Portfolios

Due to the snow day portfolios will be send home during the first week of the new year. Our class is really looking forward to Christmas craft day and the Christmas sing-along! Thank you for your continued support. Happy Holidays!

Thank You!

Thank you very much for all the gift of reading donations that we have received over the last few weeks. These donations will be very beneficial for our learning commons,  and is greatly appreciated. I would also like to thank everyone for supporting our grade 6 students in their raffle, there is one day left for tickets and the winner will be announced on Friday! Good luck :)

St.Philip is now on Twitter!

You can now follow St. Philip School on Twitter at the following address:


@StPhilipocsb

Check it out! 

Grade 6 Christmas Raffle

The grade 6 students are holding a Gift Card tree raffle! Tickets are 1 for 2$ and 3 for 5$. The grade 6 students will be coming around to the classes during lunch to explain the raffle and to sell tickets. The winner will receive the Christmas Tree holding gift cards that is in the office.  Tickets are on sale until December 11th. Thank you for your support!

The Cold Weather has Arrived!

The snow is here! I am asking students to keep an extra pair of socks and mittens in their bags as both these items tend to get very wet by the end of the day. Thank you for your continued support! Please use the agenda if there are any questions. Thanks

Portfolios

Student portfolios went home today. Please take some time to go through the portfolio with your child. Ask lots of questions and enjoy the discussion! All of the work in the binder stays in the binder for the year so it can be tracked and referred to at any time in the classroom. Please sign and return the portfolios by Thursday so they can be used during interviews. As usual, if there are any questions please let me know. Thank you for your continued support. 

The Great Pumpkin Inquiry

On Thursday we created a "How to Carve a Pumpkin" piece of procedural writing. We then followed our directions to create 4 excellent Jack O' Lanterns! The students predicted which pumpkin they believed would have the most seeds and estimated how many seeds were in their group's pumpkin. A few students were pretty close with their guesses! Each group created a strategy to count their seeds, some counted by groups of 5's, while others counted by 10's and 20's.  Their last task was to solve how many seeds our class had all together. They followed their problem solving criteria and discovered that we had 1700 seeds all together! It was an awesome day!

PJ Day and Halloween!

 On Thursday, October 30th we will be having a school-wide P.J. day in support of United Way. If your child can send in a donation of $1 or $2 it would be greatly appreciated.  On Halloween, students are encouraged to wear orange and black. Students are not to wear costumes to school. Thank you for your support!

Dream Box is Up and Running!

Students can now access their DreamBox accounts! The link will always be posted on the blog under the math curriculum link section. Our class is encouraged to use DreamBox to develop and practice math skills and extend our mathematical thinking. If you are using an iPad the code is bau/5stp and the link is https://play.dreambox.com/login/bau5/stp 
Enjoy!

The Results

Here are the results of our stem experiment. Some of our predictions were correct!
Our class was interested to see that the water level had changed after we left the stems overnight and all the leaves were becoming the colour of the water. We now know that the stems carry water all the way up the stem and into the leaves.

Looking at Stems!

Today our class did an experiment to explore the function of stems. We wanted to see what would happen if we placed celery in a beaker of coloured water. Each group used a different colour (red, blue, orange and purple) and came up with a hypothesis. Here are some of our ideas:

- I think that the stem with turn the colour of the water but not the leaves.
-  I think the stem and the leaves will become the colour of the water.
- I think the water in the beaker will be at the same place tomorrow.
- I think the water in the beaker will be lower because the stem will have drank it.

The students wanted to explore further so we took a piece of celery that was split in half and placed one side of the celery stem in red water and the other side in blue water. We had many ideas as to what may happen:

- I think the celery will turn whichever colour is put in first ( we added red first)
- I think the stem of the celery will be half blue and half red.
- I think the celery stem will be half blue and half red and the leaves will be purple.
- I think the entire celery will be purple ( stem and leaves)
- I think the stem and leaves will be half blue and half red (based on which side is dipped in the colour).

Check back soon to see the results!!

Terry Fox Run/Walk!

We are excited to announce that our annual Terry Fox walk/run will be on Friday September 26th from 2:50PM-3:10PM. You will be receiving additional materials regarding collection of donations. If you are interested in volunteering to monitor our students safety during the walk, please send in a note with your child stating: Your name, your child's name and grade, and a phone number. Prior to the event the organizers, Christina Deslauriers and Ariel Séguin, will be contacting you with the details. If you do not receive a call we thank you for putting your name forward to support this event, however your assistance is not required at this time. You are still welcome to attend the event and walk with your child. Please ensure you have signed in at the office beforehand. Thank you for your support! 

I would also like to thank all the volunteers who attended the Richmond Fair today! The students had a great time and we could not have done it without you! 

The Learning Commons

Our Learning Commons is now open! Our time slot will be every Tuesday during 3rd block. The students are welcome to check out one book each week and are expected to return the book in the same condition the following Tuesday. We are very excited to meet with Mrs. Doro tomorrow and to check out our first round of books. Please remember that Richmond Fair permission slips are due back Wednesday. I look forward to seeing many of you at the parent information night!  If there are questions about anything, please use the agenda or contact me at the school. Thanks.

Our class had a wonderful first week at school! The students are quickly getting back into the swing of things and have been doing a great job! Homework was sent home today and should be returned next Monday. Our homework will always focus on the main ideas and concepts we have been learning and covering in class. Parents are  encouraged to explore these ideas with their child, and can help out where needed.  If there are questions about anything, please use the agenda or contact me at the school. Thanks.