Artists in Div. 6 have created art pieces for their Dot Day Art Gallery!
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Dear Families of Div. 6,
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the Division 6 community! I am very excited to be a part of your child’s learning journey this year and I am looking forward to meeting you all in the coming weeks.
Our goals for this year are community, collaboration, and creativity. The learning will take place across curricular areas, and is based on inquiry, experience, and exploration. We will be taking our learning outside into the garden, forest, and community spaces quite often, so please ensure your children bring appropriate clothing and footwear for the weather each day.
We will be using our classroom blog as one of our communication tools this year. Here you can find snapshots of our journey and materials to support learning at home. Please check the blog on a regular basis, or subscribe to our newsletter for updates about our class community. A newsletter will be coming home this week.
I am looking forward to getting to know your child and your family as we spend this year together. Please email or call with any questions or concerns. I can be reached at 604-296-9036 or by email at kristina.carley@burnabyschools.ca.
All the best,
Ms. Carley
Dear Families of Division 4,
We have come to the end of a wonderful and unusual school year! Thank you so much for sharing your stories and experiences with our class. Thank you for making this year special by celebrating with us, joining us on field trips, teaching us new things, and connecting us with new experiences.
Thank you for your notes of appreciation and conversations, especially in these last few weeks.
A reminder to please help your children to ensure they have saved their files, photos, and creations. I will be sharing a few more photos with families in the coming week. Please feel welcome to save any of the photos off the blog. I will leave it up for the rest of the summer.
Wishing you all a wonderful, restful summer!
With gratitude and love,
Ms. Carley
P.S. Wishing you celebration and joy on Canada Day! Thanks for the inspiration, Brennan!
To the lovely Division 4 community,
It was so nice to chat and share memories, photos, and snacks together this morning during our zoom celebration. It was lovely to join together for one last time before summer break!
As our year draws to an end today, some things on Teams will be changing. I will be shutting down the communication aspect of Teams on Friday, because I won’t be able to monitor the chats over the summer. You will still have access to your assignments and feedback until mid-July.
It has been an absolute pleasure being your teacher this year! I’m sorry our year did not turn out in the way we had all hoped! I’m thankful that we got to learn some wonderful things together, explore the amazing forest and garden around us, and go on a few field trips like to Grouse Mountain, Fraser River Discovery Centre, Vancouver Art Gallery and Burnaby Village Museum! It was so fun seeing those photos this morning!
I am so proud of each one of you for learning this platform so quickly and navigating through distance learning. This was a challenge, and one you took on with great perseverance. You should be really proud of yourselves and of your family for getting through all these changes. Thank you for all the kindness, patience and support that you showed me and each other throughout these last few months. I hope you all have an amazing and restful summer! I’ll miss you all so much! Take care!
Love,
Ms. Carley
Good morning, Div. 4!
We have come to our last day and last class meeting of the school year! I hope to see many of you at 11 on zoom. If you have a treat or a snack, you are welcome to bring it to our class meeting so we can imagine we are gathering and sharing food together, just as we did at our winter potluck! I also have some photos and games to share!
Good morning Div. 4!
Please spend today finishing up learning that is meaningful to you.
I look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday at 11 for our zoom call celebration!
We have been busy in the garden this year! We have been harvesting lettuces, green onions, chives, chamomile, mint, kohlrabi, spinach, snap peas, oregano and beet leaves! Can you spot which one is which in the photos?
We have some new native pollinator plants ready for our pollinator garden too!
If your family is interested in helping in the garden this summer with watering, weeding, harvesting, or composting, please let Ms. Carley or the garden committee know!
Good morning, Div. 4!
We have come to our final week of school for the year. A reminder of our student schedule is:
- Monday – last in-school day for Cohort #1
- Tuesday – last in-school day for Cohort #2
- Wednesday – whole class zoom celebration at 11:00am
- Thursday – last day for report card pick up & grade 7 leaving ceremony
Over the next few days, you are welcome to finish up your online learning activities and assignments. Please remember to check the new comments when an assignment is returned to you so you can see your teacher’s message!
If you are looking for something new, try creating a bingo card for you and your family. Here are some ideas: Urban Forest Bingo
Wishing you a wonderful week. I look forward to seeing you!
Happy Friday Div. 4,
This weekend is Father’s Day ! If you want to make something special for your dad or another important person in your life, you can try this video from art hub for kids making an origami shirt!
National Indigenous Peoples Day
Today is all about celebration! I want to introduce you to some indigenous artists, musicians, and Coast Salish art principles.
The Coast Salish peoples are indigenous to the lower mainland of Vancouver and southern tip of Vancouver Island, B.C. extending to the northern Washington State in the U.S. Although there are many First Nation in B.C., 30+ years ago the Coast Salish were the least familiar to the general public and their art was almost completely unknown subject to early settlement by Europeans. Historically, the Coast Salish were one of the most numerous indigenous groups and their art was unique and powerful both in subject and form. Not only did they carve large-scale houseposts adorning their longhouses (which were mainly used for structural purposes to hold up the crossbeams for the roofs of the longhouses) but they also carved figures and delicate engravings that embellished ritual implements, utilitarian tools (e.g. spindle whorls) and personal ornaments including textiles and blankets that were considered items of wealth that were worn on ceremonial occasions. Today, the Coast Salish territory is the most heavily populated part of the province and their unique art form has again flourished. Source: https://susanpoint.com/about/
Artist-Susan Point Art Title- Over Black Tusk
SUSAN A. POINT – is a descendant of the Musqueam people; she is the daughter of Edna Grant and Anthony Point. Susan’s distinct style has stimulated a movement in Coast Salish art. She draws inspiration from the stories of her ancestors and commences the use of non-traditional materials and techniques, therefore inspiring a whole new generation of artists. http://salishweave.com/gallery_items/over-black-tusk/ Over Black Tusk- The Black Tusk is a mountain that is a part of the Garibaldi Range of the Coast Mountains, located just south of Whistler, BC. According to Coast Salish legends, the Black Tusk is said to be the Thunderbird’s favorite perch. In my design, the Thunderbird is covering the tip of the mountain, as though the creature was connected to the range .
Here are some Coast Salish art principles, so you can try out some shapes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc3K-MyH3xg
Here are three more musicians you can explore this weekend:
Band-Mob Bounce Song-Keys to The Forest
Mob Bounce is a band formed by Craig Frank Edes aka The Northwest Kid (Gitxsan) and Travis Hebert aka EarthChild (Cree/Metis). They grew up in Northern BC and bonded over their love of hip hop. Mob Bounce is Indigenous influenced hip hop with a fuse of EDM (Electronic Dance Music), with traditional and contemporary aspects. Both Travis and Craig’s gripping lyricism delve into spirituality, social awareness/justice, and a connection to Mother Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqtnNNMZNMk
Singer- Kelly Fraser Song-Sedna
Fraser was an acclaimed singer-songwriter who blended English and Inuktitut in her pop and hip hop-inspired songs. She was born in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, and launched her singing career in 2013 with an Inuktitut-language version of Rihanna’s Diamonds, followed by her debut album Isuma the next year. She received the Indspire Award in 2019 for using her music and her own personal struggles to strengthen and promote Inuit culture and language, particularly among young Indigenous people in Canada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pcfKgidtuE&list=PLfUG8PIFLFJghjuoPAdQO9 uj4VBf5SWic&index=5
Band-A Tribe Called Red Song-Stadium Pow Wow
Embracing it’s members’ Indigenous roots, the group’s hard-to-characterize but innovative music blends hip-hop, dancehall and underground club music with First Nations vocal chanting and drumming. The unique mix has been described as “powwow-step”. A Tribe Called Red has received multiple Indigenous People’s Choice Music Awards and won best music video at the Native American Music Awards in the US. In 2014, they won a Juno for Breakthrough Group of the Year and was nominated for Electronic Album of the Year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAEmjW9J3_o&list=PL2Nl85r9N2JVRZUIgDa_fdND8 6owwtT_9
Good morning, Div. 4,
We will have a zoom class meeting today at 1:00pm because yesterday our technical difficulties prevented us from gathering together!
Today is another day to continue working on finishing up the learning from this term that has made you proud. As we wrap up our year, there are some opportunities for you to share, in class and virtually on zoom. Please feel welcome to bring something to share.
As we continue to explore National Indigenous Peoples Week, we will continue to post resources for you to explore. Yesterday we celebrated some musicians. Today, our topic is a bit heavier. We welcome you to watch this animated video, exploring the roots of racisim towards indigenous people in Canada’s history. It is important to have open dialogue about this, but it can be difficult. Please be gentle with yourselves.
You can check out a new planet project prompt on teams!
Your next math assignment is posted too!
Happy learning!