Dear Parents/Guardians,
We would like to thank you for being responsible with your health and the health of all our community members. The recent school closures have resulted in some creative thinking about how the duration of our cancellation can look. During class cancellations, the Grade 5/6 teachers are supportive of educational experiences at home. In the coming days, we will be communicating our plans as they are developed. In the meantime, Grade 5 families, we wanted you to know that we have been learning about:
In the meantime, Grade 6 families, we wanted you to know that we have been learning about:
It is suggested to maintain your child’s school routine Use school as the framework and honor what had been your child’s routine:
We are hoping you will share your learning experiences with us. Please feel free to send pictures or notes to us via our email contacts. Please watch for emails from the CBE, our school and us. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us, Sincerely, Jana Robb [email protected] Janelle Hastie [email protected] Brandi O’Brien [email protected] Good afternoon,
Gym: This week students have been learning about Renbukai Karate. Karate training develops discipline, inner strength, improved self-confidence and self-esteem. Health: Students learned about different nutrients and which ones are the most important. They started creating a mind map to display their understanding. French: Students continued making Kindness Rocks and finger weaving bookmarks for our upcoming Agora. Math: Grade 5: Grade 5 students have been exploring fractions on a number line. They have been creating benchmarks and comparing fractions with like and unlike denominators. We will begin looking at decimals later this week. Grade 6: Grade 6 students have been looking at fractions on a number line, using like and unlike denominator. They have also been placing mixed numbers and improper fractions on a number line. We will begin looking at ratios, decimals and percentages later this week. Science: Grade 5: Students are starting to work through their EMMUE centers exploring light bulb holders, batteries and light bulbs. Grade 6: Students are finishing up their Air and Aerodynamics centers and will begin focusing their studies on flight. Humanties: Literacy: Students are continuing to looking at functional writing through writing news paper articles. Students will be writing their first news paper article around their experiences with Elder Shirley Hill. Social: Grade 5: Students have wrapped up their studies on indigenous studies, they will be moving their research into the Fur Trade. Grade 6: Students will be completing their Ancient Athens Unit with a test on Thursday. Students have been creating a study guide focusing on the key elements of Athens democracy. Agora Both Grade 5 and 6 students will be participating in our Ancient Athens Agora. Students have been given a specific role (Male/Female, citizen, metic or slave), they have been ask to dress in their role by wearing a ancient toga. Ask your child Kanto Sho Karate Over the next two weeks we will be welcoming Sensei Glen and Sensei Tannis from Kanto Sho Karate. Students will be training in the art of Renbukai Karate. Karate training develops discipline, inner strength, improved self confidence and self-esteem. http://renbukaikarate.com/ Learning Assembly North Haven will be having a Grade ½ Celebration of Learning this Friday, March 13th at 9:00am. Hope to see you there! St. Patricks School Dance We are going to have a St. Patrick’s School Dance hosted by our Parent Council Association on March 19th from 5:30-7:30. Tickets will be $2.00 at the door. Announcements and Reminders
North Haven Parent Association is hosting a Spring Fundraiser! A Big Deal Box Cards flyer is being sent home today. There are two boxes to choose from, Kids Birthday Cards and All Occasion Cards, with each set containing 30 cards for the cost of $30. Students may ask family and community members to join in on the cause. Please return the flyer (order form is on the back) in a Ziploc bag with the appropriate amount. This is a cash only event (no cheques please). Forms are to be returned by March 19th. The Parent Association will have a table for any further orders at our Saint Patrick’s Day dance on March 19th from 5:30-7:30. Order submissions will arrive at North Haven the week of April 6th. Large orders may be picked up at parent teacher conferences on April 9th if parents choose. Thanks for supporting North Haven! Tax receipts were sent home with many students yesterday. Thank you to all community members that were able to attend our performance last Friday with Shirley Hill, Indigenous Elder and Artist. We are excited to have another week with her where we will focus on Indigenous ways of knowing through the buffalo and regalia making. Our School Council and Parent Association Meeting is next week, Monday March 9th at 6pm in the North Haven learning commons. Everyone is welcome! Come join the conversation in regards to fundraisers, events, and residencies in our school. We are going to have a St. Patrick’s School Dance hosted by our Parent Council Association on March 19th from 5:30-7:30. Tickets will be $2.00 at the door. Good afternoon, Homework: Use the healthy food checker to check labels of several products that are currently in your home. Be prepared to discuss in health on Wednesday. https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/nutrition/HealthyEating/m/he/foodchecker.htm Gym: This week we have been wrapping up our basketball unit and moving into lacrosse! Wednesday and Thursday we will be welcoming ELEV8 Lacrosse to teach us the skills and fundamentals of lacrosse. French: Students finished their projects focusing on Carnaval du Quebec (Grade 6) and Festival de Voyageur (Grade 5). Students who finished have started finger weaving bookmarks for our upcoming Agora! Health: Students looked at the Canada food guide and their lunch to determine if items in their lunch are a "less often, sometimes choice or most of the time choice." Then, they looked at the nutritional guide on their items to determine how much fat, sugar, fibre and protein are in their items. Math: We have started our unit around fractions, decimals (both grades), percentages and ratios (grade 6). We started by using pattern blocks to build different fractions to visually represent different fractions. We started looking at fractions as a set and fractions as a whole and the definitions for numerator, denominator and equivalent fractions. Science: Grade 6: Students will be looking into aerodynamics and how air affects how object move in the Cutting through Air centre work. This week we will also be looking at what happens when air is compressed. Grade 5: We have begun our Electricity and Magnetism by looking at protons, neutrons and electrons. We will be working through Sticky Static to better understand these concepts! Many Classroom Chemistry tests have not been returned, please signed and return by Tomorrow. Humanties: Literacy: We have started our Functional Writing unit, News Articles, by learning about the News Article Triangle. This is an organizational tool that helps lay out your article. Over the next few weeks we will be looking at articles and the elements within them. We will then move to writing our own articles! Social Studies: Grade 5: Students have picked a new indigenous artists to study based on their location within Canada. The new Canadian artists students are studying are: Jordan Bennet a Mi'kmaq artist, Robert Charles Davidson a Haida artist and Delree Dumont Cree artist. Students have finished their art pieces and are working to complete their biographies. Grade 6: Students created a flow chart based on the structure of the government in ancient Athens. Students needed to include the roles of men, women, slaves, metics and citizens. They also needed to incorporate how the court, council and assembly affect democracy. Students wrote a paragraph explaining how Athenian government is a direct democracy and explained to what extent democratic ideals of equity and fairness played a part of the structure of government and society in ancient Athens. Shirley Hill Residency Thank you to all community members that were able to attend our performance last Friday with Shirley Hill, Indigenous Elder and Artist. We are excited to have another week with her where we will focus on Indigenous ways of knowing through the buffalo and regalia making. https://www.prancingdeerarts.com/landscapes Parent Council Our School Council and Parent Association Meeting is next week, Monday March 9th at 6pm in the North Haven learning commons. Everyone is welcome! Come join the conversation in regards to fundraisers, events, and residencies in our school. St. Patricks School Dance We are going to have a St. Patrick’s School Dance hosted by our Parent Council Association on March 19th from 5:30-7:30. Tickets will be $2.00 at the door. |