Hello Parents and Students,
In Health, Mrs. Beckel and the
students have been focusing on diversity. Last Tuesday, Mrs. Beckel started the class by
intentionally excluding, first one half of the class, and then the other from a
game, and then led a discussion about how it felt to be excluded. She followed
up by reading Dr. Seuss’ THE
SNEETCHES, in which the “Sneetches” learn an important lesson about
including others. They talked about terrible instances when groups have been
excluded and mistreated just for being who they are (the Jews, black people,
First Nations people, etc.) Please take some time to discuss this topic with
your child. We are trying to establish how important every person is and
how unfair it is for one person or group to mistreat another.
On Friday morning, the children
had the opportunity to explore the Agrium Seed Survivor Trailer and to plant a seed. In the
afternoon, they participated in the school dance in the gym. Great dance moves!!!!
On Monday afternoon, Outdoor Ed. Teacher, Lori
Milligan, joined us for an hour to discuss our June field trip to Brown’s Coulee.
The children have been asked to wear pants, tucked into long socks
to “keep away the wood ticks.” No
shorts! We will be collecting wood
ticks. We discussed how to tell the male
ticks apart from the females. Each child must be wearing a hat, sunglasses
(if possible) and to be dressed in layers of light coloured clothing. Sun
screen your child before coming
to school. Please send mosquito repellant, which will be
applied once we arrive to Brown’s Coulee.
A healthy, bagged lunch will be encouraged with fruit, veggies, sandwich
and WATER. Please freeze half a bottle
of water and fill the remaining with cold water. Place a sock over the bottle to keep it
dry. We will be doing a pond dipping study and a
worm watch. Check out the following link
with your child:
https://www.naturewatch.ca/ Worm watch for Brown’s Coulee trip
For one math activity, Grade
TWO math students created a pictograph
of FAVOURITE ICE CREAM FLAVOURS.
Each child is to survey family members at home or on the phone and to
return their pictograph to school before the long weekend, if possible.
Lunch hour has been a lot of
fun this week. The children are
exploring globes and working on various puzzles… flags of the world, pandas, castles and
more.
Try the attached SCIENCE EXPERIMENT at
home with your child at the sink.
TOPIC: Air pressure and water. We had a blast in class trying it! Ask your child to explain WHY the paper stays
on the cup filled with water when turned upside down.
Jack was our fabulous STAR OF
THE WEEK. He is the youngest of 4
children in his family. He was born in
Saskatoon. His favourite colour is orange.
He LOVES to eat long noodles and perogies. His hobbies include: hockey, baseball, building with Lego and
computers. He is looking forward to a family trip to Disneyland this fall.
REMINDERS:
No school this Friday and next Monday.
1. Nate is our STAR OF THE WEEK on May 19th.
2. Global News Weather Specialist,
Tiffany Lizee visits our class on Thurs. a.m.
3. Please send permission slips
and $11.00 in cash or on Parent Portal for MacKenzie Art Gallery and Golden
Mile bowling if you have not already done so.
Enjoy the May long weekend! :)
Ms. Selimos
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