Friday December 20th, 2019

• Attached is a copy of the "Phases of the Moon" journal.  Please observe the moon and quickly record what you see (Date & Time, New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, Waning Crescent).
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• Have a wonderful winter break and I'll see you next year!

REMINDERS:

Monday January 6th, 2020 - PD Day (NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS) * *  

Tuesday January 7th, 2020 - Back to school * * *

Wednesday January 8th - Grade 6 Vaccinations

Friday January 10th - Report Cards go home

Wednesday January 22nd - School Council Meeting @ 6:30 pm

Thursday January 23rd - Healthy Hunger Lunch

Friday January 31st - PD Day (NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS) 

Monday December 16th, 2019

Highlights:

• Bridlewood School will be collecting items for those who are in need to get through the cold winter. This initiative is in support of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CHMA) work to help people in the Calgary community. 
• In Math, students did a quick quiz about coordinate graphing and played multiplication battleship. 
• A quick review of Democracy by playing the Jeopardy game.
• We started learning about the Phases of the Moon.  Students will be recording their observations of the moon each night and to record their feelings on that day.  They will be coming home with their "Moon Journal" on Wednesday.

• Students worked on their powerpoint presentations where they are adding visuals and voice to their tree stories.
• Our day ended with Caroling and hearing the Senior choir - Wow!!!!

• 2 1/2 school days left!!!

Upcoming:

• Bridlewood School will once again be collecting non-perishable food items for the annual Mayor’s Food Drive. Donation boxes will be available at the front of the school beginning Monday, November 25 until Monday, December 16. Donations can be sent to school with students or dropped off during conferences.
• Thursday December 19th - PYJAMA DAY!  Caroling 8:30-9:00 Last day of classes EARLY DISMISSAL (Winter Break)

• Friday December 20th - Non-Instructional Day - no school for students
• Monday January 6th - Classes Resume

Thursday December 12th, 2019

Highlights:

• Bridlewood School will be collecting items for those who are in need to get through the cold winter. This initiative is in support of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CHMA) work to help people in the Calgary community. 
• We created a patterned art piece using the 4 coordinates of the Cartesian Plane 
• We studied for Evidence & Investigation by playing an intense game of "Jeopardy" - Test will be Tomorrow!
• We worked in partners and small groups gathering information about Democracy and Government.

• Students worked on their powerpoint presentations where they are adding visuals and voice to their tree stories.

• 4 school days left!!!

Upcoming:

• Tomorrow - Evidence & Investigation Test
• Monday December 16th - Caroling @ 2:15
• Bridlewood School will once again be collecting non-perishable food items for the annual Mayor’s Food Drive. Donation boxes will be available at the front of the school beginning Monday, November 25 until Monday, December 16. Donations can be sent to school with students or dropped off during conferences.
• Thursday December 19th - PYJAMA DAY!  Caroling 8:30-9:00 Last day of classes EARLY DISMISSAL (Winter Break)

• Friday December 20th - Non-Instructional Day - no school for students
• Monday January 6th - Classes Resume

Tuesday December 10th, 2019

Highlights:

• Bridlewood School will be collecting items for those who are in need to get through the cold winter. This initiative is in support of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CHMA) work to help people in the Calgary community. 
• Last day for adding the feedback about problem solving with larger numbers.
• Continued our summaries, connections, questions and human impact/deforestation about the Lorax.  
• Students created their study pages for Evidence & Investigation - Test will be on Friday December 13th.

• We were introduced to a piece of local art that we first observed, questioned the story of the artwork and what the artist was trying to say.  Next we looked closer at the art and perspectives changed.  The art not only is connected to Trees and Forests but also math - patterns.  It is pretty amazing.  We will be continuing with this concept tomorrow.
• 6 1/2 school days left!!!

Upcoming:

• Friday December 13th - Evidence & Investigation Test
• Monday December 16th - Caroling @ 2:15
• Bridlewood School will once again be collecting non-perishable food items for the annual Mayor’s Food Drive. Donation boxes will be available at the front of the school beginning Monday, November 25 until Monday, December 16. Donations can be sent to school with students or dropped off during conferences.
• Thursday December 19th - PYJAMA DAY!  Caroling 8:30-9:00 Last day of classes EARLY DISMISSAL (Winter Break)

• Friday December 20th - Non-Instructional Day - no school for students
• Monday January 6th - Classes Resume

Monday December 9th, 2019

Highlights:

• Bridlewood School will be collecting items for those who are in need to get through the cold winter. This initiative is in support of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CHMA) work to help people in the Calgary community. 
• We worked on multiplying decimals today and some of our work with larger numbers.  We discussed clues that are in word problems that can help us choose the correct operation.
• Reading comprehension about cell phones sparked our interest and lead to some insightful thoughts about cell phones in the school.

• We ended our day by watching Lorax.  Students summarized, made connections and created questions.  The deeper connection to Lorax is to Trees & Forest focusing on human impact and deforestation.
• 8 school days left!!!

Upcoming:

• Monday December 16th - Caroling @ 2:15
• Bridlewood School will once again be collecting non-perishable food items for the annual Mayor’s Food Drive. Donation boxes will be available at the front of the school beginning Monday, November 25 until Monday, December 16. Donations can be sent to school with students or dropped off during conferences.
• Thursday December 19th - PYJAMA DAY!  Caroling 8:30-9:00 Last day of classes EARLY DISMISSAL (Winter Break)

• Friday December 20th - Non-Instructional Day - no school for students
• Monday January 6th - Classes Resume

Wednesday December 4th, 2019

Highlights:

• We started off the day talking about How Bridlewood School will be collecting items for those who are in need to get through the cold winter. This initiative is in support of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CHMA) work to help people in the Calgary community.
  
  
  We will be starting our collection of donations at Bridlewood School starting December 5^th at Parent- teacher interviews and will collect items until Dec. 19^th.
• We revisited our thoughts on 'What makes a "Good Writer?'  Students continued writing about their quiet happy place.
• We had music and gym today.

• Our day ended with Buddies where we are making posters to hang up around the school about collecting items for CHMA (Canadian Mental Health Association).  Donations can be toiletries and clothing.

Upcoming:

Conference Information:

• Tomorrow - Thursday, December 5 

Kindergarten: 8:15 to 11:15 am (no classes for K)
Kindergarten to Grade 6: 4:00 to 7:30 pm 

(Early dismissal for Grades 1 to 6 at 11:45 am)

• Friday, December 6 

Kindergarten (Schafer only) to Grade 6: 8:00 to 11:30 am 

(no school for students) 

• Bridlewood School will once again be collecting non-perishable food items for the annual Mayor’s Food Drive. Donation boxes will be available at the front of the school beginning Monday, November 25 until Monday, December 16. Donations can be sent to school with students or dropped off during conferences.
• Thursday December 19th - Last day of classes (Winter Break)
• Friday December 20th - Non-Instructional Day - no school for students
• Monday January 6th - Classes Resume

Tuesday December 3rd, 2019

Highlights:

• In Math, students continued working on a few problem-solving questions.
• We read the book titled, "A Quiet Place" and students wrote about their quiet happy place.
• We had music and gym today.

• We started making our study sheet for Evidence & Investigation.  Test will be next Thursday.

Upcoming:

Conference Information:

• Thursday, December 5 

Kindergarten: 8:15 to 11:15 am (no classes for K)
Kindergarten to Grade 6: 4:00 to 7:30 pm 

(Early dismissal for Grades 1 to 6 at 11:45 am)

• Friday, December 6 

Kindergarten (Schafer only) to Grade 6: 8:00 to 11:30 am 

(no school for students) 

• Bridlewood School will once again be collecting non-perishable food items for the annual Mayor’s Food Drive. Donation boxes will be available at the front of the school beginning Monday, November 25 until Monday, December 16. Donations can be sent to school with students or dropped off during conferences.
• Thursday December 19th - Last day of classes (Winter Break)
• Friday December 20th - Non-Instructional Day - no school for students
• Monday January 6th - Classes Resume

Monday December 2nd, 2019

Highlights:

• In Math, students worked on a few problem-solving questions where they had to work with larger numbers.  They will have additional time tomorrow.
• Students have started their "Writing Challenge" that involves writing about various thoughts/topics/ideas/feelings for 30 days.
• We went to the 'Book Fair' today!

• We continued discussing observation skills and inferencing skills focusing on "animal prints."
• Students are welcome to join me during lunch to complete work (Mug Shot, Seven Sacred Teaching Art).

Upcoming:

Conference Information:

• Thursday, December 5 

Kindergarten: 8:15 to 11:15 am (no classes for K)
Kindergarten to Grade 6: 4:00 to 7:30 pm 

(Early dismissal for Grades 1 to 6 at 11:45 am)

• Friday, December 6 

Kindergarten (Schafer only) to Grade 6: 8:00 to 11:30 am 

(no school for students) 

• Bridlewood School will once again be collecting non-perishable food items for the annual Mayor’s Food Drive. Donation boxes will be available at the front of the school beginning Monday, November 25 until Monday, December 16. Donations can be sent to school with students or dropped off during conferences.
• Thursday December 19th - Last day of classes (Winter Break)
• Friday December 20th - Non-Instructional Day - no school for students
• Monday January 6th - Classes Resume

Thursday November 28th 2019

Highlights:

• Morning Workbook question was to calculate what date and time it would be in 1000 hours?  1000 minutes?
• Indoor lunch today

• Students worked on their Seven Sacred Teaching Artwork
• We completed a "post survey" for the Youth Links field trip

Upcoming:

Conference Information:

• Thursday, December 5 

Kindergarten: 8:15 to 11:15 am (no classes for K)
Kindergarten to Grade 6: 4:00 to 7:30 pm 

(Early dismissal for Grades 1 to 6 at 11:45 am)

• Friday, December 6 

Kindergarten (Schafer only) to Grade 6: 8:00 to 11:30 am 

(no school for students) 

• Bridlewood School will once again be collecting non-perishable food items for the annual Mayor’s Food Drive. Donation boxes will be available at the front of the school beginning Monday, November 25 until Monday, December 16. Donations can be sent to school with students or dropped off during conferences.
• Thursday December 19th - Last day of classes (Winter Break)
• Friday December 20th - Non-Instructional Day - no school for students
• Monday January 6th - Classes Resume

Tuesday November 26th 2019

Highlights:

• Music and Gym today
• We worked on our math coordinate portraits.  It connects to our Evidence & Investigation unit in Science as the students are the "suspects."  They are looking AMAZING!

• Students wrote about their Seven Sacred Teaching that will guide them this year and started Art work to represent their teaching.
• In Math, we continued with the 'Allowance Problem' where students had to determine which option they would prefer - $100 per day for 30 days or $0.01 which would double for 30 days (for example: Day 1 would be $0.01, Day 2 $0.02, Day 3 $0.04, Day 4 $0.08).

Upcoming:

• Div 2 Choir - Thursday November 28th

Conference Information:

• Thursday, December 5 

Kindergarten: 8:15 to 11:15 am (no classes for K)
Kindergarten to Grade 6: 4:00 to 7:30 pm 

(Early dismissal for Grades 1 to 6 at 11:45 am)

• Friday, December 6 

Kindergarten (Schafer only) to Grade 6: 8:00 to 11:30 am 

(no school for students) 

• Bridlewood School will once again be collecting non-perishable food items for the annual Mayor’s Food Drive. Donation boxes will be available at the front of the school beginning Monday, November 25 until Monday, December 16. Donations can be sent to school with students or dropped off during conferences.
• Thursday December 19th - Last day of classes (Winter Break)
• Friday December 20th - Non-Instructional Day - no school for students
• Monday January 6th - Classes Resume

Thursday November 21st 2019

Highlights:

• Thank you! Thank you!  Thank you to the parent volunteers who came on our field trip today!!!  Greatly appreciated. 😀
• Ask me about what I learned today...  Online Safety, Substance Abuse, Gangs, Investigating  a crime and exploring the police museum. 

• 3 important components that all need to be checked as a “Yes” when making decisions are... (hint: brain, heart, gut).  Why???

 

Upcoming:

• Non-Instructional Day - Tomorrow (no school)
• “Life of a Tree” due on Monday - YES - you will have Literacy time to add necessary “finishing touches”
• Div 2 Choir - Tuesday November 26th & Thursday November 28th

Wednesday November 20th 2019

Highlights:

• Students worked really hard on their stories "The Life of a Tree."  The stories are due on Monday.
• We continued the Math/Science/Literacy/Art task that involved plotting the coordinates of our 'mug shots.'
• Students played Multiplication Battleship

• Students had gym and music today 

Upcoming:

• ***Field Trip Tomorrow!!!*** Students will need a lunch!
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Tomorrow. *** There will be a $6 payment for this field trip.  Payment can be made through your child's My CBE Account.
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)

Tuesday November 19th 2019

Highlights:

• Tomorrow will be the last day for the stories about "Life of a Tree."
• We started a Math/Science/Literacy/Art task that involved plotting the coordinates of our 'mug shots.'

• Students had gym and music today 

Upcoming:

• **** Please cancel Healthy Hunger lunches as we will be on our field trip on the same day****  If you were unable to cancel on time - the school will put the lunches in the fridge and students will bring them home after the field trip.  Remember that all students need a lunch for the field trip.****
• Forms about our field trip came home.
• Please return the field trip forms and money for the field trip ($6.00)  
• Youth Links (Palamar/Steeves) - Wednesday November 20th
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Thursday November 21st . *** There will be a $6 payment for this field trip.  Payment can be made through your child's My CBE Account.
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)

Monday November 18th 2019

Highlights:

• We will be finishing our Life of a Tree stories this week.  Students worked on these focusing on editing their work.
• In Math, we started learning about the Cartesian Plane (coordinate grid system) and we created a few pictures by plotting the coordinates.  We will continue with this work throughout the week.

• For Evidence and Investigation, we reviewed quickly some of the information that we have learned about solving a crime, looking at evidence and the 3 important things that make a good detective.
• Our day ended by marking our territory with our finger prints which we will be looking at closer.

Upcoming:

• **** Please cancel Healthy Hunger lunches as we will be on our field trip on the same day****  If you were unable to cancel on time - the school will put the lunches in the fridge and students will bring them home after the field trip.  Remember that all students need a lunch for the field trip.****
• Forms regarding the field trip will be coming home tomorrow.
• Please return the field trip forms.  
• Youth Links (Palamar/Steeves) - Wednesday November 20th
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Thursday November 21st . *** There will be a $6 payment for this field trip.  Payment can be made through your child's My CBE Account.
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)

FYI...
** Healthy Hunger Special Lunch (Coco Brooks) is the same day as our field trip next Thursday **

I was able to cancel my order this evening and get a full refund. Please try to cancel your order. Otherwise the school will refrigerate the lunches and students will come home with them for the weekend. The following day is a PD day so no school for students on the Friday. We apologize for this mix up.

Thursday November 14th 2019

Highlights:

• We continued writing our “Life of a Tree” stories from the perspective of the tree.  Our mini lesson was about writing in paragraphs and how we can use our computers to read our work aloud for editing purposes.
• In Math, we discussed the steps required for problem solving.

• For Evidence and Investigation, we played a game about DNA ( DeoxyriboNucleic Acid). 
• We had double gym today  :)
• We reviewed the first two pages of the Science Tests.  

Upcoming:

• Trees & Forest Test mark went home last night  The test will be in the binder for parents to look at when they come to conferences.  Please sign the mark sheet indicating that you saw the mark and return by the end of the week.  We will be reviewing the test in class.
• Please return the field trip forms.  
• Youth Links (Palamar/Steeves) - Wednesday November 20th
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Thursday November 21st . *** There will be a $6 payment for this field trip.  Payment can be made through your child's My CBE Account.
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)

esday, November 12, 2019

Wednesday November 13th 2019

Highlights:

• We continued writing our “Life of a Tree” stories from the perspective of the tree.  
• Estimating and multiplying decimals was our focus for math.  We applied our knowledge when using the window markers on the windows, desk and bench.

• For Evidence and Investigation, our focus was looking deeper at various shoes and classifying the class characteristics and accidental characteristics.  We concluded by talking about DNA ( DeoxyriboNucleic Acid). 
• We worked on our Seven Sacred Teaching visual journal page.  Students need to pick a teaching that will guide them throughout the Grade 6 year.
• Tomorrow we will review the Science Tests.  

Upcoming:

• Trees & Forest Test mark is coming home tonight.  The test will be in the binder for parents to look at when they come to conferences.  Please sign the mark sheet indicating that you saw the mark and return by the end of the week.  We will be reviewing the test in class tomorrow.
• Please return the field trip forms.  Parent volunteer forms are coming home tonight as well!
• Youth Links (Palamar/Steeves) - Wednesday November 20th
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Thursday November 21st . *** There will be a $6 payment for this field trip.  Payment can be made through your child's My CBE Account.
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)

Tuesday November 12th, 2019

Highlights:

• We started working on our “Life of a Tree” stories from the point of view of the tree.  This will continue to be our focus for Literacy this week.
• Estimating multiplying decimals was a focus for math.  We made a few estimations, discussed overestimating and underestimating and where it is applicable in "real life."

• For Evidence and Investigation, our focus was looking at hair and fibre as evidence at a crime.
• We worked on our Seven Sacred Teaching visual journal page.  Students need to pick a teaching that will guide them throughout the Grade 6 year.

Upcoming:

• Youth Links (Palamar/Steeves) - Wednesday November 20th
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Thursday November 21st . *** There will be a $6 payment for this field trip.  Payment can be made through your child's My CBE Account.
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)

Thursday November 7th, 2019

Highlights:

• We had our Trees & Forest test today
• Our artwork of the poppies will be displayed on the wall for the assembly tomorrow. 
• We listened to a few letters that we wrote to the veterans thanking them for their service.  All of the letters were thoughtful and will be sent to the veterans. When deciding who was going to represent our voice in the assembly tomorrow the class decided that they wanted to make the decision about who to pick in a democratic way so the students voted.  Ethan will be sharing his letter tomorrow and thank you to all the students who offered to speak on behalf of us. 

• For Evidence and Investigation, we tested our detective skills looking at our finger-prints with magnifying glasses.  

• *** Thank you to those parents who have sent me an email about volunteering for our upcoming field trip to Youth Links (Calgary Police Interpretive Centre) on Thursday November 21st.  I will be sending the forms home soon!

Upcoming:

• Remembrance Assembly - Tomorrow @ 10:45
• Remembrance Day - Monday November 11th (no school)
• Youth Links (Palamar/Steeves) - Wednesday November 20th
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Thursday November 21st . *** There will be a $6 payment for this field trip.  Payment can be made through your child's My CBE Account.
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)

Wednesday November 6th, 2019

Highlights:

• Today we had gym and music.
• Our artwork of the poppies looks amazing!!!

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• We studied for Trees & Forests and reviewed for the test tomorrow.  Students will have a "study sheet" that they brought home to assist them with reviewing tonight.
• For Evidence and Investigation, we did our finger-prints yesterday.  
• Forms went home today about fundraising and payment for the field trip.

• *** Thank you to those parents who have sent me an email about volunteering for our upcoming field trip to Youth Links (Calgary Police Interpretive Centre) on Thursday November 21st.  I will be sending the forms home soon!

Upcoming:

• Trees & Forest Test - Thursday November 7th (tomorrow)
• Remembrance Assembly - Friday November 8th @ 10:45
• Remembrance Day - Monday November 11th (no school)
• Youth Links (Palamar/Steeves) - Wednesday November 20th
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Thursday November 21st . *** There will be a $6 payment for this field trip.  Payment can be made through your child's My CBE Account.
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)

Tuesday November 5th, 2019

Highlights: 

• Today we had gym and music.
• We did some letter writing to veterans.  Our letters were to be meaningful, intentional and from the heart.  
• We had a nice quiet focus time during Art while we painted poppies focusing on positive and negative space in a picture.  Positive space is the main focus of a picture, negative space is the background.
• For Evidence and Investigation, we did our finger-prints yesterday.  
• We ended our day playing a math game that involved ordering decimals and reading them with the other Grade 6 classrooms.

• *** Thank you to those parents who have sent me an email about volunteering for our upcoming field trip to Youth Links (Calgary Police Interpretive Centre) on Thursday November 21st.  I will be sending the forms home soon!

Upcoming:

• Trees & Forest Test - GOOD NEWS!!!  I have extended the date to Thursday November 7th as I would like to do some study time in class.
• Remembrance Assembly - Friday November 8th @ 10:45
• Remembrance Day - Monday November 11th (no school)
• Youth Links (Palamar/Steeves) - Wednesday November 20th
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Thursday November 21st . *** There will be a $6 payment for this field trip.  Payment can be made through your child's My CBE Account.
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)

Thursday October 31st, 2019

Highlights: 

• Today we had Mrs. Palamar's class join our room and we worked on the "To Do" list of projects/tasks/assignments to complete.
• The podcast (audio-story) has lots of suspense and leaves you wanting to listen to more.  We listened to a few episodes and discovered that the story has a few characters who are not showing the Seven Sacred Teaching of Truth or Honesty.
• We had the opportunity to be leaders and teach our buddies how to play compound games.
• For Evidence and Investigation, we discussed the various jobs/roles that the police department has.  We watched a video that showed training for the police force.  Science concluded with 'steps that are taken to solve a crime' and fingerprints.  We will investigate this further next week. 
• *** We need Volunteers!!!  Our upcoming field trip to Youth Links (Calgary Police Interpretive Centre) is on Thursday November 21st.  Please email Mrs. Wagenblast if you are interested in volunteering for the field trip.  It is a great one!!
• Have a Safe & Happy Halloween!!!😁

Upcoming:

• Non-Instructional Day - Tomorrow (no school)
• Trees & Forest Test - Wednesday November 6th
• Remembrance Assembly - Friday November 8th
• Remembrance Day - Monday November 11th (no school)
• Youth Links (Palamar/Steeves) - Wednesday November 20th
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Thursday November 21st
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)

Wednesday October 30th, 2019

Highlights: 

• Our focus for the Seven Sacred Teachings was "Love"
• We continued with the podcast (audio-story)
• Day 2 of our final Literacy stations and we had a mini lesson about writing paragraphs and starting sentences in a variety of ways
• Our observation skills as "detectives" were tested this morning by watching some videos.  Here is one to see how you do ...

• We also talked about how to look at things objectively (not letting your opinions, bias or stereotypes change the facts/evidence)

• *** We need Volunteers!!!  Our upcoming field trip to Youth Links (Calgary Police Interpretive Centre) is on Thursday November 21st.  Please email Mrs. Wagenblast if you are interested in volunteering for the field trip.  It is a great one!!

Upcoming:

• Orange and Black Day - Tomorrow!!!
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 1st (no school)
• Remembrance Day - Monday November 11th (no school)
• Youth Links (Palamar/Steeves) - Wednesday November 20th
• Youth Links (Wagenblast) - Thursday November 21st
• Non-Instructional Day - Friday November 22nd (no school)