Tales of the 5th and 6th Grade..

Monday, February 22, 2021 Messages & Reminders: - Remember to track reading at home for the Reading.. Give it a Shot Program - Jump Rope for Heart Fundraiser is still on until the end of February - February 23 we have a visit from Constable Kevin, the new police officer assigned to our school - February 24 is Pink Shirt Day - wear pink if you can to raise awareness for anti-bullying - February 26 is Funky Sock Day - please remember that we still need to wear shoes Daily Recap: We continued to talk about kindness and anti-bullying. Last week we decided we would participate in a week of random acts of kindness to really highlight our Pillar of Care this month and emphasize Pink Shirt Day. This is what we are working on this week:  Monday, Feb 22 - Give three people a compliment Tuesday, Feb 23 - Hold the door for someone / play with someone at recess that you don’t normally play with Wednesday, Feb 24 - Don’t be a bystander - stand up to bullies / Think before we speak - be a good fr

 Tuesday, February 16, 2021 Messages & Reminders: Lockdown drill Thursday morning. Junior Achievers in class program Friday morning. Our Pillar of Care focus this month is Kindness Remember to track reading at home for the Reading.. Give it a Shot Program.  Jump Rope for Heart Fundraiser is still on until the end of February. February 24 is Pink Shirt Day - wear pink if you can to raise awareness for anti-bullying February 26 is Funky Sock Day This week we are starting new units in Social and Science. In Social we will be starting to learn about Ancient Athens and in Science we are starting a unit on Air & Aerodynamics. In Math we are working on Integers and learning how to add and subtract positive and negative numbers. In LA we are continuing to work on our Story Writing Unit. We have been working on writing dialogue and will continue to learn new skills throughout the week.  Upcoming Important Dates: February 18th - Lockdown practice February 24th - Pink Shirt Day February 2

Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Messages and Reminders: Remember to track reading at home for the Reading...Give it a Shot program.  No school tomorrow or Friday because of teachers' convention and no school Monday because of Family Day. Jump Rope for Heart Fundraiser - two weeks left to raise money and earn prizes if you wish to participate. Enjoy your long weekend with your families, see you back in school on Tuesday! Important Upcoming Dates: Thursday, February 11 and Friday, February 12 - no school (Teachers' Convention) Monday, February 15 - no school (Family Day)

Monday, February 8, 2021 Messages & Reminders: - Remember to track reading at home for the Reading.. Give it a Shot program. - The GP Vanier French immersion open house is Tuesday at 6:00pm. See  this link  for the invitation. - Jump Rope for Heart Fundraiser - Social Studies Persuasive Poster due February 10th - Basic Facts Math quiz on Wednesday - No school next Thursday or Friday because of Teachers' Convention - Reminder that this week is a blue week. Please make sure you are not showing up to school until 7:55am and going straight home after school. Important Upcoming Dates: Thursday, February 11 and Friday, February 12 - no school (Teachers' Convention) Monday, February 15 - no school (Family Day)

Monday, February 1, 2021 Messages and Reminders: - Science presentations start tomorrow - Report Cards will be available to view online in PowerSchool on Friday. You can see the marks and grades anytime, but the official report card will be released on Friday.  - remember to track your reading for the Reading.. Give it a Shot Program. For every 60 minutes of reading (with parent initials), you can earn 1 hockey card. Reading logs can be brought in any day but need to be in backpacks on the last day of the week so we can add in our class reading and count our class total.  - Jump Rope for Heart fundraising is online this year - students brought home the information page on Thursday. See note below for more information. - For more information about the late French immersion program at GP Vanier, you can visit their website at this link . Their virtual open house for families is Tuesday, February 9 at 6:00pm. - For information about the arts program at Sir John Franklin, access  this docu