Wrapping it all up...

Well, the time has come to wrap up this year, and it's hard to believe all we have accomplished together. These next two weeks will be busy ones, and I'd like to outline some of the dates, times and expectations to help us through it!

• Monday, June 2nd:
  
• Students come to school in Number One uniform (proper uniform - keep these white socks at home!) for a whole school photograph at Morven.
  
• Grade 5 drama rehearsal at lunch (12:50-1:30)
• Tuesday, June 3rd:
• 2:30 - 4:30 Grade 5 drama rehearsal
  
• Wednesday, June 4th:
  
• Simple Machines test
• 3:10 - 4:30 Grade 5 band rehearsal
  
• Thursday, June 5th:
  
• Grade 5 concert!
• 5:30 pm - every one arrives in black dress pants to 5G
• 5:40 pm - choir and band kids to MP room in costumes
• 6:00 pm - Band performs in Gymnasium
• 6:20 pm - Choir performs in Gymnasium
• 6:45 pm - 4/5 concert
• 7:45 pm - approximate closing time
• Friday, June 6th:
• Sport's Day! Please see green handout coming home with your child today! Drop your child off at school at regular time. We will travel down to Ambleside together on the bus. If you wish to take your child home from Ambleside at the end of the day, please inform me of this in writing so I can keep track of everyone! Thanks! :)
• Monday, June 9th:
• Sports Day Rain Day
• Assembly
• Wednesday, June 11th:
• Class party! Details to follow...
• Thursday, June 12th:
• Last day of school! Goodbye Wentworth!
  

Kids with Cameras: Collingwood Edition

I've just returned from the photo shop, and the quality of pictures 5G has taken is amazing! Some were breathtaking, others hilarious and many were thought provoking. I can't wait for Art class tomorrow!

And the answer is...

What Canadian author began writing a nature column in the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix by the age of 13?

Farley Mowat!

Canadian Magnetic Poetry

I picked up some magnetic poetry over the weekend (Canadian themed!), and the kids have been busy creating their own beautiful phrases at recess and lunch on my filing cabinet. Here is what they have come up so far...

• Canadians are a sea of hope beneath water
• freedom loves the lake
• beneath the tundra there is wheat
• Nunavut is none of it
• we live like a nation and we dream like one
  
• the thing about the ocean is it is free
• Ottawa is a beautiful province and I love to look at it (I'm assuming that there is some creative liberty in that phrase, and not just a bad Geography teacher!)
  
• Labrador girl laughs through the Yukon
• hockey is loonie as a boy
• the Prime Minister of Canada toboggans in a maple canoe in British Columbia's mountain praires
  
• here comes the sun with a national but liberal sky
• if my Ontario sings do I still hear (okay, that one was me)

As always, the creativity and gentleness of the kids of 5G astounds me.

Does your child lose things?

I know the answer is, of course, no - not your child! But, on the off chance that your little one may have misplaced something this year it is a good idea to stop by the ever-growing lost and found pile at the front entrance before it is shipped out to those in need.

Happy Monday!

What a day! The students were amazing today - kind little human beings with great questions and ideas in class! I am proud to be their teacher...

A few notices to guide the upcoming week:

• Cafe Concert on Thursday! We are excited to host you all in our class to see the culmination of the student's hard work. It is imperative that students memorize their lines - so make sure you have the words and the expression down pat!

• Hot pink notice for Sports Day lunches need to be returned by Friday. Please send cheques - not change!

• The class photograph is packed away in the agenda tonight - what a good looking group!

• The photography unit, and accompanying journal, is due on Thursday so that I can develop the rolls of film for Art class on Friday. No exceptions! The ideas thus far have been amazing, and we continue our daily study of interesting and powerful photographs. Check out the link to the left to the "Kids with Cameras" website inspired by the Zana Briski film 'Born into Brothels'. The art created by the kids is truly amazing, so go be inspired!

Tutors: We are continuing our Measurement unit in Math, Simple Machines in Science, essay composition in Language Arts and finishing up Mapping in Socials.

Notices....

• Cafe Concert is just over one week away and things are coming together nicely. Children should continue to memorize lines and work on embracing their character and giving their all in performances. I can't wait to see the final product on Thursday!
  
• Mme. Keiser would like the children to bring in the costume parts that they are responsible for (as per the notice she sent home several weeks ago) by Friday, May 23rd in a labeled plastic bag.
• Science World tomorrow! Please have the children come with a small day pack with a lunch and snacks for the day. Let's aim for as little garbage as possible, please! A book for the bus ride is welcome - electronics are not.
  

Thank you!