Joyeux Noël

I am not trying to advertise coffee, however this video captures the warmth of the Christmas season.

I wish my students and their families Love, Peace, Joy and Hope during the holidays. 
Joyeux Noël!

Don't forget to check out our classroom Christmas videos:
Gr 4s: Une petite pièce de théâtre pour le Noël
Gr 5s: Noël est là
All shared with you in your Google Drive (check your e-mail)

Resources for Gr 4 and 5 Projects

Gr 4's will be working on an Integrated Sciences project (Science/Social Studies): Rocks and Minerals (focusing on fossil fuels) and Canada - Political and Physical Regions (whereabouts of the pipeline). 

Gr 5's will be focusing on the Fossil Fuel Pipeline in Canada and looking at the political aspects (Provincial/Federal) of this current issue.

Please take some time at home to look into and/or review information regarding this topic.

Fossil Fuels - Pipeline - Canada

Jour de souvenir

On Remembrance Day, the Grade Fives were asked to think of one word that comes to mind when they think of Remembrance Day/Jour de souvenir. Using a Google Form, students submitted their word. Then I took all the compiled words and copied them into Wordle.net. Wordle takes the most common words and highlights them in a larger font. You can easily see what words students thought of most.

Grade Fours and Fives recited Remembrance Day poems in front of our green screen. These videos will be shared with students. They will be able to save the videos in their Google Drive.

If you check our twitter wall, Grade Fives tweeted about how they remember on Remembrance Day using the #werememberocsb.

Les textures

Gr Fours have been learning about the elements of Art. For the element of textures, we discussed  what real textures were and used the iPad to take photos of examples of real textures in our school yard. Students made a PicCollage of textures, identified them and described them with an adjective.

Waste-Free Lunch Challenge!

Get ready St. Cecilia as we participate in the “Waste Free Lunch Challenge”

Are you ready for the CHALLENGE?!?

Did you know that school lunches are a major source of waste in Ontario? In fact, the average student’s lunch generates a total of 30 kilograms of waste per school year, or an average of 8,500 kilograms of waste per school per year.

In an effort to engage all students and families in small environmental initiatives that can make a big impact,  St. Cecilia is participating in the week-long Waste-Free Lunch Challenge (WFLC) beginning on October 20-24.

The Waste-Free Lunch Challenge is a province-wide initiative run by the Recycling Council of Ontario (RCO).  Parents and Guardians are invited to visit the WFLC’s parent website at www.wastefreelunch.com to download various resources.  Here, you can download resources and watch instructional videos about how to shop for and pack a waste-free lunch.

Thank you for doing your part, by helping  your child pack waste-free lunches for our event and helping us fulfill a number of goals:

• Celebrate and learn about Waste Reduction Week using a “3Rs” approach to reduce, reuse and recycle so that less waste is created from school lunches.
•  Reduce the cost of waste disposal so the school’s resources can be put to better use.
• Encourage fresh and nutritious lunches (many pre-packaged lunch items contain significant amounts of sodium, preservatives and fat).
• Broaden the understanding of materials that we can recycle, how recycling works and promote recycling in school and at home.
• Help you reduce the cost of lunches: a waste-free lunch can cost as little as $2.50 per day, whereas a regular lunch containing pre-packaged items can cost $4.50 or more per day.

Co-creating criteria and rubrics

The last 2 weeks the Grade Fours and Fives have been busy co-creating our criteria and rubrics for Karaoke. It is important to have the students' input when creating the evaluation since they become more responsible for their learning. This process engages them to be in control in the assessment process and therefore more aware of the expectations. The Grade Fives modified the final rubric I presented to them today, so there will be another version for the next Karaoke. The rubric is not set in stone, but can be modified at any point with consent from all students. It is interesting to see the difference between Grade Four and Five expectations. 

We Scare Hunger

Bring in canned goods/non-perishable items by October 27th to benefit the Barrhaven Food Bank. Top 2 classes that collect the most cans will get the opportunity to duct tape Mrs. Green and Mr. Rodgers to the wall!