The Burnaby School District is transitioning to Office 365 for grade 4-7 students, giving them free access to a Microsoft Office 365 cloud based account. It includes a personal email address as well as access to the most recent versions of Microsoft Office tools, such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint, OneNote and more. It also includes an online file storage space (OneDrive) so work can be accessed on any device. Office 365 enriches the learning experience providing students and teachers the ability to communicate, store files and collaborate on documents and presentations from school or home, all within a secure online environment. 

As we get ready to introduce this at Stoney Creek, more information will be sent home. Attached below is a copy of the District letter to students with more details.

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At the beginning of the school year all students of Stoney Creek had an opportunity to develop their ADST skills with Alex McKillop, our Applied Design, Skills & Technologies District Advisor as they planned, designed, cut, sanded , and decorated wooden leaves for our school kindness mural. The next time you are in the school be sure to stop by the office and admire their beautiful artwork.  Like leaves blowing in the wind this mural will be a permanent reminder for us all to perform random acts of kindness and give back to the community in positive ways.

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Aaron Nelson- Moody led students through a guided session on indigenous art and storytelling.  Students learned about the significance of a house post and learned about the symbols commonly used in First Nations art and carvings.  They then had an opportunity to create a drawing of a salmon using the techniques demonstrated by Aaron Nelson- Moody.

Big Idea

Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world

Works of art influence and are influenced by the world around us

Engaging in creative expression and experiences expands people’s sense of identity and belonging

Curricular Competencies

Identify how story in First Peoples cultures connects people to the land

Explore a range of cultures, and the relationships among cultures, societies, and the arts

Parents/Guardians: When you have a moment please log on to your child’s blogfolio and provide your feedback on your child’s Remembrance Day poetry.

Lesson Overview

Big Idea:

Using language in creative and playful ways helps us understand how language works.

Curricular Competencies:

Recognize how literary elements, techniques, and devices enhance meaning in texts.

Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create texts for a variety of
purposes and audiences.

Transform ideas and information to create original texts.

Make ethical judgments about events, decisions, or actions that consider the conditions of a particular time and place, and assess appropriate ways
to respond (ethical judgment).

Big Idea:
Artists experiment in a variety of ways to discover new possibilities and perspectives.

Curricular Competencies:

Develop and refine ideas, processes, and technical skills in a variety of art forms to improve the quality of artistic creations

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Today Div 4 and 8 began our Planting a Promise project.  Students learned about daffodils and what they need to grow and survive and how the needs of plants and humans are similar and different. During this discussion students discovered that many of the basic needs for plants and humans are the same, however, plants are producers and humans are consumers.  They also learned the difference between annuals and perennials and learned how perennial bulbs provide food for the developing flower bud, stem and leaves throughout the winter before they bloom in the spring. Following our lesson on the daffodil life cycle the students then planted 50 daffodil bulbs, which hold the promise of beautiful flowers in spring.

Thanks again to Ms. Starling our volunteer gardening expert who assisted with the planting of our daffodils.  Your help was greatly appreciated!

Notan is a Japanese word meaning the balance between dark and light.  In this art piece students cut paper and used lines of symmetry reflections, and positive and negative shapes.

Lesson Overview:

For this project,students of Division 4 used Micrography (a Greek art technique using small writing) to form a self-portrait.

Big Ideas:

Artists experiment in a variety of ways to discover new possibilities.

Creative expression is a means to explore and share ones identity within a community.

Engaging in creative expression and experiences expands people’s sense of identity and belonging.

Curricular Competencies:

Choose artistic elements, processes, materials, movements, technologies, tools, and environments using combinations and selections for specific purposes in art making.

Interpret and communicate ideas using symbols and elements to express meaning through the arts.

During our first week back to school the Grade 5’s created this amazing mural to remind us all to be kind to one another.  The mural also showcases that positive actions no matter how big or how small do make a difference.