel. It was interesting to watch the brainstorming and design process and to see how the groups tested and altered their creations. 

One of the balloon-powered vehicles

We had a fantastic time during our in class field trip, "Catapult: Building Devices and Vehicles that Move".  The students learned all about levers and pulleys as they experimented with three weapons from Medieval times; the mangonel, the trebuchet and the ballista.  We also had great fun working to build our own catapults.  

The owls that the students created out of clay and then glazed have been fired and are on display in the classroom.  They are absolutely beautiful!  A big thank you to our talented parent who led this project and took care of the firing.