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Love is in the air!

Hi Division 6 families…we are very happy to be back in our freshly painted classroom!

Here is a Valentine’s Day notice, in case you missed it.

We are also doing a short unit in Physical and Health Education on healthy eating. There is an online graphic novel called Patoo: The Legend of Spaghetti if you’d like to check it out with your child.

Hi Division 6 families,

In an effort to keep ourselves safe and healthy, we have been keeping our classroom windows open as much as possible. We are lucky to have windows on two walls which definitely helps keep the air refreshed…however, this also means it can get quite cool in our classroom.

It would be really helpful for students to keep a sweater, hoodie, or smallish cozy blanket at school as the weather gets colder so that we can try to keep the windows open and still be comfortable enough to work and learn. Students can store these items on their coatroom hook when they aren’t needed. If you have any questions, please ask.

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You have landed on the Stoney Creek Division 6 Classroom Blog homepage! Here we will occasionally share classroom news and events from our learning together.

We will also be using our “blogfolios” for documenting our growth in learning. We can self-assess, our teachers can offer feedback, and our families can see all the things we know, do, and understand! Ms. McQueen will be sending a note to families with more information about blogfolios once these are up and running…stay tuned.

In the meantime, here is a funny video about handwashing that we have been enjoying in class…hope you like it, too!

In Social Studies, we are in the process of creating personal timelines marking major events in our lives. Our timelines have 10 events listed in chronological order, with a short sentence about each. The events can be happy, sad, scary, surprising, exciting…whatever made an impact on your child’s life.

Several of our kids are feeling quite stuck…it would be very helpful if you could have a conversation with their child about some of the major events of their lives and approximately when these happened.

Thanks for supporting your child’s learning.

Happy New Year, Division 7 families! We are looking forward to an engaging and fun term.

Please welcome our new teacher, Ms. Pagnucco, who will be working in our class on Tuesday morning/Thursday afternoon until the end of this year (Hooray!!)

A reminder that our Art Gallery Workshop is next Tuesday morning. If you haven’t had a chance to pay the $5.00 fee yet (online, or send cash in an envelope with your child’s name on it if that’s easier), please do so as soon as possible.

Yesterday, a notice for our skating field trips (blue paper) was sent home in your child’s planner. We will need parent drivers in order to go ahead with the field trip. If you need another permission form because yours was misplaced I have some extras at here at the school.

Finally, here is a copy of our overview for the Winter Term. Winter Term Overview 

As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

So…we tried to post our coding project to our blogfolios and it didn’t quite go according to plan…and then our lab time ended. We are going to try again tomorrow, so please check the blogfolios again tomorrow evening. Thanks for your patience!

Also, today we received and opened our first notes from our pen pals at Forest Grove…the students were very excited! Several wanted to take the cards home to share with their families. If possible, can you please send the cards back with your child once you’ve had a look at them so that we have them to refer to when we do our writing back to the pen pals?

We will leave the school for SFU right after recess on Friday so that we can find parking and be organized so that we can maximize our workshop time (11:30 – 1:00).

All students should bring an easily portable lunch with them. Students who are on the hot lunch program will be able to bring a wrapped sandwich lunch prepared in advance by Mrs. Della Santi.

Students under the age of 9 must bring a car booster seat with them to school for this field trip.

Please contact me at jill.mcqueen@burnabyschools.ca if you need any further information.

The students in Division 7 have been working hard to earn a reward for their group behaviour and late last week it happened! After a discussion of possible ways to celebrate this achievement, the students have decided to have an “Electronics Day.”

Students are invited to bring an electronic device to school on Friday, November 29, 2019. We will only be using our devices in the morning, as the Grade 4’s are attending the Young People’s Concert in the afternoon. I will ensure that all devices are securely locked up from 12:00-dismissal.

Students are not required to bring a device; we may be able to use some of the school’s iPads or they can always share a device with a friend in class. I will be monitoring student usage throughout and we will also discuss digital citizenship.

I would prefer that students come with their chosen app/activity/game installed so that wifi is not required; wifi connectivity can be an issue and it is frustrating to have to wait when something won’t load because of a poor connection.

If you have any questions, please ask!

Here is a copy of our weekly timetable.