Category: Field Trips

As you are already aware, on Thursday, December 6th, 2018, the primary classes will all be visiting the Burnaby Village Museum. For more details, click here to view the field trip consent form (already sent home last Friday). Closer to the date, if you need to refer to the consent form for pertinent information on times and what to bring, you can visit the Field Trips page on our classroom blog – just in case you have recycled your paper copy.

We have received many forms back, thank you. At this point, we will need more parent volunteer drivers, please. We welcome any parents who can drive in the morning only OR afternoon only OR both but cannot commit to staying with us throughout the day. Our field trip cannot be possible without your help. Please write a note in the planner or email Livia.Chan@burnabyschools.ca if you are able to drive and have not informed us yet. Thank you very much for your support and to parents who already volunteered to help. We appreciate it! 

If you plan to drive, click here to print out the Volunteer Driver Authorization Form. Please send the form to school. It will be valid for the duration of this school year. Thank you.

When doing inquiry, there are many different resources students can learn from. Yesterday, we discussed how we can learn from books, websites on the internet, experts, and videos, for example. We watched an episode of the Magic School Bus called “Spins a Web” and learned a lot from Ms. Frizzle and her students. Please feel free to watch the video with your child and talk about what they found most interesting. Ask them what other questions come to mind because we want to continue to foster their curiosity. While we cannot ride on Ms. Frizzle’s Magic School Bus, the next best thing is what we have organized for next week! And that is to learn from a spider expert!

We are so very excited to inform you that we will be walking over to SFU’s Biological Sciences Department to participate in some hands-on learning. Students will be working with a couple grad students who are passionate about insects and spiders. They will have an opportunity to see samples, ask more questions, and be curious. Here are the details:

Date: Friday, November 16th, 2018

Time: 9:30 am – We will be leaving the school shortly after 9:10 am and will return at approximately 11:00 am.

Place: Simon Fraser University’s Biological Sciences Department

Thank you so much to Priscilla’s mom for connecting us with the Faculty of Science to make this walking field trip possible!