Hi Everyone,

Welcoming conversations will begin this week on September 28th & 29th. I am looking forward to (re)connecting with you all and learning more about what home looks like for the students of Division 1. If any of the aforementioned dates do not work for your schedule, please let me know and I would be happy to arrange another time, either online or in person.

Here is the link just in case it was missed: https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/LochdaleCommunitySchool1@burnabyschools.ca/bookings/

Hope to see all of you soon :)!

Warmly,

Ms. Ramen

Welcome to Division 1! I am thrilled to welcome all of you, both new and returning students/families, to our Grade 6/7 classroom community. I am so looking forward to all of the learning we will be doing together this year.

With that being said, I always find it extremely helpful to get some more insight into the families that make up our Division 1 community. Please complete this brief survey at your earliest convenience: https://forms.office.com/r/fbA4HsA4At

Further information about our classroom routines, expectations, schedule and learning intentions will be sent home within the next couple of weeks. However, I know many of you have questions regarding supplies. Please see the attached supplies list for your convenience here or  the paper copy that will be sent home.

As always, if you have any questions please feel free to reach out. I am looking forward to getting to know you all.

Best,

Ms. Ramen

Hi Everyone,

Thank you so much for taking the time to come in and celebrate the learning taking place in Division 4! Please complete this post-conference survey at your earliest convenience as I would like to share some of the information with students to help encourage them during our last two months together.

Student Led Post Conference Survey

Hi! I’m B and today I will be talking to you about the 5 basic needs made by Abraham Maslow who was a psychologist.  Here is what he believed were the 5 basic needs:

We learned about the 5 basic needs but in a different way because it is important to know what you need in every situation. These 5 needs help us to understand ourselves and others and why people behave the way they do.  For example, if you are having a hard time making friends then it is good to know that you have a need for love and belonging and use different strategies for how to make them.

Love & Belonging: you are very close with your friends and family and get very upset when friends and family have a fight with you or you lose a friend. 

Fun: you always have a way to have fun and you can make a game out of everything. You make a lot of jokes and laugh a lot.  

 Freedom: you need to have some space and choices. You need to be able to feel what you want, and feel yourself emotions  

 Power:  you are very organized and love planning things and being in control. 

 Survival: be safe, have shelter and food and water 

My primary need is power. This helps me understand why I react the way I do in certain situations.

Do  the test below to find out your primary need.

Primary Needs

Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22nd. As we discussed in class, the purpose is to raise awareness and to support initiatives which protect our planet.

Check out this timeline of Earth Day’s history. It is a fascinating look at how one person can grow an initiative that can impact people all over the world. We learned that Earth Day is now recognized in over 190 countries and over 1 billion people have mobilized to take action to support environmentally friendly policies.

Our class engaged in a thoughtful discussion around the outsourcing of our recycling and the impact it has on the countries our plastics have been shipped to such a Malaysia and China (who as of 2018 has stopped accepting plastics from categories 3-7).

In an effort to reduce the impact of plastic on our environment, many people around the world have repurposed single-use plastics. Check out some of their incredible inventions below!

What invention might you create out of single-use plastics?

 

Hi! I’m N!

Today, I will be talking about extreme environments. 

Antarctica & The Coldest Town on Earth

Antarctica has lots of snow, icebergs, and glaciers. But Antarctica does not only have all that. It has living animals like penguins, whales,  leopard seals and so much more. Did you know that some scientists are learning about how the animals survive in this extreme environment?  

We also learned about the coldest town on Earth, Yakutia which is in Siberia!  Check out the video to learn more!

Space

Now that we have talked a bit about Antarctica, let us start talking about Space. 

Space can be remarkably interesting to some, but it can be extremely dangerous. There are black holes and white holes. There is little oxygen and it has zero gravity. 

Space has lots of planets. This is the order of the planets: the Sun goes first then Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.  

Here are some facts about the planets: Did you know that one million Earths can fit inside the sun? Did you know that one hour on Earth is 0.0026 seconds in space? On Saturn it rains diamonds! *That is so cool! * Did you know that Space is completely silent? Would you like to live somewhere that is completely silent? Let us know in the comments!  

Well, that is it for this week. I hope you all enjoyed reading about the extreme environments and learned something new. This is N signing out!   

We hope everyone had a fantastic Spring Break! We are back in full force and first up are some games that we have created. We hope that you enjoy playing them with your family :). They involve some math and spelling skills too!

Click on the links below to access the games!

word search(3)

battleship

 

Our class has been working hard with Ms. Petrovska this term to learn the techniques of bucket drumming! Check out this incredible video below, put together by D, to highlight some of our best work. Click HERE to watch and we hope you enjoy :).

Hi! I’m J, your typical Lochdale student. I’ll be giving you weekly book suggestions and fun facts that are so crazy they will blow your mind! (don’t be surprised if they’re Greek mythology related). So, if you’re interested in mystery, adventure, but not afraid of death, read these!

· The 39 clues (book one) by Rick Riordan

· Small Spaces by Katherine Arden

· Space Case by Stuart Gibbs

· Mr. Lemoncello’s library by Chris Grabenstein

· Salt Magic by Hope Larson

· When you reach me by Rebecca Stead

Next, if you like war, adventure, mythology, fantasy, but not scared of getting a little bloody, these are the books for you!

· Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan

· Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan

· Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan

· Magnus Chase by Rick Riordan

· Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan

· Wings of fire by Tuit. Sutherland

Well, that’s it for books this week, so now for your fact: A shrimp’s heart is in its head! This is your favorite student signing out, J!

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Hi! This is N and K and we are the JOKE BLOEKS! Our jobs are telling y’all puns. You see, we have a lot jokes up our sleeve for each week. If you have any questions or concerns, please comment down below to tell us! Please feel free to tell us other jokes/puns or people you tested the jokes on. Here is your first one . . .

“What do u give a sick lemon? Lemon aid. *Ha Ha Ha*

I personally don’t like this one so we will give you one more.

Why do bees have sticky hair? Because they use honeycombs!”