Upcoming Reminders and/or Events:
- Our PJ/potluck/movie party is tomorrow! Thank you to those families who signed up to bring something for tomorrow. Remember to send in a plate and utensils for your child to eat with along with their water bottle. Click here for the sign-up.
- Trail Walk is on Wednesdays from 8:50-9:20am. Families are welcome to join us on the weekly walk!
- FreshGrade check-ins will be posted by the end of this week. This would be a great time to sit down with your child and go over the successes of the second term and talk about goals for the third term. Thank you for being a part of your child's learning.
- Grade 5 camp forms are due April 1st. Please send in the permission forms along with the $130 first instalment as soon as possible.
- iRide notices went home a couple of weeks ago for our bike program coming up on April 2/3/4. Please follow the instructions online and complete the registration by Friday this week. https://ccnbikes.com/#!/events/cycling-bc-iride-2019 This link is where parents give permission, sign the waiver and give permission for media such as photos (which parents can decline using the provided form).
- This Friday is our last day before spring break. We want to wish families a wonderful break together and look forward to starting up our final term on April 1st.
Novel Study: We are wrapping up our literature circles and will finish up our research projects on one of the immigrant groups we have been reading about. We will be researching push/pull factors, culture and traditions, settlement patterns, and challenges and contributions in Canada.
Social Studies: This week we are learning more about how B.C. joined confederation and how the Canadian Pacific Railway was a big part of it.
Math: We continue to deepen our understanding of multiplication strategies. Grade 5s will be extending their thinking to include double-digit multiplication. Grade 4s will continue with single digit multiplication by 3 or 4-digits.
Gym: We have started badminton and are working on rallying.