And More Division 5 Projects

More Division 5 Projects

Division 5's Show and Tell

The students proudly displayed their compound machines, stories, French posters, and Mandarin flashcards.  They were all very professional as they explained, demonstrated, and allowed others to try out their machines.  Like true engineers, they problem solved and tweaked their machines when the machines started to show wear and tear.  All of the other classes came to see their creations and our students, and Ms. Wong and I, enjoyed very favourable responses!   Thank you Parents for joining us and celebrating their successes and for all of your support with the Science projects and stories.

Student of the Week

Congratulations Max!

Student of the Week

Congratulations Alwen!

An Invitation for Parents

Dear Parents, 

We would like to cordially invite you to our Student Show and Tell Event on Monday, May 30th! 

The students of Division 5 will set up stations and share their compound machine projects and written stories to the rest of the school. Parents are welcome to join us from 9:00 to 9:20 am in the library before the other visiting classes begin to arrive. Please come by and check out some of the students' amazing work! We will be providing some morning refreshments for parents as well. Our students are very excited to be sharing their projects and accomplishments with you.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email us. We hope to see you there!

Ms. Reichert and Ms. Wong

Students of the Week

Congratulations Julia and Maddy!

Zones of Regulation

The students started their Health and Career Unit on the Zones of Regulation with Ms. Wong this past week. As an introduction, Ms. Wong asked the students to try visualizing their emotions by painting anger, excited, calm and depressed. The students were able to come up with some very creative and thoughtful artwork.

Budding Stars

This week, the students participated in drama classes with the Young Actors Project.  They had the opportunity to improvise, role-play and make believe using props, scripts and masks! Our YAP instructor, Jared, was especailly impressed with the students' engagement and acting ability. The kids were so expressive that even Jared thought they were acting at a grade 6/7 level.

Happy Mothers' Day

to all the patient, hard working, caring mothers of Division 5 students!  Please enjoy the flowers, (acrylic on canvas), based on the work of Georgia O'Keefe.

Don't Look - in case you see your gift before it's given to you

The students carved beautiful soapstone animals with direction from Oliver Harwood, a local sculptor.

I know some want to present the carvings as gifts.  These were sent home yesterday with directions for repairing scratches.  They are very delicate.    

A Visit by Ahmad

We were very fortunate to have Ahmad, a refugee from Syria, visit our class.  Thank you to Cynthia Bunbury who helped organize this visit.  Thank you to Tariq for translating from English to Arabic when necessary.  Tariq's family, as well as Cynthia and many others, have been supporting the family of 5 as they adapt to life in Canada.  The students asked Ahmad questions about life in Syria, his journey to Canada, adapting to his new home in Canada, what his interests are, favourite foods etc.  What they discovered is that he is a boy with the same interests and desires and needs as Canadian children.

The students presented Ahmad with the jacket we purchased earlier in the year from Jackets for Jasper.  Although his family is well supported, other refugees have great needs.  The jacket will be given to a refugee who will then be warm and cozy. Ahmad was also presented with attractive and thoughtful welcome cards that the students made.  In the cards, the students provided information about themselves and their families, places to visit in the area, useful information about our money, bus routes etc.  Once again I was very proud of the compassion the students showed.

Thank you Ahmad for answering many questions.  The students made a new friend.