Buoyancy

Students wrote the properties of air test during this morning’s inquiry time.

Language time was used by students to continue writing their The City of Ember book report. They will have one more period of language time to complete their report.

First recess was used for car building.

We had more inquiry time at the end of the day. We discussed gravity, and how it must be overcome in order to achieve lift. We began learning about how hot air has less mass than colder air and about buoyancy in fluids such as air, but did not finish the lesson. We will finish this up tomorrow. Students learned that they will be writing a test on Bernoulli’s principle on Monday, November 4^th. We will begin learning about this principle tomorrow.

Grade 6s attended French and math class today. In math, students continued to build objects from nets. They discussed the properties of polyhedra including the number of faces, vertices and edges. Students will try to complete the table for Q 5 and Q 7 as homework.

November Lunches – Do not order for November 21^st as we will be on a field trip this day.

The lunch site is now open. It will close Wednesday, October 30th at 3:00pm.

Special of the month: Chicken Stir Fry which is available every Friday

All payments are to be made through QuickBooks by November 6^th.

Our collection of ‘Lost and Found’ items is piling up. Please make some time to come into the school building and a look through the lost and found items. These are now located in the GYM. On November 8th at 4pm all left over items will be donated to the local Salvation Army. 

Tomorrow is Casual Day. Students may still pay if they would like to participate. If you would like, bring some money to buy items from tomorrow’s bake sale.

Please send in newspapers if you have any. We need these for a Papier-mâché project we will be working on during this unit.

Look out for permission forms and waivers for our curling trip coming home today. These are due on Friday, November 1^st.

A number of students have not completed their Polar Expression entry forms. These are past due.

A number of parents have expressed an interest in attending the trip to the Canadian Warplane museum. We already have enough parent volunteers, but I understand the increased interest as it is a lovely place to visit. Parents who would like, may attend if they are willing to pay the entry fee once we arrive at the museum. You are still required to have a vulnerable sector check on file in order to travel and be with students while on the trip. I believe there will be sufficient space on the bus for parents to travel with us. Let me know if this is something you would like to do.

Guy Fawkes Day poems are coming home today.

 

Homework and Reminders

·         Math: complete the table for Q 5 and Q 7 as homework.

·         Complete the Polar Expressions entry form – past due

·         Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum trip forms and payments are past due

·         Bake sale spending money

·         Curling trip permission and waivers are due on Friday, November 1^st

·         Bring in newspapers

·         Bernoulli’s Principle test on Monday, November 4^th

Wednesday, October 30^th

·         Casual Day

·         Bake Sale

Thursday, October 31^st- Harvest/Halloween Spirit Day: Dress in Halloween costumes or harvest colours. No scary masks/face paint or weapons

Friday, November 1^st – Curling trip permission and waiver forms are due

Monday, November 4^th – Bernoulli’s Principle Test

Tuesday, November 5^th

·         Guy Fawkes Day

·         Curling trip, 12 noon – 3 pm

Thursday, November 7^th – House Game Assembly

Friday, November 8^th - PD Day (No school for students)

Monday, November 11^th – Remembrance Day (No school)

Tuesday, November 12^th - Social Media and Digital Citizenship Presentation for Grade 4 – 6 students

Wednesday, November 13^th 

·         Kindness Day

·         Caribou Contest, arrive 7:15 am for a 7:30 am start. Bring own charged device

Thursday, November 14^{th -} Science Fair Judging

Friday, November 15^th - Science Fair Day

Wednesday, November 20^th - Picture Retakes

Thursday, November 21^st - Grade 6 Trip to Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (9:00 – 3:30 pm)

Saturday, November 23^rd – Open House (10 am – 2 pm)

Tuesday, November 26^th

·         Book Fair

·         Bake Sale

Wednesday, November 27^th

·         Book Fair

·         Bake Sale

·         Casual Day

Thursday, November 28^th - Book Fair

Friday, November 29^th - Report Cards go home

Monday, December 2^nd - Curling Trip, 12 noon – 3 pm

Thursday, November 21^st – Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum