The week that we’ve have been preparing for has arrived, both as we’ve been counting down to the Canada Games and our break and to our school science fair. This week will be jam-packed as we wrap up our learning and present our projects to the judges.
Our science fair will take place on Wednesday, Feb 15th from 8:40-12:00 in the Multipurpose Room and Science Lab. Students will arrive at school, check in with their homeroom teacher and head up to the MPR to set up their projects. Projects will be judged at least 2-3 times from 8:40-11:00am. From 11:00am-12:00pm our fair will be open to the public. Family and friends are welcome to stop by to see all the excitement and to grab a photo or two. We’d ask that families respect this timeline to allow students’ full attention to the judges earlier in the morning.

As we work our way to the Canada Games, our Leadership team also has an exciting week planned. A full list of events is listed on our school Facebook page and in posters around the building. There will also be a dance for our intermediate students on Wednesday evening, and lots of fun outside on Friday as we mark Winter Wellness Day.

Now look at what else will be happening during this last week before the break….

French-Students will finish up their travel journals before the end of the week and present them to their peers. We will also wrap up our written and oral assessments related to our work in #LaClasse.

Science-Our focus will be the science fair, as we finish up our boards and practice our oral presentations for the judges. We will then spend our last few classes after the fair doing some engineering instant challenges both inside and outside (weather permitting) 😊

Grade 9 Science-Our focus today and tomorrow will be preparations for the fair and getting our boards ready to present. Later on this week we will also wrap up our l’univers matériel as we finish our study of fluids and waves and write our final assessment on these outcomes.

Grade 7 Science-Once we’ve completed our science fair boards, we will practice presenting them and complete our chapter 3 outcomes as we wrap up our creation of our own animals.

Grade 9 English Science-Today and tomorrow we will finish our science fair boards and practice going over what our oral presentations will look like for the judges. After the fair, we will spend some time doing some instant challenges that will help walk us through the engineering design process.

Whether you are taking in the Canada Games, heading south to a sunny beach or enjoying some time just relaxing, I wish all my students and their families a wonderful break. I cannot wait to hear about all their adventures when we return to school on Monday, March 6.

Mme MacNevin

As hard as it is to believe, we are down to our last full week before the science fair next Wednesday. This week students will be busy finishing up their reports and putting together their backboards. If your child has not yet purchased their backboard and brought it to school this should be done as soon as possible. I had some luck getting them at Michaels (on the side wall up top) if you are still looking.

There will be lots of other learning taking place this week as well. Here is a look into that…

French-Students are working hard to create their travel journals, which they will present early next week. We will also spend some time this week writing some written and oral assessments related to our work in #LaClasse.

Science-With some of the recent storm days and other interruptions, we have moved our chapter 4 assessment to this Wednesday. Following the assessment, our full attention will move to the science fair in order to have everything ready for the big day.

Grade 9 Science-This week we will finish up chapter 8 on fluids and waves and begin preparations for an assessment on these concepts next week before the break. Class time will also be dedicated to our science fair projects.

Grade 7 Science-Over the next few classes students will finish up their animal adaptations projects and work on putting their science fair project boards together.

Grade 9 English Science-On Wednesday, students will write their assessment on atoms and elements. We will also focus a lot of our learning this week on how to create data table and how to draw our conclusions as we put our science fair presentations together.

Have a wonderful week!

Mme MacNevin