Green Garbage Bag Day

Tomorrow is GREEN GARBAGE BAG DAY. 
What is green garbage day you ask?
Think Calgary Flames in April when they clean out their lockers and Calgary Stampeders cleaning out their lockers in December.  They put everything from their locker in their green garbage bags.  Some little learners who shall remain nameless have their entire lives in their desks and will require a green garbage bag to get everything home.  A back pack just won't cut it tomorrow.  So expect everything home tomorrow and plan on sitting down together and looking through things to see how much your little learner has grown this year.

In a backpack near you is a notice that Wednesday morning all the grade 3's will be walking over to Confluence Park.  We will take our backpacks with water, snack, rain gear and and extra layer.  The park is within the CBE walk distance so no permission is required.  If you would like to join us you are most welcome!

Grade 6 Farewell assembly tomorrow at 1:00pm

Creative Bridges

We had some great bridge presentations today.  Everyone was able to talk about the type of bridge they built, materials used and how it was held together.  Almost all the bridges were able to support the 1 kg. weight.  We continue to work on our box projects also - they should be done in the next day or two.

We will be cleaning out desks on Tuesday.  Your student will probably need more than their backpack to get their things home.  Consider sending some bags to school.

Calgary Public Library

Calgary Public Library were here today to promote their summer reading program.  Library cards are free at any library and then the reading can begin.  They are offering prizes such as ipads, bikes and a Nintendo Switch!  Check it out to maintain those reading skills we worked so hard at all year long!

Sports Day is tomorrow as well as the parent council fun lunch.  The forecast for tomorrow is very iffy.  Come prepared with layers, rain coat and good shoes.  If we need to postpone our back-up day is Monday.

Bridges due Thursday June 20

Everyone is busy cutting and fitting their box into something else.  If you are missing things at home chances are they are now part of a Magnificent Box project!

Scrap material

Your little learner may be searching the house tonight for items to build with such as toilet paper rolls, material, cans, etc.  Hopefully they check with you before they make it their own!  They are changing the box they brought to school into something else as part of our building unit.  They have analyzed their box for special features, holes, flaps etc.  We will be working on this project all week.

Bridge projects due Thursday, June 20.

Sports Day Wednesday June 19 in the afternoon - weather permitting

Fun Lunch

We analyzed our boxes today as we began our latest project.  We looked at our boxes for their special features, size, shape, words etc.  We described our boxes in writing and then drew them.  We read, "What To Do With A Box"which was a gentle reminder that a simple box can be a child's most imaginative plaything.  Next we will make a plan for what we can turn our box into.

We practised our key boarding skills and wrote our informational poem about how to be a mouse on the computer.  They look great displayed on our wall but it was difficult for some of us to remember that all of the sentences had to start with a verb.  Trying to make our writing interesting for our reader.

Fun lunch order form may still be in a backpack near you.  This lunch is free from parent council they just need to know how many of each kind of hamburger to make.  Please help them out by filling in the form and sending it back to school by tomorrow.

One kilometre

We had a great day at Kamp Kiwanis - I hope you got the chance to talk with your student about the activities they participated in.  Hands down, the favorite was the Animal Game that we played in the forest after lunch.  It is a pretty complex game of tag but such fun.

Today we did some writing about our day at Kamp Kiwanis and relived a few memories.  For sure many of us a hoping to go the Kamp Kiwanis when we are old enough to be a summer camper!

This morning we estimated how long it would take us to walk one kilometre.  We then estimated how many laps of the school field would make one kilometre and then we went outside to find out the answer!  Ask your little learner how many laps we walked of the field and how long it took.  What a great day outside.

Kamp Kiwanis Reminders!

Thank you to the parents who have volunteered to join us tomorrow - we can't do these programs without your help😎

We are so excited to get out and play tomorrow!

Couple of reminders:

• have a good breakfast - playing outside tends to make little learners hungry!
• be on time!  the bus will leave at 8:15 am
• be an onion (students made that up) dress in layers
• snack, big lunch, water bottle
• good shoes
• hat and rain gear

Box

Please remember your little learner needs a box on Monday for science.
Any size will do - just not a box you want back in the same condition.  It will come home in a new state!

Bridge projects due Thursday June 20

Volunteers

I am sorry to say that we do not have enough volunteers to go to Kamp Kiwanis.  If we are unable to collect a couple more volunteers we will have to cancel our trip.  Please consider helping us out.  It is a beautiful location and the forecast looks good.

Kamp Kiwanis

In a backpack near you are the field trip forms for Kamp Kiwanis.  Please fill out the forms carefully and send in your $11.00 by Friday, June 7.   Parent Council have helped fund this trip so we don't have to send along the actual $24.00 charge to you - so thanks very much to our council.  

Bridge Project - homework

The fire department visited us this afternoon.  With lights and sirens.  The fire bell was pulled by little fingers as we were all coming in from lunch.  Our students did a great job of evacuating the building, we had had a fire drill just before lunch and we all know what to do.  But, this brings up the conversation of only using the fire bell in emergencies.  As a class we talked about all those trucks and fire fighters responding to our emergency call when there was no need and someone else having a real emergency and not able to get help.  Please reinforce this message at home.  Perhaps a good time to review your family evacuation plan.

In a backpack near you is a little letter outlining our bridge project that is due Thursday, June 20.  This is a great activity and I hope you enjoy the process with your learner.  I would highly recommend you start sooner rather than later as there is some trial and error involved.  Keep in mind this should use items around the house - not involve a shopping trip!