Well folks, we have arrived at the last 7 days of school for this year. There is lots of excitement in the air as everyone looks ahead to our holiday vacation.

Our Leadership Team has been putting together some fabulous activities to get us all in the festive spirit and on Wednesday we will be treated to performances from our K-6 students in their annual concert.

Here is the schedule for those events:
Monday-Anything but a water bottle day (bring your water in something unusual)
Tuesday-Tropical Tuesday-Dress for a tropical holiday vacation
Wednesday-Holiday Theme-Wear your favourite holiday themed items and colours
Thursday-Present Day-Give the gift of yourself (dress up in wrapping paper, bows, ribbon, etc.)
Friday-Pajama Day-Wear your comfy clothes to finish out the week

Now let’s take a look at what will be happening during our classes during this last week and a bit of 2022….

French-As we work through our unit “Bon voyage” students will continue to plan out their travel journals, which we will put together after the break.

Our other main priority over the next few days is to continue our read aloud “Mamie Gangster” and of course as you can imagine, our oral language warm-ups this week will have a holiday theme 🙂

Science-During our classes together this week, we will finish up our chapter on the cell and how substances move between the cell and its environment. The quiz on chapter 3 will take place on Wednesday (Day 5). We will then move into our final section of our biology unit on human reproduction, which we will continue after the break.

Grade 9 Science-This week we will wrap up our section on elements, atoms, molecules and the periodic table with a project entitled “Atomix.” Students will work to create game cards based on all their learning from the past few months. Students will also prepare for and write their quiz on atoms, elements and the periodic table.

Grade 7 Science-As we work our way through our ecology unit, we will begin to discuss taxonomy and habitats. These concepts will be important for a major project which students will start when we return after the break, where they will research and present their learning from Chapter 3 through the eyes of an animal of their choosing.

Grade 9 English Science-This week we will review the names and symbols for the first 20 elements and write our quiz on them. After that, we will take a look at how to draw diagrams of atoms using the information on subatomic particles we learned last week. Students will also test their knowledge of the concepts covered these past few weeks through an in-class assignment. Finally, to celebrate the holidays, students will create a “Chemis-tree” where they will combine their understanding of the periodic table with their creativity.

Have a safe and happy holiday season! I look forward to hearing all about it when students return on January 3, 2023!

Mme MacNevin