4/5/ Science - Need Pop Bottles

The grade 4/5 class has started their unit on Maintaining A Healthy Body. We have already studied the digestive system, creating a scale model of it to find out just how long our "small intestines" really are and today we will be doing activities to see the job each organ performs.

On Tuesday, we are going to start learning about the respiratory system. In order to build a model of our lungs and show how our diaphragm works, I'm asking students to each bring in a small plastic pop bottle. Thanks!

So Excited!

Good Evening Everyone! I am proud to announce that two of our students will be aired on both CFRY and MIX96 starting as early as 6 am on Saturday! They had a phone interview with the newsroom at CFRY today promoting donations to our local Christmas Cheer Hampers. This is a tentative time for right now but I had to share as I am so proud of what our students are doing in our community to get the word out! Send in dry, non-perishable food items that can to be donated! The kids have also asked that if you have an unwrapped new toy that you could donate that would be great as well as they want to donate these to be given out as well.

So Proud!!!

Hey Everyone!
I wanted to let you know that I have been working the grade 7-8 class on a specific project that they are working on within our community. Our students have been working so hard and their work is paying off as I have just received an email from someone involved and I have some very exciting news for our kids in the next couple of days! I just wanted to share that I am super proud of them and that they are doing a good job at what they are doing! You will all find out soon and I will be posting some of their stuff in regards to this project on this blog so please stay tuned in!

On a completely different note I am still super proud of all of our volleyball players! They all worked very hard and tried their best! It was amazing to watch you all develop skills and strategies as well as learning to work together as a team! Thank you to all the parents who came out to support these great kids! They really are a great group of kids to work with.

Mrs. Froese

Art Portfolios

The grade 6/7 & 7/8 art portfolios must be finished by the next art period-Thursday, November 28, Day 2. On Thursday, we will be modge-podging them, you will not have any time to finish the picture part of them. Luckily for anyone  not finished, there is now a homework/reading club every lunch break in the library.

Girls volleyball schedule for today!

Student Led Conferences!

Good Morning Everyone,
Today and tomorrow we will be having student led conferences. Ms. Mauthe, Mr. Rintoul and Mrs. Froese will be set up in the art room to meet with parents and their children. The kids have a lot to show you and are very excited about sharing their learning from this term! Student led conferences will run from 5:30 to 8pm tonight and from 9-12 am tomorrow morning.
Hope to see you there!
Mrs. Froese

7/8 ELA

The grade 7/8 ELA class has some homework if they didn't finish in school.
They need to have rough drafts finished of both their Bio Poems and the Family & Friends section of their autobiographies. We are working hard to finish our autobiographies so we can hopefully show them off at student-led conferences! :)

Report Cards

Quick reminder to parents that report cards are coming home tonight!

4/5 Quizzes

Don't forget to sign & return the grade 4/5 class weather quizzes! Thanks so much!
(Love seeing the encouraging and happy comments from parents to students on them!)

Volleyball Update!

Good Morning Volleyball Parents!
I just wanted to put up a quick update on Volleyball as we have had a change to our schedule! This week there are no more after school practices or games, however next week we have a game in Carberry on Monday, we will leave here at 3 and return between 5:30 and 6. On Tuesday we are going to a mini-tournament with both boys and girls in Macgregor, we will leave here at 3:00 and return at approximately 7 on the bus or when the games are finished, students will be able to text or call parents to let them know of changes. The boys then have a game in Langruth on Wednesday. Then Monday and Tuesday we have Divisionals here at AES. Let me know if you are able to volunteer at our canteen for either Monday or Tuesday. We will be starting around 2. Any help is greatly appreciated!! Also I just wanted to send out a shout out to all you parents and all the great support you have given our teams this year! It is so nice to see so many parents coming out to watch!

4/5 Science Quizzes

The grade 4/5 class will be getting back their science quizzes from our weather unit. I was really impressed with their marks, some students studied really hard and should be super proud of themselves! The quizzes need to be signed and returned to school as soon as possible!
Thanks!

Remembrance Day Poster Contest Permission Form

Good morning!
All students in grades 4/5, 6/7 and 7/8 will be bringing home permission forms to enter the Legion Remembrance Day poster contest. Parental permission with a signature on the form is required for us to enter each poster. Please sign and return the form by tomorrow (Thursday, Nov.14th) so we can get these sent away!
The posters are absolutely amazing! We cannot get over how good the kids did on them and we think we definitely have some winners!
Thanks!

4/5 Science Weather Instruments

On Monday, the grade 4/5 class made weather instruments. It was lots of fun and they did a fantastic job! The thermometers worked a little too good and overflowed a bit when they went from really cold to really warm!

Today we will be reviewing for our science quiz on Friday. A study guide is coming home, along with their science duotangs. Please help your child study for the quiz!

7/8 Autobiographies

Just a reminder that you should have the first section (Early Life) of your autobiography completed: brainstorming, rough draft and typed final copy. The final copy was to be saved in the assignments folder on the school network.
The next section (These Days) was started today and the brainstorming should be completed and rough draft at least half done.

Don't forget to change your clocks back an hour this weekend!

Have a great weekend! Enjoy the beautiful weather while it lasts! :)

We Day

Wow! We Day was an amazing experience, for the students and teachers both! 16 000 people filled the MTS Centre and it lit up with applause and cheering, over and over and over again! The students really seemed to have been impacted and amazed at the experiences that were shared with us. When writing a journal entry about We Day, many students wrote about the young lady who talked about the harsh bullying she went through, the man who climbed a mountain with no legs and said you really can do anything, and the reporter who was held hostage in another country and still later returned to help people there. It was an incredible day and one that won't be forgotten any time soon.

4/5 Science Next Week

Thought I would give you a look at the plan for science next week, as we are coming to the end of our unit. On Monday, we will be building our weather instruments! Please make sure that the supplies needed are sent to school, along with the direction sheet they brought home. On Wednesday, we are going to review the important concepts and vocabulary with a Jeopardy game and they will hopefully have some time to study after. I will give them a review sheet that tells exactly what they need to know for their quiz, which will then be on Friday. The quiz will not have any surprises and if they missed something, the review sheet will have it on there.