Last week of 2017!

Wow! We've had a whirlwind of a week! Our Christmas Concert was last night, so that meant we had some practices through the week. We did Secret Santa - which was so fun, created cards for our families, and painted wood ornaments. Thank you to all the families for coming out to watch the concert. We had quite a few Room 31 students acting in the play and they did FANTASTIC! Today, we wore festive pjs and chilled out with a photobooth and a movie. Thanks to families for sending in delicious treats!

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and I'm looking forward to hearing all about your adventures! See you on January 8th!

Here are some pics from the week courtesy of our class Instagram account . . .

A Cinnamony Week!

We've been super busy this week! The stage was delivered on Tuesday and we have already had a few practices in the gym! And with the gym being used, phys ed classes are outside. Today, the students got to ski! We did a cute craft with our Kindergarten book buddies. Every child is creating a snowman tea light holder/candy dish. They turned out adorable, and all have different personalities! We also drew names for Secret Santa that starts on Monday!

Mrs. Tresoor and I have also been working with SPIN Club members before and after school to make tree ornaments to sell at the Christmas concerts next week. Room 31 smells delicious!  :)

It was also an emotional week, as a funeral was held for Mr. Hargreaves, who passed away last week. He was the head custodian of BHS for over 20 years. I already miss our chats and being teased by him. Did you know one year a student dressed up as him for Halloween?! He was a fixture at BHS and will be missed. Do you remember when he had to kiss a GOAT?!

Enjoy the pictures . . . they are from our Instagram account!

Birch Trees in Winter: art project

Our latest art project was admired by all families during student-led conferences this week! We used tape to mask off the paper for the birch trees. Then, the sky was painted with liquid watercolours. Some students sprinkled salt to get a bit of texture. On the next day, the tape was removed and oil pastel was used to add the birch bark marks and shadow on each tree. Finally, students added snow with white acrylic paint, if they wanted.

Check out the video to see the process:

What a week!

We've had a fantastic 4-day week at school! We were busy preparing our portfolios for student-led conferences. On Tuesday, we recognized "Giving Tuesday", and wrote notes to classmates to brighten up their day. Yesterday was definitely a highlight of our year . . . we went to see Wonder! This was the best field trip ever! When we returned, students completed reflections and we had a great discussion about the similarities and differences between the novel and the movie. It was my third time seeing it . . . and my third time crying during it! Hahaha!

Thank you for coming out Thursday night and Friday morning to celebrate the first term of Grade 5 with your child. I'm a firm believer of: "the kid you are now, is the adult you will become". It was really great to share in our successes!

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Wasney

A week with a celebration!

We've had a busy week at school! On Tuesday we celebrated filling up our "R Chart". The students voted on a PJ day and movie afternoon! We also started a winter art job. Hopefully it will be done for SLC next week! Today, we saw our book buddies from Mrs. Henry's Kindergarten class.

Here is Maxx's TWAS . . .

TWAS on Monday we did gym that is when you get your gym bag and then you line up then your teacher will line you up and then you walk down to the gym then she will tell you what to do then you go get changed and then you do free time and then the teacher will blow the wisl then you will play a game. Another thing we did is BHS reads that is when you’re doing something and then your teacher will say ok get your books out. Then you get a book out then you read we read for 25 minutes.

TWAS on Tuesday we did r chart celebration: pj day and movie afternoon that is when you fill up you r chart then you have party but we vote for things and we got pj and movie day we watched boss baby it was VERY FUNNY. Another thing we did is math that is when your teacher will give your papers then your teacher will tell you what to do and what not to do we do some easy stuff sometimes but we do hard stuff to like if we did 5 and 6 and 7 the 5 would be 5 the 6 would be 60 and the 7 would be 700 and we do a lot of hard stuff and I can do it all.

TWAS on Wednesday we did comic life that is when you go on your class blog and then you go to short cut then you go to you class blog and find pictures then you find the pictures with you in them and then you make a folder then you put your pictures in there then once you did that then you open comic life 3 then you get a back round then you put your pictures in the holes and then you put word in the pictures.another thing we did is art folders that is when your done all of your work then you get a folder then you get your markers then you color it then you put it back on the table then you do another thing.

TWAS on Thursday we did art step one that is when your teacher will tell you to come to her desk then she will show you how to do it then some people will hand the paper out then you do the tape then you push it down then you go put it on the table then you can do something. Another thing we did is music that is when your teacher will line you up then you go to music then you sing you play instruments sometimes we go on the instruments but not all the time but we work a lot on singing but that’s fine.

TWAS on Friday we did is twas that is when you get a computer then you go on word then you do a header you put your name then you put the date then you start to write and then you go to Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday and im on Friday I did a lot of words its super fun doing it. Another thing we did is art step two we paint to day after art folders.

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Writing Prompt on Friday

Science Design: Rain Gauges

Today we finished our science design. We made rain gauges. This is stuff you need to make the rain gauge me (Faith), Emma and Jordan used: a jar, ruler, screws, sharpie and hot glue. Here’s how you make it: cut the ruler so it can fit up and down on the jar. Glue that on with hot glue. Then take your screws and put sharpie dots on the bottom of you jar where you want your screws. Then glue your screws on. Now if you want you can decorate the jar. Then you are done! Just stick it in the ground and wait for it to rain. I really like how ours turned out! You should try it at home!

By Faith

Check out the video here:

Testing Rain Gauges in the SNOW!

I was excited to test our science design projects today. The students have been working really hard all week on them! For the last few years, students were asked to design a weather vane, but I decided to mix it up for this year! Soooo, these kids were my guinea pigs! Ha! They did a great job designing and building rain gauges. And they all worked! Yay!

Here is Hunter's TWAS:

On marvellous Monday we had NO SCHOOL it was so awesome because I got to sleep in that was one of my favorite parts of my day. Because every other usual day theirs school so that’s why it’s kind of awesome. And also another thing I did on Monday was just hang around and play cards with one of my nannies foster kids and we played crzy 8 count down, memory and build card houses it was really fun. Then before we went to bed me and my dad played a game of NHL 18 it was really fun he beat me like 9 to 8 it was really fun.

On fantastic Tuesday we started the day off with BHS reads and everyone was so quiet you seriously actually would think that no one was even in the class it was so unbelievable. And I read a book called rocket blues by David skuy and it’s pretty good actually to be honest with you. But for some weird reason now I don’t really read it that much but I don’t know why and another thing we did on Tuesday was music and everyone was so great but there was a little bit of some reminders but other than that it was really great to tell you the truth. We also did the recorder test the song was called the rain forest song it sounds so good. And I played the song to the music teacher ms walker she said I did really great so I was really happy for myself!!

On freedom Wednesday we had gym and we played scooter ball. It was really awesome cause I was goalie and I saved at least 10-20 shots I felt good and then I let like two in then I was like nah I’m going out field so I did but we didn’t even score so then I wasn’t very proud for myself I did horrible I thought I was like some 2 year old trying to play with grade 5ers that’s how bad I was. Another thing we did on Wednesday was music it was actually better than the other music class not to lie to you guys but I’m straight with you guys and also we played recorders I think it was fun and that was my Wednesday.

On normal Thursday we had BHS reads this time it wasn’t as good as the other day so we got like a couple of reminders but that’s not that bad right ? Right ok thank you for telling me if it’s bad or not. So then we just reads like usual then we switched at the half time mark and then I read world record books it was fun at that BHS reads and that was our BHS reads. Another thing we did on normal Thursday was gym we didn’t get to play the full gym only because there was picture re-takes so on the other half of the gym we played doge ball it was so fun. And we did so good I hit so much people not lien to you guys and we also played ten second tag we also did really great and that was my normal Thursday.

On fabulous Friday we did BHS reads again like every other day and it was not bad so then we just read for like 27 min like usual and we just read the hole time it was pretty good. Then another thing we did on Friday was music and we learned a new song it’s pretty lit to be honest so that was pretty awesome so that was my Friday the end.

News from the Dog House Canteen!

The Dog House Canteen had a very successful month of October. Thanks to your support, we donated $575.31 to the Canadian Red Cross to help with relief efforts for the recent hurricanes. The charity was chosen by the October staff: Evan, Ben, Maxim, Chantal, and Haylee.

We will be back up and running in December, with a new group of students working the canteen, and a new charity to raise money for!

We will be open on the following days:
Monday, December 4, Wednesday, December 6, Friday, December 8
Tuesday, December 12, Wednesday, December 13, Friday, December 15 
Monday, December 18, Wednesday, December 20, Friday, December 22

Each item is $1.00, except for Menchie’s frozen yogurt; which is $2.00, sold on Fridays only.

Thanks for your support!

SPIN Club update!

The SPIN Club was excited to run “Socktober” once again! Bird’s Hill School donated 236 pairs of socks for families in need! The socks were dropped off at Mosaic Newcomer Resource Network earlier in November.

We also participated in the “We Scare Hunger” campaign during the last two weeks of October with “WE Schools”. Winnipeg Harvest picked up over 270 non-perishable food items!

Thanks for supporting these campaigns!

Be sure to look for the SPIN Club’s table in the front foyer during the Christmas concerts! We will be continuing our tradition of selling handmade items to raise money to build a school in Nicaragua.

A Spooky Week!

It was such a fun week! I LOVE Halloween so much! We had some awesome costumes in Room 31 and lots of yummy treats for our party on Tuesday. We've been working on science design, paper blogs, and did some peace writing that will be used for an upcoming art job.

Here is Jordan's TWAS:

On Monday we had gym and we played a Halloween game and it was spooky frost it was fun but I got hurt. And we had music and we played a song for MS waseny and she liked it a lot.

On Tuesday we had book buddies with MS Henry’s class and my buddy’s name is Autumn and I am with Maxx too so Autumn has 2 big buddies. We had a Halloween party in class it was so much fun me and Emma and faith were seating together at the party.

On Wednesday we got new name tags and they are moustaches it is awesome I like it. We had new attendance we have to draw a moustache on an emoji that has are name under it is so cool.   

On Thursday we got to see MS Dodd’s and her baby Emerson she is so cute and she is 3 months old it was amazing. We did peace writing and it was for art it was easy to do and we had to draw a picture.

Meeting Emerson!

On Friday we did BHS reads it was good I am reading a Geronimo stilton book it is a nice book to read. We had library and I took out a magazine it is cool it is stuff to do in summer.

By Jordan