I hope that everyone had a lovely weekend. Spring is certainly in the air, but there is still a lot of learning left, so students are reminded to keep their focus and summer vacation will be here before we know it đ
This week we will continue our yearbook sales and our annual loonie/toonie drive for Easter Seals are also starting this week. Please see the weekly update from Mrs. Conohan or the Gulf Shore Facebook page for more details. The Easter Seals ambassador will pay us a visit on Wednesday, April 24th. We are looking forward to presenting her with a large donation on your behalf, plus Mrs. Conohan has said that if we fill the jar, she will dye her hair purple!
Also on Wednesday, April 24th, our band students will travel to Bluefield for the morning to take in a concert performance. Iâm sure they will be fantastic representatives for our school.
Here is a look at what we will be learning over this weekâŠ.
Grade 7 Science-This week we will wrap up our study of heat transfer with a check in assignment. Then we will shift our attention to our final summative project for our unit on heat. Using their knowledge from this unit, students will work to develop a passive heat transfer device that they will then share with their classmates. Iâm excited to see what they come up with đ
Grade 7 Core-During our classes together these next few days we will work on creating story books about how we use technology in our daily lives. We will also read a short paragraph about another student and their use of technology as a reading comprehension assessment to show our understanding of the new terms weâve been working on these past few weeks.
Grade 9 Immersion Science-This week we will wrap up our look into transformations of matter and energy. Students will finish up their case study on air bags and work on preparing for their assessment on the concepts in Chapter 7, which they will write on Friday.
Grade 8 Science-Today we officially kick off our third unit of the term on heat. Students will spend some time today discussing heatâs importance in our daily lives before we move into our first section of this new unit on temperature. Over the next few classes, we will learn how temperature is calculated using different scales and how to use and calibrate a thermometer.
Grade 7 STEM-In addition to our daily warm-ups, our focus these next few weeks will be on following the steps of the engineering design process to create a gumball machine. Students spent time last week researching, planning, and sketching out their designs. This week, they will get to the building stage, as they begin to bring their ideas to life.
Have a marvelous week everyone!
Mme MacNevin