June 13th to June 17th

How is it possible that we are in the second last week of school?! This year has flown by. 

We were fortunate to have two landscape architects with the City of Calgary visit our class. Following a public engagement they hosted at the Rosemont Community Centre about improvements planned for Confederation Park, they decided to get students involved as well. Our students learned about the plans for the park and were given the opportunity to provide input in the creation of a new, natural playground area.  As a large group, we discussed possibilities as we moved magnetic pieces on a map of the park. The students were given a list of criteria to consider such as the inclusion of people with reduced mobility, safety, budget and sustainability. Each student then recieved a map and stickers that represented a variety of items that could be used including logs, sand and flowers. Our work has now been submitted to the City of Calgary for consideration. This was a fantastic link to the discussions about our schools naturalization area and to our math math project where we are designing our own cities. 

You can learn more about the project at http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Parks/Documents/Management-Plans/Confederation/Park.pdf

The students have been doing a fantastic job during our Geometrocity math project. The students have been using their understandings of geometry to create a city including a variety given of criteria such as a right triangle, a 360 degree angle, lines of symmetry and areas of a given number of square units. 

In Phys Ed we enjoyed some time outside playing, "Yoshi".  It is a great game that involves both teamwork and strategy. 

We have been very mature at how engaged and mature the students have been during Human Sexuality. It is great to hear that many of you are continuing with the conversation at home.

We had a lot of fun working on our Fathers Day projects. We hope you enjoy them. Thank you to our parent volunteer who helped out with the magnets and wrapping. 

June 6th to June 10th

Our Used Book Sale for Forty McMurray was a great success. Our class worked incredibly hard to promote the sale by making posters and presentations to the other classrooms. The students worked to sort and organize the books and create attractive displays to appeal to our buyers. During the sale, the students worked in sales, as cashiers and baggers. Our school earned $850.90 to donate towards Fort McMurrary. All funds will go to the Red Cross on behalf of Rosemont School. All remaining books will be donated to Calgary Reads. A big thank you to all the families that donated books. Room 4, you should be very proud!

If you have been by the school this week you will have noticed big changes in the naturalization area.  We were happy to have the opportunity to help out with the start of the work to improve the space.  We moved rocks, mixed so and planted shrubs and edible plants. We are excited to be able to enjoy the space when it is complete. 

May 30th to June 3rd

We had a fantastic time on our field trip to Heritage Park.  Some of the students favourite parts were the secret stairs in the Prince House, the one room school house and riding the steam train. We were amazed at just how much the West has changed over the last hundred years. Most students were very happy they do not need to share a room or bed with their siblings like many of Sam Livingstons 14 children!  A big thank you to all our volunteers for making the day such a success. 

Our Used Book Sale to support Fort McMurray will be held next week.  We have sent an e-mail to the school community asking for book donations to be sent in on Monday, June 6th. Our class will sort and organize set up the books in our classroom. All students will be invited to our room for book purchase on June 7th and 8th. Our class did a terrific job of creating posters to advertise the book sale. We are looking forward to a successful fundraiser!

We had a great time at the start of "Mission Impossible" in Phys Ed. 

In Math, we began a geometry based project called Geometrocity.  The students are researching a variety of geometric terms and concepts. They will then apply these concepts as they design and build their own city.  We are current on the "permit" phase of the building process.