Goodbye September!

How is it the end of September already?! 

This week, we had our picture day on Monday. If you need/want, the retakes will take place in November. We did lots of math and science this week. 

We learned about the different types of clouds and the sky was changing every few minutes. It was the perfect day for observations! We also did a writing job for Thanksgiving. The students listed things they are thankful for. Next, we created gorgeous leaves with oil pastel and liquid watercolour. We then shared our list on the leaves with a sharpie. Be sure to check them out on Artsonia! 

We also worked in groups with the iPads for the first time this week. It was a fun way to practice place value in math! 

Today, I was lucky to join Mrs. Rand and 29 BHS cross-country runners at the divisional Turkey Trot at Bird's Hill Park. It was a beautiful day!

Dog House Canteen is back for October!

October Staff: Evan, Maxim, Ben,
Chantal, and Haylee!

When the girls from the canteen were awarded the Young Humanitarian Award from the Manitoba Teacher’s Society in May 2017, the canteen received $1000. A large portion of that was donated to “Give Kids the World Village” in Florida. We also had a professional sign made up by local artists “The Travelling Sign Painters”.

The Dog House Canteen will continue to run every 2nd month, beginning in October. This year, we will have a variety of Grade 5 students work the canteen each month. Students signed up in Grade 4 for Leadership jobs for the 2017-2018 school year.

All items will be $1.00, with the exception of Menchie’s frozen yogurt, which will be $2.00, sold on the last day of each week.

For October, we will be open on the following days:

Wednesday-October 4, Friday-October 6,
Tuesday-October 10, Wednesday-October 11, Friday-October 13,
Monday-October 16, Wednesday-October 18, Thursday-October 19,
Monday-October 23, Friday-October 27

SPIN Club's first campaign of the year!

Once again the SPIN Club will be collecting NEW pairs of socks for "Socktober"; a Kid President initiative. Last year, BHS donated 464 pairs of socks to families in need through a variety of local organizations. We will be collecting socks for the first 2 weeks of October.

Thanks for your support!

Fun Run Friday!

We've had a great week at school . . . doing more and more work! We started our unit on weather in Science and began refreshing ourselves with place value in Math. We will be learning up to the millions for number sense. Dax also taught us how to create paper cranes on Wednesday! They turned out beautiful!

The Peacemakers started going out at recesses this week. They help solve problems with the Kindergarten to Grade 2/3 students. Each pair is outside for 30 minutes once per week.

It was a gorgeous morning for the Terry Fox Run today! So many Room 31 students volunteered to be a "run buddy" with students in Kindergarten and Grade 1! Thanks for your kindness and leadership. And 3 of our classmates were so determined to do 13 laps around the entire playground that they ran right through recess!

Thank you to families for coming out on Wednesday to our Open House BBQ. It was great to meet you. As well, I was able to visit with some former students!

Just a reminder that Monday is Picture Day! Be sure to bring your SMILE!!!! :)

Our first 5 day week!

We've had a very busy week. Every morning we did our "summer sharing". It was so fun to learn more about one another and hear about everyone's adventures over the summer! This week also had lots of "firsts" . . . first math job, first fire drill, first art class, first library, first time with the laptops, etc . . . Today was "Dot Day", so we did some different activities and even enjoyed a treat!

I'm looking forward to meeting families on Wednesday, September 20th at the Open House BBQ from 5:00 to 6:30. The office will still accept food orders on Monday. And there is also the option of purchasing the day of the BBQ.

All the pics below are from our Instagram account.

Week One in Room 31!

We've had a fantastic first week of Grade 5! We've spent lots of time getting to know one another and easing into the routine of school! I was so proud of the students when they welcomed our new classmate with friendly smiles! Check out the video below to see what we were up to during the first 3 days of school!

We are always posting on our class Instagram account, so be sure to follow us!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Be sure to get outside . . . the weather's going to be amazing!

Ms. Wasney  :)

First day!

Wow! It was great to see so many smiling faces first thing this morning! I love meeting my students and families and sharing their enthusiasm for starting school again! The students are so excited to be the oldest ones at BHS! With that comes new responsibilities with leadership jobs and a variety of sports and clubs to participate in.

Please be sure to follow our class Instagram account at @mswasneysclass. We are always posting about what's happening in Room 31!

I'm really looking forward to a fun year!

Ms. Wasney  :)