Hello Division 5 Families! Welcome to our classroom blog for this year!  We will be using it periodically to keep you up to date with classroom news and exciting events that take place at school. We really enjoyed having the … Continue reading →

Thank-you to all of our parent volunteers and to our amazing student hikers for a great day out at Belcarra today!  We hiked 3.6km round trip to Admiralty Point, where we enjoyed a rest on a typical British Columbia beach. … Continue reading →

We have had the unique opportunity this week to partake in a woodworking workshop with guest teachers from a Burnaby high school.  We have learned to plan, design, and create our art projects on scroll saws!  The students had to persist … Continue reading →

Congratulations Division 5 students and families!  Our school community came out to see your hard work and it was very well received!  You shared your Making a Difference Projects with pride and inspired many other children and adults to get … Continue reading →

Today was our first session with our artist in residence, Mrs. Yunuen Perez-Verti.  We will have several sessions with her over the next few weeks as we begin this learning journey into film-making.  It is so inspiring to be working … Continue reading →

March was an active, memorable month with many enrichment opportunities happening within our classroom and in the wider school community.  We were busy visiting the Vancouver Aquarium, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at the Orpheum Theatre, and singing at Primary Days of … Continue reading →

Friendship Fruit Salad! Super job everyone chopping up fruit to enjoy together.

It has been a great two days of Winter Poetry presentations!  The students have had a chance to practice their public speaking skills in a fun and light-hearted way.  We have had snowflakes falling around the classroom, bunnies bouncing in … Continue reading →

Division 5 was busy during the last week of school enjoying traditional holiday activities with their buddies and each other.  We decorated gingerbread cookies, made gingerbread houses, and enjoyed hearing the school Choir sing at Burnaby Village Museum. Have a … Continue reading →

  Division 5 came up with an inquiry question to explore the chemical changes in Matter.  Talk to your child about what happened when they mixed popping candy (solid) with ‘Sprite’ (liquid).