Week 30

Dear Parents and Students,

It feels great to complete an entire week of regular classes, and I'm sure everyone is as hopeful as I am that we will be able to continue to do so. Everyone remains as diligent as ever throughout the school in our efforts to maintain the highest levels of hygiene and to keep ourselves as healthy as possible.

In the Classroom:

Maths

We have continued our studies of measurement, including customary units, such as inches, feet, yards, pints and gallons, and then metric units, such as metres, litres, grams and kilos. We will be learning how to convert metric units next week, and we will also study time and temperature, before reviewing Topic 16 on Thursday, and sitting the topic test on Friday.

Literacy Workshop

How is a raven like a writing desk? We have had a lot of fun discussing this and similar “curious” questions as we have followed Alice's adventures through Wonderland during our Literacy Workshop. We have shared all manner of interpretations of this timeless story, as we learn to appreciate that stories can inspire us in many different ways. The fun continues next week, as we complete the story in class.

Science

We have been focusing our scientific minds on heat energy this week, and we created our own heat engines in class. Next week, we will review all we have learned about the different forms of energy, and we will apply our knowledge to solving an energy problem presented in our next Science Mystery.

Social Studies

Our studies of the American Midwest continue, and we have been further developing our expository reading, note-taking, and summarizing skills. We have been learning about the early history of the Great Plains region, and we spent some time comparing historical maps dating back as early as 1803.

Extra

The Easter Bunny was in quarantine during Easter, but is being let out on Monday to hide eggs for our Easter Egg Hunt. Students, you might bring a small bag or basket for egg collecting on Monday.

As an extra precaution, there will be NO CLUBS next week. All reports have been very good so far in regard to Covid-19, but it has been decided to postpone clubs for one more week.

Have a great weekend, and I’ll see you all on Monday.

Dates to remember:

Mon. Apr. 20 Easter Egg Hunt

Fri. Apr 24: Maths test – Topic 16