Hello Families,

It's snowing, so it must be a holiday weekend!  Today is the last day of school until Tuesday May 25th, when we are scheduled to return to in-school learning. 

Thank you for supporting your child to join on-line learning, it is always a challenge but they have become more independent learners, which is a skill in itself. We have improvised with online kitchen chemistry and self motivated gym lessons. Your children have been learning about angles, area and perimeter and have started to learn how to use a protractor.  We will be revisiting this in school next week.

In social studies, students researched and produced Slide presentations about the Famous Five women who fought for women's rights. In health we have looked at all the aspects of hygiene that affect our bodies. We have been developing our creative skills in art trying to create optical illusions.

We have just finished reading our class novel, Front Desk, which has produced such great discussions about relevant societal topics. The children will now re-tell this story in their own words, then next week, they will plan and write their own story, developing their creative writing skills. 

Please make sure that your child brings all their school equipment back with them, as well as technology if they borrowed any from the school.  I will need their red note books to see what they have completed, as well as the protractors and graph paper to carry on with our geometry unit. 

Thank you, and have a lovely long family weekend.

Mrs Coldbeck and the students of Room 14.

Learning Leader and Grade 4/5 Teacher