Poetry Cafe

As students finish their hard work on their poetry books, we will be preparing for a Poetry Cafe Robust Task. Students will be choosing their favourite created peoms for a poetry reading for the parents, taking into consideration the audience and atmosphere they wish to represent. This challenge will be also incorporate their french poetry writing. More information will follow in agendas and in a newsletter. Keep your eyes open in the next few weeks for a date and time! (Beginning of May/end of April)

Monty

Did You Know 2.0

Here's a video that many parents might find interesting.  It's about technology in society and how it affects our education system.

PIG PEN FUN! Critical Thinking Activity

The students did an excellent job creating their pig pen designs on the floor of our gymnasium. The principal joined us and reviewed all the pig pens. She was impressed with the students ability to articulate the reason behind the task and the outcome of their designs. Harvey the Wonder Pig explored each pig pen as well.

Winner will be announced after March Break when 'Farmer Joe' has reviewed the plans and the cost of each pig pen. Good Job Everyone!




---Monty

Pig Pen Finals

The Pig Pen building competition will be held this Friday, March 7th. Students will be making their groups Pig Pens life size in the gym. Harvey the pig will be inspecting them, taking photos and sending them to Farmer Joe. Farmer Joe will review each design, and look at the cost for fencing. After March Break he will determine a winner and hand out certificates to the top 3 pig pens. What a fun critical thinking task!

---Monty

TEST FRIDAY

Don't forget to review and re-read your study guide for Friday's Measurement, Perimeter and Area test! The guide will represent what types of questions will be on the test.

Special Visit

Archbishop Prendergast will be visiting our school Friday afternoon! As a result, lunch recess hours will be altered slightly to accomodate his visit. What an honour! Each class in the school is making a page to be placed in a book and presented to him at the assembly.

Neat Facts:
The Archbishop was born in Montreal in 1944.
He was ordained as a priest in June, 1972.
He has a BA from Fordham University in New York, and a Masters Degree in Theology.
He has a Doctorate in Scripture from Regis College in Toronto, where he taught and was a Dean.
He was also an Archbishop in Halifax.


----Monty

MORE NEWS

In class, we are beginning our music studies focus. Students will be listening to a variety of songs from orchestral to modern, and from a variety of eras. We will focus also on African drumming songs from Ghana and link to our religion program of social justice, caring for others and the importance of clean drinking water. Please check out the MUSIC LINKS posted here to help learn at home. Especially the PARTS OF THE ORCHESTRA and PIGGY'S RECORDER.

Language Arts will link with music as students compose works of poetry. We are currently wrapping up other descriptive writing and the class has done well with describing objects, creatures and settings.






-----MONTY