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The homework tonight was assigned by volunteer fireman Mr. Brooks! He spoke the class about fire safety and asked students to complete the following homework assignments: Have your parents test all the smoke detectors in the house – a. to … Continue reading →

The students are in three different spelling groups. I have posted the words for groups A & B (There is also a third group that works with Mrs. Pearson). List A: hockey, received, neither, believe, achievement, equality, referee, pleasant, illegal, … Continue reading →

The class will be walking to NISS at 1:45 pm to take part in the student All Candidate Meeting. We will be back at Sunset before the dismissal bell at 3:05 pm.

The grade 5/6 class brought in about $50 in donations to rent a gorilla for Terry Fox! Not only did the gorillas raise a little money, they also inspired many great stories and some descriptive writing using adjectives.

Our first unit in Social Studies this year is studying Canadian government structures. The class has been working with a great resource created by Elections Canada called Student Vote. We have been discussing the different types of governments: democracy vs. … Continue reading →

The class was late getting back from Cheslakees this afternoon, but there was no homework for the planners. Students hopefully have something to read at home and can spend 20-30 minutes reading a day for homework this weekend. I will … Continue reading →

We will try walking to Cheslakees again tomorrow, we were rained out last week! This will give the students a chance to be role models for their Kindergarten buddies. We will read and also do a variety of art, science, … Continue reading →

Assignment #1 is due tomorrow and we will also be having the spelling test.

Scholastic Book Orders went out today. There were three different orders because were are a 5/6 split class and there is a 4/5 and 6/7 book order, so Mrs. Plumridge added both of those to cover a wide variety of … Continue reading →

Most students finished the Math sheet in class, it was short word problem worksheet with subtraction questions. Students are also working on their “A Day in the Life of my Gorilla” story from the Rent-a-gorilla for Terry Fox day. They … Continue reading →