Tales of the 5th and 6th Grade..

Pillars of Care Winners This month we voted as a class and gave reasons why we thought our classmates deserved each award. Here are our winners.. Care for Others: Massa shows Care for Others by helping her classmates and taking the time to listen and understand anything that is going on. She is always nice to others and her friends.  Max has shown Care for Others by always asking if others are okay and if they need a friend. Ammar shows Care for Others by letting others join his games at recess and playing with his friends.  Care for Learning: Aiden has shown Care for Learning by always being on task, taking his learning seriously and adding meaningful comments to any class discussion. Teagan has shown Care for Learning by completing his work in class time, answering questions properly and always participating in class discussions.  Care for Place: Liam & Ally have both shown Care for Place by not littering and always cleaning up after themselves inside the classroom and outsi

Friday, April 30, 2021 Messages and Reminders: - The SJAM virtual orientation for families will be Thursday, May 6 at 5:00pm. In the next few days, once they have finalized their option choices, grade six parents will receive an email with information on how to request the virtual orientation link and on how to sign up for options. - May 5th is National Awareness Day for the Missing Indigenous Women. Please wear red in support of this initiative.  - Next week is mental health week and we will be wearing hats to school on May 7th for the Hats On for Mental Health Day!  - Ancient Athens unit test next Friday - study guide will be sent home early next week. - Parents - if you missed your interviews, please call me at the school or email me if you would like to discuss anything.  Weekly Recap: This week we worked really hard on our Ancient Athens brochures in social and we will hopefully finish them early next week. We will be having a test on Ancient Athens next Friday as well. In science

Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Messages and Reminders: -  Students will be attending their virtual SJAM orientation tomorrow morning. The virtual orientation for families will take place sometime next month. - Friday is our next spirit day. It is "students dress like a teacher, teachers dress like a student day." Students are invited to dress like any teacher, EA, admin, lunch supervisor, caretakers, or any adult in the building.  - Virtual Pillars of Care assembly will be on Friday morning. Our classroom winners will be announced tomorrow and recognition will be given on Friday during the assembly. - A notice will be going home tomorrow about spring picture day. It will be on Monday, May 10. Upcoming Important Dates: Thursday, April 29 - SJAM virtual orientation (in class for students) Friday, April 30 - Spirit Day - students dress as teachers, teachers dress as students Monday, May 10 - Spring Picture Day

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 Messages and Reminders: - Students will be attending their virtual SJAM orientation Thursday morning. The virtual orientation for families will take place sometime next month.  -  Friday is our next spirit day. It is "students dress like a teacher, teachers dress like a student day."  Students are invited to dress like any teacher, EA, admin, lunch supervisor, caretakers, or any adult in the building.  Daily Recap: Since it is another short week, we are trying to catch up on a few things and works towards the end of a couple units. In math, we started looking at algebra today and will be working towards connecting it to our patterns unit. During LA, we did some work on writing lead paragraphs in a news article and will hopefully be writing our own by early next week. As for social, we are still working on our brochures and will have one more day on the computer to get any last minute notes or picture references. Lastly in science, we worked on more asp

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 Messages and Reminders: - Parent/teacher student conferences are on Thursday night and Friday morning.  - There is no school on Friday or Monday. - Please plan on attending the virtual orientation for our designated junior high, Sir John A. Macdonald, on the evening of Thursday, April 29. Students will be attending their virtual orientation that morning. Details will be posted next week. Daily Recap: We wrote a mid-point science quiz yesterday and continued to learn about flight today. We will be applying all our knowledge of flight to different things that fly in the next couple of lessons. For social, we are still working on our Ancient Athens brochures and are hoping to finish them early next week. In math, we did a pattern puzzle challenge today to check in on our knowledge and see where we are at. As for LA, will be writing news articles over the next few days. We also updated our learning goals in IRIS.  Upcoming Important Dates: Thursday, April 22 and Fri

Friday, April 16, 2021  Messages and Reminders: - Science quiz on Monday - Parent/teacher/student virtual conferences are next Thursday evening and Friday morning. Make sure you have booked a time. - There is no school next Friday due to conferences. - Friday, April 30 is our next spirit day! The theme is students dress like teachers and teachers dress like students. Students can dress like any teacher, EA, admin, lunch supervisors, caretakers or any adult in the building. Weekly Recap: We have had a lot of fun in science this week making airplanes and gliders. We tested our gliders this afternoon based on the forces of flights and manipulating airplane controls. In social, we will continue to work on our ancient Athens brochures into next week. We will also be continuing our patterns unit for the next week or so in math. In LA, we have continued to look at news articles and we will be writing our own next week.  Upcoming Important Dates: Thursday, April 22 and Friday, April 23 - paren

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Messages and Reminders: - Parent/teacher/student conferences are coming up April 22/23 - please watch your email for information about when to sign up. - Virtual RCAF Pilot presentation tomorrow afternoon Learning Recap: Yesterday we had a virtual presentation from a dietician. We learned about the latest Canadian Food Guide, how to implement healthy eating into our daily lives and how to read food labels. In LA we are still working on writing news articles, math we started a unit on patterns. For science we have continued working on the forces of flight and airplane controls. We have been learning about how they make a plane fly. Today we worked in groups to create a unique paper airplane design using our knowledge of airplane controls. Tomorrow we will be using our knowledge to make gliders to further our understanding. In social we are working on our travel brochures for Ancient Athens.  Upcoming Important Dates: Thursday, April 15 - virtual pilot presentat

  From Mr. Sadowsky:  "U nless it is below zero or pouring rain, teacher led classes will be outside for the remainder of the year, including light snow. Classes with me will be outside beginning in May for the remainder of the year. With the Covid numbers going up and the new variants, it is much safer to have classes spread out outside and the class in the gym having the entire gym to also be able to spread out more. If you have parent concerns, you can let them know a large number of schools have been outside all year due to Covid concerns and this is for the safety of our students and staff. "

Volunteer Parent Patrollers are here for your safety! With COVID restrictions this year we are unable to have student volunteers as patrollers. However, thanks to the amazing members of parent council, we now have Volunteer Parent Patrollers ready to help our students use the crosswalks safely. Reminders: Please watch for the parents in bright yellow and orange vests at front of the school and the NE corner just outside the compound. Students and parents who walk to and from school, say hi and let the Parent Patrollers know you need to cross, then wait until the Parent Patrollers say it is safe to cross. Students and parents in cars, please be patient and wait until everyone is out of the crosswalk and the Parent Patrollers lower their sign for you to drive on through. ​Thank you for your cooperation and help with keeping Beddington Heights School safe!

Friday, April 9, 2021 Messages and Reminders: - Please make sure students are dressed appropriately for the weather. Remember it is only April and Calgary weather can be quite unpredictable.  - Next week we have two guest speakers - a dietician and an Air Force Pilot. - Students with IPP's, please return the signed copy by Monday.  - Order of Operations Test on Tuesday. Weekly Update: In LA we started learning about the elements of a news article and how they are written. We spent some time analyzing them and will be learning how to write our own in the coming week. During math, we continued working on order of operations and will have our final test on Tuesday. In social, we did some textbook work to answer questions on Ancient Athens and further our learning. Finally, in science we learned about the forces of flight and how they affect an airplane.  Important Dates:  Thursday, April 22 and Friday, April 23 - parent/teacher/student virtual conferences Friday, April 23 - no school