"Good actions are the invisible hinges on the doors of heaven."
(Victor Hugo)
Here's a short video on who St. Patrick was and why we celebrate St. Patrick's Day! Do something green today :)
Walk in Faith - Quote of the Day (Ecclesiastes 5:2) "Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few."
Watching the news can become an exercise in faith. There is so much bad in the world, so many challenging things happening. Yet we all too often forget that there is so much more good that we do not see. Building faith means focusing on the good things, and understanding that the bad things have their place in God's greater plan, even if we don't know how or why.
And a beautiful song that was sent to me this morning. Enjoy :)
AHS - Dr. Hinshaw, Premiere Kenney and Education Minister
LaGrange have now announced the closing of K-12 schools effective
tomorrow until further notice. More information about the next steps will
come to families and staff soon.
We wanted to share this sooner than later so you as parents
have as much time as possible to make arrangements for your
children.
This week we officially started our Grade 5 Science topic of Electricity and Magnetism. To inspire us, we used snap circuits to get exposure to the terminology and look at all the things we can do with a closed circuit. Here are some photos.
We also cleaned up the playground and field around our school, playing our part in being responsible citizens.
We have quite a few things on the go in the school too at this time.
We are currently collecting food for the St. Vincent de Paul organization that helps many around our great city. If you have some non-perishable food items to spare, please send them in with your child. We have a target of filling our box by next Tuesday and we will have an all-you-can eat snack day on Wednesday before the end of the week (i.e. students can eat any kind of snack, all day, any time; not just fruits and vegetables. :)) Thank you to those who already sent some items in. True generosity shines during difficult times.
We have also started a Read-A-Thon. Paperwork has been sent home on Wednesday regarding this. Please sponsor your child or children and encourage others to do so as well. This motivates students to read and they can track all reading times even time spent reading at school. They may not track the time spent reading during lessons, unless it involved a period of reading. Should you have any questions about the Read-A-Thon, please do not hesitate to write.
Finally... we came full circle (haha) and learned about where Pi comes from and had our little competition of the most digits we can remember from Pi after 3.1415.
And... the winner was: JACOB with 28 digits!!! BRAVO to all who memorized so many numbers. Nice work Deonna for remembering 46 digits outside of 3.1415 :) Sometimes it is hard to perform under pressure. Bravo also to our second places Kanya, Debora (24 each) and Kansola with 23. Nice work everyone! You have decimated my Hershey Kisses chocolate jar :).
Here's a quick video of where Pi comes from.
Please check in with your child regarding Progress Reports. These have been sent home today. The parent-teacher interviews booking system will open tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM.
This week we started Electricity and Magnetism with the Grade 5s and thanks to some of the resources we sometimes have available to us, I was able to have a Van de Graaff Generator in the classroom. Since this is such a rare occasion, I decided to do the demo to all of the students. I think the experience has been "electrifying" :).
With this activity, short fine hair worked the best. As such, not everyone could give this one a try, but it was fun nonetheless to shake hands with those who tried it :).
Check the Agenda tab for homework and other activities for this week. Over the weekend, I will be updating it to next week.
