Last week of 2018!

It was a very busy week for us in Room 31 . . . especially with the Holiday Spirit Week! We created beautiful abstract cards for our families, made some snowman mugs that were "snow" cute, and finished off the week with a carol sing-a-long assembly that also included saying goodbye to Mr. Altomare. Thank you to all the parents for providing treats for our party this afternoon!

Hope you have a wonderful winter break and Merry Christmas!

See you on January 7th!

Ms. Wasney  :)

SPIN Club ornaments!

At Wednesday's Winter Carnival, we raised $293 from the ornament sales! We still have a few handmade wood ornaments left for the bargain price of $2.00 each. Swing by Room 31 next week!

Our first Winter Carnival!

This week was full of excitement! On Wednesday, we had our first ever Winter Carnival and it was amazing! We had over 500 students and family members RSVP for the event. And we couldn't ask for better weather! Thanks to the Gesell family for providing hot chocolate and apple cider and all the families that donated cookies (a total of 4 tables worth!). Inside activities included caroling, curling, a craft, and a photobooth (thanks to my sister: 4 Square Foto). Outside activities were snowshoeing, and a sleigh ride with real horses! The East St. Paul fire department and RCMP set up in the bus loop and we got to see a fire truck with a ladder extended to 100 feet! It was such a fun evening!

Here is Naomi's TWAS for this week:

On Monday

Making a cloud in Science on Monday!

We had weekend wind up it is when we share about are weekends miss. Wasney draws a name from the lucky sticks and the name she calls they can pass or share abut their weekands I forgot wat I shared abut this week.

On Tuesday

We had book bubbies me and my buddie read in the hallway we read a book about Camrose I like reading with my buddie she is a good buddie and nice.

On Wednesday

We had the winter carnival I saw miss. Wasney at the ornament area I like the slay ride and the cookie area the cookies these so so good I sang in the gym for the Christmas caroling I was beside my friend it was so so sooooooooooooooooo fun.

On Thursday

Fun Friday Afternoon! Thanks Mr. A!

We had a class meeting at the start we played as the wind blows it is when miss. Wasney starts in the middle and says a statement and if you agree you move to a new spot and the last person standing has to stay a new statement and after we are done playing as the wind blows we share something we are excited about and miss. Wasney will pass something around the circle and we will share and the second time arond the circle we will share something we are upset about but this time we did not have enough time to do another thing arond the circle it was fun.

On Friday

We had T.W.A.S. that is what I am writing rite now and I rote 263 words.

Handmade Ornaments for Sale!

This week, on Wednesday and Friday, Mrs. Tresoor and I had SPIN Club kids come to before-and-after-school sessions to create ornaments to sell at our Winter Carnival taking place next week. The ornaments are $2 each and all the proceeds will be donated to WE Schools' education initiatives in Nicaragua. There are 5 different designs to choose from and they are all ADORABLE!

Shout out to my Dad for spending last Sunday with me to cut and drill all the ornaments. :)

We hope to sell ALL 245 ornaments! Bring your wallet on December 12! We will be selling them just outside of the library between 5:30 and 7:00pm.

Thank you!

Thank you to all the families for coming out to celebrate the first term with your child! The students worked hard this past week with preparing their portfolios and that truly paid off during SLC! I was really happy to see the students so excited to share things with their families. We had lots of positive conversations over the last two days.

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Wasney   :)

Powerful Presentations!

We had a very busy week with presentations every single day! On Monday, the Grade 4s shared their animal habitat projects. Then, every day this week, we had social studies presentations from Grade 4s who studied a geographical region of Canada and the Grade 5s who researched an Aboriginal group from the early days of Canada. We started an art job that is turning out so beautiful. We will finish them off next week and have them displayed for Student Led Conferences. On Wednesday, we had our first Family Group Activity. We're hoping to meet in Family Groups every early dismissal Wednesday. The students are in groups with Kindergartens all the way to Grade 5! The patrols went bowling on Thursday morning to celebrate their hard work and dedication during the first term of school.

Here is Ryann's TWAS . . .

Monday- on Monday we listened to the grade 4s present their science projects. They did dioramas. They had to do dioramas by themselves for science but the grade 5s got a decision. We could ether work by ourselves or with a friend. We had to do rain gauges though. I choose to do it with Ayanna. So today all we really did was listen to the grade 4s talking about there projects. Eh.

Tuesday- we had art. Surprising. We have art almost every week. Not that I don’t like art it just that I’m saying that we had art this week. This art in my opinion might be my favorite art out of the whole year. It’s pretty cool. It’s supposed to look like cardinal birds in the winter. The first step was to sketch out our birds and the tree they were sitting on. After we used pastel to color them. That’s all the steps we did on Tuesday.

Wednesday-on Wednesday we had this thing called family groups. We had an assembly about it. There’s about 12 kids in each group. Then you get paired up with a teacher and all the rest of the kids are in different grades. Me and Ayanna were lucky because we got in the same group. My groups color was the black group. We got Ms. Chuckrey!! We went to her class and designed a family crest! it was cool!!

Thursday- on Thursday we did our art step 3. Step 3 was to paint. We used water colors! Ms. Wasney got out 4 water colors. There was the color magenta, light blue, purple and dark blue. I used all the colors and I made little blotches everywhere so they would look awesome together. Then we put them on the drying rack to let them dry! I was pretty happy about how mine turned out!


Friday- on Friday we listened to more social study projects. Except we had to take notes with the social study presentations. We had to listen well because we were noting down facts about what they were researching. We had a yellow paper to record 3 facts about the what they were researching. Grade 4s and 5s we had to record both grade with 3 facts. I mean it’s not the best this to do but it’s not the worst! That’s how Friday went.

Well that’s how my week went and it was pretty good!!!

World Kindness Day!

It sure was a busy week, considering it was only 4 days long! We are in the midst of finishing up projects for both science and social studies, so it's a whirlwind of activity in Room 31 . . . paint, clay, and imagination are flying everywhere! It was a Spirit Week for United Way - so fun to see lots of students and staff dress up!

Monday was a day off for students as teachers worked on report cards.

On Tuesday, we celebrated World Kindness Day by writing notes to random classmates. Some students wrote to family members too. It was a simple way to make someone's day and didn't cost a thing! The Grade 5s tested their science design projects. The rain gauges stood up (in the snow!) and collected water!

On Wednesday, the students were surprised with a quiz in Science. They also did an online survey about how they feel about things at school with Ms. Lovetri.

On Thursday, we visited with our Grade 2/3 Book Buddies and wrote notes to adults in the school to carry on the theme of World Kindness Day.

Today, six students from Room 31 participated in the Grade 4/5 volleyball tournament at Maple Leaf School. A shout-out to Jake and Levi . . . Jake always seems to dress up on the last day of the week - usually wearing a dress shirt and tie! Now, Levi has joined in! So adorable!

It was also our first hot lunch of the year. Thanks to PAC for bringing this back! SO nice to not have to make lunch!  :)

We sure scared hunger!

The SPIN Club ran the "We Scare Hunger" campaign at the end of October. This week, Winnipeg Harvest picked up the donations of food and it weighed a total of 333 pounds! Thanks for supporting this activity.

Mr. Altomare recently met with representatives from Abundant Life Lutheran Church. BHS will once again be collecting food for hampers for our area. Last year, the church provided 64 hampers at Christmas. Some information was shared with families today . . . check your email!

We Remember . . .

A collaborative bulletin board for
Remembrance Day.

We've had a super busy week in Room 31! The students are working so hard on science and social studies projects that our class is a whirlwind of creativity (and clutter)! Ha! We were visited by a consultant with the division that was at BHS for 4 days this week to work with Grades 1 to 5 on Treaty Training and Indigenous Awareness. We were lucky to have one of our classmates dance for us and describe the excitement of attending a pow wow. Today, the students were so respectful at the Remembrance Day Assembly, hosted by the Grade 2/3 classes.

Here is Landyn's TWAS  . . .

Monday

On Monday we had our first treaty training class with Ms. Smith she told us about the Dakota people.

Tuesday

On Tuesday we had gym we played dodgeball and mission impossible that’s a dodgeball game.

Wednesday

On Wednesday we had Ms. Hendricksen for a sub in the afternoon when Ms. Wasney was at a eye appointment.

Thursday

On Thursday we had our last treaty training class that we had and watched Diamond and Karleah dance.

Friday
On Friday we had the remembrance day assembly the grade 2/3 sang a song and we watched a video that they made!!!!!!!

A snowy end to the week!

We've had a great week full of excitement . . . welcoming Rilla; a new student on Monday, WE Day for SPIN Club on Tuesday, Halloween on Wednesday, Movember Attendance on Thursday and seeing fresh snow today!

Here is Kaylee's TWAS . . .

On Monday we did weekend wind up. Weekend wind up is where you share about your weekend.                             

On Tuesday we did book buddies. Book buddies is where you read with your book buddies.                                                  

On Wednesday we did Halloween parade and party. and it was fun.                                                                                    

On Thursday we did BHS reads. BHS reads is where you read for a bit and then you switch up your books.                 

On Friday we did library. In library we pick out books.

SPIN Club at WE Day!

Today, Mrs. Tresoor and I took 22 Grade 5 SPIN Club members to Bell MTS Place for WE Day! It's always an inspiring day to look around at the crowd of 15 000 students and teachers and appreciate all the messages of hope, kindness, and empowerment.

You can't buy a ticket to WE Day. You EARN it. So the work from last year's SPIN Club allowed us to attend today. Talk about paying it forward!

A highlight was at the end of the day while waiting for our bus, the founder of WE Schools and WE Day, Craig Kielburger stopped to snap a pic with us!  :)

Be sure to look in an upcoming newsletter for our thoughts on the day!

Super SPIN Club!

Last Friday, Mrs. Tresoor and I dropped of 374 pairs of socks at Mosaic Newcomer Resource Network. We've been donating the socks there for the last few years. 

Our "We Scare Hunger" campaign will be wrapping up next week. And we have received LOTS of food! We're looking forward to weighing it to see the final totals.

Yesterday, the SPIN Club was featured in a special WE Day insert in the Winnipeg Free Press! The article talked about our "Kiss a Goat" campaign from last spring. 

SPIN Club members are heading to WE Day on Tuesday, October 30th, and are asked to be at the school by 7:50am!

A Spooktacular Week!

We started the week with Monster Selfies and ended the week with the Haunted House in the gym! We are so lucky to have Mrs. Rand and Mrs. Walker set up an awesome activity for the entire school! The students in our class and Mrs. Dyck's class were able to sign up to help the little kids at stations. So that's a perk for being the oldest in the school. And, well the Grade 4s in Room 31 are just super lucky that they can help out too!  :)

Here is Brayden's TWAS . . .

On Monday we did monster selfie art we used pencils sharpie we used water colors then we let it dry then Ms. Wasney hung them up on the wall outside.

On Tuesday we had gym we did the ghost goblins and ghouls we had to take the pumpkin from the other teams side if we got tagged we had to go back to our side and try again when the whistle blows the other people try to get the pumpkins.

On Wednesday we had word work Wednesday it was fun most of the words were all crushed so I could not see then so that was hard.

On Thursday we had a class meeting we always start of with as the wind blows then we do what we are looking to do this weekend then we do challenges.

On Friday we have haunted house gym and we get to feel stuff and play for a like an hour then after when we are done we go back to the classroom and finish off with the day.

Haunted House in the Gym!